Project Unknown News

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Changed revive invincibility from 5s to 10s
  
• Increased dog cursed finding efficiency
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the dog not being able to search passively on its own
  
• Fixed a bug with not being able to switch items after using the clapping monkey
  
• Fixed a bug with being able to have infinite flashlight after putting it in trunk
  
• Fixed Candy Cane not giving movement speed on consumption like intended.
  
• Fixed exploit with being able to use ability when the Hex Doll is burning to avoid losing it
  
• Fixed bug with
  

[h3]Known bugs that will be fixed soon[/h3]

• Mannequin spawning infinitely after spawning one
  
• Nyx book not reporting hunts nor showing ghost location during hunt on clients
  
• Grabbers not spawning at all
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• NEW Minighost Poltergeist. Cursed items will never be the same
  
• NEW Tools
  
  • Polaroid Camera. Snaps a picture of a random cursed item's location
    
  • Hex Doll. Sacrifices itself for you
    
  • Clapping Monkey. Can distract the ghost for you
    
  • Fuse. Usable in the new Breaker fusebox mechanic to automatically re-enable lights.
  
  
• NEW Christmas Event
  
  • Santa will leave some gift items in the lobby to successful exorcists, some of which are Christmas exclusive!
    
  • Christmas themed Character skins
    
  • Christmas themed lobby and main menu
  
  
• Items now each have a limit to how many of them you can put in the trunk
  
• You can now scrap items in the scrapper next to the vending to refund them (Crunch crunch)
  
• Green fire effect now teleports players instead of breaking lights
  
• Re-enabled Mimic minighost after a stability pass.
  
• Added an invincibility period after revives to be more fair
  
• Some balancing tweaks such as prices, durations and chances.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Took a step back to rework a good bit of our systems to make them easier to work on in the future and less buggy
  
• Fixed a lot of the game's visual bugs in all the maps for higher quality such as rematerials
  
• Fixed bugs with grabbed players by Widow getting stuck
  
• Eirene card teleport become more reliable
  
• Added localization to some missing parts of the game's text
  
• Fixed the breaker indicator not showing the same for host and clients
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Added Ukrainian language
  
• Added Arcade screen for Widow.
  
• Balanced Steam pipe events in the Ship to not trigger while a flooding event is happening.
  
• Disabled the mechanic of the Exorcism circle changing locations in ship map for now. Will rethink this design
  
• Slowed down the ghosts at higher difficulties a little.
  
• Ghost now pauses for longer between kills during Nightmare/Unknown hunts.
  
• Pushed an experimental change that could potentially fix disconnects. Please report any if you get them.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the bug with Widow screaming repeatedly when using Luther's ability.
  
• Fixed a bug with Widow not playing the correct animation on clients
  
• Fixed the bug with double heartbeat after revive
  
• Fixed a bug with being able to duplicate Zay's dog if you enter car with someone holding it
  
• Fixed a bug with inventory breaking as Zay if you use Q while someone else is holding the dog
  
• Some Hospital map fixes such as collisions or broken scannables/collectables
  
• Fixed bug with player lights showing on other players after being revived
  
• Fixed a bug with muting (using M hotkey) not persisting over going ingame and back out
  
• Fixed an exploit with the tutorial where you can buy infinite bells and magnifiers
  
• Fixed a bug with the tutorial where you can burn all items before doing the scanning step and not be able to progress it.
  
• Fixed a bug with Eirene cards not showing on spectator
  
• Fixed bug with weird hair on the ground.
  
• Fixed some quality and visual glitches in the Hospital.
  
• Fixed a bug with ghost names not showing for clients on the game summary
  

[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
  

• Stalker is now enabled again
  
• Collision improvements in house map
  
• Improvements to mini ghost spawning
  
• Improvements for connection stability
  
• Phone now works off hand and on the ground
  
• Fixed empty loadout in lobby
  
• Alternative darkness effect