Hello!

Hello POSTAL community!

It’s update time again! A few new features and improvements to hold you over until we get the Co-Op implemented. We know many are getting frustrated at the long wait for co-op, we underestimated the task at hand - but be assured it’s still coming.

We are happy to finally bring you AMD Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2.2) and Nvidia Super Resolution and Frame generation (DLSS 3.7). (No FSR 3.0 frame gen for now, that may come in a future update.)

As well as gaining frames in this update, you’ll also be able to gain some (in game) cash! We have shamelessly recycled some existing gameplay mechanics, so The Dude has a few side hustles he can embark on. Catch more animals! Get more petition signatures! Tag more billboards! We have also added a new racing time trial - this time using the Kart!

With this newly boosted economy, we needed to introduce more ways to waste money so… Introducing the Skinporium! A one stop shop for all your Weapon cosmetic needs.

Another new gameplay feature that no one asked for but we added it anyway - a Turret!

Full change log with more details can be seen below. Much respect to you all, and thanks for your continued support!

The Running With Scissors team


FSR and DLSS Support! Mid-Game titles on the Lifehacker Phone Page! Full Stats Screen! Completing the game will earn you a rank, you can also unlock various badges after fulfilling certain requirements
??? More Ongoing Side-Errands!Kart Time Trial Challenge in the Affluent tile!

Your legs might not go, but your kart can! Race your Mobility Kart through various checkpoints in town and win fabulous prizes!

Animal Catcher Extension on Tuesday and going forward!

Your exemplary animal catching services have warranted an extended contract for the rest of the week! This time, it's cold, hard cash for every warm, tender morsel! I mean, animal. Current going rate is $50 per Cat and $100 per Dog.

Make all deliveries to the previous station at the north side of town or bring them to the brand new satellite office on the south side, just outside of Cock Asian!

Note: Animal Catcher errand must first be completed, if you begin a New Game on Tuesday forward, it will not activate. Completing the main errand in a Pacifist way will also not activate the Animal Catcher Extension on Tuesday.

Volunteer Petitioner on Thursday, accessible after escaping from the Dark Lodge!

Convince people to sign yet another petition for a good cause! That cause being money which goes into your pocket! Go for the hard sell!

Tag Turf Return on Wednesday and going forward!

Show the locals who really owns the town by hitting any unmarked billboards with your personal tag, and get an instant cash reward to boot! But beware! Rival gangs might not take too kindly to an outsider getting up in their turf!

Weapon Cosmetic vending machine! Pigeon poop splat decals! More weapon cosmetics! Turret Going POSTAL Challenge in the Industrial tile (More to come!) NPCs reacting to having physics objects thrown at them! More NPC Interest Points and Vendors throughout the game! Home owners to Prison tile trailers. Be careful when trespassing, you might get shot!Set-dressing improvements in many areas of the game
Improved debris piles in Pit Boss errand
Improved the visuals of bridge / tunnel blockers
Improved lighting in The Dam
Improved reflections throughout various maps
Polished a bunch of first and third-person animations
Adjusted the Spray Paint behavior in order to make it more responsive, tweaked the particle effect as well
Implemented a short delay between destroying last shit pile and phone overlay popping up during Mexi-Cleaner errand
Improved drip particles
Foam Hammer will now function as a skin for the Sledgehammer
Continued optimisation improvements
Improved many HUD icons, updated the Animal Catcher overlay
Behavior of Dude idle lines (Won’t trigger if interacting, won’t trigger as long as aiming down sights, etc.) Changed appearance of Fast Travel highlighter in order to make it more visible
Lag sometimes occurring after dismembering NPCs
Collision issues / mapping errors which could cause you to fall through the world
Broken Molotov VR skin
Dark Lodge achievement not unlocking
Missing dolls
Bug where the Dude would equip a weapon after getting off a ladder
Super Soaker not reloading automatically when switching ammo types
Game unpausing in the menu when toggling options such as Show Outlines and Heat Waves
Janky NPCs in Sewer Pump Part room
Kunny Island bosses sometimes getting yoinked out of bounds
GAG protestors looking into the floor
Handcuffed NPCs running away when dismembered. Not being able to dismember body parts when an NPC was handcuffed
Fire in very rare scenarios causing the game to freeze
Camera breaking during the Fix Race errand
Propane tank event not working in the Prison tile crack house
Cats running away indefinitely
Pissing / pouring Gas on NPCs sometimes causing dialogue spam
Machete sometimes being invisible when retrieved from a throw
Dude’s text messages not having correct formatting
Fixed Low Gravity modifier not working in certain Going POSTAL Challenges
Obvious pop-in in The Zag
Phone soft-locking the game in very rare cases
Many, many more level design, audio and general bugs

Hey there legends! And Happy birthday 21st birthday to POSTAL 2!

