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Hello, community!

This minor update includes the new version of the Open AI Whisper speech recognition software.

For players with equipment meeting the minimum requirements, this will be reflected in improved stability of interaction with the Spirit box.

We know that the problem with the speech recognition program is a major issue for players with equipment below the stated minimum. There is no quick solution for such devices, but we are still searching it to make the game comfortable for more PCs.

Thank you for your feedback to make the game better and better.

Coldness on your skin...
Heart palpitations...
Increased sweating...

Is that what you're after? Then you've come to the right place.

To the place where the whole atmosphere reminds you of pain and suffering. Where gloomy corridors and ominous shadows paint nightmares in your imagination. Except that some nightmares are actually real.

Welcome to a new and spacious location - “Hospital”!

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Perfectly created for those who loved exploring scary, abandoned and deserted places in a childhood.
For those who ignore the local blood-chilling legends, broken fences, boarded up windows and...deceptive silence.

Come in, come in, together with your friends, but remember this is alien territory and you are all trespassers here!

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Our team continues to work on your Discord, Steam and Twitter requests and feedback to make the game more interesting and better.
Thank you for that!

To be continued...

Good day, dear players. The big update is already here!

[h3]New features:[/h3]

• A new map has been added - Hospital (more details in the extended news for the update).
  
• Added an option to enable/disable speech recognition, so that players whose CPU does not meet the minimum requirements can play. Communication with the ghost can be done using the in-game text chat (T key). In addition, thanks to the crash report processing system, statistics have been collected on processors that are not compatible with Open AI Whisper, which is used as speech recognition software, and based on these statistics, the game automatically disables speech recognition with a corresponding notification and the subsequent ability to reactivate speech recognition by the player at their own risk. It is worth noting that the option to communicate with the ghost via text chat is available even when speech recognition is enabled.
  

[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• Previously, for exorcism, the tool had to be placed in the rune. Now this procedure has been brought to the original idea and now the tools (crucifix, lamp, etc.) must be held in hands. The corresponding instructions in the training and in the journal have also been updated.
  
• Since some players had difficulty reading notes in the training, the camera has been linked to notes for reading, similar to the boards in the Lobby.
  
• The text of the description of the camera in the store has been supplemented. Now the description indicates that you can take pictures to get an additional reward.
  
• The accounting of photos in the session results has been debugged. Now the camera does not count more rewards than it should. That is, out of 8 available photos, only photos with unique objects are counted. In this regard, the price of the camera has been reduced from 250 to 125 and the number of experience points given for unique objects photographed has been increased.
  
• One crucifix has been included in the list of free equipment. Thus, the crucifix is ​​always available in the game, even for new players who do not meet the level for purchasing it.
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed the collision of the floor in the trailer - now physical objects do not jump or fall through it.
  
• Multiple edits to the geometry of the House on the Hill and Office (Lobby) levels.
  
• Fixed the burning of the crucifix in the inventory. Now the crucifix does not react to traps and the ghost from the inventory, but works as described in the store.
  
• Fixed the appearance of the plug for the electrical panel in the eye socket of the skull.
  
• Fixed the text in the tablet with the results of the match.
  
• Fixed the implementation of the gaze inversion. Now only the vertical axis is inverted. The corresponding description of the option in the settings menu has also been fixed.
  

Thank you for your support and feedback and enjoy the game!

While we are working on a bigger update, we are pleased to present a small hotfix with the correction of some problems regarding interaction with the ghost.

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a situation where in some situations a successful exorcism was not fully counted.
  
• Fixed a situation where using a ritual scroll did not disarm traps.
  
• Fixed a bug with the sticking sound of the ghost's presence if the hunt was interrupted by a crucifix.
  
• Fixed the preview mesh for installing a salt package.
  

[h3]Additional information[/h3]
Changes have been made to the game packages related to the method of their assembly. Due to this, the volume of the update will be significantly larger than usual.


Thank you for your feedback and enjoy the game!

We're pleased to introduce a small hotfix that addresses the most common crash after the introduction of the extended tutorial, as well as some fixes regarding ghost behavior.

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a game crash on the Lobby map when using the tutorial electrical panel and Spirit box.
  
• Blocked the ability of the ghost to attack the player in the tutorial if the player angers it through the Spirit box.
  
• Fixed the breakdown of the ghost if the hunt began right at the moment of exorcism.
  
• Fixed the description of the photo camera in the store.
  

[h3]Improvements:[/h3]

• The mechanism for the appearance of anomalies was fine-tuned so that UV evidence is not cut off on the stairs.
  

Thank you for your support and enjoy the game!