Patch Notes - February 6th, 2024

The following notes are for our upcoming, February 6th, 2024 patch. It has begun to rolling out.

The patch will address the following issues:



Various Issues where Victims are Stuck in Incapacitation Animation
-We’ve fixed an issue where Victims who were hit by a Family member while going down a ladder would get stuck in the incapacitation animation
- We have also fixed an issue where Victims who were incapacitated by Leatherface’s thrust in a gap would also get stuck in the incapacitation animation

• Victims were able to still move around while being stuck in the animation
  
• For incapacitated female Victims this occurred too, their teammates could only see them in the spot where they got incapacitated making their movements invisible to other players
  

Texture Issues on Nancy’s House
- There was an issue where textures would appear black or unnatural in the Front Garden flower beds
- This has been fixed

Missing Notification for Basement Fuse Door Closing
- We have fixed a problem where if a Family member closed the Basement Fuse Door or if it automatically closed, the Basement Fuse Door would not show that it was closing to both Family and Victim players
- Now, a notification is shown when the Basement Fuse Door closes

Jack in the Box perk Activating Too Soon
- The Jack in the Box perk would activate when Victim players where in the animation state for exiting a hiding spot
- This meant that most of the perks duration was occurring during the animation
- This has been fixed to so the Jack in the Box perk activates after the exit animation

Incorrect Values for Leveled Up Perks and Abilities
- We have fixed a visual UI bug that did not show the correct XP gained on Perks and Abilities during the post-game result screen
- This issue only occurred when skipping the results screen

Two of the Same Grandpa Perks in Nancy’s Skill Tree
- We fixed an issue where Nancy had 2 of the same Grandpa perk (Barge to the Point) in her skill tree
- Now, she no longer has Barge to the Point in her skill tree twice

Nancy’s Spy Ability Exploit
- Nancy’s spy ability would not drain and be used indefinitely nor would it notify Victims if the Nancy player would slam a door and walk through it
- This exploit is now fixed

UI Bug Showing 0/0 XP and -1 Ability in Load Outs
- Some players were still experiencing the issue where their ability level was showing -1 or 0/0 XP
- This has now been fixed

Typo in Nancy’s Character Bio
- We have fixed a typo in Nancy’s character bio
- The typo was “she’s been married 3 three times”
- Now it will read as “she’s been married 3 times”

Slippery on Danny’s Perk Tree
- We have fixed the issue where the perk Slippery was not on Danny’s Perk Tree
- Slippery can now be unlocked on Danny’s perk tree through a random perk node

Skill Points Not Refunding
- A fix has been added so that skill points used on a purchased DLC character will be refunded to a player if they return their DLC purchase

Ladder Lacking Collison on Nancy’s House
- We have fixed an issue with a ladder in the Cold Room on Nancy’s House that lacked collision

Profile Prompt Non-Function in Player List
- We fixed an issue where a player’s profile was not visible when using the ‘profile’ prompt in the player list menu
- Players will now be able to open another players profile from the player list

Character Swap Lobby Crashes
- A fix has occurred for lobby crashes because the sender of a character swap request has either hit ready or quits the lobby before the receiver accepts the request
- The lobby will now remain functional

Nancy’s Collecting Poison Animation
- We have fixed an issue where Nancy’s collecting poison animation would still play even if a player cancels out of the action

• During this animation, players also could not move or control Nancy and Sissy could use the table at the same time
  
• This will no longer occur
  

Nancy’s Dress Clipping Through Her Body
- We fixed an issue where Nancy’s dress would clip through her body when idling, running, spriting, executing, and closing crawl spaces

Anonymized Player Names Showing During Escapes
- There was an issue where a player who had anonymize player name setting on would have their name shown to other players when they escaped
- This has been fixed and now anonymized player names will be hidden

Camera Clipping Issues
- We have fixed the camera clipping that occurs on the ladder between Thicket Tunnel and Thicket area on Gas Station

