Phasmophobia

• You can now interact with the lobby cabinets to get a closer view of its contents
  
• You can now place the bowling pins
  
• You can now remove your votes on the contract board
  
• The sunny meadows boilers now have a burning loop sound
  
• Added a VR option to change between toggle and hold grab type for doors
  
• Two extra cabinets have been added in the lobby for future trophies
  
• Added sparkles to the gold apocalypse trophy
  

• The shop and cabinets in the lobby have been moved, to make access easier for VR players
  
• Improved lobby ball physics
  
• The server browser language filter will now default to "Any" instead of your voice language setting to allow you to see all servers by default.
  
• The “US” region will now say “NA” to match the region selection
  
• The warning before resetting your save file is now much more obvious
  
• Text plaques in the collectable cabinets should now be easier to read
  

• Various bone spawns, ghost orb spawns and AI navigation fixes across all maps
  
• You can now ready up on a map that you have not unlocked
  
• The microphone volume bar will now work in the lobby when you are in a server
  
• Added missing Bleasdale foliage
  
• The Bone objective will now always count
  
• Pumpkin stickers will now only show your local progress, and not the hosts
  
• Loading a custom preset will now update the left and right button properly
  
• Insurance will no longer say $0 if you click skip
  
• You can now skip the end game animation whilst your ID card is animating
  
• Non hosts will now see the bone room in the game stats and when asking Ouija board question
  
• Halloween event sounds will now accommodate your volume settings
  
• Having no microphone, will no longer break applying your settings
  
• A sound will now play correctly when the ghost opens a washing machine door.
  
• You can no longer get stuck on the corner of the small blue tent in Maple Lodge Campsite
  
• The EMF reader will no longer get stuck in some cases
  
• The "most deaths to" stat will now be localized
  
• The randomizer will no longer select 0 or 50% sanity drain speed
  
• You will no longer be teleported inside the map if you fall out of the map in Edgefield near the truck
  
• Newly joined players will no longer get the wrong difficulty
  
• You will no longer lose the settings for the last game that you played
  
• Voting a new map now unvotes an already voted map
  
• Players will no longer stay in lobby when leaving the game
  
• Unlocking maps and equipment now happens as you unlock them
  
• All candles will now have the lit sound effect
  
• Lighting the summoning circle will now drain the correct amount of sanity
  
• Summoning circle and pumpkin candles can no longer be turned on with left click
  
• Candles will now blow out if they are on the VR Belt and you walk into heavy rain
  
• You can no longer see VR players radio when they are dead
  
• The VR movement direction option will now work
  
• All of the VR options are now visible
  
• VR snap turning will now set the correct angle and will now go to 90 degrees
  
• VR players can now place cameras on tripods if they are not the host
  
• Equipment placed on the VR Belt will no longer face the wrong way for other players
  
• VR teleport locomotion can now be used to move around on Sunny Meadows and Camp Woodwind
  
• You can use teleport locomotion to move into the Halloween event lobby circle
  
• VR Teleport will now work on the lobby staircase
  
• VR equipment holding positions will no longer break if they were placed back in the truck
  
• You can no longer teleport from the Tanglewood garage to the van
  
• The lobby uv torch will now be rotated correctly when held
  
• The candle, ghost writing book, video camera and sound sensor will no longer drop to the floor when placed on the VR belt
  

• Increased performance when inside the building especially when in the wings, courtyard or basement
  
• Wall crucifixes will now leave scratches on the wall, and interaction photos will now work
  
• Hiding spot in the utility room now has collision
  
• Fixed some missing room names
  
• Wall crucifixes will now give interaction photos
  
• Some door fingerprints are no longer floating
  
• The cheese slice will now react to physics correctly
  
• The bookshelf will now disappear when the hiding spot is blocked, in the female day room
  
• Objects will no longer get trapped inside the toilet sinks
  
• Ghosts can no longer spawn on top of tables
  
• Adjusted the position of the locker blockers in the morgue, so that they don’t clip through the wall or doors
  
• You can no longer get stuck or be safe from the ghost behind a small bench in the courtyard
  

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• The Jenga tower will no longer fall over at the start
  
• The Halloween ghost photo no longer has to be the first ghost photo
  

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• On Nightmare Difficulty without heavy rain; enter any location decorated with a pumpkin sticker on the contract selection board! You will gain 5 sanity per candy collected or Jack-o'-lantern lit!
  
