Plugin Loading Issue

dice313 · December 28, 2023

Hey everybody. I'm a noob here so appreciate your patience and help.

After finally getting my LSPDFR to a place where it was fully built and I was happy with it, the latest title update screwed everything up and I got a little over-ambitious and tried to fix/update things on my own without watching tutorial videos. Long story short, I wound up wiping everything and am in the process of redoing everything from square one.

Only thing - I am running into an issue loading plugins as I download them. For example, LSPDFR loads and runs fine. But here are a few things that have happened:

EUP - I downloaded EUP and EUP menu, and even though EUP comes up in the loadplugins menu in F4 RPH, it says it cannot be found when I load it.
Arrest Manager - This one I thought I installed just fine, but when I do F4 and loadplugins command, it doesn't even show up as an option.
Side note - I also tried to install Stop the Ped and had everything crash, so basically tabling that issue until I can prove that ANY plugin will work.

I attached a screenshot of my main directory, and the structure of my plugins folder (all a work in progress).

Would really appreciate any feedback anyone has. Know I screwed the pooch a bit here, so definitely going to take it much slower as I re-build and hopefully get better at all this. Anything in general I should be doing as I rebuild or anything you'd recommend?

Thanks again.

main directory.pdf

unitedOrange66 · December 28, 2023

Hi,

I appreciate the comprehensive, detailed explanation, and the effort you've put into trying to make LSPDFR work again.

Let's sort this out one at a time.

1. "Arrest Manager" is no longer being developed, and its developer retired from the LCPDFR community a while ago. Besides, Albo1125's plugins have more than one dependency, in addition to Albo1125.Common, for "Arrest Manager" to work, you'll need to install "Traffic Policer" and "Police Smart Radio."

Since all of those plugins are no longer being developed, and most of their features are replaced by Stop The Ped, it is recommended to install STP instead.

2. To walk you through how to successfully install STP:

First, I suggest removing all files related to "Arrest Manager" in LSPDFR folder; remove Albo1125.Common folder and Albo1125.Common.dll in the main directory.

Second, you mentioned you had a game crash with STP installed, according to your Main Directory PDF, I noticed you're using an outdated version of RageNativeUI. Here are the steps you should follow when installing STP:

Drag and drop "SopThePed" folder, StopThePed.dll, and StopThePed.ini into "Plugins - LSPDFR."
Download the latest version of RNUI 1.9.2 here, and drop it into the GTA V main directory.

Upon going on duty, STP should be loaded automatically. The same steps apply to "Ultimate Backup" installation, just do not replace the RageNativeUI included in the zip package.

3. You can remove "VocalDispatch" folder as well, without a .dll the folder itself will not do anything.

4. As for EUP and EUP Menu, these are not the same: EUP is a DLC pack, it is multiplayer clothing items; and EUP Menu is a plugin, which can be used to toggle different outfits easily. Based on the screenshot above, you installed EUP Menu correctly, but you probably didn't install EUP properly. To help you troubleshoot, I need some additional information:

Which version of the EUP you've installed? And where did you install it?

dice313 · December 28, 2023

@unitedOrange66 Thank you for your very thoughtful response. Super awesome.

Regarding STP

I removed Albo plugins and replaced with STP as you described.
I also replaced my RNUI using the link you provided.
That worked like a charm!

Regarding EUP

I downloaded 566105533_EUPLO8.3.oiv from HERE, and installed it via the OIV package installer option.
But I was able to successfully load the menu via the F4 loadplugins command and select an outfit.

It looks like the issue with all of the above may have just been the outdated version of RNUI. I will continue installing other pieces of my game and hope that is the case.

Can't thank you enough for your detailed response. Super super helpful, and hopefully will be back to enjoying this game before too much longer.

Thanks again