Changelog

New Features

• The server's faction system is now fully dynamic and allows for player-created factions to be formed in-game through /createfaction. This command requires the user to be level 3 and have two other accompanying starting members for the initial formation of the faction. Player-created factions do not have any official features unlocked by default and only have access to membership rosters and faction chat. Any faction-centric feature is available to be unlocked at the discretion of server staff depending on a faction's needs and quality. Player-created factions are susceptible to being deleted for inactivity when no members have played for 30 days.
• Added a new faction permission system which allows for various faction-centric server features to be arbitrarily assigned to any faction. The features covered by this system are: Faction Advertisements, Use of /alias, Use mountable GPS on vehicles, Drug Ordering - Heroin, Drug Ordering - Cocaine, Drug Ordering - Weed, Use of /elm, EMT Features, FD Features, Use of /gunrack, Law Enforcement Features, Use of weapon lockers, News Features, Use of /psa, Restricted trunk access, Use of /roadblock, Use of /snowplow, Trucking Faction Features, Weapon Crates
• The inventory system has received a completely new user interface designed by Earl from the ground up. While the server's underlying inventory system has been very fluid and dynamic for quite a while, this new interface takes it to the next level by offering the following features:
  • Allows for any custom icon to be assigned to any inventory item. In the original menu, game models needed to be used. While this was fine for the most part, if a matching (or close enough) model was not present in the game, it was often difficult to get a custom model created for the purpose of showing in the inventory menu. Using simple icons makes this much simpler.
  • Less reliance on commands. The new UI adds a side panel which is populated with all actions relevant to its respective item, such as:
    • Dropping items. One simple click to drop an inventory item.
    • Giving to other players. Clicking the give option brings up a dialog with all nearby players, and stackable items get an additional dialog for quantity. No more remembering the confusing /give syntax.
    • Storing in houses, businesses motels or vehicles. No need to use the various commands for storing, however retrieving items is unfortunately still command-based.
    • Arbitrary per-item inventory actions. For example, the Blindfold item has a "Use Blindfold" option which brings up a dialog of nearby players to use the item on. The fallback /blindfold command will also still work. In pursuit of better game balance, some items can now only be triggered through its accompanying inventory action, but most still have their legacy commands as fallbacks.
• Vehicle licenses have been completely reworked and updated with the following features:
  • Each license can now have the following states: valid, suspended, expired and revoked.
    • Valid licenses are, as the name implies, valid and clean licenses with no infractions.
    • Suspended licenses are licenses that have been temporarily suspended by law enforcement. Suspension time increments have been changed from in-game hours played to real-life days with a maximum of 14 days.
    • Expired licenses are licenses that have expired due to "old age." Licenses now expire every 30 days and will need to be renewed at the DMV.
    • Revoked licenses are licenses that have been completely revoked by law enforcement. Players with revoked license cannot resit any driving tests.
  • Your character's license will now show in the inventory UI and can be viewed or shown to others via the action menu.
• Inventory items can now be thrown away/stored in various trash bins/dumpsters around the map. This only applies to custom-mapped objects since the open.mp server doesn't have quick access to objects built into the base game.
• The oldschool Lottery script has been reintroduced. The ticket price has been increased from $5 to $250, which should result in more meaningful jackpots.
• Added the ability to opt into mobile push notifications, powered by Pushover. Opting into this feature will enable push notifications when various things happen with your account while offline, such as selling a house on the Silver Trading home listings. Requires creating a 3rd party account at https://pushover.net/. Do note that this service is not free after 30 days. If this feature is underutilized, it will likely be removed. If anyone would like to see support for other push notification services, please submit a suggestion.

