Patch Notes - November 28th, 2023
Here are the Patch Notes for November 28th, 2023
The following notes are for our upcoming, November 28th, 2023 patch. It is scheduled to begin rolling out on console and PC at roughly 2PM Eastern US time.
PATCH NOTES
Fixed: Nancy’s Trap Alerts
- We have fixed an issue where Nancy’s traps did not trigger any notifications
Fixed: Various Footstep Audio
- The following audio issues have been fixed in this patch
- Footsteps from players in the tunnels can be heard above ground on Family House
- Phantom footsteps can be heard while standing in front of the Family House
- We have fixed an issue where the character bios for Connie, Leland, Julie, Cook, and Sissy were not translating to players selected language
Fixed: Disappearing Ladder in Trophy Room
- We have fixed an issue where a ladder in the Trophy Room on Nancy’s House disappeared after using it
Fixed: Nancy’s Trap Outlines
- We have fixed an issue where Nancy’s traps showed a hologram outline
Fixed: “I’m Comin’ for Ya” Achievement
- We have fixed an issue where the “I’m Comin’ for Ya” achievement would unlock without meeting the requirements
Fixed: Various Execution Animations
- The following execution animation issues have been fixed in this patch
- Victim’s models ragdoll too early during Hitchhiker’s “You Hear Me” execution
- Nancy’s weapon isn’t aligned with a Victim’s neck during her “Road Kill” execution
- Victim’s models ragdoll during the second hit of the Cook’s “Stick it to Them” execution
- We have fixed an issue where Johnny’s footprints would disappear abruptly when his special ability ends
- Footprints will now fade away over time
- We have fixed an issue where Johnny wasn’t looking at the floor while using his special ability to follow victims footsteps
- We have fixed an issue where blood reflections flickered in the Gore Room on Family House when using the low graphic settings
Fixed: Mud Pile Asset Not Appearing
- We have fixed an issue where mud piles were not appearing on the Family House map
Fixed: Inconsistent Range When Listening to Noise from Items
- We have fixed an issue where there’s an inconsistent hearing range when players went over the noise thresholds while searching for a lockpick or bone pile on Family House
- Now, when too much noise is made when grabbing a lockpick or searching a bone pile, the range the sound can be heard is consistent between the two
Fixed: Various Audio Issues
- The following audio issues have been fixed in this patch
- Various ambient noises on Nancy’s house ending abruptly
- Sound occlusion is the same for a closed and open garage door
- Passing the noise threshold when collecting a bone scrap could be heard through the ground
- Audio missing in the “Recording the Saw” behind the scenes unlockables
- Audio from outside cuts off when inside the Barn on Family House near the front road
- Audio for the gates on Slaughterhouse cannot be heard
- We have fixed an issue where players would hear a loud boom sound when spectating a teammate completing the lockpicking minigame
Fixed: Voice Chat Drops in Lobby and Match
- We have fixed an issue where voice chat isn’t functional in both the lobby and during a match when using ‘push to talk’ and ‘on’ settings
Fixed: Family Stun Locked After Close Encounter and Sneak Attack
- We have fixed an issue where if a Family member is sneak attacked after losing a close encounter they were stun locked and unable to attack or interact with the environment for the rest of the match
Fixed: Camera Angles and Crawl Spaces
- We have fixed an issue where the camera would focus on the character’s leg when a Victim player stands up after going through a crawl space
Fixed: Character Ability XP Gain
- We have fixed an issue where players would see -1 for their character ability as well as showing that no XP had been gained
Fixed: Text Chat Not Working in Lobby Chat When Using Mouse
- We have fixed an issue where text chat would not work when clicking the text box with a mouse
Fixed: Intro Crawl Text Issues
- The following intro crawl issues have been fixed in this patch
- Crawl text does not play when starting up The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Crawl text would cut off too early
Fixed: “No valid user ID yet” Error
- We have fixed an issue with the LogBBQCore: Error: UBBQGameInstance::FetchAndLoadPlayerStats - No valid user ID yet showing up in the logs
Fixed: Various Crashes
- The following crashes have been fixed in this patch
