Project Winter

NEW FEATURES & GENERAL CHANGES:

• Holiday-themed decorations at random locations which drop an item upon their destruction. There are four to eight such objects per match.

BALANCE CHANGES:

• Increased the amount of Animals that spawn for Animal Wave First Objective
  
• Increased the "Hold Time" for Animal Wave First Objective
  
• Moved Animal Wave First Objective animal spawns closer to objective locations
  
• Moved Blackout Dig Site locations further from Cabin and Hatches
  
• Increased the distance between selected Blackout Dig Site locations
  
• Traitor Snowshoes now afford a 1.5x speed modifier

KNOWN ISSUES:

• "Possible Primary Objective" menu does not appear in the "Blackout Preset Settings" for Custom games (Animal wave will not spawn)
  
• Snowshoes appear misaligned with players feet when used
  
• Snowshoe model will disappear when a Disguise Kit expires but the effects will remain active
  
• User unable to save custom preset with private Steam profile
  
• Players are unable to switch items if they have the Disguise Kit wheel menu opened during a Solar Flare event
  
• Second objective can be labeled as Stockpile or Smoke Signals but appear as a Repair Console
  
• Disguise Kit timer appears red with every use after the first
  
• No beacon appears for the Animal Wave first objective after approaching the Map Board

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed issue where the name swap during a clothes swap would not be accurate under certain conditions involving the Disguise Kit
  
• Fixed issue where T-posing of bodies could occur under certain situations when swapping clothes
  
• Fixed issue where players would have broken input if the Disguise Kit menu was open during Solar Flare or Mass Hysteria events
  
• Fixed issue where a battery held by a player would disappear upon their disguise timing out.
  
• Fixed issue where Disguise Kit was free in Traitor Crates
  
• Chopped down the traitorous tree from the main menu

NEW COSMETICS TO EARN

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NEW FEATURES & GENERAL CHANGES:

• A single-use item that functions similarly to the “Swap Clothes” mechanic. This item allows players to disguise themselves as another player regardless of their status as living or dead. The disguise lasts for a limited amount of time, and consumes the kit when used. This item can be crafted at the Crafting Table.
  
• This item provides opportunities for Traitors (or cheeky survivors) to shift the blame to other players while commiting traitorous acts. This item doubles as a source of security of being caught sabotaging or killing others, as players will not see the actual clothing of the person committing the crime.

• A single-use item that removes their snow trail and footstep audio. These effects last for a short amount of time before wearing off. This item can be crafted by Traitors at the Crafting Table.
  
• This item opens up more stealth strategies for traitors. Allowing traitors to sneak into objectives and steal parts without a trail, and making quick getaways if they’re caught.

• A single-use item similar to the Smoke Bomb that creates a cloud of icey smoke upon use. When activated, the icey smoke will cause players to lose warmth rapidly when standing in Ice Bomb’s radius. It can be used from the hand, as a trap, or thrown. This item can be crafted at the Crafting Table.
  
• The Ice Bomb offers a unique opportunity that many other items do not. It provides Traitors a way to prevent survivors from entering an area, or deterring them from attacking for an extended amount of time, where traditional traps are removed after activation.

• A single-use item that emits audio clips over a short amount of time before the item self-destructs. This item is placed like a trap, and will play suspicious audio cues that players can hear from quite a distance.
  
• This item aims to provide a way for Traitors to distract or lure survivors away from their current objective and either sidetrack or Ambush.

• Added Dig site and Animal wave as possible first objectives
  
• Increased the max amount of roles that can be in matches:
  1. Defector
  - Min: 0, Max: 2 (Old Min: 0, Max: 1)
  2. Scout
  - Min: 0, Max: 3 (Old Min: 0, Max: 2)
  3. Tracker
  - Min: 0, Max: 3

BALANCE CHANGES:

• [PC/Win10] Removed the ability to see players who have voted in the exile booth
  
• Increased social rate and radius for Traitor Credits
  
• Added Left Trigger on controllers to transfer entire stacks
  
• General UI Changes
  
• Improve Switch Region button

KNOWN ISSUES:

