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Today’s update is mostly about clothes. Or, more accurately, skin. For a long time the game has abstracted the amount of coverage clothes you give into State of dress, which was a bit of a vague figure and easy to manipulate into some weird combinations of clothes that somehow gave you a decent number. It was also getting less and less useful when it came to the introduction of more detailed mechanics, such as tattoos and underwear.

This new mechanic has been a long time in the works and introduces a whole new and more realistic system under the hood. Each piece of clothing now specifies which parts of your body it covers, and by how much. This is broken down into 18 areas – neck, shoulders, upper arms, forearms, etc. State of dress, and several other things, is then calculated on the fly – not just how much is covered, but specifically which parts.

For many outfits this won’t make any difference at all (e.g. if you’re wearing coveralls and a hat or jeans and a top), but it’ll make all the difference for more weird and wonderful clothing combinations (and will also allow the addition of more weird and wonderful clothes). It also allows for more clothing effects and tweaks. Overall, although more complex to implement, it gives a much smoother and more satisfying experience with outfits overall.

[h2]Effects & tweaks[/h2]
There are a variety of new tweaks you can make to your outfit now, such as wearing your jeans low or jacket open, and there are additional effects for things such as showing some (or all) of your underwear or not wearing a bra. We’ve also got new clothing combos for Absolutely styling, and altogether new combo effects such as Dressed to kill and Kitted out.

But the most obvious change at this point is with the skin slot. Now that the system knows which parts of your skin are and aren’t showing, it knows which tattoos you have showing too (plus the same with other things, such as cybernetics). Now, if you’ve got enough ink showing, there’ll be a new skin slot item available, matched to the tattoo style you originally chose – but it does have to be quite a lot of ink to get to this point.



[h2]Mutants[/h2]
One of the most noticeable changes is for mutants with obvious mutations. It’s no longer enough to have enough generic State of dress to hide your bits. You’ll now need to make sure that the specific areas are well enough covered. The game shows you if you’ve got anything on display in the changing room, so you’ll be able to make adjustments as you see fit. But beware – if you do something like take off your coat later, what was hidden might now be revealed.

The process of getting changed is also a bit smoother for mutants now. If everything is well enough hidden, you’ll be able to check out just like a “normal” person: no extra step.

[h2]More to come[/h2]
Although this is a lot, it’s not absolutely everything that’s planned. There will be more different clothing tweaks and effects in future, more clothing combos, combos between physical quirks and clothing, and, of course, many more clothes.

[h2]Other stuff[/h2]
Although the big thing in this update is the clothing, there’s a lot more besides. Plenty of tweaks to mechanics and some quality of life changes, but the majority of the work went into revamping Dusty’s content. There’s now a lot more to do at The chop shop, amongst other things. There’s also a new tranche of content for Zara.

There's also a poll running in our Discord server right now for future content priorities. Check it out of you want to have your say.

[h3]Read the full changelog below:[/h3]

Clothing system overhaul.
- The game now knows specifically which parts of your body are and aren't covered,
- Various new clothing effects and controls.
- There's a new system for when Clothing wear kicks in.
- Various items have had their properties tweaked.
- Tattoos now show in your Skin slot if you're showing enough.
- Any obvious mutations you've got will be auto-hidden just once on game load, just in case.

Smith now has a schedule.
Dusty now has a schedule.
The chop shop has had a load of work.
More Zara content.
More Dusty content.
- Your contact with hir might drop at this point.

Around 20 new items of clothing.
- Many new, some already previewed.
Ammo is now more expensive
Renamed Separated hemispheres to Dolphine chimerism.
You can now pick only one animal chimerism mutation.
- 11 new mutations on the way.
- Extra content for chimeric mutants on the way.
There's some more content on Differences.
Condensed the various pinned Jettel cards into one if you have more than one.
You can no longer use positive moods when you're in a lot of pain, have a comedown, etc.
New consequence for high Target/Street crime.
The Target/Street crime calculation has been altered slightly.
There's a new control in Outfit & weapon controls for unplugging spikes.
Added some new slums side alley events.
Made dumping stash a bit smoother.
The Fire axe is now accessed via Heavier equipment instead of the weapons locker.

New artwork.

Fixed another problem with progression of Pimps and prostitutes/Aftermath.
Fixed Bad shipment not clearing after it's triggered.
Fixed a problem with the Kettec KSG's ammo feeds.
Fixed a possible problem with character progression if you chose mutations early.
Fixed some typos and other smaller bugs; thanks for the reports!

