Plugin is in beta. There will be bugs. Let me know down in the comments and I will do my best to get them addressed in a timely manner

pdComp — Police Computer for LSPDFR

pdComp is a custom-rendered in-game police computer for Grand Theft Auto V, built for LSPDFR with optional deep integration for Policing Redefined through the Common Data Framework (CDF). It replaces the old menu-driven CAD experience with a full-screen overlay that feels like a real dispatch terminal — logo header, sidebar navigation, table-style record views, and in-window text input.

The plugin handles the full patrol workflow:

- Pedestrian lookup with collected-ID card grid

- Vehicle lookup with tagged-plate card grid

- Citation issuing (with PR hand-off)

- Arrest reporting

- Court docket with simulated hearings, outcomes, and sentencing

- Persistent JSON-backed history

Unlike standalone police computer mods, pdComp can pull synchronized data directly from CDF-enabled plugins when present, so states set elsewhere in the ecosystem — expired registration, suspended licenses, insurance lapses, wanted flags, linked records — show up natively in the terminal

The UI

A dedicated full-screen overlay rendered via Direct3D, sized to your game resolution:

- Header strip with the pdComp logo and live wall clock

- Left sidebar for navigation between Home, Ped Lookup, Vehicle Lookup, New Citation, New Arrest, Court Docket, History, and Settings

- Active-state highlighting and hover feedback on every interactive element

- Software-rendered cursor that responds to both mouse and right-stick input

- In-window text input (no more black-screen interruptions from GTA's native keyboard)

- Hard GTA control lockout while the terminal is open, applied from the game fiber for stability

Record detail views use a Windows-style data table — header row, zebra rows, fixed-width labels, color-coded values:

- Green for valid documents and clear status

- Amber for expired

- Red for suspended, revoked, missing registration/insurance, wanted, or stolen

Features

Core Police Computer System

- Full-screen MDT/CAD overlay rendered every frame

- Configurable open hotkey (keyboard and/or controller)

- ID-card grid showing every persona collected during the current call

- Plate-card grid showing every vehicle tagged during the current call

- Active-Subject state — click an ID card and the next citation/arrest form prefills against that person automatically

- Per-charge × remove buttons so a single mistake doesn't reset the whole form

- End Call action wipes collected IDs and tagged plates without touching saved records

- Two-step confirm on destructive actions

- Persistent JSON-backed citation, arrest, and case history

Citations & Arrests

- Categorized, collapsible, scrollable charge/citation pickers

- Light inline search bar — filters by code, description, or category in real time

- 129 arrest charges across 10 categories (Crimes Against a Person, Property, Public Decency, Public Justice, Public Peace, Health & Safety, Crimes Against Dependents, Vehicular Offences, Weapons, Fish & Game)

- 82 traffic citations across 7 categories (Speeding, Vehicular Offences, Parking, Documentation, Equipment, Pedestrian, Fish & Game)

- Catalog files are fully editable JSON — add, remove, recategorize, or re-price anything

Court System

- Background scheduler files each citation and arrest as a case

- Outcome rolled at hearing time, weighted by case type and worst severity

- Full sentencing detail rendered alongside the outcome: dollar fines on citations (including court costs), prison or jail terms on arrests, plea bargains automatically trim sentences by ~40%

- Hearings run on wall-clock UTC time, so cases progress even while the game is paused

Policing Redefined + CDF Integration

When `CommonDataFramework.dll` and `PolicingRedefined.dll` are detected at runtime:

- Ped records pull synchronized state from CDF (registration, insurance, permits, wanted, etc.)

- ID auto-population fires from PR's identification, patdown, and corpse-search events

- Filed citations are pushed back into PR's traffic-stop Give Citations menu so the suspect can be handed the ticket in fiction

- pdComp waits for CDF readiness before using CDF-backed record data

Vanilla LSPDFR Compatibility

pdComp loads and functions fully without CDF or PR installed:

- Vehicle plate auto-populates from any LSPDFR-initiated pullover

- Ped names must be entered manually (no equivalent ID interaction exists in vanilla)

- Everything else — citations, arrests, court, history — operates identically

Controller Support

First-class controller input alongside keyboard/mouse:

- Configurable open button (default D-pad Left, no modifier)

- Right stick drives the cursor (composes additively with mouse motion; mouse use clears any stick offset)

- A button clicks

- D-pad up/down scrolls catalogs

- All face buttons, D-pad directions, shoulders/triggers, stick clicks, and View/Menu are name-bindable in the config

Installation

Copy the contents of the archive directly into your GTA V root directory. The internal layout drops each file into its correct location:

```

<GTA>/

  Plugins/

    LSPDFR/

      pdComp.dll

      pdComp/

        config.ini

        assets/

          pdcomp-logo.png

        data/

          charges.json

          citations.json

          store/                ← created at runtime

```

Optional Dependencies

For full synchronized-records and identification-event support, install:

- Policing Redefined

- Common Data Framework (bundled with PR)

pdComp does NOT ship with `CommonDataFramework.dll` or Newtonsoft.Json.dll. RAGE Plugin Hook provides the shared Newtonsoft.Json runtime copy at the GTA root.