• "Possible Primary Objective" menu does not appear in the "Blackout Preset Settings" for Custom games (Animal wave will not spawn)
  
• Snowshoes appear misaligned with players feet when used
  
• Snowshoe model will disappear when a Disguise Kit expires but the effects will remain active
  
• User unable to save custom preset with private Steam profile
  
• Players are unable to switch items if they have the Disguise Kit wheel menu opened during a Solar Flare event
  
• Second objective can be labeled as Stockpile or Smoke Signals but appear as a Repair Console
  
• Disguise Kit timer appears red with every use after the first
  
• No beacon appears for the Animal Wave first objective after approaching the Map Board

BUG FIXES:

• [Switch] Game crashes when player attempts to Snowball Fight
  
• [Xbox] The Invite Xbox Network text is currently squished together within its bounding box
  
• Held items lack tooltips when the player mouses over them in the inventory
  
• Lobby Voice text in Settings Menu is not translated in any language
  
• Pickup hand icon for items doesn't appear next to button prompt
  
• [Switch] Cloned players are able to send a message to the chat if they were typing it prior to being cloned
  
• [Switch] Clones are able to use the emote wheel
  
• Players are unable to enter Warmth Cave
  
• Colored radio chat text is overlapping regular chat text
  
• Players with non-profane names will be censored if a player with profanity in their name joins
  
• [Xbox] Game crashed while adjusting the Radio volume
  
• Tracker Player can get stuck when placing a trap on an object and their ability finishes charging
  
• User is unable to use right Joy-Con face buttons after attaching/detaching the controllers
  
• Default custom mode settings will appear as Selected Preset: None when selecting the Custom mode for the first time in the session
  
• Survivor can be converted by Whisperer upon boarding the escape vehicle
  
• Selected Preset labeled as NONE when viewing or editing a preset on the custom Preset menu
  
• Localizations don't updated properly for Custom Only Role descriptions in the Custom Settings.
  
• Inventory Management has a different text font in German in the controller menu
  
• [Switch] Game crashes if started without an internet connection
  
• Collision issues with rocks allowing players to walk in the air
  
• Collision issues with rocks near Polar Point
  
• Player is prompted to save a new preset when attempting to edit a previously saved Preset
  
• Audio aberrations and stuttering occur when returning to game after being switched to a different tab
  
• No 'call to arms' text or button shimmer effect when viewing a lobby region with unavailable lobbies
  
• The Lazarus machine does not spawn a clone of a player and remains stuck in the respawning animation
  
• Armory beacon text is very compacted/hard to read when menu appears in certain languages
  
• [PC] Radio UI shows "Mouse Button 5" to use radio, regardless of the control settings
  
• "Use/Attack/Shoot," text wraps to a third line when receiving the Ranged Weapon FTUE/Tutorial Tooltip in most languages
  
• Basic Lobby description text overlaps the box when viewed from the lobby list
  
• Player is able to enter a password protected lobby using old password
  
• [Settings > Audio] Audio settings lists are not updated to reflect newly added or removed items
  
• The chatbox overlaps the Show Stats Screen banner when the player is a ghost
  
• Spacing issues and overlapping text occurs in the in-game Players menu if the user has more than single-digit commendations
  
• Basic lobby description appears misaligned with the star icon on the Choose A Lobby screen
  
• Individual player volume settings are not present in lobbies or during a match
  
• [PS4] Players can quick match into lobbies hidden by the profanity filter
  
• Default custom settings are set to the CRIMESIGHT preset when hosting a Custom mode match
  
• The vodka drunken VFX is currently not applying to the player when they are not in a building
  
• The Friend's list refreshes and unfocuses the report window when the user types "R"

NEW COSMETICS TO EARN

Keep your feedback coming!

This September is Project Winter Community Appreciation Month!

THREE DAYS LEFT

NEW FEATURES & GENERAL CHANGES:

• Players can send friend requests to or block players they’ve recently played with.
  
• Players can send game invites to their friends.
  
