TerPepsi1

Hi all, I wanted to say I mean no disrespect to anyone on this server. I know SMT certainly works very hard, and this isn't a personal attack in any way. This being said, I have noticed Gaminglight receives an unnaturally high amount of lag, even for such a big server. I've been a part of this community for ~6 years (or whenever the server originally came up) on and off, This makes me think that the issues gaminglight has are not related necessarily to the features we add. Recently, the drugs mod was replaced with a downgraded version. Most suggestions are denied because of "lag," and I believe that the server quality is, as a result, compromised. I'm no expert, but I suspect the issue is likely with the server hosts, or an unnecessarily high amount of files. Anyways, I don't know what the issue is, but I guess I wanted to quit Gaminglight on a good note. I think you guys should take a look at new server hosts because for such a large server, it seems strange that you wouldn't be able to invest in some lag-clearing methods that don't involve purging the quality of the server. Best of luck to SMT in the future.

What you want to see? - Add back the old drugs, or pick a different drug pack. I feel like these new ones were just an experiment, but seriously, they're horrible. For reference, I bought and tried every one of the five drugs that there is. Why should we add it? - The new drugs have a HUGE number of issues, especially when compared to the old ones. For one, they're just not fun to use. With one beer or one dose of acid, your entire screen becomes obstructed with random colors. I get that drugs should impair your vision, but the fact that they literally blind you makes it just not fun, especially if its after only one use. With the old drugs you could at least remotely make out what was in front of you, which made them fun to use. Secondly, these drugs are WAY overpriced. A single crazy watermelon is 50k and, while it is admittedly a pretty cool drug (the only one in this mod), it provides no benefits and nobody's going to buy it. It's not fun enough to spend 500k on a shipment, and even if it were, it'd be the only fun drug in this pack. Third, they don't provide any PvP benefits. Weed used to boost your health past 100, heroin would make you temporarily invincible at the cost of your life, cocaine would speed you up insanely, and aspirin would heal you. There was actually a point, outside of fun, to buying drugs, which made them worth it. Finally, there's just less of them, and NO WEED? I'd rather have a few of them be missing textures than this. What are the advantages of having this? - Not enough people buy drugs as is. In replacing the old drugs with shittier drugs, nobody's going to buy them, which is just eventually going to lead to them being removed. These consumable drugs were one of the best things to happen to PoliceRP, and SO many funny moments have happened with them. Overall, with how boring, overpriced, and useless these new drugs are, people simply aren't going to buy or use them. Who is it mainly for? - Literally everyone. Drug dealers b/c they'll actually have customers. Criminals because they can use them for fun or in PvP. Cops because they'll actually get drug calls, since people will ACTUALLY USE THEM. Links to any content - I don't have the link to the old drugs. P.S: Sorry for the long post. I just felt so strongly about how terrible these new drugs are. You don't have to re-add the old drugs (though they were fine), but for god's sake, replace these.

Eternity, sawed-off shotguns are class 3’s in real life and normal ones are not. That’s the law. This server messed up in characterizing all shotguns as class 3’s, when an XM, for example, is not. Also, to respond to a few other comments, we could easily make these weapons restricted to people with gun licenses. It’s just a matter of adding them. Also, I think there’s some confusion. I don’t want the weapon to be added to the civilian class, I wanted to add it to the gun dealer and just have there be a larger variety of legal weapons. The amount of RDM shouldn’t be impacted by this at all since there are obviously better weapons than these. A prospective RDMer will always choose an AK47 over a civilian rifle. They are just legal to purchase and use, you do not spawn with them.

To clarify, I never meant that civilians could spawn this. I meant that it could be legally purchased and used. A regular gun dealer would still sell the weapons. And to the RDM point- why would a RDMer use a Kar98k when they can use an AK47 or an AWP? It won’t change anything RDM-wise.

