April 2025 Dev Q&A

Hello, Bosses! In this blog, you’ll find a list of questions from the community and answers from the developers from our latest Q&A stream, hosted on Thursday, April 29, 2025. This Q&A followed the launch of Update 15 on April 24, 2025. As future updates roll out, some answers may change, but we always follow updates with a new Q&A to ensure players have the latest information on Crime Boss: Rockay City.

If you’d like to watch the stream, you can find it on Twitch or YouTube.

If you want to see the full list of fixes in the 15.0 patch you can see them HERE.

Thank you for watching, reading, and most importantly, playing Crime Boss: Rockay City!

AI Issues 

While no specific AI questions were submitted for this Q&A, we want to address the community’s concerns head-on. 

Our team at IGS is fully aware of the recent issues with AI behavior, particularly regarding friendly bots. This has been escalated to our top priority for fixes. 

We’re working tirelessly to implement as many improvements as possible before the next update. Thank you for your patience—we apologize for the current diminished experience and appreciate your support as we make things right.

Update 15.1 Patch Preview 

We’re currently preparing a 15.1 patch to address urgent issues from Update 15, including: 

  • Game crashes 
  • Critical gameplay bugs 

While we don’t have a confirmed release date yet, we’re pushing to deliver it as soon as possible. Stay tuned for updates—full patch notes will be shared when the patch is ready to go live. 

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Mission Difficulty 

ASKED BY: YANA, Aquilus_Mentis, Yossarian, ZeroDeepChill 

QUESTION: Will “Operation Red Star” (Ranger’s 5th mission) be adjusted for easier gameplay? Suggestions: minigun shield, ADS, cover mechanics, or AI tweaks. 

ANSWER: That was adjusted in Update 15. Enemy spawns reduced by 40% 

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ASKED BY: Flavio93Zena #LS23 

QUESTION: Can the “Mic Drop” clipboard objective be made more obvious with better clues? 

ANSWER: Since the clipboard isn’t necessary to complete the mission and it spawns in the level on every playthrough, we don’t want to make it super obvious. In stealth when you get close, there is already a Mac’s VO and the clipboard is highlighted, which should make it a bit easier to notice. We’ll look at the clipboard spawns and try to improve where we can. 

There also is a bug with clipping that will be removed. 

Tweak of the placement in Update 16. 

Mission Rewards 

ASKED BY: CarlosO

QUESTION: Can the payout for “Mic Drop” be increased to match its difficulty? 

ANSWER: We increased the Mic Drop’s payout slightly (from 180k to 230k). Will be in Update 15.1 

Co-op Networking 

ASKED BY: 𝖊𝖌𝖉𝖔𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖆𝖊𝕽, others

QUESTION: Why do co-op lobbies time out? Are fixes planned for

ANSWER: Peer 2 peer limitation, connection quality of the host plays role. We are actively trying to improve the lobby

Co-op UI 

ASKED BY: Punished Bernadetta 

QUESTION: Can the co-op lobby UI be improved? Issues: confusing post-mission screens, no progression access. 

ANSWER: We are aware of these issues, and we are actively exploring the possible improvements.  

Co-op Campaign

ASKED BY: TrueHollow101, lockesdoc 

QUESTION: Are there plans to add co-op to the Roguelite campaign? 

ANSWER: No, we have no plans, rogue-lite is a single player mode. 

Lobby Settings 

ASKED BY: JaneDillinger

QUESTION: Can “Invite Only” lobbies be fixed to prevent friends from joining freely? Suggested states: Invite Only/Friends Only/Open. 

ANSWER: We can investigate that, not sure if possible. The easiest solution would be to set your status to ‘offline’ or ‘invisible’ in the Steam friends tab. 

Desync Fixes 

ASKED BY: braidy08 

QUESTION: Could client-sided movement/damage be implemented to reduce desync? 

ANSWER: This would be a rather big rework, and we do not plan it at this moment. 

New Mechanics 

ASKED BY: Epic Newblar, SCUZR 

QUESTION: Are EMP grenades deactivating lasers or other new mechanics being considered? 

ANSWER: EMP affecting lasers is not in plans now. New mechanics are being considered. We would like to enhance the options of players in future. 

Third-Person View 

ASKED BY: Epic Newblar, Negan/TheSaviors 

QUESTION: Is a third-person camera mode possible? 

