- All flashlight tiers have been given a buff
- Various flashlight bugs fixed
- Parabolic T2 should now be buyable
- Difficulty achievements should work again

Hey, everyone! I've been hard at work on this patch for quite awhile now, and although there's no new gear per se, no new maps and what not
this is without a doubt the biggest content update yet. This update really makes the game more of the idea that I originally had. The patch adds a lot of longevity to the game and gives y'all fresh challenges, literally, to complete! I'm actually going to take that break now, I kinda didn't do very well at that last time. But I mean it this time lol. There'll probably be bugs but as usual let me know and I'll get to them as soon as I can! Hope y'all enjoy the patch and have a lovely holidays!

• Full levelling system from 1-50
  
• Added a wide variety of challenges!
  
• Each piece of equipment now has a tier, T1,T2,T3, you unlock new tiers as you progress the levels
  
• - Per round challenges (I've disabled these for now, but they are there and I will enable them really soon)
  
• A whole host of player stats are now tracked and can be checked in the lobby
  
• Lobby computer to check challenges and stats
  
• Lobby holidays update
  
• Leaderboards! Compete for the highest earnings and fastest times on each map
  
• I've also added a rewards system which works with the challenges however, I just didn't have the time to implement actual trophies in the lobby area, the code is all there however and I will sort that out real soon
  
• Holiday themed lobby

• DeathWatchers game mode should now load significantly faster
  
• Huge optimization on the core DeathWatchers game loop, setting it up is now significantly faster
  
• Level select menu now has text for each sub menu button on the left as people weren't really aware they were buttons
  
• When returning to main menu, it'll no longer prompt the epilepsy warning again and will go straight to the main menu
  
• Reflections on the lobby screens has been reduced
  
• EMF Now defaults to the first light always being lit

• Classic failing to load after players leave and re-join is now fixed!
  
• Player names/icons now properly match who is in the lobby, every time
  
• The ready up board should now show players names correctly every time!
  
• You no longer get free items on round start
  
• Infinite multiplier fix
  
• Clients should now hear the weather properly
  
• Ritual item positions are fixed on 666 Fall Lane
  
• There was a super small chance of one herb and the events it needs being incorrect, this is now fixed
  
• Lights have been fixed on Cell Block L
  
• Direct steam invites work correctly now
  
• Players should always ignore doors now when dead

Honestly there are so many more fixes and changes, but I completely forgot to write down the first few weeks of fixes as I was MEANT
to be taking some time off. But I kinda dun goofed with that. So, I'll finally be taking some time off after this patch now!

Implementing gear upgrades without any downgrades was way harder than I thought, so sadly a lot of stuff has been downgraded. But not so drastically. Also there are currently no 'visual' changes for the tier upgrades. I just didn't have the time!

• Audio Sensor T1: Detection range slightly reduced, no longer displays audio event distance
  
• Audio Sensor T2: Detection range increased, now displays the event distance
  
• Audio Sensor T3: Detection range increased further, now displays an arrow which points in the direction of the event!
  
  
• Bandage T1: No longer heals instantly, heals for less and heals over time!
  
• Bandage T2: Heals more health and heals quicker!
  
• Bandage T3: Heals more health, heals 50% instantly and the rest over time!
  
  
• EMF T1: Detection range slightly reduced
  
• EMF T2: Detection range increased and now makes classic EMF beeping sounds
  
• EMF T3: Detection range increased further and it'll now vibrate (Investigation use only please) when facing the direction of the event!
  
  
• Event Logger T1: Scan speed and range have been decreased, and you're now locked out of logging for 12 seconds after an unsuccessful scan!
  
• Event Logger T2: Scan speed and range increased, and you're now locked out of logging for 6 seconds after an unsuccessful scan!
  
• Event Logger T3: Scan speed and range increased, and you're now no longer locked out of logging after an unsuccessful scan!
  
  
• Parabolic T1: Scan speed and range have been decreased, and you're now locked out of logging for 12 seconds after an unsuccessful scan!
  
• Parabolic T2: Scan speed and range increased, and you're now locked out of logging for 6 seconds after an unsuccessful scan!
  
• Parabolic T3: Scan speed and range increased, and you're now no longer locked out of logging after an unsuccessful scan!
  
  
• Flashlight T1: Brightness and range decreased
  
• Flashlight T2: Brightness and range increased
  
• Flashlight T3: Brightness and range increased drastically
  
  
• Floodlight T1: Brightness and range decreased
  
• Floodlight T2: Brightness and range increased
  
• Floodlight T3: Brightness and range increased drastically and will now deactivate bear traps when dropped onto them!
  