- Game would crash when a Family member reconnects to a match after disconnecting and being sneak attacked
- Server would crash if Danny was a playable victim in a match
- Game would crash after X-ing out of the title or using ALT F4
- We have fixed an issue when a Victim disconnects and gets executed, upon rejoining, the victim appears alive in spectator mode
Fixed: Invalid Credentials Error After 1 Hour of Gameplay
- We have fixed an issue where some players would receive an Invalid Credentials Error after playing continuously for over 1 hour
Fixed: Foliage Popping In and Out on Family House
- We have fixed an issue where some foliage and environmental assets would pop in and out, potentially exposing hiding Victims
Fixed: Victims Unable to Move After Traversing Ladder on Family House
- We have fixed an issue where if a victim drops down the ladder in the Blood Bathroom on the Family House map and climbs up it again, they would get stuck when reaching the top
Fixed: Family House Assets Being Climbable
- The following climbable objects issues have been fixed in this patch
- Players able to climb over a Blood Bucket in Leatherface’s Lair
- Players able to climb over a chair in the Side Garden Tunnel
- We have fixed an issue where players would get stuck between the door and assets next to the walls in Basement Storage on Family House
Fixed: Safe Spot - Silencing Nugget on Family House
- We have fixed an issue where if a victim stabs the Nugget near the Windmill at a certain angle, they would land on top of the wooden box asset rendering them unhittable
Fixed: Bottle Clipping into a Health Potion on Family House
- We have fixed an issue where a bottle was clipping into a health potion in the Sitting Room
Fixed: Blood on Family Members - Family House
- We have fixed an issue where blood on Family members appears golden in the corner of the Bone Room
Fixed: Blacked Out Newspaper Texture
- We have fixed an issue where the newspaper on the floor of the Bathroom on the Gas Station map has a blacked out texture
Fixed: Car Battery on Gas Station
- We have fixed an issue where the car battery in the Backfield area was misaligned with the car
Fixed: Stuck Spots on Gas Station Map
- The following stuck spots on Gas Station have been fixed in this patch
- Players would get stuck on a mattress in the House Basement while crouching
- Players would get stuck on wooden pallets when silencing Nugget at a certain angle in the Compound area
- Players would get stuck on a log in the Compound area
-The following lighting issues have been fixed in this patch
- Lighting in the Kitchen area appeared to flicker and be pixelated during the Day variant
- Kitchen area lighting caused shadows to flicker on the walls
- Light leaks in the Kitchen area when traversing the gap from the Kitchen to the Living Room
- Lights flicker on the wall in the Barn area
- The following floaty bits have been fixed in this patch
- Players would appear to be floating on the branches in the Exterior area near the Road Exit
- Players appeared to be floating while sprinting against the edge of the stair railing in Leatherface’s Lair
- We have fixed an issue where the surface collision on the Main Road area is missing and players would sink into the road textures
Fixed: Illogical Hiding Spot on Gas Station
- We have fixed an issue where Victims would be hidden in a spot in the Exterior area next to the Workshop, despite it being exposed and well lit on the day variant
-Night variant is logical and unchanged due to the shadows present in that spot
Fixed: Shadows Fading on Foliage and Trees
- We have fixed an issue where shadows appeared to fade in when running towards foliage and trees on Family House Map
Fixed: Light Bleeding from Leatherface’s Chainsaw
- We have fixed an issue when Leatherface’s chainsaw sparks from hitting a metal object, those sparks could be seen under the walls
Fixed: Lighting Issues on Slaughterhouse
- The following Slaughterhouse lighting issues have been fixed in this patch
- Lighting was illogical on the wall and roof of the Slaughterhouse corridor
- Lighting was illogical in the Meat Inspection area
- We have fixed an issue where a room was labeled as ‘Exterior’ between the North Tunnel and Trophy Room
Fixed: Bone and Skull Clipping on Slaughterhouse
- We have fixed an issue where the bone and skulls of a barricade were clipping into the wall in the West Tunnel
Fixed: Stuck Spots on Slaughterhouse
- The following Slaughterhouse stuck spots have been fixed in this patch
- Players would get stuck on the mattress in the Garage area
