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Update Log 19/10/26
Halloween | New Props | Drug Improvements | Police Changes | Much More!
Halloween
@Fredy @Lelios1 @Jyrgen @peeps
Halloween has been enabled from now until the end of the month. With it brings the usual pumpkin growing, costumes and potions! This year you will also notice some additional features, such as the new Baby Pumpkins. Craft them with 2 Jack-O'-Lanterns and some Pumpkin Seeds, and receive a random Baby Pumpkin. There are 16 different colors to collect, as well as a rare Golden Baby Pumpkin!
As well as the cute little Baby Pumpkin, we are also giving out a set of Halloween inspired banners, a customizable Gravestone with your name on it (and two to give away), and this cute little figure (available from the Halloween NPC by Creepy Tree). You can also dig up some past Halloween collectables as well as the new Ceramic and Bronze Pumpkins!
Of course, there is also the upcoming Patient Zero event. We will have more information on that soon, so stay tuned...
UI Updates
@peeps
Before we get into the fun stuff, one of the biggest changes you will notice is that some of the user interfaces have had either minor, or major updates, improving readability, and bringing things up to a more modern style.
HUD Changes
The Half-Life 2 weapon switcher has been replaced with a new custom switcher. Functionally this is identical, down to using the same sounds, just with unimportant information such as the unused icon slots, and SWEP information removed. Like with most of the updates to UI today, colors from your chosen UI theme are used as accents, so you're able to much further customize your experience. The new switcher also denotes which items you are holding are illegal (with a red line), and items which will drop on death (with a yellow line).
The F1 Menu has received some small updates, with the Progress Tab and Crafting menu's being moved to the first 2 spots, and the Store also being added (!store will still work). The crafting menu has received a new Grid View to better see what items are available to craft, and the Store has received a bunch of Quality of Life improvements such as grouping similar items together, allowing you to see which props the Skin Changer Tool works on, and denoting when an item is new or limited time (we will get to that shortly too).
Finally, a new Simplified mode has been added to the keyboard hints option in the F1 Menu. These provide context based keyboard hint information, whilst hiding the very basic controls.
@Dank @Sindarin @Leikotha @jams
Some important changes have been made to the PD both in game and on PLPD.online:
- Moved application for Officer away from PLPD.online and back to being in-game.
- Removed Observation Reports
- Automatic promotion to Senior Officer after a certain amount of time
- Automatic taser approval with Senior Officer
Other Changes
- Introduced the Training Manager, a tool to help division trainers with training sessions. (Coming Soon)
- Warrants now get announced by Dispatch
- Officers currently in shoot-outs will not receive 911 calls
Furniture Changes
@peeps
This update brings with it some new furniture designed to help you with your shops and builds, as well as a few changes to existing props and furniture. To start off, 3 new crafting materials have been added: Cloth, Rubber, and Wire. These are not only being used on the new furniture, but also have been added to the mixtures for existing items (thought the overall price has not changed). An example of this is bandages now needing cloth instead of paper towels.
New Furniture
The new furniture ranges over several styles, and all new props are compatible with the Skin Changer Tool. In the case of the new Hanging Shelves, these are designed to fit perfectly in the Bazaar Shop windows. A full list of the new furniture is below:
- Modular Wall
- Weapon Rack
- Frutiger Sofa
- Frutiger Pillow
- Frutiger Counter
- Frutiger Desk
- Frutiger Lamp
- Frutiger Corner Shelf
- Frutiger Pillar
- Industrial Pillar
- Industrial Lamp
- Wooden Paneling
- Corner Shelf
- Hanging Shelves
Other Prop Changes
Some existing props have also been changed. The bookshelf now uses the modern model from the map, randomizing the book placement when dropped (its penetration level is the same for those of you who use them in base defenses). As well as this, the Wood Burner is now a lamp, and the Fire Barrel can now be ignited.
Weapon Features
@Bolli
Functionality has been added to some previously useless weapon attachments. Flashlights attached to a weapon casts a brighter beam of light than your regular flashlight. The laser attachment now also has a purpose, shining a laser wherever you are looking. As well as this, you can now use weapons while sitting down, as well as get shot while sat down (except if you are AFK).
Other weapon changes:
- Added muzzle flashes when a weapon is not silenced
- Sync 3rd person reload speed to the 1st person animation speed
- Play the correct reload animation to other players
- Play reload sounds for other players when reloading
Drug Improvements
@StephenPuffs
- Temperature now raises/lowers slightly faster.
- Heroin now uses Toluene or Acetone instead of Muriatic Acid.
- Meth can no longer immediately explode if you go above the temperature limit, instead now catching fire.
- When a substance catches fire it can be put out with a fire extinguisher or fire hose.
- If the substance does explode, you no longer lose the table and everything with it, only the beaker gets lost. The explosion effect has been reworked to make it less likely to cause instant death, now just injuring you and causing bleeding.
