The Texas Chain Saw Massacre news & patch notes

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• The following perks will now activate at 20% as opposed to under 5%
  • ‘Wax On Wax Off’
  • ‘Hush or Die’
  • ‘I Can Do This’
  • ‘Resilient’
  • ‘I Can Make It’

• Bones Gore Bomb trigger radius is being reduced to match the trigger radius he launched with

• The following has been added, “increases the damage dealt to a Victim caught in barbed wire if they continue to run while the barbed wire is attached to them”
• There will be 1 HP loss per second for 5/15/30 seconds and the timer starts the moment the barbed wire has been triggered

• Blood collected from Hands’ barge attack was not properly scaling with attribute points allocated to Blood Harvesting
• Stamina drain after using Hands’ barge attack was also not scaling properly with attribute points allocated to Endurance

• We have fixed a bug where after using his Barge, Hands’ stamina would not regenerate as intended

• A bug has been resolved that prevented players from immediately progressing the lock picking minigame when activating Connie’s Star Sign Ability

• Victims were not being properly highlighted to other players when grappling during a Grandpa Sonar

• We have resolved an exploit that allowed players to overhead run in place as Leatherface
  • Leatherface is designed to move forward when sprinting with his chainsaw above his head and will now function as intended

• We have fixed an issue where Leatherface’s overhead slam was not registering properly when Victims would interact with traversals or other objects

• Lockpicking minigame was able to be progressed without holding the correct alignment in place

• Progress on a Cook padlock that had been removed and replaced was not correctly resetting

• We fixed the issue that caused Victims to not be highlighted after using poisoned health items, Fuses, Valves, and tools if Sissy has ‘Poison Pickup Locations’ equipped

• When placed on an object that could be inspected, Danny was able to bypass Hands’ Electric Trap and inspect the object successfully

• The issue that caused players to have endless games if the final Victim disconnects has been fixed

• Players will no longer be sent to the wrong queues when they play consecutive matches

• Accepting a native party invite after a player hits ‘play’ immediately after accepting the invitation will now work

• We have made improvements to the flash UI present when in a Close Encounter and flashes will now light up properly with each press

• Water Pumps that had been poisoned by Sissy were not highlighted as intended for Victims with ‘Clear Eyes’ equipped

• The perk ‘High Tolerance’ will now adjust the highlight duration to poison duration to match the perk description, “Sissy’s poison isn’t as effective on you. Duration is 20%, 40%, 60% shorter.”

• The perk ‘Knock Knock’ will now be functional on The Mill

• An issue has been resolved where the Perk ‘Deadbolt’ was not applying correctly when attempting to barge latched doors

• We have resolved an issue where the perk ‘Fight and Flight’ was activating during a Close Encounter win animation and the Victim player was not able to move

• We have fixed a bug for the perk ‘Back For Blood’ as it was not properly decreasing the Family Bond as intended

• The perk ‘Master Key’ has been fixed as it was giving players infinite charges
• The charges at Levels 1-2-3 will be 3/4/5 just as the perk description reads

• A bug has been fixed with the ‘Hey Sissy’ perk where it properly activates only after Nancy interacts with a Mortar table and uses her ‘Spy’ ability

• An issue has been resolved for the perk ‘Rescue Medic’ where it was not applying the proper additional healing that was intended

• The team has fixed a bug where the perk ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ activates in the proper intended scenarios

• A bug has been resolved where Hands' stamina consumption wasn’t reduced when his Barge attack was used when the ‘Spring Clean’ perk was equipped

• We have fixed an issue where the perk ‘Blood Runner’ would not activate correctly when it was equipped on Hands while performing a Barge attack

• The team has fixed a bug where players couldn’t disarm Nancy’s Barbwired Traps if they were placed on a door that was destroyed by Bones’ Gore Bombs

• We’ve fixed an issue where poison would not affect Victims consistently when interacting with poisoned generators and car batteries

• While Bones isn’t able to place Gore Bombs directly on the Escape Zones, we have fixed a collision issue where he is not blocked from placing them on the assets near the Escape Zones

• Wyatt’s ability upgrade will now let him disarm Nancy’s barbed wire traps

• Players will now be able to hear Leatherface’s chainsaw audio from outside of Nancy’s garage

• Victims will no longer be able to skip a knockdown animation after Leatherface hits them with an overheat slam attack

• Players in parties will no longer be separated and placed in different lobbies when playing consecutive matches and will all go to the same lobby together

• We fixed the issue that prevented Nancy’s traps from being disarmed when placed on a door destroyed by Leatherface

• Family members will no longer be able to attack Victims if they are on the other side of a gaps

• Sissy will now be able to poison the health item that spawns in the Silos area

• Sissy’s ‘Don’t Touch’ achievement will now unlock properly

• Bushes in the Overgrown Exterior, Cotton Field, and Ghost Town area match their hiding volumes now

• We have fixed a UI bug where Johnny would receive two button prompts to barge a door, only one button prompt will appear as intended

• The button input for Hands’ Barge was incorrect for preset 2
• We also fixed the incorrect labeling of his barge when choosing preset 2 for controller mapping on PC

• We have adjusted the water speed of the flooded area on the Graveyard map to look more natural

• We have removed the UI for map selection in lobby as there is only one map option for players

• Calling the police via the car radio was not properly decreasing the Fear meter for Sorority Girls

• A crossed out ‘door latched’ prompt has been removed that would display when players approached an unlatchable door

• We have resolved title crashes that would occur in the following situations
  • Accepting an invite while in the Museum Mode loading screen
  • Opening and closing other game modes before entering Museum Mode
  • Immediately returning to the main menu after opening Museum Mode

• Players would experience a title crash as the host if a non-host player repeatedly pressed the select map prompt after concluding a match

• Objects would still be highlighted for Danny when character abilities were disabled by the host of a private match despite him being unable to investigate or tamper them

• Perk effects will no longer be visible to opposing team players

• When the host player is Nancy, their barbed wire will now be visible to all players as intended

• We’ve fixed visual camera clipping that would occur when Victims jumped through wells

• The perk ‘Noise Pollution’ will no longer activate for the private match host as intended

