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After a rocky few months of uncertainty this year, we have bounced back in fighting form and we're here to celebrate a 6th iteration of the PERPHeads community awards. We've lost a few, gained a few and @Bolli is undenibly still useless. We hope to bring you some brilliant updates early next year, along with map updates, new jobs, new features and plenty other suprises that we can't wait to share with you.

2019 Updates & Announcements:
Chemical Table Update
Update Log (03/03/2019)
Update Log (09/03/2019)
PERPHeads Player Appreciation...

A few weeks ago, we re-released evocity_v33x_perpheads, a former map used on the server back in 2013. We hope you guys are enjoying the change in scenery, it seems to have got you guys playing the server again which is brilliant to see. As said in the original release post, there were a few small bugs which we have now fixed, along with a couple other features we've added to the map.

Here's a full list of changes:

• Fixed hole in the industrial area
• Increased general lighting in nexus
• Moved shooting range to allow it to be usable
• Removed remaining ambient noises
• Added areaportals to improve performance in the city
• Fixed apartment doors
• Fixed PD doors being too loud
• Added bank vault to city bank to allow for bank robberies
• Added bank sign
• Lowered the skybox
• Lowered the nexus' overall height
• Removed Izzies poker tables, allowing for functional ones to be placed
• Optimized...

After an excruciating week of setting up our first map change (as voted for in the poll), we are finally done!

The first map in the pool is Evocity, we hope you enjoy a little nostalgia! Please note that there may be some issues/bugs with the current map, we are aware of these and we'll be working hard to push out fixes over the next few days.

We hope you enjoy this little update, we also have a number of other great updates in the works which will be released soon!

A special thanks to these people for making this update possible: @Yoghurt @Madda @LEWIS 088 @Fredy @SpaceShots

Growing Pumpkins

• Pumpkin seeds can be bought from the Docks Pub or Hungriges Schwein Casino.
• Pumpkins can be planted on a grassy area (maximum 5 pumpkins at a time)
• Pumpkins can be kept or turned into other items.

Crafting

• Pumpkins can be made into candy packages, Jack-O'-Lanterns (with a lamp) or Pumpkin Spice.

Candy

• Candy is obtained by creating Candy Packages in the Halloween section of the mixtures menu.
• Candy can be eaten, stored or used to buy novelty outfits over...

Hey there,

A recent suggestion was made not too long ago by @Dom_, where he suggests a map rotation. We have decided to give this a go, to try and give some variety to the game. The purpose of this post is to give you a chance to vote on which map should be the first one, and how often they should switch around.

This is currently being worked on by @Bolli, so hopefully it should be ready in the near future.

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There has been some minor updates to the following rules: 3.4, 3.18 and 5.3.

3.4 Putting your Life at Risk

A few examples has been added to the rule, to hopefully help clarify it a bit more.

3.18 Storages and trunks

The rule now specifies that this also includes government officials, this has always been enforced but this should help clarify it.

While their life is in immediate danger a player must not use their storage boxes/trunks to avoid losing valuable items that the player is currently holding on their person, this is also including the confiscation of firearms or illegal items whilst on duty as an LEO. This also includes detaching weapon attachments with the intention of avoiding their loss.

5.3 Raiding

Civilians can now return to raids where they died, as long as it is the same raid/RP sit.

Civilians are not allowed to raid, or assist others who...

An update went live this morning. It mainly contained bug fixes, but it also contained and important piece of code in preparation for something that I have been working on.

Here is the change list

• Added automatic Job Playtime tracking, meaning that I don't have to spend time running a report for the PLPD
• Added the Police Handbook to the Police Computer (Note: You need to be on a Chromium enabled branch for this to work)
• Added plpd.online to the Police Computer, including an automatic login system
• Added computer desks in the City Hall that allow access to paralake.city, which includes an automatic login system
• Changed the entire back-end of paralake.city to Python to make it much faster and easier to develop
• Changed the Dispatch office doors to be slightly harder to break into
• Fixed radio...

A new update just went live, with a very long list of changes! All of this has been possible due to the hard work by @Carrot, @Fredy, @Bolli and myself. This is also the first update that @Ayjay has helped to write some of the code for.

Firstly, we have added Vehicle Registration Plates:

Here are some of the features of the new plates:

• All cars get given a random plate when you purchase them
• Most job cars have their own distinctive plate, including the badge number for the PLPD
• Custom plates can be purchased at the City Hall front desk
• Vehicles no longer display the owners name on the HUD
• The police computer can search for vehicle owner by the car registration plate
• The vehicle registration will appear on the HUD...

An update went live this morning, here are the changes!

After the first phase of weapon balancing, I have gone through every pairing of firearms to make sure there is always at least reason to choose one gun over another. Previously there were several weapons that were worse or equal to another in every variable, but costed more. This is no longer the case. The following changes are to make this happen:

• Reduced the recoil of the Spas-12
• The MP7 Grip now requires 3x25% Refined Metal and1xChunk of Polymer
• Fixed bug in the crafting mixtures of the following magazines: HK45, MP7, MP9, MP5K
• The HK45 now requires an additional piece of metal
• The Luger now requires 1x25% Refined Metal instead of 1x50% Refined Metal
• In varying amounts, reduced the recoil of the following firearms:
  • FN SCAR-L
  • Colt M16A4
  • Famas G2
  • Enfield L85 A2...

