Midnight Ghost Hunt News

Hey all, we are back today with another update!

This will contain everything in the previous patch that we had to roll back, as well as fixes for the issues that caused us to roll back in the first place.

See the details here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/915810/view/3658659836554640021

We have also re-enabled host migration in this patch. We believe we have fixed the underlying problems with it. In-case we haven't though, we have also added a lot of additional logging to help us track it down if needed. We will be keeping a close eye on it, please let us know if you run into any issues!

This patch doesn't quite have the fix ready for the dedicated servers though, so they will be turned off until we can get a fix out for them. We are hoping tomorrow or Wednesday, but we will let you know!

Until next time!
-Skedog

Update: We had to roll this patch back for now due to some issues with a few of the weapons. We hope to have this patch again soon, probably Monday. Sorry for the trouble!

Hey everyone, today is patch day!

Just to start this off, we are very sorry for the delay on this one. We hit way more snags than we were expecting while trying to fix the problems that have come up.

This patch has two major parts. First, it contains fixes for some of the issues we have seen since we launched on Epic. Second, it contains significantly more logging around the remaining issues. This will hopefully give us much more insight as to what is going wrong so we can fix it!

With that out of the way, here are the patch notes!

Patch Notes

• Temporarily disabled host migration
  
  • We know that this is not ideal, however we are fairly certain we know what went wrong with host migration, we just need some more time to get it fixed
• Fixed problem with file compression settings
  • This means that this patch will be another full game download, however all of our future patches/updates should be much, much smaller going forward
• Fixed titles from achievements not unlocking on EGS
  
• Fixed tutorial prompt not occurring on EGS
  
• Added more logging around account linking to track down the "Pre-Existing Account Found" loop
  • Added more logging for the very rare case around player levels being reset during this loop
• Added more logging around emotes not unlocking 100% of the time on EGS
  
• Various mesh and texture optimizations
  
• Minor other bug/collision fixes
  

Thanks as always for your patience and continued support, we really appreciate it! If you haven't already, join us on our Discord and say hi! 👋

See you on the hunt!
- Team MGH

Midnight Ghost Hunt pits ghost against hunters in multiplayer scraps in which the ghosts are able to possess inanimate objects and both groups can unlock abilities with which to catch out their opponents. It's still in early access, but it's also free to keep from the Epic Games Store right now.

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The latest Epic Games Store weekly freebie is Midnight Ghost Hunt.

Replacing last week's free game Death Stranding, Midnight Ghost Hunt is a 4v4 multiplayer title where spirits stalk the halls, and you are assigned to eliminate as a Ghost Hunter.

You have all sorts of ghost-busting tech to banish them - if you so choose, because you can play the ghost instead.

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Hey, Ghosts and Hunters! Today we have another update ready for you!


[h2]PC CROSSPLAY[/h2]
We are very excited to announce that MGH now has full PC Crossplay capability! What does this mean for you? More players to play with! 🥳 You can check out all the juicy details about this over on our dev blog post!

[h2]DOUBLE GHOST SHARDS[/h2]
To welcome all our new crossplay players and welcome back our longtime supporters, we’ll be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week!

[h2]FILE SIZE/COMPRESSION CHANGES[/h2]
Included in this update we have completely changes how MGH is packaged, resulting in a much smaller download size overall (21.6 GB to 14.8 GB)!

This change will trigger a one-time large patch download, but after that, future updates/patches should be faster to download and they will take up less space overall in the process!

We still have more work we want to do on this front going forward, but this is a great first step!

[h2]BALANCE CHANGES[/h2]
In this update we also made some minor balance changes, and would love to make more in the future based on your feedback! Last week we sent out a survey asking about Hunter Weapon balance, and we have gotten some great feedback so far, and would love to get some more! If you have a couple of minutes to spare, please check out the survey!

The two balance changes we made this time are:

• Increase splash damage for Spectral Cannon
  
  • This was a pretty minor bump, but hopefully will allow Spectral Cannon to be a more viable option in more situations
• Decrease prop damage pre-midnight
  
  • While this isn’t a massive decrease, the hope is to reduce the number of Hunters being killed by ghosts before Midnight strikes

[h2]THE NEXT UPDATE AND BEYOND[/h2]
While we don’t yet have a concrete date for the next major update, we’re currently working on a number of quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and some additional content, so we appreciate the patience as we sort out what will be included in that update. We’re hoping to have some news for you in the near future, so watch this space!

That’s all for this time, Ghosts and Hunters! Thank you again for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you back on the h(a)unt soon!

👻 -Team MGH