POSTAL 4: No Regerts News

Hey guys!

It’s time we touched base and updated you with what’s going on behind the scenes and what you can expect from future updates. What we won’t be discussing here is the future story or errand content as we feel it’s nice to keep some things as a surprise. We’re also going to hold back on talking about anything we have planned but not yet started, as we’d hate to promise features that end up needing to be cut for whatever reason - but it’s fair to say this list is not fully inclusive of what is coming for the final product. With all that said, here is what you can expect before or on the release of build 1.0!

New NPC models!

Work on new characters has begun in earnest. Not only will they be vastly more performant than they currently are, allowing more on screen at any given time, they will also look a lot better and more stylized. We are also updating the dismemberment system to not only look better, but also perform better, meaning your rampaging will not hammer your FPS as hard as it currently does.





Improved vomit!

We heard you - the neon glowing orange of NPC puke needed addressing, so address it we have! Our associate producer personally took the matter into his own hands and we now bring you sickeningly chunky chunder. Eww..



NPCs on Scooters!

NPC’s will hop onto scooters and bomb around town, mowing down anyone that dares to get in their way (future updates will have NPCs better avoid oncoming scooters, but hey it’s pretty funny as is). They’ll even steal your scooter if you’re not careful!





New weapons!

We have quite a few new weapons planned, but two that we have started work on are the Sniper Rifle and The Rattler.











Rides!

You didn’t think we’d build a theme park themed around genitalia and not allow you to enjoy the rides did you?

Get soaking wet on the Splash Gash! Test your forearm strength on the circumciser! Penetrate deep into the Womb Coaster! Get thrusted up and down on the G-Spotter! Experience the joys of implanting yourself in an anatomically accurate uterus* on the Uter-tilt! Squirt into the Douche Nozzle!

*Sort of













Subtitles!

We’re in the process of implementing a subtitle system. The first roll out will be in English to benefit those that are hard of hearing, and once the final dialogue has been recorded we’ll start adding commonly spoken languages. After that, we’ll do what we did for P2 and enlist the communities help to include as many languages as we possibly can.



New areas and level design improvements!

The Thursday update will see most if not all of the areas of the game open to explore, and then our level design team will turn to fleshing out and improving areas already in the game. We plan to have most buildings accessible in some way.





Waypoint system!

Getting lost frequently? Hate the idea of making your own decisions on which route to take? Love seeing dots on a mini map? My friend, we have you covered with the new waypoint system!





Better boss fights (and overall better combat AI)!

Right now there are two boss encounters, but they are little more than normal NPCs with more health and slightly buffed weapons. We are in the process of giving each character some bespoke attacks.
The fundamentals of all combat AI is also being worked on and improved.

Random encounters!

There will be many random encounters with NPCs where they will task you with minor things in exchange for some sort of reward, which will help in making exploring the open world we’ve built that much more interesting.

Playable arcades!

We’re planning some interactable games and also full on playable mini-games even outside of Kunny Island. There will be at least one fully playable arcade mini-game at launch.

Twitch integration!

Just a bit of fun for content creators and their communities. Those watching the stream will be able to fuck with the game in various amusing ways: They can choose to either help or hinder their progress by speeding them up, slowing them down, make them jump constantly, invert their movement and look controls, grant an instakill golden gun, and much more.

Below you can see just some of the many modifiers we've implemented:













Thank you for your continued support,

Running With Scissors

Hello, POSTAL people of all persuasions!

As promised in our last developers update, performance has been improved across the board on most PC configurations, ranging from 5 to 20 fps depending on your set up or area of the game you’re in. We’ll continue to work on performance, and things will keep improving with each passing update from here on out.

In the weapons department, we’ve added a new rapid firing pistol, and changed the Fournicator’s model to look more suitably powerful. We’ve also tweaked some of the core weapon mechanics based on feedback, such as increasing the reload speed on some weapons and decreasing the time it takes to switch between weapons.

