The Largest Supporter Edition Content Update Yet

• Out of whitebox into final art — will likely be receiving smaller improvements and a destruction pass in the future
• Most characters are still being worked on by art teams

• Out of whitebox into final art
• Civilians are still being worked on by art teams

• Ridgeline
  • “A former USIA analyst has a warrant for his arrest over the suspected murder of five police officers in Makade County, Greater Los Suenos. Gerard Scott, 55, waited out the front of East Makade Police Department with a loaded mini-14 after setting a car alight on the street in front of the department. He then shot at officers while they attempted to extinguish the alighted vehicle. Witnesses on the street reported his vehicle as he drove away.”

• Hospital
  • “Retaliating for the actions of the [REDACTED] shooting, remnants of “the Hand” go after the lone surviving active shooter, now placed under police supervision in the Coastal Grove Medical Center ICU.”

• Agency
  • “Seized data-center assets point to the owner operating in one of the poorest neighborhoods: The Row. SWAT have been deployed to serve a search warrant on the Brixley Talent Time to assist with investigations into an illicit pornography ring.”

• Curtains, Beads, Plastic Covers will now be able to be interacted with and walked through.
• Clothing on AI

• New t-shirt variations added to SWAT — this is available for Swan, King, and Alabama.
• Ranger Green swat uniform variations added to all LSPD officer types.
• SWAT heads will no longer be floating in place — they have undershirts now!
• IR strobes and reflective patches added to SWAT uniforms and helmets
• New helmets added with improved detail and modeling
• New night-vision goggle mesh added
• SWAT Anti-Stab vests added to game with variations

• Cars can now be interacted with in many ways: side mirrors can be shot off, glass can be broken and shot through, airbags can be deployed and tyres can be shot out, lowering the car slightly.
• Vehicles are safest behind the wheels of the car and the engine block.
• Multiple new vehicle types have been added, such as:
  • Debanco Truck
  • LSPD Cruisers (two variations)
  • LS Private Ambulance
  • Various sedans, trucks, and vans

• Lamps, water cooler, vending machines, chip bags, glass bottles, plates, arcade machine, fire extinguisher, and balloons can all be shot and destroyed (and many more!)

• Gas
• Valley
• Meth
• Penthouse
• Club
• Dealer (WIP)

Updated

• Flashlights
  • New flashlights are brighter with a wider cone and no longer use the IES system.

• Lockable status on various doors (some doors shouldn’t be lockable)
  
• Civilians in active shooter run to spawn once they are in sight of the player (and within a safe place). They will get arrested automatically
  

Fixed

• Fix roster spawner not spawning the minimum required AI count specified from the config, resulting in spawning more/less than the specified amount
• Fix ragdolls having no inertia when killed, some guns will influence the AI ragdoll directionally depending on where they were shot.
• Fix an issue where non-lockable doors would become locked
• Fix spawn chance reducing the number of AI in the level instead of changing where they're more likely to spawn
• Fix infinite loop crash when spawning AI for more MaxSuspects/Civilians than a level has spawners
• Multiple crash fixes and quality of life improvements

Gameplay

New

• Restrain dead/ragdoll AI
  • After reporting, players can restrain dead or faking AI that are in a downed state.

• Blood splatter when explosive vest explodes + improved particle effects
  
• Gore (explosive vests only, first pass)
  
• Electronic doors (with keycards)
  • Keycards spawn in areas of the level. This is usually outside or within knox boxes on the premises.
  • Electronic doors will sound an alarm if breached without a keycard to activate the door, and can not be lockpicked.

• Armor (SAPI) Plates
  • Small Arms Protective Insert plates stop rounds from killing the player, and are broken into three different types: Kevlar, Ceramic and Steel. These increase in protective ability, respectively, but also in weight.
  • Armor plates will affect your acceleration and deceleration speed. Your top speed will always be the same as other players, but you will not be as maneuverable.
  • Armor plates can also be isolated to different parts of the plate carrier depending on what is needed:
    • Front Only
    • Front & Back
    • Front, Back and Side

• Tap-switching items (press the same key to equip to a different item in a group)
  • For example you can now cycle grenades by tapping the grenade key

