Patchnote #22 for Dark Hours (v0.7.15983)

Patchnote #22 for Dark Hours (v0.7.15983) - 08/01/2025

Gameplay

• Freezing Improvements: - Resolved bugs where frozen interactions could break improperly or fail to work when combined with snapped interactions. - Improved synchronization for freezing material dissolution effects and updated its visuals. - Fixed cold steam VFX issues.

Monsters

• Stone Stalkers AI Improvements: - Statue no longer locks in front of a vent when a player is inside. It will be back on patrol if it cannot see the player. - Increased statue sight radius to accommodate larger rooms, such as the Exposition Room.
• Mummy Improvements: - Mummy is no longer stunned indefinitely by fire extinguisher. - Fixed an issue where being killed by the mummy could eject the player’s body out of the level.
• Banshee Adjustments: - Reworked teleportation mechanics to prevent teleportation abuse and improve overall experience against it.

Level Design (LD)

• Security Camera Fix: Fixed a bug where the room name wouldn’t appear for a client using the security camera if their map generation completed before the host.
• Collision and Navigation Fixes: - Fixed corner pillar collision in the Egyptian Antiquities level to prevent softlocks. - Fixed navigation issues caused by light switch spawn heights on large doors. - Adjusted circuit breaker lights to prevent them from facing walls inappropriately.
• Loot Object Updates: - Resolved an issue where items on pedestal could reset their scale when placed.

Interface

• Loading UI Fix: Addressed an issue where the loading UI could remain on-screen during gameplay.
• Gamepad UI Updates: - Updated input icons for the emote wheel and key mappings (up/left/down/right) when using a gamepad. - Resolved issues where the emote/tag wheel didn’t function properly in certain menus and was misaligned on gamepads.
• Lobby Improvements: - Player lists in the lobby are now sorted alphabetically, with the host displayed first. - Added a crown icon for the lobby host.
• Loot localization: Fixed the title for the Egyptian Pot 4 loot object.
• Connection Error Popup Improvements: - Replaced the Steam services error screen at startup with a smaller warning icon. - Resolved a bug where a connection error window appeared for clients when the host returned to the menu.

General

• Golden Tag Game Mode Fixes: Fixed an issue where Golden Tag Mode defaulted to a 10-second duration if no parameters were edited on first play.
• Lobby Code Improvement: Fixed random lobby code generation to avoid getting joined by players having your lobby code from a previous game.