Phasmophobia News

[h2]Reminder: Please do not force close the game before getting this patch.[/h2]

• Added a fake bounced light effect to Flashlight T1/2 light cookies, to help with motion sickness when using high FOV and navigating in the dark
  
• Improved main menu load times
  
• Reduced memory footprint in some maps
  
• Increased the knock over chance for tripods
  

• Crucifix T2/3’s burn and interaction photos will now work consistently
  
• Toggling a light on and off in a room will now update reflections correctly
  
• Forcing the game to close without clicking the quit button should no longer revert you to an old save
  

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[h3]The Kinetic Games Team [/h3]

• A commemorative plaque has been added to the Lobby allowing you to see your Legacy Badge
  
• Added new sounds for radios in houses and campsites
  

• 3 star photos are now easier to get instead of 2 star
  
• Increased the range for a 3 star ghost photo
  
• Firelights 1 and 2’s light sources are now brighter than igniters
  

• Moved the guitar in the blue room in Tanglewood so you can take EMF photos if the ghost uses it
  
• UV light tier 1 and 3 will no longer roll forever when dropped
  
• You can now take fingerprint photos on the Willow glass doors
  
• Cursed item photos are now more reliable
  
• Cursed item noises will now appear on the parabolic microphone
  
• You will no longer lose your items when dropped into a salt line
  
• CCTV monitor will no longer break when swapping between cameras on tier 1 tripods
  
• You can now take a photo of a fingerprint, in the same location as a previous fingerprint, which already had its photo taken
  
• Taking photos of dead bodies should now be easier
  
• Lowered texture resolution of several textures to lower RAM usage
  
• Video Cameras now work in multiplayer
  

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[h3]The Kinetic Games Team [/h3]

• This weeks challenges will now be correctly generated
  

To clear up some confusion with legacy badge, your badge can currently only be seen in multiplayer by another player on your character. This will change in a future update when we add new character models.

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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[h3]The Kinetic Games Team [/h3]

• Save files will now be backed up more often
  

• If you have a corrupt save file you will no longer get stuck on initializing and will now revert to your cloud backup
  
• Non hosts will no longer crash when a player leaves the game
  
• When you play this update for the first time you should no longer have a low legacy level on your legacy badge
  

To clear up some confusion with legacy badge, your badge can currently only be seen in multiplayer by another player on your character. This will change in a future update when we add new character models.

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
Thanks,
[h3]The Kinetic Games Team [/h3]

• DOTS T1 is now placeable on most surfaces like Firelights
  
• Added instructions to the shop descriptions of Head Gear, explaining how to turn them on or off
  

• Igniter T3 is no longer consumable
  
• Glowsticks will now be the correct brightness when dimmed
  
• Crucifix T3 Range is now correctly 5m
  
• Removed the 1s delay on the Incense hunt effects
  
• Reduced the volume of the car alarm
  
• Significantly improved performance of saving and loading from the save file
  
• Motion sensor T2 now swaps between a single line, double line and off
  
• Temporarily removed the VR social screen mode due to severe performance issues
  

• The Incense hunt effect duration will no longer sometimes set to 0 seconds
  
• Fixed a bug where if you haven’t played for a long time, you would be wiped to prestige 0
  
• Incense will no longer use its ghost effects when you are not near the ghost
  
• Crucifixes have received several scale fixes, improving consistency
  
• Anti-virus software should no longer stop you from having read/write access to the save file
  
• Corrupt save files will now revert to the cloud backup
  
• Ghost sound effects now have the correct volume distance falloff
  
• T2 Motion sensors no longer turn off when toggling the modes
  
• Main menu performance has been improved
  
• The wall telephones found in the farmhouses will now let you take interaction photos
  
• Potential fix for the Incense T1 glowing
  
• One Matchstick is no longer glowing
  
• Equipment list text will no longer overlap the item icons
  
• The “Next” button on the Legacy Badge screen will now scale correctly when translated
  
• You can now get past the splash screen if you fail to connect to the unity servers
  
• The legacy badge will no longer clip into one of the female model’s arms
  
• After a game in challenge mode, you will no longer be set as a hacker
  
• Challenge mode will no longer be different weather for each player
  
• Challenge mode will no longer be different cursed item for each player
  
• Potential fix for not being able to exit a map if a player crashed while loading
  
• Flashlights now cost $30
  

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
Thanks,
[h3]The Kinetic Games Team [/h3]