- Cook and Hitchhiker would get stuck in the wall if a fuse didn’t spawn in the Cutting Room
- We have fixed an issue where there is an invisible collision on the bushes outside of the Garage area
Fixed: Various Textures
- The following texture issues have been fixed in this patch
- Texture of a rusty metal sheet in the South Tunnel on Slaughterhouse appeared as transparent on one side
- Textures loaded in slowly on low settings at the beginning of a match
- We have fixed an issue where the ‘Face Grinder” execution was not present in the execution selection menu
Fixed: Stamina Boost Regeneration when a Victim Disconnects
- We have fixed an issue where stamina regeneration boosts for all Victim players close to a Victim who disconnects
Fixed: Engine.ini File Edits to Remove Foliage
- We have fixed an issue where players were able to change the engine.ini files to remove and adjust foliage
- Those files have been strengthened to combat exploitive player behavior
Fixed: Victims Bypass a Fence to Collect a Bone Scrap on Gas Station
- We have fixed an issue where Victim players were able to travel to the opposite side of the fence near the Garden Shed to collect a bone scrap
Fixed: Disconnection Exploit
- We have fixed an issue where players would disconnect from the internet while moving in order to not receive damage from attacks, break chase, create a distraction, or to scare victims out of hiding spots
- Disconnected players will now stay in place upon disconnection
Fixed: Door Slamming Dead Victims for XP
- We have fixed an issue where Family players could repeatedly door slam a dead victim for XP if executed in a doorway
Fixed: Players Gaining 2x XP with Spectator Mode
- We have fixed an issue where players were granted XP twice when they immediately left spectator mode after entering it
Fixed: Audio Bug with Fuse Door Slam
- Fixed an audio issue that made the fusebox door slam sound not trigger
Fixed: XP Earned Despite Disconnect
- We fixed an issue that would cause Family members to not earn kill XP if the Victim disconnects during the execution
Fixed: Redirect to Platform Store
- Fixed an issue causing the link to the store page not to function on some platforms
Fixed: Party Voice Chat
- We resolved and issue that would cause voice chat not to work properly for some party members
Fixed: Spectator Camera Drag
- Improved responsiveness of camera switching between spectating different Victims
Fixed: Push To Talk Stuck
- Fixed an issue that would cause the voice chat to be stuck open even when PTT is selected
- This issue occurred most when exiting the pause menu
Fixed: Various Minor UI/HUD Issues
- The following UI/HUD issues are fixed in this patch
- Typo corrected in Victim Condition Level 3
- Part of Spectator UI remaining visible in pause menu
- Network Error box that cannot be closed without restarting
- Fixed placeholder text in loading screen tip
- Missing “MAX” level indicator when reaching level 99
- Victim portrait corners are darkened when escaped or disconnected
- The following UI issues are fixed in this patch
- Unlockable videos stuttering on some platforms
- Rebinding keys causes skill tree video to not show button icons
- Keyboard not showing on certain platforms in certain modes
- Entering spectator mode sometimes removes button functions
- Several visual bugs in ability tree menu
- Freezing briefly when exiting skill tree fullscreen mode
- Performance mode option showing on inapplicable platforms
- Placeholder videos on some platforms in unlockables
- Placeholder text in Saboteur perk description
- Loss of function if party hosts starts matchmaking while others are in menus
- Party leader disconnecting while on menu does not disband party
- This refers to main menu disconnect, such as due to outage or interruption, not leaving a match intentionally
- The party should disband here, so that they are not stuck
- The bug caused certain party members to be stuck in party - Player level showing 0 after a disconnect
- Delay in character and map icons updating after returning to lobby post match
- Text typos in end user license agreement
- Missing executions in menu
- Native platform invite missing in custom lobbies
- Hitchhiker’s Bloody Skin missing from cosmetics menu
- Invite delay if attempting to invite too quickly after creating a custom lobby
- Strength attribute description now includes barging doors as affected by Strength
Fixed: Missing Localizations
- Fixed a few missing localizations for text in menu headings, etc.
