Dealers, the time is coming!

DDS Grand B-Day Madness starts April 16!

The DDS Universe is turning 5 years old, and that warrants a celebration, no? We have some cool attractions planned!

We start on April 16 with the release of Drug Dealer Simulator on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. What’s more, we’ve partnered with Keymailer to create a DDS Partner Program so shout at all your fav content creators to get the games and play! They can request a review key TODAY, so tag your influencers!

Share this link with your favorite content creator: https://www.keymailer.co/moviegames/ddscreatorprogram


And all that is obviously not all – there will be some new updates for both DDS1 and DDS2 – but we don’t want to spoil too much. Keep your eyes peeled and ears open *wink wink*

Hello Dealers!

As promised, we’re coming to you today with new crashfixes and a batch of additional changes! The main course is the travel crash fix, which you helped us identify and confirm the solution.

From the data you sent we know that this problem was responsible for as much as 79% of crashes. Fixing it should make a BIG difference for stability overall. (Other crash reasons will be dealt with too in future updates.)

Let’s dive straight into Update Notes:

• Fixed crash related to NPCs navigation, most frequently observed when travelling, especially via vehicles;
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could be bitten by a snake while quick-travelling;
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause the game to save automatically during quick travel;
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could not move after quick travel;
  
• Added new VO for thugs, policemen and militia;
  
• Added VO for bodyguards;
  
• The trade dialogue option is now the first choice with shopkeepers.
  
  Thank you all for reporting your crashes and testing out the solutions. Your help was invaluable!
  
  Stay tuned, more updates are coming soon!
  

Heyo Dealers!

First of all, thanks to all our community testers who helped us test the upcoming crash fix. It’s right around the corner, and it should deal with the majority of crashes, making a big difference overall. It’ll come this week, and if everything goes smoothly - maybe even tomorrow! Stay tuned.

We also updated our roadmap that you can see on the game’s store page. Here’s what the team at Byterunners is working on, or has queued up for the next updates.

• Economy expansion
  
• Co-op & lobby improvements - incl. better matching interface
  
• Visual improvements - details, lighting, better navigation
  
• World life enhancements - population, animals and critters, active objects, NPC dialogues and monologues, personal touches to specific locations, encounters
  
• Expanded NPC system
  
• Character customization
  
• More travel options, including new vehicle features
  
• Expanded substance properties that will affect mixes and sale consequences
  
• New bosses & loot
  
• Combat improvements
  
• Raid system overhaul - including milita city raids
  
• More cartel features - more management and configuration options, a new employee role
  
• New items and equipment

And also: quality-of-life overhaul for things like UI, mechanics interactions, readability.

We’ll let you know how the work progresses. The crash fix is almost here, and we plan another update for the celebration of 5 years of DDS. Maybe DDS1 will also get an update? HMMM. Who knows, right? Wink wink.

In any case, get ready to d e a l, and don’t forget that both DDS titles will come to Xbox and PlayStation. DDS1 Xbox launches very soon - on 16 April 2025! Woop woop.

Hey all!

This is Pawel from True Games Syndicate, the team behind Casino DLC. I thought it’d be nice to show you around our fine establishment near the coast of Isla Sombra. In a series of devlogs like this one, I’ll tell you exactly what Casino DLC is, and how we aimed to make it complementary to the DDS2 experience.

Let’s start with: what happens when you first launch it?

When you install Casino DLC, you’ll see that a new location appeared on the map: the Big Win Oil Rig, which is the host to the Wallet Drainer Casino. It’s a place where not everyone can simply come.

DDS2: Casino DLC comes with a questline that starts with you gaining entry to the casino and ends with you taking over the business, which becomes your cash cow. But before you get there, you’ll have a couple of hours of gameplay before you - not to mention the main attraction, which is chilling out with friends while playing poker.

ONLY THE HOST NEEDS TO HAVE THE DLC INSTALLED to enjoy it with friends. The other two players can just join without buying the DLC.

We designed the Casino primarily as a place to hang out in for DDS2 crews. Now if you just want to spend fun time with your friends, you don’t have to continue doing the usual drug dealing business. You can come to the casino together, take a seat at a table and try to take them to the cleaners.