Work on improving the cinematics and general presentation continues, and we’ve fixed a ton of bugs (as well as probably introducing a load more!).

While we have left the ability to load old saves and resume your game, it may cause you some issues - so starting a new game is advised.

Finally, what you’re seeing here is only a small amount of the work that’s been done since the last update - Thursday is in fall swing behind the scenes!

Thank you for your continued support!

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P350. A fast-firing, lightweight alternative to the Deagle / Revolver has been added to the arsenal. It fires as quickly as you can hit the trigger. Fun!



Safety respawn nets to new tiles

New ‘New Game’ menu art



Implemented fluid ribbon collision (Fluids will no longer go through things such as glass. Instead, they’ll collide with them)

Scooter POI icons to all Scooter spawns

Monitor selection slider

‘Back’ button to Fashion Funwear Menu

Warning note for old saves in Save / Load menu





Reworked and improved the Fournicator model



Added a better Pizza slice pickup model

Improved the Prison Riot cutscene

End-of-day movies should now freeze gameplay during the movie

Improved appearance of the Tazer particle

Made improvements to Carter Cruise’s model

Tweaked Save/Load menu to make it more intuitive to use

Improved Kunny Island cinematics

Set dressing in Affluent tile houses

Ensured Petitions, Ticket Device etc. are always equipped instead if bare hands come up

Disabled interactions while riding Scooter

Changed how calling out/spotting a known enemy is triggered to just be based on line of sight

Improved flesh impact sounds

Improved interiors in Mexico side

Player cosmetics will now apply to cutscenes

Adjusted / Set up interest points in Riverside tile

Baton’s modes are now switched using the Weapon Wheel ammo section. Updated the weapon hint on the Baton to reflect the new mode switching

Replaced Job Agency in Affluent tile with overturned truck office

Updated Dude’s cosmetic icons

Buffed the amount of ammo from dropped Ingrams, M16s and AKs

Reduced the spread of the Shotgun and The Fournicator (to improve the range)

Increases the reload speed for the Pistol, AK and M16

Arms and Weapons now have their blood and poo masks cleaned when switching cosmetics

Improved reverb in various levels

Tweaked the FirstPerson foot for Sexy Outfit and Classic Trenchcoat

Decreased average weapon switching time from 1.2 seconds to 0.6 seconds

Replaced generic Catnip / Dog Treats pickups in Animal Catcher shack





Fixed the poo pile’s texture not melting when damaged by Vitamin X pee

Dude’s foot disappearing when kicking with a cosmetic applied

Extremely slow “initial equip time” for the Bidet Petition

Police crash with Spray Paint

Tinklage (and others) forgetting about the player when going into ragdoll

More crashes that were reported on our forums

Save games not remembering Dude Eye count

AI combat when player is on the Scooter

Softlock when exiting Kunny Island after killing both bosses AND destroying the power boxes

Numerous mapping bugs

Fashion Funwear map icon

Hose not disconnecting when Player is arrested

Collision on the fire hydrants

Removed lag when bringing up Phone

Ensured Animal Catcher errand can’t activate after Monday

'Sent to Jail’ loading sequence when arrested outside of the Prison tile

Lopsided camera after respawning when doing the mexi cleaner errand

Missing "Respond to Champ hint" dialog

Animal Catcher door reappearing under certain circumstances

Wanted Meter getting stuck and the player never being able to ditch the cop

Unhandled or improperly handled boss cutscene scenarios (Killed both bosses and destroyed all power boxes, killed one boss and bribed the other, reloading game after bribing one or both bosses)

Sewer transition auto-save

Bosses going back to their original interest points after killing the player

One of the cars in Kunny Island parking lot not exploding

Reduced the impact sound clutter from Melee weapons

Baton’s collapsing animation not playing properly

Spray Paint leaving bullet holes on bodies…

Police interaction with Beggar Sign

Piss not colliding with Fire Hydrants

Broken Art Dealer paintings

Bug where melee swings weren’t cancelled by sprinting

Certain weapon textures appearing broken on NPCs

Kunny and Carter Cruise not getting up properly after getting ragdolled

Gasoline puddles not being created on most surfaces

Dude dialog not playing after completing Bidet Petitioner and Install Bidets errand

POSTAL 4 is going up in price on March 1st at 10am PST. Get the game now while it's cheap!

