GT5abc

I don't like the badges either, my 0.02

Please do not bring the badges back. Like, ever.
If you bring them back I'm throwing this hotdog on the ground and having a tantrum. Ain't noooobody want a t-rex having a tantrum.

This is the second part of our LSPDFR 0.2 preview series.  For more information about the background behind 0.2, check out the first installment in this series here: http://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/51800-lspdfr-02-announcement-first-preview
I think by far the most hotly requested feature for the next version of LSPDFR was the resurrection of the police computer.  A vital tool for those of you that like to add some detail to your patrols - the police computer makes it return with a vengeance in 0.2.
The new Police Computer is capable of searching both license plates and subject names, and will actually perform a real search on every vehicle or person currently in the game.  If a match is found, it will then be returned to you via a notification after a slight delay.  In essence, this is a very real implementation of the system, and we hope that it will be more immersive than our offering in LCPDFR, which felt fake at times.

The brand new Police Computer featuring both license plate and subject record searches.
Of course, to achieve this sense of immersion, improving the Police Computer itself wasn't enough - we also took some time to boost the quality of the data that it relied on.  In early versions of LCPDFR, there were around 15 or so 'funny' names in the entire data pool.  In later versions, there were literally thousands of names, all able to be dynamically generated, which was far more realistic, but also gave some really weird results at times.  You might go as far as saying that it could feel as though everyone in Liberty City was named by a member of the British royal family or some crazy celebrity parent.  At first, we used this same system in the early implementation of the LSPDFR Police Computer, but it simply wasn't good enough and really let down the system as a whole considering the new functionality that was there.
For those of you unaware, we were deeply involved in San Andreas Multiplayer (SA-MP - a multiplayer mod for GTA: SA) in 2012.  As part of this, we ran a server titled Fort Carson Roleplay (FCRP), which was essentially a simulation of a small American town, where players could register on the server, make fictional characters and then spawn in the world to do any number of things like run a business, join a gang, be a cop, etc.  FCRP quickly became one of the top 175 servers in SA-MP and had something like 12,000 registered accounts.  Of course, long after its closure at the end of 2012, the masses of character data from FCRP were simply sitting on an old hard drive, collecting dust.  Just a few weeks ago, I moved the data back over and thought that it would be nice to actually do something with it, and the development of the new Police Computer for LSPDFR seemed like the perfect opportunity.  Indeed, LSPDFR now uses persona data from just under 3,000 FCRP player characters.  We took it a little further than merely importing the names as well, with some other attributes from the server being recognised (making for some interesting easter eggs).  The key advantage of this system, though, is that we have close to 3,000 names which were actually made up by close to 3,000 real people.  Hopefully this makes things feel more natural, and will give some persistence as well if you see certain people more than once.

We will post the third, and probably final, installment of this update series tomorrow.

Model changing without losing weapons, able to choose/remove each weapon and weapon customization. I'm sold.

Alright, we'll just stop developing a brand new modification with far more potential so that an outdated and soon to be obsolete mod can get updated. 

The future is looking bright everyone, keep up the good work. 

Hello all,
As I'm sure many have noticed, we've had a few more changes in the Community Team recently.  With the site continuing to evolve with GTA V and the onset of LSPDFR, we found it necessary to take a step back and examine everything from a high-level perspective.
To start with the good news, two of our moderators have returned from retirement!  @c13 has completed military training and is now back on the team as a Community Moderator.  While he is still stationed at an army base, his schedule allows him to return and we are all extremely excited to have him back.  In addition, @Original Light has also returned!  Retiring a little while ago for personal reasons, OL is very much back and is again a part of the Community Team as a Community Moderator.  I hope everyone will join me in welcoming them back to the team!
In more solemn news, we also have a couple retirements.  As previously mentioned, we have retired the Dutch forum.  As the sole Dutch Forum Moderator, @SuperStumpje has retired from the Community Team as his forum is no longer around.  Since none of us can speak Dutch, his help was essential to properly maintaining that forum and we wish him the best.  In terms of advisors, @Sgt.Kanyo has retired as a Community Team Advisor.  He joined the team a long time ago, during a time where modding tensions were extremely tense and his help was immeasurable during that period.  In a bittersweet shift through time, tensions have died down incredibly and unfortunately that also means that the amount of work available for Kanyo has faded as well.  He will continue to be ever present in the modding forums, and also working on his famous IV handling lines.
In terms of the community as a whole, we have some exciting things planned in the future to continue to expand the options available to our members.  One such aspect is a modding news system, where we can provide updates for LSPDFR and also provide news stories right from our very own members.  For now we will be having our very own @penguin2254 in the Community Team working on news stories.  The actual staffing position may vary over time, as the idea is new and we need to ensure a proper fit.  I won't go into detail now for the rest of the things we have planned as it is too early, but we do indeed have some very fun things planned and we hope to shed light on them over the next few months.
To address the elephant in the room, LSPDFR is still coming along very nicely and as always we will work to bring you a usable mod as soon as we can.  The best I can say is that it will be released "soon," although everyone will undoubtedly have a different opinion of what soon means.  Please continue to check the LSPDFR Updates and Information forum for updates.
Iconography.

​Hang on just a second, the full name of the mod hasn't been revealed yet:

^^^^^^^^^^
 
LSPDFR is about preventing crime. Not about refueling your car.

​...yet. 

​...yet. 

I've updated all of the staff notices - thanks again to all who contributed!
 

If you feel that this topic has been unpinned in error, please report this post.
 

Thanks for picking my image for Topic Closed, I really appreciate it. Everyone else had some great images too. 

Thanks for picking my image for Topic Closed, I really appreciate it. Everyone else had some great images too. 

Wow, Facebook banner! :D Glad I could help to contribute, and great job to everybody else, there were some really nice pictures in here!

I'm honored to be chosen. Thanks guys! 

Thanks for picking my image for Topic Closed, I really appreciate it. Everyone else had some great images too. 

Thanks to everyone who contributed!  We've spent a few hours trying to pick our favourites and everyone did a great job.  We have the winners picked and ready to announce!  Please note that it is extremely late, so I'll update the staff notices tomorrow.
@GT5abc with Topic Closed


@Straysify for Topic Pinned




@Ringo4493 for Topic Removal And Safe Handling system (an internal topic removal one)



@Alex_Ashfold with Topic Unpinned


@Illusionary with Topic Moved


@Ringo4493 with the background for our Twitter banner

@JWillMac51 with the background for our Facebook banner

@Zenithar with our Twitter profile and tweet background

Again, thank you to everyone who submitted entries!  There were a lot of other great picks that we sadly couldn't fit in somewhere - but rest assured we'll try to do something like this again in a few months!

I can enter too, right?

And here's the mockup of it.​

The ones that have the most likes are really good.
I've made my decision, and I'm saying that this one will be my choice. 
It'll be good for a "topic closed" as TheNinja35 pointed out.

Not sure if you guys are interrested in black and white pics