ANSWER: Whether or not is possible is tricky. It might be, but it’s not something we want to do. The game is an FPS at its core and we don’t plan on diverting resources to implement this currently. 

Gun Customization 

ASKED BY: SevenWithTheT 

QUESTION: Will weapon attachments (sights, mags, grips) be added? 

ANSWER: Yes, but not in the way you are probably hoping. There will be new weapons with new pre-set attachments. But a gun crafting system is not in the cards. 

Throwable Items 

ASKED BY: Omni 

QUESTION: Can we get a throwable gold ingot (like a brick but expensive)? 

ANSWER: We have some ideas for future gear, including new throwables and perks related to throwables. We are strongly considering it. 

Akimbo Weapons 

ASKED BY: Nick 

QUESTION: Will dual-wielding (akimbo) weapons be added? 

ANSWER: We are not planning on this now. It would require an animation system rewrite which would be a major divergence from our current roadmap. 

Stealth Mechanics 

ASKED BY: SCUZR 

QUESTION: Can enemy awareness of bullet impacts (for distractions) be increased? 

ANSWER: It works; the range is limited to 2-3m. Any more than this and it would very likely break the games stealth mechanics. 

FSR/DLSS Updates 

ASKED BY: SlimN0ir, Ghost_Leader 

QUESTION: Will FSR/XeSS/DLSS be updated to newer versions (e.g., FSR 3.1.3)? 

ANSWER: Maybe, not a priority 

Performance Issues 

ASKED BY: Flavio93Zena #LS23 

QUESTION: Why does the main menu GPU usage remain high? 

ANSWER: Because of UE4’s handling of dynamic lighting. We’ll look at ways we can minimize performance impact without degrading the look of the menu. A possible solution is to put a frame cap on the menu in the game settings. 

Character Skins 

ASKED BY: Laure_Valletta, Sergeant Panda 

QUESTION: Will boss skins (e.g., Cagnali in stockings, Nasara’s white suit) be added? 

ANSWER: Prestige Level Unlocks maybe? We are thinking about it. So, maybe the SP only unlocks will be added there, plus new skins. We’ll discuss this internally at the studio. 

Location Reuse 

ASKED BY: Santar 

QUESTION: Will underused locations (motel, police station) get new missions? 

ANSWER: Right now we are focusing on fresh new content, but as Update 15 showed, we can repurpose old locations and put unique twists onto them. 

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Exclusive Weapons 

ASKED BY: Omni 

QUESTION: Can character-unique weapons (e.g., Cracker’s chopper) be unlocked for others? 

ANSWER: Prestige Level Unlocks maybe? Nothing is planned currently. 

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Sensor Grenade Bug 

ASKED BY: JaneDillinger 

QUESTION: Do Sensor Grenades intentionally stick to players’ heads and block vision? 

ANSWER: Intentional? No. Funny? Yes. 

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Grammar Fixes 

ASKED BY: StoryoftheYear2 

QUESTION: Will grammatical errors in Roguelite loading screens be corrected? 

ANSWER: Please feel free to point those out. We would like those to be fixed. Message our community managers Luke or Jack in the CB Discord with a screenshot of the error. 

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Achievements 

ASKED BY: Vampbro 

QUESTION: Will new Steam achievements be added for future heists? 

ANSWER: There should be an initiative for a future update, including achievements, challenges and rewards. No details to share currently. 

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Cutscene Restore 

ASKED BY: DukeWinchester 

QUESTION: Why was the “Chuck Norris leaving town” cutscene removed? Will it return? 

ANSWER: It’s removed from the repeated victories. The cutscene still triggers after first successful completion of the rogue-lite campaign. 

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Character Model 

ASKED BY: OreOxKiiD, LilGuyG 

QUESTION: Will Lil Ze’s trailer model (fitted cap/dreads) be added to the game? 

ANSWER: That was the model we were told would be in the game, but when the patch came out it was different. Miscommunication error. Apologies! 

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Music Selection 

ASKED BY: SCUZR 

QUESTION: Can we choose background music for missions? 

ANSWER: Kind of like a Jukebox feature? We can see what we can do. It would be also nice to add some new music tracks, we are thinking about this too. Nothing is confirmed now.