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COMBAT AND CONVENIENCE | 1.4.8

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What changed

10 fixes6 additions14 changes1 removal
  • Compatibility
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Fixes
changedUpdate 1.4.8With this update, I want to put a greater focus on actively using equipment during combat, and have therefore increased the effectiveness of several tools. To further encourage experimentation, access to the equipment store directly from a heist has returned, after previously being removed for compatibility issues with the driving mechanic.
addedUpdate 1.4.8I hope you enjoy the new update!
addedUpdate 1.4.8Re-added equipment store access from inside heists (this was temporarily removed when driving was added)
addedUpdate 1.4.8Added a new music track which plays on the Extrication heist
addedUpdate 1.4.8Added ability to drive onto a van armor piece to automatically assemble it
addedUpdate 1.4.8Added more gore

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changedWith this update, I want to put a greater focus on actively using equipment during combat, and have therefore increased the effectiveness of several tools. To further encourage experimentation, access to the equipment store directly from a heist has returned, after previously being removed for compatibility issues with the driving mechanic.
addedI hope you enjoy the new update!
addedRe-added equipment store access from inside heists (this was temporarily removed when driving was added)
addedAdded a new music track which plays on the Extrication heist
addedAdded ability to drive onto a van armor piece to automatically assemble it

If you enjoy the game, consider leaving a review! It helps a lot!

Update 1.4.8

With this update, I want to put a greater focus on actively using equipment during combat, and have therefore increased the effectiveness of several tools. To further encourage experimentation, access to the equipment store directly from a heist has returned, after previously being removed for compatibility issues with the driving mechanic.

I hope you enjoy the new update!

Changelog:

  • Re-added equipment store access from inside heists (this was temporarily removed when driving was added)

  • Added a new music track which plays on the Extrication heist

  • Added ability to drive onto a van armor piece to automatically assemble it

  • Added more gore

  • Added cue balls to pool tables

  • Improved user interface by showing electronic door switch connection lines from any distance

  • Improved gamepad cursor speed consistency at higher frame rates

  • Increased health for companions

  • Increased effectiveness of human shields

  • Increased thermite damage distance

  • Increased liquid nitrogen slow effect distance

  • Increased damage range of explosions on NPCs

  • Decreased player knockback when hit by a bullet

  • Tripled capacity of the health kit equipment and increased healing speed

  • Doubled capacity of the ammo bag equipment

  • Removed ability to use thermite to burn down vault doors in order to balance against the improved drill equipment

  • Fixed police cars driving over and killing its own driver

  • Fixed bullets sometimes not dealing damage when near a police car

  • Fixed guards able to spot hostages from a distance farther than their sight

  • Fixed ability to walk during minigames after a companion has kicked down a door

  • Fixed absolutely ancient code in Bloody Hospital file cabinets which did not respect different key bindings

  • Fixed camera guards investigating vault drill noise

  • Fixed occasional incorrect explosion position when police drive through walls

  • Fixed headlamp light visible while driving the van

  • Fixed a headlamp crash

  • Fixed a crash which could occur when a guard investigates a camera

  • Some fixes and improvements to the Remaster Demo

  • Miscellaneous improvements

For questions or feedback, you can join the A-Star Theft discord server, or mail me at: contact@kehlercreations.com

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Steam News / 28 April 2024

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