• Search for candy!
  
• Light Jack-o'-lanterns!
  
• And snap a photo of the ghost!
  

• Added window-knocking sounds to windows in Sunny Meadows
  
• Added sounds for candles being lit
  
• You can now place Jenga Blocks (It will still fall over at the start for now)
  

• Lowered volume and length of some female ‘out of breath' sounds
  

• Fixed several bugs with the global voice chat
  
• You can no longer hear dead players
  
• The truck can now be closed if a player body did not despawn when they left
  
• The Halloween lobby easter egg will now work in VR
  

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• In Single-player, complete all 4 objectives and get a ghost photo in Sunny Meadows Mental Institution with the following Custom difficulty multipliers:
  
  • 15x or more: bronze
    
  • 20x or more: silver
    
  • 24x or more: gold
    
  • Show off your trophies in your display cabinet!
    

• Redecorated the Menu Room for Halloween! More will be added soon including an in-game event!
  
• Re-added the reset save button back in with a warning
  
• You can now toggle your badge and character on the main menu home screen
  

• Resetting your save will now provide an “Are you sure” before continuing.
  
• Resetting your save will now only be possible when not in a lobby
  
• Adding/removing an item from your loadout will now automatically save it
  
• The “save loadout” button has been removed
  
• It will now be more obvious which loadout you currently have selected
  
• You are now required to write a small description to submit a player report
  

• You can no longer report a player twice within 24 hours (using the ID card report button while in a game, after already reporting them in the menu)
  
• The game will no longer suffer from a memory leak which was causing unplayable fps and crashes
  
• UI arrows will now scale better with lower resolution monitors, and for 4:3 aspect ratios
  
• Resetting your save now reloads the main menu, fixing UI displaying pre-reset values
  
• You will now lose equipment when you die
  
• The invite code will now remain hidden when returning from a game in a public lobby
  
• Maps will now unlock correctly, in line with the “Level unlock” screen
  
• The ghost's name on the statistics page will now be localized
  
• Fixed a bug where Vosk voice recognition wouldn’t work due to an empty voice models file
  
• VR Belt items will now face the correct direction
  

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• Replaced the “change” button in difficulty selection with arrow buttons to make navigation easier
  
• Moved the lamp, glowsticks, clipboards, and boombox in the lobby room so that VR players can reach them easier
  
• Moved fuse box icons so they're easier to see on the map
  
• Significant performance improvements to weather, especially light rain
  
• Lowered the volume for heavy rain and thunder
  
• You will now be defaulted to the first loadout
  
• Adjusted the lined paper’s brightness
  
• Player volumes now start at 50%
  

• You will no longer get stuck on the main menu if a game starts while you are on the shop or contract vote screen
  
• Fixed several bugs with the lobby UI
  
• Player bodies will now always disappear when they leave
  
• You will no longer be set to unready when there are minor lobby changes
  
• The blue ball in the main menu will now be thrown properly
  
• The invite code will no longer show for single-player and public games
  
• You can now buy equipment if you have the exact amount required
  
• The challenge clipboards will now be held in the correct place in VR
  
• VR head and controller movement options are no longer inverted
  
• You will now be given your equipment back if you crash
  
• The voted map will no longer be set to random if the host leaves
  
• The voted map will no longer show the wrong map
  
• You can now click all main menu UI on 4:3 aspect ratio
  
• The Recent Players list will now add players when it fills up
  
• Camp Woodwind: You can no longer be killed when outside the gate
  
• Camp Woodwind: The ghost can no longer spawn behind the tables in the games tent
  
• Camp Woodwind: Fires will now extinguish when walking out of the truck when in heavy rain
  
• Camp Woodwind: Leaf piles will no longer disappear when moving away from them
  

• Significantly lowered the RAM usage
  
• Hallway doors will now have fingerprints in the correct position
  
• Removed the black box in the courtyard steps
  
• Increased the size of the collider for using the fuse box handle
  
• Scratches now reveal behind the wall crucifixes
  
• Wall crucifixes are no longer usable by players
  
• Removed a wheelchair in the basement storage to stop players getting stuck
  
• Renamed nurses room to match the map text (Infirmary)
  
• Removed infirmary from Female Wing restricted map
  

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• Temporarily removed the reset save button until a warning gets added
  

