Steam News21 October 20258mo ago

Customization Preview & Mini Tutorial #2

🚨 Officers, In the spirit of one of our previous posts, where we presented our current roadmap and provided some intel on the ability of suspects to shoot at SWAT officers through doors, we would today like to discuss

In this update2

Full notes

Full SWAT Commander update

Read the full published notes in a cleaner layout. The original post stays linked below.

What changed

0 fixes0 additions8 changes0 removals

Gameplay
Balance
Events

changedSWAT Commander's ammo typesSteam post image Fig. 1 — SWAT Commander's equipment screen, the cursor is highlighting the weapon attachment configuration option

changedSWAT Commander's ammo typesIn this screen, we find all options for configuring your personnel's equipment — the main weapon, the sidearm, their attachments found under the cog icon (fig. 1), special devices (Tactical Mirror, Injector, Ballistic Shield, etc.), grenades, and armor.

changedSWAT Commander's ammo typesSteam post image Fig. 2 — AP and JHP ammo now selected on the Equipment screen, weapon stats affected

changedSWAT Commander's ammo typesIt's important to note that you can, for all your weapons, replace the JHP ammo with the amor-piercing (AP) and jacketed hollow point (JHP) rounds . Why? Because, as you can see from the stats in fig. 2, they affect your weapon's capabilities significantly.

changedSWAT Commander's ammo typesWhile offering little armor penetration, JHP ammo boasts increased damage and stopping power, best utilized against unarmored targets for extra effectiveness.

changedSWAT Commander's ammo typesConversely, AP ammo boosts your weapon's armor penetration but it does not increase its ability to dish out damage.

SWAT Commander changes

changedSteam post image Fig. 1 — SWAT Commander's equipment screen, the cursor is highlighting the weapon attachment configuration option

changedIn this screen, we find all options for configuring your personnel's equipment — the main weapon, the sidearm, their attachments found under the cog icon (fig. 1), special devices (Tactical Mirror, Injector, Ballistic Shield, etc.), grenades, and armor.

changedSteam post image Fig. 2 — AP and JHP ammo now selected on the Equipment screen, weapon stats affected

changedIt's important to note that you can, for all your weapons, replace the JHP ammo with the amor-piercing (AP) and jacketed hollow point (JHP) rounds . Why? Because, as you can see from the stats in fig. 2, they affect your weapon's capabilities significantly.

changedWhile offering little armor penetration, JHP ammo boasts increased damage and stopping power, best utilized against unarmored targets for extra effectiveness.

🚨 Officers,

In the spirit of one of our previous posts, where we presented our current roadmap and provided some intel on the ability of suspects to shoot at SWAT officers through doors, we would today like to discuss a different feature of SWAT Commander — swapping ammo types.

SWAT Commander's ammo types

We'd like to encourage our officers to pay closer attention to a certain option native to the e quipment configuration screen, where you can specify the different weapons and pieces of equipment with which your team will be deployed on a single-player mission or specify the equipment for yourself as you join a co-op session.

You can access this screen and modify your equipment loadout either directly from the main menu or while you're configuring your selected mission.

Steam post image Fig. 1 — SWAT Commander's equipment screen, the cursor is highlighting the weapon attachment configuration option

In this screen, we find all options for configuring your personnel's equipment — the main weapon, the sidearm, their attachments found under the cog icon (fig. 1), special devices (Tactical Mirror, Injector, Ballistic Shield, etc.), grenades, and armor.

One of these configuration options tends to fly under the radar and it is the option to swap out your standard-issue full metal jacket ammunition.

Steam post image Fig. 2 — AP and JHP ammo now selected on the Equipment screen, weapon stats affected

It's important to note that you can, for all your weapons, replace the JHP ammo with the amor-piercing (AP) and jacketed hollow point (JHP) rounds. Why? Because, as you can see from the stats in fig. 2, they affect your weapon's capabilities significantly.

While offering little armor penetration, JHP ammo boasts increased damage and stopping power, best utilized against unarmored targets for extra effectiveness.

Conversely, AP ammo boosts your weapon's armor penetration but it does not increase its ability to dish out damage.

All right, if there are clear benefits to using the alternative ammo types, how do we know when to use which one?

Steam post image Fig. 3 — The mission briefing screen, focused on the text 'Details' tab

By studying the mission's briefing of course! The briefing considers a text description of the mission on which you're about to deploy, the timeline of events, and the dossiers of suspects you will encounter in your effort to complete its objectives.

This information will serve you well in selecting all of your officers' equipment, including the ammo type as you make your judgment, based on the type of suspects you'll encounter and the armor they'll be wearing.

Upcoming Customization Update

With the mini-tutorial concluded, we'd now like to present you with a sneak preview of our upcoming Customization Update.

With it, SWAT Commander will enable you to modify a wide range of properties that affect your playthrough of a mission, including the weather conditions, the type and number of suspects and civilians, their behavior, and many more elements.

We'll have more details at your disposal when we're ready to roll out the update.

We're eager to find out how you complete your missions once you can modify so many of their various aspects. Stand by for further updates!

Over and out,

SWAT Commander Team

Source

Steam News / 21 October 2025

Open original post

Changelog.gg summarizes and formats this update. How we read updates.