Delaying the release of The Traffic Management Update
Fellow officers,
The last few weeks have been incredibly exciting: With the start of the Beta for The Traffic Management Update, thousands have started to discover the new set of features, possibilities, and tools included.
While the feedback has definitely been positive, it became clear that a bunch of work is still necessary. We've collected a loooot of feedback (that spreadsheet is definitely a colossus...) and have already started our work on improving everything around the update. We think it is better to delay the update and take more time to improve it - and not push it out for the sake of pushing it out.
This is why we ultimately decided against releasing the stable build on June 28 and instead delay the entire Traffic Management Update to July 12, 2022.
In one of our last blog posts, we already mentioned a planned beta hotfix in which the currently missing reverse driving feature will be included. This beta hotfix will now be released on June 28.
So, in short:
Beta Hotfix: June 28, 2022
Stable Release: July 12, 2022
Yes, this is the very first time we are actively delaying an entire update. But we strongly believe it is for the better and hope to have your understanding.
If you haven't yet checked out The Traffic Management Update, you can just switch over to the beta branch. We will still collect feedback over the weeks to come and improve the game based on what you have to say.
With love, Your Police Simulator Team
PS: The second episode of ON PATROL, centered around The Traffic Management Update, is out now! Make sure to tune in and learn more about how the development process works:
ON PATROL is back with EXCLUSIVE first looks into The Traffic Management Update!
Welcome back โ ON PATROL #2 is here.
After the success of the first episode, we couldn't wait to continue โ and here we finally are! The second episode of ON PATROL, the official PS:PO show, is here! ๐
What's inside today's episode?
How did The Traffic Management Update came together? How have your comments inspired the development? What did our developers have to do? How do the animators work? And what went into the entire design of the features?
Our team will provide you with EXCLUSIVE insights and explain how the feedback processing for this update has influenced our work on the game!
In addition, we'll look back at The Holding Cells Update and showcase our favorite mods - mods that you all created. Plus, we're answering a bunch of questions you have asked us over the course of the last month!
We also talked to Shaun McCready, a real police officer who is one of the many experts helping us with the development of Police Simulator: Patrol Officers.
And much, much more! Enjoy today's episode and don't forget to participate in the exclusive giveaway as well... more details can be found in the show ๐
The Traffic Management Update is coming on June 28 โ Open Beta starts now!
Fellow officers,
just recently I watched the new Doctor Strange movie and realized: Wow, being able to redirect a car falling down from the sky after being smashed by a weird demon through a portal... that's pretty neat. While you can not perform magic in our game, we will provide you with other ways to take control of traffic!
Welcome to The Traffic Management Update - now available in Open Beta before the full update launches on June 28th!
Introducing: The Traffic Management Update
Safety first. We always pledged that. And that's why the Brighton Police Department invested heavily into new tools and guidelines to help all officers in their craft.
Check out the trunk of your patrol car - new goodies await you! Use your cones and barriers to block off individual lanes, entire streets, secure accident sites, or annoy other drivers! The latter one is a joke, please don't do that.
Use your commands!
Why do you have hands? Yes, to carry things from A to B. And yes, also to hold a gamepad. But more important: You can use them to perform gestures & issue commands!
With The Traffic Management Update, you receive a variety of options just for that!
You can now order...
NPCs to stop and wait
NPCs to walk to a different location and wait there
NPCs to not use the sidewalk at all
NPCs to turn around and use a different route
NPVs to wait
NPVs to turn around and use a different route
NPVs to reverse drive
We highly recommend using a combination of tools and manual commands to redirect traffic in a way that suits your present needs.
Note: The option to order NPVs to reverse is not present in the beta yet! We currently plan to release a hotfix next week which will contain this option.
Mod your ELS!
Oh lord, never ever could we have anticipated the huge amount of mods you would create! It was clear to us that you really want to receive even more options to modify, personalize and optimize the game.
