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The 0.5.0 update, also known as the Cursed Possessions update, is a content update to the game that was released on 10 December 2021.[1] This update adds several equipment related to interacting with the ghost, one new ghost, as well as a rework of the existing ghosts' behaviours.

Additions[]

Equipment[]

Cursed possessions[]

  • 1 of 6 items will spawn per contract, with several spawnpoints
  • Will trade sanity or other negative effects for information or uses
Music Box
  • When activated, can sometimes cause the ghost to sing along to the melody, which can make identifying the ghost room easier.
Summoning Circle
  • Used to summon the ghost, leading up to a hunt
Tarot Cards
  • Contains ten randomly-selected cards, with positive or negative effects
Haunted Mirror
  • Can be used to locate the current ghost room, at the cost of severe sanity drain the longer it is used

Gameplay[]

Journal
  • New Home and Item tabs

Ghosts[]

The Mimic
  • May mimic the actions of other ghosts
  • Ghost Orbs may appear as a fourth evidence
  • Requires Spirit Box, Fingerprints, and Freezing Temperatures as evidence

Changes[]

Equipment[]

Voodoo Doll
  • Can now used to force the ghost to perform interactions
  • Updated visuals
Ouija Board
  • Updated visuals
  • Now classed as a cursed possession
  • Now requires user to say goodbye to the board
  • New questions related to bone location, method of death,
  • No longer fails questions
  • No longer plays an additional sound when spelling double letters
  • Spawn chance is now treated as a cursed posession
Parabolic Microphone
  • Paranormal sounds can now be heard more often
Photo Camera and Video Camera
  • Interference effect during manifestations has been adjusted

Evidence and ghost traces[]

Ghost Writing
  • Ghosts will now also interact with it when it throws the book outside of hunts
Fingerprints
  • Photos of "refreshed" fingerprints will now count as a photo reward

Gameplay[]

  • Props/objects within the house now have different impact sounds to match its material
  • New sounds for player footsteps on different surfaces
  • Large rugs and floor mats now have collision
  • Interaction photos of objects thrown must now be of the objective itself instead of where the object was beforehand
  • Light flickers will now be based on distance of the ghost to the light instead of the switch

Ghosts[]

General
  • Will now use abilities more often and more consistently
  • Will now consider distance of path to take when setting waypoints
  • Heartbeats now scale depending on the distance of the player to the ghost
Banshee
  • No longer has rare ability to hunt at any sanity
  • Will choose singing ghost events more often
  • Can emit unique paranormal sound audible to the parabolic microphone
Demon
  • Now has a rare ability to hunt at any sanity
  • Now has shorter hunt cooldown of 20 seconds
Hantu
  • Will now emit freezing breath when manifested
Jinn
  • Distance for speed drop-off decreased
Mare
  • May now turn off lights more often, including instantly
  • Will choose dark rooms to wander into more often
  • Will choose light bulb explosion ghost events more often
Oni
  • Will now always manifest during ghost events
  • More likely to show up in full form during ghost events
Shade
  • Hunt sanity threshold reduced to 35%
  • Will now have less interactions regardless of player numbers
Yokai
  • Now reacts more to player voices
Yurei
  • New ability to close doors while draining sanity from players in the same room

Hunts[]

  • Players can no longer back out through the exit doors when the hunt starts
  • Ghosts can now throw objects during hunts
  • Ghosts will now only use physical form during hunts
  • Ghosts can now hear the player's voice from further away
  • Hunting sounds will now fade out instead of stopping abruptly

Maps[]

Maple Lodge Campsite
  • New temporary visuals for winter season
  • Assets have been optimised

General[]

  • Several scripts and weather has been optimised for performance

Bug Fixes[]

From versions released before 0.5.0[]

  • Fixed a bug where the Raiju’s weakness was only affecting camcorders and cameras
  • Fixed a bug where the hunt duration was being set based on the size of the map you previously played
  • Fixed a bug where heartbeat sound would play if the ghost was too far away
  • Fixed a bug where sound would muffle if you walked near the cabin balcony door
  • Fixed a bug where the escape from the ghost during a hunt objective couldn't be completed
  • Fixed a bug where several interactions were not giving photo rewards
  • Fixed a bug where the photo camera could be turned on inside the truck
  • Fixed a bug where smashed lights could be turned on when toggling the fuse box
  • Fixed a bug where you could hold lit candles outside in heavy rain
  • Fixed a bug where the temperatures inside the Campsite toilets were not being set correctly
  • Fixed a bug where a Yurei could still change its preferred room if it was smudged
  • Fixed a bug where the heartbeat sound would play when you were too far away from the ghost
  • Fixed a bug where you using a second smudge stick (within a few seconds of the first) wouldn’t stop the ghost killing you
  • Fixed a bug where setting the master volume slider wouldn’t always work
  • Fixed a bug where VR players couldn’t hear their own footsteps
  • Fixed a bug where some curtains didn’t have collision, causing a safe spot
  • Fixed a bug where the model of some lights wouldnt look 'turned on' after it flickered
  • Fixed a bug where the shower water in the ensuite in Edgefield was spraying the wrong way
  • Fixed several bugs where certain map UI and player icons were rotated incorrectly
  • Fixed several bugs where photo rewards were being given when they shouldn't be
  • Fixed several floating books in high school
  • Fixed several safe spots in Prison
  • Fixed several fans in Asylum having two sets of fan blades
  • Fixed several rare visual issues in Willow and Ridgeview

References[]

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