Hello Ghost Hunters !
This is an update we couldn't wait to bring you. Several fixes and changes have been made, as well as significant additions.
The most important addition in this update concerns hunting maps. We've been telling you a week ago, but here are three new maps where you can exorcise supernatural entities:
- The Barony of Günther in Germany.
- The cemetery of the last rest in Pennsylvania.
- The Bamboo temple in Japan.
But that's not all ! A private lobby system has been set up : once in the hub, all you have to do is open your tablet, enter the Multiplayer application, create a lobby and share the code that appears so a player just have to copy it into the Multiplayer application, and it will join your lobby.
Moreover, you were expecting it, ingame vocals are now available ! When you join a lobby, you will be able to speak directly in the game, you will also have the possibility of completely mute yourself (for others players, and for entity), as well as deactivating the voice which is activated by default for a better immersion in game. Finally, a walkie talkie is now in your backpack, you just have to press the key that you have configured so that your teammates can hear you from anywhere on the map.
Two weeks of development to be able to offer you the best in the best conditions, and that also involves gameplay modifications.
Starting with the difficulty levels. You will now have the choice between four difficulty modes:
- Simple investigation - short : 2 to 3 proofs maximum to find, no "complex" exorcism, a difficulty mainly based on the investigation. Available at level 0.
- Simple investigation - long : 3 to 5 proofs maximum to find, possibility of "complex" exorcism, a difficulty mainly based on the investigation. Available at level 5.
- Extreme Investigation - short : 2 to 3 proofs maximum to find, no "complex" exorcism, without starting equipment but with a bonus of xp / money, a big difficulty with an entity that only wants one thing, incapacitate yourself before you do. Available at level 10.
- Extreme investigation - long : 3 to 5 proofs maximum to find, possibility of "complex" exorcism, without starting equipment but with a bonus of xp / money, a big difficulty with an entity which wants only one thing, incapacitate yourself before you do. Available at level 15.
Then comes the modification of the end-of-mission dashboard, more fluid, with more information to keep you in touch with what you have done well or poorly.
We have readjusted and reactivated the possibility for the entity to get angry and to send in all directions the defense objects (Crucifix and Statue of Mary) if there are three or more within a radius of 5 meters when the entity decides to attack you.
Since the module used for ingame speech recognition requires it, we have changed the use of the exorcism book. From now on, each sentence must be pronounced one after the other, leaving a space between each sentence, the time it is analyzed and validated by the game. You will easily see it with the text which turns gray once a sentence has been validated.
The entity's AI has also undergone some adjustments ! From now on, at the start of the mission, the entity will wander around the entire area, and will only be able to become aggressive when you have found and approached it. Indeed, at the beginning of the game, the entity doesn't know that you are there and you will have to meet it so that it decides to show itself afterwards.
The entity will react in a slightly different way as the game progresses : the more you go through the exorcism steps, the more the entity will become unpredictable and hostile.
Finally, when it is subject to the effect of an exorcism object, the entity will teleport randomly to one of the different points provided for it.
Finally, we changed some settings and their visibilities. Other options (graphics, sounds, microphone, etc.) will be added over time.
Regarding fixes and debugging, here is a non-exhaustive list:
- Fixed several issues with desynchronization between players.
- Fixed automatic write sound that would trigger when visually the entity had not written anything.
- Fixed a host / client desynchronization problem related to the Spirit box.
- Fixed a phenomenon that caused orbs in the Haunting Room to float when the exorcism was finished.
- Fixed an issue with the multiplication and desynchronization of camera photos.
- Fixed a bug where a "Ghost" photo is validated when the entity is not in view.
- Fixed a framing issue in the player death animation.
- A problem related to the microphone can occur if you use a virtual sound card software, do not hesitate to go to the Steam forum or to the discord, you will find a simple manipulation allowing its resolution.
- Range of the instant camera increased.
- Slight increase in the detection of the Spirit-box by the entity (from 4 to 8 meters).
- Size of entities increased.
Thanks to all the Hunters and Hunteress, we hope this update will make your Ghost Hunters heart run wild !
Regards,
Ghost Hunters Corp team.