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• Interact and Primary Use controls have now been swapped for gamepad to allow for easier gameplay
  
• EMF reader T2 is now 2m range as stated in the shop description
  

• Photo cameras are no longer taking photos in portrait mode (regression since 0.9.0.4)
  
• Dead body photos now work after the ragdoll animation has completed
  
• Three star ghost photos are now easier to take
  
• Haunted Mirror can now have its photo taken whilst upside down
  
• The ghost will no longer have a high chance to fail to show DOTS if there is a room above you or the ghost
  
• When looking through the room divider in the downstairs Grafton bedroom, objects will no longer disappear
  
• You can no longer put the glowstick into your inventory during the “shake” animation
  
• Firelight T3 is no longer labelled consumable in the Shop
  

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• Added a fake bounced light effect to Flashlight T1/2 light cookies, to help with motion sickness when using high FOV and navigating in the dark
  
• Improved main menu load times
  
• Reduced memory footprint in some maps
  
• Increased the knock over chance for tripods
  

• Crucifix T2/3’s burn and interaction photos will now work consistently
  
• Toggling a light on and off in a room will now update reflections correctly
  
• Forcing the game to close without clicking the quit button should no longer revert you to an old save
  

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• A commemorative plaque has been added to the Lobby allowing you to see your Legacy Badge
  
• Added new sounds for radios in houses and campsites
  

• 3 star photos are now easier to get instead of 2 star
  
• Increased the range for a 3 star ghost photo
  
• Firelights 1 and 2’s light sources are now brighter than igniters
  

• Moved the guitar in the blue room in Tanglewood so you can take EMF photos if the ghost uses it
  
• UV light tier 1 and 3 will no longer roll forever when dropped
  
• You can now take fingerprint photos on the Willow glass doors
  
• Cursed item photos are now more reliable
  
• Cursed item noises will now appear on the parabolic microphone
  
• You will no longer lose your items when dropped into a salt line
  
• CCTV monitor will no longer break when swapping between cameras on tier 1 tripods
  
• You can now take a photo of a fingerprint, in the same location as a previous fingerprint, which already had its photo taken
  
• Taking photos of dead bodies should now be easier
  
• Lowered texture resolution of several textures to lower RAM usage
  
• Video Cameras now work in multiplayer
  

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• This weeks challenges will now be correctly generated
  

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• Save files will now be backed up more often
  

• If you have a corrupt save file you will no longer get stuck on initializing and will now revert to your cloud backup
  
• Non hosts will no longer crash when a player leaves the game
  
• When you play this update for the first time you should no longer have a low legacy level on your legacy badge
  

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• DOTS T1 is now placeable on most surfaces like Firelights
  
• Added instructions to the shop descriptions of Head Gear, explaining how to turn them on or off
  

• Igniter T3 is no longer consumable
  
• Glowsticks will now be the correct brightness when dimmed
  
• Crucifix T3 Range is now correctly 5m
  
• Removed the 1s delay on the Incense hunt effects
  
• Reduced the volume of the car alarm
  
• Significantly improved performance of saving and loading from the save file
  
• Motion sensor T2 now swaps between a single line, double line and off
  
• Temporarily removed the VR social screen mode due to severe performance issues
  

• The Incense hunt effect duration will no longer sometimes set to 0 seconds
  
• Fixed a bug where if you haven’t played for a long time, you would be wiped to prestige 0
  
• Incense will no longer use its ghost effects when you are not near the ghost
  
• Crucifixes have received several scale fixes, improving consistency
  
• Anti-virus software should no longer stop you from having read/write access to the save file
  
• Corrupt save files will now revert to the cloud backup
  
• Ghost sound effects now have the correct volume distance falloff
  
• T2 Motion sensors no longer turn off when toggling the modes
  
• Main menu performance has been improved
  
• The wall telephones found in the farmhouses will now let you take interaction photos
  
• Potential fix for the Incense T1 glowing
  
• One Matchstick is no longer glowing
  
• Equipment list text will no longer overlap the item icons
  
• The “Next” button on the Legacy Badge screen will now scale correctly when translated
  
• You can now get past the splash screen if you fail to connect to the unity servers
  
• The legacy badge will no longer clip into one of the female model’s arms
  
• After a game in challenge mode, you will no longer be set as a hacker
  
• Challenge mode will no longer be different weather for each player
  
• Challenge mode will no longer be different cursed item for each player
  
• Potential fix for not being able to exit a map if a player crashed while loading
  
• Flashlights now cost $30
  

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• Fingerprints (evidence) -> Ultraviolet
  
