I actually *do* know how to make scripts for IV, so: This would mostly be possible. Ranks on sleeves would be difficult to pull off in a sensible way, and you really can't keep someone from changing their model with the trainer or from getting weapons with the trainer, or from picking guns up off dead bodies (or buying them at the gun stores). Restricting backup, restricting vehicle choice through LCPDFR's selection screen, restricting callouts, etc. would be easy in principle, because that's something that LCPDFR already directly triggers, and you could add a rank check before triggering something. You could not really stop someone from spawning a new car through the SHDN console (hit `, type 'spawn vehiclename', it spawns the car). Visible armor would also be pretty annoying to make work right.

The thing is, actually debugging this stuff would be a lot of annoying work, and it would be trivial to bypass some restrictions in career mode (through, say, a trainer). It really doesn't get you much you couldn't already get yourself, because the only new thing in career mode is a counter of what you've done. That counter is legitimately new, but other than that you could easily just restrict yourself by setting personal rules. A rank system would necessarily be the same for everyone, would be annoying to balance, and would not fit the theme of LCPDFR (arcade-y, massively unrealistic, *preventing* you from having all the tools to RP a cop). The biggest issue is really the it not fitting, not technical hurdles. Because it doesn't fit the mod, there are better things for the devs to work on.

I actually *do* know how to make scripts for IV, so: This would mostly be possible. Ranks on sleeves would be difficult to pull off in a sensible way, and you really can't keep someone from changing their model with the trainer or from getting weapons with the trainer, or from picking guns up off dead bodies (or buying them at the gun stores). Restricting backup, restricting vehicle choice through LCPDFR's selection screen, restricting callouts, etc. would be easy in principle, because that's something that LCPDFR already directly triggers, and you could add a rank check before triggering something. You could not really stop someone from spawning a new car through the SHDN console (hit `, type 'spawn vehiclename', it spawns the car). Visible armor would also be pretty annoying to make work right.

The thing is, actually debugging this stuff would be a lot of annoying work, and it would be trivial to bypass some restrictions in career mode (through, say, a trainer). It really doesn't get you much you couldn't already get yourself, because the only new thing in career mode is a counter of what you've done. That counter is legitimately new, but other than that you could easily just restrict yourself by setting personal rules. A rank system would necessarily be the same for everyone, would be annoying to balance, and would not fit the theme of LCPDFR (arcade-y, massively unrealistic, *preventing* you from having all the tools to RP a cop). The biggest issue is really the it not fitting, not technical hurdles. Because it doesn't fit the mod, there are better things for the devs to work on.

So you think that this feature will not be implemented into the main mod?

Me and ineseri are pretty good friends, so I know that he doesn't know how to code for GTA IV

Well, I'm just saying. That doesn't apply only to ineseri, just in general, just because someone isn't a certain staff group does not mean they do not know how to code. I knew ini didn't know how to code, because I am pretty good friends with him as well. It was just an example.

Well, I'm just saying. That doesn't apply only to ineseri, just in general, just because someone isn't a certain staff group does not mean they do not know how to code. I knew ini didn't know how to code, because I am pretty good friends with him as well. It was just an example.

Of course I knew that, I am not retarded :P

So you think that this feature will not be implemented into the main mod?

I think it's unlikely, barring Sam changing his idea of the core purpose of the mod.

I think it's unlikely, barring Sam changing his idea of the core purpose of the mod.

Well I'll be damned lol. Looks like that suggestion was blown into the water. Thanks for the insight though.

Well I'll be damned lol. Looks like that suggestion was blown into the water. Thanks for the insight though.

Not really, since modders can do it if they wanted to, and as cp702 said, if they needed any specific API features, they could request them and the developers of LCPDFR could look into creating them.