• The blast damage radius for Bones’ Gore Bombs has been increased

• The team has made further adjustments to the ensure that traversal options are prioritized over item pick ups

• A bug was fixed for close encounters in private matches where the host player would win a grapple in situations that they should’ve lost

• The team has fixed the aspect ratio for the cinematics of Execution Pack IV
• The black bars are now removed to mirror previous released executions

• Our team has fixed issues with Bones spawning in incorrect locations on all Slaughterhouse variants

• Fixed an issue that allowed Bones to place Gore Bombs mid-air in escape zones
• We have also fixed the issue where Bones Gore Bombs couldn’t be triggered and/or retrieved on certain corners and assets

• A bug impacting the ‘Awareness Team’ upgrade has been fixed where Family Members hit by Wyatt's knives would not be highlighted for all Victims

• An issue was present where Wyatt could turn off the generator during Hands’ Ripstall minigame and would sometimes result in:
  • Players being unable to interact with the generator for the remainder of the match
  • Wyatt was able to throw another knife to receive XP for turning off the generator when it was already turned off
• This issue has been fixed and Wyatt can no longer interact with the generator during Hands’ Ripstall minigame

• We have fixed a bug where Wyatt’s Throwing Knives would disable an Electric Trap and turn off the Generator or Battery in a single knife throw
• It will now take one Throwing Knife to disable an Electric Trap and one Throwing Knife to turn off an objective

• Our team has fixed an issue where Wyatt’s Knives were being blocked by collision from a specific type of bone charm

• We have fixed Wyatt being able to use his ability while escaping, which would result in sliding movement and a visible crosshair during spectating

• We fixed the bug that allowed Family players to bypass the animations for setting traps, closing doors and locking doors

• Hands players were able to skip his successful barge animation if they performed interactions such as collecting blood, ripstalling, hooking up electric traps, etc

• We fixed the bug where when a Family member would walk through the valve exit, the Family member would get stuck in their walking animations for a brief period of time

• We have fixed the issue where the native invite prompt did not always show up for PS5 players in custom lobbies

• The team has fixed the issue that caused Leatherface’s overhead slam attack to not register if a Victim was traversing crawlspaces, stabbing Grandpa, or interacting with the valve

• An issue has been resolved where Hands’ initial barge attack would not function as intended, resulting in the player becoming softlocked

• We have fixed a bug where the perk ‘No Sell’ was not using charges properly when getting barged by Hands

• The team has fixed the issue where the perk ‘Protective Aura’ did not reduce damage when a victim was pulled out of a hiding spot

• Fixed the perk ‘Rally Leader’ which was only functioning for the perk holder instead of all Victims per its description, “Help all Victims recover from being incapacitated more quickly. Recovery is 15/25/35 % faster.”

• ‘Fish Hooks’ was not working as intended at Level 2 and Level 3 and will now work as described, “Sneak attacks decrease Family’s max stamina for a limited amount of time. Max stamina is reduced by 50/65/75% for 10/20/30 seconds.”

• ‘Slippery’ is now fixed so that the perk activates after a player finishes traversing through a gap

• We have fixed a bug where the ‘I Know Engines’ Perk wouldn’t activate within the proper ranges when equipped on Danny

• An issue has been fixed with the Grandpa Perk ‘Swinging For the Fences’ where it was not applying to Bones when the perk was active

• We have fixed the bug where the SFX for Virginia contaminating a blood bucket continued if she canceled out of the interaction

• The bug that caused Johnny’s footprint tracking to remain active if he was electrocuted on the cattle grid is now fixed

• We have fixed the bug that caused poisoned health potions to completely disappear from the map if it was swapped out for another item

• The team has fixed the issue that caused the minigame UI for toolbox gathering, lockpicking, bone pile gathering, turning on the generator, and solving the fusebox to disappear if done after winning a grapple

• We have fixed the bug that caused the lockpicking minigame to wiggle rapidly when trying to complete it

• Victims becoming permanently highlighted after Grandpa is immobilized for a second time by Wyatt’s Star Sign Ability has been resolved
• We have also fixed more instances where Victims would become permanently highlighted after being caught by Grandpa’s Sonar

• We’ve resolved an issue in public and private matches where players were experiencing title crashes when Bones and at least 3 Victims were hit by the same Gore Bomb

• Instances where rain effects were present on props inside of the containers on Slaughterhouse - Storm has been fixed

• We’ve fixed an issue where Wyatt’s portrait would sometimes appear low in resolution when viewed via the Customization tab

• We have made improvements to decrease FPS drops during Hitchhikers Chestburster Execution

• Our team has fixed a bug where Victim players were not receiving the proper XP when exiting the basement and other boundaries on the Graveyard map

• A bug has been resolved with Virginia’s Skill Tree where despite adjacent nodes being unlocked, a branch path on the right was not visible

• We’ve resolved an issue that would cause floating assets or items in the following locations
  • The Mill - Riverbed area
  • Slaughterhouse (including Leatherface’s Lair)

• We fixed the problem where gore was missing from Leatherface’s Lair on all Slaughterhouse map variants

• Our team has resolved an issue where Hitchhiker would become stuck when going through the wall gap that connects the West Cell and Dig Room on Nancy’s House with ‘Wire Frame’ equipped

• We have fixed an issue where both Family and Victim players would get stuck in the crawl space and gaps in the Tool Storage area

• The following ladder stuck spot locations have been fixed
  • Tool Shed - Gas Station
  • Ladder Thicket - Gas Station
  • Garage Ladder - Slaughterhouse

• We have fixed the bug that caused Victim players to get stuck in the valve if they spammed open the valve and proceeded to get hit by a Family member on Slaughterhouse and Gas Station

• We have fixed unnatural lighting located by the shed in the Front Field area

• The lighting in the Holding Pen Area of the Slaughterhouse was too dark and has since been fixed

• We have fixed a lighting issue where parts of the Church Basement on the Graveyard map appeared darker than intended

• Multiple trees were missing collision on Slaughterhouse and collision is now present

• The team has resolved an invisible collision issue that players could climb onto next to the Crawlspace in the Feed Storage on all of the Slaughterhouse map variants