Fixed: Hitchhiker 3 Trap Instant Kill
- We have fixed an issue that allowed the Hitchhiker to place 3 traps next to each other, resulting in instant kills of Victims
Fixed: Spectator/Camera Issues
- We have fixed the following spectator and camera related issues
- When switching to Victim in basement to spectate, camera becomes displaced
- Delay going into spectator mode
- We have fixed an issue that would cause the game to lock up if chat was opened while viewing the scoreboard
Fixed: Slaughterhouse Out of Bounds
- Fixed an issue that would allow users to climb a fence and exit the Slaughterhouse map into unplayable areas
Fixed: Saboteur Perk and Fusebox
- We have fixed the Saboteur perk to now affect the fusebox, as is stated in the perk description
Fixed: Right Shift Rebind
- You can now properly rebind the right shift key
Fixed: Chat Key Rebind
- You can now rebind the chat key
Fixed: New Character Unlocks
- Fixed an issue that would prevent players from purchasing new characters on certain platforms
Fixed: Party Invite Unavailable
- This issue was causing issues inviting players when different cross play settings were being used
- This issue would lock up follow up invites, even if settings were changed
Fixed: Visual Bug with Character Levels
- We fixed a visual bug that would not show a fully maxed out character as having a full (yellow) progress bar
Fixed: Visual Bug with Earned Skill Points
- We fixed a visual bug that would show “total sp earned” from custom lobbies
- Skill Points are not earned in custom lobbies
Fixed: Temp White Box for Player Icon
- This fix is for a white placeholder box for player’s icons while they are joining a custom lobby
Fixed: No Sell and Leatherface Revved Up Attack
- We have fixed an issue causing No Sell to not properly trigger when being hit by a revved up chainsaw
Fixed: Extra Drip Perk Fix
- This issue caused the Extra Drip effect to never end if a Victim was healed by a teammate while healing themselves
- This perk will still pop in healing events, but no longer gets stuck on
Fixed: Choose Flight Stutters
- Resolved an issue causing a stutter or laggy appearance when using Choose Flight
Fixed: FPS Drops when Returning to Main Menu
- We have fixed an issue causing an FPS drop when returning to the main menu from the skill tree and cosmetics screen
Fixed: Flickering Leaves
- Fixed an issue where some leaves would flicker and flash when certain settings are used
Fixed: Failed To Join Party Reinvite
- We have fixed an issue that would prevent a player from being reinvited if they failed an invite due to any network error
Fixed: Next Match Dropping Party
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the party to exit to main menu despite party leader selecting “Next Match”
Fixed: Connection Issues Disabling Party Creation
- We have fixed an issue that would lock up party creation due to intermittent connection issues
Fixed: Connection Issues Disabling Matchmaking
- We have fixed an issue that would lock up matchmaking due to intermittent connection issues occurring when creating a party
Fixed: Next Match Join Lobby Solo
- An issue that would cause a party member to abandon their group when selecting “Next Match” has been fixed
Fixed: Custom Lobby Failed to Launch
- We have fixed an issue that would disband a custom lobby group if timer reaches zero
Fixed: Nancy’s House Car Collision
- Fixed an invisible collision near a car in the junkyard section of Nancy’s House
Fixed: Nancy Cosmetic Descriptions
- Fixed some placeholder text on Nancy’s cosmetic options
Fixed: Leatherface Concept Art Unlockable
- Fixed the description for the Leatherface Concept Art
Fixed: Nicotero Leatherface Volume - Crawl Space Destruction
- The volume of the Nicotero saw was too loud on crawl space destructions
- The volume for this interaction has been lowered to match
Fixed: Windows Key Rebind
- Fixed an issue that allowed rebinding of the Windows key
Fixed: Alt Key Rebind on Some Key Setups
- Fixed an issue that allowed rebinding of the Alt key
Fixed: Character Blacked Out on Some Platforms/Builds
- The team has resolved some issues that would cause elements to be blacked out on some platforms/builds
Fixed: Grandpa Perks Unequip
- Fixed Grandpa perks so that they stay equipped from match to match
Fixed: Missing Foliage
- We have fixed an issue that would result in missing foliage during the end game scene on some platforms
Fixed: Haptic Feedback Inconsistent
- The team has fixed the haptic feedback so it is more consistent