That's why we couldn't wait to introduce ELS Modding which enables you to adjust both sirens and blipping, customize all lights on all patrol cars, change the frequency, switch up the brightness and variate the colors.
Note: Of course, you can currently only use ELS mods with the beta branch and NOT with the stable branch.
Of course, we've both updated the official mod kit and written a guide to help you with your creations! Check it out here:
While we give you a bunch of new options to direct traffic yourself, it was crucial to optimize the AI at the same time. We're shipping a bunch of AI improvements that include a smart reaction to sirens, a better approach to intersections, an advanced lane switching behavior... and more. If you want to take a closer look at the changes, we've created an article with a few example videos:
Bug fixes, performance improvements & other new features
As with the last updates, the team put a tremendous focus on fixing a bunch of longstanding bugs. You can take a closer look at them in the patch notes further down below.
We also resolved a bunch of crashes - and improved performance plus framerates across the board. In addition, you can now adjust the spawn density of NPCs and NPVs while fleeing has become an official arrest reason!
How do I enter the Open Beta?
We've made the process as easy as possible to include you, the community, early on during the development of the game. To join the Open Beta, you only need to perform the following steps:
Right-click on Police Simulator: Patrol Officers in your Steam library.
Select 'Properties' in the menu.
Select 'Betas' in the sidebar on the left.
Select 'Beta' in the drop-down menu and confirm your decision to switch to that branch.
An update should now start - you are now officially part of the Open Beta!
To switch back to your stable save game, just repeat these steps again - but instead of selecting 'Beta', you just select 'None'. Easy.
Everyone can test the beta extensively and provide feedback on its features, balancing, and bugs. Feel free to send us your impressions on Discord, in the Steam Beta forums and on our Socials.
Save game to unlock everything in the beta
By visiting this link, you can download a save game for use on the beta branch (and only on the beta branch!). This save game will unlock all features immediately. You also need to know that you must copy the save game into the following folder:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Boston\Saved\SaveGames You can find the folder more easily by typing %localappdata% into the Windows search.
Since the save is named Career_0beta.sav, you have to delete any other save game which might also be called Career_0beta.sav. We recommend doing a backup of the old save game as well should you want to keep it for the future.
Of course, this is completely optional and intended to help those who want to see everything unlocked in the beta from the very start. The old method of unlocking stuff does still work.
Here are the official patch notes for The Traffic Management Update
No more talking, now it's time for the Open Beta!
Traffic Management
Added Traffic Cones: Players can now place traffic cones around the accidents and on the road in general, to make traffic around them more manageable
Added Road Barriers: Players can now place road barriers on roads and around accident sites, to make the NPVs take a different route
Added Hand Gestures: Players are able to order NPVs to stop/continue driving and do a u-turn, which makes the player to be in control of the vehicle drivers around him
Giving orders to NPCs: The player now has the ability to make an NPC wait, or evacuate the area they are currently in to make the player be in control of any situation around him
Modding
Added a new modding system for ELS: Players now can change their police vehicle emergency lights and sounds for the emergency siren (can't wait to see what you'll create!)
AI & NPC Improvements
Improved the way NPCs and NPVs react to the police car with lights, emergency siren and lights & siren together
Improved traffic behavior at intersections
Added AI improvements which make the AI more human-like: NPCs react to the police cars sirens and actions around them, if there are gunshots or taser being deployed (instead of chilling like nothing has happened at all and that is just a regular occurence in their neighborhood, just like an old lady throwing flower pots at you just because you've been a biiiit louder when gaming, smh)
Changed the stopping distance between NPVs in traffic and on accident sites
Added more functionality to NPCs feet making their walking more realistic
UI
Added the names of NPCs in Encounter reports to make it clearer what actions and NPCs caused loss or gain of the CP/SP (now you know who to blame)
Improved the handbook, added categories to make it easier to search through the handbook entries
Added warning pop-up messages after player changes the spawn density/range settings
Adjusted in-game credits (it's me!!)