• You will no longer get a grey eye in VR when smooth monitor view is enabled
  
• You will no longer be given free items
  
• VR players can now click the server buttons to join games
  
• Player volumes will no longer reset back to 100%
  
• The heartbeat sound will now stop playing when you die
  
• Server version is now displayed on the main menu
  
• You can now select Arabic as a language filter
  
• Thai player names will now be readable
  
• Japanese and Arabic are now much more readable
  
• Death amount stat will no longer count other players dying
  
• You can no longer progress challenges or get a reward when exiting training
  
• You will no longer get stuck on the error screen after receiving an error
  
• Performance improvements to Non-VR across all maps to hopefully fix the stuttering
  
• The journal player card report button can no longer be clicked if you have reported that player within the last 24 hours
  
• Sunny Meadows East and west foul linen rooms are now named correctly
  
• The old alarm clock animation will now play for the correct length
  
• Sunny Meadows courtyard steps are no longer black
  
• Sunny Meadows fallen doors will now make sounds when walked on, collide with items, and can have fingerprints left on them
  

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• In Single-player, complete all 4 objectives and get a ghost photo in Sunny Meadows Mental Institution with the following Custom difficulty multipliers
  
• 15x or more: bronze
  
• 20x or more: silver
  
• 24x or more: gold
  
• Show off your trophies in your display cabinet!
  

Player

• Sanity Pill restoration amount
  
• Starting sanity
  
• Sanity drain speed multiplier
  
• Sprinting use allowance
  
• Sprint recharge time
  
• Sprint duration
  
• Flashlights being broken
  
• Losing Items on death toggle
  
• Player speed multiplier
  

Ghost

• Number of evidence given
  
• Chance of changing favorite Room
  
• Interaction amount
  
• Event frequency
  
• Hunt duration
  
• Grace period duration
  
• Fingerprint chance
  
• Fingerprint duration
  
• Disable hunts
  
• Kills extending hunts
  
• Roaming frequency
  
• Ghost speed multiplier
  

Contract

• Setup time
  
• Weather
  
• Number of doors starting open
  
• Amount of hiding places
  
• Sanity monitor state
  
• Activity monitor state
  
• Fuse box map visibility
  
• Fuse box starting state
  
• Cursed Possessions quantity
  
• Cursed Possession choice(s)
  

Sunny Meadows Mental Institution

Sunny Meadows Mental Institution - RESTRICTED

Camp Woodwind

All ghosts

• All hunting and event sound effects volume will now drop to 0% when at least 20m away, instead of just being quiet.
  Note: This should also make the Myling strength more noticeable
  
• The singing sound caused by the music box playing will now drop to 0% volume when over 20m away
  
• Throws now have a minimum ‘Throw Power’, to avoid small throws
  
  
  
  • 1 - 3 Power (previously 0.1 - 2.5 Power)
    
• Objects are now thrown higher, resulting in much more consistent throws
  
• During hunts, objects are thrown more often
  
  
  
  • 50% chance to throw an object in range, every 0.5 seconds
    
  • Poltergeist - 100% chance to throw an object in range, every 0.5 seconds
    

Poltergeist

• The Oni super throw has been moved to Poltergeist, as it is more thematical
  
  • 2 - 6 power (previously 0 - 5 power)
    

Oni

• Oni has received additional traits:
  
  • Oni will now drain double the sanity of a normal ghost during ghost events
    
  • Oni can now be seen for longer periods when flickering during hunts

Demon

• Demon's rare ability to hunt above 70% will now happen more reliably
  

Jinn

• The ability will now trigger if you're in the same room, or within 3m of the ghost
  
• The ability will now create EMF at the fuse box if any player is drained, not just the host
  

• Player reports will be reviewed by our team and punished accordingly, depending on the offense
  
• Bans are progressive and increase in duration for multiple offenses, some offenses may start further in the chain than others
  
  
  
  • 2 days
    
  • 7 days
    
  • 30 days
    
  • Permanent
    
• You may also be banned from abusing the reporting system, e.g. spam reporting players
  
• To report a player, open the new ‘Recent players’ tab in the journal, and click the report icon next to that player’s name
  
• If banned, you will still be able to play single-player games
  

• Due to paranormal entities appearing in our base of operations, Ghost Huntin' Distribution has moved everyone into a new office! A warehouse has been converted with a shop, new investigation boards, access to the truck, and a staff room (coming soon)
  