We are currently still beavering away at a nice big update for you guys for P4, but in the meantime we have this smaller update for you, which addresses the issues you guys have reported across Steam Forums, and our social media (Thank you!) - plus some animation improvements.

While we’re here, we’ll update you a bit on what’s going on with P4 in general. Co-op ended up being a much bigger endeavor and challenge than we expected, but it’s still very much being worked on and we hope have it ready for at least an open beta this summer.

We are in the process of implementing and testing DLSS and FDR upscaling and frame generation, and hope to have that ready for the next update.

We realize there has been some performance regressions since we updated the gore system last update, and are very much working to sort that out.

We are also working to improve how saving and checkpointing is handled currently for a future update.

There is more, but we just wanted to comment on things that are happening sooner than later.

Thanks, as always, for your patience and support!

RWS Team


Added small outline to cheat input font in order to improve visibility
Imporved third-person Grenade throwing animation
Improved sidewalk collision in order to prevent NPCs from slightly floating
Adjusted Dude's shoulders, they will now appear less sunken and more natural
Improved the text overlay which appears when you activate a 'Going POSTAL Challenge'New blood effects causing lag
Nutshots being extremely hard to land
Settings not saving in languages other than English
Weapon Wheel becoming unresponsive when using the 'Free Mouse' option
POSTAL and Nigh-Impossible modes allowing for extra saves and inventory-stored health items
Pain / Near Death skull being too small
Sewer Hobo Hate Group not triggering
Not being able to walk up the stairs in Wipe Compound without jumping first
Missing Gnome hatch in Prison tile
Crash that would occur sometimes when killing cops and another crash when completing objectives on Kunny Island
Inacessible 'Going POSTAL Challenge' outside of Kunny Island
Rock Smasher challenge not accepting 'Charged' and 'Vitamin X' Sledgehammer attacks
Dilbow challenge in the Ghost Town not having a visible target to hit
Restored Krotchy dolls to some locations in the Residential tile: Anu's Inn, Laundromat and Rusty Trombone
Dude Eye meter and Melee Charge bars not disappearing when the game is paused
Text going off-screen during certain 'Going POSTAL Challenges'Landscape holes in Riverside tile
Car explosion sounds still playing when Audio was set to '0'HUD appearing during the Wednesday Outro cutscene
Certain UI elements appearing blurry for a couple of seconds

We are thrilled to receive such positive feedback following the release of update 1.3.0! Today, we're rolling out a quick hotfix to address an issue where one of the 'Going POSTAL Challenges' caused the game to crash when activated in the Industrial tile. Additionally, we've made a quick adjustment to how the main menu art functions. We can't wait to share with you the news about the next major POSTAL 4 update, so please stay tuned!

We sincerely appreciate your ongoing support! <3

Running With Scissors team



The default blue sky art will change to Red when you reach Thursday. After completing the game, it will randomly switch between both
The Scooter 'Going POSTAL Challenge' crashing the game upon activation

Hello POSTAL Dudes and Does!


Yeah, we drew a blank on making some kinda joke reference name for this update, so just made a joke out of that instead. A bad joke is better than no joke… Right?
Unlike most of our previous updates, there is no major standout new feature this time, just lots of smaller improvements to elevate the overall experience based on feedback. In the spirit of our half-assed update title, we’ll half ass this blurb too - and skip right to the patch notes!

(Note, DLSS and FSR 2.0 didn’t quite make this update, but we’re currently testing it, and it will be included in the next update)

Thanks for your continued support and not giving up on us! (and if you have given up on us, well, thanks for your past support!)