Gameplay
Players can now arrest someone for fleeing
Performance
Improvement of overall in-game performance
Balancing
Adjustment of NPC spawning range and density in multiplayer
Tutorials
Added new Tutorial "Radar-Gun" which explains how to use the Radar Gun
Added new Tutorial "Stun Gun" which explains when and how to deploy a taser
Added new Tutorial "Flashlight" which explains how to turn on your flashlight
Added new Tutorial "Driving with a broken Windshield" which explains when a driver should be detained for their broken windshield
Added new Tutorial "Open Patrol" which explains the basics of playing an open patrol shift
Added new Tutorial "High Crime Area" which explains to the player what is a high crime area in the game
Added new Tutorial "Fleeing" that explains what should be done, if an NPC is fleeing
Adjusted Gun tutorial text to make it clearer when it is allowed to use your gun during the shift
Happy Birthday!
Decorated the precincts to celebrate our upcoming anniversary!
Bug Fixes GAMEPLAY
Fixed a bug where a player would get stuck in a fleeing dialogue
Fixed issues where SP could get farmed
Fixed an issue for there being no CP loss after tasing an injured NPC
Fixed issue where a player could tase a driver NPC
Fixed an issue where Traffic Stop parking slots would not get properly filled by the NPVs
Fixed issue where a player would not be able to give orders to a detained NPC
MULTIPLAYER
Fixed a bug where in Multiplayer the second player would see NPC outside of their vehicle
Fixed Multiplayer issue in which the second player was not able to interact with NPCs
Fixed an issue where there would be almost no NPCs during a Multiplayer session
Fixed patrol vehicles animations when both players interacted with it at the same time
NPCs
Fixed an issue with floating NPCs
Fixed an issue where there were no NPCs in the holding cells
Fixed NPCs clipping into vehicles in accidents after they would step out of their vehicle
PATROL CAR & TRAFFIC CARS
Fixed bug where Utility vehicle could get damaged too much visually
Fixed NPV clipping and floating issues in accidents
Fixed a bug when a police officer crashed inside a vehicle in accident it would add more evidence (technically, that's realistic, but...)
Fixed issues where the cars number plates would float
Fixed NPVs reacting to the Emergency Siren while they were driving the opposite direction
Fixed NPV teleporting after using the police ladle
WORLD & GRAPHICS
Fixed the ability to clip into various objects after opening the trunk of a police car
Fixed issues where objects at accident sites would be fallen over unnaturally
Fixed Emergency Lights not showing properly on low & medium video settings
Fixed issues where certain precinct walls had gaps
UI
Fixed a bug where video settings would not get saved
Fixed a UI overlap when a player would receive "Your First Shift" tutorial
Fixed tutorials not opening their correct handbook page after pressing "H"
Fixed an issue where video settings would not get applied after pressing "F" button
Fixed multiple text overlaps in UI
Fixed various translation issues
CONTROLS
Fixed loss of input after attempting to give directions to the NPCs
MISCELLANEOUS
Fixed bugs where uniforms would have graphical issues
Fixed various other minor bugs
CRASHES
Fixed bug where the players game would crash after taking arrestee into prison cell hallway
Fixed various other crashes (thank you, everyone!)
AI Improvements: Here's how much will change with The Traffic Management Update
Fellow officers,
with the upcoming Traffic Management Update (the beta starts next week!), we're introducing a lot of AI Improvements with a focus on the overall behavior of NPVs (Non-Player-Vehicles).
As the team has put a lot of work into the AI Improvements, we want to show off some of the changes we made over the last few months. In short: NPVs will now react a lot smarter to sirens, they approach intersections better and their lane switching behavior is more advanced.
In this video, you can see that we've blocked off the lane on the very left with one of our brand-new road barriers. The NPVs will understand it as a way to turn back and accept the need to take another route. In turn, this allows you to better work on, for example, accident sites, and resolve traffic jams.
