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I think everyone's got a point here. Here's my take: 1. Yes we should try to encourage RP hubs so that there's at least one or two reliable 'casual RP' places which aren't so reliant on business openings. 2. One way of doing this, as suggested, is to move some businesses closer together and perhaps remove some of the other ones. This is something Dos Santos and I have talked about before and the odds are we'll end up doing it. 3. In addition to the above, we had the idea of trying to actively manage some of the businesses; having clerks in 24/7s and gas stations and so on. This would be reliant on some sort of shift/job feature which, is on the to do list. 4. Support factions as much as we can and provide them with whatever they need to make an area appealing to their type of roleplay - such as allowing outdoor furniture items. This approach can also be combined with the above, if the factions are happy having other businesses near their hub. Having it all happen 'naturally' and without intervention is the ideal, but I think a jumpstart is needed, even if it's not one that's sustained or managed for very long just to see what happens. A key consideration would be whether any of the hubs be considered 'safe zones' or what-not. I'd argue not in the beginning, let chaos reign.

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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)

Welcome to you sir, enjoy!

Couldn't make the recent community meeting? Fret not, the notes are below: Launch Status We successfully launched the server on Friday 16th June. Read the full announcement here. We're very pleased to have had so many players join us on our first day, thank you to everyone who came in-game to try everything out over the weekend! Despite connection issues, the server has been handling it well and all major issues that occurred were handled promptly. We're just waiting on an update from our service provider on providing additional measures to ensure greater stability. We peaked at 350 players on day one and have maintained a good player base over the weekend, which we're very excited to build on moving forward. Fun Server Stats Everyone loves a statistic, and we've got some partially random, partially useful ones here for you to peruse: 1,250 unique characters logged in 1,500 lawns mowed 7,000 trucking routes completed 6,102 fish sold 120+ player-owned vehicles 220+ rented properties $2,200,766 in character bank accounts $120,525 sent to other players via /pay 4,596 attempts at the DMV test Hotfixes & QoL We've made a range of quick fixes and quality of life improvements over the weekend, the details of which can be found in #changelogs, the highlight of which being the addition of /bbc. We'll continue to add more QoL improvements as we know that many people are used to these from other servers. Sub-team Activities Modding: Still seeking new modders, adding new hairstyles/clothes and furniture Mapping: Shell interiors remain a priority Communications: Assessing initial feedback (more below) Content Management: Nothing exciting to report Legal Factions: Nothing exciting to report Company Management: Reimbursement for business staff and running costs, passive company scheme opened Property Management: High value properties pricing being re-assessed, some being removed and refunds given. Player Support: Still finalising Wiki. Event Team: Accepting new members, assisting with initial launch events, accepting new event ideas Faction Team: Reviewing contraband/property scheme applicants, getting factions set up with Darknet access New Suggestions Process in the Works We're working on improving our Suggestions process to better reflect our commitment to balance and transparency. This isn't finalised, but to give you a snapshot of how it's looking at the moment: Suggestions will be split into categories Players make suggestions on the forums, discussions take place. After around one week, suggestions are either forwarded or rejected by staff (depending on server vision and the discussions that took place) Staff discussions take place internally, with a core team assessing feasibility and suitability for the server. The suggestion is then either formally accepted or rejected; with reasons given publicly if it is rejected. Community will receive the opportunity to vote on accepted suggestions in terms of priority, with the core team finalising upcoming priorities and communicating this to players. Suggestions are implemented, tested and feedback invited. We'll provide more insights on this once we're past this initial launch phase and have figured everything out internally. The Economy, Paychecks and More We know there have been some concerns about the economy. What we would encourage everyone to do is read up on our recent announcement about this and how we're planning to tackle the issues people are facing. These are important points to consider, even if you can't be bothered reading the full post: The economy is in its early stages, and we’re playing it very carefully. Remember everyone receives 10k as social security. Paychecks are tapered. This is to free up time for roleplay outside of just earning money all the time. Finance your cars; buying outright isn’t likely to be feasible for some time. Car finance and house rent comes out on a Sunday each week - can’t pay we’ll take it away! Keep providing feedback - some suggestions have already been implemented (lower furniture prices for instance) We've said this a lot, and we'll keep saying it: getting the economy right is incredibly important in these early stages. Do keep letting us know how it feels to you as a player, and remember that more economic opportunities will open up as money starts to flow around the server. Communications Update Our focus this week shifted back towards community engagement and understanding sentiment around launch, capturing early views on key issues and passing these right up to management. Many of these comments have been discussed at a leadership level, and you can see these reflected in some of the early changes made. We'll continue to do this, but are also going to focus on marketing the server and getting more players in the game as we go along. To this end, we're still inviting new members to join us, so check out this thread if you're interested. Thanks to everyone who came along, it's great to see so much passion and commitment to helping LS-RP succeed. We've received really positive responses and constructive feedback which is helping to improve the server and make it the best it can be. We're doing this for you, the players, after all, so keep the thoughts and feedback coming. See you in-game during the week, and hopefully catch you at next week's Community Meeting. - Sal Head of Communications

