Police Simulator: Patrol Officers News

[h3]Fellow officers,[/h3]
today we're shipping an update focusing on issues that came up with the recent Tackling Update. Thank you all so much for your feedback and please keep it coming so that we can ship further improvements!

Have a look at the full changelog here:

[h2]Changelog - Update 12.2.1[/h2]

Gameplay

• Fixed being able to spam calling and cancelling tow trucks
  
• Fixed an issue with underglow lights being on visually but not actually activated, causing fines to be invalid
  
• Fixed an issue with greeting back NPCs not being possible
  
• Fixed an issue with tackling sometimes not working properly
  

UI

• Fixed missing Multiplayer Data Privacy Agreement Pop-Up
  
• Fixed a faulty option to cancel the call of a tow truck
  

Sound

• Fixed dialogues for cancelling EMS not appearing
  

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that happens after rejoining a previous multiplayer session
  
• Fixed a crash that happens after trying to exit the patrol car in multiplayer
  

Your Police Simulator Team

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[h3]Officers! Action is awaiting you! 🔥 [/h3]

Put your skills into action and capture fleeing suspects: The Tackling Update has been released for Police Simulator: Patrol Officers across all platforms!

This update primarily focuses on the new tackling feature, the new minimap for foot patrols and quality-of-life improvements to enhance your overall gaming experience! Let's have a look at the details:

[h2]The suspect is getting away![/h2]

Make a choice! The new action-packed feature introduces another option for catching a fleeing suspect, offering increased versatility and autonomy in these situations. Tackling presents a more challenging alternative to tasing a suspect, infusing a fresh sense of interaction into the gameplay.

Training is key! When an officer may need to resort to physical force, proper training and experience are required. Police tackling a fleeing criminal is a highly perilous und critical situation that demands careful handling, considering the unique nature of each individual incident.



How to take action? To tackle a fleeing suspect, you will be prompted with a button while running and when in close proximity to the suspect. Use this button prompt to forcefully bring the target to the ground and restrain them with handcuffs before they have a chance to escape! It is crucial for the safety of both involved parties and their environment to select an area with sufficient room and only approach the individual from either behind or from the side.

[h2]Minimap on foot patrol 🗺️[/h2]

You're getting lost easily? We got you covered, introducing the minimap on foot patrol! With this new feature, you will be able to effortlessly navigate your surroundings, locate destinations and move around with enhanced efficiency and intuitive ease!

[h2]Quality improvements[/h2]

In order to enhance your overall playing experience of the game, we have implemented a multitude of bug fixes and improvements! These include the removal of the sun glare screen, the rectification of unreasonable CP loss, the fixing of unpleasant flashing lights within the precinct at the start of the game and the resolution of an issue that provided incorrect feedback regarding illegal item intuition.

Take a look at the official changelog at the end of this post for a full overview!

Rest assured, we are continuously working on further improvements to enrich your life as a patrol officer!

Watch the Release Trailer for the Tackling Update here:
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[h2]Now available: The newest generation of vehicles 🚔[/h2]

We're happy to release two new vehicle DLCs! Explore the exciting features of both to keep Brighton safe and sound:

[h3]The Guardian Police Vehicle [GPV][/h3]


A spacious and practical choice for a great police officer.

This new innovation vehicle allows you to personally transport up to 6 arrested criminals to the police station. Earn +10 SP for each prisoner you successfully transported and locked in their cells, with the reward doubled when delivering 6 criminals simultaneously.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210960/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Guardian_Police_Vehicle_DLC

[h3]The Surveillance Police Vehicle [SPV][/h3]


A versatile choice to support you at observing the streets of Brighton!

Presenting a state-of-the-art additon to the police vehicle force that revolutionizes the detection of violations. By closely following a suspicious target vehicle, the SPV provides intuition feedback to the driver. Operating similar to pacing, it fills a colored bar in the same position. Once a violation is detected, you can pull over the target vehicle and conduct a complete investigation of the suspect.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2527820/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Surveillance_Police_Vehicle_DLC

The GPV and the SPV are purchasable each at a small price of 2,99€ / $2,99 USD or the equivalent in your region.

[h2]Modding Support for both vehicles!🖌️[/h2]

Personal creations thrill you? Then this is for you!