The Running With Scissors team


Optional non-pacifist route to the Animal Catcher errand which is accessible via the back of the Catcher building!Audio improvements! Added in destruction sounds for Sewer wall, more music to building interiors as well as more ambience throughout all areas
New and improved weapon textures! Desert Eagle, AK, Revolver, Machete, M16, Pigeon Mine, Shotgun, FOURnicator, The Mop and more
New Armor type “DuraFlab Armor” to Speciality Vending Machines!More icons to the Map Screen! (Marking Vending Machines, Vendors, more Points of Interests, etc.)New Stats to Stats Screen! (Revolver Executions and Explosives Exploded)Dismemberment animations for NPCs / Non-lethal dismemberment! They will no longer die if you chop off their leg as an example, instead, they’ll hop around on it
Charge bar for chargeable weapons! (Machete, Sledgehammer, Chain Sickle)“Gnome Hunter” Ongoing side-errand! You will be able to recycle gnome statues that are spread throughout some of the areas in Edensin for extra cash
Heat emissive textures for the guns! The barrels will glow if you fire the weapons continuously! (Incendiary ammo upgrade will cause the barrels to immediately glow)Explosion dismemberment and a knockdown chance for NPCs standing close to cars when they explode!Decapitated NPCs vomiting from their necks! New color-shifting Robe cosmetic! Available to purchase from the Clothing Vending Machines for $5000
Kill Streak / Quick Kill feature!Trip-wire alarm system in the fancy houses in Affluent section! (The area with Mike J’s mansion). You will need to find a control panel and destroy it or fight the Police in order to steal some of the paintings
Cat Silencer skin support for Rocket and Grenade Cats!NPCs pissing their pants when electrocuted!New knockdown animations for NPCs!Functional Super Soaker pump! Pumping the Soaker will make the stream stronger, the pressure will go down as you use it
More ambient / creepy sounds throughout all areas as well as misc. Audio work! (Adding music to Kart Kiosks as an example)Ability for the Chain Sickle to rip out chunks of NPCs’ flesh when hit!Alternate Fire mode for the Pigeon Swarm so the cage acts as a Mine!ThirdPerson empty reload animations for Pistols and Rifles!Improved the cliff scapes
Improved Blood puddles and transitions between a splat and a puddle
Dual-wielding a gun along with a Bidet petition will now have a correct button order
Changed Bums to now use initial weapon per day system instead of always spawning with fists, they can spawn with pistols, fists, sometimes nothing, rarely Grenades and Molotovs as the week goes on, and so on
Made it easier to befriend hostile dogs
Adjusted Pistol, Revolver, and Hunting Rifle damage types to support dismemberment
Improved collision on plenty of assets
NPCs will now panic properly if you kick an ATM
Improved localisation for all languages
Improved the Spike cutscene
Added more Chicks in Riverside in order to make the achievement less painful to earn
Level Design improvements: Assets z-fighting, destructible doors, physics consistency, visible pop-in, navigation, broken toilets
Prison Block improvements: Added guard passageways, grunge, fixed some UVs issues with columns, collision fixes, marked the cell blocks on the map
Improved AI reactions to cars exploding
Improved blood rendering, it’ll no longer look like wine
Made it so that when you open doors and windows during apocalypse that they now play the Apocalypse music track to their respective buildings
FOURnicator alt-fire will now penetrate when firing all four barrels
Set unique impact effect for Dude without massive blood splats covering the screen
Sledgehammer throw can now be held and thrown on release
Chain Sickle will now have a chargeable throw
NPCs will now say something if they hear an explosion within 5K units of them
Improved heavy stagger animations
Improved the queue systems, vendors - especially Civvie - should no longer get confused
Bosses will now do pain grunts instead of NPC screams when hit with Pigeon Mines
Improved weapon positioning in Dude’s hands in third-person
Players being awarded kills for NPCs falling out of the world
Certain glass models being static and not destructible
NPCs going off road into areas they shouldn’t way too often
Combo boxes on game menu not changing language when game language changes
Climbing ladders not looking right in third-person in some cases
Mallet being able to be duplicated from point blank throws
Dude peeing blood when set on fire
Bad skinning on the Ingram
Police and Mercenaries fighting against each other
Fixed mini-game in Kunny Island
Clipping on certain animations
Paintings in the Art Gallery using an outdated frame model
Camera sometimes breaking during Fix Race errand
Teleport issues when transitioning to The Zag
Fixed clothing meshes not having backfaces
Animation clipping during M16 reload
Various ladders not acting properly
Charged melee attacks swinging before the charge animation finishes
Cutscenes playing in slo-mo when weapon wheel was left active
Floating pickups throughout the game
Janky Video Menu settings
Taser impact particles
Water item counting as healing item but not healing the player
Dildo arrows spawning blood splatters facing the wrong way
Some cheats activated via Cheats Menu double-activating
Deadzone look left/right resetting and various gamepad navigation fixes
SiC Armor pickup collar material not shimmering
Police Uniform item description not fitting inside clothes bag text space
Many, many more bugs that we can’t fit here!

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Attention POSTAL fans and frenemies!


This update is less about throwing more features into the game and more about improving presentation and polish.

