Old School

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• Patch Notes·23 May 2025Official

  v1.2.0

  - Lots of new gestures. - New Middle Eastern headwear at #46 - New female singlets at flesh #14-15. - New falling animations include slumping forwards or backwards against a wall. - More assertive AI is better at judging ranges in combat (especially with weapons). - Swinging weapons can become entangled (relative to the "Skill" and timing of the defender). - Alternate left-handed slap and lower slaps with either hand. - You can stomp on opponents that are too small to kick. - More intuitive target selection is more interested in those nearby (in the direction you hold) instead of randomly browsing through every single character, and unconscious opponents are more likely to be disregarded. - Fixed an issue that may have caused extra controllers to not have their meters displayed. - Needing the toilet distracts you from attacking/grappling. - Inheriting an existing character leaves their grades intact. - Prevented a rare inconsistency with the possessive variable. - Dropping objects from a crouching state no longer attempts to hand them over. - No shivering animation while sleeping. - Joining a gang changes your costume in real-time. - Toes are rendered properly while changing costumes in real-time. - Water is bluer and less transparent.
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• Announcements·18 Mar 2025Official

  Feel The Temperature

  - Cold outdoor weather (including night in winter months) damages your health more rapidly, as indicated by a discoloured health meter and a shivering animation. This can be offset by the heat of fire. - The command for deliberately starting fires has switched to PICK-UP + ATTACK instead of taunt (think of "striking" a match!). - You can deliberately set fire to ANY flammable object nearby instead of just the one you were aiming for - including large furniture! - Fire extinguishers and water guns can be used to extinguish furniture as well as smaller objects. - Upper body chains can be used to tug an opponent closer to you if they are too far away to grapple! Spamming it can backfire depending on how much stronger your opponent is. - Lying grapples are more likely to continue to the head or legs when holding a direction, and only ever trigger an instant hold WITHOUT a direction. - Slightly improved logic when deciding whether to shoot or swing a weapon at close range. - Skateboard impacts risk falling over. - Surviving death in hospital halves your bank balance. - You are only charged for objects you walk out with if you have enough money. - The sums other people expect you to pay are lower. - Improved AI doesn't risk following a friend if they are driving vehicle! - Crowd reactions are easier to hear during office meetings despite the apparently quiet setting. - Improved landing when jumping on scenery like the theatre stage or wrestling ring. - Slightly improved swimming physics. - New "Partner" relationship status follows you from scene to scene wherever possible (i.e. not into classes they can't attend!). You can approach anybody about partnering with you if they don't ask you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44588840/f362392b0d4578c12cedb3351e8d2609403bc007.jpg
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• Announcements·12 Feb 2025Official

  Blowing Off Steam

  v1.1.7 - Costumes change in real-time instead of waiting for the next scene. - Improved extinguisher/wind effect looks better from all angles. - Flaming objects can be loaded into projectile weapons to change their purpose! - Paints can be loaded into a water gun to make it fire different colours! - Switching characters in multiplayer is accompanied by an outline as well as a controller icon. - Weight missions are not set if your stats leave no room for improvement. - Backing out of restarting no longer confuses the game in progress. - Correct dialogue for cancelling a conversation you started. - You cannot jump onto the inner side of a school yard wall if the gates are closed. - More lockers can have objects stacked on their shelves. - Right clicks can be used to quickly browse options backwards on PC. - Middle clicks can be used to instantly reset an option. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44588840/3735563af7a14b8c1d22277b524e4fa38110dea6.jpg
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• Patch Notes·10 Dec 2024Official

  v1.1.6

  - Lots of new storylines about gang politics. - The frequency of dialogue/arrests is now optional. - Medical kits and syringes help you restore health/spirit more quickly. - New headwear includes a firefighter helmet, wizard/witch hat, and alternative crown/tiara. - High pony tails are correctly hidden under the new headwear. - Announcements are not made during the intro, and any such announcements also wait a little longer after previous dialogue has finished. - Seated grabs don't snatch from other people. - Improved logic distributes vehicles around the map more evenly. - Prevented illogical move transitions during an arrest. - Non-existent moves cannot be "fashionable". - Wanted criminals are more likely to resist arrest upon being grabbed. - Improved logic when copying costumes between genders. - Sitting during a lesson doesn't count as "relaxing", so you still suffer more health drain throughout the day. - Tied up students can't be accused of "missing" a lesson on purpose.
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• Announcements·28 Nov 2024Official

  Moving Home

  - New "Trailer Park" residential area east of the junction offers an alternative address to stay! This is automatically assigned to an existing saved game upon updating. - The existing house interior now has more posters and a sink in the bathroom to wash away scars. - Lots of new costumes from the prison version (Hard Time III). - New headwear (which missed the cut on Switch!) includes a firefighter helmet, wizard hat, alternative crown & tiara. - New family of moves at the front includes various "Alabama" slams and "Dead Head". - New family of moves at the rear includes various "Wheelbarrow" slams. - New flying front move includes "Block Buster". - New "Head Snap" move at the ground. - Wider variety of handshakes that you can choose in the "Gestures" section to make gang greetings even more unique (although your choice may not always override the choice of the other person). - New taunts include "Goosebumps" and the "Milk America Great Again" dance! - New "Transparent 4" hairstyle works as a toupee (which can be applied automatically if you press "Restore Default" on the Wally Stacks character). - Improved consistency in the colouring of transparent hair length and fringes. - Mike Bail's prison costume is rendered differently after losing the dedicated material. - Parents are called "Mum" or "Dad" by their children. - Irrelevant dialogue is less likely to be delivered in a violent situation. - Louder thud when landing from a height. - You don't automatically sleep on a bed if you're angry/hyperactive or pressing any other command. - Hammerlocks don't transition into a Tiger Suplex if the victim is supposed to be under arrest. - Restoring default or back-up characters no longer spawns civilians inside the school. - Different dialogue for describing "getting rid of" people who aren't dead. - Improved collision detection on stomps or ground grapples from taller people. - Important announcements (such as arrest warrants) can be heard anywhere in the city. - Arcade scr...
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