• We have resolved an issue where players could walk on top of invisible assets near the Graveyard Entrance area

• An issue has been resolved where players could walk on top of an invisible asset located in the Shed Basement area of the Gas Station map

• The team has removed invisible collision located in the North Tunnel area that blocked players movement

• We have fixed a UI bug where Johnny players would only receive the ‘Sensed Victim Fear’ UI notification once per match

• We have fixed an issue where Vent access wouldn’t become unavailable immediately after it was destroyed

• A bug has been fixed where players could climb over a specific table and remain stuck between assets

• An issue has been fixed where Sorority Girls weren’t receiving damage when Johnny pulled them from inside the car

• We have fixed a bug where the Car would be floating in the yard area

• The team has fixed a bug where Johnny would get stuck in the car if he tried to pull a Sorority Girl out of it

• We’ve resolved a problem with Johnny’s Hunt Ability where it would incorrectly cancel when attempting to attack

• There was a high voltage warning sign in the House Basement that appeared to be floating and has been fixed

• We fixed an issue where Sorority Girls were able to move if executed while attempting to climb a ladder and would result in them remaining in a standing position after being executed

• We have resolved a bug where assets were clipping into the trunk hiding spot and would sometimes have an unnatural glow

• Previously players were unable to click “Prefer to play as Victim” with a mouse, and would need to use a keyboard or controller input

• We have fixed an issue where private match modifiers would transfer after a host player swapped from Base Game to ‘Rush Week’

• An issue has been fixed where voice chat would not work properly for the host player after a private match has been started

• ‘Wait a Second’s description will now read as ‘Victims who mistakenly get tangled in barbed wire must wait 3/5/8 seconds before removing it’
• Teammate assistance in the removal of the Barbed Wire is not intended

• We have changed the United States flags to Texas State flags
• These flags will now have more of a weathered and worn look

• We have changed the name of Connie’s ‘Quick Soda’ cosmetic in Outfit Pack III from ‘Cherry’ to ‘Cola’

• Bones
• Wyatt
• Summertime Outfit Pack
• 2003 Leatherface
• Execution Pack IV

• Blood Rush will now automatically activate when reaching Level 4 and will remain active indefinitely
• This was done to reduce confusion for players as activating Blood Rush and cancelling a minigame had the same controller input, which would sometimes cause Blood Rush to be activated accidentally

• Adjustments have been made to help ensure players traversal interactions are prioritized over item pick ups
• This change was made to help break chase

• We have made improvements to memory issues causing all platforms to experience crashes including the Xbox platform
• The team will continue to work on and make improvements to this over time

• The team fixed the bug that caused a server crash to occur if Wyatt was hit by a Family member while using his ability or when Wyatt would successfully hit a Family member with one of his knives

• An issue has been fixed where Wyatt’s Throwing a Knife at Grandpa consumed both his Throwing Knife and Bone Scrap in his inventory

• The bug that caused Bones’ Endurance to not affect his weapon swings has been fixed and placing Attribute Points into it will now scale properly

• We have fixed an issue where Bones Savagery Attribute was not scaling correctly when players added Attribute Points to it

• Bones’ Close Encounter value is now correct

• Bones’ Gore Bombs will no longer hit characters who are behind a wall when they detonate

• A bug has been fixed where Bones’ Unique Perk ‘Hunting Enthusiast’ was not scaling correctly with each level and the following values are now accurate
  • Level 1: Bones can traverse barricades. His speed to crawl over obstacles is increased by 20%.
  • Level 2: Bones can traverse barricades. His speed to crawl over obstacles is increased by 30%.
  • Level 3: Bones can traverse barricades. His speed to crawl over obstacles is increased by 40%.

• We have fixed a bug that caused all Family members to interact with Bones’ Gore Bombs if they had ‘Slow and Steady’ equipped

• When Danny tampers the Water Pumps on Graveyard, they will now deactivate automatically and will properly take longer for Family to reactivate them

• The team has fixed a bug where the game would crash upon staying idle for more than 10 minutes in a single match on the Graveyard map

• Cook will now be able to place one of his padlocks on the Graveyard Entrance Exit Gate

• Interior lighting of hiding spots has been fixed so it no longer appears too dark

• We have resolved an issue where Grandpa Perks would not always deactivate after reducing Grandpa’s level

• A lighting issue has been fixed that caused the Living Room on Family House to appear too dark

• We have fixed an issue where the tail of the windmill would move unnaturally fast

• The team has fixed an issue where a Family player’s character model would disappear when they adjusted their camera after losing a Close Encounter

• We have resolved an issue where Danny would run slower than other Victims through mud on the Graveyard and Storm Variant Maps

• A bug has been fixed where a Victim stepping in a Hitchhiker Trap would not take damage in both Public and Private matches

• The team fixed a bug where a Victim player would become hidden during a Close Encounter

• The bug that caused players who canceled out of a private match in ‘Rush Week’ to incorrectly get placed back into a private lobby instead of the main menu will no longer occur
• We also fixed a bug that caused non-host players to get stuck in an infinite loading screen if they lost internet connection when loading into it

• An issue has been fixed where players were able to call the police without completing the minigame to start the car
  • This resulted in the police car not being highlighted to Johnny or other Sorority Girls

• We have resolved a bug where a match would crash when Wyatt would attempt to retrieve a Throwing Knife from the ground right after hitting a Family Member with another knife throw in a Private Match

• Other Family members can now walk through Nancy’s barbed wire without breaking them

• We have reverted the VFX following Victims that made its way to the live build in a previous patch
• Noise Pings will no longer follow Victims after they open a Sliding Door

• We changed the loading tip that stated that Leatherface was the only Family member able to break barricades
• It will now read as, “Leatherface, Hands and Bones are the only Family Members who can destroy obstacles.”
  • Bones can break barricades inadvertently with a well placed Gore Bomb

• Players can now play ‘Rush Week’ in private matches
• You will be able to use lobby invite codes
  • You can play solo with no set minimum amount of players needed to launch a private ‘Rush Week’ match
• Players can assign someone to play as Johnny via the player list
  • Note: this can ONLY be done in private matches

• We have added back Johnny’s speed increase at Level 3
• Now, Johnny at Level 3 has a speed increase and doors slammed on him will break