Changes/Adjustments

• The server will now warn players who are connecting with a vanilla SA-MP 0.3.DL client and encourage open.mp launcher adoption. For those who are unaware, multiple remote code execution exploits (RCEs) have been discovered in the SA-MP client and its use is generally advised against. Security updates for the SA-MP client ceased long ago, so there is no chance they will be fixed. Please update to the open.mp launcher (https://open.mp) and use their client mod to ensure a smooth and secure gameplay experience.
• The inventory system has been updated to allow items to be stored as floating point numbers (decimals). As an interim change before further drug rewrites, all drug items have been updated to decimals.
• All business earnings from in-game stores have been standardized to 30% of the sticker price. Before, the earnings revenue split was very inconsistent and sometimes nonexistent for certain items. This should ensure more balanced earnings for these business types.
• Mapped objects in the main world now have a priority calculated based on their model size. This means larger buildings will always have higher stream priority than smaller clutter objects, preventing far-off buildings from disappearing in areas with saturated object counts.
• Gas stations can now be linked to accompanying businesses. When linked, those business will earn a percentage of money spent on fuel.
• /equip can now be used near police vehicles.
• It is now possible to ban players from using firearms.
• The server's spawn selection menu has been completely rewritten and redesigned. An image of the game's map will now display on the screen with clickable icons showing all available spawnpoints for your character.
• The /setrankname command has been superseded by /editranks, which offers a GUI for faction leaders to edit their ranks in a far more streamlined fashion.
• Refactored the weapon crate system so they now exist as inventory items instead of its own dedicated system with its own commands.
• Players who are holding pizza boxes during the pizza sidejob can now press RMB (right mouse button) to temporarily cancel the carrying animation to allow them to jump over obstacles.
• Most command syntax messages will now include help text explaining what the command does.
• The server's custom HUD elements have been redone to closer match the original design concept by Bauer.
• The shop system has been updated to make adding new purchasable items a simple one-line function, which makes it much easier to add new things in the future when new items are added into the game.
• Command help lists will now be organized into pages for better reading.
• Heroin now has a cooldown to prevent people spamming the drug to get the max HP bonus immediately.

Fixes

• Fixed memory leaks in the low-level API that powers character/account settings as well as the inventory system.
• Fixed an issue where a player's injury status could carry across play sessions when it shouldn't.
• Fixed an issue where /updatespawnpoint's rank check didn't work properly.
• Fixed an issue where flat type homes couldn't be resolved when in GPS searches and similar features.
• Fixed an issue where plates of food in prison could be placed multiple times.
• Countless under-the-hood changes, consistency fixes and refactors.

Changes/Adjustments

• Firearms will now do 60% less damage to players inside of vehicles.
• Armor will now be depleated from players who are shot while inside of vehicles instead of only doing HP damage.
• Improved the order of recent text messages in SMS history based on the last time a message was sent.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where cancelling a furniture object snap placement wouldn't mark the object as unplaced on the database properly. This could cause previously-snapped objects to appear again after a furniture reload.

New Features

• The following casino/gambling games have been implemented with full script support:
  • Blackjack
    • Can only be used in businesses.
    • Requires /openblackjack to be used on the blackjack table furniture item to open up a table and allocate a session. Use /closeblackjack to end the session.
    • Money for bet payouts is taken from the business inventory, so be sure to store an adequate amount of cash in the business beforehand.
  • Roulette
    • Can only be used in businesses.
    • Requires /openroulette to be used on the roulette table furniture item to open up a table and allocate a session. Use /closeroulette to end the session.
    • Money for bet payouts is taken from the business inventory, so be sure to store an adequate amount of cash in the business beforehand.
  • Poker
    • Can be played basically anywhere.
    • Requires using /startpoker when standing near the "Dark Circular Table" furniture item (Model ID 2111) to start a session. /endpoker can be used to end it.
  • Note: Inactive blackjack and poker tables have automatic inactivity cleanup that occurs every 5 minutes to avoid hitting some hardcoded script limits. Tables that are unoccupied when the five minute check hits will be automatically cleared. Tables that are actively being used will be kept intact.

Changes/Adjustments

• Injuries that players receive will now save to character accounts and persist across sessions.
• Weapons stored inside of duffel bags will now be confiscated on hospital visits.
• /myrefunds will now only show the 30 most recent refunds at a time, with unclaimed refunds always having priority.
• Adjusted the View Texture Info option in furniture texture manipulation to give more clarity for custom colors and etc.
• /object align will now immediately save to the database so object rotation doesn't get undone on restarts.
• Removed some bad drug order locations.
• Further housekeeping to the pool script's physics library.
• Improved text formatting when viewing SMS history.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the range check for enterable vehicles such as Journeys was wrong.
• Fixed an issue where blood objects weren't created when a player was bleeding out from lethal wounds.
• Fixed an issue where pocketed pool balls were still simulating physics while the animation of the ball falling into the pocket was playing. This could sometimes cause other balls to shoot across the table for no reason.
• Fixed an issue where speaking on a phone in-character in a busy building did not automatically scale down the chat range.
• Fixed an issue where sidejob cooldowns for premium users weren't correct.
• Fixed an issue where faction vehicle fuel values didn't save properly.
• Fixed an issue where switching to the normal fight style through /fightstyle would wipe any other fight style a player had learned.
• Fixed an issue where exterior furniture limit checks would check the wrong house ID when a player was editing furniture. This caused some users to be unable to use their raised limit on larger properties.
• Fixed issues where various commands gave failure messages despite actually executing properly.
• Attempted to fix an issue where the lock command would give a motel error when trying to lock vehicles.