RWS Store

Hey POSTAL Dudes and Dudettes!

Real quick - we just wanted to let you know we are preparing an update which will increase the base frame rate pretty substantially for many of you; on some configurations we’re seeing as much as 15 - 20 fps improvements in the worst affected areas. Things will continue to improve as the project progresses as we’ve learned a great deal the past month about where best to focus our efforts. In fact, the project lead himself has been assigned to the investigation and fine tuning, as a punishment for letting things stay this bad for so long. Fuck that guy.

For now, things can still get a bit gnarly when you guys and gals start going on rampages, but we’ll turn our efforts to optimizing dismemberment, fire and other effects in the near future too.

No one with a fairly decent gaming rig should have to suffer the indignity of sub 60 FPS gaming, so thanks for hanging in there while we get our shit together!

Love you all x

Running with Scissors Team

Here it is! Hump day, or ‘Wednes-Bidet’, if you prefer. Lots of new features, areas to explore, Errands, and of course, jank! We’ll be following this update up with some more in the coming days and weeks to include a few things that didn’t quite make the cut. For now, feast your eyes on what’s coming down your Steam pipes right now, and we hope you enjoy your visit to Kunny Island. Don’t be sad you can’t ride the roller coaster - you’ll be able to shortly!

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New errands!

Install Bidets

Errand description:

On Wednesday, Mayor Mike J tells the Dude that the next wave of enlightenment in his town will be spreading the word of the bidet, and there’s no better way to convert others than by forcing it on them! Mike sends the Dude to install bidets into the compound of his bitter rivals, the Wipe Militant cult, believers of the toilet paper. Naturally, they’ll be none too pleased at the Dude’s actions, but it so happens that the Wipe Militant also happen to be in conflict with the local Anal Hygiene Matters protest movement. Maybe the Dude can leverage this animosity to lighten the hostilities on himself. Bidets must be installed into the number of toilets scattered around the building, but in the process of doing so, the Dude will eventually run into the central throne room and confront Tinklage, the diminutive Wipe King himself who acts as a mini-boss.

Kunny Island Opening Crasher

Errand description:

On Wednesday, Mayor Mike J informs the Dude that Krotchy Co. is expanding its brand, and the brand new Kunny Island family entertainment park is having its grand opening in town with Kunny herself appearing in person to educate the children (but mainly just the creepy old men who show up) about the wonders of the female body. Mike is none too pleased at this development as he had been eyeing this swamp land for his third mansion. He tells the Dude to head deep into Kunny’s land and crash its opening.

Mexi-Cleaner

Errand description:

On Wednesday, Mayor Mike J informs the Dude that there’s been a massive backup in the town’s sewage system due to the careless overuse of toilet paper, wipes, and other disposables that the proper use of bidets would have alleviated. This backup has unfortunately erupted south of the border within the Mexican side of the town, leading to American sewage bursting out of the streets’ gutters and central fountain.

To delicately handle this sensitive diplomatic situation between the two countries, the Dude has been sent with a hose to clean up the giant piles of human waste spread around the Mexico Town Circle. Sounds simple enough. After all, surely there’s no armed group who’d want to commandeer all this human waste for their own profit, right?