In this video, you can see how NPVs begin to drive slower once you have your blue lights turned on. They begin to drive faster once you turn them off again. A nice side effect: On wider streets, you can easier drive through the gaps between cars and react to their movements.
NPVs now react a lot faster to your blipping and find a parking spot immediately. No need to drive around 100 blocks with them (and that always felt like an eternity).
Here, you can see how far intersections are being blocked by your siren. They stand still until you have driven past them, which makes it easier to drive to the location you are required at.
Speaking of intersections: NPVs which are very close to an intersection will not react directly to your siren and will try to make space so that you have a wider gap to drive through.
They also clear the intersection if you have your siren enabled continuously, making sure that you have all the time and space in the world to reach your destination.
If you disable the siren but keep the blue lights shining, the cars will begin to traverse the intersection.
Let's get back to your road barriers: In this video, you can see how smooth NPVs react to blocked-off lanes. They spot the barrier and immediately move to a different lane.
It's not just barriers, though! NPVs also react to cones and will switch to a different lane - if a different lane is available. Otherwise, they would turn around and find a different route.
You're at full speed, crossing an intersection with sirens and blue lights enabled? Then, NPVs crossing an intersection as well will brake fast so that you won't crash into them.
NPVs are smart enough not to brake and halt should you drive in a different direction than them, and will continue to drive their desired route.
What's inside The Traffic Management Update?
The Traffic Management Update will release in Open Beta on May 31, 2022. If you want to learn more about everything that's inside, check out our recent blog post!
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The Beta for The Traffic Management Update is starting on May 31!
Fellow officers,
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is growing further and further each month โ and after experiencing all the heights, it's now time to go back to the ground, straight to the streets of Brighton.
Welcome to The Traffic Management Update, coming to you in beta on May 31 โ with the full update launching on June 28!
Get control over Traffic and NPCs!
As a patrol officer of the Brighton Police Department, one of the most important parts of your everyday shift concerns the safety of each driver and pedestrian.
Our arsenal chefs have worked tirelessly to stack up your equipment to ensure your success in fulfilling this duty. Now, we can present the fruits of their labor: We're pleased to announce that you can now find cones and barriers inside your trunk, helping you to close off and secure accident sites, entire streets or individual lanes!
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
Just the right signals
Physical barriers are fine - but why not issue verbal & gestural commands as well? With The Traffic Management Update, you receive a variety of options to use your magical hands!
You can now order...
NPCs to stop and wait
NPCs to walk to a different location and wait there
NPCs to not use the sidewalk at all
NPCs to turn around and use a different route
NPVs to wait
NPVs to turn around and use a different route
Show them who's in charge!
The Sound of Sirens
With The Holding Cells Update, we've introduced our very first modding options - and wow, your creations are absolutely amazing! My entire hard drive has been flooded with your mods as I've downloaded and installed every single one of them.
Those of you who hoped for even more ways to mod the game, I got some good news for you! ELS Modding is now finally available and we've made it highly customizable.
First: You can adjust the ELS for both sirens and blipping. Second: You can adjust ALL lights on all patrol cars, including their frequency, color, and brightness. Third: You can also change the sounds.
By the way, you can already start working on your ELS mods! We've released a comprehensive guide and updated the official mod kit to get you started:
Together with the new traffic control features, we're also shipping a bunch of AI improvements. NPVs will now react a lot smarter to sirens, they approach intersections better, their lane switching behavior is more advanced โ and NPCs behave more believable near patrol vehicles.
In addition, you can now customize the spawn/despawn radius of NPVs and NPCs as well as the general density of traffic and pedestrians.
Bug fixes, performance improvements & other new features
Once again, the team put a huge focus on fixing a bunch of longstanding bugs and bringing the game up to an even higher standard (the sky is the limit!).
We also resolved a bunch of crashes, improved performance plus framerates across the board... and fleeing has become an arrest reason!
What else?