Our development team has been hard at work (and will keep at it) programming our NPCs to take in their surroundings and interact with each other in more complex and, dare we say, more interesting ways.

We've given particle effects a long-awaited makeover. For all the pyromaniacs out there, setting things ablaze and extinguishing them with your personal... ahem, 'firehose'... is now more visually gratifying than ever. And for those who love a good kaboom, you'll find explosions much more rewarding with the revamped effects. As for the chaos-causing explodable vehicles, we've tweaked them for maximum boom!

Turning to the world of POSTAL 4, we've rolled up our sleeves and reworked various environments to enhance your gameplay experience. The notorious Zag has received particular attention and is now bursting with new details and easter eggs for you to discover. We've also ironed out more kinks with physics objects, improving how they behave and interact following their introduction from the last update.

We haven't forgotten about the heat of battle, either. You'll notice smoother performance during intense gunfights, especially when the screen is crowded with NPCs going POSTAL.

And for all you controller warriors, we're taking PC controller support up a notch, with a batch of fixes already in place and more refinements on the way.

Stay tuned for more updates!


The Running With Scissors team.

AI Improvements! We are continuing the work on AI, this update introduces some improvements and new additions:

• Improved navigation
  
• NPCs will react better to fires. They’ll try to run away from a burning NPC that’s closest to them
  
• If you hit an NPC, they may start recording you and talk trash, there’s also a chance they will hit you
  
• Female NPCs might complain to a random male NPC or a Cop
  
• If an NPC decides to stand up for the victim, he will scold and may kick you
  
• If you hit an NPC from behind and run away with your weapon hidden, they may become suspicious of another character closest to them
  
• NPCs will bypass others without colliding with them
  
• More dialogue is now used for different NPC states

More Interest Points for NPCs across levels!Custom Difficulty Menu with ability to save / load custom difficulty presets!Sounds to more buildings and areas!New and improved particle effects! (Explosions, blood effects, impacts, piss, fire)Few Dropkick 'Going POSTAL' Challenges!Camera Shakes from Explosions and added Camera Shake support for the Reflex Sight reticle!Better skyboxes, changing depending on the day with Friday being the darkest in tone!Police Scooter variant!Interactable safes around Edensin! Explore, find codes to open them and enjoy some extra cash / goodies
Set dressed more empty areas in the game such as MikeJ’s mansion, Food Court, High Seas hotel in the Zag, Pie House, added more breakable windows, improved lighting, landscape and more (See screenshots below)When walking over grated metal surfaces while with wet feet will now play the grate footstep sounds
NPCs will now scream about the birds when hit with the Pigeon Mine
Pigeon Swarms will now move around a bit after spawning
Improved the scale of weapons in third person view
Improved Spike’s navigation and end cutscene
Mall improvements: Added additional pickups, few exploration secrets and rewards. Properly set up intended items and prices for cashiers. Added all vending machines variations to appropriate locations
Scaled up all houses in Riverside and Commercial tiles by 10% to accommodate the Dude's character model better
Taught the Dude some basic trigger discipline while reloading pistols (Adjusted animations)Set up more mirrors across the buildings
Scooter drivers will now fly after getting hit with a Grenade or a Rocket Launcher
High Seas Hotel will now have a working elevator, allowing you to travel between floors quicker
Added third-person dual wielding Shotgun firing animation
Improved a lot of areas in which pop-in was prevalent
Improved shading on trees and general foliage
Kart will now have impact effects
Updated Mariachis and El Plago to use better models
Set up more physics object sounds
Dude playing “Look at the size of that thing…” line again after reaching the starting area during Apocalypse
Optimized performance when player or NPCs use weapons
Setting the language for the first time via the First Run Language menu will also set the subtitles to the selected language
Improved behavior of explodable vehicles:

• Adjusted health, ignition health ratio, explosion delay, and explosion upwards impulse on all explodable vehicles
  
• Adjusted explosion damage and radius on larger vehicles to be bigger and do more damage
  
• Fixed missing engine fire and smoke particle effects on explodable vehicles that pass ignition damage threshold
  
• Added burning fire audio to accompany engine fire particle effect
  
• Significantly decreased time it takes for engine fire to appear (more warning time for players that the vehicle is about to explode)
  
• Fixed several vehicles not taking damage from fire
  
• Fixed food trucks' and certain vans' front windows not breaking properly
  
• Fixed SUV variant missing breakable side rear windows
  
• Improved ignition and explosion setups for explosive barrels and propane tanks
  
• Modified SUV interior texture

Various controller fixes and improvements:

• Controller not being able to place waypoint markers
  
• Controller navigation on cell phone
  
• Controller not working in Cheats menu
  
• D-Pad Up / Down not working properly in the wheel UI
  
• Gamepad navigation in the Clothes Bag Menu
  
• Analog sticks on Map Screen
  
• Not being able to press ‘Start’ on the controller to dismiss the Pause menu
  
• Gamepad aiming on the Scooter being inconsistent with when on foot

Many level design bugs, floating models, nitpicks, etc. Too many to list individual ones
Janky physics on a lot of assets
Collision issues on various meshes
Fixed a bunch of crashes
Certain languages not having full subtitle / UI support
Fixed some settings not saving properly or resetting
SiC armor not showing properly on saved games
Third Person Deagle offset
Sight and Silencer attachments not saving properly
A bunch of clipping issues with dual wielding
Janky-looking Rattler Weight
Some issues with weapon scaling in third-person
Great amount of level design bugs across the whole game
Replaced janky water volumes in Dark Lodge
Fingers in bumped into animations
Being able to progress through the lightbulb section in Sewer errand without picking up light bulbs
Meshes that were using default / broken textures
Few broken Going POSTAL Challenges
Two old male textures missing eyes, teeth and dismemberment
Removed the small amount of dual wielding weapon tilt when sprinting
Color Wheel not closing in toggle mode. Implemented various fixes and improvements to the weapon, item, and emote wheels as well
Sniper Rifle reload sounds playing twice
Issue with Fix Race errand where finishing it in third person and staying on the Scooter would cause the camera to get stuck
NPCs sometimes remaining shackled after being released from handcuffs
Double-cheat error which prevented certain cheats from working in Cheat menu

Implemented loading improvements! Travelling through zap-zones will be much quicker now, around <30% faster according to our tests (Around 5-10 seconds per zone) Gamepad Sensitivity settings Weapon attachments on weapons confiscated or deposited in weapons bins will now be returned to your Inventory
Bloody urine will now have a bloody liquid effect on screen
Going POSTAL Scooter Challenge in Industrial level that would crash the game when activated
Small animation flicker when throwing the Machete
Thrown Sniper Rifle pickup using the wrong texture
Some key icons not displaying correctly in certain languages
Removed the ‘More Options…’ menu as it’s not yet ready for prime time
Emote Wheel not closing in ‘Toggle Mode’ Flying truck in Border level…
Sprinting only working on gamepad
Crash that could sometimes occur on start of Thursday
Crash when being arrested

Phew, this update took a lot longer to get out than we hoped. We’ll spare you the excuses, thank you for your patience with us, and skip straight to the highlights of what this update contains!
The headliner is the physics pass! While we have more work to do in this area in both improving the physics of the objects, and adding more, there is enough here already for you guys to have some fun kicking stuff around.

Speaking of kicking… we are excited to introduce the drop kick!

There are also errand improvements, AI improvements, UI improvements, new Going POSTAL challenges, mirrors, more interactive environment objects, level design improvements, sound design improvements, a crap ton of bug fixes, and so much more.

We also have many more features and improvements nearly ready that didn’t quite make the cut for this update - we’ll post a developers update regarding all that soon.

Note: We highly recommend starting a new save game for this update. For anyone wishing to use their current saves on update 1.1.1, we’ve added a beta branch for it.

With all that out of the way, feast your eyes on a changelog so long it exceeds Steam's character limit. For the full list of bug fixes, please visit our website: https://runningwithscissors.com/postal-4-no-regerts-lets-get-physical-update-1-1-2/


