Phasmophobia

• Added a cloud backup for save files. If your save file corrupts it will now revert to this instead of a local file backup
  

• The tripod will no longer count as an electronic if you place it
  
• The money spent stat will no longer increase when you add equipment in the lobby
  
• Ukrainian will now be abbreviated as UA instead of UK
  
• The Banshee and Moroi ability used stat will now work
  
• You can no longer kick the wrong player
  
• House candles will now block an Onryo hunt and will blow out in heavy rain without having to put them into your inventory first
  
• The haunted mirror will no longer count for the use cursed possessions challenge twice when using it
  
• The Oni, Wraith and Yokai will now correctly change their activity based on their traits
  
• The Goryo will now have half the chance to wander instead of double (for real this time)
  
• The Moroi ability used stat will now count when other players are cursed
  
• Other players equipment will now be removed from the lobby when they quit
  
• The voodoo doll will no longer float when thrown
  
• The bone will no longer spawn on the room above where it supposed to be
  
• Light switch EMF photos will now be named correctly
  

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• Added a button in the journal to see the Unity privacy policy as well as a button to opt out of Analytics, opting out is permanent
  
• Added Catalan language support for text and voice recognition
  

• The bone will now spawn anywhere the ghost can walk to prevent it getting into unreachable locations
  
• The Halloween event has now been removed and the trophy can no longer be completed
  

• Player map icons now work in woodwind
  
• When loading into a game, you will now be forced to the loading screen
  
• Locker in Bleasdale will no longer always be blocked
  
• If you fall out of the map in Camp Woodwind you will now always be teleported back into the map
  
• The ghost writing book will no longer count as an electronic
  
• Leaving training through the journal will no longer give you an error screen
  
• The "Complete objectives in" text will now have a space between it and the map name
  
• The “Cursed Possessions” journal title will no longer go on two lines in some languages
  
• The animation of the alarm clock will now work correctly
  
• The banshee will now set a new target after the target dies and when you draw a hanged man
  
• Fuse box sounds no longer play twice when used
  
• Fires should no longer fail when flickering
  
• Post game tabs now highlight to show you which tab is currently open
  
• Potential fix for save files corrupting when the game crashes
  
• Banshees will no longer attempt to walk outside if their target is outside
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the ghost to navigate too often outside of its favourite room as well as making the ghost orb spawn outside of the room
  
• Fixed safe spots and areas you could get stuck across several maps
  
• The haunted mirror will no longer turn on if your inventory is full and you attempt to grab it
  
• VR players can now teleport onto the debris on Sunny Meadows with teleport locomotion
  
• Fixed an issue where tall VR players would collide with an object near the main menu board
  
• Fixed the floating talk button in VR
  
• Grabbing the VR journal or VR walkie talkie with both hands at the same time will no longer make it very large
  
• The VR UI pointer will no longer clip through the journal, when the shop tv is behind it
  
• The VR walkie talkie will no longer stay on if you drop it while using it
  
• Doors will no longer change size when grabbed by a VR player
  
• VR Players will now drop all items when they die or disconnect
  
• You can no longer grab VR players belt equipment
  

• The ghost will no longer stop interacting if it tries to knock on a fallen down door
  
• The washing machine animation now works more than once
  
• The washing machine doors are now synced in multiplayer
  

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• Hantu will no longer get exponentially faster if they enter a room between 3 and 6 Celsius
  
• Moved a candy bucket in the upstairs bathroom on Ridgeview so VR players can reach it
  
• Objects will no longer desync when a player leaves the game
  
• Players will now disappear when they leave the game
  
• You no longer get more rewards when skipping the reward animation in some cases
  
• The challenge “Complete objectives in” will now show the map name after the value has changed
  
• After the reward screen, you will correctly see your new level and experience in the lobby
  
• Leaving a lobby through the journal will now remove your equipment from the lobby
  
• You can no longer light a smudge stick you aren’t holding, with an unlit lighter
  
• Applying a server browser filter now resets your page back to 1
  
• Weekly challenges will now display the progress correctly after a reset
  
• After the next reset, the weekly challenge “Complete an objective in random” will no longer be able to select the “random” map
  
• Photos are now much more accurate at detecting ghosts
  
• The Mare light switch ability stat will now sync between all players
  
• The volume will no longer spike when leaving a game
  
• The training “Are You Sure?” UI will now disappear after clicking yes
  
• The lobby radio voice will no longer spike in volume when joining a game
  
• You can now light smudge sticks that you haven’t grabbed
  
• Equipment will no longer spawn before everyone has loaded in if a player leaves or disconnects during loading
  
