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If you’re looking to make money on LS-RP and are wondering how to do so, remember there are many ways besides the traditional routes of trucking, lawn mowing and fishing. There are various schemes in place which aim to promote and reward anyone who provides roleplay to the server; whether legal or illegal. This isn’t Euro Truck Simulator after all - it’s a roleplay server! Let’s take a look at some of the options that are available to you right now, broken down into illegal and legal schemes. Illegal Schemes There are many separate schemes in place to help illegal factions thrive, and thus help illegal characters earn some cash. For a full list of schemes click here, but otherwise read below on the ones specifically related to how characters can make money: Contraband Scheme Want to be a smuggler? You don’t just have to limit yourself to the traditional guns and drugs route; why not try smuggling (and selling) cigarettes, alcohol, jewelry and more? The contraband scheme is there to be as flexible as possible, giving your character access to smuggled-in items that they can sell for a profit. Property Scheme Thinking you might have to save up for a big faction property where all your homies can live? Not so - just take a look at the property scheme and make an application for a complex. You’ll even be given the opportunity to furnish in and around your faction’s property for free (for now!). Drugs Scheme There’s money to be made in drug dealing, and it’s not hard to find yourself a supplier through the Darknet. Apply for this scheme and get out on the streets to peddle your wares, trying to make as much profit as you can whilst being careful enough to avoid law enforcement. Weapons Scheme When words aren’t loud enough, a gun usually is. Not everyone has a firearms license though, and not everyone has the cash to buy guns legally. The solution? Think about becoming a dealer in illegal firearms. Signing up for this scheme gives you access to the Darknet, where you can purchase guns in bulk and sell them on the streets for profit. Coming soon: Scenario Scheme Thought of a unique scenario like robbing a gas station, hacking a server, and so on? Watch this space, we’re working on our ‘Scenario Scheme’ which will reward you for certain unique criminal activities - but of course there will always be risk involved! ____ Legal Schemes Want to run a company that’s not necessarily supported by the script at the moment, like a construction firm, news agency or an electrician company? Look no further - we’ll be happy to support you. By meeting just a few requirements you can get roleplaying in no time, and thanks to our company grants scheme, you’ll receive money regularly to help you stay afloat and thrive. Passive Companies Want to run a company that’s not necessarily supported by the script at the moment, like a construction firm, news agency or an electrician company? Look no further - we’ll be happy to support you. By meeting just a few requirements you can get roleplaying in no time, and thanks to our company grants scheme, you’ll receive money regularly to help you stay afloat and thrive. You’ll also receive a property and four vehicles for free! We will always be happy to discuss ways in which your passive company can earn money on the server, and of course we’ll be keeping an eye on suggestions for any script implementations that could make your roleplay more enjoyable. Active Companies (Business Leases) We periodically open up the opportunity for players to apply for business leases, running businesses such as night clubs, bars and restaurants - all of which are currently supported by the script. Think you’ve got what it takes to Simply find a free spot on the map and submit your application. Active Companies - Costs Covered All companies being set up through the business leasing scheme get a variety of benefits, including: Free furniture for the initial fit-out All costs covered for paying staff All costs covered for company advertisements Blips added for businesses on the map We know that active companies in particular are essential for providing roleplaying hubs that really make the city feel alive and immersive, so we’ll be doing everything we can to ensure that these ventures are both profitable and fun to manage. Coming Soon: Government Contracts We know that a massively-requested feature is the ability to run your own company supported by existing script features, such as a logistics or waste management company. This is very high on the priority list, keep an eye on the announcements channel on Discord for when more info is available! We know that many of you love trucking, lawn mowing and fishing, but don’t forget that there are many other avenues open to you for making good money, and this is before we even talk about legal factions like the LSPD, LSSD, LSFD and LS Government - all of which are great options too. The economy is still in its infancy and money is getting pumped into the server slowly and carefully, but there are still plenty of options listed above for making some cash, and more in the pipeline too. The key thing to remember is that we’re a roleplaying server, and we’re happy to consider any idea which rewards good quality roleplay, particularly when it involves interactions between characters. If you have ideas for more schemes, make a suggestion! Even so, we know many of you continue to have concerns about the economy. As such I reached out to Mmartin for further comment, but due to his ever-busy work schedule, we were only able to get a statement from him via his press secretary: “The decisions we’ve made regarding the economy are bold. Bold moves are the ones that shape the future. Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone; we removed sports cars from every corner and brought roleplay from the sheets back to the streets.”

Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate 'Los Santos Day 2023' with us earlier this evening - we hope you had a good time! For those who missed it, we took over Sisyphus Theater for a night of singing, speeches, music and fireworks. Kicking off festivities was Allegra Nixon singing the anthem of Los Santos: Following this patriotic tribute to our great city, Mayor Timothy Knight gave a speech. Here's a short excerpt from it: "Today, we are not just celebrating a date in history. We are commemorating the spirit of Los Santos, a spirit nurtured by its rich culture, its diverse people, and its unique heritage. A spirit that dares us to dream, and then gives us the tools to realize those dreams. In the face of any challenge, let us remember, we are Los Santos. We are the dreamers and the doers. We are the heart and the soul of this city. And together, we will build a future that our forebears would be proud of and that our children will thank us for." Finally we finished with a set from DJ Sádico and a fireworks display, accompanied by some questionable dancing from citizens and Government officials alike. Thank you for coming everyone, and Happy Los Santos Day! (Thank you to @Mouse and partner for helping with screenshots, more to follow)

Hey all, Hope you're ready for a trip down memory lane because as of now, our legacy forums are available to be viewed again. They've been transformed into a read-only mode, you won't be able to make, or edit any posts or send messages. So head on to check out the history of LS-RP and grab whatever you were missing over the years. We've also made a thread in General Discussion to share cool finds. Please note that the forums come with zero warranty or support. If you can't log in, lost access, or anything similar, you're out of luck. We'll make sure they go back up should the forums crash, but we don't currently have any resources to provide any support at all. Also please keep in mind that the forums are over 10 years old, filled with data and running on outdated software. They will be slow, especially from the beginning as the cache populates. Big shoutout to @Ben who took the time to prepare the forum for release. Happy browsing!

In this guide, I will run you through the very basics of setting up GTA V and RAGEMP, if your game isn't working or isn't working as well as it should be please follow this guide and it may fix some of your issues. Installation: To ensure the smoothest experience make sure that both GTA V and RAGEMP are installed on the same storage drive, you can install them on alternate drives but it has a chance of causing issues. I also recommend installing via Steam as the R* games launcher version has its own issues for whatever reason and doesn't work as well with RAGEMP. Settings: Already installed GTA V and need to move your game install? RAGEMP settings, here is what your settings look like; the client should initially run as administrator by default. Everything is turned off, this ensures that no additional settings are running and this is what the server recommends. Notice that the game installation and RAGE are on the same drive. Graphics + Advanced Graphics Settings The most important ones here are that you are running the game in DX11, Fullscreen and using your monitors correct resolution and refresh rate. As for advanced graphics for whatever reason, running the game at 3/2 (1.500x) seems to make it run a little better. If you are running into FPS issues, make sure MSAA is turned off, advanced settings (with the exception of Frame Scaling) are turned off, and Grass isn't on Ultra/Very High. In future I can make an in-depth guide to an FPS boost. Graphics Card Drivers The number one cause of crashes in RAGEMP I see are people not updating drivers, ensure that they are updated through either Geforce Experience or AMD Adrenaline.\ In-Game Overlays In-Game overlays such as Steam, Discord, Teamspeak, Overwolf, etc currently can cause crashes, make sure to disable all of these at least for the time being. Thanks to @sebu for bringing this to attention! Did I miss anything? Reply below and I'll get it updated.

Scam people for their social security money by promising them early access to certain markets and businesses.

I think this is a fair and important point, there are a huge portion of players not in a faction, I for one have never been in one, legal nor illegal, it would be good to discuss the possibilities of something like this in coming meetings potentially @Sal? @9TriLLo There were also some mentions of income via player companies for now

I wanna be called an asshole in character for not tipping. Not argue over it on the forum.