New Beggar Sign Select UI as well as updated cardboard sign text! Key Icons for Krotchy Tips and weapon / item hints! More pickups and NPCs throughout various levels! Ghost Town <-> Shanty Town Zap Zone! One handed reload animations for Kart! New Nitro indicator! New Kevlar / SiC models! Physics pass! More, more interactables! Objects such as coin machines, instruments, hand dryers and so on will now have some level of interactability!
Highly requested PIII Gloves to Dude’s outfit! New bystander animations and states! (Pulling out their phones to record, stunned, bumped into, begging and more!) For example, you will now notice when an NPC is injured as they’ll have unique movement cycles
New Going POSTAL Challenges throughout Edensin! (Rock Smasher, Bulls-eye in Ghost Town) Dropkick! Simply run, jump and kick to knock down NPCs! Progress bar to the Muck Mopper side-errand! A lot of third-person animations to various weapons! Third-Person Swimming and Climbing animations! Plenty of decoration textures, billboards, etc. to levels across the game! Screen blood splatter for close range hits! NPCs dropping items properly! If an NPC carries more than five items, they will be converted into a backpack pickup, this includes regular items as well as weapons
Unique HUD cosmetic for the Sexy Outfit! Reflex Sight support for the M60! Dual wielding support for the Scissors! Music and ambient sounds to previously empty / silent areas! Working mirrors! Reworked the Shovel to perform more closely to Postal 2
Improved and polished all cutscenes in the game that had issues
Improved Border Smuggler errand
Improved Pump Room section of the Sewer errand
Improved reflections in various areas especially the Prison
Removed the impulse absorption so kicks, bullets, and explosions and move ragdolls around
Replaced various placeholder Kunny Island textures
Improved audio sync in cutscenes
Made various navigation improvements
Improved lighting in Affluent area
Improved waypoint behavior: Clicking on the map after placing a waypoint will now remove it
Adjusted Scooter Time Trial times
Cops will now drop handcuffs upon death
Improved the rock climbing area in Kunny Island. Added a unique mesh that’s climbable with a new Going POSTAL Challenge on top of it
Improved the first person unarmed sprint animation
Polished a lot of the third-person animations, added scooter dual-wielding animations
Disabled ability to dual wield Ticketing Device…
Removed the "Hold E to get on vehicle" Improved the interior of Cock Asian
NPC footsteps will now react to dirt, wood and metal
Game Dev Nerd now will sometimes say something when Dude pees in VR
Added Krotchy hint about ability to destroy doors with Sledgehammer in Crypto building
Special outfits will now also be a part of the Clothes Bag item to prevent confusion
Made sure old saves work with the cosmetic items that have been removed
Hid unrelated errand markers when going into a “dungeon” area of Treasure Hunter
Corrected many non-working, incorrectly assigned, and unassigned dialog lines
Reduced redundant dialog lines for better optimization
Goats and Pigs will now have more idle sounds as they walk
Tweaked Reflex Sight LOD so it doesn't look as horrific in FirstPerson view
Removed several duplicate checkpoints in Prison which will get rid of the small stutters when entering cell blocks
Improved the projectiles a bit which should make them more reliably apply physics to ragdolls
The VR widget machines will now have music so they are not dead silent
Optimized first person animations
Added a Rewards texture icon that will appear in a Krotchy Tip which mentions redeeming plushies for rewards
Visually improved a lot of areas in maps, from Residential to Kunny Island
Changed direction of some mansion interior doors for better movement
Improved a ton of product textures
Adjusted Mall audio
Improved the look of decals, especially in Mexico side
Made Bums and Sewer Hobos ignore Offroad and Grass restrictions so they can roam freely
in their outlying areas as intended
Added new squash sounds when NPCs are killed by the boulder, they also scream now too
Improved quality of Wipe Compound map texture
Improved the look of the whole area that leads to the Penitentiary
Overhauled Sign Beggar dialog lines, now correctly set up
Improved collision of more models
Improved the look of rampage trigger descriptions, text will now wrap which will take care of an issue with long descriptions going off screen
Minor pickup placement tweaks throughout whole world tile
Added graffiti to the Prison facade that appears starting Tuesday after the riot. Turned off some lights on prison facade starting Tuesday, hence it looks derelict after the riot
Simplified the Sledgehammer and Mallet removal code to fix some bugs
Updated unarmed turning animation
When you let go of the skip cutscene button, widget will only disappear if progress bar depletes all the way down to 0%. It will no longer stay on screen for the full duration of a cutscene
Improved Cat Dude UI, added a button hint for urethra
Improved lip sync animations
Handcuffing NPCs during the Prison mission will now have a chance for the Warden to pester you about doing a pacifist run
Disabled long bystander conversation lead out lines
Improved / Polished a lot of third-person animations
Unlocked a couple of doors in the Dark Lodge
Updated music and ambient sounds in most areas
Reduced volume of the ads on the Edensin Radio station to balance with the music and DJ banter
Adjusted NPC wait time for Petition
Adjusted the collision of a ground mesh in Shanty Town that was causing the Dude to float a bit
Prison Warden audio improvements in tutorial section
Replaced some NPC routine animations
Blocked off Lost City until Friday
NPCs will be much less likely to spam "decide to fight" line
VR level changes: Little bot will now have music in its menu screen at the end of the run.
