Since the mod does not have an auto update function, I was thinking of how I should announce those. Posting an announcement for every update is something I'm not going to do since I know that will just annoy people.

Instead of all the announcements or the silent updates I've been doing, I'll be adding new posts with changes to the download thread for minor releases. That includes bugfixes, but also relatively small new features. If you want to be notified of the latest release, simply follow the thread: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dahm4pd/discussions/3/490123197956419203/

PS: Does anyone have an idea how to keep an automatic banlist that is not in violation with either the Steam terms or the games terms? I think there should be consequences for ruining other peoples games with cheats (and I'm not talking about those mask unlockers), but I won't push its use upon anyone (i.e. opt-in).

Apparently it was a day with many bugs. Even though I did my best testing the changes, some bugs slipped through and I only found them after publishing the previous announcement(s). In my opinion some bugs to this mod aren't as much as a problem as releasing an update that crashes when a turret spawns. You don't have to wait at least a day for the update and you had a new PD2 map to play with :p

Anyway, version 0.8.0 is at least as stable as the 0.7.x versions. I've fixed all important bugs I know of and was able to find. Those small issues mentioned in the previous announcement have been addressed as well. Since nothing has changed for most (sub)mods, I'm convinced there are no more serious bugs, only a small one that has been in there from the start: Sometimes it crashes when you leave a lobby and I have no idea why. I'm not even sure it's related to this mod. But then again I'm certain it contains some other issues, but when found I'll just release another update. :)

Download: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dahm4pd/discussions/3/490123197956419203/

It looks like I pushed out the previous release a bit too early. The OVK193 difficulty broke some things for the normal 145+ difficulty due to a faulty check. Even though this update contains many fixes compared to 0.7.5 and earlier, it's still labeled beta. It should no longer break anything, but not all of the new modules are finished (as in missing functionality).

As far as I know, this version does not have buggy code that causes crashes or messes up the game when using the bundled hook. However, I'm pretty sure it still has bugs and it can crash the game because of it, but not more often than previous versions.

Download: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dahm4pd/discussions/3/490123197956419203/

At first I wanted to fix some more bugs both related to the mod and the game. However, since there are two critical bugs (one game crashing and one related to the anticheat module), I decided to move the release forward.

With this release I introduce some new mods, one of which is the new Overkill 193+ difficulty (I suppose the + stands for level 145 and higher). It's basically a mod that removes the spawn cap on 145+ heists, so instead of having a limit of 25 cops, you can now have 35 cops on the map. It's not finished though, but it's very much playable at its current state. The only problems so far are that I'm not able to publish any stats (not even as 145+, which is what I'm trying to do) and that there are no changes to Heat Street or Green Bridge.

There have been some changes internally, but the most significant one is an update to the injector. The OVK193 mod requires publishing some additional data to Steam, so that other players can identify the lobby as such. It was not possible to add additional data using the built-in methods, so I had to invoke the Steam API to do this.

Other changes involve some extra checks in the anticheat module and a notification for the persons total playtime of this game, much like how PD2s lobby player info mod show(ed?) the number of hours. The latter is not very reliable, as the check is checking the Steam community profiles. So you won't get a result when it's a private profile or when the page doesn't respond.

The update is available in the downloads section: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dahm4pd/discussions/3/490123197956419203/