It sounds nice in premise, but with the amount of departments our server already has, I think this is unnecessary. If anything, we should be removing departments, not adding them. - Support

What you want to see? - Either a Kar98k or an M1A Socom 16, both of which are TFA rifles and legally own-able by civilians. Additionally, redefine what a class II weapon is to what it actually is in real life (i.e: XM is legal in real life and considered a class 2, as well as civilian hunting rifles. NOT Sawed-Off shotgun.). A link to the definition of different weapon classes is here: http://bythewaythecrowflies.blogspot.com/2013/11/weapon-classes-and-nfa-explained.html Why should we add it? - Currently, civilians can legally own very few weapons. Anything greater than a pistol is, essentially, banned. In allowing the legal usage of a shotgun, you increase realism and increase a (legal) civilian's arsenal. Additionally, a Kar98-K or M1A Socom 16 would make a great addition to the civilian's legal arsenal. What are the advantages of having this? - Increased variety in weaponry, but specifically, civilian weaponry which is lacking. Also, the addition of another ranged rifle (other than the AWP) would prove useful as it is a cheaper alternative and would likely be used by criminals (and, potentially, police? Especially the Socom 16). Who is it mainly for? - Civilians (and criminals) Links to any content: TFA Kar98K: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1230930270 TFA Socom 16: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1348294971 Side Note: I know *somebody* is going to make the argument that few player play as civilians and, as such, these weapons won't be used. Firstly, I believe the addition of a cheaper, ranged rifle (such as the kar98K) would be something that criminals could benefit from. Secondly, we currently have weapons that are rarely used at all (90% of the handguns), so to deny these suggestions simply on the grounds that "nobody's going to use them" doesn't make sense. Other Side Note: This gun would still be distributed to people via a gun dealer. It wouldn’t be something the civilians could spawn with or spawn in.

+ support I think that this should be re-added, but I also think that the server should have a “prison RP event” or something of the sort where the admin asks/tells people to hop on inmate and they live an entire prison life. Otherwise the jobs kinda pointless IMO.

I wanted to add something- as of right now, the president has the power to completely strip civilian income from taxes. From an immersion standpoint, this is a much bigger move than legalizing class 3’s or mushrooms. As said above, the class 3 thing was an idea. Personally, I think thst the president should be able to allow class 3’s with licenses at the maximum (up to SMT’s discretion) , because it would give gun licenses more of a point. However, I absolutely think the president should have more control over drug laws (at least allow mushrooms, maybe LSD? cocaine and heroin can stay illegal). The idea here is to give the president more flexibility in terms of RP. Government disrespect, banning guns and skyrocketing taxes is a way of role playing a dictatorship. Giving out gun licenses for class 3’s would give a president’s gun license ability more weight. Overall, everything specific here is to be taken with a grain of salt. However, I think the general consensus is that the president should have more power as, right now, the “president” is more of a state governor or mayor (which is fine, but at least rename the job “governor?”)

+support Additionally, criminals should be able to break into (BUT NOT STEAL!) police cars with cuffed family members in them as there is no other way to pull them out of the car.

major +support The only way you can succeed in a bank robbery is with a large crew and splitting 750k 5 or more ways results in a very small payout per person and isn’t worth your time at all.

What you want to see? - Allow the president to have reasonable control over gun laws (i.e: illegalize guns totally, allow class 3’s, etc). Class 4s specifically should always remain illegal. Additionally, allow the president to make government disrespect illegal. Additionally, more flexibility could be granted with drug laws than weed. Additionally, a top-right HUD display with current laws could be implemented (i’ve seen this on darkrp servers) so that people don’t have to check law boards every time a new president is in power. Why should we add it? - Allowing the President more freedom in lawmaking would make for interesting RP situations. Imagine a dictator of a president stripping people of their weapons and taxing everybody heavily. It’d make for good RP and increase variety of RP as well as give Secret Service and president assassinations a larger impact on everyone’s experience. What are the advantages of having this? - Increase variety in RP Who is it mainly for? - President, Secret Service, and really everyone else (everyone would be impacted by variety in laws) Links to any content - N/A Wanted to add something- right now, the president doesn’t feel very powerful. He has very limited control or impact on the world and so I feel this would definitely be a nice touch on the server

If possible this should be added, a few other servers have it.

I’m gonna say something else, too. Keep in mind this rule doesn’t just impact gov. If gov can barely raid a base, imagine how difficult it is for criminals to raid a base like that. This rule has to be re-added. A group of five criminals can’t raid 1 criminals base, and that’s just plain stupid. +Support

What you want to see? - Add bloods, drug dealer, VIP thieves to undercover NPC Why should we add it? - It’s pretty obvious, really. It doesn’t make sense for FBI to be able to go undercover as certain things but not others. What are the advantages of having this? - Improves RP variety (you have to stay vigilant as a criminal) and also improves balance (both major gangs can be infiltrated as opposed to just one) Who is it mainly for? - FBI Links to any content - N/A

And to respond to Calamity’s point about the “special” thing- sure, SRT can have more armor, but give them a normal moving speed or something. They are absurdly broken right now, and despite being the most elite, they shouldn’t be THAT powerful.

