Introducing the Friends System

Final Showdown

• Suspicion-Based Colour Coding: Player outlines are now colour-coded based on the suspicion system, allowing you to quickly identify friend from foe.
• Yellow Outlines: Non-player outlines and your own decoy are now outlined in yellow, making it easier to distinguish important elements during intense moments.
• Bug Fix: The Final Showdown now always triggers only when exactly four players remain, addressing an issue last patch with premature activation.

Spectator UI Improvements

Blackthorne Manor Improvements

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Unreal Engine Upgrade: We’ve transitioned to Unreal Engine 5.4.3, bringing various bug fixes and optimisations to the game.
• NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation: PC players with 4000 series cards can now benefit from enhanced settings, offering smoother and more responsive gameplay.
• Optimisation: We have continued to optimise our maps, with some ongoing improvements rolling out with this patch.
• Character Voice Lines: We've begun to enrich the in-game experience with dynamic character voice lines, triggered by various in-game events, to deepen the immersion and storytelling.

Balancing Adjustments

• The Vampire's bat sanity drain has been reduced from 20% to 15%, creating a fairer experience for all players.
• Additionally, we've reworked the player respawn logic to ensure more consistent distribution across the map.

Patch Notes

Features

• The main menu now has a friends list - players can add and invite each other in-game.
• Various in-game events now trigger character voice lines to play.
• We’ve upgraded from Unreal Engine 5.4.1 to 5.4.3 - this primarily includes various bug fixes and optimisations.
• NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation Reflex has been implemented as settings for PC players with 4000 series cards.
• A new painting task has been added to the Manor, with this addition, Blackthorne Manor is now out of early access.
• The spectator UI has had an overhaul - making it easier to track what is going on after you’ve been eliminated.

Improvements

• The butler on the manor has had his animations improved, UI improved, and sound effects implemented.
• Some small lighting improvements have been made on Wurgen.
• The wording of the ‘Silence’ mutation has been updated.
• Translations have been updated.
• Various optimisations have been made.
• The Vampire’s bat sanity drain has been reduced from 20% to 15%.
• The respawning player logic has been reworked to improve distribution.
• The majority of player outlines are now coloured based on the suspicion system.
• Non-player outlines are now yellow.
• Your own decoy is now outlined in yellow.

Fixes

• [FIXED] The Final Showdown can trigger with more than four players alive.
• [FIXED] Players can become invincible by using the Confession Booth.
• [FIXED] The butler can spawn in different locations for each player.
• [FIXED] Not all nametags on the Game Summary screen can be navigated with a gamepad.
• [FIXED] Various map exploits.
• [FIXED] Alex’s eyewater uses the incorrect shader.
• [FIXED] The ‘Subjects Remaining’ count is off by 1 in death popups.
• [FIXED] Teammate names overlap portraits if Mimic steals Infected.
• [FIXED] Inbetween timer ambiance and innocent Inbetween music can play during the enrage period.
• [FIXED] Animations may not play correctly when spectating someone mid-animation.
• [FIXED] The role icon colour may be incorrect on the Game Summary screen.
• [FIXED] The downed player waypoint can show when only one vote is required.

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