Bidet Petitioner

Errand description:

On Wednesday, Mayor Mike J declares his intent to enforce his planned bidet empire with a hefty dose of political pressure. He takes the first step for any reasonable revolution: a petition! That is, a call for “A Bidet In Every American Home!” Petition in hand, he sends the Dude out into the town to collect nearly a dozen names of support. However, the Dude finds petitioning skills may have become a bit rusty in the last 17 years as he can’t collect even one John Hancock. He’ll have to take some drastic measures, but will it be by force, or by sex appeal?

New factions!



The Wipe Militants

A simultaneously feudal-like and fascistic cult that believes the only thing that should come into contact with man’s rear end is the gentle touch of a dead tree. As such, they consider bidet-believers such as Mike J to be heathens. They operate a compound that the Dude visits in his Mission to install bidets.

Anal Hygiene Matters (AHM)

Shit Banditos

Operatives of a heartless taco-based American fast food megacorporation, the Shit Banditos have been sent to commandeer all of the surplus human waste flooding the Mexico to serve as the filling in their famed “Taco Surprise” meals. Unfortunately for them, Mayor Mike J is adamant this human waste belongs to the town, so unfortunately for the Banditos, you’ll have to clean it up before they succeed in their dastardly intentions. Unfortunately for you, they’re armed and ready to fight for it.

New locations!

Industrial
Overview:

The “Industrial Tile” is located in the south-eastern part of town. This tile is part of the Affluent/Industrial District where a combination of the town’s elite and wealthiest live and heavy industry buildings. In other words, picture large, lavish, and upscale homes placed alongside warehouses and factories. The centrepiece of this tile is the Indoor Sports Arena which hosts events to record breaking non-attendance.

The Affluent/Industrial zone features the “green belt” theme. Unlike its dusty and rocky neighbours to the west and north, this area is host to a great deal of green and grassy foliage. Not an outright forest, mind you, but clearly a lush and lavish contrast to the rest of the town, it being a near oasis in the literal desert.





Affluent

Overview:

The “Affluent Tile” is located in the central easternmost part of town. This tile is part of the Affluent/Industrial District where a combination of the town’s elite and wealthiest live and heavy industry buildings. In other words, picture large, lavish, and upscale homes placed alongside warehouses and factories. The main draw is the Mike J’s Mayoral Estate which sits proudly at the top of the hill:

Mayoral Estate – The grand mansion that’s home to the Mayor Mike J and his delights, namely lots of bidets. Imagine Tony Montana’s mansion at the end of Scarface but with much greater emphasis on anus cleanliness.





Kunny Island

Overview:

An outdoor family entertainment centre akin to a particularly large Chuck E. Cheese establishment with some Disney overtones but with a much larger focus on the female genitalia. Lots of suggestive imagery blended into the attractions. Despite the seeming aim at a young audience, there’s nary a youngster in sight. The main attendees are particularly creepy men.



Quicksave (F5) and Quickload (F9)

"End Day Now" map screen button for Call It a Day (You no longer need to hike it back across town to end the day)

Enter / Exit camera transition for the Scooter as well as ‘Get in’ / ‘Get out’ animations

More interest points for NPCs

Dude cosmetic changes: At fashion stores, such as the errand-specific Phil’s/Lil’s Fashion Funwear, the player can buy clothing items which change their model. Currently, players will only be able to obtain two new outfits, Sexy outfit and Classic Trenchcoat outfit - that’s right, the much requested Trenchcoat get up from POSTAL 2 is now available!



First-Person Weapons and Arms gettin’ dirty! - Blood and Dirt masks. A very cool visual feature which allows for our weapons and Dude’s arms to get splattered with various liquids and dirt such as blood and poo depending on what the player is doing. For ex. Damaging an NPC will splatter blood on the arms as well as the weapon that’s currently equipped. The blood will eventually fade (You can also clean yourself by aiming up with the Hose or Super Soaker!)



