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  • StephenPuffs
    Something to consider when I talk about any sort of recoil change. We are not Battlefield or CoD so no run and gun type gunplay. We tend treat characters as an average person, not a seasoned combat veteran. That said, my goal is to make it feel more manageable, if possible.
    StephenPuffs
    So as an update with nothing new yet. I was looking at new ways we could do recoil, so a lot of testing various means with nothing definitive yet that has felt right. I might make a comprehensive poll about gunplay as it currently is soon.
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    Exnem
    Exnem
    They were leaked a couple years ago
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    What do you mean by this? What was leaked?
    Creepis
    Creepis
    Altered animations so visually there is less clutter. Sako, Mac and Uzi become way more usable that way. As of now there is one ban for this.
    This file came from a previous dev that we don't really talk about (like Voldemort).
    ICEKILLER_99
    ICEKILLER_99
    I think a recoil rework/spray patterns are very needed. I'd prefer a consistent spray pattern over what we have currently, which is just random horizontal recoil with a shit ton of bloom/spread if you're not standing completely still.
    Clarky
    Would it be possible to add an option to use peripheral scopes in F1>Options? I don't know the technical complications to this but if it is doable and heck even if it requires reconnecting to the server to apply the changes to your game, I would love this.
    Clarky
    Clarky
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    It isn't really as simple as that. So right now I will not be looking too much into this sorry to say but eventually I will see if there may be a different solution possible.
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    As police are able to use explosives to blast open doors, and there are some explosives for others, I have a new poll for everyone. https://strawpoll.com/6QnMQqRrane
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    Clarky
    Clarky
    I think it would be better if the door had a LOT of HP, being able to not only blow it off its hinges (maybe not so easily with grenades) but maybe the implementation of a breach shotgun that is expensive to craft but guarantees break in whereas the other options are luck
    Clarky
    Clarky
    Quite often of the time in shootouts a door is in the way, perhaps have its functionality similar to some doors on CS maps
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    I agree @Clarky all owned doors can be locked which at a certain point becomes troublesome for carrying enough tools in some properties. A breaching shotgun, I think that should be restricted to police like C2 is. As for blowing off the hinges, that'd be based on distance probably, more often than not though it'd just open the door not remove it like large explosives.
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    teby
    teby
    ACOG doesn't need to be nerfed, I can get behind the other scope's changes though
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    It actually makes it infinitely nicer to use, between the small sight picture and too much zoom it's really not very good as it is now, nor would it be with only increasing the sight picture. Here's an example at the "rifle" range, as it's not meant for sniping in the same way scopes are.

    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    To further demonstrate this. Here's a before and after for the ACOG at the "rifle" range. At the range it might seem helpful having that kind of zoom but in theory the small amount of zoom lets you track and sight in a target better especially when taking shots.

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    I'm not sure if I should post it here but since you do the lighting I thought I'd send it just in-case, the Vaxuhal Insignia has Wig Wags on the front bumper but there is no lighting where it's positioned, I have a video below.

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    James Davis
    James Davis
    Copy will do, I'll shoot you a PM, since I think there is a couple of others that have the same issue, unless it's all the same lighting setup for the Unmarks.
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    So in review, it does not have a place for the light per se, but I likely put it where it is simply because it does not have any other place available; as to ensure "recognition" that it is an emergency vehicle when its emergency lights are on. Plus as it is an undercover vehicle, we can make the excuse that the light is behind the black part, just tinted very dark otherwise.
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    Side note: I will correct the location of that sprite though as it seems oddly in a different place than it should be for the excuse to have any merit.
    StephenPuffs
    It wasn't planned but I am attempting to now improve the performance of fires. Though I do believe I have found a decent way to do it better than it has ever been. Fingers crossed.
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    SomeUser
    SomeUser
    It looks better im ngl when playing thanks for atleast looking at what i said :)
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    (I did before you said anything, just showing you what my changes were :wacky:)
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    One thing to note, this may result in some of the scopes clipping into your face when taking a shot (mainly noticing with the M24 when using the bolt to load a new bullet into the chamber) but I think it's worth the tradeoff as it's minor and not a huge problem if you ask me.
    StephenPuffs
    So... I got bored of vehicles (I'll resume them shortly), so I did something else fun. I have changed up the fire effect to be a lot better if you ask me. There are more changes that could/should be done with fires but for now I focused solely on how they look.

