Phasmophobia

The Kinetic Games Team

• Improved VR target priority
  
• Improved VR grab performance, accuracy and reliability
  
• To fix a UI bug, the VR journal is now bright when grabbed
  
• Further optimisations to Sunny Meadows
  
• Changed the rendering path back to Forward from Forward+ due to graphical issues
  
• Optimised Maple Campsite
  
• Optimised VR cpu usage across all maps
  

• You can now close tent doors again
  
• You can no longer exploit custom difficulty multipliers by not applying it
  
• You will now drain sanity when the fuse box is off when the room light is turned on
  
• Player cards and scrollable areas will now look correct in the journal in VR
  
• The ghost can now kill you near the front door of High School
  
• The ghost can no longer move outside of the playable area in Woodwind
  
• Obake will now correctly make footstep sounds during hunts
  
• UV Light T1 will no longer roll around on the floor infinitely
  
• The VR teleport movement distance circles are visible again
  
• The VR highlight reticule is now visible again
  
• Sunny Meadows wheelchair sounds now show on parabolic microphones
  
• You can no longer teleport through walls in VR with teleport movement
  
• You will no longer drop your held items in VR if another VR player drops their Journal
  
• The cost of UV Light T1 is now correctly $35 to match the other tiers
  

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• Removed the 100% initialising text once VR has finished loading to allow for a smoother loading transition
  
• Improved VR distance grab
  
• Lowered the number of photos needed for the 3 star footstep weekly task
  
• Increased VR players grab distance by 50%. This does not affect teleport grab
  
  
• The sanity system has been replaced to increase cpu performance.
  
  
  
  • Sanity is no longer based on the light around will now stop draining if the main room light is on
    
  • Large rooms with a lot of dark areas (e.g. Sunny Meadows Hallways) will drain 80% sanity of the sanity drain rate if the room light is on
    
  
  

• Very significant CPU performance optimisations, especially in VR
  
• You can now grab the Spirit Box T1 much easier in VR
  
• Incense T3 now falls to the ground when dropped in VR
  
• VR player’s vision will now fade in and out when loading to join or create a lobby
  
• VR players can no longer toggle night vision goggles while holding them
  
• The T2 Ghost Writing Book’s left-hand grab position is now correct
  
• Tarot cards are now grabbable on PC after a VR player has used one
  
• VR and PC players can no longer grab VR players’ items off their head
  
• VR and PC players can no longer use VR players’ items on their head or belt
  
• Obake footsteps can now be heard correctly during hunts
  
• The Mare long roam trait will now work in prison cell blocks
  
• Weekly Tasks will no longer be able to randomly choose training as a location requirement
  
• VR players can no longer place Tripods on their belt
  
• The Voodoo Doll is now floppy again!
  
• DOTS 1 now has the [PLACEABLE] keyword in the shop
  
• VR equipment highlights in the truck are now all correct
  
• Removed depth of field and chromatic aberration from VR night vision goggle post processing
  
• When a VR player puts head gear on, PC players will no longer see it or grab it at their feet
  
• Map floor selector buttons should now work properly when selecting them in VR
  
• Disturbed salt photos should not get in the way of other photos as much
  
• You will no longer override night vision goggle post-processing settings when hitting apply in the journal, with the effect enabled
  
• Swapping inventory items while placing an item then swapping back to it again, will no longer still display the placement highlight
  
• Dirty water photos now work on all sinks
  
• Fingerprints are now the correct size on the wooden poles in both campsites
  
• The hunt will no longer sometimes start when all players are outside
  
• Your sanity will no longer sometimes drain when you are outside
  

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• You can now rebind the interact button on gamepad
  

• The left-hand VR orientation for emf reader T3 is now correct
  
• The VR journal now works in Training
  
• The spirit box and UV flashlight will no longer prevent you from being able to strafe in VR while it is on your belt
  
• Motion sensor T3 can now be placed in VR
  
• You can now light incense T3 consistently in VR
  
• You can now light firelight T3 consistently in VR
  
• The VR Journal can now be easily grabbed when on your shoulder
  
• The shop TV no longer turns on and off for all players when a VR player focuses on it
  
• Salt lines no longer collide with players, which allowed players to get trapped, and access unintended places
  
• Turkish font is now readable
  
• The cursed hunt will now end correctly if prevented by a crucifix T3
  

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• Gamepad players can now press the south (Xbox - A) button to quick access the main menu board
  
• You can now press the east button (Xbox - B) to exit the spirit box text voice recognition without dropping the item
  

• Pressing the east button (Xbox - B) while the journal is open will no longer drop the item you are holding
  
• Doors will no longer get stuck while held when using a gamepad
  
• Placing a crucifix will no longer sometimes push it through the floor, but photos will be temporarily worse
  
• You are no longer counted as being inside the truck if you push the spirit box into the truck wall from outside
  
• Ignitor tier 3 now correctly lasts 10 minutes instead of 5 minutes
  
• The shop funds visual no longer defaults to $999,999,999 if your save file fails to load the value
  
• The music box will now correctly do the ghost event when within 5 meters of the ghost
  

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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
  

The Kinetic Games Team

• 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
  

The Kinetic Games Team

• 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
  

The Kinetic Games Team