Modding is supported for both the GPV and the SPV and gives you the ability to create your own customizations for the vehicles! Personalise your police vehicles now and share your modifications with us and the rest of the community! We are eager to see what you have already created for the new vehicles, since the modding kit was updated on the day of the update announcement!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2778896763

[h2]Are you ready for more details? [/h2]

Momentarily, our primary focus is on delivering quality improvements and resolving bugs, which is why we have made the decision to move first aid to update 13. This allows us to assign more resources towards addressing current issues and ensuring more bug fixes in the upcoming months.

But for now, let's take a good look at the official changelog of this update:

New Features

• Added an option to tackle fleeing NPCs
  
• Added a minimap to foot patrol
  
• Introducing the new Surveillance Police Vehicle (SPV), now available as an optional DLC
  
• Introducing the new Guardian Police Vehicle (GPV), now available as an optional DLC
  
• Introducing Modding Support for the SPV and GPV
  

Callouts

• Adjusted the Transport Arrestee Callout to become an Emergency Callout, now allowing the use of sirens
  

UI

• Adjusted wording for Drug Dealer Callouts
  

Crash Fixes

• Fixed a crash that occurred within a drug dealer callout
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after declining a drug dealer callout
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after placing a tool and switching to a different car
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after entering the garage and switching to a different car
  
• Fixed a crash that was related to crime scene evidence
  

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[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that caused Traffic Stops to be generated in a wrong way
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Traffic Stop callouts to be proposed to a player when no parking spot is available on that street, resulting in a non-working callout
  
• Fixed an issue that caused unjustified CP Loss for towing illegaly parked cars with the MPV on sidewalks
  
• Fixed an issue that caused unjustified CP Loss for a drug dealing charge
  
• Fixed an issue that caused placed items to disappear when going too far away and not teleport back into the trunk
  
• Fixed illegal item intuition being triggered when none exist
  
• Added Injury as a reason to finish the Wanted NPC Callout
  
• Fixed an issue with Traffic Stop callouts being proposed even if no parking spots are found resulting in a broken callout scenario
  
• Fixed an issue with drug dealers not running away when being observed drug dealing
  
• Fixed an issue with passive emergency callouts not amounting to emergency callouts
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue that caused everything to be much brighter for the host as soon as the client joined the precinct
  
• Fixed missing icons and labels on the maps for the client
  
• Fixed an issue that enabled the MPV to tow a car that is being towed by a tow truck at the very same time in multiplayer
  
• Fixed an issue with players owning different kinds of DLC
  
• Fixed an issue with clients not being able to use the garage
  

Patrol Car / Traffic Car

• Fixed a bunch of cases where the player will be launched into the air while driving their patrol car
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the lightbar on top of patrol car vehicles to appear invisible
  
• Fixed additional cases causing taxis to leave behind appendages
  
• Fixed an issue that let parked cars near crime scenes block access to multiple areas
  
• Fixed an issue that caused NPVs to quickly change direction, potentially causing accidents with the player
  
• Fixed an issue that turned underglow lights on after fining
  

Graphics

• Removed the sun glare screen after lots and lots of feedback
  
• Fixed the really bad flashing lights inside the precinct when starting the game
  
• Fixed some other lighting issues within the precinct
  

Game World

• Fixed a floating plant box near the bakery in Brianna (thanks, Beaver)
  
• Adjusted the collision of securing tapes at crime scenes
  
• Fixed an issue with crime scene evidence being placed in areas where you can not photograph them
  

UI

• Fixed an issue that showed wrong illegal item intuition feedback
  
• Fixed the description of the MPV and the UTV when they have been unlocked
  
• Fixed an issue with no text being visible in key bindings for computer group
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/997010/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers/

[h3]We hope you love the update!✨[/h3]

Your Police Simulator Team

[h3]Officers! It’s time for action! 🔥[/h3]

Get your body into action and stop that fleeing suspect: The Tackling Update is coming on December 5th, 2023, to Police Simulator: Patrol Officers across all platforms!
With this update, we focus mainly on tackling, a minimap on foot patrol and quality-of-life improvements to overall enhance your playing experience. Let's jump into it!

[h2]Officer, the suspect is fleeing![/h2]

Tase or tackle? With the new tackling option, catching a fleeing suspect becomes way more versatile due to different options in handling the situation. The feature presents a more challenging way to interact with NPCs, bringing you closer to the action!