• Player ID cards have been added
  
• A ‘Detailed Statistics’ page has been added to the post-game screen
  
• A long-term stat tracking page has been added to the journal for various player and ghost stats
  
• You will now connect to the last region you were in instead of connecting to your best ping region
  
• The journal is now usable in the Main Menu room
  
• Steam users can now view and add friends through the new ‘Recent players’ journal tab
  
• Weekly challenges have been added
  More will be added with the Progression Update
  
• Shortcut buttons have been added to jump between the Location Selection, Main Menu, and Shop screens, additionally you can use the keyboard arrow keys for navigation
  
• The whiteboard in the Truck has been replaced with a progressively updating Investigation Board
  
• New collectible cabinets have been added to the lobby, try to fill them both!
  
  • The first time you use a Cursed Possession, it will be added to your collection
    
  • Collecting each type of bone will add it to your collection, some need to be collected twice!
    More collectibles will be added, closer to the full release of the game
  
  
• The shop has been moved to a separate computer in the lobby
  
• Players can now create loadouts for their equipment
  Additional loadouts will be added with the Progression Update
  
• You can now view Daily and Weekly challenges in the Truck
  
• Equipment items are now placeable back onto the truck’s equipment wall
  
• You can now take photos of new interactions to gain extra rewards
  
  
  • D.O.T.S. ghost
    
  • Used Crucifix (1 or 2 uses)
    
  • The salt pile (when a ghost steps in it)
    
  • Ghost Writing will now display as ‘Ghost Writing’ instead of ‘Interaction’
    
• When the ghost attempts to hunt but is blocked by a crucifix, it will now create an EMF 2 reading
  
• Added a house candle to Grafton
  
• Arabic now has text and voice recognition support
  
• VR players will now see a loading screen to help with loading jitters
  
• Save files will now create a backup and automatically restore if they corrupt
  

• Controls for equipment have changed to become consistent
  
  
  • If an object is placeable, it will always use the secondary button (default: F)
    
  • If an object is usable, it will always use the primary button (default: Right Mouse)
    
  Note: This means that smudge sticks are now used with Right Mouse! Don't forget it!
  
• Collecting the bone will now grant more rewards when playing on larger maps
  
  
  
  • Large - $30
    
  • Medium - $20
    
  • Small - $10
    
• The photo ‘point’ system has been removed, instead, players will receive a set amount of money and XP per photo they take. This also allowed us to even out the rewards for photos, so that getting a certain ghost type won't become a "feels bad" moment for what photos you can take
  
  
  
  • $5 - 3 star / $2 - 2 star / $1 - 1 star
    
    
    • Dead body
      
    • Interaction
      
    • Fingerprints
      
    • Footsteps
      
    • Cursed possessions
      
    • Salt pile stepped in
      
    • DOTS ghost
      
    • Ghost writing
      
  • $10 - 3 star / $5 - 2 star / $2 - 1 star
    
    
    • Used crucifix
      
    • Dirty water
      
    • Bone
      
  • $20 - 3 star / $10 - 2 star / $5 - 1 star
    
    
    • Ghost
      
  Note: Photos are no longer affected by the difficulty multiplier, but with these changes, you'll be getting more money than before!
  
  
• The photo priority system has been improved
  
  
  • Items are "scored" by distance and how close they are to the middle of the photo. The top "scoring" item will give rewards
    
  • Ghosts will always take priority over other items
    
  • The reliability of the system has been improved
    
  Note: This also means that you will always get interaction photos before fingerprint photos, get those UV lights back out!
  
• The placement highlight mechanic has been reworked
  
  
  • You will only see the highlight when holding down your designated placement key (PC: default ‘F’ / VR: Trigger) and release to place
    
  • Moving the mouse left/right whilst the F key is held, will rotate the highlight object
    
  • You can now place and rotate the tripod
    
  • Various equipment's placeable areas have been adjusted
    
• The fuse box has received a new design, when in house and farmhouse locations
  
• Sanity drain for “Hide and seek” is now 0%
  
• The key in the truck has been moved to hang next to the door keypad, instead of on the desk
  
• Increased rewards for all Daily Challenges
  
• Rewards for playing on medium and large maps have been increased
  
• You can now view 10 photos in the lobby room (increased from 6), from your previous game
  
• To improve performance, objects will no longer render when behind closed doors
  
• Adjusted the visuals for skyboxes, for each weather, so that they are more realistic
  
