Helicopter Height Limit

[Los Santos Roleplay]

Script name: Helicopter Height Limit

Script author: ImperiumXVII

 

 

 

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Introduction

There has clearly been some form of animosity within the community and a great divide over the use of helicopters by police factions for some time now, which recently boiled over into a nearly 150-post discussion in the Suggestions forums with people arguing both sides. Options were discussed, and eventually we decided the best course of action is this script.

 

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Feature

This script will limit all police faction helicopters to a height of 120m above the ground by default. After extensive testing, this was determined to be the limit at which you can hear a helicopter. This allows police helicopters to go high enough that they can't be seen easily while at the same time allowing criminal roleplayers to detect helicopters (if their game volume is max and their hearing is good enough) that are lurking above them.

 

120m is not very high, as you'll see in the video below, and a helicopter pilot even without the famed camera mod would be able to spot a gun in a person's hand, making the camera mod obsolete even if people do still use it. There will be no more cases of police flying outside the render distance and using the mod for an advantage.

 

That's not to say that I don't also understand the other side of the argument - police helicopters in reality can fly higher to avoid detection, especially in tactically delicate situations. Game admins and police faction leaders have access to a command that can toggle the height limit on helicopters - this is, however, logged every time it's used to avoid "on-the-fly" (pun not intended) enabling/disabling of the height limit and will be met with administrative punishment if it's done. This command is intended to be used only on tactical team or specialised helicopters, e.g. for SWAT and SEB deployments.

 

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Commands

• /toghighalt [Vehicle ID]

Allows faction leaders/game admins to toggle the height limit per helicopter.
 

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Media

 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2024 by asapdev