That's it for now! Please look forward to the start of the beta next week (NEXT WEEK, YES, NEXT WEEK!) and share your thoughts with us in the comments down below :)
If you don't want to miss any news, make sure to catch all news regarding Police Simulator: Patrol Officers by following us everywhere:
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Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is even more fun as a co-op experience! If you're still looking for a partner, now's the perfect time to gift the game to a friend. Just do it!
A bit over 90 mods have been uploaded to the Steam Workshop thus far and we've been absolutely amazed at the sheer efforts you put into them. Those liveries and uniforms... they are all great. Today, we want to highlight some creations we've observed on the Steam Workshop and provide a special shoutout. Let's dive into them!
The Gotham City Skin Pack
As the latest Batman movie has been released just a few weeks ago (with Robert Pattinson looking like an absolute hottie, can't deny that), it was clear someone will create a fitting skin pack. Welcome to Gotham City, everyone! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2801945216
Boston Police Pack
Some of you might know that the city of Brighton is based on Boston - so what could be better than some realistic liveries and uniforms? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791431291&searchtext=
Massachusetts State Police Skin
Geography question: In which US state is Boston located? I hope you've been paying attention back then (I didn't, was more of a History person) as the correct answer is Massachusetts. Here's the fitting skin pack! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784024538&searchtext=
Metropolitan Police Uniform
Yes, there is a Brighton in the UK as well. No, our Brighton is not the Brighton in the UK. But this skin is still inspired by the United Kingdom, more precisely by the Metropolitan Police. I had to look it up and apparently, it's the *actual* name of Scotland Yard... but who's even using the *actual* name, right? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2793193175&searchtext=
Ghost Livery Pack
Halloween is a few months away still, but we can already become... kind of spooky? This pack converts all patrol cars into ghosts, white and scary. Boo. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784148210&searchtext=
NYPD - New York Police Department Clothes
Ah... I love New York. Something about this city fascinates me, even if I've never been there myself. Thank god this uniform pack exists so that I can at least cosplay as a true NYPD police officer! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789542344&searchtext=
Los Angeles PD Pack
Let's switch from the east coast to the west coast, from NYPD to LAPD. This skin pack is one of the most popular ones for a reason! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2788219269
Brighton PD Supervisor
Become the boss of your Police Department and upgrade your cars and uniforms. This changes the textures of the police cars to a silver-grey livery and adds a rank insignia to the officer uniforms, providing a 'Sergeant Rank' to all officers. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2785603062
The Cruiser Taxi
It's time to go undercover! This pack makes your Cruiser patrol car look like your friendly neighborhood taxi from Brighton. Don't mind the siren at the top, though. It just provides... a certain flair. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2793541324&searchtext=
2D Templates
We love how the community is helping each other out with ideas, guidance, and tutorials. This pack made by Rizaly provides some awesome 2D templates, focused on ambient occlusion, for you to create your very own skins! There's another one made by Zlatey which we can also highly recommend. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2792496764&searchtext= Check out our Steam Workshop to take a look at all mods!
How to create your own mods
We've created a comprehensive guide that explains how to create, test, and upload your mods! Check it out here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2778896763 In addition, we have created a video guide that shows the creation process for a mod. We highly recommend taking a look:
Let's go on patrol!
If you haven't seen it already, a few weeks ago we released the very first episode of #ONPATROL, the official PS:PO show! If you want to learn more about the development of the game and receive some exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, we can only recommend taking a look:
Giveaway: Win awesome prices themed around Police Simulator: Patrol Officers!
Fellow officers,
we hope you all had a great Easter! We're back from some days off as well and are now once again full at work, crafting the next update for Police Simulator: Patrol Officers.
In the meantime, to thank all of you for your continued support, we have prepared a huge giveaway full of awesome prices - and one lucky player can win them all! ๐
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How to participate
That's actually very easy! Just tell us in the comments of this post what your favorite feature in Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is and you'll automatically become part of the pool of potential winners.
