This is a pretty small update, but it brings in some important gameplay additions!
NEW:
Added in Exorcisms.
Added 3 new items. Geiger Counter - To get radiation readings from the ghost. Incense - To exorcise the ghost. (Common Herb, Dragons Blood, and Myrrh) Candles - To Burn near the ghost to keep them in their room during the exorcism.
6 Upgrades, 2 for each new item.
Added in "Daily Objectives" Every day you launch the game, It'll randomly choose 3 of 9 objectives for you to complete for a LVP reward.
Added another Difficulty Modifier: Ghost Speed. Ranges from 0.5x to 3x.
Added Sound detection to the Ghost when Hunting.
Added Scripted UV to the outdoor sections of The Ghost Ship.
Slightly reworked the inventory system. Should prevent items duplicating, disappearing, and turning on in the inventory.
Reworked Hunting Ghost LoS. Should better detect the Player at wider angles.
Added another Difficulty Modifier: Ghost Speed. ranges from 0.5x to 3x.
6 New Last Names for the Ghost.
MINOR:
Decreased the Soft Light Radius by 20% Also affects the upgrades. It was a bit too easy to navigate maps without even needing to carry a flashlight. with these changes, you should still be able to navigate maps without one, but full investigations won't be as easy.
Replaced or adjusted all Animated Interaction audio in The House. Some sounds were replaced, lowered in volume, or now start later/earlier.
Tweaked most Animated Interactions in The House. Animations should now look smoother, and a bit more detailed.
Completed Side Investigation XP Bonus has been lowered 130 > 80 (250 > 200 Total)
Difficulty modifiers that don't affect the Investigator Difficulty (I.E: Stress Multiplier) will not affect the reward multiplier in Investigator games.
Made some changes to the inventory system, There's now a slight delay when switching items, but it should help to prevent item duplication and other bugs.
Ghosts with Threat Levels below High now have a higher chance of Hunting.
Optimized some code for the Compass & Cross.
Lowered Radio Interaction volume.
Updated the Safe House.
Tweaked materials on the Player's car.
Lowered Vending Machine volume.
Improved the look of the Sky on The Diner Map.
Added a setting: Mouse Lock, to 'Main Menu & UI' to prevent the mouse leaving the screen when in Mouse Mode with multiple monitors. off by default.
Tweaked the Ghost's Roam Variables should be ~10% more likely to change rooms.
Buffed the Cross. Now slows down the ghost more during a Hunt, gets stronger the closer the ghost is.
The ghost now has a higher footstep & animation rate for Very High speeds.
Lowered the Light Brightness in The School class rooms.
Improved Shadows in The School.
Increased the default animation rate to 1.2x.
UI:
LVP count no longer shows "100+" after you've reached 100. "LEVEL POINTS: 100+ [ LVP ]" > "LVP: 1XX"
The results screen now shows the Reward Multiplier.
Reward multiplier now visually affects Bonus XP.
FIXES:
Fixed an issue where the Watch Arm didn't adjust correctly to the new FOV changes, causing it to appear off-screen in low FOV, and too large in high FOV.
Fixed an issue where you could pick up items while in the Tablet.
Fixed an issue where Dropped items sometimes wouldn't disappear from your Hand.
Fixed an issue where ghosts Afraid of the Dark could break lights, and interact with Breakers.
Fixed an issue where the SPECTRE ghost type showed incorrect Parabolic evidence.
Fixed an issue where some equipment items could fall through the Tables in The School.
Fixed an issue where the CONFIRM text wouldn't reset back to White when changing a Selected Ghost in some instances.
Fixed crunchy/distorted Clock audio.
Fixed some jagged edges on the Hills/Rocks > The School.
If you missed the last Minor update, there's also another Hidden Item!
Check HELP > HIDDEN ITEMS for a hint on where to find it!
And... that's all for V0.9.0!
However, there's some changes that got decided on in the Discord I figured I should mention here.
Currently, maps release in Small > Medium > Large, and every map for the game is already planned out.
But here's the thing. I felt like some of the maps would suffer from being 'lumped in' to these sizes, I.E: needlessly big or too small.
I feel like The School is a good example of a map that should've been small, but needed to be bigger to fit as a 'medium'.
After V0.10.0 - The Urban Update Part 3, I'll be reworking the map selection screen to be a World Map, and maps will be put into whatever size they 'naturally' end up in.