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It’s update time! We’re still hard at work on Wednesday content for a future update, but in the meantime, here are many of the new features we promised you in the last developer update!

The scooter no longer sucks! Not only can it handle rough terrain better, it will also go up and down curbs like a boss. Furthermore, it will no longer flip over for little or no reason, making it a joy to bumble around on. But the awesomeness does not end there! As you can now live out your wildest mobility scooter drive-by fantasies, because It’s now possible to use one handed weapons while operating the scooter. While we were there, we also improved the model and sound effects as well as adding more colour variations. You’re welcome!

We’ve had many requests to bring back the sawn-off shotgun that was included in a POSTAL 2 update back in 2013. Well, we decided to go one better - Introducing The FOURNICATOR quad-barrel shotgun!

Our ongoing mission to improve the in-game cinematics continues, and this update brings a massive improvement to the Prison Guard intro cinematic.

We had a lot of feedback that people are not too keen on how we have the weapons grouped together currently with the quick selection keys, so we’ve added the option for you guys to customize what weapons are under which numerical keyboard key on the keyboard.

We’ve included two new features that are not yet finished but are still in a good enough place to showcase. Fluids now roll down hills and slopes, and you can expect visual improvements here in a future update. We’ve added a new emote wheel, which you can activate with Alt Fire when you are not currently holding a weapon. We plan to expand on this with more dialogue and better NPC reactions in a future update.

And naturally, we’ve fixed up a lot of bugs and crashes.

Please keep on reporting bugs, giving us your feedback (We read it all and are acting on much of it) and thank you once again for your amazing support.

NOTE: We’ve switched to Vertical FOV calculations which should finally fix the problems ultra wide users were having. You may have to change your settings. Also, going forward, all saves from a previous build will be flagged red. You can still use them, but there may be problems. It’s recommended that you start a new save file to avoid issues.

ADDED
The Fournicator (Quad-barrel shotgun)
Emote Wheel!
New Scooter! The model and general usability has been greatly improved to make it a lot more fun to drive. We’ve also added the ability to use one-handed weapons whilst on a scooter as well as more color variations!
Here you can see the new suspension system as well as fenders which move and are destructible. You can also see how after falling, Dude will properly ragdoll and the scooter will flip itself up every single time:
New custom weapon switch bindings - It's now possible to customize what weapons are under which numerical keyboard key
Fluids rolling down hills/walls
More NPCs and interest points in Ghost Town level
More Auto-Save slots
New Third-Person reload animations + animated weapon meshes

CHANGED
Ghost Town level (Improved interiors, added props)
Ambient sounds in the Arcade
Enemies should now do a quick patrol of the area after losing their combat target
Police should now remain in patrol state until their target's wanted timer expires
Third person equip/unequip weapon animations
AI will now respond to spotting you and being shot at while patrolling
Improved bidets particle effects!
Bystanders will now get annoyed when you spray them with water
Sound work with NPCs on their mobiles - you will now be able to hear the other side of the conversation
Removed the time slowdowns when opening the color and emote wheel
When firing in an area with bird ambience, the ambience will stop and play a bird flapping away sound
Improved audio design in Animal Catcher cinematic
Greatly improved the Prison Guard intro cinematic
Loading transition into the Sewers is now better
AI should no longer skip patrol state when they lose an enemy, cops will remain on patrol until wanted level goes down
Lots of audio improvements around all levels
Older, incompatible saves will now be marked as red
Replaced various placeholder textures
Made it more obvious that Spike’s dog bowl has been tainted
Tweaked the Shotgun firing animation
Kicking vehicles with Vitamin X kick will no longer make them explode right away, instead they’ll fly up into the sky
Replaced the Molotov's wick particles with a new Material effect

