Severance UV & Temperature Rework Update

Severance - UV & Temperature Rework Update

v0.7.4.0

This update reworks both UV evidence and temperature mechanics, while also improving several ghost behaviours, photo rewards, UI elements, and the lobby arcade.

🌡️ Temperature Rework

Temperature now responds dynamically to the ghost’s location, its favourite room, and whether the power is on or off.

• With the power on, the location sits at around 12°C / 54°F.

• With the power off, the location drops to around 10°C / 50°F.

• The ghost room constantly loses heat, gradually reaching approximately 3°C / 37°F before hovering around that temperature.

• Turning off the breaker lowers the temperature throughout the entire location, including the ghost room.

• The room the ghost is currently occupying will cool noticeably. Once the ghost leaves, that room will gradually warm back up.

• Freezing temperatures can only occur inside the ghost room once it has fully cooled down.

• Ghosts without Freezing Temperatures evidence will never lower the ghost room below 0°C / 32°F.

• A freezing ghost can still eventually create freezing temperatures even when it rarely visits its ghost room, although this will take considerably longer.

✋ UV Rework

UV evidence is no longer found through traditional door and light switch fingerprints.

• Door and light switch UV prints have been removed completely.

• Ghosts with UV evidence now leave traces on floors and walls as they move around the location.

• Only a limited number of UV traces can exist at once.

• UV traces disappear after 20 seconds.

• Searching a room and finding no traces does not necessarily mean the ghost lacks UV evidence.

Ghost Behaviour Changes

• Reworked the Hantu’s temperature based hunt speed.

  The Hantu’s hunt speed now changes depending on the surrounding temperature:

  • -10°C to 4°C: Very fast

  • 4°C to 6°C: Normal speed

  • 6°C to 10°C: Slow

• Added two new unique UV prints for the Wraith.

• All Ghosts cool down the current room they are in (Apart from Goryo)

• Changed the Goryo’s temperature behaviour so it no longer cools its current room.

• The Wraith leaves a unique smeared UV print that no other ghost can produce.

Balance Changes

• Reworked the temperature system.

• Reworked UV evidence.

• Increased the Possessed Doll photo reward from $10 to $15.

• Added UV evidence as a $15 photo reward.

• The Thermometer now updates its reading faster.

• Player-controlled ghosts can see the UV traces they create without any UV light

New Content

• Added a new animation for Painting evidence.

• Added a new Painting evidence image.

Improvements

• Added Fahrenheit as an optional Thermometer unit.

• Updated each ghost’s tablet description to be more readable and accurate.

• Arcade Machine leaderboards now display your personal high score and overall ranking, even when you are outside the top five.

• Items can now be placed on the fireplace in the lobby.

• Improved parts of the Customizable Lobby interface.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed all ghosts being able to blow out nearby lanterns by throwing objects. This behaviour is now exclusive to the Poltergeist.

• Fixed equipment sometimes not being removed after being added to the Team Equipment List.

• Fixed the maximum player level incorrectly being capped at Level 200.

• Fixed lanterns breaking when picked up and creating a duplicate when thrown.

• Fixed Arcade Machines sometimes not showing that another player was currently using them.