If you want to increase your chances, you can also participate in the giveaway on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.
I've been living here for quite some time but hey, now you can actually join me: The holding cells are finally here - thanks to the, you guessed it, brand new Holding Cells Update. Now available to all players of Police Simulator: Patrol Officers!
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What's inside The Holding Cells Update?
With The Holding Cells Update, we're providing a new layer to the already existing aspect of arresting suspects - improving and advancing it to a point where it is actually engaging to take care of them. Let's dive deeper into everything that awaits you with today's update...
(Please ignore the puns.)
Tinker Bell loves a Thicker Cell
Arresting suspects? Nothing new. Handcuffing them? Has been here for a while. Escorting them yourself? This is brand new!
We have added holding cells to every single precinct in Brighton, expanding them in new ways. To ensure that they look as realistic as possible, we took quite some inspiration from other games and real-life by working together with actual police officers. They almost look like they have been here since the very beginning, don't they?
Before this update, you always had to call your local control room to receive support by a different police officer as backup. They then took care of the arrested suspect and your job was done, finito, erledigt. Now, you can use your own vehicle to take up to two handcuffed individuals to the precinct yourself and transfer them to one of the holding cells. And not just that: There's also a new callout asking you to arrest handcuffed suspects to the holding cells!
You want to save some gas and get some rest? No problem, you'll not be forced to transport the suspects. You can still call for a police van. Your colleagues will remain awesome partners.
We could not wait to finally ship the holding cells as we've been hearing this feature request for a while now. Well, basically since release. Here you go, we did it.
Mod it like it's hot
You are absolutely crazy. With this update, we're introducing some basic modding options and some of you already created a bunch of them during the beta. In fact, more than 50 (!!!) mods have been released thus far. You can check them out on the Steam Workshop!
Okay, what does 'Basic Modding Options' even mean? Well, you can now implement custom skins for your police character and police car that you have created outside of the game. Once you are finished, you can also upload this mod to the Steam Workshop and share your skin with other players of Police Simulator: Patrol Officers. In turn, you can also download mods from other players. Win-win!
We are also providing you with a way to modify the name of your character. If you plan to create your very own mods, we recommend taking a look at our official modding guide:
New features, that's fine. Improving old features? Even better! The Holding Cells Update comes with a variety of smaller and bigger improvements, including a bunch of quality-of-life features. Here's a small selection:
You can now fine and ticket someone after handcuffing them
You can now check the ID after handcuffing someone
You can now give accident reports to arrested people
Tow Trucks and Arrest Transports now have a lightbar
Ring menus now display the availability of a submenu
A volume slider has been added in the audio options for the ELS
You can now delete savegames in the save menu
The AI spawn behavior has been improved
We've also fixed dozens and dozens of bugs - but we're far from done. With the next updates, we're further shifting priorities towards fixing bugs which will, in turn, reduce the number of new features for a certain period of time. We will go into more detail about that very soon.
Let's go on patrol!
If you haven't seen it already, last week we released the very first episode of #ONPATROL, the official PS:PO show! If you want to learn more about the development of the game and receive some exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, we can only recommend taking a look:
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Update 5.1.0 - Full Patchnotes
Update your game now and experience The Holding Cells Update yourself! At this point, we also want to thank all our beta testers for providing their feedback which have been insanely valuable.
Enough said - let's get to the patch notes!
