Project Winter Custom Games

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Preferred Game Mode

To host a custom game in Project Winter, you first need to

Select "Host Game" from the main menu.
On the "Preferred Game Mode" screen, select either the "Custom" or "Presets" button.

Custom

The "Custom" button will take you to a screen allowing you to create your own custom game preset. This screen contains multiple tabs, each with its own set of options for players to change. See the "Making a Preset" section for more information on this screen.

Presets

The "Presets" button will take you to a screen listing all of the developer recommended presets, and any presets you have already created or saved. See the "Loading a Preset" section for more information on this screen.

Making A Preset

Making a preset is fairly easy, but there a lot of options for you to change, and not all of them are explained clearly.

Once you're on the "Preset Settings" screen, you'll see an array of tabs, options and buttons.

Category Tabs

The category tabs break down options into categories and make them easier to understand.

The currently available tabs are:

General
Roles
Objectives

General

The general tab contains options that affect the general gameplay of a match. These settings are:

Setting

Description

Game Length

This setting controls the time players have to complete the objectives before the Mega Blizzard arrives.

Minutes Between Events

This setting controls the minimum time between global events

Map

This setting controls which map will be selected

Traitor Red Radios

This setting controls whether Traitors will spawn with a red radio, or a random colored radio

Survivor, Traitor, Animal Health

These settings control the overall available health f

Armory

This setting controls whether an Armory will spawn on the map

Truth Serum Lab

This setting controls which whether the Truth Serum Lab will spawn on the map

Hackable Truth Serum Lab

This setting controls whether the Hacker Role can hack open the Truth Serum Lab

Berry Bush Respawn

This setting controls whether berry bushes replenish their berries after they've been harvested

Player Names Visible On Start

This setting controls whether player names are visible or hidden on match start

Ghost Abilities

This setting controls whether ghosts can use their abilities or not

Victory On Traitor Death

This setting controls whether the game will end or not when Traitors are killed

Traitor Proximity Credits Rate

This setting controls the rate at which Traitors earn traitor credits from being in close proximity to survivors.

Roles

The Roles tab contains all available options to curate which roles are possible to spawn in your preset. These roles are randomly selected based on the ranges provided in the preset. The available options for this tab are:

Setting

Description

Min Traitors

The minimum number of Traitors in a match

Max Traitors

The minimum number of Traitors in a match

Traitor Crate Shop

This setting controls whether items in Traitor crates cost credits or are free.

Advanced Roles

This setting controls whether the advanced roles are availbe or not. It left off, all players will be a "Survivor" or a "Traitor".

Advanced Roles

The advanced role section allows you to enable and disable roles and alter their minimum and maximum amounts. The available advanced roles are:

Defector
Hacker
Detective
Scout
Tracker
Immune
Traitor
Identity Thief

Custom Roles

The custom role sections allows you to bring back roles that have previously been removed from the game. The roles include:

Innocent
Medic
Soldier
Scientist
Saboteur
Traitor Medic
Traitor Hacker
Traitor Scientist

Objectives

The objectives tab contains all available options to customize objective type and requirements for your preset.

Setting

Description

Possible Primary Objectives

This setting controls which Primary Objectives are possible to spawn

Possible Secondary Objectives

This setting controls which Secondary Objectives are possible to spawn

Repair Objective Difficulty

This setting scales the difficulty of the repair objectives.

Animal Wave Difficulty

This setting scales the difficulty of the wave objectives. .

Escape Capacity

This setting controls the number of seats available on each escape vehicle .

Power Lines

This setting controls whether second objectives have power lines leading to them .

Possible Second Objective Beacons

This setting controls whether beacons are displayed toward the possible second objective locations.

Button Bar

The Button Bar contains all the buttons you need to edit, save and host your custom game preset.

Button

Description

Reset Page

Resets all settings on the page back to the default value

Reset All

Resets all settings on all pages back to the default value

Presets

Displays the "Presets" page

Blackout

This button will change the settings to the "Blackout" DLC variants.

Host

This button will save the preset and host a lobby using this preset.

Save

]This button will save the preset

Back

]This button will bring you back to the main menu.

Possible Second Objective Beacons

This setting controls whether beacons are displayed toward the possible second objective locations.

Selecting A Preset

To select a preset, simply click on the preset you wish to select and choose one of the available options. The options for recommended presets are limited, and you will need to duplicate the recommended preset if you wish to customize it.

Option

Description

Delete

Deletes the selected preset

Rename

Renames the selected preset

Edit

Selects the preset, and moves you to the preset's options for customization

Duplicate

Duplicates the selected preset

Host

Hosts a lobby using the selected preset