What you want to see? - Merge advanced gun dealer and black market dealer into one class: Black market dealer. Why should we add it? - For the non-VIP players, there are never BMDs in which means that they can’t get keypad crackers, restraints, etc. Merging it into advanced gundealer (and probably renaming advanced gundealer to black market dealer) would remove an unused class and also provide non-VIP members opportunities to buy the things they need, since advanced gun dealers are a lot more common. What are the advantages of having this? - Removes an unused class and allows non-VIP members to buy stuff easier. Who is it mainly for? - Non-VIP members, but also just generally helps since it’s just a little bit of a performance improvement. Links to any content - N/A

It shouldn’t be that hard to add, IDK for sure but it seems pretty simple. Just iterate through all gov and use the 3 dimensional distance formula to find the distance between that cop and the next nearest cop.

Thank you all for the replies. I’d recommend you maybe make these things clearer in the “Accepted” comment or whatever that you put on accepted suggestions. Something as simple as “Note: The suggestion may not be implemented if it is found to cause performance issues, imbalance, etc.” Also, hope everything works out with that drug mod, Steve. I feel like it’d be a really great addition to the server. Side note- if I eventually wanted to help with the server’s development, where would I apply to do that and what kinds of things would I have to know? I have a pretty extensive experience of computer science for a senior in high school (I am currently learning about data structures which is generally regarded as a second-year computer science college course), and might be interested in learning Lua nd helping out. Any links with requirements or applications would be appreciated- I’m currently working on another computer science project but as soon as that’s done I would be willing to invest my time here.

What you want to see? - Have the auto-wanted system be based on the government member’s proximity to another government member. (i.e: Officer A is shot. If any other officers are within a certain distance, say 150 meters, make the person who shot Officer A wanted. Otherwise, do not auto-want the player who shot him.) Why should we add it? - It’s extremely unrealistic to shoot and kill an officer dead in the middle of nowhere and then be wanted for it. It breaks immersion and is also extremely annoying for criminal players, specifically murderers. I know the system isn’t perfect as it doesn’t take in account line of sight, but as someone with a background in computer science, I can say this is a very low complexity solution that would have a minimal performance impact (it’s just iteration, a distance formula, and an if statement). Calculations could even be run client side, which would have an even lesser impact on server performance. Code that takes in account line of sight would be a lot more performance-heavy, so this is a good middle ground between performance and realism and is a lot better than what we currently have. What are the advantages of having this? - Increased immersion, realism, and quality of life for criminals. Who is it mainly for? - Criminals, especially Murderers. Links to any content - N/A

I want to start this thread off by saying I have nothing but utter respect for the SMT and every single member of this community. Gaminglight Policerp is an excellent server, and one that I have come back to year after year. I also wanted to clarify that I have no right, nor intention, to speak on the difficulty of implementing new features on servers, as I have never worked on a Garry's Mod server. This post is not to be taken as an attack- rather, I would like for those who read this to take this as a piece of constructive criticism. With that in mind, there are a few things I felt needed to be said. Reading through the suggestions forums, it has come to my attention that our community's suggestions are indeed heard and accepted, but rarely applied. I know I am not alone in saying that I feel my voice is not heard when my suggestion is marked as "accepted" and then not days, not weeks, but months pass and they have still not been implemented. I have been semi-active on the suggestions portion of this forum since the summer, and the ratio of suggestions approved to suggestions implemented within that timeframe has been- from what I've seen- astonishingly low. Everything from a simple civilian chef job to my own suggestion of a drug dealer job have been sitting "approved" for a long, long time, and there is no end in sight. Now, as I have said earlier, I have no right nor intention say that this is the SMT's fault in any way, shape or form. Though it *could* be an issue of lack of work ethic or motivation, I sincerely hope and doubt that this is the case on the part of the SMT. This being said, I thought it my responsibility as a member of the Gaminglight community to bring to light these concerns that I have seen not only in myself, but also in my peers and my friends. Again, I wanted to end this off by emphasizing I have nothing but respect for the SMT and those responsible for keeping the server running. This post was not meant to be inflammatory or offensive in any way, and I just hope that it inspires change, if change is needed, within the server's management. Thank you for your time, and I wish you all the best. -TerPepsi

To everyone saying we could just buy normal lock picks, that may be true, but if you pay for VIP you shouldn’t have to.