Dealers, it’s time for the “Production Enhancement and Narcotics Industralization System" update! Hm, that really is a tongue breaker, maybe an acronym would be better. Anyway!

This MASSIVE update is now live on Steam and as promised earlier, it includes new mechanics to give you more options as a drug lord.

IMPORTANT NOTE: this update introduces the overdose mechanic, so take a careful look at the mixes you’ve made so far. More toxic combinations may kill your clients. And ya know, less clients is less money!

IMPORTANT NOTE 2: If you’re using any mods, they might be incompatible after this update. We recommend uninstalling them until the mods’ creators have had a chance to update the mods as well.

IMPORTANT NOTE 3: If you bought the Caballo del Mar sailboat, it will return to its original position. You'll have to pick it up from there.



1. Crash Reporter - a crucial new feature that’ll help us directly collect crash reports and reliably fix the issues. Due to the implementation of crash reporter, this update will require you to re-download the game, so around 22 GB.

2. New content:

New sale rules system for dealers and distributors allowing you to configure priorities in pure drug or mix sales;

New tech upgrade system for lab technicians, which unlocks special recipes, allowing lab technicians to automatically produce drugs for you for cash;

New positive and negative town consequence events related to drug quality and toxicity;

Long term client overdose system added. Clients may overdose on drugs and mixtures. Dead clients will be slowly regenerated after a timeout;

New drug added – LSD – with a sidequest to unlock it;

New drug form added – crack cocaine;

Added new details to the boss desk – dealer clients displayed, multiple new registered statistics;

Visual representation of drugs, substances and hideout stash items added to multiple shelves (hideout furniture);

New loot spots added to the map;

Added new equipment allowing the player to produce their own psychedelic mushrooms. Improvements to mushroom spawns and economy, added chance for mushroom spores when gathering mushrooms;

Added a new higher tier stove to the game for improved late game crafts and better visuals;

Added the ability to make and sell mixes for new types of drugs (opium and methamphetamine);

Added multiple new substances and substance and drug forms (powdered shrooms and meth) that can be used to create mixes in mixers;

Multiple new 3D models and 3D model improvements for hideout equipment, environment elements and more;

New loading screen graphics.



3. Changes and improvements:

Multiple improvements in the drug production and mix creation system, UI improvements, QoL improvements, fixes, translations;

Added water trails to motorboats;

Improved all car nighttime lighting;

Multiple environments and map detailing, optimisation and fixes;

Multiple UI, 2D, Iconography improvements;

Added removal of grass from beneath the outdoor hideout equipment;

Added translated area and town names on the world map;

Added multiple openable and upgradable windows to villas;

Changed the cash type given by the distributor to small cash for easier usage with the lab technician special recipes;

Expanded the moonshiner shop offer with 1l and 5l ethanol bottles.

4. Bugfixes:

Improvements to car quick travel, fixed issues with the client disconnecting while traveling;

Fixed some of the quick travel crashes for cars and yachts;

Fixed yacht inventory access bug and increased yacht inventory sizes;

Fixed issues with the yacht jetski position after traveling or loading the game;

Fixed the „Caballo del Mar” sailboat save and load bugs and teleporting under water bug. Fix is retroactive, if you bought the bugged yacht, it will return to its original position in Dueno del Mar, but you will still own it and be able to retrieve it;

Fixed influencer bug where sometimes restaurant spots could be all filled (unable to set a meeting);

Added a fallback for cancelled craft returned items. If the hideout stash is full, the items will be added to the canceling player’s inventory or dropped on the ground in a bag if it is also full;

Fixed an issue where DEA raid does not work properly in garage hideouts;

Fixed an issue where a bodyguard could freeze in a running position after loading a save;

Fixed an issue where not all labor camp transactions are shown in the transaction history;

Fixed an issue where you could get blocked by a boat going under the bridge between Slavs Bay and the labor camp;

Fixed an issue where dock markings were incorrectly displayed on the minimap;

Fixed an issue where a vehicle was standing incongruously in a parking spot under the headquarters of the Jungle Influencer;

[*]Fixed an issue where an invalid pop up appeared when hovering the cursor over the “Close” button inside the Cartel details UI.

And as DDS’ 5th birthday grows ever nearer, it’s not the end of attractions for the near future!

Get hyped for 2025 and stay tuned for more *wink wink* Starting off with a DDS sale! DDS2 gets a 20% discount, and some other titles from the publisher are already on sale too. Wanna check them out?

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/42217/Drug_Dealer_Simulator_1__2/