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Quick update to fix a few problems as well as a couple changes, nothing major but may be one of the most helpful.
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Fixed
- You can leave organizations again (left some debugging code, oops) (Thanks to all who reported this on bug tracker and elsewhere)
- Magic mushrooms can be picked by all police officers (Keep this rule in mind) (Thank you to maxh13 (I don't know your forum name) for reporting HERE)
- Drug crafting time reduced by 60%. I may change some other things later on regarding the whole crafting time right now, but this is probably the most important and what people object to the most.
- Reverse lights, when backing up your car will switch from full red lights to having a sort of white look as to indicate the vehicle is moving backward. (Thanks to @ThomasGeorge for suggesting this HERE)
- Items now orient to match how are you are looking when dropped/spawned. (i.e. Annoyed with placing police barricades then always having to rotate into position with physgun or fists? Now they simply face away from where you place making it much simpler to quickly block off a road or area.)
- Some items have had their weight in world changed so they aren't knocked over or pushed out of the way as easily.
Another update I put together, which took up most of my week tbh, but I'm sure they'll be appreciated. I may take next week a little bit more relaxed as I've not had much time to do anything but course work and develop, so need a few days off. I'll probably just do more vehicle updates if I do anything, which although won't change most people's time on the server it's still necessary to do so I can predictably do anything further with vehicles down the road (no pun intended). Obviously any huge game breaking flaws and bugs I'll fix up regardless of this. Anyways you've heard enough about me, onto the important part... What's this update about?
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- Shop signs! I'll admit I got the idea of what prop to use from another server, but I have coded it and made it work all with my own ability, not copied from somewhere. When you go to purchase any property that would be deemed a shop, mostly bazaar and row of stores along next to it, a window will appear asking you to give a store name and description. Obviously you should make these names and descriptions realistic and not mingey. The signs are not an item which you can purchase by itself as I saw little reason for that, instead you'll notice one hanging down from somewhere in each shop all the time, but only with information after purchase. You'll notice for now the business hours listed are 00:00 - 23:59 because we don't have any system for specific business hours yet by law, however this may come into play more when the NPC shops close at night, for now just a placeholder.
- Tickets and handcuffs now roughly have a model which you can see in the officer's hand. This isn't perfect but it is good enough to me because we don't have proper models to use for those. (Don't mind the text on the ticket, it's from HL2)
- Leaving either an organization or job from the city hall NPC will now take confirmation before doing so. Thank you to @Creepis for...
Alright folks as mentioned a few times, this is another update that's mostly tweaks here and there not much new although one big thing. (At least time I won't be making the update post from my mobile which was a real treat last time)
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New
- IMPORTANT! Holding B will now transmit on the government radio instead of being a toggle switch which was unreliable basically. Your normal talk button will be local talking as usual.
- Benches outside the Fredy's on Sunset Blvd. have seats added which allow you to sit on them.
- Several vehicles have had their exit position altered which hopefully should result in players not getting stuck in them. If you continue to experience this with your vehicle please post here with your vehicle make and model: https://github.com/syl0r/Perpheads-Issues/issues/51
- Sound volume on the phone messenger should be quieter and easier to tell if it is yours or someone else's.
- Whisper and yell were mixed up of auditory range after last update (oops)
- Door alarms now function better than ever and are automatically on the police department and other official buildings. For privately leased buildings you must place your own alarm system.
- Warranted people can now talk to the NPC at the PD front office to turn his/herself in which will relay a message to all emergency services from "Dispatch". (It occurs to me now that the dialog may be incorrect by what is said when doing so, but that will be addressed for a future update although should be obvious)
- As lieutenant and sergeant are both whitelisted jobs it is fairly safe to assume that any player qualifying for this has been police in the past. Thusly you are now able to join those jobs directly from citizen as it would be simply "resuming your duty".
- Lieutenant and sergeant are now able to use the Colt M1911 from the police armory.
- Secret...
Alright this is going to sound like a rather minor update but it took a number of hours to complete. Bolli can attest to that as he helped me complete the last quarter or so. I was amazed just how many there are scattered in the map. What is @StephenPuffs talking about you may ask, well read on.
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@Carrot enjoying a beautiful day in the market.
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- Benches and seats found throughout the map can now be used. (Same key to enter your car when looking at it)
- Senior admins+ now have the ability to change your clothes to several different team colors for events and such where color coordination is important. (This change isn't permanent, only until they revert the change or you rejoin)
@Carrot enjoying a beautiful day in the market.
Another semi update, no crafting changes yet. You'll notice most of this was fixes and a few tweaks to current systems.
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New
- All police are able to open up the F3 menu, but they will only be able to view the list of active warrants. Because of this, the "Arrest Warrant" text above people's head has been removed, so as police be sure you keep up to date with who you are actively tracking.