• We have adjusted the ‘Reduce Ripstall Cooldown’ Level 2 of Hands’ Ability Tree from 40% to 30%

• We have reduced the time it takes for Nancy to remove a Barbed Wire Trap that she’s placed from 5 seconds to 3.5 seconds

• We have reduced the time it takes for Nancy to set her Barbed Wire Traps from 10 seconds to 7 seconds
• Nancy Mains rise up

• Nancy’s Ability upgrade Level 1 and Level 2 ‘Quicker Recharge Rate’ were incorrectly stacking, despite descriptions stating they do not

• We have fixed an issue where Victim Endurance was not scaling correctly with the amount of Attribute Points put into the Attribute
• When adding Attribute Points into Victim Endurance, this will now impact the intended total stamina capacity, along with stamina drain while ‘Dashing or Sprinting’ and stamina regeneration

• Our team has resolved an issue where Victims would become permanently highlighted to Family Members after being detected by Grandpa’s Sonar

• Cameras have improved for Execution Pack 4

• We have fixed an issue where ‘Security Pins’ was stacking the difficulty of the lock pick minigame

• ‘Wireframe’ will now function as intended and activate when a player traverses through either a gap and a crawl space

• An issue has been resolved where the perk ‘No Sell’ would not lose charges and become active for the duration of the match

• The team has fixed an issue with Sissy’s Perk, ‘Linger’ at Level 3 where the blown poison cloud particle effects didn’t scale appropriately.

• We have fixed an issue where Generators and Car Batteries that were poisoned by Sissy were not highlighted for Victim players who had the perk, ‘Clear Eyes’ equipped

• We have resolved an issue where Hands players would become non-functional after performing his Barge with depleted stamina

• We have resolved an issue where Lock Pick minigame progress was not accurate when progression was shared across two or more players

• We have fixed an issue where Victim players would teleport when being incapacitated after performing the jumping down a well animation

• The issue where a player could not join a lobby after accepting a native invite without the game open or on the initial start screen has been fixed
• Players who accepted a native invite and would get stuck in an infinite loading screen will no longer have this issue

• There was an issue where if a player accepted a native invite while on the start screen, they would not be taken to the lobby until they hit the play button
• Now, players will be automatically transferred to the correct lobby

• We fixed an issue where the view prompt on DLC would not open the tutorials in fullscreen

• The prompts for Leatherface to “Rev Chainsaw” and “Stop Chainsaw” were not displaying correctly
• These prompts are now correct when Leatherface starts his chainsaw

• We have fixed an issue where players would see “Requires Bone Scrap” prompt when a set of bone charms had already been cut down

• Fixed an issue where wound marks were not appearing correctly on characters with the Summertime Outfit Pack equipped

• The subtitles for Sissy’s dialogue were too small

• An issue has been fixed where Victims would not always see the prompt to burst out when in hiding spots

• We have updated and added correct language localization for the following
  • Maria Level 99 Blackout Cosmetic outfit name
  • Leland Outfit Pack II outfit names
  • Sonny Outfit Pack II outfit names
  • Various Connie Outfit names
  • Sissy’s ‘Wildflower’ Outfit
  • Sissy’s ‘Ivy’ Outfit
  • Sissy’s ‘Bride’ Outfit
  • Cook's Fill 'Er Up Outfit
  • Johnny’s ‘Shirtless‘ Outfit
  • Various Ana Outfit names
  • Weapon Skins for Family
  • Leatherface’s ‘Leg Day’ Execution
  • ‘Unique’ Perk title and description
  • Gas Station - Storm map name

• We have fixed instances where incorrect or placeholder textures were present on the ground

• An issue has been fixed where Danny would trigger water puddles at incorrect ranges

• Victims could become partially stuck after interacting with a crawl space in the West Cell area

• The team has fixed an issue where a player’s character model would disappear when they adjusted their camera

• We have fixed a bug where Family players could become temporarily stuck upon crossing the Valve Exit

• We have fixed some inconsistencies where Family players would still be highlighted by Grandpa’s Sonar from being ‘Sweet Talked’ by Maria
• For newer players, this is how Grandpa’s Levels work
  • Levels 1-3: Sonar highlights players moving around not in bushes and shadows
  • Level 4: Sonar highlights players moving regardless of hiding status
  • Level 5: No place to hide!!

• We have updated the text, ‘Abandoned Mill - Dusk’ Lobby UI to reflect the correct text

• We have fixed a bug where Hitchhiker and Sissy fell over and became softlocked when they traversed through a gap or crawl space

• We have resolved an issue where matches would crash when Johnny pulled out a Sorority girl from the car while calling the police
• We have fixed an issue where players could experience a title crash if they simultaneously attempted to leave the car while also attempting to call the police

• The issue that caused players to experience prolonged wait times for a lobby to refill if a player left the lobby has been resolved

• The team has fixed an issue where the lobby floor was not rendering for Johnny players when they entered the sorority house quickly

• We fixed the bug that was causing the Sorority Girl Devil Costume to have incorrect textures

• We have fixed an issue where the prompt to call the police would not appear for a few seconds after a Sorority Girl reentered the car

• An issue has been fixed where blood was not present on Sorority Girls who took damage while wearing the Pajamas outfit.

