Road Worthy v6.9

What does this mod do?

This mod randomly inflicts visual and physical mechanical defects on civilian NPC vehicles as you drive around, such as burned-out headlights, broken windows, missing license plates, or drifting alignment. It forces these defects onto ambient cars at a distance to prevent pop-in, while ignoring emergency vehicles and service trucks. By creating visible broken equipment on normal traffic, it gives you a realistic, observable reason to pull vehicles over for traffic stops rather than relying on completely random events.

With the violation count rising from 10 to 13, your patrol just got more detailed. I’ve added new equipment failures and adjusted the spawn frequency to favor observant players. These changes ensure that every equipment-based stop is a meaningful addition to your shift.

🛠️ The Core Engine: Probable Cause Generator

Road Worthy doesn't just spawn blips; it physically alters the state of nearby vehicles to create observable equipment violations.

• Equipment Violations: The engine cycles through 13 distinct equipment configurations, ranging from minor electrical flickers to critical structural and aesthetic failures. All of these values are fully customizable via the .ini file to suit your specific patrol style.

• Encounter Frequency: With the default configuration, the system balances spawn logic against active driving loops to deliver steady enforcement leads based on your selected calibration profile.

• Smart Selection Logic: The system scans a 350m radius and intelligently selects candidates for violations. It maintains a buffer—ignoring any vehicle within 45m—to ensure violations don't pop-in right in front of you.

• Automatic Exclusions: To maintain immersion, the engine automatically ignores Emergency (Police/EMS), Service (Buses/Taxis), Motorcycles, and even specific models like the "Stretch" or "Tourbus" defined in your .ini.

• Disable Blips: For officers who prefer a purely visual challenge, violation blips can be disabled entirely in the configuration settings.

MAX INI SETTINGS FOR DEMO VIDEO - YOUTUBE DEMO - MAX INI SETTINGS - DEMO ONLY

🚦 Equipment Violations

• Blackout Tint (Jelly Bean Blue - 63): The vehicle windows are set to a "Pure Black" tint. This creates a high-visibility enforcement opportunity for observing vehicles with zero interior transparency.

• Suspension Misalignment (Brown - 56): The vehicle will physically veer and pull across the roadway. The NPC driver will actively steer against this force to maintain their lane, providing a visual cue of mechanical failure.

• Unsecured Panel (Brilliant Rose - 48): A random door, the hood, or the trunk is left unlatched and open while the vehicle is in motion.

• Headlight Out (Bright Purple - 27): A single headlight is non-functional. Unlike a shattered lamp, the housing is intact but the bulb is out, creating a high-visibility equipment violation at night.

• Ghost Car (Purple - 83): Nighttime only (20:00 - 05:00). Operating with both headlights and taillights dark. Highest priority safety hazard.

• Shredded Tire (Pink Red - 41): Vehicle operating on a shredded tire or bare rim. Results in erratic handling, grinding, and a strictly limited top speed.

• Missing Plate (Yellow Orange - 60): Vehicles operating with missing physical plates. This violation is tied to a Stolen status, turning a simple equipment observation into a potential felony hit.

• Dealer Plate (Orange - 47): Flagged as not returned from test drives or stolen directly from a dealership lot.

  • Note on Modernized Plate Readers: Your reader recognizes these blank as stolen and pulls owner details—even without a physical plate—via NOOSE-derived chassis-signature telemetry. This breakthrough, repurposed from Humane Labs forensic imaging research, identifies the vehicle through unique thermal and geometric markers. The physical plate is absent, but the system still gathers vehicle and owner details via localized beat intelligence.

• Smoking Engine (Dark Gray - 40): Heavy engine smoke pouring from the compartment. Severe mechanical failure and neglect.

• Mechanical Damage (Lemon Green - 24): Significant body deformation or collision history. Though the engine functions, the vehicle shows severe rear damage, suggesting it may have been involved in an accident or theft.

• Broken Glass (Cyan - 15): Side or rear safety glass is shattered, potentially indicating a vehicle burglary or a prior collision.

• Faulty Alternator (Light Blue - 12): Intermittent nighttime flickering of the entire light array, indicating failing power delivery preceding a total electrical blackout.

• Light Flicker (Light Green - 11): The entire lighting system (front and rear) flashes rapidly. This indicates a severe short circuit or an aggressive driver attempting to clear traffic.

📊 Encounter Rates

The Global Spawn Chance has been upgraded from a whole number to a decimal-capable value (float). This allows for much finer control over how many violations you encounter during your shift. You can now set the chance as low as you like (e.g., 0.25 or 0.05) in the INI to achieve your perfect balance.

• Spawn Chance: 0.05% Estimated Encounters (Per Real Life Hour): ~1–2 Violations
  Extremely Rare: Violations are true random events.

• Spawn Chance: 0.5% Estimated Encounters (Per Real Life Hour): ~6–7 Violations
  Deep Immersion: Violations are rewarding discoveries.

• Spawn Chance: 1% (New Default) Estimated Encounters (Per Real Life Hour): 12–14 Violations
  Standard: A realistic patrol with common equipment issues.

• Spawn Chance: 2% Estimated Encounters (Per Real Life Hour): ~25+ Violations
  High Activity: A violation roughly every two minutes.

• Spawn Chance: 3% Estimated Encounters (Per Real Life Hour): ~40+ Violations
  Target Rich: Frequent equipment stops.

📦 Installation Guide

• Prerequisites: SHVDN (ScriptHookV.NET) is required.

  The ScriptHookVDotNet v3 included is optional. The current version of RoadWorthy is designed to work with any version of ScriptHookVDotNet v3.

• Deployment: Drop RoadWorthy.dll into your /scripts/ folder.

• Configuration: The mod will generate RoadWorthy.ini on the first launch.

  • GlobalSpawnChance: Controls how frequently violations occur (Default: 1.0%).

  • MaxActiveViolations: Sets a hard limit on world violations (Default: 1).

  • ShowBlips: Toggle to true or false to enable/disable GPS markers.