• Players you have blocked cannot join lobbies you host.
  
• If someone you’ve blocked joins a lobby that you’re in (and aren’t hosting), they are automatically muted.

• Two of these items are available in every traitor airdrop.
  
• Traitors can also craft these items using traitor credits at the cabin crafting table.
  
• In addition to the original Radio Jammer, Second Objective Locator, Remote Sabotager, and Global Exile Remote items, two new craftable traitor items have been added:
  
• Solar Pulse, which causes a Solar Flare event.
  
• Hysterical Gas, which causes a Mass Hysteria event.
  
• The Remote Sabotager always sabotages the first objective.

• Past roles Soldier, Medic, Scientist, Innocent, Traitor Medic, Traitor Scientist, Traitor Hacker, and Saboteur have been added as role options.
  
• An option has been added to disable purchasing items from crates with traitor credits.
  
• An option has been added to disable the Hackers being able to hack the truth serum lab.
  
• An option has been added to disable all visible player names at the start of a match.
  
• An option has been added to allow disabling ghost abilities, including the ability for ghosts to pick up and put down items.
  
• An option has been added that causes possible second objective locations to show have beacons to all players similar to the first objective beacon.
  
• Players can more easily see the settings of a custom game lobby without joining it.
  
• An abbreviated list of settings is visible on the left side of the lobby list.
  
• Players can press the “Custom Settings” button on a lobby’s list entry to see all the settings

• All options available in standard custom games are available in custom Blackout games, except for map and first objective selection.
  
• Two presets are available by default for custom Blackout matches, the Monster Mishmash and Whispers in the Wind.

• [Blackout] Traitors can now sabotage hatches in Blackout matches.
  
• Sabotaging a hatch sends the next player who uses it to a random location on the map.
  
• [Blackout] If a whisperer attempts to use their ability while no player is in their radius, the ability does not get used and does not expend the charge.
  
• New player tips for the dig site objective have been improved.
  
• Proximity text for cipher bunkers shows the position of the number inside.
  
• Numbers entered into the cipher objective persist after the console is closed.
  
• These numbers are visible to and able to be edited by any other players who access the objective.
  
• Tool skins are now paired with the outfit that you equip those tools on.
  
• The color of the “Master of Deceit” commendation icon has been changed to black
  
• Steam invites now have to input passwords if the lobby is password protected
  
• Added in the statistics for “Survivor Kills” and “Traitor Kills”
  

BALANCE CHANGES:

• Ghost freeze no longer interrupts interactions
  
• [Blackout] Central hatches in Blackout that can be accessed by all players require the first objective to be fixed before players can use them.
  
• Scouts, yetis, and traitors can travel through these hatches before the first objective is fixed, but it takes them a longer time to do so.
  
• [Blackout] When a demon breaks a survivor’s rosary, the demon is temporarily stunned.
  
• [Blackout] When a whisperer breaks a rosary, the survivor holding the rosary is temporarily stunned.
  
• Truth serums can no longer be used on clones.
  
• The truth serum lab cannot be opened by anyone until the first objective has been completed.
  
• The “sabotage” option is added back to truth serum lab consoles
  
• The “use, and wolf trap” sabotage is free if another player is on a bunker console at the time of its use.
  
• Armory now spawns with one terminal in Practice Mode
  
• Removed the tranq gun from “No Damage with Ranged Weapons” objective as it deals no damage

BUG FIXES:

• [Switch] Fixed issue where Joy Cons would lose function when reattached to console after exiting a match.
  
• [PS4] Fixed issue where occasionally PS4 players would not have first objective task and are unable to repair the objective in a game hosted by a PC player
  
• Fixed issue where players who have crossplay disabled could join a crossplay enabled lobby when invited to the lobby by another player on the same platform as them
  
• Fixed issue where abnormal unicode characters in text chat causes heavy lag spikes and crashes
  
• [Controller] Fixed custom setting presets buttons not scrolling when a button is selected via controller.
  
