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Debuffs not showing correctly on survivors
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: killer perks triggering do not show bugs ending or starting on survivors correctly. IE; friends to the end with cause a scream, but no exposed, hexed effects will not be clensed even after totems are clensed. Weave Attunements icon staying in place even when youve picked up the item or moved away.…
Snap Out of It bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: - When trying to Snap Out of It, it just stops or stutters. There's no rhyme or reason as to why or when, but it happens to everyone I've played with or talked to seemingly at random. PLATFORM: - I've only confirmed with PC players on Steam. STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: - Snap…
Halloween event
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I'm not sure if its a bug, but the Halloween event hasn't been active for me for a few days now, maybe a week? I can't use the offering, no pumpkins, nothing. PLATFORM: xbox series x STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: n/a VIDEO: n/a PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC…
Hillbilly Milkman Cosmetic Visual Bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: "Fable Acres Delivery" headpiece from Hillbilly's Milkman cosmetic has a visual bug. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Go into lobby or store and select Hillbilly. Close-up photo of what it looks like right now: Photo of what it used to look like: Close-up photo of the…
Jake's "Wolfy Jake"/"Tricks and Treats" outfit is missing legs underneath the pants
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The pants are missing legs underneath, allowing you to see the inside of the pants, and through them to the background. PLATFORM: PC (Steam) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Preview the outfit in the store or the lobby (better visibility during the event). VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS:
Game Crashing While Loading
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: While loading into a match as survivor or killer every 2nd or 3rd match seems to crash somewhere in the loading screen, I don't know if this related to lara croft/new survivors crash some people are talking about but since no mention of her was in the logs I'm not sure. PLATFORM: PC STEAM STEP BY STEP…
Jeff's "Night Shift Pyjamas"/"Cozy Break" outfit has two neck seams
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The outfit has two noticeable seams on the sides of the neck. The head cosmetic does not affect this. PLATFORM: PC (Steam) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Preview the outfit in the store. VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS:
Can't turn camera after pallet stun with Chucky
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Can't fully turn camera after being pallet stunned during slice 'n dice with Chucky (The Good Guy) PLATFORM: PC (Steam) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Performed slice 'n dice attack through pallet, get pallet stunned in the middle of animation. VIDEO:…
Steam - Void crystal got me stuck for rest of match!
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: So basically I used a void crystal in a match, but I became stuck after using it!. I could not move or crouch. Also, my character would not turn their head (as in, I could see them fully from the front without them looking back). My toolbox did not appear in my hand. I was able to be downed and then…
8.3.2 Merchant: Grabbing Hand Position + hooking animation
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: When Skull Merchant carries the survivor on his shoulder, there is an empty gap between his palm and the survivor's body. That is, the killer's palm is in the air, and not holding the body. Also, when Merchant is hooking, survivor's body goes inside Merchant's body for a second. PLATFORM: Steam
Game Crashed after EAC loading
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Programs like MSI Afterburner or similar causes game crashes. PLATFORM: PC (Steam) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Depending on your luck game could load or straight out crash after EAC initialization, if programs like MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner Overlay are working. Sometimes…
8.3.2 Facing to hook when get Unhooked
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Sometimes my survivor gets off the hook facing that hook. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Be unhooked VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS:
Operation: Survival Achievement gotten in Hawkins
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: When I repaired the Generator in Hawkins, in the Portal Room and escaped, I got the achievement for Lèrys instead PLATFORM: STEAM PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
Character Model Missing on hook
Was spectating my gf who was hooked in the basement and their character is missing on the hook in basement PC (Steam) Just started spectating and the issue appeared
Game afoot doesn't work with killer powers.... Again
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Noticed it in an Oni game while in chase with the obsession. Killers powers aren't triggering the game afoot haste effect on pallet break. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Be in chase with the obsession. Break a pallet with a killer power or a perk (tested Chainsaws,…
Chatterer's Tooth is Bugged, making it overpowered.
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Chatterer's Tooth, the Pinhead addon, is completely bugged right now. Everytime I use it, whether its running over and picking up the box, or downing a survivor who's holding it.. it activates chain hunt while also giving me undetectable and causing screams from every survivor, this makes it incrediby…
Machine Learning Perk Won't Go To Tier 3
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Machine Learning was recently nerfed to 45 seconds of activation.. at least it should be like that in its 3rd tier. Its not, its currently bugged to be tier 2. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: It isn't really replicating so to say, but perks are ordered by tier to…
[The Pig] Reverse Bear Traps Visual Issue Upon Returning From the Void
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Reverse bear traps that are applied to a survivor disappear from the character model when returning from the Void. NOTE: The bear trap was not active at the time. I was playing as default skin Lara Croft on Dead Dawg Saloon. I had searched three macabre containers already. My trap was not active at…
Nemesis Tentacle cannot be crouched over a window anymore.
