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12 Nov

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Changes
  • Removed the Halloween decorations
  • Removed the increased chance for the new ghost types

Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where the escape the ghost during a hunt objective was not completing
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost writing book was not giving evidence photos
  • Fixed a bug where the sound would break inside the top floor of the cabin if you walked near the balcony door
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost orbs would not change room with the ghost

04 Nov

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Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where some Ouija Board sanity questions were taking away too much sanity
  • Fixed a bug where the Ouija Board sanity questions would give a different answer for each player in multiplayer
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would not kill you if it saw you while checking your last location
  • Fixed a bug where the snow weather effects were not working correctly
  • Potential fix for the escape the ghost mission sometimes not completing
  • Fixed a bug where player volumes were not always setting to the correct value after loading into a game
  • Fixed a bug where you would get fingerprints photos on Campsite when there were no fingerprints
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost could sometimes think non hosts were inside closets and kill them from far away

Changes
  • Voice recognition phrases will now default to English if they have n...
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02 Nov

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  • Fixed a bug where your sanity would drop to 0 when using the Ouija Board

25 Oct

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Fixes - Fixed a bug where the wall lights on Grafton and Bleasdale didn't work
- Fixed a bug where you couldn't leave Grafton and Bleasdale after a hunt
- Fixed an issue where you would get big performance drops when the campfire was lit
- Fixed a bug where the ghost could not leave or enter the female toilets
- Fixed a bug where the ghost could get stuck on the generator
- Fixed a bug where the ghost could swap room from the basement to the top floor in professional and nightmare on Ridgeview
- Several performance improvements for all weather effects

The game version will remain the same.

30 Sep

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Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where you would crash if you got kicked
  • Fixed a bug where the video cameras screen would turn green if they were placed on the belt
  • Fixed a bug where DOTS projectors and glow sticks would affect sanity drain
  • Fixed an issue where flashlight would roll away when thrown

29 Sep

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Changes
  • The anniversary decorations have been removed and the music on the boom box will now default to off
  • Updated a lot of missing localisation for Turkish

Fixes
  • Fixed an exploit where you could point lights up at ceilings to prevent your sanity draining
  • Fixed a bug where the journal case number was being increased by the amount of players in the game

21 Sep

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Changes
  • Removed the imgui.ini file check so you can now use Reshade again
  • Removed the light cookie/ mask on the area light around you to make it easier to know when your flashlight is on
  • The main menu music has now been moved to a boom box that you can click to mute the music

Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the Jinn description was wrong
  • Fixed a bug where the kitchen sink water wouldn't become dirty when the ghost turned it on
  • Fixed a bug where the keybinds would reset when loading into a game
  • Fixed a bug where your journal keybind changes wouldn't save
  • Fixed a bug where you could hear muted players after they used the walkie talkie
  • Fixed an issue where the ambient occlusion option was showing for VR players
  • Fixed a bug where the connecting screen would stay after failing to connect to the server
  • ...

19 Sep

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Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where you would always be crouching on the main menu if you had head bob enabled
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't navigate the last page of the journal using a controller
  • Fixed a bug where solo VR players wouldn't get a photo reward
  • Fixed a bug where the photo reward was doubling per player
  • Potential fix for the audio volume spiking when loading the main menu

18 Sep

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Changes - Lowered the volume of the main menu music

Fixes - Fixed an issue where the Mare description was wrong
- Fixed missing characters in Traditional Chinese
- Fixed text formatting for Japanese
- Fixed a bug where the push to talk button was setting the opposite option in the journal
- Fixed a bug where toggling head bob would move the camera
- Fixed a bug where pressing apply in the game settings would make your equipment be held in the wrong position
- Fixed a bug where hands were not receiving any lighting
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Hey everyone,

It has been an amazing year for Kinetic Games and Phasmophobia and I would like to thank everyone for their amazing support. Today, Phasmophobia is one of the highest rated games on Steam which is incredible and something I never imagined happening. It doesn't stop there either, we have many great updates planned for the future including this Halloween!

To celebrate the anniversary, we have put together an anniversary update where you can party in the main menu area as well as some other additions and changes which you can read below.

Thanks again!