FIXED
Prison not loading correctly after finishing it and loading from an autosave
Collision on the Big Ship
Keyboard sounds playing if Master slider is set to 0
FOV resetting on game reboot
Blocky Minecraft vomit textures
Broken interactables
Death crawling NPCs spamming their hurt lines
Some clipping in first person weapons
Fixed certain menu settings resetting themselves
Fixed a LOT of crashes (Thank you for all of the reports!)
Bystanders going silent during Sign Beggar errand
Keypad codes turning into '???' after entered
Lightbulbs progress indicator not tracking correctly
Cinematic sound class not respecting volume sliders
Player can no longer trigger the police lockdown more than once (Prevents getting stuck in the station)
Cutscenes running while game is paused
Broken explodable vehicle
Reload breaking when pressing Alt-Fire during reload
Disabled Spawners upon completion of the Slingshot mission (Should not be able to trigger it again now)
Fixed ladders at the back of the Bidet shop, and another ladder in Tag Turf errand
A vast amount of mapping fixes which were reported on both our Steam Forums and Janky forums
CatDude cutscene breaking if skipped
Road barrier popping back up when loading a game after finishing Tag Turf
Broken “reload” animation that was assigned to the Spray Paint Can
Hose’s cable getting stuck in walls and stretching
Parking tickets not saving properly
Player holding a phone as a weapon when loading a save where they were holding a limb instead
First-person jump animations will no longer play while charging melee attack (Machete)
Off-hand weapon in Dual Wielding mode not using the correct cosmetic item
Weapon models not displaying correctly after switching to a different cosmetic item
A bug where the Revolver would switch when no targets were highlighted
Gib Melee weapons not slapping ragdolls in the correct direction

We are full steam ahead on Humpday and making some great progress! It will be a while before it’s fully ready - so we are going to make sure you guys still get regular updates in the meantime to introduce cool new features, quality of life improvements and various bug fixes.

The headline feature here are the footprints. When NPCs, The Dude or an animal walks through any type of fluid, they will leave a trail of footprints behind. You can even light the ones left by gasoline on fire!

Regarding the new randomized codes in the prison introduced in the last update - we heard you, they suck. We have now implemented a post-it note to the map screen that will record each code as it's assigned. No more backtracking to the previous cell because you forgot the code!

This update adds a new quality of life feature when rebinding controls. The game will now warn you if you’re trying to rebind the same key to multiple actions.  

And a few other odds and ends listed below!

ADDED
Footprints! NPCs, Dude and even animals will leave a trail of footprints when they walk through any fluid
Sticky note for Prison override codes (It will display on the map screen)
Interact tap-to-hold setting
Implemented basic damage fall off
More pickups in the Commercial tile

CHANGED
General level design improvements in Commercial, Retail and Border Land tiles
Improved general kick reactions for Grenades
Lighting performance improvements in Suburbs tile
Reduced chance of masks appearing on NPCs on Monday
Updated the Meet Associate cinematic
Control binding menu improvements:
Smart confirmation on multiple bindings, it will warn you if you try and rebind multiple keys
Added a timeout when binding an action to prevent player from getting stuck and having to force close the game

FIXED
Deleted broken pickups from Sport’s store
Broken shading on certain meshes
Ingram’s Catnip reload not working properly while under Catnip
Pigeona Virus announcement playing on Monday
Floating loudspeakers
Numerous mapping bugs

This is THE UPDATE many of you have been waiting for - A SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE UPDATE! Our work in this area is far from done, but many of you will enjoy a framerate boost of around 10-20fps in some of the worst affected areas. We will continue to improve performance throughout the rest of the project.
Related to performance - we’ve rewritten the mouse movement code so in the event the game does hitch, you will no longer end up facing the wrong direction, making remaining performance drops far less intrusive.
Beyond that, this update improves kicking behaviour and animation. It’s now far easier to kick around physics objects and ragdolls. Oh, and you can also kick cars when using Vitamin X, too!
Prefer projectile based combat to melee? We have you covered! Introducing a new weapon - The Flare Gun!
Our ongoing work to improve the cinematics continues with the Tag Turf, Bellow and Cat dude Intros all getting a pass.
We’ve fixed up a ton of crashes, and a laundry list of other things you’ll find listed below.