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: You can no longer crouch to avoid The Nemesis Tentacle Strike over a window PLATFORM: PC / Applies to all STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Vault a window, crouch, The Nemesis will still be able to hit you VIDEO: https://streamable.com/m2l1r8 PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required…
Hex: Face the Darkness does not display the bubble
As the title, Hex: Face the Darkness currently does not show the bubble indicating the location of the survivors who scream. Only the aura is displayed. Please fix this as soon as possible.
Hag Trap Triggers in Wipe Animation
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Sometimes when in the wipe animation to get rid of a Hag trap, the trap triggers with no other external factors that would cause it to go off. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Approached Hag trap while crouched. Began wipe animation. Part way through wipe animation…
EAC Cannot Be Instantiated
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Game won't even load in because it tells me the "EAC Client Cannot Be Instantiated" then the game automatically closes. Also, yeah I know there is another thread on this here but it is closed, I cannot reply to add my logs so I am doing it separately as this is very much still ongoing. PLATFORM: Steam…
Disconnection from match when playing as the unknown.
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: when playing as the unknown, the game consistently disconnect me after playing for a while. PLATFORM:PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: when playing as the unknown, the game consistently disconnect me after playing for a while. it appears to happens after teleporting to an…
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BUG audio issue causing sounds to be muffled
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: i have encountered an audio bug which has made all sounds muffled apart from skill checks on rpd i was facing skull merchant i was teamed up with someone on communications they had the same issue causing motion sickness via auditory issues the map variation was the west wing. J'ai rencontré un bug…
PC - Survivors able to guarantee blinds with flashbangs
Step 1 : Boot the game Step 2 : Play as killer in a public match Step 3 : In-game, pick up a downed survivor while facing directly into a wall where you'd normally be invulnerable to flashlight blinds. Step 4 : Notice that a survivor can glitch inside your model to drop a flashbang you cannot avoid, as long as they have…
Skull Merchants Scan Line is sometimes not moving
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I was trying out the new Skull Merchant and sometimes her one scan line is just not moving. The drone is standing still as if you had the Low Power Mode add on, even if you don't have it. Its inconsistent and I couldnt identify a pattern. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE…
Missing cosmetics after completing cross- progression
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: After completing cross-progression, not all of my cosmetics that I have on PS5 transferred over to my Steam account. Most of them did but there are still a bunch on my PS5 that are not shared on the Steam account. PLATFORM:PS5 and Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Completed…
Missing Sparking Effect
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The rift recolour of the comsetic 'Test Subject 1' is missing the sparking effects that the original skin has. PLATFORM: Xbox, Series X STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: consistant, everytime VIDEO: (Rift Skin)…
Mouse cursor not locking into monitor anymore
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Mouse cursor keeps moving to second monitor when playing and is not locking into main monitor when playing in fullscreen or windowed fullscreen. This problem started today. PLATFORM: PC Steam
Counterforce totem aura reading not being recorded on maps (item)
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: After breaking a totem with the perk Counterforce equipped, you see the aura of the farthest totem from your position. If you have a map equipped, it doesn't record it on it. A similar perk is Detective's Hunch, which does record the things you see on any map, even on a green map with no addons.