Journal Overhaul
  • A complete redesign of the journal to make it easier to use and navigate
  • You can now cross off evidence on the ghost evidence page
  • The pause menu is now integrated into the journal
  • You can now change all settings using the journal whilst in game

New
  • Added an option...
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08 Sep

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  • Reduced the rate that temperature raises when the ghost is not in the room


  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't see the journal photos if your hard drive failed to save the photo as a .png file in your install folder
  • Fixed some performance issues when another player took a photo
  • Fixed a bug where the first photo in the journal could be blank if another player took the photo
  • Fixed a bug where the journal photos and photo names would sometimes be in the wrong order
  • Fixed a bug where where some ghost sounds were not giving evidence for photos

07 Sep

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  • To help prevent trolling during hunts, you can no longer turn equipment items on or off unless they are held in your hand


  • Fixed a bug where the graphics settings were not applying until you joined a server
  • Fixed a bug where photos wouldn't always be added in multiplayer
  • Fixed a bug where the night vision wasn't always syncing between players
  • Fixed a bug where the camera night vision would sometimes turn off
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would be a shadow too often during hunts
  • Fixed a bug where smudge sticks and candles could be accidentally lit by other players
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03 Sep

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  • The DOTS Projector sound will now flicker randomly instead of when the ghost interacts with it
  • The DOTS Projector interaction will no longer produce EMF
  • Removed most house candles due to performance issues
  • Reduced the glowsticks brightness after it's one minute use time as it was too bright
  • VR: Your movement speed will no longer change based on the rotation of your controller and will now only be based on the joystick/ trackpad
  • VR: You can now grab the Journal with both hands again as well as interact with UI with your left hand


  • Fixed an issue where the Goryos ...
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29 Aug

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  • The ghost will now move through the DOTS Projector at different speeds each time


  • Fixed a bug where video cameras would turn off in your hand if the CCTV monitor changed camera
  • Fixed a bug where the CCTV monitor would freeze if you walked out of the truck with a tripod
  • Fixed a bug where the DOTS Projector interaction would only work if the host placed it
  • Fixed an issue where the DOTS Projector interaction was happening twice as often if you placed two down
  • Fixed a spot where you could get stuck in the Ridgeview bedroom
  • Fixed several performance issues with the video camer...
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26 Aug

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Fixes Fixed a bug where you could click on the ghost writing book to activate it
Fixed a bug where Hungarian and Danish languages were swapped in the settings
Fixed an issue where the Celcius text didn't change to fahrenheit on the Thermometer

Changes Chromatic Aberration has been temporarily removed until we add an option to disable it
Lowered the volume of the DOTS Projector sound

21 Jul

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Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where the Sound Sensor graph bars could go higher than the monitor.
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost could always hear host players if they were talking when push to talk was turned on.
  • Fixed a bug where the Thermometer wouldn't always give values for the correct room.
  • Fixed a bug where disconnecting from server timeout on the main menu gave no error message.
  • Fixed a bug where the language selection and photo sensitivity warning didn't show until you reloaded the main menu.

Changes
  • Mares can no longer turn lights on to help with their strength.
  • Slightly increased the volume your microphone has to get to for the ghost to hear you during a hunt.
  • Removed the high volumetric lighting setting due to a bug causing it to not work. Medium is now changed to High.

New
  • Yureis now have a ...
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08 Jul

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Changes
  • Replaced the voice chat system from Photon Voice to Dissonance. Please report any voice chat issues (not voice recognition).
  • Both Yokai and Hantu will no longer have an increased spawn chance.
  • Willow Street House will no longer always show on the contract selection map.
  • The versioning system has been slightly changed to make it clearer what each update is.

23 Jun

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Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where if your windows calendar was set to Thai you could not connect to the game servers.
  • Fixed a bug where the server names text could go outside of the box if the name was long.
  • Fixed a bug where daily challenges gave no reward. This will fix with the next reset.
  • Fixed several safe names that were being caught by the profanity filter.

Changes
  • Willow: Slightly lowered all of the light switches to make them easier to press.

19 Jun

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Fixed a bug where enabling alternative ports would stop your from being able to connect to the server.

27 Mar

Comment
    KineticGames on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Hey, you are likely using the smudge stick too early in the hunt.

The ghost needs to be chasing you where you can hear the heart beat and ghost footsteps.

A future update will fix this to stop the confusion.