Improved

• AI can now blend more cleanly from a ragdoll state into being active, standing up, or being arrested.
• Grenade throw arc has been adjusted to be more intuitive
• Paired interaction weapon holsters and transitions. Weapon will always be holstered first before playing a paired interaction (arresting, carrying, etc.)
• Laser pointers now maintain visibility over distance

Updated

• Traps are typically pre-placed in a level vs. AI placing them when a level starts for a better gameplay experience.
• ROE updates:
  • Authorized use of force when AI is in cover
  • Authorized use of force when AI is drawing or picking up a weapon
  • Authorized use of force when AI is melee attacking
  • Authorized use of force against explosive vest suspects
  • Authorized use of force when AI is playing dead
  • Unauthorized use of force when AI is committing suicide (less lethal recommended)
  • Unauthorized use of force when AI is hiding or exiting a hiding spot (Cover Landmarks)
  • Unauthorized use of force when AI is getting up from a ragdoll state
  • Unauthorized use of force when lethally damaging/killing unaware or suspicious AI
  • Unauthorized use of force when an AI has not heard a yell from swat before being lethally damaged/killed
  • Fixes to C2 breach not being considered unauthorized use of force against unaware AI

• Reduced arm recoil nerf for players (to minimize noodly arms!)
  
• Increased grenade trap damage
  
• Increased bomb vest damage
  
• Wait for AI to get down after surrendering before showing the arrest UI prompt
  

Fixed

• Fix grenade getting stuck on obstacles sometimes
• Fix a rare bug where reporting a target would crash the game
• Fix zipcuff and multitool locking up the player when held in hand while arresting characters
• Fix issue where one hitscan would sometimes apply multiple instances of damage to the same character
• Fix blood impact effects playing multiple times for a single impact
• Fix grenade throw arc becoming more off-centered the higher the throw angle
• Fix an issue where a penalty would not be given to unaware AI. (Shot in back, killed by a C2 door breach, etc.)

Graphics

New

• Car materials — Cars now use a car paint shader which simulates accurate reflections on vehicles. This has been applied to most vehicles in the gameplay environment.
• Bullet impact decals now spawn on glass — reinforced glass will show a small impact point, and window panes will also reflect this change.

Fixed

• Fix incorrect orientation of decals
• Fix scaling of all bulletproof glass decal mesh impacts

AI

General

New

• Cover Landmarks. Suspect and Civilian AI now have the ability to take cover/hide at certain objects in the world. Under beds, closets, tables, etc.
• Injured movement animation set for AI — suspects and civilians when injured below a certain level of health will begin to limp away.
• Tactical movement animations added to relevant AI — this is visible on Valley, Penthouse, and Farm, to name a few.

Improved

• Movement gait transitions so the AI are not always in a run state

Updated

• AI Morale formula/logic
• Civilian morale now has its own dedicated slot — this can be tweaked to suit AI on different levels for all you modders out there!

Fixed

• Fix AI not being able to see through breakable glass
• Fix AI focusing on stale/old focal points resulting in incorrect rotations
• Fix a rare bug causing AI not being able to surrender after multiple yells and stuns
• Fix loadout not being able to equip on AI sometimes
• Fix AI not attaching their equipped weapons back to their hands properly
• Fix weapons not being detached from AI after being thrown
• Fix a rare bug causing AI not to shoot
• Fix out of memory crash when trying to equip items on AI
• AI inventory bug fixes
• Fix AI opening door whilst arrested

SWAT

Improved

• Swat movement animations
• Increased Swat AI accuracy

Updated

• Swat engagement updates
• SWAT must yell at least once at a target before firing a weapon, unless threatened

Fixed

• Fix not being able to command swat to pick up evidence by looking at it
• Fix player taking damage from SWAT team during engagements with suspects
• Fix swat always engaging non-threatening AI

Suspects

New

• Taking low cover when there is nothing to stand up behind
• Peaking out under low cover if there’s no way to peek while standing
• Blindfiring
• Peeking (or “checking” for threats)
• Returning fire with accuracy
• Position switching and traversal

• Suspects will lie down on the floor as if they are dead. Players will be able to report them, as if they were actually dead. They are not discernible from truly “dead” suspects in any way.

• This has a chance to be triggered when morale hits 0.0 on some suspects.

