A-Star Theft News

A-Star Theft celebrates one year on Steam! To show my commitment to the game, this update brings a ton of new features and improvements to enhance your criminal experience!

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[h3]Graphical Upgrades[/h3]

• Migrated to a true pixel-art graphics style
  
• Greatly reduced lighting artifacts
  
• Improved lighting system: Additive lighting and support for overexposure
  
• UI Changes to accommodate the additive lighting system
  

[h3]Weapons & Equipment[/h3]

• Added Pump Action Shotgun weapon
  
• Added Sniper weapon
  
• Added Gas Mask equipment
  
• Added Expanded Body Bag equipment
  
• Added Health Kit equipment
  
• Added Ammo Bag equipment
  

[h3]New Enemies[/h3]

• Added Sniper enemy
  
• Added Police Drone enemy
  

[h3]Other improvements[/h3]

• Bullets can now penetrate and damage multiple enemies
  
• Added setting to toggle between new and legacy graphics
  
• Added indicator for enabled settings
  
• Added more NPC dialog lines
  
• Improved main menu music
  
• Improved some equipment icons
  
• Improved decoration in Museum Of The Artifact
  
• Improved loot placement in Bank of San Dinero
  
• Improved loot placement in Bloody Hospital
  
• Improved toxic gas graphics
  
• Improved game window resizing
  
• Tweaked Bloody Hospital difficulty
  
• Tweaked SWAT turret difficulty
  
• Tweaked toxic gas damage
  
• Tweaked ammo amount for Krafthaggla weapon
  
• Toxic gas can now be placed anywhere, not only behind doors
  
• Changed "Take: $" to "Stolen: $" for clarity, as it is not a prompt
  
• Fixed NPCs' arms sometimes rotating to the side
  
• Fixed locked-door icon being shown above other interaction icons in Overview Mode
  
• Fixed inability to push down hostages while they are following the player
  
• Fixed turrets shooting the player when outside of the view
  
• Fixed an issue where players could lock themselves inside rooms with electronic doors
  
• Fixed 'Revive Character' button showing while the game is paused
  
• Fixed some NPC reaction icons drifting to the right side of the screen
  
• Fixed an issue where toxic gas is invisible for some players
  
• Fixed players being able move during dialog directly after a new chapter starts
  
• Fixed heist introduction animation pausing when the game is paused
  
• Fixed main menu border overshooting its animation if the game stutters
  

There are also plans for a lot more Freeplay heists coming in the future!

• Improved decoration in Hostage Rescue
  
• Improved decoration and added loot in Convoy
  
• Improved lighting in Prison Raid
  
• Improved design and decoration of Armory
  
  
• Fixed dialog in Hostage Rescue appearing even if enemies have been alerted
  
• Fixed enemies shooting directly at the player even before having fully turned towards you
  
• Fixed noise detection so that guards can no longer hear the player from behind glass
  
• Fixed a bug where the player was able to use the item wheel during peaceful scenes
  
• Fixed a soft-lock issue with Convoy
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would take damage when a vehicle in Convoy drives into an NPC
  
• Fixed sidearm sprite showing when toggling Casing while the primary weapon is equipped
  
• Fixed a memory leak
  

For questions or feedback, you can join the A-Star Theft discord server, or mail me at: [email protected]

• Improved the headlamp light beam
  
• Fixed a crash occurring when a moving SWAT van drives into the player
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would take damage when a SWAT van drives into an NPC, making Airport difficult to complete
  
• Fixed an improper floor tile on Pillage City Bank
  
• Fixed an issue where tanker trucks could be blown up by an enemy's bullet
  
• Fixed lighting artifacts at the edges of walls
  
• Fixed a soft-lock issue with Assassination
  
• Fixed a crash regarding fire
  
• Fixed a few typos in dialog
  
• Tweaked enemy reaction times and bullet damage
  
• Tweaked SWAT Turret difficulty
  
• Tweaked Airport police aggression
  

For questions or feedback, you can join the A-Star Theft discord server, or mail me at: [email protected]

• Added Bloody Hospital heist
  
• Added horizontal scrolling for selecting heist category in Freeplay
  
• Added visual clothing for wearing armor and the guard outfit in Freeplay
  
  
• Improved decoration in Bank of San Dinero
  
• Improved clarity for Heat Detector activation
  
• Changed Small Bank music for Demo Version
  
• Changed "Level Cleared" message to "Loot Cleared" for clarity
  
  
• Fixed an issue in Documents where there sometimes was no correct drawer, thus making the mission impossible to complete
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Loot Cleared" message would not show before completing the primary mission objective
  
• Fixed keycard-carrying civilians leaving the area when power is disabled
  
• Fixed an issue preventing bullets from breaking glass
  
• Fixed bullets breaking glass causing police being alerted
  
• Fixed camera pan being disabled after trying to unlock a door
  
• Fixed toxic gas sometimes being placed on the wrong side of a door
  
• Fixed Steal Icon showing on already stolen gold
  
• Fixed strange behavior when trying to vault over the van in the Freeplay safe house
  

For questions or feedback, you can join the A-Star Theft discord server, or mail me at: [email protected]

• Added asset: Lantern
  
• Added decoration to Prologue
  
• Added decoration to Repair Shop
  
• Fixed animation for Objective Markers not showing in Prologue
  
• Fixed Loot Sparks showing for all but one loot instance in Overview Mode
  
• Fixed camera pan being disabled after stealing loot
  
• Fixed camera pan being disabled after tying a civilian
  
• Fixed a crash occurring when the player has a guard outfit equipped and a companion is closer to a civilian than the player is
  
• Tweaked Small Bank police aggression
  

For questions or feedback, you can join the A-Star Theft discord server, or mail me at: [email protected]