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The old SA-MP forums are now back, in read-only format, rejoice! Just remember that these forums won't have any support whatsoever (so no help with lost passwords and so on). You may also have to refresh a couple of times if the theme is messed up for you. Dump your funny screenshots and have all your nostalgic discussions in here.

Yeah in fairness this is coming up as a priority to sort out, keep putting your thoughts in here because I think there's going to be a big meeting about this later today. Best not to panic too much at this stage; as you've said yourselves, getting this right at the very start is important and it's obviously a wide, fairly complex issue with a range of potential solutions. One thing we do know though is that it's easier to fix problems relating to "not enough money being in the server" than it is to fix massive inflation and too much money being in the server. The starting figures we have so far with regards to pay etc are exactly that: starting figures. The economy was always going to be a pretty big unknown factor, so feedback like this is really useful. Keep it comin'

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Hey everyone, another big community meeting update for you all. We covered a hell of a lot this week but mainly Q+As from players - if you didn't get your question answered be sure to come along to next week's meeting. In the meantime here's a rundown of what we went over this week: Sub-team Activities - The Modding Team has been working primarily on animations this week, but the overall plan is to have many more hairs/clothes available after launch. - The Mapping Team has had to deal with a fairly major last minute change to how interiors work in the game, meaning that shells for certain interiors have had to be created. These are already in place however, so thank you to all mappers who contributed to this! - The Communications Team has been focusing on social media, recruitment and monitoring for pre-release feedback. - The Content Management Team has been assisting with property setup for the pre-release, which is now in place. - The Legal Factions Team has been focusing on migrating legal factions over to the production server, and finishing off Teamspeak setup. - The Company Management Team has been setting up companies on the production server, and discussing the potential for company loans to be used to help businesses open in the short term. - The Property Management Team has been setting up many, many different properties for rental on the production server. - The Player Support Team continues to work on the Wiki, with the final articles being assigned. - The Event Team is eagerly awaiting release, and still has applications open. - The Faction Team has opened its Contraband Scheme and Property Scheme - get applying now! Pre-release status The pre-release, which is open only to staff and Premium members, went off smoothly on 9th June. We have peaked at 91 players so far, with an average of around 70 players online during the evenings. We've even had our first business opening up, The Vault, which will no doubt be one of many nightclubs active in Los Santos after launch. Over 300 characters have been created, 50 players renting properties, 1900 hours in the game in total... the stats are looking good, even though we're only at pre-launch. Roll on the official launch! Our focus has been on ensuring that bugs have been fixed promptly, and any essential Quality of Life improvements have been made wherever we can. You can find the changelog here, and if you have any suggestions, you can post them here. Likewise if you come across any bugs, you can post them here. The Economy A big topic this week has been the economy itself; it's something we absolutely want to get right in the long term, and a considerable amount of thought is going into it. We already have a system in place for tracking money in/out, along with more useful statistics, and we'll have an Economy Taskforce on the case for ensuring we make sound decisions moving forward. If you have real life experience and credentials in economics and finance, please get in touch with ROZE on the forums. At this point we are a little reluctant to pump too much money into the server; doing so might end up with money being taken away from players, which we'd naturally rather avoid. Later down the line we're also going to be looking at taxes and budgets: the ultimate plan being that taxes will fund the public services such as PD, FD and SD in an entirely circular fashion (so we're limiting the amount of money spawned into the server). Other Priorities We have a big list of priorities to tackle over the coming days and weeks, but to give you a snapshot: - We'll be applying additional Quality of Life fixes as-and-when they are suggested. Either use the suggestions board or this forum post - these are monitored regularly. - Support for 4k / higher resolutions. This isn't a quick job as it requires all UI components to be updated, but we know that many people do play on higher resolutions, and will be actioning this as quickly as we can. - Adjusting text size. Linked to the above: it'll be possible for you to change the size of in-game fonts to make them easier to read. - Ability to move your position when in an anim. We know this is essential for allowing your character to sit properly in chairs and so on, so we'll be looking into this. - More missions. Scripted jobs are very popular at the moment, and so we'll be adding more missions for players to complete ahead of launch. - Additional hairstyles and clothing mods. We know that player customisation is incredibly important to everyone, and we'll be adding these too. However we're not just going to add a load of packs at once; we're going to be a little bit picky and ensure that they're good quality. What to expect at launch - There will likely still be bugs - we will work on fixing these as quickly as possible - The DMV will be busy - remember there’s a grace period of two weeks - Scripted jobs are likely to be busy. We’re addressing it by adding more routes, vehicles - Evenings CET will be the busiest time - Remember to use /wiki in-game for quick answers - Remember: not all features are currently in the game. We’ll be asking for your opinions on what to implement in terms of priority Communications Update Our focus, as ever, is ensuring good communication between the staff/leadership teams and the community. Hopefully this has been better over the past few weeks. However, we're also now starting to focus on marketing efforts. As such: - We’re on social media, and the countdown begins! - Follow us on Instagram: @lsrpgta - Follow us on TikTok: @lsrpgaming - Anything you post on #media is fair game - turn off nametags and HUD for a better chance of being featured - We're still accepting Comms Team applicants to help with content production - Next survey will be about two weeks after launch, but keep suggestions and feedback coming as we’re reading everything on-the-fly The SAMP Forums Yes, they're coming back this week... Thanks to everyone who came along to the meeting and sorry to those of you who didn't get a direct answer to your question. Please come along to our next meeting and we'll hopefully get around to your queries then. See you at launch on the 16th - it's actually happening!!!

