POSTAL 4: No Regerts News

In this update we introduce the natural evolution of the cat silencer - The Cat grenade! Combine a cat with a grenade, target and NPC, and watch as kitty bolts it towards them, to then explode on impact.

Another nice improvement in this update is the NPC AI. In some areas (such as the main street at the start) NPC’s now go about their lives with more purpose rather than milling about aimlessly. For example, one might wander into the Laundromat, check on their washing, then sit down and check their phone while they wait, or maybe go and pass the time at the arcade. This system is in the early stages of implementation so not all areas have had this treatment yet, but we will improve upon it with each passing update as well as adding expanded actions and animations.

And finally, we have totally redone the roads around town to look better and have better collision with NPCS.

No major performance updates have been made in this update (other than inside the prison). A renewed push for that is coming soon, focusing on NPCs and dismemberment that will reduce the drawcalls by 70%.




The cat Grenade! Combine a cat with a grenade, target and NPC, and watch as kitty bolts it towards them to then explode on impact



A tickbox that should fix the muddy texture issue some users are having. It’s recommended you only tick this option if you are having the muddy textures issue. This removes the need to enter console commands

A slider to adjust the amount of motion blur. We’re leaving motion blur off by default because motion blur sucks :)

Added Road signs around town in an ongoing effort to make Edensin feel more like a real town

Uniforms for Arcade and Hotel workers





First pass of AI improvements and NPC routines

Improved roads

Population slider is now set to ‘Normal’ by default (The recommended setting)

Optimized the Penitentiary building

Updated Spurt’n’Squirt9000 textures to reflect ammo type with new art

Tweaked TP rifle animations

Improved lighting in Art Gallery

Implemented new Armor mesh; fits better on Dude’s body






Dismemberment on Civvie not working

Blood decals not showing on NPCs

Levels not being loaded in correctly when finishing the prison level and then loading an auto save

Shadow distance setting not saving

A bug where the Grenade pin pull animation wasn’t animating properly

Removed redundant capsule shadow setting

Toilet flush emitters not using correct rotation

Various mapping bugs that were reported on our forums

Shop Counter ‘Wiping’ animation loop

Third person stuttering when rotating the camera in third person

Dildo Bidet causing the game to crash

Crash that was happening on ALT-F4

The highly requested mini-map has now been implemented!



Note: You can adjust the mini-map transparency in 'Gameplay' settings!

Improved Art style

In an ongoing effort to improve the look of the game, we’ve given many of the assets an overhaul (notably, the terrain and rocks), and implemented subtle lines around world objects. We’ve also given the map screen a new coat of paint:



As you can see, we've also added various switches under 'Map Tools'. You'll be able to enable/disable the mini-map, errand and side-quest icons as well as the POI icons. Once we implement waypoint markers, you'll be able to switch them on and off too.

Rabbits! It’s Easter, after all. More wildlife will come in future updates

Toggle for silencing the game during focus loss (ALT+TAB)

New MikeJ’s Bidet store

Due to the current Pigeona virus crisis, Local Edensin Officials have supplied civilians with an unlimited supply of face mask

NPC Coughing animations

Third-person Kick animations

‘Shadow distance’ setting in Performance menu

A Vitamin X vender to the Circle J and a Pizza Vender to Pistolas e Tacos





Level design improvements to Skylift and Prison areas

Tweaked Walk up/down animations on NPCs so they look better walking up hills

Reduced the recoil when dual wielding weapons, mostly for the AK

Tightened the way the player’s speed is applied to a fluid trail to minimize the particle gap

Landscape overhaul (Added better looking cliff/rock models)

Improved Art Gallery building

Zap-zone loading screen is now less intrusive

Added new cat silencer attach sound effect

Improved AI navigation

Replaced Art Dealer frames with better models

Quality of Catnip effect texture

Improved performance in Penitentiary (Ongoing)

Updated phone notification texture

Optimized various sounds to be more efficient

Updated Overhead map texture

Spurt’n’Squirt will now be in Flamethrower mode by default

Blood splats will now fade away in 30 seconds

Tweaked Pistol/Revolver TP offset


Ongoing performance improvements:

Optimized NPC hair and boltons to use fewer draw calls

Improved performance in Police Station

Note: a bigger performance push is coming in an upcoming update that should see across the board improvements





Bug that was causing NPCs to freeze and not move until disturbed

Bug that was causing directional hurt indicator to not indicate correctly where the damage was coming from

An oversight where the left weapon when dual wielding is reversed

Left hand when dual wielding appearing in third person

Third person weapon offsets

Non-functional ladder in Scooter Store

Revolver getting stuck when fan firing with a cat silencer

NPCs stumbling / running out of breath too often

Broken Art Dealer painting in Anu’s Inn

Art Dealer paintings despawning

Ambient in Prison sounds not playing

Players sometimes spawning inside of terrain after loading to last checkpoint

Radio sometimes not playing the next song right away

Large variety of mapping bugs

Molotov fire not being able to be extinguished

Grenades not being removed when simply dropping them

Spurt’n’Squirt9000 not firing properly based on ammo types

Road texture leading to Prison

NPC walk animations going out of sync (Arms and legs)

Various crashes

Not being able to put out fires using the Urethra

Collision on a lot of assets

Radio not playing the next song in certain cases

NPC freezing in place

Taser leaving bullet holes on Bystanders

Dude hands not being attached correctly to Scooter handle in third person

NPC corpses causing audio spam with doors

Animations jittering

We here at Running With Scissors have been listening closely to the community input and suggestions during our ongoing development of POSTAL 4: No Regerts. In response to your requests, we have recently made the great decision to replace the sexy and dulcet tones of famed veteran voice actor Jon St. John with a new performer and true fan favorite in the role of the POSTAL Dude!

