This update aims to improve the behavior of NPC customers and employees, ensuring robbers can hide among them without being noticed by the cop team. NPCs will now have more complex reactions to players bumping into them, ranging from continuing on their path or taking avoiding action to stopping their movement or picking a new target location. Their interactions with gadgets that block their movement, for example, Traffic Cop's barbed wire, have also been updated to reduce NPCs clumping near them. Password-secured servers are now even more secure, with a new password encryption system and a new server setting that blocks players from circumventing the password checks by joining through the Steam friends list. The game's anti-cheat also received some upgrades, with interactions and abilities now having more rigorous server-side checks to prevent abuse through cheats or lag switches. Micro is now able to pick up smaller loot (=< 3,000$) while tiny, Surge can now only use his active ability if his battery is fully charged. Karl Marx's UI has been upgraded to make it clearer at which commune sizes new ability upgrades are unlocked, and Al Capone can now place his tunnels at any store, instead of being limited to the ground and basement floors. Gym Buddies will have an easier time aiming the money and bomb bag throws, with the help of a new picture-in-picture camera that shows the predicted target location of the current throw. Full changelog: New:

• added new Artist achievement (unlocks new Golden Bottle skin)
• first person arms no longer feature gloves, and their clothing color is determined by current outfit
• added new ability progress UI for Karl Marx
• added new NPC responses to players bumping into them (continue pathing, try to avoid, stand still, look around, path to new target location)
• added "Prevent Steam Friends from joining without password" setting
• server passwords are now encrypted
• added picture-in-picture preview for Gym Buddys throws, showing the predicted landing location (doesn't show characters)

• recently (re-)connected players can no longer participate in votes in the first 30 seconds after joining
• added additional server-side anti-cheat checks for disguise abilties to prevent cheaters from freely choosing disguises with any class
• added additional server-side checks for all interactions to prevent unintended behaviors from lagging/cheating players
• old "Classic Heist 1.0" is now selectable again for server hosts
• removed Artist's easel placement sound
• bots can now correctly interact with Artist's paintings
• Karl Marx's heal is now global
• Albert Einstein's chrono launcher now speeds up robbers instead of slowing them down
• increased Pot mask taser protection from 60% to 90%
• Surge can now only use his electric field ability while his battery is fully charged
• NPCs now sometimes turn around instantly, or after waiting/looking around a bit, after encountering a gadget that blocks their movement (e.g. Barbed Wire)
• "Guarding Angel" achievement now counts FED Chairman and Combat Medic revives, as well as reviving bots
• "Good Boy" achievement now also counts robber bot kills
• Combat Medic now can see UI icons for dead teammates
• bot robbers are now sped up by Einstein's chrono grenades
• Artist achievement now shows the player the current progress (X out of 20)
• Micro can now pick up up to 3,000$ while tiny (could already carry that amount before, but not pick it up while tiny)
• Al Capone tunnels can now be placed on any story, not just on the ground and basement floors
• improved Sword shader

• reflection and lighting fixes

• added two additional micro vents
• replaced red getaway van with new getaway pickup truck
• added new bus next to the red getaway truck to provide robbers with a bit more cover

• fixed Queen's crown sometimes floating next to her head when server host plays her on player-hosted
• fixed Royal Crown event description typo
• fixed NPC ragdolls taking too long to spawn for clients with high network saturation
• fixed swapping clothes with ragdolls taking too long for clients with high network saturation
• fixed dead robber wearing "Party Hat" mask still attracting nearby NPCs
• fixed being able to select classes that were not allowed on the server for a short period after joining
• potential fix for Heavy's helicopter sometimes flying to the wrong location
• multiple potential bugfixes related to dismounting Sheriff's horse
• fixed being able to select skins for melee weapons
• fixed Surge's battery and taser heat UI overlapping
• fixed Surge's battery overlapping with his face in the main menu showcase
• fixed Traffic Cop's Barbed Wire having collision/navmesh issues with NPCs
• fixed ambulances not showing their revive UI while carrying dead robber bots as Doctor
• fixed Gym Buddy throw preview target getting blocked by destroyed windows

• "Light Config" now allows map creators to set X, Y, and Z angles of the sun
• multiple "Light Config" bugfixes
• fixed deleted objects sometimes re-appearing