- Warrant notices when receiving a warrant as well as the star system on the HUD has been removed as to stop people using this to their advantage and actively prepare for a raid.
- As nongovernmental jobs are now able to be warranted, if sent to jail they will be removed from their job. (e.g. Delivery person gets sent to jail, when put in jail they will become citizen again)
- Food is no longer purchasable from the delivery app.
- Lieutenant is able to warrant people properly again.
- Emergency app now notifies all emergency services when using the text system again
- Some vehicle's have had their exit position modified so it is less likely to become stuck partially when exiting. If you have a vehicle that you get stuck in when getting out, please add onto the issue tracker here: https://github.com/syl0r/Perpheads-Issues/issues/51
- Sergeant pay now should reset properly when the mayor leaves the job instead of remaining at the set pay.
- You will now drown if remaining underwater for too long (I know the timer on it is quite short, but this is because you swim insanely fast at this time)
- Not in this update but worth noting: Phone should no longer become stuck on an application making it impossible to use.
- General fixes behind the scenes that should hopefully result in slightly better performance.
Well today is going to be an interesting one, but I believe should be good.
Quick note, tomorrow I probably will do nothing but tamper with the mixture times, so all of you waiting for that change rejoice. However some others may be increased as they don't contain many parts; I may also nerf how much it resets your progress so you don't lose as much time by closing the menu.
Additionally, be sure to vote on the poll of what you would like done next. They are in no particular order of my own preference, but keep an open mind when voting and don't necessarily pick what you think is the most advantageous to yourself. They all are ideas that I do wish to do at some point, I am just looking to see where the community thinks the focus should be done next. As for today however...
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Quick note, tomorrow I probably will do nothing but tamper with the mixture times, so all of you waiting for that change rejoice. However some others may be increased as they don't contain many parts; I may also nerf how much it resets your progress so you don't lose as much time by closing the menu.
Additionally, be sure to vote on the poll of what you would like done next. They are in no particular order of my own preference, but keep an open mind when voting and don't necessarily pick what you think is the most advantageous to yourself. They all are ideas that I do wish to do at some point, I am just looking to see where the community thinks the focus should be done next. As for today however...
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- The biggest change for today is that the city, in certain circumstances, may raise/lower the taxes without a mayor. This should help prevent times in which government can not be paid and there is no mayor at the time. I will not be revealing the specifics of how it determines whether it should raise or lower. It will lower no more than what the default has been. This change may not happen very often, but it is a possibility now.
- Fuel tax can now be adjusted by the mayor and will have an effect at the pump; government fuel is still free though. (Default is 15%)
- Mayor can now set sergeant's pay, but can not set the number of sergeants to employ. (Fixed at 2)
- Book of the Law now shows payment information for sergeant and the overall city budget (20% error margin, so you can not tell precisely what it is, if you need the exact amount arrange a meeting with the mayor)
- Vehicles must be turned off before refilling. (Thanks to @Krzeszny for partially proposing this [https://perpheads.com/threads/k13-bring-back-fuel-hoses-from-old-perp-idea-44-155.4190/])
- Storage inventory should now...
I guess because I have no way of really doing the change log in the F1 menu I should just do these mini update log things each time I make some changes to the live server, so consider this to be the starting one.
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- Police lieutenant is now able to revoke a vehicle from emergency services. (Emergency services are defined as: police lieutenant, police sergeant, S.W.A.T. team member, speed enforcement officer, police officer, medic, and firefighter)
- This should be done if the mayor requests that the budget be more managed, so the lieutenant should carefully consider how/where to make those cuts. Asking people to partner up either by assigning pairs him/herself or getting a sergeant to do so.
- This can also be done if there are obviously an excess of police vehicles in use and some seem to have no active owner.
- At any rate the reason that the lieutenant fills out as the reason must be valid and legitimate.
- Do not use this as a means to remove vehicles parked on the road, those still should be dealt with an RP way to remove them from the scene.
- Meth should no longer blow up when being picked up after cooking.
Server Events: 18/01/15 - Sunday 4:00PM GMT+0
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TIME: 4:00PM
EVENT: Bat Battle
Winners:
1st: '$100,000' - @Venomine
2nd: '$75,000' - @ThomasGeorge
3rd: '$50,000' - @Loejseren
Description: An area for the event is chosen by the staff team before the event then some construction will take place to make it look like more of a war zone. Everybody who would like to participate in the event will be taken to the location and put into a queue where they will receive their bat, they will also be screened for any bandages/stim packs, they're not allowed in the event and they will be taken from you. Once everybody is given a bat, you will be instructed to start then the last three standing will be the winners.