When the menu is now opened and closed for both there is a sound attached. When player reaches room at end of violent run music resets to calm music
Spaced out lockers in the tutorial section of Prison Warden errand to have better access to pickups
Smoothed the transition between normal and third person dual wielding animations
Adjusted volume of grocery store music to be louder
Breaking the windows on the Police Station will now play the police station music
Added missing zap-zones
When hitting the dummy with a Padded Baton the Warden will now give banter on being pacifist
Thrown Sledgehammer and Mallet are now automatically equipped if you have empty hands when picked up
Adjusted the foot to have the same screen presence as POSTAL 2’s
Improved the reliability of the kick on ragdolls and gibs
Implemented sprinting animations for all weapons
Player homing rockets will now lead their target
Some lockers not having collision in Prison
Annoying “disco” NPCs
Boss NPCs not having damage immunities implemented properly
Bugged NPC pathfinding around Pistolas y Tacos
Pigeons not flying around in the Penthouse boss room
Various Going POSTAL Challenges not spawning additional NPCs
Clothes Bag not appearing in Items Wheel
Weapon swapping button
HUD bug where a magazine counter was displayed for the Scissors
Odd deformations for classic/robe dude torso
Phone Screen sometimes not accepting any inputs other than ESC
Being able to pick up Gas Cans when full of Gasoline
First Person sleeve clipping with Gas Can animations
Puke splash particle looking a bit janky
Boss Health Bars not disappearing when transitioning from one zone to another
Final boss music janking out if you threw too many Pigeons at him
Issues when entering and exiting VR world
El Plago spawning before Peso Payback errand on Friday
Weapon Wheel button not switching between the Hands and the last weapon used
Desert Eagle aim view offset being slightly off
Buggy Going POSTAL Challenge in Riverside tile
Offset on Dilbow and Grenade suicide
Police Uniform not using the correct "clothes changed" dialogue
Rats not making any sounds when dying
Wanted Meter not increasing as quickly as it should
Few doors opening in wrong direction
P350 and Dilbow not being added to certain loadouts
Scooter speed on low FPS
Bidet Petition errand showing up during POSTAL / Impossible and related difficulty modes
Third person aiming code hitting things behind the player
Music not shutting off when pausing during Fix Race errand
Painting frames for Art Dealer side-errand having interact prompts
Fire Station onlookers not spawning correctly
Going POSTAL Challenge music turning off all other music after completing it
Positioning of phone models in NPCs hands
Fixed pillar sounds not respecting reverb during Treasure Hunter errand
Certain cheats that could be triggered without requiring /sissy
Helicopters not disappearing upon explosion and flame particles staying floating in the air
Janky third-person perspective when scoping in with Sniper Rifle
Toilet water sometimes not turning yellow when you piss in the bowl
Dude completed line when completing Fix Race errand by getting the red scooter to win not correctly using the chosen Dude voice option
Getting stuck in BDSM basement due to keypad status not sticking after loading a save
Collision in a couple houses in Border level that were blocking the windows
A lot of unusable ladders
Handcuff item in Vending Machine
Pressing ESC while in the map causing a waypoint to be added
Some ATMs not spitting out money
Nigh-Impossible difficulty not being nigh-ly as impossible as advertised
NPC reactions to Dead rats and other animals
Ragdolls flying into the air when killed with the weapon wheel open
Players sometimes not respawning correctly after final errand
Crashes related to some of the Going POSTAL Challenges
Weapon attachments not getting bloody or poopy
Stairs disappear too close in Industrial tile
Untextured assets in The Mall
Various issues with boltons clipping
Waypoint connection between Residential and Zag tiles
Foot not getting poopy and/or bloody
Russian subtitles
Beggar Sign and Bidet Petition breaking door windows…
Krotchy Tip notification sound playing during loading screens sometimes
Issue with Apocalypse not triggering after leaving via south exit of shanty town
Being able to access L4 zap zones with scooter
A ton of world escape bugs
Drag outfit clipping with Pistol and P350
Zap zone blockers not appearing correctly after defeating final boss
Auto equipping Grenades or Molotovs when loading a save
Unloaded props in Mexican shop
Wall asset extruding through wall of High Seas hotel
P3 Dude glasses looking jank
Misaligned sitting POI in the Mall
Fixed various issues with the Cheats Menu
M16’s appearance when using sights with cosmetics
Untextured arm and janky blood material outside Spike's doghouse
Floating Rocket Launcher pickup in Industrial crane Rattler puzzle
Being able to fall through the map in Riverside behind Taco Shop
Player being able to pickup melee weapons you already have
Unreachable Golden Larry doll on Ghost Town church roof. It’s been now moved below the church
Various holes in maps
Glass on doors breaking from things like Urine and Gasoline
Invisible prop/blocking volume in “Grove Street” (Commercial level) AK not cutting legs off on a killing shot
Muddy texture on ground in front of Mike J mansion
Subtitles in VR errand
An empty void when trying to go from Ghost Town to Shanty Town
Race assignments on all chameleon skin textures. Lack of bystander variety, incorrect race voice assignment, etc. now addressed
Bug where stationary projectiles overlapping with NPCs didn't explode properly
Officer’s face in Pay Fine intro
Spurt’n’Squirt 9000 not using unique canister skins for different ammo types
Machete not having a default cosmetic class set up
Mallet being unretrievable when the Pawn is on all fours
Missing Tools R Us ladder
Offset on Gas Can firing animation
Janky water shaders in Dark Lodge
Voting machines clipping through booths