- All drugs cook consistently above their cook temperature, and so can be left idle. Pushing the temperature closer to the burn level will cause them to cook faster but increases the risk of catching fire and exploding.
- Cooking in a sauce pan above the burn temperature will first reduce the quality of the drugs, but will catch fire if the quality drops too low. Like meth it will eventually explode, but just into a fireball which can ignite nearby players and props. If this happens you only lose the drugs, not the sauce pan.
Employee of the Week
@Fredy
Those who get the most job XP in a given week will have their photo placed on the wall as the Employee of the Week. For non-XP based jobs (Taxi, Police Officer and Dispatcher) employee of the week is given to the player with the most playtime in that specific job.
@Bolli @peeps @Fredy
The phone sees another set of improvements with this update, focusing on general use, the Dark Web app, the Camera app and Tooter.
Dark Web App
The Dark Web app has seen the most significant changes, with the Drug Dealer now being moved into the new Chats tab. Interaction with the dealer has also been simplified, with predefined prompts. This includes an easier way to join/manage a bank robbery. Simply invite members of your org or players on your buddy list through the app and you're good to go.
Airdrop notifications now also occur through the dark web app, instead of in org chat. As well as this, the graph for drug yields now goes below 1.00x.
Push Notifications
Receiving a notification from Messages, Tooter, or the Dark Web app, will now pop the phone up slightly to show you the notification. To add to this, receiving a notification or phone call while using the phone will give you a drop down push notification. Finally, the phone now dips to half height when in TeamSpeak or on a phone call. You can also now use other apps while on a phone call.
You can now upload a photo from your phone camera as your Tooter profile picture. You can also post sign images that have been approved A new menu has also been added to tooter making navigating to your profile and app settings easier. Finally, you can see past Toots you have favourited.
@Bolli
You may have noticed two extra options on the emote wheel shown earlier. These are for the new Moods and Reactions, or in simpler terms, emotes for your face! Moods change the emotional state of your face until you set it to something else, and reactions are quick emotional states lasting only a few seconds.
@Fredy
The Cook job has received some quality of life changes, as well as rank perks!
- Adjusted the kitchen layout
- Added the Cook job to the City Info app
- Renamed Faint to Faint Orange for clarity
- Added a notification with your order number when placing an order
Rank Perks:
- Apprentice Cook: Starting rank
- Junior Cook: 3% faster cutting and grilling, 4% faster pouring, 4% tip on orders, 1% less sprint stamina drain
- Cook: 6% faster cutting and grilling, 7% faster pouring, 9% tip on orders, 4% less sprint stamina drain
- Line Cook: 9% faster cutting and grilling, 11% faster pouring, 13% tip on orders, 8% less sprint stamina drain
- Senior Line Cook: 11% faster cutting and grilling, 14% faster pouring, 17% tip on orders, 14% less sprint stamina drain
- Sous Chef: Taking stacked burgers apart, 14% faster cutting and grilling, 18% faster pouring, 21% tip on orders, 23% less sprint stamina drain
- Senior Sous Chef: 17% faster cutting and grilling, 21% faster pouring, 26% tip on orders, 32% less sprint stamina drain
- Chef: 20% faster cutting and grilling, 25% faster pouring, 30% tip on orders, 44% less sprint stamina drain
@peeps
We are adding some new store items, both standard, and some limited to Halloween (so get them before they're gone!). Check them out below:
| Name | Image | Vairiant |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s Fish Lamp Chest | 
| Wood 1 Wood 2 Wood 3 Green Orange Red |
| Frutiger Aero Workbench | 
| Green Orange Red |
| Conveyor Workbench | 
| Animated |
| Cauldron Chest | 
| Green Purple Red Orange |
| Halloween License Plate | 
|
New Achievements
@Carrot @peeps
Achievement hunters rejoice (or despair), we have added some more achievements for you to try and get!
- The Oven Is On: Burn a fish
- New Phone, Who Dis: Buy a phone
- A Mystery to Uncover: Purchase the Foundry
- Duck Hunt: Photograph every hidden duck
- Bottoms Up, Witches: Drink a Halloween potion
- Trick or Treat: But a Halloween Costume from the Halloween NPC
- Pumpkin Patch: Harvest a Pumpkin
- Little Lantern: Craft a baby pumpkin
- 3 New Hidden Achievements
Other Changes
@Bolli @peeps @Jyrgen
- Added NPC birds to the map
- Added the option to leave the car radio on if the engine is running
- Added new wallpapers (including Halloween wallpaper)
- Replaced the cauldron model
- Added the ability to see the org leaderboard even if not in an org
- Sale item names now persist like price
- NPC improvements
- Added more context based keyboard hints
- Improved wild fire spawns
- Reduced the static speed camera flash effect
- Removed the drug dealer movement text perk
- Added notifications when a partner courier delivers a package
- Fixed players not being able to delete their own Tooter accounts
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