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PDEP Major Update Devlog

PDEP
A downloadable Role Playing Game

Major Update To PDEP

Here is a list of things included in the update as well as many more.  As always since it is an alpha version of the game, it will be completely free for download.

  • A New part to the map
  • New Improved AI
    • AI Backup officers will now walk around securing the area, and fire back at suspects
    • EMS will now tend to people that are down
    • Suspects will now track the players location and fire back
    • The ambient traffic system now updated to work with the whole map instead of just central Emirs Port
  • New and Improved Graphics
    • Realistic Realtime Ray Tracing
    • Metallic Textures for all metal items (Fire Escapes on buildings, dumpsters, guns, cars everything metal will now look like it)
    • Improved Headlights for vehicles
    • Nicer functioning weapon lights
    • Lights reflect off of everything metal
    • New improved Code 3 Lighting
  • Callouts
    • 2 new callouts have been added to the game.
    • Both require a Code 3 response
    • Old calls have been updated for better performance and feel.
    • AI Backup officers and EMS now work with old callouts.
  • UI (User Interface)
    • The UI has been updated to feature a more effective user interface.
    • Addition of a HUD (Heads Up Display)
    • New Features on the Settings Menu
    • More buttons on the Police Radio
    • Now a backup menu instead of just pressing B
    • Added Callout Forcing to the police radio (A button that will force a callout to come through)
    • Added record checking to the police radio (Button that opens a menu to runs license plates and names)
  • Gameplay
    • Newer more responsive controls
    • Now the player has to hold down RMB to aim instead of just clicking it
    • Dense traffic makes for the feel of a very large city
    • Code 3 Driving is now very fun and immersive
    • Vehicles Respond to Police LIghts and Sirens
    • The Player now has health, and can die
  • Backup
    • The player now has an interactable backup menu
    • The player can choose what type of backup they wish to request
    • The New option of a Code 3 Local patrol Unit, a Code 2 Local patrol Unit, Code 3 EMS, and a Code 3 SWAT Team\
    • Backup will fire back at suspects that are shooting
    • Backup will secure the area
    • EMS will help injured people.
  • Patch Notes
    • Added Patch Notes to the Start Menu so that the player can see what is new.
  • Traffic Stops
    • Added the ability to pull over cars
    • Run plates and names
    • full traffic stop interaction
    • The Possibility of the suspect to "Misbehave"
    • The suspect may resist causing a vehicle pursuit
    • The ability to have a Code 5 Stop (Felony Stop) on vehicles
  • Audio
    • In addition to many other things audio has been greatly improved.
    • There is now a dense city ambience
    • The ambience now adds the sense of a very densely populated Metropolitan area or more accurately the Megacity of Emirs Port
    • Realistic reverb
      • We have added different reverb zones for different sounds at different parts of the city based on density
    • Louder Sirens
      • When a backup unit is responding code 3, the siren is louder and more realistic sounding
      • Improved Rumbler Siren for the player
  • Siren Functionality
    • Ambient cars driving through the city will react to the players lights and sirens
    • They may pull off the road
    • They may stop dead in their tracks
    • They may do nothing at all  AI is dumb and unpredictable

Files

  • In Game Agencies PDF 36 kB
    Nov 09, 2021
  • PDEP Just Another Day On The Job 211 MB
    Nov 11, 2021
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