gmantonz

RecovFR 0.2.2.0 "Whatever the weather update" Pre-Release:
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What's new: 
Backup script optimised FIXED: Some DLC vehicles could not be restored FIXED: Vehicle plate style was not restored Added vehicle health levels Added vehicle radio station Added vehicle livery, rim color and window tint Added weather, wind speed and wind direction  
Planned features: 
Capture/restore current character model Capture/restore if character wet or dry Capture/restore clothing/props Capture/restore weapons / ammo and components Capture vehicle neon light configurations Capture if ped or vehicle is indestructible Capture if weather or time is frozen Error handling and logging Restructure XML to allow easier capture/restore of multiple items, e.g. weapons Ability to turn off certain features in .ini file Ability to turn on certain features at startup (vehicle / ped indestructible, weather, time) Known issues: 
Investigating reports of weather not changing, possibly related to trainer? Plugin crash on restore if backup was taken having never entered a vehicle. Fixed in next release.  

Quick update on progress, for anyone following this - I am making (slow) progress on the outstanding issues. 
 
Weather: Cannot get with the RPH command, but can set - can get with native functions but struggling to work out native functions in RPH if anyone has any insight into that. 

Weapons: Again found some promising leads with native functions, thanks to Gmantonz research into this. I found a way to iterate through the weapons and ammo in an inventory, BUT if carrying a lot of weapons it would crash the game - so any experience here people can share would also be a massive help. 
 
Have not started on player / outfits yet, so again if anyone wants to help or contribute this could be a good area too?
 
Have found a lot of other vehicle features that could be backed up and restored, (Vehicle Health, Engine Health, Is Engine running, Are doors locked, Radio station, etc) but also want to get balance between functionality and impact on resource to prevent FPS issues or stuttering while a backup is taking place. e.g. Iterating through weapons,  I find can cause an in game mini-freeze and if the ped has tons of weapons (e.g. when I use the trainer to give me ALL the weapons) the backup will crash the game.
 
Finally I would like to be able to back up / restore the correct livery if the vehicle had a livery/skin option applied but have not yet looked into if this is possible. 
 
I could include in the ini the ability to turn on/off what is being backed up if this script is of use more widely in the community, so if people are interested in using this when finished, please do let me know.
 
Oh, and then once working, I want to optimize, reduce code etc to make as lightweight as possible to again reduce impact on the game itself.

Thank you @waynieoaks for taking a stab at this, already seeing the benefits of the first release and I just tested it in my game and it works great! I am going to post here also what I sent to waynieoaks privately, in case anyone else wants to contribute to the conversation of how to implement the other features. I was doing some Googling (with my limited coding knowledge) and this is what I've come across: 
 
Weather: I came across this mod: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/weather-forecast They seem to utilize GTA.Native.Hash._GET_CURRENT_WEATHER_TYPE. Doing some more research on that brings up this post: https://gtaforums.com/topic/953942-get-current-weather-c/ Hopefully this will help get the current weather info.
 
Player model: dont know if this will be of any help: https://forums.gta5-mods.com/topic/13486/c-get-player-model/
 
Outfits/model: I came across this mod that stores player outfits: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/sp-outfit-saving And it looks like they are able to get what props/textures are currently on the player model which would link back to EUP components: https://github.com/root-cause/v-spoutfits/blob/master/SPOutfits/Methods.cs
 
Weapons: Maybe this will help point you in the right direction? https://gtaforums.com/topic/808752-c-copy-all-weapons-and-ammo/ Seems like reading that post the thought is to check for all possible weapons and attachments that a player might have and if its true, save those, then give them back on restore.
 

Now that RBM is out, it was time for another Coastal Callouts episode! Great job @PNWParksFan! I've been part of the Parks Benefactor Program for a few months now and have seen Coastal evolve immensely, and he is still working on adding more things! Really excited to see the development of this mod DLC!
 
 

Good question, the only one that I know is free is Hitfilm Express I believe it's called, however I've never used it. When I first started the channel I used Filmora to edit my videos before moving into Adobe Premiere. Filmora is not free, but it's also not too expensive.

This is was a really fun bad cop patrol 😄
 
 
 

No problem! Always glad to find another awesome LSPDFR channel!

Wooo hooo thank you for subbing @UnknownBastion! 😄 
 
 
 

Thank you very much! Yeah that's my style, I try to keep it high energy and entertaining 🙂