DOTS Anomaly

[Captain Oveur]

I was playing a contract and was standing idle (I forget what I was doing). I was within an area I had illuminated with DOTS when I noticed the DOTS were distorted. I could see what looked like it was supposed to be the ghost. Knowing certain ghosts can only be seen in DOTS via camera, I ran back out to the truck to confirm the evidence. Not only did I never see the ghost, but the ghost ended up not having DOTS as an evidence.

[EDIT]
This isn't a case of seeing my breath get illuminated. Nothing was illuminated. It was distorted.

[Lazydrones]

Very similar to how your breath can capture DOTs, so can the ghost's form when it manifests as an event. If you saw a distorted form of the ghost with dots around it, it was not a DOTs confirm.

This can sometimes be a bit misleading depending on how the ghost manifested within the DOTs during an event and the level of DOTs projector. Also DOTs won't drop your sanity while an event will.
You can also check the van if there was a spike in activity. An event will usually spike the graph pretty noticeably where DOTs doesn't. Events also spike EMF readings, i don't think DOTs activity does, maybe 1 or 2 if it does but the EMF will go crazy during events.

[Watcher Rat]

It sounds like this could have been an event, but can't be sure without seeing what you saw. When you do get DOTS, it is a very clear piece of evidence - you will see the ghost model moving through the DOTS, and in a very distinct way to differentiate them from when a ghost event is occurring.

One note on the Goryo DOTS however - it is now very difficult to see them from the van if no one is in the house. The DOTS interaction triggers the ghost to appear in the DOTS and move toward the player(s), so while it CAN occur with no one in the house/area, it is far less likely than it was pre-0.9.0. The best way to check for Goryo DOTS is to get as good a coverage as you can, then stand with a camera OUTSIDE the ghost room (preferably down a hall, if possible). I have never (pre or post patch) been able to spot Goryo DOTS while inside the room with it.

[Emurinus]

This is what a ghost should look like when DOTS is evidence (intensity depends on the tier used; I was using T3 in mine) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3041822715

From what you're describing, it just happened to do a ghost event while in front of the dots beams.

[Maya-Neko]

Ghosts are never distorted, as they're just the normal ghost model, but just transparent and illuminated by the dots. If it wasn't a ghost model, then it's something else (like breath, lighting, shadows, etc. or sometimes even a combination of different things) and definitely not an evidence. And especially when you're not paying full attention, seeing "something" doesn't prove anything.

Originally posted by Captain Oveur:

Not only did I never see the ghost, but the ghost ended up not having DOTS as an evidence.

Yeah, that's how it should work^^ And it definitely reinforces the assumption, that it was just something else. It's just hard to guess what it was without a video or screenshot.

[Sunshine]

Originally posted by Captain Oveur:

[EDIT]
This isn't a case of seeing my breath get illuminated. Nothing was illuminated. It was distorted.

Yes it was, or it was a ghost event.
Case closed.

[Captain Oveur]

Originally posted by Sunshine:

Originally posted by Captain Oveur:

[EDIT]
This isn't a case of seeing my breath get illuminated. Nothing was illuminated. It was distorted.

Yes it was, or it was a ghost event.
Case closed.

But if it was my breath, why was it body-shaped and not illuminated (and also it was stationary)?

Originally posted by Emurinus:

This is what a ghost should look like when DOTS is evidence (intensity depends on the tier used; I was using T3 in mine) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3041822715

But what about the ghost that can only bee seen in DOTS through the camera (I'll have to get back to you on which ghost it was)?

From what you're describing, it just happened to do a ghost event while in front of the dots beams.

Possibly, but it didn't seem like an event. No heartbeat sounds, flashlight remained at a steady brightness. Room lights were off, but none of the nearby rooms' lights were flickering. The only reason I noticed it to begin with is because I was standing in the general area and looking in that direction. I was doing something in the journal and noticed the distorted DOTS behind the UI. Maybe it tried to do an event but I was too close to it to let it actually trigger?

[Watcher Rat]

Originally posted by Captain Oveur:

But if it was my breath, why was it body-shaped and not illuminated (and also it was stationary)?

But what about the ghost that can only bee seen in DOTS through the camera (I'll have to get back to you on which ghost it was)?

Possibly, but it didn't seem like an event. No heartbeat sounds, flashlight remained at a steady brightness. Room lights were off, but none of the nearby rooms' lights were flickering. The only reason I noticed it to begin with is because I was standing in the general area and looking in that direction. I was doing something in the journal and noticed the distorted DOTS behind the UI. Maybe it tried to do an event but I was too close to it to let it actually trigger?

1 - If it was a stationary ghost model, it was an event. The DOTS ghost will always be in motion.

2 - The Goryo is the one that can only be seen on camera, which must be viewed from outside the room (down a hall, etc)

3 - Hard to say without being able to see it ourselves. Could've been one of the quick events and you just caught a glimpse?

[Captain Oveur]

I'm going to try to make it happen again. I'm about 67.4% sure this is actually the second time I've witnessed this. My plan is simple: find the ghost room, make sure it isn't a DOTS ghost (new contract if it is), stand there and wait. I have just one issue tho. What was the name of that program/app that acts as DVR? You know, you press the buttons and it saves the previous x minutes of game play? I'd normally use Windows' Game Bar, but it broke on me once and refuses to work now.

[EDIT]
Never mind my last question. I found some .sfk files (Vegas Pro) in the recording folder and deleted them. I ran Phasmo and made a test recording and it worked.

[Captain Oveur]

Update 1:
Currently dealing with an Obake. An event triggered in my DOTS. I may have been too far away to stop it from triggering. Currently too late to continue testing and will pick back up tomorrow.

[Watcher Rat]

Originally posted by Captain Oveur:

What was the name of that program/app that acts as DVR? You know, you press the buttons and it saves the previous x minutes of game play? I'd normally use Windows' Game Bar, but it broke on me once and refuses to work now.

If you have an Nvidia card, Shadowplay (through GeForce Experience) will do this. You can also use OBS to record your games, but that's a manual recording, not a "past x minutes" sort of thing.

[SlothFang]

Originally posted by Watcher Rat:

Originally posted by Captain Oveur:

What was the name of that program/app that acts as DVR? You know, you press the buttons and it saves the previous x minutes of game play? I'd normally use Windows' Game Bar, but it broke on me once and refuses to work now.

If you have an Nvidia card, Shadowplay (through GeForce Experience) will do this. You can also use OBS to record your games, but that's a manual recording, not a "past x minutes" sort of thing.

OBS does have a recording buffer to do what you're saying.

[Watcher Rat]

Originally posted by SlothFang:

OBS does have a recording buffer to do what you're saying.

Ahh wasn't aware they'd added it (been a while since I was streaming, and it didn't have it then XD)

[Captain Oveur]

I don’t use OBS. Tried it four times and have yet to have even an okay experience with it. First time, it failed to connect to my audio devices. I forget the second time I tried it. Third time, I tried to screen record, but it only got frame per second captures. Fourth time was pretty much the same result, but trying to record from HDMI capture card. I’ll check out shadow play when I get in from work.