Phasmophobia: Update Description (March 2021)

New

. The ghost will now be able to blow out the candles if they are nearby and the lights in the room are off.

. Added support for bHaptics tactical suits and face covers. Full realization will be a gradual process over time, however most haptics are in it.

. With VR changed to direct rendering, MSAA is now usable with VR and will default to 4xMSAA if enabled. This will be done using the same Anti-Aliasing graphics option as before, so please make sure you have the correct option selected for your computer as this will impact performance.

Added 5 new targets

. Detect the presence of the Ghost with a candle.

. Detect ghost footsteps with the parabolic microphone while hunting.

. Intermediate and Professional: Escape from the Ghost while hunting without fatalities.

. Professional: Use incense while the ghost is hunting the player.

. Multiplayer: Get your average sanity below 25%.

Changes

. The crucifix will now have a visual change with each use rather than disappearing with its final use.

. Photo - Photo reward values ​​now use a quality level that is based on the distance you took the photo, rather than a random reward. This quality level will be shown in the Journal.

. Each player will now have a unique color on the minimap and sanity monitor.

. To fix some graphical issues with VR, the render path has been changed from deferred to direct rendering.

Rectification

. Optimized how salt spawns internally. This optimization will be added to all spawning hardware in a future update that will fix a lot of crashes after loading.

. Fixed a bug due to which the ghost did not leave any EMF if the owner was dead.

. Fixed an issue where the heartbeat sound could play when you were outside.

. Fixed an issue where holding a lit candle would cause your sanity to deplete in some places.

. Potential fix for items not appearing if the host is disabled on boot.

. Fixed an issue where photo evidence would not always be for the evidence closest to the photo.

. Potential fix for ghost orbs

. Fixed an issue that caused the CCTV monitor to change cameras whenever a camera was turned on or off.

. Fixed an issue where you could not play offline if you were unable to connect to authentication servers.

. Fixed an issue that caused VR players to have a white glare around their vision.

. Fixed an issue where the default VR arm rotation when you were missing something would rotate incorrectly.

. Potential fix for crates and doors sometimes appearing outside in multiplayer.

. Fixed an issue where the ghost would still interact with distant objects if the object was grabbed near it.

. Fixed an issue where you could hold the radio and talk while hunting. Now your voice will be instantly interrupted.

. Fixed an issue that caused the room temperature to drop before opening the main door in the Amateur and Intermediate levels.

. Fixed a bug due to which the ghost did not always lower the current temperature in the room below zero.

. Fixed a bug due to which VR corpses did not appear.