• Spectators were incorrectly seeing Johnny’s aura for the duration of the match We have also resolved an issue where Johnny’s aura was visible during minigames

• Text which read “NEXT MATCH IN:” would appear in black instead of white
• Another issue we fixed was Johnny’s Shirtless Outfit briefly appearing when opening the Customization tab

• Fusebox instructions have been localized in available languages
• We’ve updated language localization for the customization tab when in Private Matches

• We fixed a bug that caused players to load into a ‘Rush Week’ match without their selected cosmetic

• Resolved an issue in private matches where certain voice lines would not trigger for both Family and Victims

• We fixed the bug where no voice lines would trigger after a Victim approaches the Gallows

• An issue has been fixed where Host players were unable to see Victim Status Portraits when other Victims died or escaped

• Some players may experience server errors when trying to unlock the perks 'Unrelenting' and 'Dracula' in Hands Skill Tree
  • EDIT: This issue has been resolved prior to deploying this patch - 11/26/2024
• Players loading into 'Rush Week' may experience prolonged wait times for player refills if players leave the lobby
• Players may experience native invites not functioning properly for Private Matches
  • Current workaround is joining a party before loading into a Private Match

• We have removed ‘Scout’ from Hands Skill Tree
  • ‘Scout’ will be replaced by ‘Unrelenting’
  • ‘Dracula’ will replace the previous node for ‘Unrelenting’
  • Please Note: Players who own Hands will have to respec his Skill Tree

• We have added a toggle for item spawn rates
• They are half and double

• Text for the Fusebox Minigame has been updated
  • Previously it read “Match the round fuse color with the correct slot, ensuring the AMP value is met for each pair. Once complete, power will be restored and the basement exit will open temporarily” It will now correctly read, “Match the round fuse color with the correct slot, ensuring the AMP value is met for each pair. Once complete, power will be restored”
• We have also updated the text players will see upon successful completion of the minigame
  • Previously it would state, “Basement Exit Opened”
  • Now it will read, “Success”

• Once Johnny is Level 3, doors slammed on him will break as intended
• We have added a notification at Level 3 which will read, “Slammed doors now break on Johnny”

• Sorority Girls will now start with some Fear and different visual effects
• Previously, Sorority girls would start a match with no Fear

• We have fixed a visual bug where a Danny player would use their Tamper with at least half of the knowledge bar filled, but the Tamper minigame UI would fill up completely
• Danny’s Tamper minigame will now display visually the correct knowledge added

• An issue has been resolved where progress made by applying knowledge in the Tamper minigame was reset if a Danny player attempted to progress the minigame before the entire Knowledge charge could fully apply
• Progress made in the minigame will now apply correctly

• The team has fixed an issue where Leatherface players could bypass the opening animation of doors and gates by running towards the door/gate, revving, and swinging their chainsaw at the same time
• Leatherface can no longer melee attack while opening a door or a gate

• We have resolved an issue where all Grandpa Perks equipped in the match were intermittently activating at Family Bond Level 1 regardless of their level
• Grandpa Perks will now activate at their correct levels

• We have resolved an issue where a patch of grass would be misplaced in the UI

• An issue has been fixed where players were able to cancel their barge animation in order to barge a door faster than intended

• Blood was incorrectly washing away from characters after being wounded
  • We have fixed this issue, and now blood will remain on players unless they are exposed to rain
• We also resolved an issue where no blood would show when a player took damage
  • Blood will now correctly display when taking damage or jumping out of a window

• We have added localization in available languages for the following
  • Execution Pack IV names and descriptions
  • Maria Outfit Pack I names

• We fixed issues with rain textures being incorrectly applied to characters when inside
• Now the correct textures will only display when outside

• Our team has fixed an issue where ‘Choose Fight’ was not extending the stun duration for sneak attacks properly
• ‘Choose Fight’ should now correctly extend Family Member stun duration after a sneak attack by 2/3.5/5 seconds

• ‘Rough Cut’ has been fixed to where the perk will activate every time Leatherface attacks a Victim

• There was a bug that would cause a player to remain in a state of infinite loading if they accepted a native invite for a custom lobby or party when in a public lobby
  • This has now been fixed
• Players would occasionally receive a network error when accepting a native invite while in a custom lobby or in a party
  • Network Errors will no longer occur when accepting a native invite

• ‘Unique Nancy’s House Escapes’ Stat is now localized for all supported languages

• We fixed the issue where Victims were able to Sneak Attack Family members from illogical distances
• Now, the Sneak Attack prompt will only appear when a Victim player is close enough to do so

• The bug that caused players to be able to climb on top of certain wells on Slaughterhouse, Nancy’s House, and The Mill has been fixed
• Players will no longer be able to climb on top of those wells

• The stuck spot at the Cotton Fields on The Mill has been fixed

• ‘Suffocating Grip’ was making the close encounter minigame more than 25% easier for Family members
• The perk will now work as intended

• We fixed the bug where if a player had the perk ‘Bar Room Hero’ equipped, they would get stuck upon falling down a well

• We fixed an issue where Victim players would lose the ability to interact with items or desync from a match after they became incapacitated from jumping down a well

• There was an exploit where a Cook player could add one of his padlocks to a door or gate and saved minigame progress would transfer to his padlock instead
• Now, when Cook places a padlock on a door or gate with saved minigame progress, the progress will remain on the door/gate regardless of Cook’s padlock

• We fixed the issue where when a lobby closes due to not enough suitable players, the party would disband and players couldn’t join a party until they restarted the entire game
• Players will no longer experience this

• We fixed the bug that resulted in ‘Security Pins’ not increasing the difficulty of the lock picking minigame

• We have updated the 'PREFER TO PLAY AS VICTIM' text to be localized in every language available in the game

• We have fixed the textures of the phone cable that was stretching to the Sorority Girl’s location

• We have resolved an issue where Pepper Spray was not correctly aligned while being used in a Sorority Girls' hands
• Pepper Spray will now be correctly aligned with the Sorority Girls' animation

• We fixed an issue where softlocking occurred for the 6th or 7th player if they loaded into a match while ‘Options’ is open in a lobby

• We have fixed a bug where players be would softlocked after pressing the chat function button or key at the Rush Week main menu

• An issue has been resolved in Rush Week where a Johnny player’s camera was stuck inside the character model after starting the match
• The camera will now be positioned behind the character

• We have resolved an issue where 6 players in a Rush Week lobby couldn’t change tabs or access any menus

• An issue has been fixed where a Sorority Girl’s leg was deformed during the cinematic intro of a match

• Players would become stuck behind the front double doors, between the doors and occasionally get stuck in in-game assets
• We have fixed this issue

• Halloween Outfit names are now correctly localized in available languages

• An issue has been fixed where vents would remain ‘in use’ throughout a match

• There was an issue where wound marks would appear inconsistent on the Halloween Outfits in ‘Rush Week’
• Now, wound marks will be correct

• We fixed the bug where more than one pair of car keys would spawn in multiple locations
• Now, only one pair of car keys can spawn in select, random locations

