Police Tape 3.2

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It's Los Santos... people get shot, people get run over, things catch fire... and it's usually all your fault. Eventually, you need to do something to keep nosy bystanders out of your business. Ever wished you could quickly close off a freeway so no cars can get by? Ever wanted to block off the scene of a dead body so that curious pedestrians couldn't tell who exactly shot them? Perhaps you just want to peacefully do some construction work, but oblivious drivers keep driving into your work zone. Or maybe you're fighting a fire, and need to stop rubberneckers from wandering into harm's way.

No matter what you do in Los Santos, Police Tape is here to keep everyone else out of your way.

Featuring dynamic tape with cloth physics that blows in the wind
Aim-and-click tape and barrier placement lets you attach tape to any surface
Built-in advanced traffic control stops even the stupidest San Andreas drivers
Ped path blocking prevents most ambient peds from crossing police lines, while allowing backup, medics, coroners, and suspects to keep going
Full API lets plugin and callout creators add tape to their own scenes
Tape import/export system lets you save your tape and include saved tape scenes in callouts
Tape management menu to delete individual strands of tape and manage traffic control
Customize your tape texture to get different text or patterns
LML support to install scripts and police tape model files, DLC option if you prefer

Join the Parks Benefactor Program to join my exclusive Discord server and get early access to mod updates and new mods like this one! Special thanks to all the members of the Parks Benefactor Program who helped make the development of this mod possible! And a huge shoutout to the Old Faithful level donors who have gone above and beyond to support my modding: Pathfinder_Ryder, elvismowery6, LeoTheSkunk, EmergeNYC, dylan_hall, heal_thy_bravowolf_wgal22, jcerb, mitch2966.

KNOWN ISSUE: The tape sometimes droops through the ground, especially when there is not much wind or with longer pieces of tape. User more barriers and shorter pieces of tape to help reduce this effect. This is due to the limitations of what cloth physics can do in zmodeler/GTA V. Version 2.0 adds static tape models which do not sag as an option. You can choose for each strand whether to use static or dynamic tape.

KNOWN ISSUE: If you are having issues with changing the keybindings in the INI not taking effect in the game, add a single blank line at the top of your INI file.

KNOWN ISSUE: You may need to install a modified gameconfig.xml, depending on your version of GTA V. If you already have a modified gameconfig.xml to support add-on vehicles, you should be OK. If you haven't before and your game crashes on startup after installing Police Tape, you need to install a custom gameconfig. You can use the following LML package to install a compatible Gameconfig file:

Credits:

Oleg for adding cloth physics support to zmodeler 3
alexguirre for RageNativeUI
alexguirre and "Unknown Modder" for help with fragment resizing memory editing
LtFlash for the 3D Marker class (modified by PNWParksFan)
Khorio for help with blocking peds and vehicles from crossing a line
MulleDK and the RPH team for RagePluginHook
PNWParksFan - everything else

Some videos of Police Tape in action:

Edited December 16, 2025Dec 16 by PNWParksFan
Updated credits and info

What's New in Version 3.2

Released December 16, 2025Dec 16

Version 3.2:

Recompiled for latest game version due to changed GameControl enum.
Only for RageNativeUI 1.124+ and GTA V 3717+. For older versions, use version 3.1.

Previous updates:

Spoiler

Version 3.1:

Fixed possible crash when deleting individual tape strands from the tape management menu.
Updated to RageNativeUI 1.8.1

Version 3.0:

Added the much-requested option to spawn just barricades without any police tape attached to them. This is available by entering the tape placement mode, selecting a barricade, and middle-clicking to spawn a barricade by itself, or left-clicking to spawn with tape attached.
Updated to RageNativeUI 1.7. Please make sure this file is up to date.
Added INI options to enable "alternate texture", "static tape", and "continuous mode" checkboxes by default.
Optimized performance of traffic control checks to significantly reduce the FPS impact when there are many tape strands spawned.
Added DLC installation option. LML is still recommended, but the DLC is available for those who prefer it.

