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Lampkin Lane, Viktor out of map
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: U can get out of map with viktor PLATFORM: Pc STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: 1. just go to main and then on the Roof 2. From there u just jump out of map, Voilla VIDEO:
Scratch marks not appearing
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: during the DBD Halloween event survivors will sometimes lose all scratch marks for the remainder of the match. PLATFORM: Steam. STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: unsure what is the cause but likely linked to the event smoke bomb item and the effect of hiding scratch marks becoming…
BRÈVE DESCRIPTION DU BUG
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: PLATFORM: PS5 PLAYER LOGS: There is no music background like on the PS4 menu on the ps5 menu
Stuck moving in place remaining of the trial
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Survivor gets stuck after throwing smoke bomb and unable to move out of place the remaining of the trial. PLATFORM: PC/Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: 1) Throwing smoke bomb near a corner of RPD in the STARS Office area by the generator VIDEO: Clip 1 - (Shows how and where…
The Nightmare Animation Bugs
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Whenever you're playing against Freddy (The Nightmare), his third person animations from the survivors POV are bugged. You mainly see it during his basic lunge attack animation and his successful basic attack cool down. They look like his first person animations where his clawed hand hangs in front of…
Freddy Arm and body distorting when he performs actions, attacks, carried survivor etc.
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Freddy (The Nightmare) Arm and body distorting when he performs actions, attacks, carried survivor etc. PLATFORM: All? Duh. STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Play against The Nightmare. Duh.
jailor get stuck in main hall of rpd east wing
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: jailor keeps running into wall in main hall rpd east wing PLATFORM: pc STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: unknown VIDEO: n/a PLAYER LOGS: n/a Player logs are required from PC players only.
Scratch Marks do not appear after leaving smoke bomb
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: After entering the smoke sphere, leaving it leaves scratch marks invisible for the remainder of the trial. All of the survivors have no scratch marks, not just Ada. This has happened a few time before, that I do not have on tape. PLATFORM: PC/STEAM STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURRED:…
Power Struggle is broken
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I've been running power struggle as of late, and it marks pallets that have already been destroyed PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Get downed, power struggled reveals pallets and also shows pallets that have already been broken VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are…
All Platforms - The audio issues are getting out of hand now
Ever since 8.2.0, footsteps have been way quieter on certain surfaces, certain footware make significantly less sound overall, flashbangs and firecrackers no longer make noise when not in line of sight, maps like Midwich and Saloon produce ZERO footstep audio (Saloon is the biggest offender). This isn't a "please provide…
Bug: Nostromo Wreckage Realm When Playing Nurse
Not gonna lie this is the most hated realm for nurses. It has so many bugs. For the killer shack, once you blink in at a certain angle, you are stuck there for some time (2:55) till you angle it right on blink and then you can get out. There's also probs blinking to the outside of it while your down in basement. It's so…
Arcane Dowsing Rods Disabled
My game crashed on PC, Steam, and when I loaded back in the rods were disabled and I could not equip them. The same thing happened to the other survivors I was grouped with at the time Edit; nevermind lol loaded into the wrong mode
Locker grab turning into M1?
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I was playing on Midwich as survivor and was hiding in a locker in the room next to the exit (opposite side from the office). I was injured. The killer, Deathslinger, came by, heard my moans, tried to bait a possible Head On (which I was not running). He went up to the locker and I am not sure how it…
Alt-tab cause Crashing after Update?
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Game had ended, I said goodbye to the survivors and then I alt-tabed to check something and then Unreal Crashed. I'm making a post here with the first time it crashed, in case I can get it to crash again, then I will provide better info. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED:…
No Event items have their own node in p100/lvl 50 bloodweb
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: p100/lvl 50 bloodweb does not have haunted by daylight flashlight and medkits as their own node. They only appear rarely in the mystery boxes but the offering and addons have their own node in the bloodweb along with coming in the mystery boxes. PLATFORM: Xbox Series X STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW…
huntress hits not registering through small gaps
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: huntress hatchets hits do not register through any small gap. they used to work but no longer do as of around the dracula chapter. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: huntress hatchet hits are not registering through small areas. the splash sound is made and the…
Game acrashing Constantly Since 2V8 ended.
