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Steam News23 January 20251y ago

Unstable Branch

Good day everyone! I have created a new Beta branch in steam for Overnight Watch called "unstable" You can switch to the beta branch by going to the "Properties" of the game in steam, click on Betas and at the top right

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  • Compatibility
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
addedI have created a new Beta branch in steam for Overnight Watch called "unstable"
changedYou can switch to the beta branch by going to the "Properties" of the game in steam, click on Betas and at the top right you can choose the unstable branch. Please keep in mind, that the unstable build will most likely contain bugs, might break statistics and or stats save files.
changed⚡ Features / Content added & changesThe distortion anomaly now pauses when not being seen at least once so you have a chance of fixing it (no random game overs by distortion)
added⚡ Features / Content added & changesCreated new animations for the objectives box
added⚡ Features / Content added & changesYou can now turn off headbob in the Settings -> Controls
changed⚡ Features / Content added & changesChanged distortion anomaly timer from 30 seconds to 60 seconds
distortion anomaly timer30seconds60secondsdistortion anomaly timer increased, buff

Overnight Watch changes

addedI have created a new Beta branch in steam for Overnight Watch called "unstable"
changedYou can switch to the beta branch by going to the "Properties" of the game in steam, click on Betas and at the top right you can choose the unstable branch. Please keep in mind, that the unstable build will most likely contain bugs, might break statistics and or stats save files.
changedThe distortion anomaly now pauses when not being seen at least once so you have a chance of fixing it (no random game overs by distortion)
addedCreated new animations for the objectives box
addedYou can now turn off headbob in the Settings -> Controls

Good day everyone!

I have created a new Beta branch in steam for Overnight Watch called "unstable"

You can switch to the beta branch by going to the "Properties" of the game in steam, click on Betas and at the top right you can choose the unstable branch. Please keep in mind, that the unstable build will most likely contain bugs, might break statistics and or stats save files.

Keep up the investigation!

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Unstable Version 0.1.5.190:

⚡ Features / Content added & changes

  • Created a "xx anomalies in this difficulty" text on the difficulty select screen

  • Created a anomaly seen counter on the difficulty select screen

  • Distortion anomaly now pauses when not on the pc

  • The distortion anomaly now pauses when not being seen at least once so you have a chance of fixing it (no random game overs by distortion)

  • There is now a different bluescreen appearing when the app crashed by too many false reports

  • Created new animations for the objectives box

  • The objectives text is now bigger

  • The light anomaly now flickers to make it more obvious at the beginning of the anomaly

  • You can now turn off headbob in the Settings -> Controls

  • Changed distortion anomaly timer from 30 seconds to 60 seconds

  • Added F1 to the controls window, you can now show it again by pressing F1

  • Updated all translations

  • Added Saudi Arabia translation by Ryan

🔧 Fixed Bugs

  • Fixed PT-BR translation errors

  • Fixed DE translation errors

  • Fixed Spazm anomalies having the wrong index numbers

  • Fixed Newspapers by moving it to a new permanent position (Table collision was blocking the hitpoint result)

  • Fixed the hitbox of the plant in the attic

  • Fixed Hurry up music not stopping on game over by another anomaly

  • Fixed objective not updating after reading the E-Mail the first time

Source

Steam News / 23 January 2025

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