Let's get to training! Police tackling a fleeing criminal is a critical and dangerous situation that requires a well-trained and experienced police officer! Every situation is different and must be handled cautiously, particularly when an officer may need to resort to physical force.

Call to action! To tackle a suspect, start running, get in close range with the fleeing person and in line of sight to get a button prompt. Use the button to tackle the target to the ground and handcuff them before they escape! Due to safety reasons, an officer is only allowed to tackle a person from behind or from the side, which will also detain them automatically. Make sure to always choose a place with enough space to be able to safely tackle a criminal!

[h2]Minimap on foot patrol[/h2]


Getting lost easily? We got you, with the new minimap on foot patrol! With this new feature, you will be able to easily find places and get around more efficiently and intuitively!

[h2]Quality improvements[/h2]

To improve your overall playing experience in the game, we made numerous improvements and fixes! Among others we have removed the sun glare screen, have rectified unreasonable CP loss, fixed the unpleasant flashing lights inside the precinct when starting the game and fixed an issue that showed wrong illegal item intuition feedback!
Of course, we’re always working on further improvements to enhance your life as a patrol officer!

[h2]Introducing: The newest generation of vehicles 🚔[/h2]

We're happy to announce two new DLCs! Explore the amazing advantages of both to keep Brighton safe and sound:

[h3]The Guardian Police Vehicle (GPV)[/h3]


A spacious and handy choice for a great police officer!
With this new generation vehicle, you will be able to transport up to 6 arrested criminals and drive them to the police station yourself! Earn +10 SP for each prisoner you successfully transported and put in their cells, with the reward doubled when transporting 6 prisoners simultaneously.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210960/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Guardian_Police_Vehicle_DLC

[h3]The Surveillance Police Vehicle (SPV)[/h3]


A versatile choice to support you at observing the streets of Brighton!
This cutting-edge addition to the police vehicle force will detect violations by simply following a suspicious target vehicle and giving its driver intuition feedback. It works similar to pacing and fills another colored bar in the same position. When a violation is uncovered, you can pull over the target vehicle and further investigate the suspect.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2527820/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Surveillance_Police_Vehicle_DLC
The GPV and the SPV will both be released on December 5th, 2023 alongside the update, each at a small price of 2,99€ / $2,99 USD or the equivalent in your region.

[h2]Modding Support for both vehicles, starting today! 🖌️[/h2]

You love your own style? Then this is for you!
Modding is supported for both the GPV and the SPV and gives you the ability to create your own customizations for the vehicles! The modding kit is already updated today, so you can dive into the work with a heads-up!

Create your very own look and impress us with your creativity!

[h2]Hang in there for more news![/h2]

With The Tackling Update, we will also publish the full patch notes, so you can see the full extent of the improvements.

Once again, there will be content creators receiving full access to the update prior to the release date while it is still in submission for the public release. Their ability to showcase might give you a chance to take a sneak peek at the content, so stay tuned!

At the moment, we want to focus on quality improvements and bug fixes and have therefore moved first aid to update 13 while ensuring more bug fixes now and in the upcoming months.

We hope you’re excited about the new features and improvements coming on December 5th! Thank you so much for your support!

Your Police Simulator Team

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Have fun✨,

Your Police Simulator Team

[h3]Fellow officers,[/h3]
today we're shipping an update focusing on issues that came up with the recent Crime Scene Update. Thank you all so much for your feedback and please keep it coming so that we can ship further improvements!

Have a look at the full changelog here:

[h2]Changelog - Update 11.3.0[/h2]

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that caused players to be in a shift where no callouts appear
  
• Moved some crime scene evidence that caused photographing them to not be possible
  
• Fixed CP Loss for towing illegally parked cars with the MPV on sidewalks
  

NPCs

• Added collision checks for poles so that NPCs won't walk into a crime scene anymore
  

Traffic Cars

• Fixed an issue with taxis leaving behind appendages (there are still some edge cases where this might happen, we're working on those as well)
  

UI

• Fixed the display of a 'carnapping' icon which is not yet intended to be in the game (*wink wink*)
  

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred after placing a tool
  
• Fixed a crash related to drug dealer callouts
  
• Fixed some other miscellaneous crashes
  

Your Police Simulator Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/997010

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2513250/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Multipurpose_Police_Vehicle_DLC/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2009550/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Urban_Terrain_Vehicle_DLC/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2199030/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Compact_Police_Vehicle_DLC/