Season 2 — Update 3

Subjects,

As the Midsummer Nightmare is drawing to a close, and season 3 is starting to appear on the horizon — we have a variety of features, tweaks & fixes to switch things up whilst playing through the remainder of the season pass.

Season 2 will be coming to an end — and Season 3 emerging from the dark — on July 5th. Make sure you’ve obtained all the rewards you wish before they get thrown in the crypt.

Patch Notes

Feature Changes

Gameplay Mechanics:

• The number of non-human Innocent roles per game has been increased by 1. This means that in a 9 player game — there are 3 non-human Innocent roles.
• The duration that handcuffs apply has been reduced from 45 to 30 seconds.
• Players can now move whilst transitioning to the Inbetween.
• The default number of tasks that are active at the beginning of a game has been reduced from 15 to 10.

Visual & Audio Updates:

• The game ending sequence has been replaced by a slowing of time & a winning team splash screen.
• A new smash sound has been added to when an altar breaks.
• Camera movement has been added when first loading the game.
• The end of game lobby sequence has been updated with a new and improved sequence and flow.

User Interface:

• The UI indicators for the Infected chat top and bottom have been updated.

Animation & Effects:

• Voted out players now fall through the portal below them.
• CCTV Tablet now has a ‘first time equip’ animation.

Tweaks & Fixes

Visual & Audio Adjustments:

• The visual when using the Seer’s ability has been improved to be less bright.
• The visuals of the rift eyes have been tweaked.
• The ‘burnt rune’ that gets left when a player dies has been replaced with a visual similar to the portal.
• The main menu music volume has been slightly reduced.
• The ‘vote cast’ animation no longer freezes the player’s legs.
• Execution screams can now be heard from further away.

User Interface:

• In-game alert notifications have been given a graphical update.
• The inventory for the shop no longer shows when you’re being given your first free item.
• Various UI icons have been updated.
• Incorrect text on accolades have been updated.
• A game identifier has been added to the UI both in-game and on the end game lobby to assist in actioning reports.
• The text on the waypoint to the sabotage point now says “Sabotaged” instead of “Generator”.
• The mutation icons the inquisitor sees above blood altars are now blue rather than white.

Gameplay Adjustments:

• Outlines no longer show on Innocents when they talk during the Inbetween.
• Players are no longer frozen in place when activating a blood altar.
• The electricity box fail time has been increased from 20 to 30 seconds.
• Roles have been re-added to the custom settings.