Our main attraction is a variety of single player / co-op casino games: Texas Hold’em, All-in Poker, Blackjack and Roulette. There are also slot machines if the only competitor you need is Lady Luck. To play, you need to exchange cash for chips, and when you win, you can either cash them, or - if you got Golden Chips - use them to buy exclusive stuff such as decorations for your hideouts.

There are areas that are available from the start, but also a VIP lounge where you need to earn admittance. But, I think this is long enough for the first preview devlog. Stay with us, join the DDS2 Discord (now with its very own Casino corner), and wishlist the DLC so you don’t miss the release.

See ya, dealers!

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Heyo Dealers!

Spring sale is here in all its bird-chirping glory! This means you can now buy both Drug Dealer Simulator games much cheaper, and save even more if you get our BUNDLE.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/682990/Drug_Dealer_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708850/Drug_Dealer_Simulator_2/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/42217/Drug_Dealer_Simulator_1__2/

Moreover, 16 April is DDS’s B-day, and this year it’ll be 5 years old! This calls for a celebration, and a celebration it will be. We’re preparing many attractions for this period that will concern all the games in our series. Today, we can reveal the first big thing.

• Xbox Series X
  
• Xbox Series S
  
• Xbox One

Later you can expect it to also land on PlayStation. If you’d like to stay informed about the console versions, join our Discord[discord.com] and wishlist DDS on Xbox[www.xbox.com].

“Yeah, but what about PC,” you’re asking?

Stay tuned, and get ready to DDS.

Peace!

Hello, Dealers!


After a big update there’s gotta be a hotfix. So there is!

IMPORTANT: We recommend not using mods, as they can potentially cause issues in the game.

Changes:

• Change name of “LSD compound” to “LSD”;
  
• Influencers now will only accept LSD (LSD compound);
  
• Potential customers won't want LSD anymore;
  
• Added missing translations;
  
• Increased price and quantity of LSD produced by lab technician.
  
  Fixes:
  
• Fixed an issue where distributor sales rules cannot be set correctly for dealers in other regions than the distributor;
  
• Fixed an issue where an NPC in the LSD questline was not visible in coop to a guest;
  
• Fixed an issue where the client could duplicate itself;
  
• Fixed military stash textures;
  
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to enter a room with a safe in a villa on a private island;
  
• Fixed an issue where not all warehouses were marked on the minimap;
  
• Fixed an issue where mid-tier recipes for lab tech could not be unlocked correctly;
  
• Fixed an issue where the yacht “Caballo del Mar” may not have been properly interactive after it was purchased;
  
• Fixed an issue where a passenger in the “Bong Voyage” yacht was sitting in the incorrect position, and after leaving the yacht, his camera was skewed;
  
• Other minor fixes.
  
  Happy playing!
  
  

Hi there, Dealers!

We wanted to thank you a lot for your many positive words about the latest update. Many of you shared your thoughts and the crash reporter also started collecting feedback. Thanks to all of that we can start working on fixing deeper problems and game issues.

After the update went live we’ve seen a huge number of gamers playing DDS2 at the same – we hope it’s gonna happen again many times in the future! So, thanks again.

Also, a hotfix is on its way! It’s gonna address missing translations and bugfixes.

And now, we have some bonus news to share with y’all. DDS2 is coming to PLAYSTATION®5.[store.playstation.com]

[store.playstation.com]Yep, you heard that right. The PlayStation 5 version of the game will contain all the PC updates, including the most recent lab technicians, advanced drug mixing, overdose mechanic, and more. And you can already find the store page over at the PS website. And DDS1 is coming soon to Xbox, too, with DDS2 to follow later.

Cheers!

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/
  

Hi there, Dealers!

Good news for all of ya who don't own any of the DDS Universe games yet: we have a sale going! DDS is now -90% and DDS2 -20%. Sounds cool? Sure it does! And we have a bundle, too 👀

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

Time to get shoppin'! Let you friends know.

Get ready for MAJOR UPDATE! Here's a taste of things to come:

Lab technicians’ new functionalities

• lab technicians will have their own crafting recipes, allowing drug production without products: you just have to provide them with cash so that they can buy the necessary ingredients themselves
  
• the player will have to obtain those recipes through money investments
  
• those recipes will require the player to have predefined sets of equipment in their hideout

Automation

• lab technicians will allow the player to repeat crafts until they have the necessary ingredients in the hideouts
  
• they will also be able to mass-produce mixes that the player designed