Reduced the volume sold when shipping fresh catfish.
Increased the threshold for overeating.

Fixed broken progression on The smuggling trade.
Fixed Harsh times very rarely not having a playable option.
Fixed Smuggler's pouch/Filled not being auto-equipped.
Fixed some more problems with the underwear slot.
Fixed a problem with the crowbar not showing up in the right slot.
Fixed some typos and other smaller bugs. Thanks for the reports!

You can now surrender in a war against the smugglers.

Fixed a problem with making a street clothes supply packet,
Fixed some problems with the new clothing stuff.
Fixed the wrong values being picked when entering Interstate.
Fixed being able to leave a changing room naked.
Fixed some typos and other minor bugs. Thanks for the reports.

Zara is now out of testing and available to find and play. This has taken a while because there's a lot of it! There's still more to come, but she's introduced with a lot of interactions and encounters already, plus exciting intro content. As mentioned in the changelog, she also comes with some new NPC mechanics that'll be introduced to other characters over time. The main ones are:



[h2]Blowing up[/h2]
Repeatedly cycling through raising and lowering hostility with an NPC over time will now make them get fed up with you over time. This is represented by Blowing up, which will lead to more and more serious arguments over time, and eventually them cutting contact with you. This isn't something you can easily reduce either, so you'll need to be careful what you say and do around them. Or to think of it another way, as more and more NPCs are introduced and fully fleshed out, picking and choosing which ones you want to be close with becomes more important. You almost certainly won't be able to have them all (not without lots of drama, anyway...)

[h2]Knowing you[/h2]
It used to be that the Contact/... value with an NPC represented how well you knew each other. NPCs "just knew" important things about you on the assumption that you shared information in conversations that weren't represented in the game. Whilst that's still the case up to a point, NPCs will also now have a stat called Knowing you. If your contact with them rises much above this, you'll be prompted to tell them things about yourself -- whether that's vague info, lies or specific pieces of information. They will also be able to find things out about you for themselves (this is already in up to a point, e.g. Irene knows/Your secret kills). Whichever option you choose, there will be consequences, good and bad. This all ties in with the new-ish Friends/Associates card too.

[h2]Outfits[/h2]
This updates also has some new clothing mechanics, as well as new items. This is part of a bigger project to overhaul the clothing system to make tattoos work properly, amongst other things. Before long, instead of an abstracted State of dress level, the system will know specifically which bits of skin you have showing, and sets things up appropriately. This will also allow for a better Perceived temperature system and a lot more tweaks you can make, e.g. wearing a coat open or closed.

[h2]As ever...[/h2]
Lots still coming, including more body mods, additional Zara content, the badlands and a load more.

Read the full changelog below
There's loads of other stuff in this update, including bordertown and smugglers content and improvements to regular cards.

Zara's full mechanics and content are now live.
- Continue her story on the kinds of places where you met her in the first place
- Includes new NPC mechanics that'll be rolled out to other characters in future.

Four new regular cards in the bordertown.
New content on Friends/Associates.

Made some tweaks to how Carrying contraband and the smuggler's pouch works.
Made some tweaks to working for the smugglers, with a bit of new content,
- Note: if you've currently got Smuggling/On a job set, your pick-up or drop-off location might have changed.
Street level advertising has had a little work.
Interstate has had a little more work.
Filled in some more "coming soon" text.
You can now split with Irene while she's livid with you.
You can no longer join a dojo lesson with a broken finger or concussion.
Arrange a shipment has had some work.
Pillow talk has had some work.
One new physical quirk.

There are some new outfit and clothing mechanics.
- Underwear, wearing a topcoat over other outerwear, and more.
New clothing items to buy.
There's a new slot for heavier equipment.
- Access to the crowbar as weapon now comes from this instead of the Weapons locker.

New artwork.
Made some performance improvements when in the changing room.

Fixed not being able to remove items from quick access.
Fixed some problems with gearing up your Projects murder squad.
Fixed the missing waist version of the multibag.
Fixed erroneously showing an obvious mutation sometimes.
Fixed some typos and other minor bugs. Thanks for the reports!

Put the Equipment & devices slot into the left hand area.

Fixed a problem with numerical formatting in some cases.
Fixed branches sometimes being doubled when opening a card.
Fixed some problems with the new Ear protectors.