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Sheriff Antagonist, Bug Fixes, and Quality of Life Adjustments.

Junkyard Truck · Community Announcements · June 26, 2025

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This update adds a sheriff to the game. He shows up after a few of Jake's missions are complete. Watch your back, because breaking the law can get expensive. This update also fixes some bugs, adds some quality of life changes, balance issues, a new mission, and a some hidden achievements.

Update Notes:

-Added a sheriff npc.

-The Sheriff will appear after a few of Jake's missions are completed.

-The Sheriff will attempt a traffic stop on traffic violations such as:

-Speeding, open container, transporting moonshine, reckless driving, headlights.

-You may also get apprehended for fuel theft, evasion, hit and run, obstruction, or an active warrant.

-The Sheriff will arrest if you brew moonshine near him.

-The Sheriff might let you off with a warning if you pull over, otherwise you will either get a ticket or go to jail, depending on the seriousness of your crime, or if you have an outstanding warrant.

-The Sheriff will impound your vehicle if a traffic stop leads to an arrest.

-Impounded vehicles can be released by speaking with the sheriff when he is waiting outside the impound lot.

-Physical tickets you receive should be paid off as soon as possible.

-If you evade arrest, the Sheriff will not forget, and you will get an additional evasion charge the next time you are caught, as well as a warrant for your arrest.

-Failure to pay off your tickets, or continuous evasion of arrest will lead to a raid on your home while you sleep.

-Arrest leads to a sequence of events where you are cuffed, transported to the station, booked into a holding cell, and later released.

-Police pursuit and arrest results in a complete loss of sanity.

-The Sheriff will steal any packages of Beef-a-Reeno found in an impounded vehicle.

-Added icons to inventory for consumables.

-Added new job to infuse and sell all moonshine flavors.

-Added nicotine cans to the gas station. You won't lose sanity if your nicotine levels are sufficient. You can also use them before towing a vehicle.

-Added a premium beer with better effects.

-Added a functional dumpster near the gas station for removing your unwanted junk in that area.

-Added $200 and $400 withdraw options to the ATM.

-Added two new hidden achievements.

-Added percentage to propane tank description.

-Added impact sound profiles to logs and moonshine crates.

-Added additional sound effects to the moonshine brewing process.

-Changed lotto ticket price to $15.

-Changed some golf cart sounds.

-Changed Jiggs' journal to show fruit locations for moonshine infusing.

-Changed savegames to now now preserve the time of day.

-Fix to car not dieseling when using old engine.

-Fix to i6 not saving oil properly.

-Fix to issue with Jiggs not taking money for recovery tasks.

-Fix to retrieving some items dropping instead of being retrieved from inventory.

-Fix to phone menu sometimes not updating with new vehicles and destinations.

-Fix to mission tracking tooltip getting cut off.

-Fix to an issue where Jimmy Junks could be asked to inspect your vehicle while already inspecting it.

-Fix to ongoing issue where truck interiors would appear clean without the upgraded interior.

-Fix to regular moonshine crates not being properly displayed in bar.

-Fix to second home appearing as a transport location before being purchased.

-Fix to collision sound distance with diamondback.

-Fixed tree prefab with floating branches.

-Fixed sound issue with payphone.

-Fixed an issue where a worn transmission could still make noise after parking the vehicle.

-Fixed performance issues when having a massive pile of poker chips in the pot.

-Fixed v8 turbo bolt placement.

-Driving on rotors now makes the same noise as driving on rims, and is illegal.

-Thunder and lightning should appear more often with rainy weather.

-Drunk status now lasts longer after drinking.

-Sleeping now zeros out drunk effect.

-Sleeping now reduces hydration and food levels slightly.

-Hydration levels are reduced further if you are drunk before sleeping.

-Sprinting now reduces hydration at a slightly faster rate.

-Low sanity makes you get tired slightly faster.

-Iron ore chunks are now physically smaller but still weigh a lot.

-Cans and bottles now make noise and despawn after some time.

-Simplification of some unused buildings.

-Increased battery charging rate when vehicle is running.

-Items are now released from grocery bags in a more controlled manner.

-Improved some item textures.

-Terrain+tree simplification in some areas.

This game is in early access. If you encounter any issues or have any questions or ideas, leave a message at https://discord.gg/zbSqEqU4Jc

Don't forget to use that new dumpster near the gas station.

Thank you,

Kestone

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