Postal III/Changelog

This page is a record of the changelog of Postal III

Retail Disc version[]

Improved movement of the characters (stuck in the aisles, "hang in the air" glitches)
Improved character A.I
Improved collision ( "jam", "falling through", "invisible walls")
Improved game performance
Improved Rhino behavior
Improved throwable weapon behaviors
Improved Autosave
Improved game stability
Added more ammunition on certain levels
Added an additional cutscene to Eco-Zealot Headquarters Assault mission
Added new achievements
Fixed a crash when using too much gasoline
Fixed errors in setting the amount of the "health" of individual characters
Fixed incorrect logic when attacking cats and dogs with tazer
Fixed arresting bug
Fixed bugs caused by changing mission during a mission
Fixed bugs when using catnip
Fixed bug when using cats in the rocket launcher
Fixed achievements not unlocking
Fixed sledgehammer and ax not working
Fixed Krotchy grenade bug
Fixed machete weapon bug
Fixed Police behavior in Cash Mart Robbery
Fixed Grenade damage against Krotchy
Fixed Mexi-sushi spawns in Diseased Cat Roundup
Improved auto-save
Fixed ammo bundles giving the wrong ammo
Fixed weapons disappearing from the inventory on mission change
Fixed incorrect display of achievements names
Fixed incorrect playback of music
The errors in the "User's Guide"
Fixed ammo boxes not giving the correct amount.

Fixed Paradise Dream Bridge not showing up in Main Menu after starting a New Game.
Fixed several bugs related to burning stuff
Fixed animation of tazed dog
Fixed breaking glass bulbs in the Police Monkey Lab Assault
Fixed "levitating" characters in the "Motorcade" and "Apocalypse again!" missions
Squatting in fear animation adjusted
Fixed Shovel not being given to player in "Jen Walcott's Bodyguard" mission
Fixed Postal Dude falling through wall during death animation
Fixed camera when dying
Fixed incorrect limbs coming off when slicing corpses
Fixed characters disappearing when tazed
Fixed character reactions to "kick" (in particular after stunning and when standing up)
Improved combat AI
Improved controls when being attacked by an animal (now just hit left and right mouse buttons)
Improvements to Machete
Improved playback of characters shouting
Improved AI in "Monkey Test Lab Assault" and "Police Monkey Lab Assault" missions
Changed Fartgun, no longer works on Rhino
Optimized performance on "Police Monkey Lab Assault", "Monkey Test Lab Assault", and "Meet the Zealots" missions
Cats, monkeys and dogs can no longer cling to the characters when shocked (the animal gets a short-term discharge then stays in place).
Notebook (job history) can no longer be reassigned to other buttons on the keypad

Added Freeroam mode
Fixed Badger not being given to player after "Cash Mart Robbery" and "Battle Damage Krotchy" missions
Improved combat AI in "Gay Rodeo" and the "Police Gay Rodeo" missions
Karma video now correctly plays after completing "Cash Mart Robbery" mission
Increased aggressiveness of enemies (more shooting, etc.)
Improved performance in some missions
Improved Karma on insane path
Fixed a bug where health bars of defeated bosses carry on to the next level
Fixed the game crashing if Postal Dude is holding a hostage at end of mission
Fixed characters disappearing when attacked with pepper spray
Added new replica dude in a suit on a mission Crotch "International Gay Rodeo Association"
Many improvements to "Prisoner without a clue" mission
Improved Taliban A.I. in "Homeland Insecurity" mission
Improved A.I. of animals (cats and monkeys)
Removed "Goodbye Almond eyes" from "Porn World" and "Jen Walcott's Bodyguard" missions (fuck man)
Fixed incorrect coordinates on some screens path selection buttons
"Paradise Dream Bridge" no longer displayed in the main menu twice
Improved coverage of shrubs and trees
Improved Postal Dude's reload animations
Improved behavior of the camera when multithreading is enabled
Many less important fixes and improvements

Fixed crashes caused by DRM triggers (shields, throwables, etc.)
Increased performance and stability by enabling multi-threading and decreasing max decal limit
Added "Fart Gun" DLC (not officially added to the Steam version as of December 2023)
Added some missing files to suppress console errors
Disabled closed captioning by default. Captions were never used anyway
Added FGD from Postal 3 SDK to ease Map Making

Capped FPS to 60 with "fps_max 60" in autoexec.cfg, this fixes what is suspected physics related issues on high frame rates

Added mod support!
- Non destructive! You no longer have to replace files, which means no more re-downloading the entire game when something breaks.
- Ability to install multiple mods at the same time and easily toggle them on and off.
- Configurable load order.
- For modders, check out "p3/addons/readme.txt" for more info.
- Special thanks to ABRAoriginal & Jack Procter for testing and valuable input!
Added the ability to set the language via the "-language {language}" flag.
Added Brazilian Portuguese localization by AlgumOtario.
Added French localization by Nesskbl.
Re-introduced and updated German localization.
Updated "Slave 'Boy' Escort" level script to allow NPC to be human shieldable to avoid softlocks.
Fixed crashes that occurred when loading some maps.
Fixed upgrade indicator on weapon selector.
Fixed unreadable main menu when using lower texture settings.
Fixed incorrect cutscene playing after finishing "Police Academy".
Fixed placeholder audio on some English cutscenes.
Fixed wall texture issue in "Porn World" (Thanks, ABRAoriginal!)
Fixed "Real American" & "Kavorkian" achievements. (Thanks, ABRAoriginal & Kizoky!)
Removed incompetent framerate cap.
Removed "custom" folder, superseded by proper mod support.

Added the official Japanese localization, cleaned up a bit by yours truly.
Added the Japanese digital manual and high res scans of the synopsis booklet and Catharsis map as bonus content.
Added the Postal III Official Soundtrack & Music to go POSTAL By. Downloadable as FLAC or 320kbps MP3. Thanks to Allard for supplying the discs!
Fixed mission-specific loading screens not working for most of the levels.
Actually replaced placeholder "Slave 'Boy' Escort" starting cutscene with the correct one.
Fixed "Gay Rodeo" ending cutscenes.
Minor adjustments to all localizations.
Added Polish localization by JakX2 & ArtekXDPL.
Added a recreated detail.vbsp by ABRAoriginal to help mappers add foliage to their maps.
Fixed ragdolls & blood flow positions for elderly models. (Thanks, RidiculousRobot!)
Fixed the "Kevorkian!" achievement completely. (Thanks, ABRAoriginal!)
Fixed a chunky skybox texture by enabling texture filtering. (Thanks, Lena!)