Scooter Station markers on the map

Two firing modes for The Fournicator: Primary fires one shell at a time, and the Alternate fires all the remaining shells. Implemented the remaining Super Shotgun reload animations as well

Rusty Trombone bar in place of the old building in the Residential tile (Next to Book store)

‘SSGI’ option to ‘Performance’ settings

Implemented assets for Patience and Rebel AI attributes. If you flip off a bystander enough they'll tell you to go fuck yourself

Rolling fluids! All fluids that are in the game will now dynamically roll down various surfaces. This was also a feature in POSTAL 2, but we’ve made lots of improvements to the P4 version in order to make them look more natural and just generally nicer. Added ‘Flow Quality’ settings to the performance menu







Interactable rides! You will be able to interact with various rides in the Kunny Island. In the current Wednesday release, only one ride will be interactable with the second coming shrotly after. We plan on expanding this number greatly in future updates

The Mop! Similar in utility to the Shovel and reminiscent of the tool in Viscera Cleanup Detail, the Mop’s weaker damage output is offset by its quicker attacks and ability to more reliably stun enemies, the Dude using it like a kendo stick. It can also be used to clean up liquid decals such as spilled blood, vomit, etc., this function being used in a Mission

Vitamin X ability: Alt fire spins the mop, deflecting bullets like a shield







Further level design improvements to Ghost Town level

Level design improvements around Mexican town

Improved performance of NPCs

Added more ambient sounds across levels

Replaced placeholder Fast Travel board with a new model

Tweaked Save/Load menu to make it more intuitive to use

Updated sounds in the Sewers

Improved interiors of buildings in Commercial tile

Melee enemies will now properly retreat to cover spots when available

Adjusted bullet impacts, and updated them so they are louder

Savegame improvements:

• Remember the currently equipped inventory item
  
• Remember the last equipped weapon, even if holstered
  
• Remember view direction and angle of where the player is looking when they save
  
• Remember current states (mag count/ammo types/whatever) of current weapons
  
• Wanted time now saves in save game
  

Enemies attacking in melee will now only engage in pairs, with the rest hanging back in cover

Disabled Catnip, Vitamin X and Energy Drink effects during cutscenes

AI with melee weapons shouldn't attack the air anymore

Improved doors and NPC's raising their hands when opening them

Updated audio in Tag Turf cutscene

Cops are now treated as a special case for combat warnings and other alerts. If not engaging in combat, they will go over to investigate the warning as if somebody had ratted out to them

Adjusted sounds in MikeJ’s Bidets store

Added random variance to AI burst fire duration

AK and M16 should now use the proper third person idle animations

The scooter will now pause when you hit a cutscene trigger

Improved facial animations for cutscenes

Increased the size of the drawing brush on Billboards

Map screen errand reveal now starts where the player is




More mapping bugs

Terminals saving / loading issues in Police Station

Added failsafe for Cat Dude errands marking off before Cat mode activates

Fixed FOV menu, added 3rd person FOV for walking and driving

Numerous crashes

Cops not responding to you putting your weapon away. They will now be able to tell even without line of sight

AI spawning with empty mags instead of full

Fringe case in the AI where a cop could get stuck without line of sight and cause the wanted level to never go down

Various broken doors in levels

Bug where the alt fire dropped Molotov would explode on impact instead of settling on the ground

Duplicate Dude visible in Police Station cinematic

Spike cutscene

The Fournicator shells not spinning when using the Catnip reload

Missing map screen dialogue from Fire Fighter errand

Collision on a bunch of assets such as gates, railings, etc

Multiple autosaves not working at all (Old autosaves will get renamed)

"Border Outline" option not sticking properly

Awkward pause at the start of Bellow cutscene on Monday

NPCs shooting at non-humans and missing wildly

Incorrect rotation of Dude map marker in Phone when riding Scooter

Mouse Sensitivity not working correctly

Scooters popping in close to Player

Issues with vomit footprints

Dual wielding weapons unloaded with '0' magazine count

Cat Dude glasses not using correct texture

Inmates getting stuck in their cells in the Prison map

Interactable prompt appearing on Parking Meters