Version 2.1:

Fixed bug causing INI Keybindings section to not be read correctly
Clarified instructions for installing alternate police tape textures
Updated for compatibility with new ParksTools.dll version

Version 2.0:

Added static tape option
Updated API
Improved traffic control algorithms
Added support for new versions of ParksTools.dll and for Coastal Callouts
Improved Police Tape menu
Other misc bug fixes

Short Description

Dynamic police tape and barrier placement with traffic and pedestrian control

Kane L, swatteam911, HyperBlueSmart and 56 others
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Views 735,783
Downloads 213,044
Submitted June 24, 20187 yr
Published December 16, 2025Dec 16
Updated December 16, 2025Dec 16
File Size 5.21 MB
Compatibility All Versions
Special Features It's police tape, yo
Requires RAGE Plugin Hook
Minimum LSPDFR Version N/A
Script/Plugin Type Standalone plugin

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FPI2011

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June 25, 20187 yr (edited)

5 hours ago, AUG said:

不，我仍然无法点击选项接受条款（我的英文不太好）

AUG said "I still can't click "Agree".".

My friend has a problem which is as same as AUG's.

It's not resolved by force window mode, not load at startup and "ReloadAllplugins" command.

Edited June 25, 20187 yr by FPI2011

macky1878

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June 25, 20187 yr

When i load the plugin, it crashes. (Not the game, only the plugin). I checked in the desc and downloaded the game config but it still crashes! Please i need help!

PNWParksFan

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June 26, 20187 yr

8 hours ago, macky1878 said:

When i load the plugin, it crashes. (Not the game, only the plugin). I checked in the desc and downloaded the game config but it still crashes! Please i need help!

Please upload your ragepluginhook.log file and I will check it out.

14 hours ago, FPI2011 said:

AUG said "I still can't click "Agree".".

My friend has a problem which is as same as AUG's.

It's not resolved by force window mode, not load at startup and "ReloadAllplugins" command.

Interesting. That seems to be an issue with GWEN Forms or the RPH graphics hook. Does the RPH Console (F4 key by default) work for you?

macky1878

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June 26, 20187 yr

3 hours ago, PNWParksFan said:

Please upload your ragepluginhook.log file and I will check it out.

Interesting. That seems to be an issue with GWEN Forms or the RPH graphics hook. Does the RPH Console (F4 key by default) work for you?

RagePluginHook.log

PNWParksFan

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June 26, 20187 yr

51 minutes ago, macky1878 said:

RagePluginHook.log

Make sure that you have the version of ParksTools.dll that is included with the OIV installer. You can rename the file from .oiv to .zip, unzip it, and then grab the parkstools.dll file from the extracted archive.

FPI2011

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June 26, 20187 yr (edited)

5 hours ago, PNWParksFan said:

Interesting. That seems to be an issue with GWEN Forms or the RPH graphics hook. Does the RPH Console (F4 key by default) work for you?

My friend's RPH console is working without problem and enable all commands.

He said almost plugins are working without problem but Police Tape agreement window is not work normally.

My own and other friends are able to use Police Tape without same problem.

We have no idea what is the difference which Police Tape agreement window is working or not working.

Edited June 26, 20187 yr by FPI2011

Benjamin255

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June 26, 20187 yr

8 minutes ago, FPI2011 said:

我的朋友的RPH控制台正常工作并启用所有命令。

他说几乎插件工作没有问题，但警用磁带协议窗口不能正常工作。

我自己和其他朋友可以使用警用胶带，而不会有同样的问题。

我们不知道警察磁带协议窗口工作或不工作有什么区别。

How do you choose the aqree option?🙁🙁

SrPeterr

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June 26, 20187 yr

Hello!

Is there a way to keep it more tense, so it does not fly around?

FPI2011

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June 26, 20187 yr

6 hours ago, FPI2011 said:

My friend's RPH console is working without problem and enable all commands.

He said almost plugins are working without problem but Police Tape agreement window is not work normally.

My own and other friends are able to use Police Tape without same problem.

We have no idea what is the difference which Police Tape agreement window is working or not working.

My friend take a movie what happen when load PoliceTape.dll.

Not show agreement message background and cursor.

So, he can't select and click "Accept" button.

6 hours ago, AUG said:

How do you choose the aqree option?🙁🙁

In my game, agreement message and "Accept" button were showed in normally.

But in my friend's game is not, which is looks like same to your problem.

I don't know the reason.

PNWParksFan

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June 26, 20187 yr

2 hours ago, SrPeterr said:

Hello!

Is there a way to keep it more tense, so it does not fly around?

Read the big bold red text on the download page, or read the bold all caps text in the installer readme.

macky1878

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June 26, 20187 yr

9 hours ago, PNWParksFan said:

Make sure that you have the version of ParksTools.dll that is included with the OIV installer. You can rename the file from .oiv to .zip, unzip it, and then grab the parkstools.dll file from the extracted archive.

Hi, thanks for that! I don't know why the ParksTools wasnt changed in the OIV.