  
• Glow Stick T1: Brightness and range decreased
  
• Glow Stick T2: Brightness and range increased
  
• Glow Stick T3: Brightness and range increased further and will now stick to any surface it comes into contact with
  
  
• Medkit T1: Heals less, heals 50% instantly and the rest over time
  
• Medkit T2: Heals more and heals instantly
  
• Medkit T3: Heals even more and now provides a small player speed boost for up to a minute
  
  
• Photo Camera T1: Picture quality and FOV are reduced
  
• Photo Camera T2: Picture quality and FOV are improved
  
• Photo Camera T3: Picture quality and FOV are improved even further and can now take up to 6 photos per T3 camera
  
  
• Video Camera T1: Should be the same as before
  
• Video Camera T2: Can now be zoomed in and out journal
  
• Video Camera T3: Camera can now be rotated left/right & panned up/down from the journal
  
  
• Void Stick T1: Is thrown at a shorter distance and slower speed
  
• Void Stick T2: Is thrown farther and faster
  
• Void Stick T3: Is thrown farther and faster and now has a 50% chance to not break upon impact
  
  
• Thermal Camera T1: Reduced vision distance
  
• Thermal Camera T1: Increased vision distance
  
• Thermal Camera T1: Increased vision distance & the screen is MUCH bigger
  
  
• BackPack T1: Stays the same, currently has no extra tiers

Hope y'all have a lovely holidays!

- Twitch events should no longer double stack
- You can now disable twitch events after connecting
- Fall Lane classic events should now work properly
- Added level names to the level selection board
- Various lobby UI bug fixes and improvements
- Halloween decoration is now disabled :(
- Difficulty based achievements should now work again!

- You can now invite friends via the Steam UI & friends can also join your lobby via the Steam UI
- logs should now be synced properly for everyone, as some events weren't syncing their event type to clients so you could scan what may have been an extra object, but would only scan as an object move
- Classic entities should now work correctly and not spawn almost instantly one after the other
- Okay i fixed so many bugs that i kinda forgot to document them all, but there was a plethora of classic bugs and new system bugs
- There's a LOT of new stuff on the back-end that sets the game up for the next content patch! Y'all will get to see those goodies in the future

Hey, everyone! Super sorry about the journal being a bit janky, i've re-written the entire thing and it should now work correctly everytime. I've tested it 100+ times and it was spot on each time!

Sorry everyone!

Thank you

Hey everyone! I've been excited to write these notes for awhile now!

(Headphone warning on one of the clips!)
New Things

• Amazing new DeathWatchers key art, created by (Guilherme Holz - https://www.gholz.art/)
  
• You can now T-Bag your friends. Sorry, crouch. You can now crouch!
  
• Completely new events system
  
  • Events are now moved and placed completely randomly within each room, so events witnessed in rounds will no longer get repetitive after a few play-throughs!
    
  • Events will get placed, rotated and scaled randomly on most surfaces within a room
    
  • Also works in Classic, but the new system is limited to just the two new maps for now! The others will be updated in the future!
• 666 Fall Lane (New Map)
  
• Cell Block H (New Map)
  
• The lobby has had a nice revamp & has a fresh spooky vibe!
  
• You can now completely customize your rounds, changing a wide variety of player, entity and location settings
  
• New Stealth System
  
  • The Entity no longer immediately knows where players are when hunting
    
  • During a hunt the entity will now search for players throughout the location and move a lot faster while doing so
    
  • Most interactions within the game (toggling a light, footsteps, dropping an item etc) the entity can now 'hear', some sound effects will cause the entity to immediately search the vicinity around the audio, whereas some will build up the entity's 'hearing aggression' and once that's reached a high enough value it'll immediately search the last heard audio.
    
  • Hunts now last slightly longer
    
  • New entity for the new maps that utilizes the new stealth system - this one also has a new unique ability
• Fog can now be toggled in the settings menu
  
• Screen space reflections have been added and can also be toggled on/off
  
• Anti aliasing options have been added to the settings menu
  
• You can toggle 'crouch toggle' in the 'key bindings' menu within the settings
  
  New Things - Classic
  
• Classic mode now has a text based tutorial on the 'Event Logger' Monitor!
  
• You can now see how many zaps your flashlight has left, displayed on your event logger monitor!