Stuck Spots on Gas Station
- We fixed an issue where traversing through a side gap, after trying to pick up a bone scrap, would make a player stuck
- We fixed Hitchhiker getting stuck in the gap from House Basement to Junk Room
- We fixed players getting stuck while descending the ladder in the Tool Shed and being attacked at the same time
- We fixed Family players getting stuck in the pipe assets in the Fuel Storage room of the Basement

• The pipe has been removed so Family players can’t get stuck in it now
  

Stuck Spots on Nancy’s House
- We fixed an issue where players would get stuck on the edge of the mattress in the House Basement

Nancy’s Glasses on Low Setting
- Nancy’s glasses would refract incorrectly on low settings
- This is now fixed

Loadouts Not Saving After Restarting Game
- We have fixed an issue where loadouts were not saving when a player closed out of the game and then started it back up

Loading Screen German Translation Not Fitting Screen
- There was an issue with a specific tip on the loading screen where it did not fit the screen when translated to German

Victim’s Ragdolling during Cook’s “Easier Said than Done” Execution
- We have fixed an issue where Victim players would ragdoll during cook’s “Easier Said than Done” Execution

Loadouts Resetting during Custom Match
- We have fixed an issue where loadouts were resetting to default perks when completing a custom match

Danny Tampering the Generator
- We have fixed an issue where Danny players tampering a turned off generator would only apply the cooldown after it’s been turned off again
- This fix ensures that tampering a turned off generator applies the longer cooldown after the mini-game is complete

“Must have Been the Wind” Perk Waking Up Grandpa
- We have fixed the perk “Must Have Been The Wind”
- Now, noise generated during minigames with this perk will be disregarded and will not add to waking up Grandpa

New Player Negative Values
- We fixed an issue where new players would see negative values on their Family character’s special abilities and they would not receive any XP during public matches

Nancy House Escapes
- We fixed an issue where unique escapes on Nancy’s House were not being recorded

Grandpa Sonar Warning
- There was an issue where Grandpa’s Sonar Warning was not displaying while the critical bleed out warning was active
- This has now been fixed
- This means that Grandpa’s Sonar Warning takes priority over the critical bleedout warning and that both warnings are present simultaneously

Inaudible Door Destruction
- We fixed an audio issue where the sound for destroying a pantry door in Nancy’s House was inaudible from the inside
- It will now be audible from all sides

Sonny’s Audio during Close Encounters with Cook
- We fixed an audio issue where Sonny players who lost a close encounter to Cook would have a female scream
- Now, it will be Sonny’s scream

Camera Movements on Ladder with Cook
- We fixed an issue that occurs when Cook uses the ladder between the Side Garden and Side Garden Tunnel on Family House
- The issue would make the camera move freely when Cook would descend the ladder
- With this fix, the camera will remain stable and transition smoothly while traversing

Family Member Misalignment While Closing Valve
- We fixed the issue where Family members would be misaligned when from the valve handle when trying to close the valve pipe

Invisible Collision on Family House
- We fixed the issue where invisible collision was present near the Shed area on Family House

Texture Issue on Slaughterhouse
- Texture on the railing by the stairs in the Loading Dock would be dark if the shadow setting was set to “Low”
- This has been fixed to where the railing texture is not dark when changing settings

Issues with Leland’s Skill Tree
- The Been Workin’ Out Perk on Leland’s Skill Tree is incorrectly valued at 1SP instead of 2SP

• This caused Leland’s Skill Tree on the left hand side to go to level 9 instead of 10 and only receive 49/50 attributes
  

- Players will now be able to reach maximum level as we have added attribute points to his Skill Tree

Localization Issues
- We fixed an issue where Danny’s Apply Knowledge prompt is not localized to languages other than English
- We fixed an issue where the ‘Mute All’ and ‘Unmute All’ prompt was not localized for other languages

Leatherface Camera Issues
- We have fixed an issue where the camera moves downward and focuses on Leatherface’s leg when collection from blood buckets

Various Camera Issues
- We fixed an issue where the camera would snap heavily when a player got too close to parts of the fence on the Side Ramp of Nancy’s House

Nancy’s Barbed Wire Interactions
- When Nancy is in a certain position, her barbed wire animation when placing them in doorways gets interrupted
- We have fixed this so now players can successfully place her barbed wire regardless of position

