Schedule 1 has finally released the game-changing Cartel Update onto the main branch. This significant Schedule 1 update comes much later than originally anticipated, with solo developer Tyler (TVGS) taking their time to get it right.
The Cartel Update was first voted on by the Schedule 1 community a couple of months ago, beating out a Police Expansion update and a Shrooms update. Whether Tyler will revisit the two losing ideas remains to be seen, but for now, his focus has been on completing and releasing the Cartel Update. The patch initially made its way onto Schedule 1's beta branch a few weeks ago, allowing gamers to try it out before it was pushed to all players.
All Quests in Schedule 1 (Mission List)
There are currently 23 quests in Schedule 1, the first three of which are part of the game's prologue.
The Schedule 1 Cartel Update patch notes were posted to Steam, confirming the addition of the Benzies Family, "a powerful cartel in Hyland Point." According to Tyler, players will encounter this family in a few interactions, including cartel-player deals, cartel-customer deals, ambushes, dealer robberies, and dead drop theft. It also comes along with changes in how players unlock new Schedule 1 regions. Before they can progress, a new "cartel influence" level must be reduced to a certain point in the previously unlocked area. The Cartel Update has the potential to fundamentally change Schedule 1's core gameplay loop if it works as intended, so it'll be interesting to see how players receive it.
The latest update also includes several minor additions and enhancements. A new purchasable Schedule 1 property, Hyland Manor, has been added, along with a new vehicle and a pump shotgun weapon. There's also a graffiti system, which allows players to spray graffiti on various surfaces to reduce cartel influence and gain XP. Both police and dead/unconscious NPCs can now be pickpocketed, and customers that players attack now won't order for 72 hours. One small addition that could go under the radar is the new automatic save game backup feature. The patch notes state that this "will automatically generate a backup of your save file when you first load it on a new version of the game," which could be a lifesaver for some.
In the patch notes, Tyler apologized for what he describes as a "lack of timeliness with this update," claiming it's releasing "about a month later" than initially intended. He did clarify his intention to "try my best to provide due dates only when I'm really confident that I'll actually be able to make that deadline" going forward. The good news is that the next Schedule 1 community vote will be held next week, so it isn't long before the fans get to have their say once again on what comes next for the game.
Schedule 1 v0.4.0 Cartel Update Patch Notes
Additions
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Added the Benzies family - a powerful rival cartel in Hyland Point. You will first encounter them once you have unlocked a number of customers in Westville. Interactions with them include:
- Cartel-player deals (only while truced)
- Ambushes
- Dealer robbings
- Dead drop theft
- Cartel-customer deals
- Added new purchasable property - Hyland Manor. Keep in mind that the Benzies' family storyline must be completed before this can be purchased.
- Added new vehicle 'Hotbox'.
- Added graffiti system. You can spray graffiti on various surfaces around the map to reduce cartel influence and gain XP.
- Added spray paint item. Purchaseable at Gas Mart. You can purchase 1x spray can each time you rank up.
- Added graffiti cleaner. This can be used to remove graffiti from a surface.
- Added pump shotgun.
- Added shotgun shell.
- Added 'close buzzcut' hairstyle.
- Added 'Tony' hairstyle
- Added 'long slicked back' hairstyle.
- Added 'setgravitymultiplier' command.
- Added 'setregionunlocked' command.
- Added 'forcesleep' command.
- Added an automatic save game backup feature. This will automatically generate a backup of your save file when you first load it on a new version of the game. This is enabled by default, and can be turned off in Settings -> Other.
- Added some more loading screen hints.
- Added 'Urban Artist' achievement.
- Added 'Finishing the Job' achievement.
Tweaks/Improvements
- Changed how you unlock new regions. Each region now has a 'cartel influence' level associated with it. You must reduce this influence to a certain level before you can progress to the next region.
- Stan now uses a shop interface instead of dialogue for selling weapons.
- In multiplayer, you can view the dialogue of other players talking to NPCs.
- Deals are now cancelled when the assigned dealer is dead/unconscious.
- Unconscious NPCs who drop into the ocean are now killed.
- Dead/unconscious NPCs can now be pickpocketed.
- You can now pickpocket police.
- If you attack a customer, they will not order from you for 72 hours.
- Tweaks the braking properties of all vehicles.
- Non-police NPCs can now use ranged weapons.
- Police and NPCs in combat will now sometimes predict future target position instead of pathing directly to the target.
- Tweaked flashlight brightness.
- Turned off JSON pretty-print for the trash save file, offering a reduction in file size.
- Reduced the resell multiplier of all weapons.
- You can now interrupt an incremental reload (revolver + shotgun) by clicking the LMB.
- Customers now carry the cash that is required to pay for an upcoming deal.
Bug fixes
- Fixed various mislabellings in employee tutorial quests.
- Fixed two light beams being visible when the flashlight is equipped.
- Fixed scuffed NPC ragdoll LODs/culling.
- Fixed some missing walls at Hyland Medical.
- Fixed third-person recoil animation for the M1911 and Revolver.
- Fixed the networth calculator algorithm not factoring in some item quantities.
- Fixed vehicle impacts doing too much damage to NPCs.
- Fixed some missing fonts.
- Fixed textured z-fighting on the northern waterfront.
- Fixed dealer/supplier recommendation dialogue starting even if the customer was served by a dealer.
- Fixed a bug where item stock limits could be ignored by using the custom amount selector.
- Fixed missing colliders at the car wash.
- Fixed Tobias' name misspelling.
- Developer(s)
- TVGS
- Publisher(s)
- TVGS
- Engine
- Unity
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Number of Players
- Single-player
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Simulation, Crime, Action, Management, Strategy