• There was an issue where the SFX for Virginia’s Boon would play in a loop at the location where she initially used her Boon
• This will no longer occur

• The game would crash when the party host would establish a custom lobby with at least one other player

• We fixed the issue where a native invite would not show up for a non-host player after they’ve joined the lobby via a code
• Now, when a player joins a lobby with a code, a native invite will work as intended

• The audio for the generator was missing for whoever was the host of a custom private match
• Players who host a custom private match will now be able to hear the generator SFX

• A bug has been fixed where the host couldn’t see a Victim’s character model in spectator mode after the player finished the Fuse Box minigame
• The Host of a Private Match can now see all character models in spectator mode

• We have fixed a visual bug where the host of a private lobby couldn’t see the Proximity Warnings while in spectator mode
• Proximity Warnings will now be visible for a host in spectator mode

• The team has fixed an issue where a Player would rejoin a custom lobby after conclusion of a match, swap to a character they did not play with in the previous match and their perk slots would unequip in their loadout
• Character perks will now stay equipped in their loadout when moving onto another private match lobby

• We have fixed an issue where the Sound FX of the Crawl Space hitting the ground was not present when the action was canceled
• The Sound FX of not completing the opening of a Crawl Space will now be present

• Customization prompt and settings are now correctly localized in available languages

• We have fixed an issue where a non-host player was able to change Private Match settings in Lobby
• Now only the host can access the customization menu

• Each character will now have a grappling value assigned to them to determine their effectiveness in a close encounter
• Read the full changes here

• The following toggles are now available in custom private matches
  • Victim Health - Half, Default, Double
  • Family Damage - Half, Default, Double
  • Character Abilities - Enable or Disable
  • Character Perks - Enable or Disable
  • HUD toggle - Enable or Disable

• We have slightly increased the amount of melee hits it takes to execute a Sorority Girl
• It will now take Johnny 3 hits to execute a Sorority Girl

• We have increased Johnny’s Proficiency
• Johnny will now be able to lockpick doors faster

• Johnny’s stun time from door slams has been decreased

• We have updated the amount of spawn locations for the Attic Pole
• The Attic Pole will now spawn farther away from Sorority Girls

• We have decreased the damage that Sorority Girls take from falling out of a vent
• They will no longer receive damage

• Activation levels for Grandpa Perks has been fixed, and will activate at the correct Family Bond level

• We fixed an issue where blood trails were no longer showing up for either Victim or Family Players

• We have fixed a bug that caused Family members to not properly open doors and gates

• Electric Traps set by Hands that were disabled or triggered were not highlighting for Victims with ‘Clear Eyes’
  • This has been fixed to be consistent with Hitchhiker’s traps and Nancy’s barbed wires, which are highlighted even after being triggered

• Issues with ‘Fast Hands’ not working properly have been resolved and the perk will now function as intended

• We have (once again) fixed an issue where the Victim Endurance stat did not feel noticeably different for players
  • Victim’s total stamina capacity, stamina drain, and regeneration will now scale properly as players allocate more points into Endurance

• Cook’s Seek Ability was incorrectly highlighting dead bodies after using his Lovely Neck Execution
  • This has been fixed, and Cook’s Seek Ability will now only highlight alive Victims

• We have again fixed a bug where Cook could highlight Victims who have already escaped with his Seek Ability
• Cook is now able to use his ability only on active playing Victims

• We have resolved an issue where the Close Encounter animation would cancel out if a Family member opened or closed a nearby door
• Player can now engage in a Close Encounter near a door without this interruption

• We have fixed an issue where if a Victim stepped in a Hitchhiker trap placed on the inside of a window, it would still activate the window jump cinematic and Victims would receive double the damage
• Victim players will no longer get stuck under the window in this scenario

• An issue has been resolved where Victims who were hit with a thrust melee attack didn’t take damage over time from the perk ‘Rough Cut’
• Damage over time will now apply to a Victim when hit with a thrust with ‘Rough Cut’ equipped

• An issue has been fixed where Noise Indicators wouldn’t follow Victims after they’ve opened a sliding door

• We have resolved an issue where sliding doors wouldn’t produce noise VFX for victims if the Grandpa perk ‘Exterior Alarms’ was active
• Sliding doors will now produce noise VFX for victims at all times

• We have fixed an issue where the prompt for Victims to stab Grandpa wouldn’t populate from certain angles and distances
• Stabbing Grandpa will now feel more consistent for players

• When players would go to the Customization Menu, the lighting was too bright and caused textures to go missing
• The lighting is now correct in the menus and textures are no longer missing

• We have fixed an issue where the UI for Hands’ perk ‘Heart Attack’ was not proccing on a Barge hit

• An issue where Family Members were not correctly turning away when players faced their camera towards them has been resolved

• We added collision to the side table in the Living Room

• We removed incorrect collision in the Dining Room that would prevent players from navigating between a side table and flower vase

• A visual bug has been resolved where a seam line would appear on the Sorority Girl’s back or shoulder

• We have resolved issues players were facing with doors not opening consistently for Johnny, despite pressing the correct inputs

• When using the perfume on Johnny, it was not disabling his Hunt ability as described in the tutorial
• Now, when a Johnny player steps into a perfume cloud, his Hunt ability is deactivated

• When Johnny turns off the fusebox, the Sorority Girls were still able to make phone calls to the police
• This has been fixed so that the prompt to turn off the fusebox was removed

• The Anonymize Player Names option would show all players in a Rush Week lobby who was Johnny
• Players with Anonymize Player Names turned on will now see a “?” for everyone in the lobby

• We have fixed an issue where the Victim UI for minigames would be visible to Family members

• Missing UI has been fixed for when Players would use a health item after canceling a mini-game

• There was an issue where if the Host of a lobby canceled out of a minigame and used a health potion afterwards, they would be softlocked
• This has now been fixed

• We have changed a potential spawn location for fuse box, to prevent it from spawning too close in proximity to the valve tank
• Added fusebox spawn in the Mill Ground Floor
• Removed fusebox spawn in the Overgrown Exterior

• In both public and private matches, all players could hear Connie use her Focused ability
• Players will no longer be able to hear a Connie pop their Focused ability

