The Outlast Trials Hotfix Rewinds Season 7 Controls and Fixes Combat Bugs
Project Boneyard's July 16 hotfix restores the previous minigame controls and lowers Escalation Therapy's Revive Pill respawn limit.
The Outlast Trials received a new Project Boneyard hotfix on July 16, and the patch is now live. Red Barrels published the full changes in its Steam announcement.
The update reverses the Season 7 minigame controller changes for now. Red Barrels said the feature will return later as an optional setting. The hotfix also addresses several combat, animation, visual, and map issues, including problems involving Backstab, Neuroshock, Slash attacks, and the new Prison Farm Trial.
Escalation Therapy received two direct adjustments. Health Sickness now permanently lowers maximum health as intended, while the maximum number of Revive Pill respawns has been reduced from five to two.
The Outlast Trials Project Boneyard Hotfix Patch Notes
This hotfix focuses on control clarity, combat behavior, Escalation Therapy balance, and bugs that could interrupt or distort Trials.
- Clarification: Console players can toggle cross-communication voice chat by holding the Start button. This is listed in the Controller Layout screen, but was not clearly communicated.
- Reverted the controller input changes for minigames introduced in Season 7. This feature will return in the future as an optional setting.
- Fixed an issue where interrupting a Backstab would incorrectly kill the Reagent instead of putting them into an incapacitated state.
- Fixed an issue where corrupted names above AI Imposters would not appear.
- Fixed an issue where a decal would not correctly appear in the Prison Farm Trial.
- Fixed an issue where the Health Sickness Variator in Escalation Therapy would not permanently reduce the player’s maximum health, removing the intended need to use Health Sickness pills.
- Fixed an issue where Imposters could not slash a Reagent affected by Neuroshock under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where Reagents could fall through the world if killed by a Slash while exiting a hiding spot.
- Fixed an issue where the Backstab animation would not play correctly if triggered while a Reagent was attempting to escape a Steel Trap.
- Reduced the maximum number of respawns granted by Revive Pills in Escalation Therapy from 5 to 2.
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The Outlast Trials
Developed by Red Barrels
The Outlast Trials is a survival horror game you can play by yourself or with other players online. You'll have to survive the twisted, sadistic and bizarre experiments of the Murkoff Corporation, alone or in a group up to 4 players.
- Genre: Adventure, Indie
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation, Xbox One
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release: 2024-03-05
- Publisher: Red Barrels
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Age Rating:
PEGI 18 / ACB MA 15+ / USK 18 / ESRB M / CLASS_IND 16
- IGDB Rating: 70.2/100