ADDED
Mariachi NPCs in Mexico
More NPCs in the new tiles
Flare Gun!
Separate ammo type for M16
Cat Silencer support for Ingram
Ability to kick vehicles during Vitamin X
Hostile Shopkeeper to Dinky Nozzle (‘Get Milk’ errand)
New FirstPerson kicking animation
A hint about changing paint color with alt-fire
Cutscene for Spike poisoning

CHANGED
Overall performance improvements!
Mouse aiming should now be more consistent and stable
Improved the kick's hit detection and locational damage code
Removed Scythe model which was blue balling players into thinking that it’s an actual working weapon they can use
Prison codes are now randomized
Improved interior of La Casa Grande
Improved the Pet Shop and Tag Turf and Bellow's cinematics
Improved audio in various cinematics
Scaled up a few vehicles
Tweaked the collision on shell casings and thrown Ingram prop
Adjusted the Hose firing animation not syncing correctly
Removed extra front sight on M16 mesh
Improved Prison loading! The unnecessary maps will no longer stay loaded which will result in better performance during the Prison Guard errand. Warden doors will also close properly after the errand
Dude location icon on map screen

FIXED
Certain meshes using default textures
Added vehicle blocker to Border Smuggler to prevent breaking the cutscene
NPC made out of denim aka. The notorious Denim Man (You will be missed)
Floating cars
Being able to pick up the Scooter
Body fire on Mutant Rats being way too big
Weapon fire no longer gets stuck when phone is brought up
Lightbulbs will now be removed from the player’s inventory after Sewer errand
Boarded up Book Repository
Collision on various meshes
Zap zone signs facing the wrong way between Retail and Border Land tiles
Many mapping bugs that were reported on our Steam and Janky forums
‘The Thingy’ area not staying loaded after going through a zap zone
Weapons will now immediately 'Fire' after being Equipped / Reloaded if the player is holding the Fire key
Removed Bell from Monday’s Motel which could trigger the ending cutscene again causing the game to crash
Weapon loop start animation
Crash where the Spray Paint is firing when opening the color wheel
Left hand weapon when dual wielding not using the right ‘Weapon position’ settings
Prison zap zone activating even if complete
Prison Warden doors will now close properly after finishing the errand
Scooter when going through a zap zone
Weapons floating in front of The Dude during cinematics
Border Patrol NPCs not attacking the player
Addressed various crashes that were reported on our forums
Tag Turf errand will now complete every time after tagging all billboards
The Meet Associate cutscene can now be skipped properly
Dude Cat’s paws clipping through the world
Spray paint breaking windows
Lockdown announcement in Police Station no longer replays when returning to the station or loading a save
Gamepad settings not updating when changed in-game
Slingshot now respects Fire input bindings
NPCs should no longer pickup dead animals
Dude Cat Pounce momentum sticking on cat ladders
Some bugs with the Gas Can match setting inflammable animals

This is simply a small update to fix a persistent hitching issue that around 50% of users were getting, where there a was frame hitch every 3-5 seconds  happening consistently.  Sorry it took so long to sort this out - this bug was elusive and took us a lot of trial and error to track down, but it has been our priority as it pretty much made the game unplayable for a huge number of you.

We wanted to make sure this fix was added as soon as possible so did not add in anything else that that will need further testing - but bigger overall performance update, along with plenty of new content, will be with you around the time of Realms Deep!

ADDED

Three new zones

Border Land
Overview:

The “Border Land World” is located in the southwestern-most part of town. This tile is part of the Commercial District zone where many of the larger businesses are situated. It also includes the portion of the town located in Mexico, hence the name of the tile.

Since this tile is on the border and includes the Mexican portion of the town, of note is the border crossing and its trademark landmark, The Wall. It serves as the sole entrance into Mexico in the game.

