The last patch for Police Simulator: Patrol Officers this year was released not long ago. Update 8.0.0 does not bring new content, but it offers a plethora of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.
Players of PS:PO will be quite busy after the update because the developers have increased the frequency of callouts. From mundane tasks like giving directions to more difficult assignments like stopping a robbery, players have to be ready for what is to come.
Speaking of callouts, a timer has been added so that players won’t get blasted with NPC interactions when starting a shift.
Now, road accidents can happen and will inevitably result in traffic. Fortunately, players can now call a tow truck and ambulance in Update 8.0.0. They also have the ability to cancel the request if accidents are not a cause for concern.
So, what got fixed in this patch? Well, the issue where the enable/disable callout function was not working properly has been addressed. The bug that prevented the second player from setting up cones has been fixed as well.
Changelog
- Added several improvements to Asking for Directions
- Improved Reward System for the Asking for Directions feature
- Improved minimal distance for POI from NPC for Asking the Direction
- Improved EMS targeting and pathfinding
- Rebalanced the Cruiser
- Rebalanced the UTV
- Rebalanced the Utility car
- Changed behavior of pulled over NPVs
- Adjusted NPC walking animations
- Adjusted certain precincts' light settings
- Added mirrored animation for picking up barrier
- Added collision to a police officer in the North Point Precinct
- Adjusted camera while walking up the stairs
- Added missing Player Accident Tutorial
- Added intuition feedback for player accidents when leaving the player accident unattended
- Changed the wording for "Already in session" to "Already in another session"
- Added POI replication in Multiplayer
- Fixed performance decrease in map and while unlocking new POIs
- Optimizing performance to have less hitches happening during gameplay
- Fixed not putting equipped tools away in certain situations
- Fixed Simulation mode removing the callout enable/disable function
- Fixed Road Barrier removal so it can be removed from both sides
- Fixed ability to reload a full-clip handgun
- Fixed the range of speeding to cause CP loss to player while driving around in Simulation mode
- Fixed evening shifts not unlocking when they are designed to unlock
- Fixed unequipping tools not working properly
- Fixed issues with NPVs flying into the sky
- Fixed the ability to create duplicate tow truck calls in order to get SP
- Fixed tow truck towing car distance in order for tow truck to tow NPVs that are close
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers Update 8.0.0 is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