Configuration

Edit `Plugins/LSPDFR/pdComp/config.ini`:

| Setting | Default | Description |

|---|---|---|

| `OpenKey` | `OemQuotes` (`'`) | Keyboard hotkey |

| `ModifierKey` | `None` | Optional modifier (`ShiftKey`, `ControlKey`, `Menu`) |

| `ControllerOpenButton` | `DPadLeft` | Named: `A B X Y DPadUp/Down/Left/Right LB RB LT RT LSB RSB Back Start`, or a raw GTA V control ID, or `None` |

| `ControllerOpenModifier` | `None` | Optional controller modifier held with the open button |

| `RequirePoliceVehicle` | `true` | Gate opening to law-enforcement vehicles |

| `RequireStationaryVehicle` | `true` | Gate opening to a parked patrol vehicle |

| `HearingDelayMinutes` | `3` | Wall-clock minutes between filing and the case being heard |

In-overlay controller bindings: right stick = cursor · A = click · D-pad U/D = scroll · the configured open button toggles closed.

Custom Charges & Citations

Both catalogs are user-editable JSON, reloaded on plugin start:

```

Plugins/LSPDFR/pdComp/data/charges.json

Plugins/LSPDFR/pdComp/data/citations.json

```

Each entry supports a `category` field that controls the picker section grouping in-game. Invalid entries or unknown severities are skipped automatically and logged to `RagePluginHook.log` with the row's code so you can find it.

Design Notes

- Smart auto-population. Ped names only prefill after a real ID-shown / patdown / corpse-search event has been observed through PR. Vehicle plates auto-populate the moment an LSPDFR pullover begins. Manual input is always available — typing a different name clears the live-ped link so the citation doesn't get pushed to the wrong NPC in PR.

- End Call hygiene. Per-call collected IDs and tagged plates can be cleared from the Home page without losing any saved citations, arrests, or cases. Two-tap confirm prevents accidental wipes.

- Persistent court timing. Hearings use wall-clock UTC time and tick in the background, so cases continue to progress even while the game is paused.

- Safe input gating. The open hotkey is suppressed while the in-overlay text editor is active, so pressing the `'` open key as part of typing a name doesn't close the computer.

- Mugshot through transparent cutouts. Headshots are issued via GTA's pedheadshot natives and rendered at the HUD pass. The overlay backdrop and the driver-license card art are hole-punched against active mugshot slots, so the sprite stays visible through the otherwise-opaque MDT.

- Config diagnostics. Every config.ini load logs the resolved values to RagePluginHook.log — if a rebind isn't taking effect, the log will say so.

Current Status

v0.1.3 — Stable release

✔ Custom full-screen overlay UI with logo, sidebar, and table-style record views
✔ Mouse, keyboard, and controller input — fully rebindable with corrected control IDs
✔ In-overlay text input — no more native-keyboard context switch
✔ Game controls locked while the computer is open without raw-frame native calls
✔ Categorized, searchable, scrollable charge/citation pickers (129 / 82 entries)
✔ Driver-license-style ID-card grid with live pedheadshot mugshots and plate-card grid with Active-Subject prefill across pages
✔ Detail-view mugshot rendered into a hole-punched cutout in the overlay backdrop
✔ End-Call action for clearing per-call registries (also frees active pedheadshot handles)
✔ Court system with weighted outcomes and full sentencing detail
✔ PR hand-off — filed citations appear in PR's give-citation menu after live suspect resolution
✔ Patdown, corpse-search, and ID-shown events all populate the ID card grid and queue a mugshot capture
✔ CDF readiness wait and richer CDF-backed ped/vehicle records
✔ Vanilla and CDF/PR modes both fully functional
✔ Clean deploy layout — no RAGENativeUI dependency or bundled RAGENativeUI DLL

Credits

- Built for the LSPDFR community

- Powered by:

  - RAGE Plugin Hook

  - LSPDFR API

  - Newtonsoft.Json

  - Common Data Framework + Policing Redefined (optional integration)