Visually, there’s a contrast between the US portion north of the border and Mexican portion south of the border.  However, the south-of-the-border area of town nonetheless functions in a largely identical manner, albeit with the Mexican visual twist.

Retail
Overview:

The “Retail World” is the southern-middle part of town. This tile is part of the Commercial District zone where many of the retail shops and larger businesses are situated. Some commercial offices are found here as well. Covering the entirety of the border along the southern edge is The Wall.

Of note is that this tile, true to its name, contains the most highly concentrated number of business establishments.

Ghost Town
Overview:

The “Ghost Town” is located in the central westernmost part of town. This tile is part of the Historic District zone where the town’s aforementioned ghost town is located. This is also where the poorest of the town’s poor congregate in the dedicated shanty town/ghetto.

In keeping with the old west theme established by the ghost town, this area is distinguished by its dry, dusty, desert atmosphere, even more so than the rest of the town’s desert areas. Expect to see tumbleweeds and dying, yellowed shrubbery.

New missions!

Meet Associate

Errand description:

Tuesday's Meet Associate errand is immediately assigned at the beginning of the day and sends the player to meet his new boss-of-the-day following Bellow. You will have to take an underground detour using the town's now newly (re)opened subway system (Using a placeholder location at the moment) which conveniently has available stops between these two districts. Come Wednesday, the rest of the stops will be available, making four total between the four districts around town.

Aside from that, the other major part of this errand is the cutscene where we meet the new boss and his faction: El Plago and his Los Oscuros cartel who operate out of Edensin's South-of-the-Border Land.

Border Smuggler

Errand description:

The short of the errand is that the featured Border Slingshot acts a mounted turret you can aim and fire with your "ammo" being the American immigrants you're launching over The Wall border into Mexico. The task here is set up as a target range challenge where you must successfully aim at floating holographic targets. If you miss a shot or fire an immigrant which is spotted by the Border Patrol, you still need to launch more immigrants over The Wall, but at this point hostile Border Patrol officers will also be spawning in waves to fight you.

Tag Turf

Errand description:

The one special gimmick in this errand is the use of the new Spray Paint Can weapon on the designated Billboards (You can activate the color wheel by holding RightMouseButton). The majority of this errand features combat against a new group, the Sensitive Hipsters.

Pet Shop Delivery

Errand description:

On Tuesday, after his meeting with the Mexican Luchadores boss El Plago, the Dude is sent on a delivery mission to bring a nondescript package to a local Pet Shop. Upon his arrival and descent into the building’s undisclosed underground storage facility, he discovers the place is actually a front for a drug lab. Not one to be remiss in his duties, though, the Dude braves the toxic fumes swirling through the air to complete his delivery, only to pass out on his way back to the exit. In his fume-addled hazy mind, he hallucinates himself having turned into a cat, suddenly believing himself to be completing a day’s list of feline-based Mini-Errands. Cat-based catastrophes ensue.

After turning into a cat, Dude (or Dude Cat) needs to complete three mini-errands.

Pay Fine

Errand description:

Here, the player is offered two branches to follow: Pay the fine by performing community service as a Meter Maid or manually dropping his ticket into the conveniently located drop box. Taking the Meter Maid route means roaming the town's free roam areas looking for illegally parked cars to ticket to meet your fine quota. Upscale cars can be ticketed more, but the vehicle's owners will respond with hostility. Going with the drop box route happens to trigger the station's lockdown mode, and the player will need to head to the Lockdown Terminals in the Security Offices to manually disable it. The station's Armory can be unlocked as a bonus!

The gameplay mechanics employed here aren't just for this errand. The Meter Maid will become available later in the week as an optional job/Side Quest to earn more cash. The lockdown mechanic in the Police Station remains a constant in this location, acting as the regular challenge to doing things like stealing from the evidence room, stealing from the Armory, gaining access to the Super Evidence Room, and so forth.

