The robbery now starts before you reach the house. This update expands the full equipment loop—from buying tools, to loading the van, to surviving long enough to use them.
Ω — THE HEIST GETS AN ECONOMY
Three milestones. One connected equipment loop.
Across v0.4.5, v0.5.0, and v0.5.5, Haunted Robberies gained equipment preparation, usable heist tools, BossMan's persistent shop economy, equipment ownership and loss, and vehicle progression.
The new Paranormal Estates launcher changes distribution too: install once, then let the launcher handle game installation and future updates.
Φ rebuilt what you steal. Ω changes what you bring, what you risk, and what comes home with you.
Equipment UI & Loadouts
- Added the BossMan Shop, including money, shop upgrades, item prices, ownership limits, and shop-level requirements.
- Added a shared pre-heist equipment pool. Bring equipment you own into the van before the job, then collect it during the heist.
- Added Add All and Remove All controls for faster loadout setup.
- Overhauled the Van Inventory with item icons, quantities, vehicle cargo capacity, item descriptions, hover details, and a scrollable item list.
- Added clearer house requirements—larger estates now tell you when your crew needs a larger vehicle before you can select them.
Heist Tools
- Added and expanded Flashlight, Headlamp, Night Vision, Glowsticks, battery packs, portable work lamps, lockpicks, electronic bypass tool, Crowbar, wire cutters, dolly, medicine, and noise makers.
- Equipment pickups can now be configured for instant interaction.
- Head-worn tools use their own equipment slot and stay equipped until dropped. R toggles worn equipment; T drops it.
- Battery packs refill compatible tools and are consumed after use. Medicine and other consumables are destroyed after use.
- Crowbars can force compatible doors quickly but loudly; wire cutters can permanently disable breaker wiring.
- Lockpick upgrades provide safer ways to deal with locks, while the bypass tool handles electronic security.
Noise Makers & Ghost Distractions
- Added basic noise makers that can be toggled on and off.
- Added remote noise makers with a separate remote-control item and a short activation cooldown.
- Ghosts can investigate active noise makers, turn them off, and may break them in the process.
- Improved ghost focus so major threats and distractions are prioritized more intelligently.
Equipment Economy
- Organized equipment around shop progression and availability tiers.
- Added clearer equipment categories and removed irrelevant setup clutter from item data.
- Protected essential default-owned equipment from permanent loss.
- If a player dies, dropped gear remains available for surviving teammates during the heist.
- Equipment loss is finalized only after extraction or game over.
- Improved quantity limits and loadout balancing for multiplayer crews.
Other Improvements
- Improved crouching visuals and multiplayer replication so players appear lower while hiding.
- Improved breaker states, destroyed-breaker feedback, and break-in alarm behavior.
- Added improved house-loot and cargo planning tools to support house/van progression.
- Continued vehicle-tier gating so larger jobs require the right van.
Launcher & Updating
- Introduced the PE:HR Launcher as the new unified way to install and update Haunted Robberies.
- Retired the current website's separate Steam and EOS download choices in favor of one launcher flow.
- Future builds can be delivered through the updater without requiring players to manually replace the full game package.
