0.5.0

The **0.5.0** update, also known as the **Cursed Possessions** update, is a content update to the game that was released on 10 December 2021. This update adds several equipment related to interacting with the ghost, one new ghost, as well as a rework of the existing ghosts' behaviours.

## Additions

#### Cursed possessions

*Main article: Cursed possession*
* 1 of 6 items will spawn per contract, with several spawnpoints
* Will trade sanity or other negative effects for information or uses

Music Box
* When activated, can sometimes cause the ghost to sing along to the melody, which can make identifying the ghost room easier.

Summoning Circle
* Used to summon the ghost, leading up to a hunt

Tarot Cards
* Contains ten randomly-selected cards, with positive or negative effects

Haunted Mirror
* Can be used to locate the current ghost room, at the cost of severe sanity drain the longer it is used

### Gameplay

Journal
* New Home and Item tabs

### Ghosts

*Main article: Ghost*
The Mimic
* May mimic the actions of other ghosts
* Ghost Orbs may appear as a fourth evidence
* Requires Spirit Box, Fingerprints, and Freezing Temperatures as evidence

## Changes

### Equipment

Voodoo Doll
* Can now used to force the ghost to perform interactions
* Updated visuals

Ouija Board
* Updated visuals
* Now classed as a cursed possession
* Now requires user to say goodbye to the board
* New questions related to bone location, method of death,
* No longer fails questions
* No longer plays an additional sound when spelling double letters
* Spawn chance is now treated as a cursed posession

Parabolic Microphone
* Paranormal sounds can now be heard more often

Photo Camera and Video Camera
* Interference effect during manifestations has been adjusted

### Evidence and ghost traces

Ghost Writing
* Ghosts will now also interact with it when it throws the book outside of hunts

Fingerprints
* Photos of "refreshed" fingerprints will now count as a photo reward

### Gameplay

* Props/objects within the house now have different impact sounds to match its material
* New sounds for player footsteps on different surfaces
* Large rugs and floor mats now have collision
* Interaction photos of objects thrown must now be of the objective itself instead of where the object was beforehand
* Light flickers will now be based on distance of the ghost to the light instead of the switch

### Ghosts

General
* Will now use abilities more often and more consistently
* Will now consider distance of path to take when setting waypoints
* Heartbeats now scale depending on the distance of the player to the ghost

Banshee
* No longer has rare ability to hunt at any sanity
* Will choose singing ghost events more often
* Can emit unique paranormal sound audible to the parabolic microphone

Demon
* Now has a rare ability to hunt at any sanity
* Now has shorter hunt cooldown of 20 seconds

Hantu
* Will now emit freezing breath when manifested

Jinn
* Distance for speed drop-off decreased

Mare
* May now turn off lights more often, including instantly
* Will choose dark rooms to wander into more often
* Will choose light bulb explosion ghost events more often

Oni
* Will now always manifest during ghost events
* More likely to show up in full form during ghost events

Shade
* Hunt sanity threshold reduced to 35%
* Will now have less interactions regardless of player numbers

Yokai
* Now reacts more to player voices

Yurei
* New ability to close doors while draining sanity from players in the same room

### Hunts

* Players can no longer back out through the exit doors when the hunt starts
* Ghosts can now throw objects during hunts
* Ghosts will now only use physical form during hunts
* Ghosts can now hear the player's voice from further away
* Hunting sounds will now fade out instead of stopping abruptly

### Maps

Maple Lodge Campsite
* New temporary visuals for winter season
* Assets have been optimised

### General

* Several scripts and weather has been optimised for performance

## Bug Fixes

### From versions released before 0.5.0

* Fixed a bug where the Raiju’s weakness was only affecting camcorders and cameras
* Fixed a bug where the hunt duration was being set based on the size of the map you previously played
* Fixed a bug where heartbeat sound would play if the ghost was too far away
* Fixed a bug where sound would muffle if you walked near the cabin balcony door
* Fixed a bug where the escape from the ghost during a hunt objective couldn't be completed
* Fixed a bug where several interactions were not giving photo rewards
* Fixed a bug where the photo camera could be turned on inside the truck
* Fixed a bug where smashed lights could be turned on when toggling the fuse box
* Fixed a bug where you could hold lit candles outside in heavy rain
* Fixed a bug where the temperatures inside the Campsite toilets were not being set correctly
* Fixed a bug where a Yurei could still change its preferred room if it was smudged
* Fixed a bug where the heartbeat sound would play when you were too far away from the ghost
* Fixed a bug where you using a second smudge stick (within a few seconds of the first) wouldn’t stop the ghost killing you
* Fixed a bug where setting the master volume slider wouldn’t always work
* Fixed a bug where VR players couldn’t hear their own footsteps
* Fixed a bug where some curtains didn’t have collision, causing a safe spot
* Fixed a bug where the model of some lights wouldnt look 'turned on' after it flickered
* Fixed a bug where the shower water in the ensuite in Edgefield was spraying the wrong way
* Fixed several bugs where certain map UI and player icons were rotated incorrectly
* Fixed several bugs where photo rewards were being given when they shouldn't be
* Fixed several floating books in high school
* Fixed several safe spots in Prison
* Fixed several fans in Asylum having two sets of fan blades
* Fixed several rare visual issues in Willow and Ridgeview

## References

1. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/739630?emclan=103582791466524086&emgid=3099036308542409852