• Fixed and updated the navigation on the Progression tab
  
• Fixed issue where players are able to rotate avatar in sub menus with settings open
  
• Fixed issue where players can get stuck behind a table in the Hydro Power Station after stepping on a landmine
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed issue where moose occasionally get stuck at the edge of the water outside the cabin
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed bug where user could place fire kits in the water next to the cabin
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed issue where polar bear can be pushed into a wall and become stuck after chasing you to the eastern rocks near its cave
  
• [Blackout] Fixed issue where signpost appears to be floating in the air
  
• [Blackout] Fixed issue where traitor crates spawn very close to each other
  
• [Gondola Map] Moved traitor hatch that was under stairs to avoid collision
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed area behind the map in front of cabin
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed animals falling through the bridge to the Submarine escape
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed collision issues on cliffs and collider issues in water
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed power lines colliding with cliffs
  
• [Deep Woods] Fixed issues where the survivor box spawns inside the map
  
• [Basic Mode Map] Fixed issues where rocks would float
  
• Fixed issues with traitor crate spawns causing them to spawn in unreachable spots
  
• Fixed issues with cloning chamber camera in Truth Serum Lab
  
• Fixed issues with game crashing when a Scientist interacts with the Lazarus machine console on a Custom Mode match
  
• Fixed issue where Hacker’s ability seems to take longer to recharge than stated time
  
• [Switch] Fixed issue where game crashes randomly while on the main menu or a sub-screen
  
• [Fixed] Removed a call responsible for spamming re-trying the photon connection right after a disconnect.
  
• [PS4] Multiple fixes involving connection loss on the Play menu
  
• [PS4] Fixed possibility of getting stuck on Practice Mode setup screen if a connection error occurred after choosing Start.
  
• [PS4] Fixed issue where the connection to the server repeatedly fails
  
• [PS4] Fixed issue where Control UI overlaps on the bottom of the game screen when playing in Russian and using any role with an active ability
  
• [PS4] Fixed issue where Project Winter logo extends slightly beyond the UI on the “Controller disconnected” message when the language is set to Swedish
  
• Fixed issue where some players occasionally did not have a first objective task
  
• Fixed issue after the bridge was sabotaged the gate was still preventing them from crossing
  
• Fixed issue where opening crates defaults back to the first crate in the stack and causes players to sometimes open the wrong crate.
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where users are unable to scroll and open the roles drop menus using a controller on the Custom Game Settings menu in-game
  
• [Controller] Fixed issues where presets become inaccessible after copying the custom settings in a custom game lobby
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where Custom only traitor roles will set the player to a basic traitor in a custom match
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where recommended presets will only translate one time in the Custom Settings menu
  
• Fixed issue where Roles UI caused crashes in normal games
  
• Fixed issue where Uncensored name appears briefly in player list when joining lobby
  
• Fixed issue where player becomes stuck in the Cipher Station menu
  
• Fixed bonus objective "Survive without doing damage or harvesting resources with ranged weapons" to include harvesting resources
  
• Fixed issue where players can circumvent the lockout timer after leaving match by using quick match feature
  
• Fixed issue where the warmth given by the Hot Springs and Crater are different values
  
• Fixed issue where an Username containing profanity is left uncensored after hosting a single player Lobby
  
• Fixed issue where long usernames are not fully displayed on the loading screen or match over screen
  
• Fixed issue where the “Requires DLC” text does not fit within its box in some languages
  
• Fixed issue where task objective panel was going off screen
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where “Matches Left Early” is not updating on character Profile
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where Custom settings menu appears in game if viewing at the time the game is started
  
• Also fixed case where it could remain on screen if left open when a disconnect occurs and transitioning back to the main menu
  
• [Xbox] Fixed Progression badges not appearing
  
• Fixed edge case where bonus objective UI would not update text to reflect a language change
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where game will stay on the match load screen if PS4 or Switch users are in the lobby
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where you are unable to control the player if the controller disconnects with ingame menu open.
  
• [Controller] Fixed issue where pop-up buttons appear incorrectly when recycling items

NEW COSMETICS TO EARN

Keep your feedback coming!