Hello fellow officers!

I would like to share with You my idea to play LCPDFR, making the gameplay more realistic, but also well balanced and fun. I encourage You to do the same in comments, if You have some unique ways to enforce the law in LC.

This is very a important aspect of the gameplay to me, namely overall weapon stats and behavior. Probably most of players do some roleplay during patrols, especially taking cover or calling for help in urgent situations. However, what's the point of taking cover from a gunman, when with basic ammount of health and armour (default for Niko), You aren't vulnerable to bullets. You can take, let's say, twenty shots from a pistol, still standing on both legs. There is also lack of sense of calling for backup, when You are able deal with whole gang by yourself. That's why I use several mods to increase level of realism, these are: Modified weapon stats (ex. making kill with pistol after about third shot, but making enemy fall down with first or second), bullet spread and recoil (now You will need to aim carefully, shooting short series from carbine) and bullet impact mod (it makes You a need to taking cover, because even if one shot won't kill You, it can make You fall down, vulnerable to enemies).

Now, every right kill is much more rewarding, also encountering gang members can be pretty stressfull. All of this makes the game feel much more realistic, with the city in need of protection. No MP5 drive-by's etc.. I don't know why youtubers don't use some of these modifications, especially those who make ,,realistic patrols". Here are links to mentioned mods, if someone asked: Weapon stats, Recoil, Bullet spread, Bullet impact.

 

Agent Smith,  Your point is more then valid.  If the gamer truly wants to immerse them selfs in Los Santos then adjusting the Reality of conflict should be a major area of interest.

Since I am still learning about how to use what some may consider basic mods and scripts I still will share how I protect the peds of Los Santos.

Active patrol, is more then running to radio calls, those are bread and butter to the officer. It's when you see something odd and make the decision to  investigate and see if someone's ok or why it happened.  I have started driving to areas and either working traffic stops or walking an area with lots of ped traffic.  Talking to peds and breaking up large groups that are hanging around.  I patrol the back streets and industrial areas, check "Abandoned Vehicles",  The guy walking oddly down the street with no shirt, or in swim shorts?  These are things that stand out that need attention.  Investigate areas and locate the oddities.

Have I had troubles? Yes, some scripts freak out and out of nowhere the Peds are pissed and attacking you. I am looking forward to a time when we can  join other gamers in protecting Los Santos in an open world format. That would be great. Join someone's Swat team or do warrant service with a team...  HELL, Create a Secret Service Motorcade for the President and get them through LosSnatos to the Airport...

56 minutes ago, EddyFourFingers said:

Agent Smith,  Your point is more then valid.  If the gamer truly wants to immerse them selfs in Los Santos then adjusting the Reality of conflict should be a major area of interest.

Since I am still learning about how to use what some may consider basic mods and scripts I still will share how I protect the peds of Los Santos.

Active patrol, is more then running to radio calls, those are bread and butter to the officer. It's when you see something odd and make the decision to  investigate and see if someone's ok or why it happened.  I have started driving to areas and either working traffic stops or walking an area with lots of ped traffic.  Talking to peds and breaking up large groups that are hanging around.  I patrol the back streets and industrial areas, check "Abandoned Vehicles",  The guy walking oddly down the street with no shirt, or in swim shorts?  These are things that stand out that need attention.  Investigate areas and locate the oddities.

Have I had troubles? Yes, some scripts freak out and out of nowhere the Peds are pissed and attacking you. I am looking forward to a time when we can  join other gamers in protecting Los Santos in an open world format. That would be great. Join someone's Swat team or do warrant service with a team...  HELL, Create a Secret Service Motorcade for the President and get them through LosSnatos to the Airport...

The original poster is talking about LCPDFR (for GTA IV), not LSPDFR (which is for GTA V).