This is all good stuff, keep it comin' guys - this thread is monitored regularly.

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Hey y'all, It's time for another update from our Community Meeting - thanks to everyone who came along to attend earlier this evening. Although it was slightly shorter than usual it did give us a chance to chat through a few more community questions than we usually would. For those of you who missed it, here are the basics: Development Update There are no more critical bugs nor release-blocking bugs remaining We have entered 'code freeze' stage and are beginning data migration to the production server We are still on track for a public release of 16th June We aim to enter a 'pre-release' phase next weekend, whereby staff, mappers, modders and individuals with Premium accounts will be allowed to enter The UCP is being updated as a priority to allow everyone to get character applications in ahead of launch Sub-team updates Modding welcomes a new member, Mouse, and has also successfully updated all branded clothing items to be in line with RageMP's new policy, thanks to considerable efforts from Jack. Mapping continues to churn through mapping requests. Duco, as Interim Head of Mapping, is also in the process of implementing a process for requesting mapping projects. Communications has been focusing on producing another feature demo (listed below), discussing survey results with other sub-teams, helping with Wiki creation and setting up social media. Content Management has focused on updating clothing tags this week ahead of code freeze Legal Factions has set up some custom uniforms, started setting up Teamspeak, and updated IC laws for trucking weight limits and safety Property Management has focused on sorting out rental prices ahead of launch, ensuring that there will be a range of properties available for a variety of budgets Player Support continues to focus on Wiki production, which we hope to have finished ahead of launch The Events Team waits patiently for server release, but is taking on more members (see below for details) Faction Team met recently to discuss the new contraband, drugs, weapons and prison schemes, as well as actions to be taken as part of the survey results. Sub-team positions available The Communications Team is looking for anyone interested in helping us market the server, particularly those with graphic design, video capturing/editing, and copywriting skills. The application can be found here. The Events Team is looking for members who are willing to dedicate some time to delivering unique events for the server. Its application can be found here. Feature Demo Rather than attempt to show off the feature demo in the meeting itself, we uploaded it straight to YouTube this week. You can check out our demo on the lawn mowing system here: Mapping Showcase We showed off a few screenshots from recent mapping/furniture projects, including a salon and two clubs. Check out the screenshots below: Closing thoughts Thank you to everyone who came along to the meeting, we know that there's not been quite as much to show off in terms of new features (given that we're at a feature freeze stage!) however we hope that you still enjoyed being able to catch up with the team and see where everything is at. Our next meeting is scheduled for the usual time of 9pm on Sunday, go ahead and sign up here!

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Hey everyone, For anyone who missed this week's Community Meeting, be sure to check out our latest feature demonstration video below, which tells you a bit more about how the trucking system will work at launch. Be sure to join this week's Community Meeting, scheduled for 21:00 server time on Sunday, where we'll have the latest development update and some more features to show off. We'll also be answering questions as usual! Sign up on by clicking here. - Sal Head of Communications