You are proposing these illegal schemes, but most of them require you to be in a faction. Why not make it character-specific instead of faction-specific? This is too limiting for people who want to roleplay creative schemes and try to make it either solo or into a faction through organic ways w/o depending on the faction itself. I think the days where the schemes are tailored to benefit factions and factions only are long gone, or should be. Making them character-specific ensures a better flow of drugs and I believe that those character can be from inside a faction or outside them. It shouldn't matter.

Approaching an illegal faction is a common issue that most roleplayers face, so I'll try to explain a few possibilities I've learnt about during my time as a roleplayer. Some ways are hard to pull while others are easy, some are creative and unique, while some are common. How you get involved depends a lot on who you are trying to portray and approach, so keep in mind that if you do the wrong action at the wrong time to/with the wrong guy, you'll find yourself in a position that is hard to come back from. The same goes with the right action at the right moment to/with the right guy. It can benefit you, or it can ruin your chances forever. What matters most is to keep true to your character and its personality because nobody likes to see people roleplaying one character today and another tomorrow. Don't be a robot. One thing I've noticed is that most of the new characters get help from certain factions either by acquiring a role they didn't earn via their own development or by having their newly created persona already know an insider, thus kickstarting their roleplay within the project. While this isn't against the rules, in most cases it might be a mistake for the future of said faction because it takes away the chance for the possible member to undergo a real recruitment process based on his own efforts and creativity, so it creates a player who needs to be spoon-fed roleplay instead, because that's what he got used to from the beginning of his time within the organization. Of course, there are exceptions, people who have been in said faction before, people who are known by the leadership to be capable roleplayers, etc, but I'll mostly be talking about new roleplayers joining an existing faction they've never been in before. That being said, here are a few ways a new character can get within the ranks of an organized crime group: Normally, a mob has a variety of legal façades open for business which your character can approach and find or create roleplay at. No matter if it's a bar, a gym or a trucking company, all venues can provide a way in for the people that are interested in joining the faction. For example, a bar/café will provide the best environment for building friendships with the other members by sharing a drink, a story, or even by playing a game of pool. The gym offers your character a way to improve its body, the possibility to watch, comment and bet on boxing matches or even the chance to become one of the fighters, thus getting the recognition of the insiders if they feel like they can use you or work with you. The companies allow having a stable job for characters that need it, but they don't offer a clear path inside the mob, so you'll have to figure one out by yourself depending on the roleplay that occurs, the chances that are presented to you and the purpose of the firm your character works for. When considering most legal fronts, it's also possible to ask for a job from the get-go, but that (in my opinion) is a tricky and recycled way of approaching because, realistically, the insiders won't just go to their legal employees to ask them to commit crimes without proper reasoning behind, so make sure you trickle in motives for them to consider you for extra jobs. There is a big variety of businesses that a faction can open for the public that new characters can take advantage of, so make sure you figure out a realistic way to benefit from the chances presented to you by them. For the most part, the mob acts like a pyramid scheme, where you start from the lower levels and try to climb your way up the ladder for financial gains and for the power attained from being up in the hierarchy. That being said, it's unlikely that somebody from the higher ranks will accept sharing more than two words with a new character that they don't know when it comes to business, so what you can do to get them interested in you is run gigs on your own. Being self-sufficient and creative in your roleplay gives you a good and well-developed way into the faction and it will surely serve you better in the long run rather than relying on others to give your character stuff to do. You can take the legal route and roleplay running a company or owning/leasing a place, or the illegal way where you can have your character do petty misdemeanors or white-collar crimes. It's always a good thing to showcase your illegal activity to the right characters at the right time because people aren't just inducted into a life of crime out of nowhere. The mob will rather approach people who are already involved in crime or have a firm they can work with/exploit rather than your ordinary civilians that work 9 to 5s. One important aspect to remember is that your character should behave the way he would behave towards people he doesn't know no matter the rank they posses until they are told otherwise IC, so keep any knowledge gathered via OOC means away from your roleplay. Don't act a different way with a character just because you've seen on the forums that he is a high-ranker, the insiders are quick to notice this and it will not help you getting in quicker. A thing I don't recommend for fresh characters to do from the start is the drug/weaponry dealing because, for the most part, it's a boring and overdone idea that is usually rushed and conducted in a poorly and unrealistic manner, so consider exploiting other venues of roleplay instead and do your research well. The organized crime groups make a lot of their money by exploiting other people, their addictions, their mistakes and their businesses, so with that in mind, another way of approaching arises. A character that has issues, especially monetary ones, may be a target for the mob, so the chances for an involved member to find his way into the middle of their problems by offering assistance aren't slim at all. For example, let's say that your character has a difficult situation at home and is desperate for money, but at the same time he's an avid gambler who can't seem to get enough of the vice, so he needs to find a way to get more money than he earns from his job. This scenario creates the space needed for a mobster to step in and offer his "help", thus putting your character in direct contact with an insider. It's a toss of a coin and it's a case by case scenario because certain people will just laugh at your character's problems, while others will seize the opportunity to exploit it by either offering your character jobs to do or a loan. This is hard to pull in a correct and realistic manner and is also very risky because your character will have a hard time getting rid of the problems that are pestering him in order to get back on his feet, so new roleplayers might get overwhelmed by this situation, but it's without a doubt an interesting way to approach and will surely be appreciated by the others.

