Town of Salem 2 News

New Features

• Killed by Serial Killer Cinematic (Beta testing) - When you are killed by an SK and only an SK a cinematic will play. We are beta testing this type of cinematic to get feedback before potentially implementing cinematics for all killing roles and multi-kill cinematics.

Improvements

• Added minimize and maximize buttons for in-game Role List and Graveyard onto the UI itself and removed their respective Dock buttons.
• Added minimize and maximize buttons for in-game Role Card and Ability Menu (Players) onto the UI itself and removed their respective Dock buttons.
• Clicking the link in the Game Guide tab, Introduction section now works properly.
• Removed shadow from text in Last Will when displaying during Who Died and How.
• 1v1 auto-end stalemates turned off in Ghost Town mode.
• Arsonist vs Coven auto end has been removed to allow Ritualist or Conjurer a chance to win.
• Serial Killer vs Arsonist stalemate now checks for Bloodlust.
• Serial Killer vs Shroud stalemate now checks for Bloodlust.
• Added a new settings in the settings window to keep UI open during morning cinematic, instead of having each UI have its own pinned state.
• Added an animation that shows when your Ghost points change.
• Added tooltips to the category and sub-category buttons in the Shop.
• Added tooltips to the category and sub-category buttons in Personalization.
• Personalization will now display the name of the item in the selection list.
• Personalization will now display an icon if you own a skin for a character in the selection list.

Bug Fixes

• Ghost Game sounds will not be played if the game is hidden via the 'Show only my games' filter.
• Fixed centering on Lobby Info Panel text dropdown board.
• Fixed hangman bug that was altering the number of trials remaining.
• Retributionist can no longer use TP on themselves by changing reanimation targets.
• Werewolf and Berserker cannot be taunted on nights they cannot actually attack anymore.
• Potion Master can no longer have invalid targets after changing their potion.

Patch B.0.1.10 - 06/28/2023

New Experimental Feature

• Killed by Serial Killer Cinematic (Beta testing) - When you are killed by an Serial Killer and only an Serial Killer a cinematic will play. We are beta testing this type of cinematic to get feedback before potentially implementing cinematics for all killing roles and multi-kill cinematics.

Improvements

• Added minimize and maximize buttons for in-game Role List and Graveyard onto the UI itself and removed their respective Dock buttons.
• Added minimize and maximize buttons for in-game Role Card and Ability Menu (Plyers) onto the UI itself and removed their respective Dock buttons.
• Clicking the link in the Game Guide tab, Introduction section now works properly.
• Removed shadow from text in Last Will when displaying during Who Died and How.
• 1v1 auto-end stalemates turned off in Ghost Town mode
• Arsonist vs Coven auto end has been removed to allow Ritualist or Conjurer a chance to win
• Serial Killer vs Arsonist stalemate now checks for Bloodlust
• Serial Killer vs Shroud stalemate now checks for Bloodlust
• Werewolf and Berserker cannot be taunted on nights they cant actually attack anymore
• Added a new settings in the settings window to keep UI open during morning cinematic, instead of having each UI have its own pinned state.
• Added an animation that shows when your Ghost points change.
• Added tooltips to the category and sub-category buttons in the Shop
• Retributionist can no longer use TP on themselves by changing reanimation targets
• Potion Master can no longer have invalid targets after changing their potion
• Added tooltips to the category and sub-category buttons in the Personalization
• Personalization will now display the name of the item in the selection list
• Personalization will now display an icon if you own a skin for a character in the selection list

Bug Fixes

• Ghost Game sounds will not be played if the game is hidden from the 'Show only my games' filter
• Fixed centering on Lobby Info Panel text dropdown board.
• Fixed hangman bug that was altering the number of trials remaining

Patch B.0.1.9 - 06/23/2023

Improvements

• Opening the create new Ghost Game UI, then closing the UI completely will cause the next time you open the UI to show the Viewing Games UI.
• Rebecca no longer shows her player number in the create new Ghost Game UI.
• Links, rich text, and blank lobby descriptions are now disallowed in custom games.
• The challenge and death guess list will now be scrollable and won't overflow the UI
• Added an options to show only the Ghost Games related to you

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues where currency wouldn't show a 0 amount if you drain all your funds
• Fixed issues causing ghost bets to not refund properly when the game ends
• Fixed an issue where challengers would end up paying double the wager amount when accepting a challenge (Hotfixed 6/22/23)
• Fixed an issue where the End Game screen would show a large amount of Town Points earned. This was a visual issue only. Players still got the correct amount of Town Points. (Hotfixed 6/22/23)
• Fixed an issue where Ghost Game sounds would play even if the UI was closed.

Rebecca is here to welcome you to the afterlife in Salem! She has a penchant for games, so feel free to play them with her, or any other dead players you see around the Town!

