0.8.1.0

0.8.1.0 is a minor content update released on 27 February 2023.Tempest | Update v0.8.1.0, 27 February 2023 (on Steam). The update includes new difficulties and a further rework to custom difficulties, a new "Challenge Mode", a new Monkey Paw cursed possession, and an improved equipment store interface.
== Additions ==
=== Difficulty ===
* New "Insanity" difficulty (differences from Nightmare listed):
** Ghost will hide two types of evidence
** No cursed possession
** Ghost room changes more often
** Long hunt duration and kill increase duration
** Sanity pills restore much less sanity
** 75% starting sanity
** 6x multiplier
* Maximum reward multiplier possible is now ~15x
** Reduced the reward multiplier addition for several options
** Adjusted Apocalypse Challenge multiplier requirements:
*** Bronze: 6x+ 
*** Silver: 10x+ 
*** Gold: 15x
* Added rules to reduce rewards when certain combinations of options are turned on
** Will show a yellow warning icon beside the option
* 'Evidence given' option set to 2 or 3 will now soft cap the multiplier
* Removed 6s 'Grace Period' option
* Removed 'Sprint Duration' and 'Sprint Recharge' options, now defaults to 3s sprint/5s cooldown
* Changed 'Sprint' options to On/Off/Infinite
* New "rotational difficulty": Challenge Mode
** 26 difficulty modes, each available twice a year
** Completing the challenge 3 times on a specified map provides rewards
** Free equipment; no equipment loss
** Playable in solo or multiplayer
=== Equipment ===
;Monkey Paw
* Grants the player wishes
** Wishes can be found in Sunny Meadows
*** Wishes do not have to be found for the player to use them
** Exact mechanics will be revealed 2 weeks after release
;Crucifix
* New visuals, audials, and textures
;Tarot Cards
* “The Tower” card will now additionally double all ghost activity for 20s
=== Other ===
* New riddle event consisting of runes in lobby
* Improved UV visuals
* Improved weather particle lighting
* New visual and audial weather effects on all windows when raining
* Several foliage objects will now be affected by windy weather outside
* You will now receive an in-game message when a new game update is available to download
* Fuse Box sparks now bounce off objects instead of clipping through them
== Changes ==
=== Equipment ===
;Crucifix
* Increased hunt cooldown from 5 seconds to 25 seconds (20 for Demon)
;Haunted Mirror
* Favourite room will no longer be visible if used at 0% sanity
;Summoning Circle
* Lighting a candle with no sanity will now extinguish it instantly
** Lighting the 5th candle with no sanity will cause an instant hunt
=== Gameplay ===
* Saying "goodbye" on the Ouija Board no longer counts toward challenges
* Renamed the High School bathrooms to make it clearer where they are
* The night vision camera effect will now adjust brightness when entering and exiting foggy areas
=== UI ===
;Equipment Store
* Shop and storage reformatted to act similar to an online shopping cart
** Items will be added with + icons, then player chooses to Buy, Sell, Add or Remove
** Clear list with trash icon
* New icon to show number of items added to lobby
* New auto-add button for loadouts
** Will auto-add whenever player has enough equipment, else equipment must be bought first
* New All items loadout
* Several icons have been improved
=== Other ===
* Reduced the range and resolution of several environmental lights slightly
** Will decrease the chance of shadows becoming overly pixelated when having lots of lights turned on in a location, and decreasing the chance of an object hitting the “maximum lights” limit (e.g. resulting in black floors or DOTS casting no light)
* Ghost Orbs can no longer go through walls into a different room
* Fog quality settings have been changed for better visual clarity across all settings 
** Low – Downsampling at 2, no shadows 
** Medium – No downsampling, no shadows 
** High – No downsampling, receive shadows 
** Removed blur effect
* Renamed Daily and Weekly Challenges to Daily and Weekly Tasks to avoid confusion with the new Challenge Mode difficulty
* Improved and fixed the visuals of light sources on the PC monitors in Prison
* Improved the visuals of the collectible cabinets in the warehouse lobby
* Failing to join a room with a password now gives a more descriptive error
== Bug fixes ==
* Ghosts can no longer interact with windows on the floor below them, in both Farmhouse locations
* Voice recognition will now work for all players if other players loaded in slowly
* Removed several safe spots in Prison, Maple Lodge Campsite, and School
* Several shaders and materials will now render correctly
* The Voodoo Doll can no longer stop hunts
* Using the Voodoo Doll, Tarot Cards, Music Box and the Summoning Circle will now count towards the “use Cursed Possessions” task
* Items will no longer teleport in the SM Courtyard when thrown in specific spots
* Patched up some holes in the Sunny Meadows Courtyard floor
* Removed an invisible wall upstairs in Edgefield
* Improved Anisotropic textures for radiators, rugs, outside ground, SM flooring
* Ghosts can now kill you on the blue beds in house maps
* Ghosts can now detect active electronic equipment if they were grabbed when active
* Voice recognition will no longer work if you have the ‘text’ voice recognition option enabled
* The Apocalypse stickers will now show in Singleplayer instead of Multiplayer
* A book in the Sunny Meadows Courtyard is no longer only a shadow
* Removed several shadow rendering issues in Sunny Meadows and Tanglewood
* Thaye will now have the correct interaction rate before aging
* Window knocks now count as an interaction for stats
* Tasks featuring “Asylum” will now display “Sunny Meadows”
* You can no longer sprint or move while in the death room
* Setting a preset for a custom difficulty and changing a cursed possession, will no longer apply that change to the actual preset difficulty, instead of just the Custom game you are editing
* Standing in DOTS light will no longer stop sanity drain
* You can now see your hands on your monitor when in VR and smooth camera is enabled
* Ghost orbs can no longer be seen with a photo camera
* The ball in the upstairs Ridgeview closet will no longer glitch when the hiding spot is blocked
* Ghost orbs in the outside "rooms" in Camp Woodwind will no longer be very high above the ground
* Video cameras will now receive the ghost glitch effects
* The “Sky Light” will now turn on and off accurately with your settings
* Lighter flame is now being considered for the Onryo hunt ability when blown out
* An Onryo will now have a higher chance to blow out a flame, the more players that are dead, instead of a lower chance
* Hunts will now end if all players are outside
* The haunted mirror will now drain a minimum of 20 sanity per use instead of 27
== References ==
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