• Suspects will utilize armor the same way players can, and have different types depending on their preparedness.

• Smoking cigarettes
• Urinating
• Selfie/Texting
• Admiring Art
• Drug Production
• Sitting

• Knife and Explosive vest-wearing threats will hide in places out of sight and attack the player when they’re close, particularly if they’re moving around loudly

• Bone targeting. Suspects now target various bones on their target’s body, instead of just aiming for the head every time. The more they engage a target the more accurate they’ll become, eventually targeting the head. This period of time varies based on suspect skill level.
• AI morale gain per weapon shot

Improved

• Melee and Unarmed combat behavior. Suspects in melee mode are now more cautious than before. They will determine when to stun the enemy or run to cover depending on the current situation
• Melee to armed combat behavior. Suspects will now determine when to stun the enemy and run to pick up a weapon.
• Suspects can now pick up dropped weapons vs. only being able to draw a new gun out of their underpants every time.
• Improve AI melee hit detection. It is now animation accurate instead of being scripted, so you can dodge punches, technically!

Updated

• Increased suspect lethality (increased damage and accuracy)
• Replaced Tec9 from fake surrender weapon spawn pool with G19

Fixed

• Fix an issue where suspects would constantly raise and lower their gun forever
• Fix suspects placing traps clipping their body through the door
• Fix suspects placing traps on a floor below them lol
• Fix suspects standing still and not moving sometimes
• Fix suspects not shooting whilst moving sometimes
• Fix suspects not going into low ready when colliding with geometry
• Fix knocked out suspects being spammed with multiple 'pickup item’ requests
• Fix suspects holding no gun whilst in the aim pose
• Fix knife suspects performing a knife surrender when their target is behind them
• Fix explosive vest suspects not behaving correctly at times
• Fix explosive vest suspects running past you without detonating the explosive vest
• Fix an issue where an AI could not successfully reload a weapon
• Fix suspects reloading while stunned
• Fix suspects being frozen after hearing a door kick

Settings

Removed

• Decal density option (was causing issue with decal art not being visible), this has now been replaced with a “decal fade” option that allows players to control the distance at which world decals fade. The lower the number, the better the performance. Things may not look as pretty, though!

HUD

New

• Display who friendly fired/team killed when displaying the penalty

Performance

Fixed

• Fix performance issue in loadout menu

Networking

Improved

• Grenade replication performance

Removed

• Host Migration

Fixed

• Fix client crashes on modded maps due to door replication
• Fix chemlight deployment not working when crouched (on clients)
• Fix delay with grenade projectiles (on clients)
• Fixed AI hesitation issues (on clients)
• Fix players not being able to push around characters as a client
• Fix AI arrest animations on clients not matching up with the player’s arrest animations
• Fixed ragdoll pop (on clients)
• Fix ragdoll on clients not being able to exit the ragdoll state
• Fix breakable glass desync
• Fix shotgun infinite reload (on clients)
• Fix an issue where clients were not aware that a paired interaction was playing
• Fix an issue where after arresting an AI on high latency clients, the AI would be seen as surrendered and not arrested

Weapons/Gear/Items

New

• Players
• B1301 HRT Entryman Shotgun
• MP5A3/MP510mm
• MP9
• PFC9
• HRT G19
• Suspects
  • M249
  • AR-15

• Ammo Type Slots
  
• Tactical Device Slots
  
• Grenade Slots
  
• Laser, IR pointer to M92X
  
• Item physics hit sound when colliding geometry
  
• Magazine/Grenade/Tactical device count now determined by new slots system
  

Updated

• Grenade projectiles only kills on first impact, not on ricochets
• Greatly buff SA58 damage
• Unified damage values of weapons with same calibers
• Lowered recoil for VKS
• NVG now uses PVS-31 NT mesh
• Tweaked SCAR-L RPM
• Tweaked sawn-off shotgun spread pattern
• Damage values for various weapons

Removed

• TAC700
• Obsolete attachments from MP5

Fixed

• Fix beanbag shotgun applying damage multiple times
• Fix and issue causing projectiles to collide with SWAT collision capsule
• Fix UMP45 Red dot Alignment
• Fix an issue causing spread to occasionally go perfectly horizontal or vertical
• Fix HK416 not having a high ready third person pose