• Victims were previously able to bypass tool break progression by exiting and reentering the minigame after hitting a checkpoint
• Tool break progress will fill and deplete normally now

• The Level 2 Hands Ability Tree upgrade, Reduce Ripstall Cooldown, did not give the correct cooldown
• With this fix, the cooldown will be 72 seconds if Reduce Ripstall Cooldown has been equipped

• If any 2 Family Members stand near a hiding spot while a Victim bursts out of it, it would result in one Family player being permanently stunned for the rest of the match
• This has been fixed so that the stun is the correct duration when a Victim player bursts out of a hiding spot

• The Family Perk ‘Tracker Tagged’ would lose functionality mid-match and not highlight Victims after landing a hit
  • The description for the Tracker Tagged Perk reads as follows: “Hitting a Victim highlights them for all Family members. Highlight duration is 2/3/5 seconds.”
• The perk will now always highlight Victims for the proper duration for all Family Members after hitting a Victim

• Hazel, her eyes are hazel
• Nothing to see here

• When using Sonny’s ability, other players were able to see visual effects
• The effect will now only be visible to Sonny

• The team has patched an exploit where Family players could deal double damage with a single melee attack

• If the host of a private match had the store open while the lobby countdown transitioned to the loading screen, the title would crash for them
• The game will no longer crash in this scenario

• Players were not able to play consecutive private matches as they would encounter an infinite loading screen if four or more players were present
• This has now been fixed and players will be able to play back to back private matches regardless of player count

• We fixed a shader issue on the Family House - Blood Moon map variant that resulted in the basement area being too bright
• Players can view this fix in private matches

• When hosting a private match as a Victim, proximity and hiding spot overlays would not be present for the host in spectator mode
• The correct visual effects will now show for the spectating player

• Family melee attacks were incorrectly consuming stamina in private matches
• Attacking as a Family Member will now consume the proper amount of stamina

• Repeated attacks by a Family Member in private matches would have identical animations
• Family Member attacks will now smoothly alternate between animations

• An issue has been fixed where the host of a private match was able to collect an infinite amount of bone shards from bone piles

• Fuse box minigame would not complete properly resulting in the basement door not opening and the minigame remaining visible to the player
• Fuse box minigame will now function as intended when completed
• Quick math, on the other hand, can still be difficult

• Character levels were not displaying accurately to non host players
• The appropriate character level will now show for all players when in a private lobby

• We fixed an issue where the host of a private match could see the Star Sign Ability effects of other characters during a match, regardless of the side they were playing on
• Every character is bound to its own set of abilities and will not see the effects of other characters' Star Sign Abilities during private matches

• A fix has been implemented where Attribute Point changes made in the Character Loadout weren’t applying correctly during a private match
• The fix made Attribute Points properly reflected in the functionality during a private match

• An issue has been fixed where the host couldn’t hear the radio voice over when loading into a private match
• Radio voice over is now audible for all players when loading into a private match

• We have fixed a bug where softlock occurred for the host of a private match if they loaded into a match with the Options Menu opened
• The host of a private match will now be able to enter a match without getting softlocked

• We fixed a bug where the host of a private match would see a Padlock appear after Leatherface destroyed a door
• A padlock will not visibly appear after Leatherface destroys a door in Private Matches

• We have implemented a fix where a sound effect that is normally played after a Victim dies was present during the Loading Screen when starting a private match
• Victim death sound effects will now only play after a Victim is executed

• We have resolved an issue where players would get stuck in a non-functional private lobby while attempting to leave immediately after creating it
• Players in a Private Match Lobby can now proceed to the main menu without any issues

• When entering Photo Opportunity Mode after finishing Museum Mode, players would encounter invisible collision in the Front Field area
• This issue has been fixed

• In Museum Mode’s Photo Opportunity Mode, if a player tried to change Family Members while standing on top of them in the Car Graveyard, they would get stuck out of bounds
• This issue has been fixed

• The camera in Museum Mode would get stuck in the map environments when attempting to switch characters in a staged photo opportunity in the Basement Area
• Player camera will no longer get stuck while switching characters

• An issue with inverted functionality in Museum Mode has been fixed
• Inverted Look Functionality will now perform in Museum Mode as it does in the base game

• Private Matches can be now be launched with only 1 person
• We have seen some occurrences of the title locking up if a private match player is on any screen other than the lobby screen when the lobby countdown timer ends.
  • This will cause a lockup/crash of the title
  • Players can restart the title to correct this
  • All players should make sure they are in the lobby screen and waiting when the timer reaches zero
• There are some instances of a player getting stuck in a non-functional lobby if they open a hosted lobby and close it again immediately.
  • This will trap the player in a lobby that will not work
  • If a player does end up stuck in a non-functional lobby due to attempting to close again too quickly, simply restart the title
  • If opening a private match lobby, make sure to give it a second before closing the lobby again
• Both of these issues are currently on our list for a fix in a later patch

• We have fixed an issue where if the camera was positioned behind a crouching victim, the camera would slingshot and move out of bounds during photo opportunities in Museum Mode

• We have fixed an issue where approaching a hiding spot from the farthest right side in Museum Mode would make the hiding spot non-interactable
• We fixed an issue where the button to interact with a hiding spot would vanish if a player got too close to the hiding spot

• We have fixed an issue where blood stains and blood buckets would sometimes appear gray or bright white when viewing from a specific angle in the darker areas of The Mill - Night

• We have fixed a lighting issue where a bright silver puddle would be present under a car in the Ghost Town area

• Nancy
• Hands

• Danny
• Virginia
• Maria

• Johnny Razor-Sharp Outfit
• Sissy Wildflower Outfit
• Hitchhiker Claymore Outfit
• Cook Fill ‘Er Up Outfit

• Ana Outfit Pack II
• Connie Outfit Pack II
• Julie Outfit Pack II
• Leland Outfit Pack II
• Sonny Outfit Pack II

• Freely explore the mad and macabre of the iconic Family House. Along the way you’ll discover puzzles and facts pulled from the history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But will you survive and what will be left of you?
• Players will find Museum Mode listed in the Main Menu in game

