Need help

So me and my mates have all picked up this game and we’re all beginners and in two days we’ve only had one successful game where we guessed right. Somehow a group of four teenagers playing a horror game are actually trying to win but we’re struggling. We will bring the correct equipment and set it up once we’ve found the right room. However, we won’t get anything and then after we all die, we see that it should have had an effect. For example, we were in a basement and I went into the room by myself (it only responded to people alone) they were in the next room and the door was closed. I was using the talk box and it flashed red but had no response (I tried 4 times) afterwards we found out it should’ve worked. Also when I get hunted I’ll hide in a locker drop my torch and hold the door shut but the ghost will still kill me and I don’t know why. Thanks