Animation

New

• Distance matching for players and AI
• Turn In Place for players and AI
• Stride Warping for players and AI
• Swat movement animations
• Tactical moveset for suspects
• Injured moveset for suspects

Improved

• Disable IK when in ragdoll to prevents legs clipping through geometry

Fixed

• Fix no root motion on some surrender exit animations
• Fix a bug that could cause no skeleton update if an AI was playing an animation while being made relevant
• Fix legs glitching with the ground when playing a getup animation after finishing ragdoll
• Convert unarmed standing hit reactions to fullbody, instead of upperbody. Fixes AI leg movement while stunned
• Fix suspect one handed melee being broken due to bad additives
• Fix hit reaction animations breaking due to bad additives

Physics

Improved

• Weapon throw physics

Updated

• Adjust ragdoll physics

Fixed

• Fix physics props affecting swat AI movement

Scoring

• 'No Officers Injured' is now 'No Officers Dead’

UI/UX

New

• Loadout UI overhaul
• The loadout UI now allows players to customize their weapons and edit their load-outs from one single menu. Players will still have to go to the mirror in the lobby to change uniforms (for now)
  • Quartermaster UI has been merged with the Loadout UI
  • “Armor and Ammunition” tab added
    • Players can control their SAPI coverage, armor material, body armor type, munition slot balance, and ammunition types from within this menu

• Players can now change ammotypes in weapons by having their primary or secondary drawn and then by pressing the corresponding primary or secondary “key” again.
  

VO

New

• Meth Biker
• Male Hotel Guest
• Male Club Civilian
• Laurie Bower (Penthouse)
• Penthouse Suspect
• Club Suspect
• New Male Civilian

Updated

• Revamped idle dialogue system for suspects / civilians, lines now fire in a palindrome style
• Naming convention changed for character reactions (Pepper, Stun, etc)
• Re-added previously omitted dialogue
• Tons of assorted audio cleaning to existing / updated lines
• Updated stun voiceline reactions

SFX

New

• Tons of new additional footstep sounds (Boot, Barefoot, Heel)
• New interior reflections for all weapons
• New armor impact SFX
• New shrubbery SFX (most bushes should go shhhhhhhh when walking through them now)
• New bodyfall SFX
• New sonic crack / whizzby SFX
• New ziptie SFX
• New destructible item SFX
• New cloth physics interaction SFX (PVC curtain, cloth, beads)
• New bullet impact SFX (car impacts, water)
• New footstep bullet casings SFX
• New electronic door SFX
• New radio ads that can be played from a bunch of sound sources
• Many levels now play subtle sounds at doorways for better interior / exterior transitions

Updated

• Many sounds now consider occlusion for better spatial awareness
• Increase footstep volume for better spatial awareness of enemies
• Footstep foley trigger revamp (water splash step, etc) fires for much better playback, and tons of tweaks to all of these sounds
• Flashbang optimized and tweaked for better overall sound
• Tweak gunshot volume over distance
• Tweak gunshot EQ so gunfire behind player is more obvious
• Tweak weapon foley ducking so it isn't drowned out by gunfire as much
• Tweaks to weapon foley volumes
• Subtle feedback now plays when player goes to fire an empty weapon
• Backend revamp for reverb for much better consistency, reverb should no longer stop playing in certain areas
• Updated HRTF EQing for sounds that use it for better spatial awareness
• Certain distant sounds now have echo applied for better spatial awareness
• Distance tweaks for tons of sounds (so they can be heard further / closer, etc)
• Certain animations should now trigger sounds for better awareness
• Cuffed alive characters now use a shuffle sound when moving instead of a footstep
• Tweak reverbs for most sounds
• Tweak timings of gun foley (reloads, etc) for certain weapons
• Tweak sound balance when shooting during an explosion
• Tweak bass on SWAT voices
• Volume bump to player voice
• Updated SWAT metal footstep for most metal surfaces to be more pleasing
• Bodyfalls and weapon drops now consider surfaces and should play surface-according sounds in most instances