This is an update that @StephenPuffs and @Fredy have been working on for a while, although few gameplay elements were changed, a very intricate day/night cycle has been introduced. A few other things are included in this update.

What we've done:

• Realistic day/night cycle (longer days during summer, longer nights during winter)
• Visible moon with phases.
• Clouds
• Solar system model
• Emote wheel with selectable acts
• All car sounds have been levelled due to being too loud (thanks to @Bolli, if there are any missing or broken sounds submit a bug request or contact @Bolli)
• Lighting has been improved generally
• Weather effects have temporarily been removed (will be included in future update)

Following on from yesterdays update, a smaller update went live this morning. The focus of this update was to provide a first phase of balancing to firearms, while we have feedback from the small group that helped test the changes, there will be a further phase of updates after monitoring the impact of the changes for a period of time. Please continue to provide any further feedback in the community discussion thread.

• Added new settings for gungames
• The spread of shotgun pellets is no long impacted by marksmanship level
• Marksmanship for lower levels no longer has as much recoil
• Crouching has a more of an impact at higher marksmanship levels
• Changed the recoil reduction calculation so that...

As some of you may have noticed, an updated went live earlier today. Here are the changes:

• Added new "Raid" events
• Notifications are rendered over all UI, so that they are visible when your phone is out
• When your gun is not in passive mode and standing next to a vehicle, you do not change to keys when changing firemode
• Dispatcher Office doors can be locked
• Wrenches can be used to repair non-disabled cars
• Removed hold animation for chemical tables
• Shop items can be purchased when the owner is far away
• Taking a gun out of passive stops the dragging animation
• Added chemical table spawn locations to Puffer Mart
• New players now receive some core items when joining for the first time
• Lowered mini cooper price by $10k
• Garbage bags can no longer be spawned as props
• Disabled physgun for dropped items and explosives...

A lack of discussion between the staff team and the community has been apparent for a long time now, it's important that we get your input on the prevalent issues
and concerns that you all have so we can work toward fixing these. This thread will be an opportunity for Senior Administration to respond to your questions and queries.

I hope this thread can generate some positive discussion, and won't turn into a massive bitch-fest. We really want to see what you guys want, so I do ask that you remain
respectful and dignified when posting here.

For housekeeping sake, can we try keep the topic of this thread around these main issues:

• Gameplay Suggestions & Discussion
• Rules Discussion (including enforcement)
• In-Game Organisations
• Paralake Police Department
• Staff Team

@TinySlayer and I will do our...

There have been a few updates in the past couple of months, but I didn't get around to write an update log for any of them, and they were all relatively small on their own.

March:

• Added OOC timeouts
• Improved the report menu
• Improved how fire looks with smoke
• Improved how fire gives money to firefighters
• Consent cannot be refused when being searched in the jail
• Fixed taxi driver spawn points
• Fixed actions being cancelled when typing 'c' in chat
• Fixed chemical table explosions
• Fixed certain items not burning properly
• Fixed the piano crashing players

April:

• Optimised serverside voice chat code when there are lots of players online
• Blocked keybinds running when typing in console
• You can now dry 3 cocaine leaves on one cooker at the same time
• Rules around bank robbery are now self-enforcing...

As some of you have already noticed, an update went live on the server early this morning. This update has mainly been focused on revamping some PLPD features, along with a few minor tweaks here and there. I'm also happy to say that our very own @Bolli has started to develop some of the code and has fixed several bugs in this update.

Here is a brief summary of what has changed:

• Revamped the Police Armory
• Added Light TFU Gear
• Added a weapon locker to the shooting range
• Added permission for low ranking officers to view the employees tab on the Police Computer
• Added ability for all officers to remove warrants or remarks that they issued
• Added badge numbers to the police computer
• Added the ability to synchronize your plpd.online account from the desk sergeant
• Added an unmarked police car for Traffic Officers, limited to...

After a few days of hard work, we're happy to announce that 10 new cars will be added to the game. This selection is the remaining few from TDM, consisting of a range of less sporty cars. We hope this gives you a couple more options when it comes to buying a new cars. There has also been a few changes to the events.

New Vehicles:
Volvo S60
Volvo 850R
Vauxhall Agila
Vauxhall Corsa
Vauxhall Astra
Vauxhall Insignia
Nissan Leaf
BMW 340i
Chevrolet C10

Other Changes

• Beach Derby has been tweaked, parts of the platform will be highlighted then fall throughout the course of the game.
• Farm Raid event added.
• New location for one in the chamber.

Credits:
Thanks to @Fredy , @StephenPuffs, @Ayjay , @Carrot , @Sdac2 , and...