- New P2-style shovel! (Blood masks will be added later)
- Ingram
- M16
- New sounds for the Intro sequence
- Footprints
- Cutscene movie volume slider
- Interior sounds to various buildings
- Dual wielding crosshair (Borderlands 2 style)
- Facial animations for dead pawns
- New sound effects for Tazer Baton

CHANGED

Improved Combat AI:

 NPCs not firing at long range distances
 Melee enemies should now spread out a little when chasing you
 Enemies will also no longer crouch when attacking with a melee weapon
 Ranged enemies should no longer run up to your face before attacking
 Enemies that lose sight of you no longer stand in place waiting for you to walk up to them
 Cops shouldn't get stuck on the border of the Chase/Arrest radius anymore
 Changed how enemies react to pointing a gun at them so they don't immediately attack you even if they're panicking
 NPCs shouldn't freeze in place when entering Reload state anymore
 Refined NPC weapon spread so they don't deal as much initial burst damage
and more!


- Optimized vehicle and bystander models
- Cars will now exploded when set on fire with Gasoline
- Improved distance quality of foliage models
- Reduced health on Cop NPCs
- Greatly improved the look of various cutscenes
- Sonic and Sanic cheats now apply to flying
- Added more pickups across all levels
- Weapons that use time based ammo consumption now consume 1 ammo at the start
- Smoothed the AK firing animation to be less erratic. Reduced the recoil on the AK to make it a bit more manageable
- Decreased AI Revolver fire rate from 0.3 to 1.0
- Reduced frequency of ambient hawk screeching
- Game now autosaves once instead of twice when going through zap zones
- All Characters should now drop their Weapons when they die
- Tweaked the walking animations
- Camera will now pan to errand as the giver talks about it, and zooms to default zoom

FIXED

A TON of mapping bugs
Crash that could occur after throwing many Pigeon Mines as well as when standing in a queue / interacting with the cashier. And many others!
Collision on a vast amount of assets
Grenades and Molotovs not colliding with doors
Broken interactables
Various issues with Prison
Car explosion sounds playing when master volume was set to 0
Video Menu “Show Outlines” text not matching checkbox
Player taking lethal headshot damage from the Revolver and Shotgun
Implemented fixes for the Dogs and Cats when transitioning back to normal movement
Beggar Sign “nag” dialog lines playing when a sign has already been constructed
Player facing the wrong direction when exiting the Scooter
Map screen panning off to Narnia when finishing errands
"Show Pickup Messages" menu option not working/Hide HUD not hiding pickup messages
Slugs not using any HUD icon

ADDED
Explodable cars!
‘View / Weapon Bob’ toggles (‘Gameplay’ settings)
Toggle for enabling/disabling black outlines (‘Video’ settings)

CHANGED
Reduced the loading time between the main menu and the intro movie

FIXED
Jukebox sound not playing in Blue’s Waffle House
Certain sounds not respecting audio sliders
Some broken InitialState animations
Various mapping bugs that were reported on our Janky and Steam Forums
Broken Kevlar pickup that was causing the game to crash
“Busted” loading screen not appearing after getting arrested
Sent-to-jail audio not playing correctly
Random crash that would sometimes occur around the Animal Catcher area

ADDED
Foliage Density Slider which controls newly added grass (“Performance” settings)

CHANGED
SiC armor texture

FIXED
Crash that could occur after switching weapons
Crash that could occur after completing the Prison errand
“Ring Bell” prompt not going away
Various sound effects not being affected by the Master Audio slider
NPC's not using their initial states very often
Prison errand ending cutscene overlapping with mission completion dialogue
Phone popping up after Prison intro cutscene
Champ growling at the Dude
Dogs growling at bystanders when running to catch up with the Dude
Dog treat emitters not spawning

ADDED

Corpses and gibs lifetime menu option (‘Performance’ settings)
Powerlines in Riverside tile
WIP PetShop / MethLab in Riverside tile
Zap-zone signs
Foliage density option (‘Performance’ settings)
New interior ambience sounds to businesses / major buildings
Gamepad Options Menu, including features such as being able to invert axis
An intro fly in sequence before you take control of The Dude
Timed Auto-save setting (It’s enabled by default, game will auto save every 10 minutes)

