ALPR+

ALPR+ is a plugin that I have been thinking about for a while now, but just never got around to writing it. After publishing major updates for both Code 3 Callouts and LSPDFR Computer+, I now have had some more time to devote to this.

ALPR+ is intended to model a real life ALPR (automated license plate recognition) system used by many police departments across the United States, as well as in Canada and other countries around the world. There are many different types of systems out there, and I must admit, I am not really familiar with the intricacies of any of them. However, I've done my best to make this plugin as realistic as possible.

The concept of ALPR+ was inspired by the Realistic ANPR plugin by Danielle. However, due to unknown reasons, Danielle has not been able to update Realistic ANPR in quite some time. It is quite unfortunate, as she did some great work on that plugin, and worked hard to make it as realistic as it was. I hope that I'm able to do the same with ALPR+. Like I said, I am not familiar with ALPR systems at all, and I've obviously had to develop ALPR+ from scratch.

ALPR+ is a plugin that I am quite proud of, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed developing it!!

Features

• Inspired by the Realistic ANPR plugin by Danielle
• Realistic detection logic which takes various factors into consideration, including vehicle distance, angle, line of sight, camera field of view, etc
• When alerts are triggered, the player only receives information that the ALPR system would know
  • You don't get a blip on your map! The only information you receive is the vehicle model, color, which camera triggered the alert, and the license plate
• Configuration file with customizable camera settings (for advanced users only; default values are highly recommended)
• Eight different types of ALPR alerts, each with it's own potential probability weight
  • Stolen Vehicle
  • Outstanding Warrant
  • Suspended Driver's License
  • Expired Driver's License
  • Vehicle Registration Expired
  • Vehicle Not Registered
  • Vehicle Insurance Expired
  • No Vehicle Insurance
• ALPR system automatically disables itself during traffic stops or pursuits, and re-enables them when the situation is Code 4
• Integration with LSPDFR API
  • NOTE: ALPR+ does change some vehicle and ped records; LSPDFR natively generates a lot of peds with outstanding warrants, or expired/suspended licenses
• Sound notifications when alerts are triggered
• Integration with Traffic Policer API (optional feature)
• Developer API
  • Set (or clear) either a pre-defined or custom flag on a specific vehicle
  • Events that are triggered when an event is either generated, or displayed
  • Get the ALPR flag for a specific vehicle
  • Get a list of ALPR results for the current session
     

Videos

• Check out this video by @FirstThirtyMinutes, featuring the beta version of ALPR+, in all it's glory!

 

 

Edited July 2, 20169 yr by Stealth22

Sounds great, looking forward to it!

nice can't wait

If you need beta testers, contact me ;)

+ really hyped for this Plugin even tho it will still take a long time to programm.

i loved  Realistic ANPR plugin by Daniell, but it isnt work now :/. I cant wait for this script !

1 hour ago, NoNameSet said:

If you need beta testers, contact me ;)

+ really hyped for this Plugin even tho it will still take a long time to programm.

Not that long. It's getting pretty close...like I said, its in a playable state already. Over lunch today, I made more changes to the code, accounting for all the angles, line of sight, etc.

ok,

I guess now comes the waiting for the release...

Oh my god i so NEED this right now! i have been waiting for Danielle to update but she never did and now where you´re making this and are possibly making it better i juist need to say this. THANK YOU! @Stealth22 You are just amazing! 

Quick update...

I was testing ALPR+ last night...there were a couple of small bugs that I had to fix, and while it needs to be tested some more, the detection seemed to work pretty well.

I'm also working on a developer API, so other developers can explicitly tell ALPR+ what to flag a vehicle for, rather than letting ALPR+ decide. 

The part I'm having trouble with is LSPDFR's computer was sometimes bringing up different names for the driver and registered owner, even after I made them the same. But that could be a bug in my code, so I'll have to test that some more. 

Update!

ALPR+ is currently playable, and the bugs have largely been fixed. There are a few small things left, but it is now ready for beta testing. (One new feature I added is the ability for ALPR+ to turn itself on and off before/after traffic stops and pursuits!)

The plugin has been distributed to a limited set of developers and testers; if there are no issues, I expect to be able to release it very soon.

Please do not ask if you can beta test the plugin; while I appreciate the offers I have received, I have a fairly decently sized group of volunteers already.

Now then, the million dollar question: Stealth, when is it coming out?!

Please note that I cannot guarantee an exact date, but if there are no more bugs, I would expect a release in about a week.

Again, I can't promise anything. But I will do my best!

Edited June 24, 20169 yr by Stealth22

Check out this video by @FirstThirtyMinutes, featuring the beta version of ALPR+, in all it's glory!

2 hours ago, Stealth22 said:

Check out this video by @FirstThirtyMinutes, featuring the beta version of ALPR+, in all it's glory!

Great video and it looks like a great mod!  Release it :)  I understand beta means beta :P

1 hour ago, brickyard said:

Great video and it looks like a great mod!  Release it :)  I understand beta means beta :P

Yes, beta means beta.

Which means it will be released when it's ready. Patience is a virtue, my friend. 

15 hours ago, Stealth22 said:

Yes, beta means beta.

Which means it will be released when it's ready. Patience is a virtue, my friend. 

haha...i was more joking than anything!  Great work!

ALPR+ has been released!!

Enjoy!

 

54 minutes ago, Stealth22 said:

ALPR+ has been released!!

Enjoy!

 

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG YES!!! I am cancelling every plan i had and i am getting this immediately!  

@Stealth22

 

I seem to be having a somewhat random issue with ALPR+ I will be on a callout or traffic stop, and once ALPR+ is reactivated upon finishing what I was doing it goes into a very rapid activating/deactivating sequence. Pressing the Fkey to activate/Deactivate does nothing. Is this requiring an update for Rage 47/v877 of GTA. or is there some other issue I should look for that may be causing this. 

 

The game, nor any plugin/LSPDFR never crashes either, it just goes absolutely nuts, and the only way to stop it is to quit the game. Here is my log file just in case it sheds some light. 

 

**EDIT** I seem to be unable to attach the log file, I am getting an error -200? 

 

http://pastebin.com/c1mGYpTg

Edited November 8, 20169 yr by Quasar

That's odd, I've never seen that before.

I'll be sure to watch for that next time I work on ALPR+.

Awhile back I ended up doing a clean reinstall of ALPR+ along with getting rid of a couple other scripts that were causing me little issues. This problem has seemed to resolve itself by doing that so it may have been a weird conflict on my end. 

VERSION 1.0.2

• Long overdue release, I know...
• Fixed the bug where the plugin turns itself on after traffic stops and pursuits
• Improved alert logic, so not every 3rd vehicle throws up an alert