- Keep inventory at restart - Inventory is kept after player death or arrest. You can still use the Game Options to choose the 'classic' behaviour where all inventory items are lost. [Our reasoning: Feedback indicated that the classic behaviour reduced experimentation, which didn't suit sandbox. The classic behaviour can still be chosen by those who prefer a challenge.]
- New Wanted behaviour - When the player is 'Wanted', the cops will search an area marked on the map. The player will need to escape this area in order for the search to be called off. Changing clothes or vehicle is still effective in avoiding detection and makes it easier to escape the search zone. (Playing with the minimap enabled is recommended). [Our reasoning: The previous Wanted behaviour involved waiting for stars to gradually time out, which encouraged hiding and waiting. Feedback indicated that this could get tiresome after a while. We think the new behaviour has a clearer way to resolve, which is easy at low stars but harder at high stars.]
- Extra map info - Nearby weapon drops, clothes, and stash clue locations are displayed on the map and minimap. Painting locations are also displayed (once the first painting has been pawned in an early mission). [Our reasoning: We felt that searching for items - without any idea of their location - reduced the pacing of the game too much.]
Other fixes:
- - Increased the player on-foot speed slightly
- - Reduced the reload speed of certain weapons
- - Increased ammo from weapon drops, and increased player ammo capacity
- - Vehicle follow camera tweaks. Now defaults to 'Follow Camera' for new profiles
- - Parked cars have 30% chance of being unlocked (previously had 0%)
- - Reduced player vehicle damage
- - Reduced camera recoil when aiming with mouse
- - Fix text overlap in burglary UI at 16:10 resolution
Note: A small amount of new text is currently unlocalized, this will be fixed in a future update
We hope the new changes make the game more enjoyable, and look forward to your feedback on the discussion groups.