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    StephenPuffs
    I'm getting a bit too much into the weeds with trying to correct all the shading, but I have done some fixes on the Cooper65, Transit (old one), and the Ford F100. I am also taking a look at their handling, no massive changes but some simply take longer than they should to reach top speed, so I am correcting that to what seems more reasonable. It should not take the entire length of the highway to reach 30MPH o_O
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    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    @Creepis I mean some of the reason they were made slow is because they are larger vehicles so their top speeds were purposely made pretty low, however their acceleration times probably could use some rework to not be as terrible as it is now. Which is part of what I fixed with the Transit.
    SomeUser
    SomeUser
    I just mean overall like creepis said there multiple cars that could honestly use a buff, for example theres a few cars that drive like there on a ice rink would it be worth looking into?
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    I mean I will be reviewing each one's "drifting" or "handbraking" whatever term you prefer to ensure it acts appropriately. However, keep in mind that increased speed means longer times to come to a stop therefore some of them will still be able to skid from left to right regardless of any changes I make.
    StephenPuffs
    I have a list now of all the most commonly owned vehicles some are a bit surprising to me to be honest. However, I can now use this list to slowly make my way through them fixing some of the shading/graphical issues that some of you may have noticed improved with the latest update if you owned one of the listed vehicles. It should come as no surprise that first on my list is the Mini Cooper 65.
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    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    I will make a caveat and say that some graphical issues are more possible to fix than others, so in my first pass through them all I cannot guarantee that they will be 100% done, but I will at least try to improve where I can. One big goal is to make the metal customization have a bit more effect overall if possible while not making them too gaudy.
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    Clarky
    Clarky
    Release the list.
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    Next is the VW Beetle which I already did, so after that will be the ████████████ which may require additional work.
    StephenPuffs
    With cars being a major component of the gamemode I am curious where people feel the maintenance aspect currently lies. Exclude any financial consideration when voting. https://strawpoll.com/mpnb1N4BPy5
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    thehomelessdude
    thehomelessdude
    For me personally the only annoying part is how far apart everything is when it comes to repairing your car
    Clarky
    Clarky
    I really don’t like how the wrenches function, that should be redone to work better with repair levels. I’m sure someone made a thread regarding how being level 100 actually stops you from repairing because you’re repairing too much with RC on whereas low repair level will allow more repairs
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    In fairness this was more about the overall sense of how much upkeep and amount of things that need to be maintained feels. Not necessarily where locations are or how items related to it function. So I can see if people think it is a lot to manage now or there could be some more added to it all while making it more of a unified thing.
    StephenPuffs
    So what does anyone think of the new emergency vehicle lights? I tried having them synced at one point but it just didn't look right with the new look. There may be some more to come with all that too.
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    SunnyR
    SunnyR
    For the rear whites on police cars they should have a wig wag action like their counterpart in the headlights, it looks a little off for them both to be flashing at the same time. (If you couldn't tell I'm really into having neat flash patterns)
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    I appreciate the feedback but having them be contrary is less aesthetic than keeping the same color lit at a time. Otherwise it is even more visual clutter. I avoided any rapid flashing lights in the rear to avoid vehicle direction confusion, plus the rear blue ones are mainly an emergency vehicle identifier.
    RespectMyVoid
    RespectMyVoid
    your doing amazing work with the vehicles keep it up
    StephenPuffs
    So I have still been working away on a number of other changes and fixes primarily with vehicles. I've also done some proof of concept ideas for some new things that I hope to add, more on that another time.
    StephenPuffs
    Having now toyed around with emergency lights for awhile... While the syncing of them helps with color bleeding and stuff, it comes off very visually boring when there is a large mix of them. So I will have them be on their own independent cycles instead.
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    A1L
    A1L
    raw
    SomeUser
    SomeUser
    Big flashy light hurt my eyes >:/
    StephenPuffs
    More news with indicators that's way way overdue! The QOL update they've needed forever, along with all my other upcoming changes (release is TBD) indicators will finally turn off after you complete a turn. Not perfect but they will not toggle off if you turn the opposite way and allows small corrective turns so I consider that a win.
    StephenPuffs
    I have been fixing up some of the behind the scenes stuff with vehicles but more over, I have now made it so vehicle indicators can be altered (by us) to have different cycle lengths. This means yours and all other cars will no longer always blink their indicators at the same time every single time.
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    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    While the video is made by the product they're talking about so it may be a bit biased in their favor, it shows what I was talking about.
    So I may take a hint from that and make emergency lights be synchronized, at least within their respective jobs. However, I still want to make them nicer overall if possible.
    Caveric Jonson
    Caveric Jonson
    Thats really interesting i didn't know it was setup like that. Departments around me don't have them in sync like that and to be honest i didn't know it could be done to be fair lol
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    Same here, or at least, I guess I never paid enough attention to that to notice if they were. Unexpected but I suppose it does make sense, however there isn't nearly as much glare or sense of brightness within Garry's Mod so it may still be independent originally.
    StephenPuffs
    New question for anyone willing to give feedback, while I make no guarantees about it... Are there any vehicles that you look at and feel it has lots of issues graphically? Like the current VW Beetle's wheels have a very "blocky" and weird shading to them as an easy example of the kind of problem I mean.
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    Inchs
    Inchs
    yeah its super noticeable on the f1
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    Even though you already sold it so there was no rush, I felt it was important enough to expedite the fix for that gap. So it's not perfect but it works well enough. Whenever I publish all the other changes it'll be included. (the dark line is simply reflection)

