[Getting Started]

A FAQ written by @LivingNewt

 

My Car Disappeared and I can't find it

Insured? Check claim insurance, otherwise it might have been towed away...

I Can't access my inventory (K) menu.

Try refueling a car as often that rejigs it, if not you may need to relog.

I left the server and didn't get priority trying to rejoin

Ensure you're returning to the same server you left.

Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!

If you die and there's no EMS you just have to wait to respawn at the hospital. Otherwise you'll just have to wait or pay the 30 smackers, bear in mind the 'new life rule' if you're respawning either through lack of EMS or your own choice.

I bought a car and it doesn't have a trunk?

Unfortunately, only certain cars have the option for a trunk

I tried storing items in my trunk but a text box appeared

It's asking you the number of items you want to store, even if you only have 1 on your persons, type 1.

This is awkward as I can't get out of my car.

Have you left your seat belt on (try pressing L)...

It's free real estate and I wanna own a house

The only way is to check the forums and make an appointment with a real estate agent.

I tried to purchase a weapon but it says I can't for 7 days?

If you've recently been convicted of a crime you can't purchase a gun for the duration of the timer.

Can you rob people?

You can rob up to 30k from someone if they have the money, you just have to roleplay it out as there's no way to force the money over.

Can I get shady and do illegal jobs?

You can but you have to find out how in the game!

Why do I keep crashing?

It could either be a config issue or if you're playing on the 64 player server there are known stability issues that cause crashes. Bear in mind its all Alpha.

I wanna be a Cop/EMS

You can fill out an application on the forums (here). Open Applications on the top navigation bar.

I'm stuck in an animation/emote

Try pressing Z as often this resets you to your default state.

[Getting Started]

 

When you first join the server you should end up here: 

Press E to open the character creation menu. 

 

Start at the top and work your way through the menus. To choose a model that has lots of options move the Gender Slider.

 

Walk up the stairs and head over to the rental building. 

 

You start at $2,500, so I recommend renting a Panto or Faggio. Press U to turn the engine on and press L to turn your seatbelt on. The speed limits are 45mph in the city and 75mph on the freeways.

 

The orange bar on the left side is your gas gauge, don't let it run out! (visit a gas station, exit your vehicle, and hold E to refuel). The Engine and Belt lettering will be red  if they are OFF. 

 

Head over to an item store ( )and pick up a few burgers and a few bottles of water in case you get hungry or thirsty. You can access these by pressing K and going into Inventory.

In this menu there are a few other options you will need. By going into the "Other" category you can give people money and show them your ID Card, along with giving someone the keys to be able to drive your car. 

 

From the Item Store or the Rental Office head to the Employment Center.

 

Select a job and make some money! You can always switch jobs if you don't like it or want to try another one. Check out our other guides on some of these jobs. 

 

Ok, now you have some cash. Go to a Bank  and deposit your earnings (not an ATM). There are 8 banks across the map marked with the $ symbol. 

 

Buying your first car:

Head over to one of the 6 shops to buy a bicycle, car, truck, motorcycle, or boat. 

You can access the trunk on most vehicles by walking to the trunk and pressing E. Here you can store items and weapons. 

 

If you customize your car must store it in a garage. 

You start out with 4 public garages. They are marked with  on the map. 

If you do not store your car it will go to the impound lot. There are 3 of these marked with green hooks on the map.

 

If you can not find your car check the Modify Garage Menu at Simeon's. 

While you are at Simeon's check out the Insurance options. Once you purchase insurance you can claim your car from Claim Insurance for a $1500 deductible. 

 

Oh no! I've hit a wall, what do I do? 

 

You have a few options. 
 

1. Call a Tow Truck: 

Use the cell phone in your inventory or press F3. 

 

 PRESS LEFT ARROW. 

 

2. Use a repair kit. These can be used from your inventory and purchased at the Tool Stores marked with the red . 
3. Purchase and claim insurance (explained above). 

