[2022] Patch Notes 4.0.0 | Silent Hill Chapter

FEATURES & CONTENT

• Added Sets (2 or more linked Customization pieces that are always equipped together)
• Added a new Rarity for Customizations - Legendary.
• Added A New Killer - The Executioner
• Added a New Survivor - Cheryl Mason
• Added a New Map - Midwich Elementary School
• Added the ability to sort a character's Customization Inventory by rarity, outfit, or item name.
• Adjusted the user interface layout scaling to better accommodate 4k resolution screens.
• Added Block feature to Tally Screen, allowing to prevent someone from sending friends invite.

Balance:

• Clown: No longer slowed when throwing bottles.
• The Shape's Evil Within extending add-ons only increase the required stalking amount on the first activation of Evil Within III. The text of these addons has be adjusted to describe this behavior correctly.

BUG FIXES

• Badham Preschool: Fixed an issue that caused various assets to appear offset, leaving a gap behind them. 
• Macmillan Estate: Fixed an issue that caused some ground textures to flicker. 
• Dead Dawg Saloon: Fixed an issue that caused 2 Survivors to be stuck when standing close to each other on the Hangman's Trapdoor as the Generator completes. 
• Dead Dawg Saloon: Fixed an area where Killers couldn't follow Survivors. between a wall and a Cactus.
• Dead Dawg Saloon: Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to get stuck when crouch walking towards a building.
• Red Forest: Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to get stuck when crouch walking behind a tree.
• Haddonfield: Fixed an issue that displayed floating thrashbags in one of the houses's garage. 
• Haddonfield: Fixed a missing collision in the street that could cause users to fall out of world.
• Haddonfield: Fixed a missing collision above cars and trees that allowed players to land on them.
• Torment Creek: Fixed a superfluous collision preventing the users from getting up the basement stair when hugging the left wall in the Silo. 
• Fixed an issue that caused the Killer to respawn in place when equipping loadout pieces such as a perk, an offering, or an add-on. 
• The Shape / The Hillbilly: Fixed an issue that caused the Killer to briefly flicker when stunned by having the Survivor wiggle off or when holding a Survivor. 
• The Nightmare: Fixed the interrupt animation.
• Fixed an issue that displayed black bars under the Survivors' names in lobbies.
• Fixed an issue that caused users to receive an error stating that a player from their blocked list is preventing the party from being joined when trying to invite two people to a custom lobby. 
• Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to briefly appear offset from the hook and then snap back to it. 
• Fixed an issue that caused the Doctor's Static Blast to not be translated in other languages.
• Fixed an issue that caused downed survivors to make no sound. 
• The Ghost Face: Fixed an issue that could cause the Reveal to not work.
• Temple of Purgation: Fixed an issue that caused the Nurse to be unable to blink in the main building.
• Temple of Purgation: Fixed a hole on the side of the main building that prevented the Killer from walking through.
• Family Residence: Fixed an issue that prevented the Plague from Ingesting Corruption from a specific fountain.
• Treatment Theatre: Fixed an issue that prevented the Plague from Ingesting Corruption from a specific fountain.
• Gideon Meat Plant: Fixed an issue that allowed Survivors to jump through a vault point by walking against the edge of a hole and falling further than intended.
• The Clown: Fixed an issue that caused the bottles to disappear a moment early after reloading.
• The Clown: Fixed an issue that caused the Clown to get a very large speed boost when reloading while using both the VHS Porn and Smeely Inner Soles add-ons.
• Fixed an issue that caused the perk For The People to activate when performing a heal skillcheck if it is bound to the same key as the skillcheck action.
• The Deathsligner: Fixed the German description for the Deathslinger achievements.
• The Wraith: Fixed an issue with The Serpent Soot to not reveal the Wraith when breaking a breakable wall.
• Mount Ormond Resort: Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to get stuck between a Jigsaw Box and a hill.
• Treatment Theatre: Fixed an issue that allowed Survivors to land on top of a desk once they sprint vaulted a window on the second floor.
• Treatment Theatre: Fixed a specific totem that was unable to be cleansed.
• Treatment Theatre: Fixed an issue that caused the Killer's projectiles to hit an invisible collision in the middle of the map.
• Distortion Perk: Edited the description of the perk to better reflect it's effect.
• Fixed an issue that caused users to be stuck when hooking or unhooking a Survivor.
• Fixed an issue that caused Female Survivors to not scream when transitioning to the struggle phase on hook.
• The Wraith: Fixed an issue that caused the uncloak animation to not cancel when canceling the uncloak action.
• The Nightmare: Fixed an issue that caused the top part of the power description tooltip to be slightly cut off in windowed mode.
• The Legion: Fixed an issue that displayed the Susie model holding the weapon incorrectly in the lobby. 
• The Legion: Fixed an issue that caused the Legion to be unable to vault windows which lead to a drop when Frenzied.
• Yui Kimura: Fixed an issue that caused Yui to briefly apeear cross-eyed during her idle animation.
• The Underground Complex: Fixed an issue that caused the some doorways to lack collision and allowing players to see through the walls.
• Fixed an issue that prevented crows from spawning when spamming gestures like pointing.
• Fixed an issue that allowed users to edit settings to gain in-game advantages.

Cosmetics

• The Clown: Fixed an issue that caused the Clown's tailcoat cosmetics to clip into his right calf.
• Yui Kimura's Sakura Happi: fixed clipping issues with the sleeves.
• Zarina Kassir's Draped Cardigan: Fixed clipping issues with the sleeves and neck
• The Doctor's Dr. Vivisection: Fixed a visible gap between the neck and shirt.
• Nea Karlson's Summit Jacket: Fixed clipping issues on the neck
• David King's Hard Headlights: Fixed visible seams during various actions.
• Feng Min's Mad World: Fixed a visible hole on the sleeve of the Torso.
• Dwight's Office Slacks and Watermelon Pants: Fixed an issue that caused Dwight's leg to be deformed when wearing the Everyday Office Slacks.

FIXES & CHANGES FROM PTB

• Forced Penance: Increased the duration of the Broken effect from 20/25/30 seconds to 40/50/60 seconds.
• Trail of Torment: Increased the duration from 15/15/15 seconds to 16/16/16 seconds. Cooldown reduced from 120/100/80 seconds to 80/70/60 seconds.
• Deathbound: Increased the duration of the Oblivious effect from 45/45/45 seconds to 60/60/60 seconds.
• Soul Guard: Taking damage that would put you in the Dying state will now apply Deep Wounds.
• Blood Pact: Increased the duration of the Haste effect from 4/6/8 seconds to 6/8/10 seconds.
• Blood Pact: The Haste status effect is now only applied if the heal is completed.
• The Executioner: Fixed an issue that caused Malicious Emblem points to not being awarded when sacrificing Survivors in a Cage of Atonement.
• Fixed the placeholder Prestige icons for Cheryl and the Executioner.
• Midwich Elementary School: Fixed various areas when the Survivor were unable to unhook other Survivors from the Executioner's Death Bed.
• Midwich Elementary School: Fixed an issue that prevented accessing one side of a Generator.
• Soul Guard: Fixed an issue that caused the Perk to continue to trigger its effect after the hex totem has been cleansed.