Pc Ever since 2v8 ended, the game has been crashing consistently every day multiple times. Even worse, it sometimes even causes a blue screenand the whole pc restarts. This only happens with DBD. I never have this issue unless I start playing it. One of my friends (also on pc) has also been experiencing this a lot lately.…
Constant Crashing Since Latest Update
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Ever since the most recent update, I can't get through a single match before the game freezes. PLATFORM: PC - Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Launch Dead by Daylight. Play one or two matches. The game crashes during one of these matches. VIDEO: Can't record one because I've…
Weekly gift redemption
There's not timer on my weekly gift redemption and I haven't been able to interact in over a week.
Blast Mine Bug (in both of the current game modes)
When I use Blast Mine, sometimes it will not go off at all when the killer kicks the affected gen and will sometimes even explode right after the interaction to place it, doing nothing and you have to wait for the entire duration to work on a gen to get it back again. All of these will happen randomly with no pattern,…
EAC faulty
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Just got a new PC, downloaded DBD and the game wont run at all. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Launch sends my PC (brand new) into BSOD, I've been through all the fixes, drivers are up to date, etc. In the local files, I cannot even get EAC to launch when run as…
Pig is missing her beartrap in the lobby
I think I have said this somewhere before, but Pig is still missing her beartrap in the lobby. She has her hand like she is holding it but it just isnt there. This has now been this way for months and I really hope that it gets fixed soon. I know with all the stuff breaking right now, this might seem like a small problem,…
Crashing (G-sync settings from nvidia control panel)
PC Windows 11, RTX 4070ti. Game crashes like crazy if (for g-sync) "Enable for Windowed and Full screen Mode is enabled". Switching this back (in nvidia CP) TO "Enable for full screen mode" fixes the crashes.
Invocation: Weaving Spider took affect of player but not gens
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: It took player effect but not gen PLATFORM: When i was playing a game with this addon everything was normal and fine. i went down to the basement to use the perk, then mid ritual the doctor used his power on me, after that i finished it, the perk took affect on me but not the gens. been playing this…
Oni no longer stabs healthy survivors in a locker
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: When the Oni grabs a healthy survivor out of a locker he no longer physically stabs them before pulling them out. PLATFORM: Any STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Find a healthy survivor in a locker as the Oni and pull them out VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2szDwfLH44 Below…
Bots Stuck in Void Halloween Event
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: A user DC'd while inside the void realm, the bot which took over entered the void and then stopped playing for the rest of the match. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Player DCs → bot enters void → bot gets stuck in void PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC…
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BUG Bugged "Means to an end" archive
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Means to an end archive challenge is not working. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Equip "means to an end" archive challenge and completing it wont work..
a part of Ellen Ripleys hair does not move
I'm not sure what to put it was here since i got her 2 days ago im on ultra if it makes a difference PLATFORM: PC i cant put in any video as it wont let me
Chucky Badge & Banner Without Purchase
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: According to Support, the Charred Chucky cosmetic doesn't give you the badge and banner, only "Back from the Dead" and "The Good Gal" I purchased the Charred Chucky only on release day and didn't get the badge and banner. Today, both the badge and banner are unlocked even though I didn't buy the…
Skull Merchant's drones don't rotate
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Skull Merchant's drones do not rotate like they should, even without the Low Power Mode addon equipped. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Place a drone. If it does not work, place another. After a few attempts, you will see. About 1/3rd of all placed drones have this…
Sloppy butcher makes effect like missed healing skill check
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: When Sloppy is active and other characters get hit, I get something like a missed healing skill check. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Play as a survivor against a killer with the sloppy butcher. Get hit to activate sloppy on you. Someone else should get a hit. VIDEO:…
BUG son
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: PLATFORM: steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
Letters in chat are printed backwards occassionally
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Letters in after game chat are printed backwards occassionally PLATFORM: PC/Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Typing in after match chat VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS:
Locker visual glitch + potentially stuck in locker
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I was playing a match as normal and came across a survivor half in a locker. PLATFORM: PS5 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: I had just teleported using Dracula’s bat power, I had his Lapis Lazuli and Medusa's Hair add-ons equipped and the survivor had Quick and Quiet and was in a…
Debuffs being applied incorrectly