• You can now light non-grabbed smudge sticks with a candle
  
• VR players can now change other player volumes
  
• VR players can now place sensors
  
• The report button is now clickable in the VR Journal
  
• The player cards in the VR journal will no longer clip into the journal
  

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• The language filter now saves your previously selected language
  
• Spirit is now selected in the journal by default
  
• You can now sprint when dead, when sprinting is disabled
  
• The distance walked and sprinted stat will no longer count movement when you are dead
  

• Improved performance of the Anisotropic graphics setting
  
• The bone will no longer spawn in an unreachable location if it spawns inside the large tents
  
• When opening the Journal with a gamepad you will no longer navigate over to the main menu UI
  
• Gamepads can now navigate the correct direction when selecting a right arrow in the journal
  
• Gamepads will no longer lose the ability to navigate the journal after pressing most option buttons
  
• The server browser page number now updates and displays correctly when applying filters
  
• Ghosts can now kill you if you are hiding inside a drawer
  
• You can no longer put on multiple head cameras if someone else was to return theirs
  
• When someone else puts a head camera back in the truck, the head camera model now correctly disables
  
• You can no longer hear any sound in the menu when your master volume is set to 0
  
• The “Are you sure?” UI will now disappear if you exit the journal while on that page
  
• The language selection when playing the game for the very first time will now correctly say “voice” and “text” for each option
  
• Fixed an issue where the shop UI would remain on after un-focusing it
  
• The abilities used stat will now increase when the Moroi curses someone
  
• Moroi will now only curse with a parabolic microphone when hearing a ghost whisper
  
• Moroi will now curse you when getting a response from the spirit box
  
• Placing equipment after placing it back in the truck, will no longer cause the equipment to move after placement
  
• The haunted mirror will now render all visible objects
  
• Potential fix for the microphone being set incorrectly when you have multiple output devices in Windows
  
• The sound sensor legs will no longer collide with the player
  
• Prison exterior doors are now unlockable after hunts
  
• You can now use the lighter in the lobby
  
• Motion sensors, dots and sound sensors are no longer detected during a hunt, when in your hand
  
• You will no longer hear footstep audio in the lobby when your volume is set to 0
  
• The microwave interaction photo will now work
  
• Fuse box sparks will now appear in Prison and School, when the difficulty settings are set to broken
  
• Potential fix for ouija response challenge not working
  
• UI arrows no longer appear for cabinets in some situations
  
• UI arrows now fade in and out correctly
  
• The photo evidence text will no longer overlap the stars in some languages
  
• You can no longer right click to turn on the DOTS, motion sensor or sound sensor which makes the ghost track you during a hunt
  
• Jack o' lanterns will now play the light sound effect on the correct floor and will change volume with the master volume
  
• Vive Cosmos joystick input will now work
  
• VR can now use all scrollbars and sliders
  
• The VR Journal and Walkie Talkie will now reset their size when dropping them. A full fix for this bug will be coming soon
  
• VR players will no longer get caught on sound sensors attached to the belt
  

• The “Restricted Area” now has the correct room name instead of “Basement West Corridor”
  
• The ghost can no longer do ghost events in the basement west corridor, restricted area, courtyard corridor, female wing and male wing
  

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• The house fuse box switch now animates
  
• If your save file corrupts and the backup fails to load it will now reset your save file
  

• The ghost will no longer find non hosts if the host talked during a hunt
  
• Significant CPU performance improvements
  
• Player physics are now reverted back to before the last hotfix due to several issues
  
• The private game screen will now correctly show “NA” instead of “US”
  
• Cursed Possessions will now work for all players every game
  
• The shop screen left loadout buttons will no longer be covered by the navigation arrows if you have a 4:3 aspect ratio
  
• Fixed an issue causing severe physics lag which was affecting movement and screen rendering
  
• Removing an item from your loadout will now save your loadout
  
• FireSource.Update() will no longer spam in the player log, causing fps drops in some cases
  
• Candles will no longer play smoke from both the base and the wick
  
• Placing a candle will no longer jump forward in some cases
  

• The ghost will no longer get stuck in several rooms
  
• Steps will now render correctly
  
• The bookshelf in the female day room is no longer invisible
  

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• 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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