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Halloween Update v0.4.0

[h3]Changes[/h3]
  • NEW GHOST: The Widow

  • NEW MAP: St. Lawrence Hospital

  • Halloween theme: Lobby decorations and character skins!
  • Localization for the following languages: Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese (BR), Russian, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese. More to come.
  • Zay ability rework. You can now also pickup Cupcake ingame and he can sniff out rooms for Cursed items
  • Spirit Phone tool rework. Now it lets you talk to other players not just dead teammates. Toggle it on and talk!
  • Ship map rework.
    • Added new map specific mechanics such as flooding and steam pipes.
    • Burner now only rotates on higher difficulties between 3 places, though I'm thinking of reworking this too in a hotfix.
    • Large areas that were annoying to navigate are now switched to double light switches impacting the same lights, or triple if needed.
  • Reworked Miasma visuals to not have the smoke anymore. Just red light now.
  • Added Chromatic Aberration setting
  • You now get refunded the money for items left in the lobby.
  • Kick is now indicated in text instead of "connection lost" so there is a difference.
  • Ghost speed now balances a lot stronger with difficulty (please give feedback on this)
  • Added an alternative insanity feedback type in graphic settings.
  • Heavy items now just get automatically dropped on using abilities.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
  • Fixed 2 crashes on launches related to Dolby Atmos and GameAnalytics
  • Fixed crash related to exiting and entering the car
  • Fixed a few crashes related to voice chat
  • Fixed most disconnects related to the connection being overloaded.
  • Potential fix for the Hanged Man delay bug, overall made it more reliable
  • Some quality fixes for ship map such as glowing materials in the dark
  • Fixed a lot of ghost events not working for all players.
  • Nyx ability now works for spectators
  • Fixed a bug with game not ending if last player leaves.
  • Fixed a bug where you can duplicate the default loadout
  • Fixed a bug with default load out not showing for new players right after the tutorial
  • Fixed output device being empty on launch sometimes
  • Some fixes to cupcake so it can reliably follow player better.
  • Spirit Phone now has a proper effect on its sounds instead of clear audio.
  • Made the backend a lot more reliable
  • Improved voice chat stability.

[h3]Known issues/Planned features[/h3]
  • Speech recognition overhaul for Mimic and listener
  • Character Progression and Perks(Gonna take some more time sadly)
  • More localization languages, and localizing the Steam page.
  • Adding a Refund chute in the lobby to refund items on demand
  • New Lantern tool that can protect from the dark
  • Revival dolls character plushies
  • Lobby minigames and fun stuffs
  • Known bugs we'll hotfix include Zay inventory bug, Stalker stability in hospital, muting not persisting, hotfixing the Widow's humming