Tracker Tagged Perk Stacking
- We have fixed an issue where the perk Tracker Tagged highlight duration was stacking after attacking a Victim multiple times

Tampering Having No Effect on Opened Valve
- We have fixed an issue where Danny players had no effect when tampering an opened valve
- This fix means that tampering an open valve as Danny will increase the time that the valve is open for

Stuck Spots on Slaughterhouse
- We have fixed an issue where family players would get stuck in the doorway near a blood bucket in Leatherface’s Lair
- We fixed a spot where Victims who crouched next to the pipes in the Bone Room would get stuck

‘Choose Fight Perk’ Not Working
- We fixed an issue where the perk Choose Fight was not activating correctly at all 3 levels

• Level 3 was not giving the extra 5 second stun duration
  

- Now, when a victim has this equipped and wins a close encounter, the current stun duration is added

Falling Through Map During Leatherface Execution
- We have fixed the issue where Victims and Leatherface will fall through the map when Leatherface’s ‘Drilling Down’ execution starts

Missing Nancy Facial Expression
- We fixed an issue where Nancy was missing her facial expression when feeding Grandpa

Incorrect Nicotero Chainsaw SFX During Intro
- We fixed an audio issue where players with Nicotero Leatherface heard the default chainsaw SFX instead of Nicotero’s chainsaw SFX during the intro cutscene

Victims Falling Through Ground While Traversing
- Victims who were traversing through a gap from the Holding Pen to the Garage, on Slaughterhouse, would fall through the ground
- With this fix, players will no longer fall through the ground when traversing the gap

Lobby Timer Resetting
- We have changed the lobby timer to not reset to 30 seconds if a 6th player hits unready
- This means that when a 6th person in a lobby hits unready, the countdown is not affected

Reporting System
- We have made improvements to our reporting system
- Players can now report a player for
Exploiting the game
Cheating
Offensive name or profile
Spamming chat
Trolling or griefing other players
Abusive voice or chat communications
Other
- UI Updates have been implemented to reflect these changes

Brazilian Portuguese and Russian Language Options
- Brazilian Portuguese and Russian translations have been added into The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Brazilian Portuguese and Russian are now available as language options in the menu

Chip Damage While In A Grapple
- Family players will no longer be able to instantly execute a Victim player who is grappling with another Family player
- Now, when a Family player attacks a Victim who is grappling a teammate, they will deal melee damage
- We made this change as we felt it was unfair to Victims with full health

Trapping Leatherface Exploit
- We have a made a change that stops players from using to barge function to entrap Leatherface in a room
- Leatherface will now be able to both destroy and unlatch a door during a victim’s barge interaction

Danny’s Instant Study
- We have changed Danny’s Level 3 Instant Study
- Danny cannot Tamper any item that he has also instant studied such as fusebox, generator, valve tank, and battery

• The button prompts have been updated accordingly to reflect these changes
  
• The ability tree has also been updated with a new description
  

Nancy’s Poisoned Claws Duration
- We have tuned the values for the duration of Nancy’s ‘Poisoned Claws’ perk to 2/5/8 seconds
- Previously, attacks would have a slight poison effect for 5/10/15 seconds

Various Telemetry
- We have added in extra telemetry to better track data

• The goal for this is to ensure our team can utilize this extra data as we continue to work on improving lobbies and matchmaking issues
  

‘Choose Flight’ Perk

- We have tuned the ‘Choose Flight’ perk accordingly

• Level 1 - Fills 50% of stamina, single charge
  
• Level 2 - Fills 75% of stamina, single charge
  
• Level 3 - Fills 100% of stamina, single charge
  

‘Bomb Squad’ Perk
- We have tuned ‘Bomb Squad’ as follows

• Level 1 – 2 Charges
  
• Level 2 – 3 Charges
  
• Level 3 – 4 Charges and +50% dismantle speed
  

Due to the Steam character limits, the rest of the patch notes can be viewed on our Community Hub here: https://www.txchainsawgame.com/hub/patch-notes-feb-6

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Thanks for your continued support and patience!