 

 

[Server Rules]

 

 

 

 

You will be expected to follow all of these rules at all times. Staff do not allow ignorance as a justified reason or excuse for breaking these rules.

 

 

If you need to report a rule break, bug or issue with a mechanic, please report it to our staff team by either using our TeamSpeak Support, submitting a discord player report or opening a ticket on our forums.

 

 

SERVER RULES

 

Community Respect

1. Your interactions with others should at all times be respectful and should not reflect on the player of the character outside of the server. There is a no-tolerance policy for any kind of harassment or verbal attacks within any capacity outside of roleplay. 

2.  The use of derogatory terms is not permitted. (this includes racial and homophobic slurs)

General

3. You must be 16 years or older.

4. You must have a working (and good quality) microphone.

5. Your character must have a realistic name. It must not be: 

• Play on words to mean something inappropriate or childish.
• Duplicate names/Characters with the same name/surname. (this includes different variants of spelling. Example: John Citizen & John Citizen.)
• Your character should not have the name of a notable figure/celebrity.

6. Advertisement of other communities within any capacity of our servers (in-game, Discord, forums) is not permitted.

7. The entire event server is a safe city. This means no violence or criminal activity can occur that is unrelated to the event.

Breaking Character/Out of Character

8. You must remain in character at all times.

• If an issue occurs, you must roleplay the situation out. You can report an issue to management after the scenario. 

• Do not use in-character terms or slang to refer to anything that exists outside of the game universe. (incl. ‘Gods/Government’ / ‘in my eyes/brain/head’ / ‘getting a vacation’)

• Do not inform players if they are breaking server rules in-game. This includes using in-character terms. 

• Do not use OOC chat to rant, mention in-character details or to flame a specific person. OOC chat is only to be used for game mechanic issues

Deathmatching

9. Attacking/killing another player without any roleplay/initiation leading up to it.

• Killing on sight is not allowed.

10. Using your vehicle as a weapon to run over people without immediate danger to your life with no other choice (i.e. being shot at and you can only drive forward), or ram at excessive speeds.

 

Gunplay

11. Your character should exhaust all possible options before using a weapon. This means using your gun to end a scenario should never be your first response.

• Any kind of behavior or roleplay that specifically revolves around constant use of a weapon in every situation without attempts to roleplay the situation without violence.

• Clothes available at the clothing store are not owned by anyone. Shooting someone because of the color of their clothes, cars, masks, hats, or any other vehicle or article of clothing.

Metagaming

12. The use or relaying of information which was gained illegitimately and not learned by your character in-game. This includes gaining information from Twitch Chats, or Discord.

13. Your characters have no knowledge of each other, they cannot have a relationship. This includes referring to another one of your characters as your ‘cousin’ 

14. Your characters should not be in the same friend group/gang or family as each other. This eliminates two characters pushing for the same goal.

15. You are not allowed to watch any stream whilst on the same server as the streamer. 

16. You are not allowed to be in any third party communication with others when on the same server. (this includes discord calls, Teamspeak channels, facetime)

17. You should not use the F6 button unless you are reporting a rule break or admitting someone to hospital

Failure to Roleplay/Unrealistic Roleplay

18. You must roleplay with emergency services. This means you must try and contact medical help of some sort when incapacitated or injured. 

• You should not walk past medical staff at a hospital to check yourself in.

• Failing to roleplay or choosing to leave your computer during roleplay at any time is prohibited.

19. Disconnecting from the server to avoid roleplay will result in a ban. In this event of your game crashing, please return to the same server as soon as possible.

20. Taking a local flight to hospital whilst emergency services are enroute or on scene falls under the same category. 

• You should not hide your friend from emergency services so they can take local flight. 

• This includes threatening or disrupting emergency services with the sole intent for your friend to take a local flight.

21. You must roleplay your injuries. 

• This means if you’ve been riddled with bullets or fell off a building and broken your legs. You should make attempts to roleplay out the damage to your character.

