Hello! Apologies for the delay on this update, we wanted to get a bunch of fixes and adjustments in. As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on the discord! Valko Games Official Discord[discord.gg]

For those who don't keep up with our dev blogs, the new map should be coming soon; there's a couple sneak peeks in the discord in the meantime. Enjoy!

• Added the hound

• Added a hound win achievement and cosmetic

• Added sounds for curtain collisions

• Added Russian Localisation

• Added some variation to the kennels in delta7

• Added some gore piles / dead grabbers around delta7

• Added a new "audio reflection" system to improve the realism and quality of sounds in-game

• Improved Stalker sounds in ceiling vents

• In the lobby, players will always have 5 inventory slots regardless of the difficulty

• Increased vignette when player crouches

• On Hard/Hell, monsters will be able to hear tablet notification sounds

• Increased the camera stun distance

• AI will now run over the chair in the conference room on Delta 7 rather than jump it

• The motion sensor will no longer detect dead players

• Made hiding spots conceal noise better

• You will no longer drop key items or med kits during a grabber attack

• Improved navigation for AI

• You now have a vignette when knocked down by a pipe throw

• The feral is now more accurate when throwing

• AI will now try to avoid wandering around downed players

• AI will now try to avoid checking the same place twice (unless it's absolutely sure someone is in there)

• AI will no longer walk on the coffee table in the lounge

• Improved note page in tablet

• Made the tablet work regardless of ping

• Improved weather so that it transitions better when exiting a building

• Improved mouse/keyboard input detection

• Improved AI accuracy when pathing

• Improved corridor textures in Delta7

• Changing room progress bars are now clamped (i.e. it won't show 67/1 revives)

• Distractors now work much more effectively

• Keypad code tablets now flicker to make them more noticeable (we noticed a lot of players just ignored them)

• Improved stability

• Improved blood visuals to look less wet and increased amount around Delta-7

• Reduced lighting around map

• Improved microphone latency

• Added escaped players to the spectator chat so they can talk with players who died

• Improved penguin spawns to make them easier to find

• Increased the amount of penguins that spawn per round

• Tutorial - added UI scale pulse animations to Objective Tablet buttons showing what to press

• Added 'Confirm' popup to buttons: Quit, Go To Lobby, Disconnect

• Whiteboard text has been made black to improve readability

• Fixed issues with mics not working (this should solve all the intermittent microphone issues)

• Fixed another bug that allowed AI to get stuck

• Fixed an issue causing the motion tracker to make noise in your inventory but not your hand

• Fixed keypad code position issue in research

• Fixed several minor lightmap issues such as the desk with dividers

• Fixed issues with inventory sometimes desyncing

• Fixed a couple areas where occlusion could cause things to disappear

• Fixed an issue that could result in monsters using the wrong mesh for navigation and therefore clipping into buildings/under floors

• Fixed fridges in the labs causing players to clip into the wall

• Fixed a bug causing players to get pushed through walls during kills in lodgings A

• Fixed a bug where the AI could sometimes "teleport" between lockers in very specific circumstances

• Fixed a bug where objectives would switch while walking

• Fixed objective tablet persistent notifications not registering correctly

• Fixed a bug causing delayed sounds when a remote player collides with objects

• Fixed a bug where your cursor could disappear when interacting with the cryo-storage puzzle

• Fixed a bug where players could get stuck inside the vehicle shed walls

• Fixed a wall collider in the start area that allowed players to get stuck when self-reviving

• Fixed a bug where the server list didn't mouse scroll

• Fixed a bug causing players screen to continue to freeze after spectating a freezing player's revival

• Fixed some issues with the controller overlay for steam

• Fixed a bug where AI could get stuck at vent entrances

• Fixed a bug that could occur with extreme pings where a feral object throw would cause a disconnection

• Fixed a bug where players could get stuck if they were killed moments after being revived

• Fixed the Camera stun achievement, it should now be consistent

• Fixed a bug relating to light sources which could result in monsters attacking the wrong player

• Fixed some colliders that allowed items to fall behind them and were subsequently unreachable

• Fixed a bug where the AI could clip into the floor in Lodgings A

• Fixed a bug causing AI to slow down when changing or turning directions

• Various smaller fixes that could cause crashes