CHANGED

Added a particle to to the Gas Can’s spout to hide the trail particle gap
Some of the cinematics have had another pass to better follow rules of cinematography and to hide the HUD
Enabled root motion on trip animation; NPCs will no longer snap back to starting location after playing the animation
Optimized the Penitentiary building
Made some changes to landscape in Riverside tile
Implemented new, better looking terrain materials across the whole game
Improved collision on main road section
Left hand Revolver will now contribute execution points to the main right hand Revolver
Increased the Pigeon health so they don’t instantly die from Bystanders on fire
Enabled wind effects on foliage

FIXED

At least 8 common crashes
Various mapping bugs that were reported on our Janky forums
Double telephone poles from Riverside transition
Phone interface when riding the Scooter
Removed “Sample text” message from Mini-map transparency option

ADDED

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

CHANGED

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

FIXED

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

ADDED

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

CHANGED

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

FIXED

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

ADDED

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.

CHANGED

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

FIXED

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

ADDED

New FOV menu with Vertical FOV setting
Proper support for Ultra-wide aspect ratio
Basic police system! You can now get arrested and sent to the police station. There are still ways to go in this area as this system will be greatly expanded upon in future updates
Civvie11 as Edensin’s resident crack dealer!
Asphalt and water skidding and tire rolling sounds for Scooter
New character heads and skins
Pickup notifications
NPC Head and eye tracking, and Blinking
New neck bleeding particle and behavior
Implemented a limb blood stream for severed limbs
New fiery trail for Molotov as well as new Molotov fire spreading code and particles
Ability to pickup dropped grenades
Implemented Free Mouse selection on the Weapon Wheel and ability to toggle the Weapon Wheel (Accessible from 'Gameplay' settings)
Implemented turn multiplier for the Hose and Vitamin X Urethra - this will make the streams feel “heavier”
More songs to the Radio
New extending and folding animations for the Baton
Money display to Phone screen
Pressure indicator for the Hose
Killer Crocs to the Pump Room in Sewers
Urethra cosmetics - You will now be able to select between five different urethra cosmetics (Ranging from the classic black bar to a hot-dog emoji). You can switch between them by selecting the 'Urethra' weapon from the 'Weapons' app in your Phone
New Skybox!
More NPC's in previously empty areas
Two new side-errands!

Volunteer Firefighter:

On Monday, after the Dude receives his tasks from the job agency, he receives a Mayoral Alert on his phone. It turns out the town’s fire station is on fire! With no fireman having stepped foot into Edensin in the last 40 years, a call for volunteer firemen (or firewomen) has been put out to the public. It’s none of the Dude’s business, but hey, there’s a small paying bonus if you do it!

Art Dealer:

On any day of the week, the Dude may enter the local art gallery which he initially discovers is completely devoid of any artwork on display. However, the proprietor beckons the Dude to accept a job for her. The dealer asks if he’ll go around town finding any special purple-framed paintings, part of the so-called “Royale Collection” that she’s after, and deliver them to her to put on the exhibition. Each delivered painting will yield a cash reward, and even dupes will pay out a smaller reward. Upon delivering a full set, the Dude will get a large bonus as well. Better get exploring if you want that fat cash reward!

