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A Few Random Suggestions


Zach

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Hey guys,

Here are a few random suggestions I have.

First of all I would like to say thank you to the developers for the recent change to redirect traffic around traffic stops. It's nice to be able to perform a traffic stop without civilians pushing your patrol car into you trying to get through.. it was really ruining the game for me..

I've noticed though that when they attempt and go around, often they will come back into the lane to soon and hit the officer or the front of the car that is stopped. If there is any way to extend their path around the stop that would be amazing.

Another suggestion I would like to make is non-emergency backup. It would take a random unit within a certain radius and route them to your location. The backup unit would drive normally as they would with traffic. No siren, no lights. They would then either arrive at the scene and park on the side of the road (turning only their lights on), get out, and stand by until the call is over with. If it is a traffic stop they should park in front of the stopped car on the side of the road to avoid collision with cars waiting behind the stop.

Also, I understand that what you developers can do as far as modding the game does have it's limits. I too am a programmer, however I've never done any mods for GTA IV and I'm not familiar with the API either. However if possible I know everyone would love this suggestion:

As everyone has noticed, after a car sits behind you at a stop or at a red light for so long they get impatient and start trying to weave their way out. Often they bump into cars, hit pedestrians, etc. It would be very nice if we could put a long delay or even stop them from getting impatient. (Maybe even stop all of the annoying honking!) That ay they wait until they can get through.

Anyways I don't know how much of this is possible but it's just a few minor suggestions that would be awesome to see in the game.

Happy modding smile.gif

EDIT:

I forgot one suggestion..

Vehicle inspections.. Not sure if a series of animations is possible but it would be cool to be able to perform a vehicle search. Open each and every door including the trunk to search for drugs/weapons while the suspect is detained in the back of the car.

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I think your last suggestion about cars bumping into you, is a issue with the game, because of Rockstar.

Vehicle inspections are good, but when you are calling backup, you want them quickly don't you. What's the point of calling backup? wink.gif

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Vehicle inspections.. Not sure if a series of animations is possible but it would be cool to be able to perform a vehicle search. Open each and every door including the trunk to search for drugs/weapons while the suspect is detained in the back of the car.

Nice ideas. I like polishing biggrin.gif

And I think the animations for the part quoted are already ingame. I've seen police ingame actually searching through peoples cars after pulling them over though that might only be on tbogt.

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a few more suggestions,

What if you could rank up in police levels, start off as a trainee and end up as a police chief, etc.

It would be cool if you could choose what kind of police officer you want to be. eg. a NOOSE officer will only be called to shootouts with police, hostage situations, bank robberies, etc , and an air unit officer would drive around in a helicopter etc.

Would it be possible to assign the number of stars, changing backup & helicopter agressivness every time ? Would it be also possible to call off chases if theyre deemed "too dangerous", etc.

And also, can you add "be on the lookout" calls for stolen vehicles, etc, and when they come by, to have their license plates be red or something?

Thanks,

corey

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I think your last suggestion about cars bumping into you, is a issue with the game, because of Rockstar.

Vehicle inspections are good, but when you are calling backup, you want them quickly don't you. What's the point of calling backup? wink.gif

Yeah, I know the A.I. is horrible as far as orderly drivers but you would think that there would be SOME way that a mod could possibly give them sanity. smile.gif

Sometimes you don't need backup immediately. If you're dealing with a possible life threatening situation, sure, you want them there asap. However maybe you have a bad feeling about the driver or need another officer to standby in case something happens. Then they could get there in normal traffic time. This would add a lot of realism to the mod, in my opinion.

Nice ideas. I like polishing biggrin.gif

And I think the animations for the part quoted are already ingame. I've seen police ingame actually searching through peoples cars after pulling them over though that might only be on tbogt.

Thanks! Yeah vehicle inspections would be awesome to see in the game. I think the more types of calls that we can think of and get into the mod, the more exciting the game will be and it will get hard to get bored of. I'm starting to get kind of bored after a while seeing the same 3 or 4 calls over and over again. Even minor things like peace officer standby's, liquor inspections, breaking and entering, BOL (be on lookout), etc would be cool to see. You'll never know what's coming next..

a few more suggestions,

What if you could rank up in police levels, start off as a trainee and end up as a police chief, etc.

It would be cool if you could choose what kind of police officer you want to be. eg. a NOOSE officer will only be called to shootouts with police, hostage situations, bank robberies, etc , and an air unit officer would drive around in a helicopter etc.

Would it be possible to assign the number of stars, changing backup & helicopter agressivness every time ? Would it be also possible to call off chases if theyre deemed "too dangerous", etc.

And also, can you add "be on the lookout" calls for stolen vehicles, etc, and when they come by, to have their license plates be red or something?

Thanks,

corey

Yeah that would be awesome too! Maybe the ability to hold your ranking too if you like it.. because I think I would enjoy being a sergeant and being on the streets more than a captain or chief.

I also had a few other suggestions:

Backup calls, both non-emergency (like i mentioned) and emergency. So we get to go backup other officers in chases, traffic stops, transports, etc.

My other idea is more traffic stop options:

1 - Impeding Traffic

2 - Reckless/Careless Driving

3 - Speeding (10-25)

4 - Speeding (25+)

5 - Possession of Illegal Substance

6 - Possession of Concealed Weapon w/out Permit

7 - Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle

Those are just some ideas.. obviously the traffic stop process would have to change so that if you have a subject get out of the car, you search them and then you have the option for them to get back into the car or to arrest them. Once they are back in the car you can write the possession ticket. Also we should be able to write more than one ticket. Another idea I had, and I'm not sure if I've mentioned this in the forums already or not, is that when you make a traffic stop you should have to bring the license back to your car and run the license there to check if it's valid. Again, that would add more realism.

Thanks for the input guys! smile.gif

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