Town of Salem 2 News

Patch B.0.1.19 - 8/10/2023

New Features

• New Experimental Feature: Localization! Town of Salem 2 now supports localization and we are first testing this with Simplified Chinese. We hope to support a total of 11 languages at launch. The language of the game can be swapped from the login screen.
• New visual feature: Interior Lighting! Set your quality slider set at 3 or above to view new lighting in the Player House. Hint: add a wall candle to your interior decor! Enter --args --unlit to completely turn interior lighting off.
• Werewolf kill cinematic added.
• Added a new checkbox to the Settings popup to control whether or not to show the nighttime kill cinematics.
• The Metal Stove, Book Table, Candle Stand, Candle Nightstand, Book Nightstand, Coffin, Blood Moon Totem, and Snow Totem interior decor items are now interactable.

Improvements

• Updated chat system to announce death information at the same rate as the announcements in the Header announcements. This change keeps the suspense going while the death announcements are being made.
• With the introduction of execution animations other than being hanged, updated the 'They died to the noose' message to 'X was convicted and put to death', which is more generic to the type of execution.
• The Experimental Chat is now the default chat. For a period of time, you may revert to the old chat using the --oldchat arg.
• The Previous Game Results screen will now always show role icons in front of the role name.
• The Twitch integration will be less chatty during Trials.
• Friends list is now sorted in the following friend status order: On Home Page > In Lobby > In Game > Offline.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where rampage serial killer attacks were not being cleared after night ends.
• Added some missing will found/not found messages to the chat system.
• Fixed Z fighting in kill cinematics.
• Soul Collector counter animator made to be more robust.
• The werewolf scent targeting feedback message and rampage targeting feedback message now display correctly.
• Fixed rim lighting and layering issues with various silhouettes, particularly during cinematics.
• Chat, Last Will, Death Note, and Notepad will no longer allow entry of vertical tabs.
• Fixed an issue where the Traitor tag was not displaying properly in the graveyard in games with the Town Traitor game modifier.
• Fixed an issue where the role icon would not display in the Graveyard if settings had Role Icons turned off for chat.
• Fixed an issue where the traitor role was displayed in incorrect color in player popup.
• Fixed the hover outlines on Graveyard items and expandable hidden roles.

New Features

• New Experimental Feature: Localization! Town of Salem 2 now supports localization and we are first testing this with Simplified Chinese. We hope to support a total of 11 languages at launch. The language of the game can be swapped from the login screen.
Please let us know if any of these translations seem odd!
• New visual feature: Interior Lighting! Set your quality slider set at 3 or above to view new lighting in the Player House. Hint: add a wall candle to your interior decor! Enter --args --unlit to completely turn interior lighting off.
• Werewolf kill cinematic added.
• Added a new checkbox to the Settings popup to control whether or not to show the nighttime kill cinematics.
• The Metal Stove, Book Table, Candle Stand, Candle Nightstand, Book Nightstand, Coffin, Blood Moon Totem, and Snow Totem interior decor items are now interactable.

Improvements

• Updated chat system to announce death information at the same rate as the announcements in the Header announcements. This change keeps the suspense going while the death announcements are being made.
• With the introduction of execution animations other than being hanged, updated the 'They died to the noose' message to 'X was convicted and put to death', which is more generic to the type of execution.
• The Experimental Chat is now the default chat. For a period of time, you may revert to the old chat using the --oldchat arg.
• The Previous Game Results screen will now always shown role icons in front of the role name.
• The Twitch integration will be less chatty during Trials.
• Friends list is now sorted in the following friend status order: On Home Page > In Lobby > In Game > Offline.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where rampage serial killer attacks were not being cleared after night ends.
• Added some missing will found/not found messages to chat system.
• Fixed Z fighting in kill cinematics.
• Soul Collector counter animator made to be more robust.
• The werewolf scent targeting feedback message and rampage targeting feedback message now display correctly.
• Fixed rim lighting and layering issues with various silhouettes, particularly during cinematics.
• Chat, Last Will, Death Note, and Notepad will not longer allow entry of vertical tabs.
• Fixed an issue where the Traitor tag was not displaying properly in the graveyard in games with the Town Traitor game modifier.
• Fixed an issue where the role icon would not display in the Graveyard if settings had Role Icons turned off for chat.
• Fixed an issue where the traitor role was displayed in incorrect color in player popup.
• Fixed the hover outlines on Graveyard items and expandable hidden role.

