The Beta for The Traffic Management Update is starting on May 31!
[h3]Fellow officers,[/h3] Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is growing further and further each month – and after experiencing all the heights, it's now time to go back to the ground, straight to the streets of Brighton.
Welcome to The Traffic Management Update, coming to you in beta on May 31 – with the full update launching on June 28!
[h2]Get control over Traffic and NPCs![/h2]
As a patrol officer of the Brighton Police Department, one of the most important parts of your everyday shift concerns the safety of each driver and pedestrian.
Our arsenal chefs have worked tirelessly to stack up your equipment to ensure your success in fulfilling this duty. Now, we can present the fruits of their labor: We're pleased to announce that you can now find cones and barriers inside your trunk, helping you to close off and secure accident sites, entire streets or individual lanes!
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
[h2]Just the right signals[/h2]
Physical barriers are fine - but why not issue verbal & gestural commands as well? With The Traffic Management Update, you receive a variety of options to use your magical hands!
You can now order...
- NPCs to stop and wait
- NPCs to walk to a different location and wait there
- NPCs to not use the sidewalk at all
- NPCs to turn around and use a different route
- NPVs to wait
- NPVs to turn around and use a different route
[h2]The Sound of Sirens[/h2]
With The Holding Cells Update, we've introduced our very first modding options - and wow, your creations are absolutely amazing! My entire hard drive has been flooded with your mods as I've downloaded and installed every single one of them.
Those of you who hoped for even more ways to mod the game, I got some good news for you! ELS Modding is now finally available and we've made it highly customizable.
First: You can adjust the ELS for both sirens and blipping. Second: You can adjust ALL lights on all patrol cars, including their frequency, color, and brightness. Third: You can also change the sounds.
By the way, you can already start working on your ELS mods! We've released a comprehensive guide and updated the official mod kit to get you started:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808924041
[h2]Huge AI Improvements[/h2]
Together with the new traffic control features, we're also shipping a bunch of AI improvements. NPVs will now react a lot smarter to sirens, they approach intersections better, their lane switching behavior is more advanced – and NPCs behave more believable near patrol vehicles.
In addition, you can now customize the spawn/despawn radius of NPVs and NPCs as well as the general density of traffic and pedestrians.
[h2]Bug fixes, performance improvements & other new features[/h2]
Once again, the team put a huge focus on fixing a bunch of longstanding bugs and bringing the game up to an even higher standard (the sky is the limit!).
We also resolved a bunch of crashes, improved performance plus framerates across the board... and fleeing has become an arrest reason!
[h2]What else?[/h2]
That's it for now! Please look forward to the start of the beta next week (NEXT WEEK, YES, NEXT WEEK!) and share your thoughts with us in the comments down below :)
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