Patient officers????♂️,
your wait is no longer! Rush to the scene now and make sure the evidence is safely secured: The Crime Scene Update is now waiting for you across all platforms! Oh, and we're now also Steam Deck verified!
You can now enjoy the highly requested crime scene improvements and be more involved in resolving crimes than ever before…
So far, as an officer you have been given a rather shallow approach to solving a crime scene in either knowing or not knowing about the suspect's identity. That changes now with the new Crime Scene Update giving you greater responsibilities and advanced, versatile tasks.
Officers, we are in need of your skills...
During “Car Patrols” you can get new and advanced crime scene callouts and are made directly responsible for the initial procedures and safety assurance as the first responder arriving at the scene.
Poles & Tapes⚠️
Stop right there, this is a crime scene! Creating a safe environment is a crucial element of police duty. With the new securing poles you now have a practical assistant on hand to secure a crime scene properly to prohibit potential compromise of evidence and calm down the scene for potential victims.
In terms of placing they are similar to cones: You can place them at the desired location on the ground by a simple button press while holding them in your hands. Tape automatically connects the poles you place, allowing you to keep the uninvolved away from the crime scene.
But how are the crime scenes visible in the dark? Wait.. is there something shiny back there? That’s right! Securing poles are reflecting light during the night for the sake of safety.
From the trunk of your patrol car you can access the poles and tapes and add them to your inventory when engaging a crime scene. Via the garage you can also assign them to the trunk itself!
Preserve the evidence????????
Our environment can tell us many things about the stories that people are involved in. Just as people leave traces, a crime scene can offer all kinds of different hints on what might have happened or what caused the incident.
As a police officer it is your responsibility to preserve, mark and document every piece of evidence that can be later used in court by other law enforcement agencies. Meaning, you play an important role in solving the crimes, of which crime scenes you investigate.
The brand-new evidence markers are assisting you with marking the evidence with numbers by being placed next to each item on the ground. To document these items you simply need to take photographs which are then advancing the progression at the scene. These photographs though have to be taken before any kind of change or interaction with the scene to not distort the evidence.
In order to find the suspect responsible for the crime you need to gather as much information as possible at the crime scene through documenting and investigating. You will quickly realize that a solid gathering of information is the key to finding, arresting and transporting the suspect successfully.
Experience the new update in our release trailer:
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Now available: The Multipurpose Police Vehicle????????
Explore a new feeling of police car driving with the sturdy and practical Multipurpose Police Vehicle (MPV)!
The brilliant next-generation police vehicle allows you to move civilians’ vehicles violating the law or which are damaged from an accident while also increasing the size of your trunk inventory.
For a small price of 2,99€ / $2,99 USD or the equivalent in your region you can claim the Multipurpose Police Vehicle for Brighton’s safety now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2513250/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers_Multipurpose_Police_Vehicle_DLC/
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Steam Deck is now supporting Police Business! ✅
Keep the streets of Brighton safe with full compatibility on Steam Deck with build-in controls and display! Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is now officially... verified ✅
Are you ready for a crime scene?????
We can't wait to hear what you think about the new crime scene investigation and look forward to share more details about the next update, focusing on first aid among other features! ????
Well, then let's take a look at the official changelog for today's update!
New Features
- Added new callout: Crime Scene Investigation
- Added Securing Poles
- Added Evidence Markers
- Introducing the new Multipurpose Police Vehicle (MPV), now available as an optional DLC
Balancing
- Adjusted the fleeing behavior of drug dealers so that they start fleeing later than they currently do
Crash Fixes
- Fixed a crash related to NPCs entering or exiting a vehicle
- Fixed a crash that happened when the host changes up the parking spots while the client is currently driving a patrol vehicle
Bug Fixes
Gameplay
- Fixed a bug that prevented evidence from being photographed in accidents
- Fixed a but that caused the ‘Wanted NPC’ info to disappear
- Fixed an issue that caused the Garage to become only partially functional after unlocking the first two patrol cars
- Fixed an issue that caused the Garage to absolutely never be available on foot patrol (even though it makes sense when driving the CPV)
- Fixed an issue that caused emergency backups to teleport back to previous position
- Fixed a bug that caused the player to get stuck inside the chair at precincts
Multiplayer
- Fixed a bug that caused the garage menu to remain open in the next session if the client has entered the garage but the host finished the shift
- Fixed a bug that caused client to be thrown out of garage if host is currently inside a different garage and exits it
Patrol Car / Traffic Car
- Fixed an issue that caused the handbrake to stay applied after leaving the patrol car, causing it to drive incredibly slow when re-entering
- Fixed an issue with UTVs becoming unselectable after placing it in a parking spot through the garage
- Fixed an issue with UTV acceleration
- Fixed missing taillights for the CPV
- Fixed an issue with CPV skid marks not lining up with rear tires
- Fixed an issue with tires moving with the rear door after opening it
Graphics
- Fixed an issue with service vehicles like the ambulance or arrest transport that caused the NPCs to stand up inside the vehicle instead of properly exiting it after arriving at the scene
- Fixed an issue that caused the player to look deep inside the character’s head (even though it was fairly interesting to see how the eyeballs and mouth look like from behind, right?)
- Fixed an issue with the barrier animation after picking it up from the side
- Fixed an issue with taxis leaving behind floating appendages
- Fixed an issue that caused the backup officers to turn invisible
- Fixed an issue that caused arrested NPCs, ambulance workers and patients to become stuck in place and float above the ground
- Fixed some flying props at traffic stops
- Fixed various floating NPCs
- Fixed some NPC hair
- Fixed a broken ground texture in front of the Best Value store in North Point
Game World
- Fixed way too dark billboards all over the city
- Fixed an issue that caused an incredibly distracting flashing effect inside the garage
Sounds
- Fixed a bug that caused a silver SUV to be extremely loud (and I mean *extremely* loud)
Controls
- Fixed an issue with the ‘enable / disable callout’ button to not show up anymore until the game gets relaunched
- Fixed an issue with controllers that caused the left stick to be unresponsive in the Police Computer after a pop-up appeared
- Fixed an issue that caused players to become completely stuck after pressing the ‘enter garage’ and ‘switch seats’ button at the same time
- Fixed that pressing the ‘quick repair’ button in front of a garage also enables ELS
UI
- Fixed an issue with the ‘limit reached’ pop-up after creating 10 save games, causing the game to seemingly become unresponsive
- Fixed an UI bug after using the Xbox controller within the handbook
- Fixed an issue with the parking lot assignment menu inside the garage, leading to two ‘empty’ slots instead of just one
https://store.steampowered.com/app/997010