Changes - General

• I've tweaked the way events are generated at the start of the round, you should now get a wider array of events occurring. There's also a new requirement for events. Please give me feedback on this change, if it's too difficult I can tweak some values. But I think it'll be a welcome change!
  
  • Previously it was either (example)'5 or more required' or 'Must not occur'. Now there's also a (example)'5 or less required", this can really spice up rounds, requiring you to more observant.
• Herbs and their generated events are now affected by the current difficulty (Multiplier)
  
  • If you're on hard/nightmare (or the multiplier matches certain criteria), required and not required events
    will have higher amounts of events needed and there will be less to no herbs that require an event type to 'Not Occur'.
    Making the game overall harder and allowing for a wider variety of event types to occur per round!
• Players now have a second local light to light up their equipment while in complete dark
  
• Entity Sightings now leave behind Ectoplasm that can be logged after they've left, but only if they weren't logged. This can only be seen with a thermal_cam
  
• Audio Events now leave behind an audio signature that can be logged after they've occurred, but only if they weren't logged. This can only be seen with a thermal_cam
  
• Orb events now last for a significantly longer time, giving you a much better chance of logging them
  
• 'Sprint' is no longer instantaneous, you take a short moment to ramp up to full speed and subsequently a shorter while to also slow back down
  
• Added player movement dampening back in, so you no longer instantly stop moving when you stop applying movement input
  
• When a tie is met during a twitch poll, it will no longer randomly choose an event type you've deselected!
  
• When you drop an item, it will now automatically equip a new item within your inventory starting from the first slot
  
• Items are now slightly propelled when dropped
  
• When you pick up an item and your currently equipped item is a backpack, it will immediately equip the picked up item
  
• Entity visuals should now be fully disabled when they're invisible, so there shouldn't be any visual hiccups when the entity is invisible
  
• Items now produce audio when dropped
  
• Journal Log is now only automatically updated if your multiplier is 1.6 or less
  
• Hair should look thicker and be less aliased
  
• You'll lose more money per death as your multiplier increases
  
  • (Multiplier < 1.6)-200 per death,
    (Multiplier > 1.6 && Multiplier < 2.5) -350 per death
    (Multiplier > 2.5 && Multiplier < 3.5) -500 per death
    (Multiplier > 3.5) -750 per death
    (if this is too brutal I'll alter it or remove it)
• Dissappearence events no longer return once logged in
  Changes - Classic
  
• Classic multiplier now affects the types of events that can occur, as the multiplier increases you'll get less to none of easier event types
  
• You can now deselect monitors in classic mode with 'E' (interact)
  
• You now scare the entity away slightly differently via the flashlight! Explained in the tutorial.

Tweaks

• Player sprint speed is now ever so slightly slower
  
• Player local light has been reduced quite drastically
  
• All equip and unequip animations are significantly faster

Fixes

• Key bindings should now load correctly on game start instead of having to open the settings menu for them to assign
  
• Light emissives were incorrect, now fixed
  
• Classic cameras should no longer flicker or go haywire based on different hairstyles (lol)
  
• Can no longer see some medkit visuals you're not meant to see in first person
  
• Entity should no longer target dead players
  
• Classic 'previous investigation' information should no longer be incorrect
  
• Mics should now work on start without needing to walk in and out of player radius (hopefully, if it occurs please let me know in the discord!)
  
• Player meshes now correctly receive lighting when outside
  
• Hopefully no more hiccups with character data not being set properly on spawn
  
• Should no longer fall through the wall in Enfer Station
  
• Lots of other bugs, just can't remember them all, whoops

Only the two new maps utilize both the new events system and the new stealth system! I'll be updating the original three maps with all of the new stuff in the future!
As well as re-working both Enfer & Umb as I don't like they're current layout, they're too big. I'm going to alter them quite a lot and streamline them, they'll essentially be
almost completely different to how they are now!

• New save system is now implemented, should no longer have any save issues, however this means 'everyone' has had a full save reset, hopefully the last as this new system sets the game up nicely for the halloween content patch
  
• Wide array of classic mode bug fixes
  
• Player arms should no longer get offset after death
  
• Mouse should hopefully no longer get stuck after a classic round
  
• Controller mouse should work correctly with the pause menu now
  
• Various other fixes!

Primary point of this update is to get the game ready for the rather large halloween content update! The new save system allows for on the fly alterations! Should be the last time saves need resetting! (hopefully)