• Improved the heavy rain and snow effects and performance
  
• The main menu options screen has been removed, and is now accessible only in the Journal
  
• Some locations have been renamed
  
• When dead, players can now see doors, but walk through them
  
• The volume of the guitar being played and camping stove toggle, has been lowered
  
• Ghosts will no longer see you through the trees by the cabin in Maple Lodge Campsite
  
• Ghosts can no longer set these rooms as its favorite in Maple Lodge Campsite:
  
  
  • Entrance
    
  • Central path
    
  • North path
    
  • North East path
    
  • Picnic area
    
• Rebaked occlusion in Maple Lodge Campsite which may improve performance
  
• The Journal default button on a gamepad is now “select” instead of D-Pad up
  
• Room names for the Sound Sensors will now be in the room they are placed in, instead of the room you were standing in when you placed it
  
• Candles will now extinguish when placed into your inventory
  
• Ghosts now use the sprinting footstep sound when hunting on dirt floors
  
• Reduced RAM usage for fonts, this is significant in languages with many characters
  
• Adjusted several lights bloom values
  
• Adjusted campfire particles and bloom
  

• Fixed long-distance roams, chance is now:
  
  
  
  • High - 30% when wandering
    
  • Medium - 20% when wandering
    
  • Low - 10% when wandering
    
  
  
• Fixed ghost changing favorite room’s chance, for example:
  
  
  
  • If a ghost long roams and ends up in a new room, do a chance check
    
  • Low - 33%
    
  • Medium - 66%
    
  • High - 100%
    
  • Then do a check based on insanity (e.g., 30% sanity = 70%)
    
  • If successful for both chances, change favorite room
    
  
  
• Goryo will now have half the chance of other ghosts to long-roam instead of double
  
• Myling will now decrease the audible range of its hunt audio, instead of only footsteps.
  
• If you have less than 16% sanity when lighting the last Summoning Circle, the ghost will now hunt instantly after being summoned
  
• When the summoning circle is lit, the ghost’s position will now sync faster for non-hosts
  
• Fingerprints on camping lamps will now be the correct size
  
• You can no longer place objects on the truck ceiling
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the voice recognition would not work due to an empty voice models file
  
• Picking up a tripod with a camcorder attached by someone else, will no longer break the camcorder
  
• You are no longer unkillable when hiding under stairs or similar objects in some locations
  
• The hiding spot next to the cabin will no longer get you killed
  
• Grafton’s upstairs locker can now be blocked
  
• Bleasdale’s workshop locker can now be blocked
  
• Having ALT as your push-to-talk button will no longer keep your voice active after alt-tabbing
  
• The toilets upstairs in Edgefield now flush
  
• Ghosts will no longer affect the living room collider when standing on the basement stairs in Tanglewood
  
• You can no longer glitch behind the small tents to access safe spots
  
• The Mare will no longer stop attempting to do its light switch ability after you use the light switch several times
  
• Doors will no longer spin when closing for a hunt
  

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Hacking / cheating

• Exploiting the game
  
  
  
  • Entering the house via a glitch to exploit the ghost
    
  • Duplicating items
    
  • Using spots that make you unkillable
    
  
  
• Third-party tools
  
  
  
  • Speed hacks
    
  • Adjusting the ghost’s behavior
    
  • Killing other players instantly
    
  
  
• Game files
  
  
  
  • Modifying your game files
    
  • Decompiling the game's code
    
  • Texture or model replacements
    

Hate Speech / verbal abuse

• Racism
  
  
  
  • Racial slurs
    
  • Discrimination
    
  
  
• Sexism
  
  
  
  • Kicking players because of their gender
    
  • Insults based on gender
    
  
  
• Harassment
  
  
  
  • Following a player between lobbies
    
  • Kicking the same player over and over
    
  
  
• Offensive language
  
  
  
  • Swearing
    
  • Insults
    
  • Homophobia
    

Griefing

• Ruining games
  
  
  
  • Holding games hostage by not entering the truck
    
  • Hiding useful items from other players
    
  • Joining a game then going AFK for long periods
    
  • Wasting all photos from cameras
    
  • Breaking Cursed Possessions straight away
    
  
  
• Abusing the report system
  
  
  
  • Reporting people for no reason
    
  • Spam reporting the same person each day
    

Username

• Offensive in-game name
  
• Inappropriate in-game name
  
• Circumventing the in-game banned names
  

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