Our team is working on several big systems currently such as:

Reconnect
Leaver Buster
Cauldron
and more!

We still wanted to get out some fixes to a few issues that we have seen though.

Improvements

• Improved the outline and dropshadow on mentions using the Berylium font choice.
• Lightened the Serial Killer blue color as it was too dark and difficult to read against dark backgrounds.
• Updated Soul Collector/Death’s transform message.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed chat sounds playing excessively when using experimental chat filter feature.
• Hangman will no longer wipeout all town members in Perfect Town
• Fixed bug where players who died from VIP/Perfect Town with Hidden Roles on would show the role as () instead of (Hidden) (edited)
• Experimental Chat: Reduced vertical padding between messages.
• Experimental Chat: Fixed occasional vertical overlap in the chat items.
• Role icons will now ALWAYS be shown in front of the role name in the Graveyard.
• Fixed line running through the ‘Banned’ text in Role List Game Modifiers view.
• Fixed the various Apocalypse transformation chat messages Mentions to properly respect font face changes made in Settings popup (Berylium to Noto Sans and back).
• Mentions in Last Will, Death Note, and Notepad now properly respect changes in font face in Settings popup.
• Achievement popups will no longer pop up behind the black bars of the Coven Kill Attack cinematic.

Patch B.0.1.18 - 08/2/2023

Improvements:
• Improved the outline and dropshadow on mentions using the Berylium font choice.
• Lightened the Serial Killer blue color as it was too dark and difficult to read against dark backgrounds.
• Updated Soul Collector/Death’s transform message.

Bug Fixes:
• Fixed chat sounds playing excessively when using experimental chat filter feature.
• Hangman will no longer wipeout all town members in Perfect Town
• Fixed bug where players who died from VIP/Perfect Town with Hidden Roles on would show the role as () instead of (Hidden) (edited)
• Experimental Chat: Reduced vertical padding between messages.
• Experimental Chat: Fixed occasional vertical overlap in the chat items.
• Role icons will now ALWAYS be shown in front of the role name in the Graveyard.
• Fixed line running through the ‘Banned’ text in Role List Game Modifiers view.
• Fixed the various Apocalypse transformation chat messages Mentions to properly respect font face changes made in Settings popup (Berylium to Noto Sans and back).
• Mentions in Last Will, Death Note, and Notepad now properly respect changes in font face in Settings popup.
• Achievement popups will no longer pop up behind the black bars of the Coven Kill Attack cinematic.

On behalf of BlankMediaGames I am thrilled to make the official announcement for the full release date of Town of Salem 2.

Town of Salem 2 will be released August 25th, 2023!

First and foremost, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who participated in the Early Access for Town of Salem 2. Your valuable feedback has been instrumental in enhancing the game, and we are incredibly grateful for your support. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with each and every one of you, as we strive together to create the best possible version of Town of Salem 2.

Exciting things await in Town of Salem 2! If you haven't tried the game, prepare for a world of fresh experiences with the introduction of numerous new roles that come with Town of Salem 2, and balancing changes to the existing ones. The game's classic charm has been preserved while being elevated to a 3D realm with stunning new art.

Discover a host of exciting new features, including game modifiers, role bans, private custom lobbies, parties for fun gatherings with friends, convenient 6-digit codes for easy invites, Curse Scrolls that can reduce the odds of receiving specific roles, and chat tagging for smoother communication. Additionally, enjoy interior house customization and experience the freedom of character movement at night, as well as ghost games when in the afterlife, adding a whole new dimension to the gameplay.

Our Early Access roadmap is nearly complete. So many awesome new things have been added or are coming very soon.

Once again, a sincere thank you to each and every one of you for playing and providing feedback. Your passion and dedication have been invaluable, and we are incredibly grateful to have you on this journey with us.

Stay tuned for more updates and get ready for an unforgettable adventure in Town of Salem 2!