Large Crowds

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

Hello

1. Is there a way to spawn large amount of people/crowds without having to spawn them in manually one by one (cause that's gonna take a lot of time)?

2. Generally what would be the largest number of peds you could spawn with becoming unstable or crashing?

3. Would there be a way to set it to spawn any ped except one single model?

Thanks guys.

[Albo1125 4550]

1. Use a for() loop.

2. The number of peds that can be spawned without crashing varies per computer, depending on specs.

3. Yes, simply add an if () check to see if the ped model matches the model you don't want and delete it again.

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

41 minutes ago, Albo1125 said:

1. Use a for() loop.

2. The number of peds that can be spawned without crashing varies per computer, depending on specs.

3. Yes, simply add an if () check to see if the ped model matches the model you don't want and delete it again.

I'm so bad at this, too quick to post on the forums. Figured out 1 and 3 myself after posting, sorry.

However, for the second one regarding the number of peds, what would you say would be generally an acceptable amount if this was a callout being released to the community.

[Albo1125 4550]

30 minutes ago, ScottehBoyy said:

I'm so bad at this, too quick to post on the forums. Figured out 1 and 3 myself after posting, sorry.

However, for the second one regarding the number of peds, what would you say would be generally an acceptable amount if this was a callout being released to the community.

I've never actually really pushed it to the limit - my bank heist is pretty intensive though. I think there are roughly 30-40 peds that are all being controlled via custom built AI. Low specced pcs seem JUST to be able to handle that.

Edited March 25, 2016 by Albo1125

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

54 minutes ago, Albo1125 said:

I've never actually really pushed it to the limit - my bank heist is pretty intensive though. I think there are roughly 30-40 peds that are all being controlled via custom built AI. Low specced pcs seem JUST to be able to handle that.

Right I see, so really though think you'd be able to have a lot more peds that were just wandering rather than following custom AI?

[Albo1125 4550]

12 minutes ago, ScottehBoyy said:

Right I see, so really though think you'd be able to have a lot more peds that were just wandering rather than following custom AI?

Yea, probably.

Trial and error is going to be your best bet here, I'm not sure myself what the limit is.

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

4 minutes ago, Albo1125 said:

Yea, probably.

Trial and error is going to be your best bet here, I'm not sure myself what the limit is.

Alright, sure. Thank you.

[PNWParksFan 2441]

You could also put an option in your INI file letting people set a maximum crowd size. That way people with lower spec computers could still use it, and just configure a smaller number of people in the crowd. 

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

7 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

You could also put an option in your INI file letting people set a maximum crowd size. That way people with lower spec computers could still use it, and just configure a smaller number of people in the crowd. 

That's a sweet idea although I have never incorporated an INI into my coding so I'd need to learn :D But I'm all up for learning new things!

[PNWParksFan 2441]

1 minute ago, ScottehBoyy said:

That's a sweet idea although I have never incorporated an INI into my coding so I'd need to learn :D But I'm all up for learning new things!

There is an example in the API Examples git repo: 

https://github.com/LMSDev/LSPDFR-API/tree/master/Utilities/IniFileDemo

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

8 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

There is an example in the API Examples git repo: 

https://github.com/LMSDev/LSPDFR-API/tree/master/Utilities/IniFileDemo

Thanks, I'll check it out! :)

[LtFlash 374]

In IV I was able to control 40 peds even on a very weak laptop but they all were spawned by the game, I just took control over all peds in the area that fit the criteria. V is way more stable and efficient in memory control, I believe you can try to actually SPAWN 50 peds but remember to do it in a separate fiber and set them as permanent so they won't be despawned.

 

[ScottyTooHotty 188]

10 hours ago, LtFlash said:

In IV I was able to control 40 peds even on a very weak laptop but they all were spawned by the game, I just took control over all peds in the area that fit the criteria. V is way more stable and efficient in memory control, I believe you can try to actually SPAWN 50 peds but remember to do it in a separate fiber and set them as permanent so they won't be despawned.

 

Yeah, I'm looking for as many peds as possible. Thank you for that.