Holding Cells
Added brand new holding cells in every precinct
Added ability to escort handcuffed NPCs yourself
Added ability to put suspects into the holding cells
Added ability to put suspects in the car and get them out again
New interaction for car transport: Place NPC in the backseat
New interaction for car transport: Pick NPC up from backseat
Modding
Added a basic modding system: You can now change the officer uniform texture, patrol car texture and the names of the patrol officers
Callouts
Added new Callout: Arrest and Transport Criminals
Improved the callout to investigate crime scenes so that NPCs won't despawn among other changes
NPCs
Added new sitting animations
Added NPC conversation in drunk states
Added new hairstyles for NPCs which will make the NPCs more diverse
Spawn Density Areas: Players can now control how many NPCs are spawned
NPC Interactions
Players are now able to fine or ticket NPCs after handcuffing them
Players can now give accident reports to arrested people
Players can now give back the ID to handcuffed NPCs
Players can now search & frisk NPCs which are turned around
Police Car & Traffic Cars
Added a Lightbar for Tow Truck and Arrest Transport
World
Added a Sign to the North Point High School
Added No Turn On Red signs to correct intersections
Sound
Added a volume slider for emergency sirens so that players can adjust the sound
Added the miranda warning dialogues (and being able to cancel them after the first part)
Added new dialogue lines for aiming and DUI tests
Added new dialogue lines to detainment for broken lights
Added new dialogue lines to detainments for broken lights
Added new dialogue lines to shifts ending by a neutral accident on simulation mode
Added new dialogue lines to shifts ending with the patrol car receiving too much damage on simulation mode
Added new dialogue lines to shifts ending with the patrol car colliding with another vehicle on simulation mode
Handbook
Added the Open Patrol handbook entry
Added Arrest & Transport handbook entry
UI
You can now delete save games in the save menu
Added the neighborhood names to the Open Patrol shift selection which helps players to get more familiar with the map
Added image to escorting criminals unlock prompt
Added CP Loss intuition feedback during encounters to not be added to the report in the second shift
Added intuition feedback for road flares so that players now gets feedback on how good the road flares are placed
Tutorials
Added new Tutorial: Special Parking Zone for Taxis
Added new Tutorial: How to blip cars
Added new Tutorial: When it is allowed to use the Handgun?
Added new Tutorial: How to end the shift
Added new Tutorial: When can you park in a Cleaning Zone?
Added new Tutorial: How does Ticketing work?
Added new Tutorial: How to Arrest & Transport NPCs
Added new Tutorial: When am I allowed to arrest and transport NPCs?
Balancing
Tweaked balancing for greeting and directions, there's now a lot less after encountering one already
Reduced the wallet theft frequency
Reduced the amount of NPC drinking in public
Bug Fixes GAMEPLAY
Fixed CP loss issue for 'No Parking Zone' ticket
Fixed a CP loss issue when the player is in an attempt to stop a fleeing suspect
Fixed a CP loss issue connected to it being unjustified to arrest NPC for cannabis
Fixed a CP loss issue connected to it being unjustified to handcuff a wallet thief after returning the wallet to the victim
Fixed a CP loss issue connected to it being unjustified to aim the handgun at fleeing criminals
Fixed a CP loss issue connected to it being unjustified to tow truck on a large sidewalk
Fixed a bug when searching wallet thief does not remove wallet after callout timer has ended
Fixed a bug that ends the wanted NPC callout when handcuffing wanted NPC
Fixed the option to detain a driver
Fixed an issue that caused a walking NPC to only get the handcuffing reason for driving and not the usual pedestrian one
Beta: Fixed an issue where sometimes the callout was half disappearing when placing a suspect into cell
Beta: Fixed an issue where sometimes players got stuck when escorting suspects
MULTIPLAYER
Fixed a bug where clients who joined later can not interact with things at all
Beta: Fixed an issue with NPC rapid respawning
NPCs
Fixed a bug causing NPCs to float in the air
Fixed a bug causing NPCs to get stuck on the crosswalk and not move anymore
Fixed a bug causing the Police NPC to stay in front of the police van without moving to the arrested NPC
Fixed a bug where handcuffed NPCs were not despawning
Fixed a bug where injured NPCs were spawning in front of the car at an accident
Fixed a bug causing NPCs to could clip through walls
Fixed height of sitting NPCs at Bus Stops
Fixed NPC position while they sit at a table
Fixed animation to frisk and/or search NPCs when they are drunk
Fixed lightning for NPCs so they don't look sick anymore (bless you!)