Coming soon, the POSTAL Dude in POSTAL 4 will now be voiced by Joe Exotic, star of the hit new Netflix sensation Tiger King, who has graciously offered his talent to be recorded live from federal prison! This voice change will also be retroactively applied to all previous POSTAL titles henceforth, including The-One-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named!

We hope you all will enjoy this groundbreaking new change to the POSTAL series on this fine day of April!

You wanted performance improvements? You have them! As promised, we put pretty much the entire team onto the task of optimization for a few weeks. This process is still ongoing, and future updates will improve things further, but for now, you should have a much more enjoyable experience with this update in the way of higher framerates and far less hitching.

Many new features and improvements, too!

Note: Older saves will not work with this new update. They will be marked as red and should be deleted. Future updates should not break older saves - this is a one off thing.

Bystander Deathcrawling: There are currently two ways they can get to it: by being lit on fire and left to burn out or by begging for their life and still being attacked

Deathcrawl-after-ragdoll: if a pawn is 20% health or less, or they were kicked with Vitamin X, they'll go into deathcrawl when they recover from being ragdolled

Stumble animation, when a pawn runs for a certain distance they will stumble and stop to catch their breath

Machete charging sound

New faces on more Male pawns

Third-person animations for GasCan, Urethra, Pigeon Mine, Grenade and Beggar Sign (also TP fixes - see fixed section for more details)

Proper controller support: Map screen navigation with gamepad analog, navigation for inventory tab of phone, tab switching on map screen and more!

New loading screen transition after Dude gets arrested

Load zones! Due to absolutely no demand, a feature form POSTAL 2 has made a return! They are far quicker with fewer of them compared to P2 though, so they probably need a rebranding… lets call them ‘ZAP ZONES’*

*ZAP ZONES are hopefully only a temporary solution to the level hitching issues in POSTAL 4 and we aim to reintroduce full level steaming in the future when we’re doing our final optimizations. We’re pretty sure you’ll agree the trade off is worth the results in the here and now.




Optimization improvements. We still have some way to go but you should see some notable improvements to the frame rate in some of the worst areas, and the hitching/stuttering that randomly happened has been mostly eliminated

Scooter’s hill climbing capabilities and handling

Improved sidewalk transition near the Job Agency

Audio quality of radio songs

Increased the top speed of the Scooter slightly

Made improvements to the IK system - NPCs will now walk up stairs/hills/steep sidewalks more naturally

Gap between neck spout particle and NPC’s neck

Replaced more placeholder textures

Text/Event messages for things like pickups will now be combined, not duplicated, when multiple items are collected at once

Weapon wheel can now switch weapons and ammo types simultaneously

Replaced certain foliage meshes with better looking/optimized versions

Reduced the self hit pitch for all of our fluid weapons, meaning it’s never been easier to piss yourself out when on fire!

Adjusted window opacity settings




Broken 'Controls Binding' menu

Broken 'Post Process' and 'AA' method scrollboxes

Broken motion blur setting

Cat petting state transition not factoring the slowdown from Catnip

Weapon flicker when changing weapons while under Catnip

NPCs not reacting correctly to Dude carrying dismembered body parts

Certain sound effects not respecting Audio slider settings

Various assets that didn’t have a texture assigned

Not being able to explode Civvie’s noggin or dismember him

Flamethrower sound effect not looping correctly

Third-person camera going through walls

Third-person melee animations playing on the whole body as opposed to just the upper body

Erroneous “Save Exists” prompt when saving

Issue with the Save Menu where you couldn’t save over old slots

Customers not looking at the cashier

Generic paintings appearing behind Shady Art Dealer paintings

Couple terrain dips for better NPC navigation

Word wrapping/formatting issues with Firefighter side-errand

Controller issues in the various game menus

Ton of mapping bugs that were reported on our Janky community forums (p4isjanky.com)

Long pause that was that was happening in the Main Menu when you opened the game

NPCs sometimes being able to fire weapons without limbs

Having to mash 'Spacebar' multiple times to skip cinematics

NPCs getting stuck in continuous loop after being hit with SnS9000 Urine

Dude’s ERC Tower remark replaying after going back to starting area

Dude switching to last weapon used after holstering Urethra weapon

NPCs belonging to the same faction turning on each other when receiving damage (Police)

Art Dealer head/eyes not tracking player correctly

Pickup sounds for Dogs and Cats

Dude icon not showing on Map Screen

Cell Door sound playing when Police Station level loads