PNWParksFan

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June 27, 20187 yr

16 hours ago, macky1878 said:

Hi, thanks for that! I don't know why the ParksTools wasnt changed in the OIV.

It should get overwritten, but it's possible the file was non-editable for some reason like if the game process still had it locked. Glad that fixed it for you!

manu450

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June 27, 20187 yr

Hi, would you be able to add controller button option in the ini. ? the R stick button dont work with gtav

9Lincoln20

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June 28, 20187 yr

I tried to change the key bindings in the INI file. Once in game the default controls still exist and not the changes I made in the INI.

Any ideas?

Reffie1997

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June 28, 20187 yr

8 hours ago, 9Lincoln20 said:

I tried to change the key bindings in the INI file. Once in game the default controls still exist and not the changes I made in the INI.

Any ideas?

Me too I have the same problem! The controls defined in the .ini file failed to overwrite the default controls...

manu450

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June 28, 20187 yr

12 hours ago, 9Lincoln20 said:

I tried to change the key bindings in the INI file. Once in game the default controls still exist and not the changes I made in the INI.

Any ideas?

Same here keybinding change don't apply in game, also I want to change the apply button for my controller, but there's no option to change what so ever. Hope we have a fix soon, really love this mod.

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June 28, 20187 yr

@PNWParksFan Any chance you can include a wind resistant version (or one that doesnt rubber band under ground)?

That's my biggest pet peeve with it- otherwise great mod!

Also, if you don't have the time to do one that's not affected by wind, is there a certain file (like .meta or something the enables it in the mod) that I personally can change to remove the wind effects on it?

X4vBond
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PNWParksFan

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June 29, 20187 yr

I will investigate the reports of the INI file not being read for some people.

9 hours ago, Niedosik said:

@PNWParksFan Any chance you can include a wind resistant version (or one that doesnt rubber band under ground)?

That's my biggest pet peeve with it- otherwise great mod!

Also, if you don't have the time to do one that's not affected by wind, is there a certain file (like .meta or something the enables it in the mod) that I personally can change to remove the wind effects on it?

As mentioned at least a dozen times, there isn't anything I can do about the stretching tape currently.

cody1

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June 30, 20187 yr

when's the next update to fix the dissapering, and the moveing tape can you make it where the tape don't move please.

thanks and oh yeah nice as job on it man

Reffie1997

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July 1, 20187 yr

Apart from the keybinding issue, I figured out that some services (e.g Coroner and Towtruck) won't pass through the police cordon tape. Would be appreciated if you can add these services into a "whitelist" in the next update.

PNWParksFan

Insiders Author

July 1, 20187 yr

2 hours ago, Reffie1997 said:

Apart from the keybinding issue, I figured out that some services (e.g Coroner and Towtruck) won't pass through the police cordon tape. Would be appreciated if you can add these services into a "whitelist" in the next update.

It basically checks if it's an emergency/law enforcement vehicle, or if it has flashing lights on. It should allow through towtrucks and coroners if they have flashing lights, but if you're using models that don't then they won't get through. There isn't any easy way to check if those vehicles should be allowed through, but I suppose I could add something to the INI where you could set models to always allow.

sammy401k

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July 1, 20187 yr

You may have covered this, so sorry in advance if you have. I installed everything, loads fine and whatnot, but all my police cars and switched back to the regular gta5 ones. Any idea on how to fix this?

PNWParksFan

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July 1, 20187 yr

2 hours ago, sammy401k said:

You may have covered this, so sorry in advance if you have. I installed everything, loads fine and whatnot, but all my police cars and switched back to the regular gta5 ones. Any idea on how to fix this?

Most likely you had your cars installed in the original game folders (i.e. you were not using a Mods folder), but when you went to install the Police Tape mod you selected "install to Mods folder" in the OIV package installer. Therefore, the game is now loading from your mods folder instead of your original game files, and it isn't picking up your modified vehicles.

What you should do is install all modded vehicles and any other game file modifications to the mods folder, always.

sammy401k

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July 2, 20187 yr (edited)

All of my cars are loaded in the latest patchday. Patchday18 in the MODS folder... [UPDATE] I figured it out... From another mod, I had x64e in the mods folder and it was loading all the cars from there. I just went through and replaced them all.

Edited July 2, 20187 yr by sammy401k

wonz

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July 4, 20187 yr

Would be nice to get a uninstall.oiv so if deleted needed you can do so without people have no chance to delete if you they dont know how to

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