CHANGED

Many fire particle effects
Level design focusing on the cliff faces around the starting area and the more empty areas
Increased the sounds of bullet impacts
Improved Pigeon Mine sound effects
General lighting improvements
Weapon switching now remembers the last weapon used for each weapon slot
Category sublist on the Weapon Wheel will now fade out when out of focus
The Dude now bleeds blood, not concrete dust
Adjusted the Pistol reload sounds to better sync with the animations
Pilot light on the Spurt’n’Squirt 9000 is now extinguished when firing fluids
Improved fire extinguish smoke particle
Bystanders will now emit smoke when tazered
Improved the Tazer shock particles
Refined the Spurt’n’Squirt 9000 Flamethrower particle and projectile code
Remade the entrance to Sewers with much better models
Replaced more placeholder assets
Normalized in-game dialog
Improved road collision, so now NPC's don't clip and the scooter is smoother
The look of sidewalks (Added more detail)
Removed placeholder paintings in certain buildings, replaced with proper art
Major improvements to Fire Station and Clock Tower buildings
Updated the Credits screen (It looks much sleeker now)
Moved the Dude’s third person camera back an extra meter
Increased the scale of Grenade pickups and projectiles
Updated cutscenes to get rid of random looping sounds
QoL improvements to the Radio system: “Now Playing” messages, added a button to advance to the next track

FIXED

Various mapping bugs (Floating assets, holes in terrain, certain meshes lacking collision)
Fixed up the AK muzzle flash so it better syncs when firing
Not being able to kick NPCs in the nuts!
Energy Drink and Vitamin X activation sounds
Cat Chute trigger to check only for the actual cat inventory items and not the dead dogs
Desert Eagle not playing its reload sounds
Animal spawners spawning at the start of the game as opposed to at the start of Animal Catcher cutscene
HUD not being visible when driving the Scooter
Fixed car alarms not triggering
Fixed several animations with broken fingers
Fixed 'interact' icon not displaying properly on one of the keypads
Fixed Flamethrower projectiles going through walls
Infinite water sounds when dying in water
Slap sound effects playing when hitting thin air
Fixed Game Menu disappearing if Save/Load menus was selected while a Save/Load menu was open already
Crashes related to the Subtitle system (As well as other crashes that were reported on our Steam Forums) 

Implemented Scooter impact effects and sounds
Implemented Dude Eye ‘Lock-on’ sound for the Revolver
Implemented 'slap' sound effect for ‘Hand’ weapon
Added minimum reversing speed before the reverse beep comes on
Added binding for instantly opening ‘Phone Settings’ app
Implemented new Cat Silencer sounds
Updated to Unreal Engine 4.24
Replaced placeholder sound for when you activate the Pilot Light on the Spurt’n’Squirt 9000
Bystanders will now react to the Scooter horn and pawn collisions
Scooter now applies the brakes when the player jumps out
Made sure that the sounds occluded correctly in certain buildings
Made further improvements to the Police Station building (Getting ready for the Police system)
Certain assets not using correct textures
‘Fullscreen’ crash - upgraded to a new engine version
Health Pipe not playing exhale effects
Energy Drink and Vitamin X activation sounds
Bug where the Urethra no longer regenerated urine passively
Pawns spawning at odd angles
Some tire particles spawning in the wrong direction
Radio playing during cutscenes
Few other crashes that were reported on the Steam Forums

Settings app / Radio System! We added a new radio station which can be played directly from the new 'Settings' app.

We will be expanding it as the development goes on; more songs, DJ banter, Phone Ins, News Commercials etc.

Currently, the Settings app will allow you to do the following:

- Access the 'Game Menu'
- Enable/Disable Edensin Radio
- Switch between HUDs (We should have a new one coming out very soon!)


 [W.I.P] Limb Weapons You asked for it and we delivered! Simply walk up to a severed limb of your liking...or a head and pick it up with 'E'.

It's worth noting that this system is not finished, we plan on making a few improvements to it in the coming weeks, such as (but not limited to):

- New, better sound effects
- Improved textures on severed limbs (This includes blood you see on dismembered parts)

Later down the line, we are also going to allow you to throw them at people and maybe even bowl the heads! Basically, you'll have other ways to abuse people with them :D

 New Dude-Eye HUD textures and Revolver fanning animations

 Mobility Scooter sound effects

- Implemented Engine Start/Stop, Pawn Hit, and Horn sounds
- Implemented new electric Scooter motor sound
- Implemented reverse sounds

Tire tracks as well as the scooter impact effects and sounds will be a part of the next patch

 Audio Sliders!

