Project Unknown News

Hotfix v0.4.1

[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

Fixes

Streaming the newly released map SS. Morgana

[h3]Changes[/h3]

NEW MAP: S.S. Morgana and its unique Ritual Circle mechanic
NEW DIFFICULTY: Unknown Difficulty
Players now teleport to the Ritual Circle on successful exorcism.
Character select now has voice chat working in it.
The Exorcism Manual now in the lobby shows information about each character's abilities only.
You can now punch the vending machine if items are stuck :punch: (interact with it anywhere)
Default loadout is now removable
Ghost hunt warning time now scales with difficulty
Added it as an option to mute sounds when tabbed out instead of always being on.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

Nyx Ability show properly on spectators
Eirene cards now go back to previously held item after use
Fixed double voice bug // Muting not fully muting other players in the lobby for host
Fixed Mimic to finally show in solo games
Some Stalker potential fixes
Fixed bug with shadow leaving a light shrouded forever after a hunt
Fixed Magnifier bugging out when two players scan the same object.
Fixed players able to see their dead bodies lit up when spectating
Fixed the chair dragging ghost event and re-enabled it.
Some changes to the Miasma VFX to reduce dizziness (some changes for the darkness effect coming)
Some crash fixes
Some stalker stability
Fixed hanged man card teleporting to hiding spots and lockers.

[h3]Known issues and planned features[/h3]