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: - Killer uses Hysteria or Starstruck. Histeria Killer hits healthy survivor and debuff gets applied to survivor that just lost health state. How that affects match: originally as it worked before being broken, only other injured…
Multiple bugs, muffled audio and bugged pallets
Starting at the beginning of the match playing multiple killers i had muffled audio. Everything including (survivor screams, generator progress sound, gen pops, pallet drops) it sounded like it was distant or underwater, chase music was unaffected Had visual bug with pallets, While playing multiple killers, between clash…
Trapper Trap Forgotten Ruins
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The aura of a trapper trap does not show in a certain location on Forgotten Ruins until a survivor steps in it PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Play Trapper, specifically wearing Naughty Bear Load into Forgotten Ruins Set trap HERE: Notice lack of aura by stepping into…
Leather Loop and Infantry Belt have wrong/very old translation in german
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Two Huntress add ons - ex extra hatchet - are not translated in german. in english it says the following: Leather Loop - Hatchet hits grant 2% Haste for 5 seconds. Infantry Belt - Hatchet hits grant 3% Hase for 5 seconds. In german it says the following: Infanteriestengürtel - Du beginnst mit 2…
Canceling or getting stopped from dispelling a unknown still gets you stuck in animation
When a unknown teleports to the hallucination or you stop dispelling you get stuck for a second, giving the killer a free hit PLATFORM: STEAM STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: VIDEO: (current version) https://youtu.be/K2FigdivP4s (older version, date in video title)…
Dredge Locker bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: PLATFORM:pc STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED:the issue happend when as dredge i tried to teleport to a locker a survivor entered the locker before i teleported fully to it then once inside the survivor left locker with me being stuck inside with no way out i tried teleporting even…
Xenomorph Interaction With "Save The Best For Last"
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Xenomorph's tail attack is buggy when using Save The Best For Last PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: I wanted to try out a build with Xenomorph using Save The Best For Last and Rapid Brutality, and discovered that if you use the tail attack on a non-obsession survivor,…
Onryo stuck in mother´s dwelling main building
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: if The Onryo teleports to a tv on the main building (Mother´s dwelling / red forest) she´ll get stuck / unable to move PLATFORM: Ps4 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: I Teleported to the TV on the main building VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
Sometimes sound effect have lower volume, like you are underwater
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Sometimes after logging into a game, all the sound effects (i think a repaired gen is one of the sounds not affected by the issue) of all sudden start being heard at a much lower volume, literally like if you were playing underwater, a bit distorted. I though it was a "me" thing but it also did happen…
[Pig] Dash very slow sometimes
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: This happened to me on multiple games while dashing with Pig, i thought this was intendend but no, Pig's dash is sometime randomly extremely slow for no reasons as shown in the video PLATFORM:PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Randomly while trying to dash on multiple games VIDEO:…
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BUG
Sometimes after using slice and dice the good guy can't fully turn left or right so he's stuck facing forward basically. I woukd assume because of how his limited turns during slice and dice that afterwards he gets stuck that way. Possibly after a slice and dice isn't fully completed, not sure. PLATFORM: PS5 STEP BY STEP…
PC - The Mastermind can trap survivors in objects
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The Mastermind is able to throw survivors into map objects, making them permanently stuck inside of that object in the process. This bug is at least 10 months old by now (see dates of documented games in the screenshot section). Characters played: The Mastermind, Dwight Fairfield, Nea Karlsson, Sable…
DBD Disconnects my entire PC from the Internet
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Whenever I try to play Dead by Daylight, either during matchmaking or a few seconds into a match, my entire internet on my PC turns off for a few minutes. It is just Dead By Daylight too. I tried other online games and my internet works. I use discord, chrome, whatever works perfectly fine for hours.…
Visual Glitch with Surge on Completed Gens
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: - Completed gens can occasionally show visuals for Surge even though they're done PLATFORM: - I'm on PC / Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: - Completed a generator - Killer downed someone near the generator - Surge proc'd on the completed generator, at least visually. VIDEO: -…
The spirit's phasing
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: On survivor POV, when the spirit goes into her phase, there is a visual bug where her hair stretches. I don't know how to explain it thoroughly, but it look almost as if when she leaves her husk and starts her phase, her hair stretches like it wants to follow her. Since, she's invisible during it…
Challenge not regerstering as completed
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: ive been working on the challenge "MEANS TO AN END" TOME 6 PAGE 3, for several matches now, ive reset the pallet before hitting the killer, hit the killer then reset the pallet and hit them again, pinned and unpinned the challenge several times etc but No matter what i do the challenge wont seem to…

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