• Footsteps (photos and descriptions) -> Footprints
  
• Candles and Lantern -> Firelight
  
• Matchbox and Lighters -> Igniter
  
• Smudge Sticks and Censer -> Incense
  
• Camcorders and Movie Camera -> Video Camera
  
• Glowsticks and UV torches -> UV Light
  
• Sanity Drink, Pills and Shot -> Sanity Medication
  
• Head Mounted Camera, Flashlight and Goggles -> Head Gear
  
• Weak or Strong flashlights -> Flashlight
  

• You will no longer get duplicate DOTS ghosts, or DOTS triggering during events, hunts or other interactions
  
• Ghosts with DOTS evidence can now enter a short “DOTS state”; where they are temporarily visible with infrared light, during this time they will wander towards the nearest player before disappearing (if the player is in the same room)
  
• DOTS Ghost photos now count as normal ghost photos
  

• You can now turn off Firelights by pressing the Use button again while holding it
  
• Firelights now have a duration for their effects, and no longer stop the sanity drain completely, with different amounts of sanity benefits per tier
  

• When using a Parabolic microphone, you will now clearly hear all sounds you are aiming towards, within range, while all other sounds will be muffled
  

• The interval in which the ghost checks if an Incense is active, is now much smaller, making repelling the ghost much more consistent
  
• Using Incense during another Incense's effect will now reset the timer instead of doing nothing
  

• Salt will now only reveal footprints if the ghost has Ultraviolet evidence
  
• UV prints must now be charged by a UV light to take a successful photo
  
• Footprints will be affected by ghost traits similar to Fingerprints
  
• Glowsticks can now be used again after they dim to shake and revitalize the light they produce
  

• Thermometers are now counted as a starter item alongside the other evidence items
  
• The cold breath effect will now show at 5 degrees Celsius and below.
  
• You must now use a Thermometer to find freezing temperatures at 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) or below
  
• To receive a room temperature reading you must now hold the “Use” button for a short period (Tiers II and III only)
  
• Room temperatures will now be much more consistent between players
  
  
  
  • Freezing ghosts can lower the temperature to -10C, non-freezing ghosts can lower to 1C
    
  • Temperatures will now drop at 1/3 the current speed, if the temperature is below the minimum weather temperature
    

• Max amount reduced to 4
  
• Ghosts can now throw video cameras like other items
  
• Ghosts can now rarely knock over tripods
  

• Some items are now consumable! This means that if you use an item during a contract, marked as “consumable” in the shop, you will have to purchase it again when you leave.
  Disabling "lose items" in Custom Difficulty will not consume items (rewards are still set to 0x)
  
  
  • Crucifix: All tiers
    
  • Firelight I and II
    
  • Igniter: All tiers
    
  • Incense I and II
    
  • Salt: All tiers
    
  • Sanity Medication: All tiers
    

• Added a new photo camera system which takes into consideration the distance and view angle of the evidence. This will significantly change the quality of photos.
  
• Evidence in photos will now need to be closer and centralized to get a higher quality reward.
  

• Rewards for all objectives, tasks and the weekly challenge have been increased drastically
  
• Any experience earned will now give you the same amount in dollars
  
• Rewards for collecting the bone will no longer be affected by the reward multiplier
  

• Added gamepad UI button controls for the Journal, voice recognition text and the main menu screen
  
• Replaced gamepad UI navigation with a virtual on-screen cursor
  

• Upgraded the Unity engine for many performance improvements
  
• Swapped from the Forward to Forward+ renderer. With this, turning on multiple lights should no longer reduce your performance drastically
  
• Added a help (?) button above the equipment list to explain the new icons to the player
  
• Clicking on any Equipment panel in the SHOP or LOADOUT pages will now open a new window displaying new information and buttons for Upgrading
  
• A small Tier button has been added to the top left of each equipment item in the Shop, which you can click to quickly cycle through unlocked Upgrades
  
• New gameplay Descriptions and Lore notes have been added to all equipment, viewable on the Upgrade screen
  
• You can now set a loadout to Auto-Buy! This will refill any missing items when finishing a mission, but only you have the money to buy all the missing items
  
• Added range indicators while placing to all Ghost-Writing Books and Motion Sensor III
  
• Added platform-specific icons to the player cards and recent player's page
  
• Player voices will now be affected by audio effects such as the Sunny Meadows hallway reverb
  
• Added gamepad UI button controls for the Journal, voice recognition text and the main menu screen
  
• Added a fade to the VR head collision
  
• When the game loads into a map or the main menu it will now always be a smooth fade for VR and NonVR
  
• The ghost will now leave EMF when blowing out a candle
  
• Several equipment items can now be turned on and off by pressing use when aiming at them while they are placed
  
• Added support for the Quest Pro
  
• Added support for the Vive Focus 3
  

• The in-game voice system has been replaced with Photon Voice
  
• Replaced and added several new sounds for equipment
  
• Moved the camera view for the Head Mounted Camera so that it’s slightly easier to watch other player’s view
  
• Crucifixes will now have an extra 50% range (per Tier) against Demons
  
• Incense will now have an extra 50% duration (per Tier) against Moroi
  
• Rebaked lighting in all locations, main menu and training
  
• Increased the height of the Equipment List panel in the lobby
  
• Increased the penalty for choosing a Monkey Paw in Custom games
  
• “I wish to see the ghost” will no longer teleport the ghost in front of you, instead it will reveal it where the ghost is, in its current position
  
• Turning off "Flashlights" in Custom difficulty will now turn off all types of flashlights (DOTS I, UV II etc)
  
• Updated all equipment loadouts for Weekly Challenges to accommodate Tiers, some are harder some are easier!
  
