Summary
- Dead by Daylight has released update 7.4.2 which includes improved perks and some quality-of-life changes.
- The Trickster and The Good Guy are the first two characters to receive minor tweaks.
- The Casting of Frank Stone is an upcoming single-player game in the Dead by Daylight franchise, releasing in 2024.
Dead by Daylight has been around for quite some time now but the developers have been consistently putting out updates according to their planned roadmaps. These major updates focus more on introducing new content. However, minor patch updates make sure to fix any bugs and glitches encountered in-game.
Dead by Daylight has released their latest update 7.4.2 which includes perks such as Residual Manifest, Appraisal and Dramaturgy, some changes with The Trickster and The Good Guy, visual fidelity and in-game behavioral improvements. The patch update is intended to make the game more stable.
The Trickster and The Good Guy or “Chucky” are the first two characters whose abilities have been tweaked. Chucky’s Batteries Included perk has been boosted and The Trickster’s Main Event ability now has several changes. Players can expect similar improvements for other Killers to be added in future updates.
1. Here are the patch notes for Update 7.4.2:
I. Content
- Re-enabled Flashlight items and perks Residual Manifest, Dramaturgy and Appraisal.
II. The Good Guy
- Batteries Included (perk)
- When within 12 meters of a completed generator, you have 5% Haste. The movement speed bonus lingers for 1/3/5 seconds after leaving the generator’s range. (Removed deactivation when all generators are completed)
III. The Trickster
- Decreased the base time between throws to 0.3 seconds (was 0.33)
- Increased the Main Event throw rate multiplier to 66% (was 33%)
- Increased the Main Event active duration to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds)
- Reverted the time before Laceration starts decaying to 15 seconds (was 10 seconds)
IV. Bug Fixes
V. Archives
- Fixed an issue that made it impossible to complete the Back-to-Back Tome 17 Challenge if getting a Good skill check or missing a skill check after getting 3 Great skill checks consecutively.
VI. Bots
- Bots can once again dodge special attacks.
VII. Characters
- Fixed an issue that caused the Mastermind picking up a Survivor on his shoulders to be misaligned for a few seconds.
- Fixed an issue that caused The Demogorgon’s Break Pallet animation to play properly when a Survivor runs into the Pallet from the other side.
- Fixed an issue that caused The Good Guy “Slice and Dice” hit animation to plays twice.
- Fixed an issue that caused survivors to become misaligned during The Good Guy carry animation attacks
- The Good Guy can now scamper under pallets being lifted by Any Means Necessary
- Fixed an issue where players could bypass the 90 degree camera lock with The Good Guy
- The Trickster’s Main Event can no longer trigger the Supreme Combo event multiple times per health state
- As seen from the survivor point of view Charles Lee Ray no longer jitters and lags behind while carrying The Good Guy
- Fixed an issue that caused The Huntress’ hatchets to become offset at launch
VIII. Environment/Maps
- Fixed an issue in The Nostromo map where characters could land on debris
- Fixed an issue in Midwich Elementary School where characters would clip through a vault
- Fixed an issue in the Swamp Realm where extra collision would let characters stand
- Fixed an issue in The Underground Complex where characters would not be able to rescue a survivor on a hook
IX. UI
- Fixed occasionally missing UI elements like the Currencies information.
- Fixed a potential crash in the Archives when hovering a Reward node.
- Fixed a potential crash if closing the Player Profile menu too quickly after equipping a Player Card badge or banner.
X. Misc
- Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to clip into a locker after being interrupted from entering one by the Killer
- Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to clip into lockers after using a flashlight and entering the locker simultaneously
Dead by Daylight has a lot to offer in 2024, especially the single-player game titled The Casting of Frank Stone. The game is all set to release in 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
The game will be set in the fictional Cedar Hills and will feature fresh new faces as they try to uncover the legacy of Frank Stone. However, it has not been confirmed whether or not any of the characters from Dead by Daylight will make an appearance in The Casting of Frank Stone. Hopefully, as the year progresses, we will get more glimpses of this thrilling game.
2. About Dead By Daylight
Dead by Daylight is an asymmetric multiplayer survival horror online game developed by Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive. It is a one-versus-four game in which one player takes on the role of a Killer and the other four play as Survivors; the Killer must impale each Survivor on sacrificial hooks to appease a malevolent force known as the Entity, while the Survivors have to avoid being caught and power up the exit gates by working together to fix five generators.
Alongside original characters, the game licenses characters and settings from franchises such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Attack on Titan, Crypt TV, Evil Dead, Halloween, Hellraiser, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil, Ringu, Saw, Silent Hill, Stranger Things,[b] and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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