This update started in the usual way – I started making some minor tweaks to a scene in order to address some exploits and inconsistencies, and it turned into a full blown overhaul. In this case, the scene in question was A body. This is an important one, as the (dead) flesh trade is an important part of the economy for a lot of players.
Overall, on top of adding fixes, this scene felt far too static. There were a few options that changed depending on a handful of dynamic variables, but not many. Is it a closed scene? Is the body fresh? That kind of thing. So as well as adding a whole load of new options, many of which depend on your character, there's now a time limit and various other things that can interrupt the scene, so you've got to prioritise and decide how quickly to act to do what you need to do. Which might still be just to walk away – that option will always be there.
Body mechanics
Once you actually have a body in your possession (assuming you've decided to haul it away, there are some new things here too. They can now have evidence attached to them, which you'll need to clean before selling them. They can now be different types as well – e.g. a mutant, one of your own, etc. The system now knows in what area of the city your bodies are stored in too (although it doesn't do anything with this yet).
There is a big overhaul planned for working with cadavers coming, including setting up a morgue, organ extraction, performing autopsies and other things. For your own crew, you'll be able to try to find the family or arrange a cremation. This update isn't all that yet, but it's a stepping stone in that direction.
Chapter Two
This is all set up and scheduled now. It'll launch at 2026-03-26, 23:00 UTC and there will be a launch event with access codes and other things that'll last for about a week. So yeah, it's almost here!
Full changelog
- There's some more Smith stuff.
- – More detailed mechanics and content for various things.
- – He now has the Blowing up mechanic.
- Made some improvements to A body.
- – The scene is now more dynamic and has more options.
- Bodies can now having evidence attached to them (which you can remove).
- Selling bodies on Working the streets has had the treatment.
- Updated how Evidence works.
- – This is now always something that is left behind at the scene.
- Different organ types all now bundled to Bundled/Organs.
- – You'll need unbundled organs for particular errands, etc.
- Easy killer is making an appearance in more different places.
- – Deciding to kill only becomes easy if you've done it a lot, or with some mental traits.
- Some new items to buy.
- Tweaked and added some outfit effects.
- New artwork.
- Fixed some incorrect prices at Army surplus.
- Fixed some typos and minor bugs; thanks for the reports!