• The Grandpa Perk ‘Suffocating Grip’ will now activate at Level 1
• ‘Suffocating Grip’ was previously a Level 2 Grandpa Perk

• The Grandpa Perk ‘Nobody Escapes Hell’ will now activate at Level 2
• ‘Nobody Escapes Hell’ was previously a Level 3 Grandpa Perk

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Brute Strength’ accordingly
  • We have slightly increased the melee damage Brute Strength applies
  • ‘Brute Strength’ is a Level 2 Grandpa Perk

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Swinging For The Fences’ accordingly
  • Reduces stamina consumption on melee attacks by 25%
  • Previously, ‘Swinging For The Fences’ reduced stamina consumption on melee attacks by 20%

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Suffocating Grip’ accordingly
  • The Close Encounter minigame is easier by 25%
  • Previously, ‘Suffocating Grip’ made the Close Encounter minigame easier by 20%
  • Note: ‘Suffocating Grip’ applies to all Family members when perk is equipped

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Exterior Alarms’ accordingly
  • When active, all critical doors and gates are highlighted for 10 seconds if opened
  • Previously, ‘Exterior Alarms’ highlighted all opened critical doors and gates for 5 seconds

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Nobody Escapes Hell’ accordingly
  • The minigame for locked doors is 50% more difficult for all Victims
  • Previously, the minigame for locked doors was 40% more difficult for all Victims

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Excited Grandpa’ accordingly
  • The delay between Grandpa’s Sonar ability is reduced by 25% at Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5
  • Previously, the delay between Grandpa’s Sonar ability was reduced by 20% at Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5

• We have tuned the Grandpa Perk ‘Don’t Have All Day’ accordingly
  • Stamina drain while sprinting is decreased by 25%
  • Previously, stamina drain while sprinting was decreased by 20%

• We have fixed an issue where Victim players who disarmed an electric trap on Fusebox, Generator, or the Valve Pressure Pipe would see a Hands trap appear in their inventory
• Electric Traps will no longer be able to appear in a Victim player’s inventory

• We have fixed an issue where a black texture was present inside one of the wells on The Mill map when viewing from the basement - This well is located in Dig Room Storage

• We fixed an issue where the lighting in the Fields area resulted in unnatural and muddy looking lights on characters
• We fixed a lighting issue on The Mill - Night where the red light on the Ground Floor was reflecting off props incorrectly

• We have changed how Grandpa Perks unlock during a match
• Read about the full details here

• We have fixed an issue where the Victim Endurance stat did not feel noticeably different for players
• Victim’s total stamina capacity, stamina drain, and regeneration will now scale properly as players allocate more points into Endurance.

• We have fixed an issue where increasing Proficiency points was not properly affecting the time it takes a Victim to disable the car battery
• Time required to disable the car battery now scales properly with Victim Proficiency stats

• We have fixed an issue where the generator was missing sound and visual indicators when turned on

• We have fixed an issue where players were not able to hear any of the thunder sound effects on Nancy’s House Night

• We have fixed an issue where the lighting near basement sliding doors and the fusebox exit would be missing or disappear, resulting in decreased visibility for players
• To those who liked the dark basement, sorry!

• We have fixed an issue where players were unable to equip ‘Slippery’ on Sissy, despite it being available in her Skill Tree
• ‘Slippery’ will now be visible and equipable for Sissy

• We have fixed an issue where Maria’s model was missing her eye texture

• We have fixed an issue in Danny’s Skill Tree where a specific attribute node on the right side of his tree was not connected to the rest of the nodes
• Now, it will be connected to the rest of the attribute nodes and easily unlockable

• We have fixed a specific path on the right side of Danny’s Skill Tree that resulted in only 48/50 Skill Points
• Now, players will be able to reach level 10 with Danny

• We have fixed an issue where the middle left paths in Julie’s Skill Tree would result in players not receiving the full 50 Skill Points
• Players can now level up Julie to 10, regardless of which path they take in her Skill Tree

• Animal Farm
• Experienced Stalkers
• Well Well Well
• Windoom

• Always in Sync
• Barge to the Point
• Brute Strength
• Suffocating Grip
• Swing for the Fences

• Don’t Have All Day
• Excited Grandpa
• Exterior Alarms
• Nobody Escapes Hell
• Well Fed Young’uns

• We have made some improvements to the effectiveness of the lobby cooldown penalty

• We fixed an issue where Hands’ middle path on his Ability Tree (Reduce Defensive Barge Stamina) was impacting his overall stamina for attacks instead of just his barge, allowing him to swing 50+ times when he shouldn’t
• Now, Hands’ stamina will function properly with his middle path Ability Tree upgrades

• We fixed an issue where Hands’ ability upgrades for ‘Reduce Defensive Barge Stamina Cost’ were not functioning properly
• Ability upgrade functionality is now fully reflected on any Tier level of Hands’ Ability Tree

• Hands perk ‘Rip Stalled’ was not functioning as described, “After using the Ripstall ability on an object, the object cannot be interacted with again by anyone for 10/20/30 seconds” on the generator and car battery
• Now, when Hands Ripstalls a generator or car battery, the perk (if equipped) will apply the correct cooldown duration

• We have fixed a UI bug that incorrectly showed perks that were removed from characters in their customization loadout pages
• Now, a character’s customization loadout page will show the proper perks

• We fixed Cook’s middle path in his Skill Tree that would not allow him to reach level 10
• We have added additional Attribute Point nodes so the middle path of his Skill Tree will reach the 50/50 threshold for level 10

• We fixed Julie’s left path in her Skill Tree that did not allow her to reach level 10
• We have added additional Attribute Point nodes within that path to allow Julie to reach the 50/50 threshold for level 10

• We have fixed an issue where players couldn’t purchase nodes in Cook’s Skill Tree
• All nodes in Cook’s Skill Tree can now be unlocked by players

• We fixed an issue where some attribute nodes were showing connection lines leading to other nodes but did not connect to them properly
• Nodes leading to each other are now fully connected in all Skill Trees

• We have fixed an issue where Maria’s hair appeared too dark from certain angles

• We have fixed an issue where parts of Maria’s model would appear invisible while standing and when in idle animations