Patch Notes – Playstation 4

American Fugitive Patch Notes - 28th January 2021 [1.0.8]

• Keep inventory at restart (classic behavior, all items are lost, available via Game Options)
• New wanted behavior (area based)
• Checkpoints on certain missions where player can easily die or fail
• Fix for vehicle brakes not always engaging correctly
• Fixed a police vehicle navigation bug
• Player strafing speed slightly increased
• Tarmac grip levels slightly increased
• Metal detector upgrade can be disabled
• Fix for engine audio sometimes starting abruptly
• Fix for final objective sometimes completing when it should fail
• Tweaked player upgrade costs
• Removed a weak Mayor mission
• Allow one of Ana’s missions to be skipped based on conversation choice
• Various AI fixes
• Increased player crouch movement speed
• Added audio option to control ambience volume (for less crickets!)
• Residential cars spawning on driveways
• Some automatic camera zoom out when multiple targets
• Extra information on map
• Reduced the reload speed of certain weapons
• Increased ammo from weapon drops, and increased player ammo capacity
• Bug fixes for story missions

'State of Emergency' DLC Notes - 25th November 2019 [1.0.18615]

Gameplay

• Added 2 new weapons, the bazooka and the minigun.
• Added 2 new vehicles, the Westmoreland Tank and the Army 4×4.
• Added 10 new challenges, accessed in the same way as Time Trials
• Added a 6 star wanted level.
• Added 3 new achievements.
• Replaced the toy factory with a military base.
• Added soldier NPCs.
• Added soldier uniform.
• AI will now burst fire when using automatic weapons.
• Police NPCs will now flee from burning cars.
• Stopped NPCs shooting cars that are too close to them.
• Added animal ragdolling when shot or hit by vehicles.
• Added extra waypoint minimap marker during time trials.

Audio

• Improved bullet impact sounds for vehicles, buildings and people.
• Decreased global music volume and increase global vehicle volume.

UI

• Moved ‘Game’ to top of Options menu

Bugs

• Fixed issue where weapon fire rate would temporarily increase when turning quickly.
• Fixed issue where NPCs would continue attacking the player after death.
• Fixed issue where the camera wouldn’t orientate itself properly at the beginning of time trials while playing in Follow Camera mode.
• Fixed issue where NPC speech bubble would persist after the vehicle they were in had been destroyed.
• Fixed issue where the ‘Return to Vehicle’ countdown would display in time trials, even if the player was dead.
• Fixed issue where player would surrender while standing still and aiming.
• Fixed issue where the police car icon wouldn’t disappear from the minimap if stolen from a police roadblock.
• Fixed issue where the player could make phone calls during challenges and races.
• Fixed issue where the ‘back’ UI button would overlap with the weapon panel.
• Fixed issues with UI icons when playing on 21:9 monitors.
• Fixed issues with newspaper text while playing in Japanese.

American Fugitive Patch Notes - 12th September 2019 [1.0.17959]

Quality of Life

• Minimap added, with route planner aid
• Option to turn off minimap in Game Options
• Turn off custom waypoint marker when close to it
• Civilians are more tolerant of certain minor crimes, so won’t always report them
• Police take longer to arrive at crime scenes, as previously were unrealistically quick
• AI try to move away from burning vehicles
• Civilian AI better at checking for oncoming traffic before crossing roads
• Fix for one chunk in Ridge Plains not loading in some circumstances
• Performance optimisations

American Fugitive Patch Notes - 5th July 2019 [1.0.17514]

Gameplay

• Fixed AI getting stuck behind cliffs.
• Can order multiple guns without the previous being despawned.
• Fixed issue with AI popping in and out at Train Station doors.
• ATMs can now be broken into after being towed.
• Fixed issue which prevented use of crowbar on doors which can be kicked open.
• Fixed issue where Mission NPCs occasionally wouldn’t unlock correctly.
• Player is now awarded a small amount of cash for compacting vehicles.

Quality of Life

• Statistics Screen: Distances over 1000 metres now display as Km.
• Map Screen: Show available Mission Giver and Time Trial icons for all areas, not just the one user is in.
• Added Stunt Jump icons to map, with colours denoting complete / incomplete.
• Added icons to Journal note entries denoting stash discovered / undiscovered, as well as the ability to add a map waypoint at original note location.
• Time Trial map icons are now colour coded to denote tier achieved.
• Added Info Panel to map screen, displaying personal best Time Trial times and Stunt Jump distances.
• Added off-screen markers animation to make them more noticeable.

UI

• Fixed Stunt Jump UI showing ‘New Record’ at incorrect times.
• Improved persistence of clothing off-screen indicator, to aid on-boarding.
• Improved persistence of objective off-screen marker icons, especially when in different map regions.
• Fixed issue where taking cash would occasionally fail to give you the money.

Audio

• Fixed lockpick item using wrong sound effect.
• Fixed restraining items not using their respective sound effect during ‘Restrain’ interior phase.
• Fixed issue with character music looping a second time before abruptly stopping.
• Fixed issue with Prison Infirmary ‘beep’ SFX not terminating.
• Fixed issue where graveyard corpses would scream.

Misc

• Fixed ‘Arrests’ stat not being incremented.
• Removed some trees around forest cabin area to improve performance.

American Fugitive Patch Notes - 28th May 2019 [1.0.17324]

Gameplay