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TIME: 5:00PM
EVENT: Beach Derby
Winner(s): @Venomine
Prize: Last car standing '$75,000'
Description: People that would like to participate in the event will be instructed to take their cars to the beach. A platform is built which is erected above the sea, same place as the 6x6 event. One by one, people will start having their cars brought up to the platform by a staff member and everyone will be placed next to each other and the same on the other sides of the platform. When the go ahead is given, everybody then just unleashes into each other until there is only one car left on the platform.
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TIME: 8:00PM
EVENT: Glass Co & Parker Raid
Winner(s): @Gabriel Ross, Mikey, @Janssoni and @xxSiMcHyxx
Prize: The surviving participants on the winning team receive '$75,000' each
Description: People are split into two teams, both teams are given...
TIME: 4:00PM
EVENT: Bat Battle
Winners:
1st: '$100,000' - @Venomine
2nd: '$75,000' - @ThomasGeorge
3rd: '$50,000' - @Loejseren
Description: An area for the event is chosen by the staff team before the event then some construction will take place to make it look like more of a war zone. Everybody who would like to participate in the event will be taken to the location and put into a queue where they will receive their bat, they will also be screened for any bandages/stim packs, they're not allowed in the event and they will be taken from you. Once everybody is given a bat, you will be instructed to start then the last three standing will be the winners.
______
TIME: 5:00PM
EVENT: Beach Derby
Winner(s): @Venomine
Prize: Last car standing '$75,000'
Description: People that would like to participate in the event will be instructed to take their cars to the beach. A platform is built which is erected above the sea, same place as the 6x6 event. One by one, people will start having their cars brought up to the platform by a staff member and everyone will be placed next to each other and the same on the other sides of the platform. When the go ahead is given, everybody then just unleashes into each other until there is only one car left on the platform.
______
TIME: 8:00PM
EVENT: Glass Co & Parker Raid
Winner(s): @Gabriel Ross, Mikey, @Janssoni and @xxSiMcHyxx
Prize: The surviving participants on the winning team receive '$75,000' each
Description: People are split into two teams, both teams are given...
Whitelisted Police
Good evening gentlemen and gentlewomen, after having quite a debate with @StephenPuffs, we managed to gather a few ideas for the Police. Many of you may remember when former staff members @Nate Sparks and @Sgt.James had the idea of making a Police Acadamy which would make the entire Police whitelisted, obviously it was contraversial at the time, we thought we'd revive the idea and possibly come up with a way to make it work, so hear me out.
Stephen and I both agreed that making the whole Police Dept. whitelisted would be a mistake at the moment, it wouldn't be something good to suddenly spring on the players. Here's the idea we came up with. A new job would be added, Police Sergeant and there would be about 2 slots for the job, however to get the job you must be whitelisted. The way you would go about getting whitelisted would be by filling out an application on the forum where you would be considered. Once you are whitelisted, you would then have access to become a Sergeant and the Police Lieutenant.
Our main aim for this is to see if this type of system would actually work, we're expecting police roleplay to improve significantly since the LT no longer has to juggle multiple roles which can be extremely annoying when you're the LT. The Sergeants will be able to free-up the LTs time by being an extra pair of eyes for him. We're expecting the people to apply to have extensive rule and law knowledge, so they would be excellent tutors to new police officers and hopefully that will influence new players. Plus, as the people in the senior roles have applied to become this, the administration team are going to trust them a lot more, so we could possibly extend the time that someone is blacklisted for when fired from the Police.
If this idea is put forward and...
Good evening gentlemen and gentlewomen, after having quite a debate with @StephenPuffs, we managed to gather a few ideas for the Police. Many of you may remember when former staff members @Nate Sparks and @Sgt.James had the idea of making a Police Acadamy which would make the entire Police whitelisted, obviously it was contraversial at the time, we thought we'd revive the idea and possibly come up with a way to make it work, so hear me out.
Stephen and I both agreed that making the whole Police Dept. whitelisted would be a mistake at the moment, it wouldn't be something good to suddenly spring on the players. Here's the idea we came up with. A new job would be added, Police Sergeant and there would be about 2 slots for the job, however to get the job you must be whitelisted. The way you would go about getting whitelisted would be by filling out an application on the forum where you would be considered. Once you are whitelisted, you would then have access to become a Sergeant and the Police Lieutenant.
Our main aim for this is to see if this type of system would actually work, we're expecting police roleplay to improve significantly since the LT no longer has to juggle multiple roles which can be extremely annoying when you're the LT. The Sergeants will be able to free-up the LTs time by being an extra pair of eyes for him. We're expecting the people to apply to have extensive rule and law knowledge, so they would be excellent tutors to new police officers and hopefully that will influence new players. Plus, as the people in the senior roles have applied to become this, the administration team are going to trust them a lot more, so we could possibly extend the time that someone is blacklisted for when fired from the Police.
If this idea is put forward and...
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