• Reduced the chance for a ghost to interact with a door as it was overpowering other interactions
  
• Moved the Tarot Cards in the Collection cabinet so you can see them all at once on all aspect ratios
  
• Candles found inside contracts can still be lit, but are no longer grabbable and do not provide any sanity-altering effects
  
• The “Take a Ghost photo” objective will no longer count if you take a ghost photo when your journal is already full
  
• Light range has been reduced and will no longer cast shadows to save performance
  
• Improved the performance of the fountain in Sunny Meadows
  
• Removed distortion for VR Parabolic microphone glass
  
• Improved support for new HTC VR headsets
  
• Replaced Turkish font to make it more readable
  
• VR Smooth Monitor View has been renamed to Social Screen Mode
  
• Several candles in the Sunny Meadows chapel have been adjusted
  
  
  • Light range has been reduced and will no longer cast shadows to save performance
    
  • The fallen Candelabras will now start off, and cannot be re-lit
  
  

• Players should no longer reach the maximum light count, resulting in lights not casting any visible light e.g. basement floor being black / DOTS not showing on walls
  
• The weekly timer will now display the minutes and seconds left when there are less than 24 hours left
  
• Thaye will now have the correct interaction rate
  
• EMF interactions can no longer cause incorrect collisions with objects
  
• Players will no longer change their order between the lobby, truck and journal
  
• Fixed a common crash when initializing VR
  
• You can no longer repel the ghost for another player with an unlimited range (e.g. lighting a smudge in the truck)
  
• Thaye will no longer age when only a dead player is nearby
  
• Thaye will now do fewer ghost events as it ages instead of more
  
• Yokai will now have increased hunt chance and activity for all talking players instead of just the host
  
• Tanglewood basement audio effects will now change when they should
  
• Tanglewood basement room bounds are now accurate
  
• Mare will no longer count keyboards and TV Remotes as light sources
  
• The ghost can no longer get stuck at the back of the Woodwind games tent
  
• The Sunny Meadows camera icons will now show on the correct floor
  
• The setup timer will now be set to 0 after using the Ouija Board
  
• The ghost mist event will now move towards you instead of above you
  
• The Monkey Paw can now be grabbed while the Sunny Meadows Chapel cross is on fire
  
• Items during contracts will no longer break if you are holding an item in the main menu before loading
  
• Numbers in player names will no longer be translated when using Arabic
  
• Several items will no longer push you around while held and you are crouched
  
• Fixed a crash on low-end hardware that caused quality settings to be set too early
  
• Due to the new Voice System, issues with desynced voice chat, voice delays and poor voice audio quality are now significantly improved
  
• The VR Loading fade will now be completely black
  
• You can no longer walk through the bushes in Willow
  
• Ghosts can no longer spawn / travel to unintended locations in High School
  
• Mimics will no longer always have cold breath if they had previously mimicked a Hantu
  
• Lighting the summoning circle will no longer turn the lights on in the room the ghost was previously in
  
• Moonlight will no longer be visible in the Sunny Meadows basement: Restricted Wing
  
• The Photo Camera can now be detected by the ghost during a hunt when a non-host is holding it
  
• The High Priestess Tarot Card will now correctly work in single player
  

KNOWN ISSUES

• Players sometimes do not leave the lobby correctly and are still visible, causing a bug where you have to restart
  
• Changing your keybindings won't currently change the sticky notes in the new Training mode
  
• Some shiny surface reflections (such as the truck floor) will flicker on and off when viewed from a particular angle
  
• Enabling MSAA will cause white outlines to appear around certain surfaces
  
  
  
  • Workaround: Use FXAA or SMAA
    
  
  
• VR placement highlight is incorrectly aligned in the truck and belt in most cases (actual placement position is correct)
  
• VR Head gear can be toggled on/off when grabbed
  
• Some equipment and fingerprint photos may be inconsistent
  

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• The platform you are playing on is displayed in the top left of the card's banner.
  
• Before your level is a Roman numeral, displaying your current prestige.
  
• The Experience bar is now coloured to match the selected ID card theme, and is wider.
  
• There are now two slots for badges!
  

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