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    Inchs
    Inchs
    amazing work
    StephenPuffs
    As a sort of informal poll, which do you prefer... when handbraking, cars that slide a lot, a decent amount, or only a little?

    We seem to have a bit of a discrepancy in the scripts for some reason so each car is a bit unknown until being driven.
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    Crunchie
    Crunchie
    Big fan of the G wagon drifting
    SomeUser
    SomeUser
    Ye so my SL65 upgrades I sold, so it may be something there, But my G wagon is only single upgraded not double, However it feels diffrent you can see in the clip its like in the SL65 Im fighting with the car but the gwagon im good with it mostly (It may be a case of me driving like a dickhead)
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    Clarky
    Clarky
    Some vehicles double upgraded does feel like a downgrade in some aspects, I used to hear how the Mazda Furai feels awful to drive compared to stock, I can't list down specifics on what doesn't feel good on what vehicle without actually trying it again myself to leave something more definitive but I hope you can look into this at some point with community members
    StephenPuffs
    No I have not gone missing again. First off I want to give a big shoutout to @Ezza for finding ways to recompile cars. So with that in mind I have a large focus on cars in general. With my test server up and running again expect a number of changes regarding them coming up soon. I will be asking for some feedback in a little bit.
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    Christopher Bonanno
    Christopher Bonanno
    I understand the want to make things yourselves and support it. Just wish there was more options for clothes and that the options we had were better looking. The suits on mafia are fresh as hell lol
    StephenPuffs
    StephenPuffs
    This may come from a biased point of view but before we started PH, the server we played on had suits along with a few normal everyday clothes. It simply lead to everyone wanting to wear a suit instead of anything else. So while there were options, people ended up looking the same anyways, so it's never made the idea of adding suits very appealing to me, as fashionable as they may be.
    Christopher Bonanno
    Christopher Bonanno
    very good point and I think that problem would probably happen again in this scenario
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