22. Swapping or retrieving vehicles from a garage or impound whilst in an active chase.

23. You are not allowed to use fake hostages.

24. You are not permitted to enter the military base.

 

Offensive Roleplay

25. You are not permitted to roleplay sexual acts, detailed acts of torture or dismemberment, cannibalism, or other extremely morbid activities without the explicit consent of all participants involved. This roleplay must take place in private.

26. Roleplay which involves committing suicide or self harm is not tolerated under any circumstances.

27. You are not allowed to roleplay acts of terrorism/bomb threats.

New Life Rule (NLR)

28. If you are downed and respawn (via local flight) at the hospital your character forgets the immediate events leading up to being downed in the current scenario.

• There is no way for your character to remember who, why or how they were hospitalized. You cannot re-initiate, get revenge or retaliate in any way if you take a local flight. 

Exploits/Circumventing Mechanics

29. You are not permitted to use any sort of macro, script or software to automate any kind of gameplay.

30. You must report any bug or issue with a game mechanic; if caught with modded/bugged items, money or weapons that you’ve kept for your own benefit as opposed to reporting it to staff, you will be removed from the community. If it doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t.  

No Value Roleplay

31. You must value your character’s life. You cannot be fearless in the face of imminent danger or severe harm to your character. 

• Your life is more important than your possessions. 

Criminal Activity

32. Groups or gangs are limited to 5 people at one time. (This includes drivers, backup, lookouts or anyone that is involved with the crime.)  

• This extends to any kind of gang-truce or agreement between two groups. Two gangs working towards the same means count as one group.

• In our community restricted servers only; groups or gangs may have up to 8 people during bank robberies (not trucks), jailbreaks, heists and drug smuggling only. (This includes drivers, backup, lookouts or anyone that is involved with the crime.)  

33. Do not call services (tows, taxi, etc) to rob, kidnap or ambush them.

34. Cop baiting is not allowed. This includes:

• Repetitively committing crimes in front of police to bait reactions.

35. You cannot rob more than $50,000 in cash or possessions. (This does not include robbing someone for keys to their vehicle)

• There are no limits in regards to robbing guns, drugs or illegal items off players. 

• You cannot scam for more than $50,000 in cash or possessions (including illegal items)

36. You should have a justified reason to kidnap or hold-up a police officer.

• This should not be done spontaneously; abuse of this could result in removal from our community. 

37.  Hostages cannot be used for jailbreaks, bank trucks, heists or release of someone in custody. A heist is defined as an illegal job that requires travel and gaining entrance to a location after the job is triggered. This does not include bank robberies, but does include things like the Cayo Perico heist and Humane Labs.

38.  You are not allowed to attack on-duty medical staff or paramedics

 

Safe zones

39. A safe zone is any hospital, police station, clothing store, public garage, barber shop or repair shops (whilst inside the menu). No violent crime can occur in these zones unless a scenario you are a part of has led there.

• If you are being chased, you cannot drive into a safe zone for protection.

• Simeon's & DMV should be treated as neutral grounds. Any excessive/repeated amounts of crime or harassment will be handled. You can read this Discord message for more info.

40. You can not attempt to get someone released from custody whilst at a hospital or police station.

Power gaming/Griefing

41. Forceful roleplay that does not give the other player a chance to roleplay their own response.

• Do not camp drug locations or spawn camp teleport points such as opening fire on people as they spawn into or exit an interior.

42. No griefing, griefing roleplay includes:

    • Robbing someone then killing them.

    • Constantly robbing or attacking the same person.

    • Randomly punching players over and over again.

    • Loud, disruptive noises being played through your microphone (parties/music should occur in private)

    • Any kind of roleplay that is done intentionally to annoy players.

43. While being pursued by police you can not use a Los Santos Customs to repair your vehicle.
    As police, you may not rejoin a pursuit after repairing your vehicle at a Los Santos Customs or police department.