You will now be able to adjust individual sound groups via their respective audio sliders. We also implemented some 'preview' sound effects that will play when you start modifying the sliders for convenience.

Note: VOIP slider and 'Display Subtitles' tickbox don't serve any purpose right now.

 More ambient sounds

 Improved sidewalks (They are now smoother and blend better with the environment)

 Improved area around the road that leads to the Job Agency, and made small improvements to the area surrounding Anu’s Inn

 Improved areas around the Fire Station, MikeJ’s Bidet Store, Arcade and Clock Tower

 Improved the look of Cliffs

Here are some previews, although this is just a small glimpse into the improvements we made to our sidewalks and cliffs:

Next update will see significant improvements in this area, stay tuned!

 Started improving Police Station interior

 Increased the size of the revolver

 Changed font style/color on Classic P2 HUD

 Replaced various placeholder textures

 You will now be able to properly enter keypad codes with Menu Buttons (Keyboard/Gamepad)

 Dude-Eye: Implemented a target lost range. Basically if a marked target runs or you move too far out of range, then the target will be removed

 Updated "Close Phone" text

 Crash related to Dude-Eye meter

 Shadow smoothing on Beggar Sign

 Various mapping bugs that were reported on our Steam Forums

 Fixed keypad softlocking the game

 Dying in Penitentiary resulting in getting respawned in the wrong location and therefore breaking the errand

 Being able to mark animals and birds as Dude Eye targets. Currently they don't have proper heads or bones so that would've thrown the Revolver for a loop. You can still kill them for points though

Save slots! You guys will no longer be limited to a single "save slot". With this new system, you can use as many save slots as you like (Unless you are brave enough to make a thousand slots in which case the game will probably crash... But who cares, go crazy! The game is your oyster)


 [W.I.P] Dude-Eye Targeting for the Revolver! Still missing HUD art, and it might cause a crash or two in some situations, but we put it in so you guys can start playing around with it :)

What is Dude-Eye Targeting?

Killing enemies with the Revolver fills up an execution meter (Currently only a placeholder text) and allowing use of the alternate fire. When 'Right Mouse Button' is held, you can pass the targeting reticle over any human enemies in the immediate area to mark them. When released, the Postal Dude will automatically shoot for their heads, killing them instantly.

You might be familiar with it if you've played Paradise Lost, the general idea is pretty much the same in POSTAL 4 but we made some much needed improvements (Although not all of them made it into this patch). For example, the targets are now sorted even after you've marked them in a weird order. That and combined with the fact that your entire view no longer turns helps add to the weapon's look and feel or clean and efficient aim.

You will probably notice some bugs which we are already fixing as we speak, we will also be implementing proper art, and adding in some cool animations.

Here's a short video showcasing this new feature:


And here's how the final HUD art is going to look:

 Crosshair when wielding Melee weapons

 ‘Quit to Desktop’ button in Game Menu

 Polished up Weapon screen UI (Changed/Resized font to keep the design more consistent across the board, fixed text cutting off)

 Replaced various placeholder UI icons

 Increased Boomerang Machete speed

 Replaced Vomit ammo type with Urine (Spurt'n'Squirt 9000)

 Decreased thrown trail opacity (Grenade/Molotov)

 Implemented keypad button press artwork

 NPCs will now start with full magazines

 Molotov fire not having any sound

 Optimized collision on more models

 Not being able to explode Sewer Dwellers’ heads

 Head gibs floating in mid-air, often seen in the Prison

 Water Effects appearing when getting off the Scooter

 Being unable to respawn when dead whilst on the Scooter

 Shovel freaking out bystanders

 Inconsistent HUD/Phone health and armor display

 Control menu locking out the rest of the settings

 Champ not “pointing out” key items in starting area

 Fluids causing door sounds to play continuously