Fixed

• Tons (...tons. Like, tons. It's disgusting) of optimizations to many sounds and overall sound mix, both level specific and general
• Fix instances of pops / bad loops on tons of sounds
• Fix issue where certain sidearms used incorrect sounds when firing
• Fix issue where adjusting certain volume sliders would lower the overall volume for other sounds
• Fix issue where certain footsteps would fire incorrectly for certain surfaces
• Fix sound blowing out / peaking during explosions
• Fix issue where certain gunshots duck the mix too intensely
• NPC voices now locked to NPC head to fix voices floating if ragdolled
• Fix instances of UI sounds continuing to play silently for an extended duration of time
• Fix Foley and Voice audio not following the skeletal mesh

Level-Specific:

Lobby:

• Fix certain sound potentially cutting out

Gas:

• Added tons of footstep foley areas (puddle, glass, etc)
• Interior diagetic music is now persistent
• Interior diagetic music now plays more dynamically depending on where the player is
• Tweaks to exterior ambience for better overall sound
• Additional ambience added throughout level
• Fix instances of duplicated sounds in certain game modes

Hotel:

• Hotel lobby no longer sounds so... pleasant :)
• Added carpet sploshing sound around sprinklers
• Added additional footstep foley triggers around level
• Backend updates to sound triggers for better flow
• Backend ambience update for bomb threat mode
• Optimize placement of many sounds

Meth:

• Tweaked ambience to better match updated visuals
• Additional detailing added throughout level
• Ambience changing now smoother
• Fix instance of corrupted sound
• Fix instances of sounds not playing outdoors

Port:

• Tweaks to ambiences for better overall flow
• Additional detailing throughout level
• Fix instances of certain ambiences playing where they shouldn't
• Fix instance of a certain sound having a teeny tiny audible range

Dealer:

• Added underpass sound
• Added a bunch of additional ambience and tweaked existing ambience to match updated visuals
• Tweaks to garage rock EQ for much better overall sound
• Tweaks to ambiences for better spatial awareness
• Fix instances of sound duplication
• Fix issue where barrel fire could suddenly stop near spawn

Farm:

• Updated adjustment of reverbs for certain areas
• Fix instances of rock foley triggering over and over again

Penthouse:

• Added additional detailing to match updated visuals
• TV news now pseudo-propagates around the corner, can be heard throughout the room
• Fix TV news not sounding quite right when listening at certain angles

Club:

• Added updated sauna diagetic music
• Added tons of footstep foley areas (puddle, glass, etc)
• Club music now uses simple occlusion behaviour with doors
• Added sound detailing throughout level

Fast Food:

• Added various shrubbery triggers around level
• Adjust trigger areas for ambiences for smoother transitions
• Fix instances where certain sounds would retrigger in smaller side restaurant

Valley:

• Added new diagetic music throughout level
• Tons of additional ambience added throughout level

Ridgeline:

• Added base ambience to level

Hospital:

• Added base ambience to level

Agency:

• Added base ambience to level

Music

New

• Valley OST
• Ridgeline OST

Updated

• Tweaks to existing music timelines for better flow / overall sit in mix

Lobby

• Fixed players not re-spawning in lobby when dying

Hotel

New

• World building points (First floor only)

Meth

New

• Environment art overhaul
  • Laundromat art overhaul
  • Main house interior art overhaul
  • Tunnel art overhaul
    • Garage entrance to the underground tunnels

• Lighting overhaul
  • Tent house interior overhaul

• New characters — we’ve added a “mudman”. Go find him.
  
• Crystal Meth evidence improvement to look more realistic based off of first-hand experience (perp caught with possession)!
  

Updated

• Add missing doorways

Fixed

• AI Spawns sometimes spawning outside of the level

Dealer

New

• World building points

Updated

• Exterior environment art overhaul
• Interior environment art overhaul

Gas

Updated

• Level Art overhaul
• Gas diner area
• Price tags to gas service station area

Port

New

• World building points

Removed

• Knife suspects

Farm

Fixed

• Fix nav modifier cutting off path in the tunnels

Penthouse

New

• Penthouse suspects and civilians (two civilians still pending rigging)

Updated

• Environment Art update
• Reduced fog intensity
• TV now displays video feed
• Min civilian count set to 6

Fixed

• Fix nav modifier cutting off path in the tunnels

Conclusion

We’re glad to bring you the largest update yet and hope that it was worth the wait! We cant wait to bring it to the public branch as well for everyone once it is fully ready!

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