New Feature

- Ghost Games

Added Ghost Games! This new feature allows you to earn Ghost Points every time you die, and use those points to play minigames. You can challenge other players, or a NPC named Rebecca (she's a ghost). You can play Death Guess, and try to guess who will die next. Or, you can Death Roll and try to out roll your opponent. Don't be the first to hit 0!

- Ranked Practice Mode

Test your skills in a mode that is balance around a more experience play style! We will be using this list to gather feedback on to build the list for Ranked Season 1!


Improvements

• Serialkiller will no longer get 2 stacks of bloodlust when they attack a roleblocker that visited them
• Admirer protection will save a bodyguard from a duel now
• Necromancer can use Wildling now
• Apocalypse members will be able to talk at night again after silence has ended
• Roles with invincible defense will not die of starvation, allowing pirate and doomsayer to get their win
• SoulCollector now has Astral visits
• Apocalypse will be notified when a teammate is dueled now
• Pirate will now have bloody hands after winning a duel
• Ritualist guessing revealed prosecutor achievement will work properly now
• Coven Leader attack yourself achievement has been reworked
• Removed Role Card button from the Dock and added Minimize and Maximize buttons to the Role Card itself

Bug Fixes

• Fixed overlapping text entry on some Windows machines following pasting text into Last Will, Death Note, Notepad.
• Fixed several client exceptions and crashes
• Fixed issue where opening Chat Log could cause the bottom Chat History window to jump up to earlier text, preventing the player from seeing new messages as they come in until they scroll down the chat again.
• Fixed %name% error for jester when they do not select a haunt target
• Fixed bug where Pirate was getting an achievement meant for Pestilence losing a duel
• Fixed a variety of achievements with duplicate names or misspellings
• Fixed bug that was preventing win with all coven, neutral and all roles achievements from being granted

Edit 5:49 PM CST:
We just pushed a small hotfix patch to fix up the issue where the game was showing you had won more Town Points than you had actually earned. If you verify your game cache on Steam you should get the new patch, and you will be shown the correct Town points.

Patch B.0.1.7 - 06/20/2023

New Feature - Ghost Town Modifier

Added Ghost Town Custom Modifier Card! Ghost Town allows all dead players to vote still. Ghost votes are anonymous, and the number of votes required to put a player on trial, when using this modifier, now factors in the number of alive + dead players in the game (disconnect players do not count)

Improvements

• Clarified Admirer's Care ability bypasses Jail.
• Clarified Psychic feedback messages to say "at least one" of the players is good on good vision nights, and "at least one" of the players is evil on evil vision nights.
• Wildling role card now says they can read all whispers.
• Clarified that the Hex Master must be alive to have the hex bomb go off, unless reanimated by the Necromancer.
• Clarified that the Hex bomb will kill all players. It is stronger than an unstoppable attack.
• Improved the creator code process so that if you put in a creator code to support a creator, purchases for 7 days will be automatically attributed to that creator.
• Retributionist will not be able to use stoned roles anymore
• Neutral Apoc will now know when a teammate is dragged off to Jail
• Traitor Jailor will not notify Coven teammates who they jail
• Executioner will not be forced to have themselves as an execution target anymore
• Admirer cannot propose once Rapid Mode starts
• Rapid Mode will only activate at the start of day now
• Added some anti-hacking measures to prevent players from appearing in other player's houses at night and seeing them move around.
• Previous game results is now a dock item
• Ghost Town and Rapid Mode keywords added.
• Updated Search keyword to mention apocalypse roles.
• Updated Sheriff role card to expand on what they can and cannot find.
• Chat filter will now also show any mentions of the filtered player, including in whispers.
• Added additional types of chat log entries when filtering on a person, including whispering, death messages, doom messages, votes and vote outcomes, to provide a more complete picture of the player’s interactions in the game.
• XIsWhisperingToY messages will now be highlighted in chat if your player number is mentioned.
• Rebecca, and build keywords added.

Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where the text type writer sound would play during the pick names phase.
• Fixed bug where Hex Master was not getting feedback if target had stronger defense
• Fixed wildling targeting message
• Fixed some issues with Poisoner and Ritualist Coven feedback messages displaying things such as %name%
• Fixed the death mass kill cinematic sound.
• Fixed tip text in transition screen overlapping Pilgrim animation in some cases.
• Fixed missing text shadows on chat log items and Death Note.
• Fixed an issue where pasting large amounts of mentions in Last Will, Death Note, or Notepad could cause the UI to freeze for a bit as the mentions were processed.
• Fixed missing placeholder text in Notepad.
• Fixed problem with pasting in template to Last Will, Death Note, or Notepad and then subsequently trying to type causing overlapping text.
• Fixed issue where stray HTML tags in Last Will, Death Note, or Notepad could cause issues when trying to copy and paste to chat, or autopost to chat, and could prevent the Last Will or Death Note from saving correctly to the server.