If you’re reading this then we would like to thank you. From those of you that have sent kind words of support to those that have vented their disappointment with aspects of the game - we’re grateful to have a passionate fan base that has stood by us. We've made a lot of mistakes during P4s development, and are still committed to make it right.

Many of you may have noticed the big 20th Anniversary update for POSTAL 2 the other week, and the release of POSTAL 4 onto PlayStation a few weeks before that. This absolutely does not mean that work on POSTAL 4 has ended, far from it. We’ve been beavering away in the background to continue to see through our vision with the game.

We are working to prepare a new update for PC, which will also hit the PlayStation consoles too at a later date. On that note, if you’re the pre-ordering type - you can order a physical copy of POSTAL 4 for PlayStation by Limited Run Games[limitedrungames.com] via Amazon here[www.amazon.com].

And now, we'd like to talk about what we’ve been focusing on since the last update, and what we’ll be focusing on in the future as part of our roadmap. Please note that not all of these features will come in the next update, but will roll out over the next few months and beyond.



Some of the errands can be underwhelming or anticlimactic, while others are okay but are just short of being great, so we’re picking away at making things more interesting across the entire game.

An example of some of the improvements to the Border Smuggler errand. A helicopter now scatters barrels and dropships in more border patrol guards, and the banners now play an animation when they are hit.

Installing parts in the pump room during the Sewer Worker errand now spawns enemies to fight.

You'll notice some level design changes in this area that were made in order to account for new enemy spawns. Furthermore, the changes will also make traversing the pump area much smoother after installing pump parts.


We’re in the process of opening up more buildings and improving the level design in areas that were previously neglected. More thought has gone into the pickup placement, better rewarding exploration. More Go Postal challenges have been added as a good way to fill out the open world with things to do

The Ghost town area in particular has had many more buildings opened up and details added


Work on co-op is fully underway! Not too much to say other than that it’s being worked on by the author of the ‘Nick’s Co-op’ Workshop mod for POSTAL 2, so you know it’s in good hands.

Spend quality bonding time together with your friends. What happens in the bathroom, stays in the bathroom.

Golden showers are best experienced with people you love most.


We’ve been working on improvements to the third person animations for the Dude, mostly due to us needing them for co-op. The upshot of this is the third person camera view will end up better off due to them. While TP is still currently experimental, we do hope to one day make it more polished and support it more officially.


Don’t want to play in third person but still want to see third person animations? Well soon you'll be able to - in mirrors! That’s right, a feature that was in our game from 2003 makes a triumphant return 20 years later in POSTAL 4!


Speaking of features missing in P4 from a game we made 20 years ago… physics are also actively being worked on.

Groundbreaking


We’ve given an art pass to some of the lamer aspects of the UI, such as the beggar sign board. Every little helps!

Before ːsteamfacepalmː

After ːsteamhappyː


Highlighting this here because it's a much requested feature, so here you go!

If it's important to you, it's important to us



We have identified various things we can do in order to improve loading times both on first boot and between loading zones. These improvements probably won’t make the next update, but we’ll aim to have them addressed in the coming months.


In our ongoing effort to keep improving performance, we will be looking into implementing the latest Upscalers from AMD and Nvidia.



The modding community is very important to us, and we aim to make P4 as enjoyable to mod for as possible. This will take a bit of time in order to get the back end tidied up and features documented, but it will be worth the wait.


While proton does a great job at running P4 on SteamDeck and Linux Desktops in general, performance is left on the table vs a native client. No timeframe for when we’ll get to this, but we want to make it happen.