bro holy fuck LOL that was like one of my first serious/fun factions before i started gang rp

sounds familiar i think lol whaddup G

As someone living in Europe the tipping culture in America is just insane. However if we are based on the states we should do what's appropriate and realistic!

Sup big boys.

Nice guide, but for me personally the Frame Scaling 1.5x only decreases my FPS

A whole lotta gang ish

make MCD great again swat >> detective

Just allow me to be able to refinance my car, or trade in for half its value + down payment. the cars value will be crunched into a percentage you actually get off said car you are trading in for. allow the garbage job to empty bigger bins which would essentially provide more income as they will be required to tow more garbage bags at once. Right now I can go mow a yard in 5 minutes for 40 bucks which is so much faster than driving truck with a transport 2 license and you potentially make the same amount for both either route. The incentive on that is backwards and could be adjusted as even after leveling the trucking job up you could make double the money mowing yards and you aren't even a owner of the mowing business AND it takes literally half if not a quarter of the time. + street sweeping job and a forklift factory job would be cool beans. All being said, its early, its new and we're just getting started. lets gooo

The economy is perfect as is. I've barely had to grind and I'm pretty well off right now, in the sense that I got everything I need but there for sure is some street about getting enough money by Sunday to pay off the rent and car loan. And that's fine and realistic. This is not SAMP where you can just buy a 1.2M house and buy your Bullet and go chill at the mall. You can't buy expensive shit from the get go and that's perfectly fine the way it is. Speaking from the gang roleplay POV, selling drugs and having those sales actually matter money-wise and not be done just for the RP is a huge improvement, same thing for selling guns. I've made all of my money IC-ly through roleplay and I'm sure there are a lot of ways you could do that as well. Whatever happens just for the love of God don't fuck up the economy again so we have to sell pistols for 20k and M4s for 100k and a house in the hood runs you a few Ms. This is a fresh start.

Did you stutter when you made your name?

Yeah, a GUI to navigate through 5 steps in just to unlock your house is much easier. There's literally /engine /lock /outfits /rollwindow and that's kind of it. The script is minimalistic asf, wym millions of commands?

I like the hardcore economy personally, it means something when you see a luxurious car. Like either this person grinded 80 hrs trucking or this person knows something I don't. Yes the trucking and mowing jobs suck but it's an entry level job, and I don't feel like the paychecks should be buffed, instead the community should find ways to take advantage of each other and have that rag to riches mentality - illegal or legally.

Hey man, glad to see you here! I’m Tony Marino / Nick:) - if you remember me at all haha hope you’re doing good bro!

How are you?

Happy birthday @Hermz

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I changed my mind and agree with melt city now. Fuck tipping, that shit's dumb.

Report me for poor roleplaying quality-whatever. I'm not tipping.