Fellow officers,
How have you been? Since the release of The Keys-to-the-City Update, we stayed a bit silent, quietly working on the next big content package.
Well, after a few weeks of waiting, you'll soon be able to dive in again and explore a whole new part of the precincts of Brighton. Ladies and gentlemen, we're pleased to introduce our next big addition to the game:
Welcome to The Holding Cells Update, coming to you in beta on March 22 – with the full update launching on April 12!
OMG, HOLDING CELLS!
YES, IT'S TRUE! For this update, we have chosen one of the most fervently wished features and put it straight into the game. Starting with The Holding Cells Update, you are able to handcuff, escort, and take arrested suspects to the holding cells yourself!
Previously, after arresting a suspect, you had to call an arrest transport for backup to a crime or accident scene to have suspects be transported to the station. 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. There's also a new callout asking you to arrest handcuffed suspects to the holding cells!
These holding cells have been added to every single already existing precinct in Brighton. So yeah, we've expanded the precincts significantly! Our artists also took a lot of time to make them look as close to real-life as possible. Of course, you are not forced to transport them yourself. You can still call for a police van, should you not be in the mood for a drive.
MODDING!
With this update, we're also introducing some basic modding options. 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.
We want to give you more freedom over your officer and provide a way to apply an individual touch onto them. Therefore, we are also providing you with a way to modify the name of your character.
Other Improvements
The Holding Cells Update comes with a variety of smaller and bigger improvements, including a bunch of quality-of-life features. Here are just a few:
- You can now fine and ticket after handcuffing someone
- 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
There are also dozens and dozens of bug fixes that will be announced in full with the beta start as part of the patch notes. Scrolling the list took some time, I promise you that.
Anything else?
That's it for now! Please look forward to the start of the beta which is coming closer and closer with each second that passes. See? Another second. And another one. And another one. And another one. And... okay, I'll stop.
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