Fixed a bug causing NPCs to be unreachable and players couldn't interact with them anymore
Fixed a bug where the NPC behavior caused the NPC to wait before fleeing
Fixed a bug where the client is interacting with the arrested NPC which leads to the game becoming unplayable
Beta: Fixed an issue where NPC hair was clipping through the patrol car
Beta: Fixed an issue with traffic stops where detaining a driving NPC was not possible
Beta: Fixed some cases where NPCs were floating inside holding cells (not all, sadly)
PATROL CAR & TRAFFIC CARS
Fixed a bug causing HUUUUUUGE traffic jams
Fixed an issue related to accidents that lead to accident request vehicles being stuck
Fixed the taillights of certain types of NPVs
Fixed a bug causing car tires to not work anymore
Beta: Fixed floating parked cars on the sidewalk
Beta: Fixed broken Police Van Lightbar and Tow Truck Lightbar
WORLD
Fixed a bug causing graffiti to not appear while the NPC is painting
Fixed a bug causing graffiti decals to be visible on the other side of the wall
Fixed some floating plants
Fixed the floating Deer statue in Sharnwick
Fixed a lighting issue that happened at night
Optimized lots of buildings so that the city looks better
Fixed visual issues throughout the city so that Brighton is now more beautiful
Fixed coloring issues on windows
Fixed a bug that caused the map to have some gaps
Fixed a bug that caused shadows to only render 20-30 meters around the player
Fixed the sign from Natasha's Shop
Fixed some clipping bugs
Fixed a bug causing the player to walk through walls
Beta: Fixed precinct cell numbers to not show up
Beta: Fixed bugged lighting in Historic Downtown precinct
Beta: Fixed a weird-looking gallery in Sharnwick (thanks, Mattyb0i!)
UI
Fixed a typo in the radar gun handbook entry text
Fixed a bug during Open Patrol that caused the XP Bars to show a wrong amount of XP
Fixed a bug in which the ID got stuck on screen after an NPC starts fleeing frightfully
Beta: Fixed an issue where the escorting criminals unlock prompt was missing image
TUTORIALS
Fixed a bug where the jaywalking tutorial was not triggered
Fixed a bug that made it impossible to skip tutorials
SOUND
Fixed missing footstep sound effects for escorted NPCs
Fixed a dispatch message for wanted suspects
CONTROLS
Fixed an issue that caused the keyboard shortcut 'T' button for 'Open Patrol' to not change the game mode
MISCELLANEOUS
Fixed Officer Danny Lopez haircut
CRASHES
Fixed a crash that appears for the host after the client has left the session
Fixed a client crash after both players simultaneous open the police computer
Fixed a crash that can occur when the vehicle enter/exit area is blocked by landscape
Fixed a crash related to a missing roof
Fixed a crash that appears when the players try to access a blocked area
Fixed a bunch of other known crashes
Beta: Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when entering the car
Beta: Fixed a crash that occurred when handling wallet thefts
Beta: Fixed a crash when getting too far away from a handcuffed NPC
Welcome to ON PATROL โ Our new show about Police Simulator: Patrol Officers!
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It's time to get on patrol.
We're incredibly excited to reveal ON PATROL, our new video series showing never seen before behind-the-scenes content from Police Simulator: Patrol Officers โ and the very first episode is already here!
OMG, WHAT IS THIS SHOW ABOUT?
You'll get to know our amazing and talented development team and learn more about the way we process your feedback and how we use it to further improve the game. Yes, it's just how it is: You are the best community someone could wish for <3
In this episode, we'll also look back at The Keys-to-the-City Update and answer YOUR questions. We've received quite a bunch and we couldn't wait to get back to them!
In addition, we also talked to the retired REAL police officer Rodney Grundmeyer about the way he helps us during development and his experience in the job.
We'll show you a glimpse of The Holding Cells Update trailer before it's getting released next week!