Aura of the treated survivor is visible while the Death Bound is active
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Aura of the treated survivor is visible while the Death Bound is active. When injured, the aura is invisible.I questioned my teammate and he said he could not see the aura. Thus, it may be due to the combination with my lucky star.Lucky Star was not active and there were no other parks with visible…
Chucky Stuck in 90 Degree Camera View After Using Ability
Tested this twice just to make sure it was a bug and yes it appears Chucky is bugged yet again. While in power it seems that if you get stunned you are stuck with 90 degree left or right camera turning. I tried using power again to get out of it, purposely getting stunned again, vaulting a window, teleporting through the…
Chucky Power Bug
When starting a slice and dice near a window, instead of vaulting the window, the attack was quickly canceled. Afterwards, the cooldown meter wouldn't fill, it just remained empty and I was left without my power for the remainder of the trial. PLATFORM: PC (Steam)
Oni/Chemical Trap Visual Bug
During an Oni Trial I encountered a visual bug with Chemical Trap that caused the Icy shader to persist for the remainder of the trail. Pictured below during the Finsher Kill, several minutes after the survivor even using Chemical Trap had been killed. This bug was encountered on PC I believe the bug was caused by…
Matchmaking is too high with killers I have never played before
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I do not play a variety of killers, so I have quite a few killers I have never played before. Recently, I've wanted to expand my horizons, so I've tried playing some matches with new killers, but I keep getting paired with players with thousands of hours and who seem to bring only the most powerful…
Brand New Parts disappeared from my add ons with Sable
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I had 9 Brand New Parts with Sable Ward before joining a match. After finishing the match, I check her add ons, and the 9 Brand New Parts are completely gone. Note that I did NOT select any add-on whatsoever before joining the match; I just went in with Worn-Out tools; no add-on attached. PLATFORM: PC…
Regular EAC Kick -- Have to Verify Game Files Regularly to Keep Playing
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I regularly get the error message when I'm trying to join a lobby "EAC has detected the game files have been modified (error code 5). To resolve this, please verify the integrity of the game cache (found under the Local Files section of the game's properties). Additional info: Unknown file version…
Void Crystals Sometimes Cause Killers to Permanently Lose Scratch Marks
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: After a Killer enters a smoke screen created by a Void Crystal, sometimes the Killer will become bugged and be unable to see Scratch Marks for the rest of the game. PLATFORM: PC (Steam) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Play as killer Have a Survivor throw a Void Crystal (It's…
Can't hold Wesker's spray bottle and void crystal
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: PLATFORM: Switch Step by step either pick up a void crystal then try picking up his spray bottle or vise versa you can't pick up either or depending on what you picked up first without dropping it. I hope this is a bug. VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
Audio Muffled - since update began
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Some audio becomes muffled. Killer radius; footsteps, chase music, everything except the generator audio - which is why I knew it was a bug. PLATFORM: PC & PS5 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Just random when I am on certain maps - from memory one with a Skull Merchant on Grim…
8.3.2 Vecna's Pet is Dead
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Vecna's Pet in the basement , which used to wake up and scare, now lies motionless, no matter how much you walk around it. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Go to the basement on the Vecna map, walk around the animal behind bars. PLAYER LOGS:
BUG-1st Person Chucky
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I was chasing someone and I vaulted over a window by a gen and it suddenly forced me into first person as i moved. When i would hold still, it would zoom back out into 3rd person but then it would zoom back into 1st person every time i would move. i was stuck in it for awhile until i magically chased…
Survivor Loadout's 1 & 2 for Custom Match's Linked
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Loadout's 1 & 2 for Survivors in Custom Matches is bugged. They are linked so if you change either loadout, the other will also experience that change. Loadout's 3 & 4 work fine. 1 & 2 are linked and you can't change one without changing the other. This makes it so you only go into a custom matches…
Can't see after getting out of void crystal smoke
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Nurse has a bug with the void crystals, when you get out of the blue smoke and blink again you get all the screen blue EVEN IF YOU'RE OUT OF IT. And you can't see for 2 seconds. PLATFORM: PC Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: I blinked 2 meters close from the survivor and hitted…
Scratchmarks missing after using smoke
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Scrathcmarks are missing after survivors use the smoke bomb PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Wait for a survivor to drop the smoke, see no scratchmarks
Mini void portals on the generators create bright flashing lights.
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: When repairing a generator, the mini void portal on top of the gen flashes bright white lights. Also, occasionally, if you look at a specific angle, blue lines appear from the portal and stretch to nothing. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: 1. Play survivor 2. Start…
Lobby bugged out
Loading into a match and it bugged out and fused the pre-game lobby screen and end game scoreboard screen. Disconnected from host. Xbox Series S Failed to properly load into match. https://www.twitch.tv/barksidettv/clip/ChillyToughOkapiLeeroyJenkins-VZpt-Cb5scPAPLKx
Dredge stuck in locker
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Dredge and the survivor were both stuck in place, and the match did not end after the end game collapse for these two. They both ended up disconnecting in the end. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: I was across the map when this occurred, based off what I saw…
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BUG
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Microsoft Store on PC not showing any update therefore unable to play PLATFORM: PC Microsoft Stotr STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Try to load game but unable to play as different version to others. VIDEO: N/A PLAYER LOGS: N/A I am making this report for a friend who is not on here
Chucky Scamper bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: So now the direction you go after the scamper is locked into the angle of the direction you were facing when you started the slice and dice instead of when you scampered. PLATFORM: PS5 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: This means that when there's a pallet or windows to your left…

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