Friday the 13th: The Game is getting a brand new playable Jason, map, and, er, swimsuit

Details are gentle and whereas there are not any “laborious dates for any of this” – for the DLC or  the upcoming patch – they’re in “cert proper now”, so we must always get additional affirmation fairly quickly.

There’s additionally a brand new bug-reporting web site, so in case you’re spending quite a lot of time with Jason (and who wouldn’t be, he is a dreamboat), drop your stories and bugs off at www.jasonkillsbugs.com.

For your delectation, right here’s the complete patch notes particulars:

Stability

Overall stability needs to be drastically improved resulting from numerous crash fixes and a significant reminiscence leak repair.

Parties/Invites/Matchmaking

• Disallowing occasion leaders to affix sport session invitations to periods that don’t promote (personal matches). This is because of not with the ability to seek for periods that don’t promote, which prevents occasion members from following their chief into them.

• Party leaders can now observe public sport invitations, bringing members with them.

• Steam Matchmaking tries tougher to seek out lower-pinging matches.

• Fixed numerous points with how the sport handles Party Invites and Matchmaking; there are nonetheless just a few points on the market which are uncommon however it’s a lot improved.

• Fixed numerous points on how canceling matchmaking was dealt with that might depart gamers in a state they may not matchmake.

• Party members now see their occasion chief’s matchmaking standing and time.

• Various enhancements to error messaging.

Maps

• Added Small Maps for the present maps; Packanack Small, Higgins Haven Small, and Camp Crystal Lake Small.

• Increased the density of Kill areas on all maps.

• Adjusted collision on Maps to stop folks from standing on water.

• Adjusted collision on piers to stop vehicles from driving on them .

• Added a Map Icon to Campfire Kills.

• Fixed numerous kill spots that weren’t functioning.

• Fixed a problem with not with the ability to repair boat propellers primarily based on boat positioning on the dock.

• Placed collision below piers to stop folks from swimming below them.

• Fixed numerous areas that the participant might get out of the map.

• Fixed numerous areas that Counselors might get to that Jason couldn’t.

• Added higher collision round Boat Exits to stop Jason from attending to areas he shouldn’t be in.

Gameplay

• Team Killing adjustments.

• Team Killing is not attainable in Public Matches.

• Cars can nonetheless trigger harm to the gamers if they’re hit.

• Traps can nonetheless damage and/or kill the participant however there is no such thing as a longer an XP penalty for the individual that positioned the entice in Public Matches.

• Private Matches haven’t modified.

• Fixed a problem the place the Counselors breath wouldn’t begin to recharge if the person continued to carry the button after breath was depleted.

• Fixed a problem with Fear being canceled if pulled out of a automotive.

• Fixed a problem with the Police Objective taking place when it shouldn’t be.

• Fixed numerous points concerning objects falling by means of the bottom.

• Fixed a problem the place Damage and Stun likelihood had been solely being calculated on the primary assault.

• Jason can not block by means of traps, firecrackers, flare weapons, shotguns, and the Police.

• Fixed reliability of perks that spawn gadgets initially of the match.

Misc Fixes

• Fixed the PhD for Murder Achievement/Trophy.

• Improved intro and outro cinematics.

• Fixed participant muted states typically getting “lost” after stage change.

• Can now unready in Private Match even when the countdown is low.

• Fixed a hitch attributable to the video settings savegame after signing in or altering these settings.

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