Removable license plates

[Sibyrd]

An ability to either remove or cover license plates would be nice, obviously a citation if caught.

Would just add some realism to things like robberies where you don't want cameras to pick up your plate.

[Ash]

Could work pretty well

An action timer and 30-60 seconds to remove it similar to chopping but just with a screwdriver in inventory

It drops in your inventory as an item called “plates XXXXXXXX”

and can either be put back on yourself or by a mechanic maybe for more rp for them

Possible issues are probably on the technical level depending on how reliant the MDC and vehicle scripts are on license plates.

Also possible hindrance for law enforcement RP, so maybe taking plates off and putting them back on yourself would have evidence of tampering that law enforcement could investigate should they find the car later but with plates back on.

Theres also things like speed cameras and mini MDC that would need behaviour changed based on not having plates, or having the wrong swapped plates on a car (since currently they’re tied to the driver and even a bmx without plates can trigger the speed camera). Then there’s the issue of how would they handle vehicles that don’t have a plate model but would realistically have plates such as a lot of motorcycles.

 Overall, could be neat but there’s a bunch of questions that would need answering to make it viable imo, and using a scrap or stolen car with the current system could get you to the same endpoint of making it less easy to track anyway

Edited May 13, 2024 by Ash

[Sibyrd]

20 hours ago, Ash said:

Could work pretty well

An action timer and 30-60 seconds to remove it similar to chopping but just with a screwdriver in inventory

It drops in your inventory as an item called “plates XXXXXXXX”

and can either be put back on yourself or by a mechanic maybe for more rp for them

Possible issues are probably on the technical level depending on how reliant the MDC and vehicle scripts are on license plates.

Also possible hindrance for law enforcement RP, so maybe taking plates off and putting them back on yourself would have evidence of tampering that law enforcement could investigate should they find the car later but with plates back on.

Theres also things like speed cameras and mini MDC that would need behaviour changed based on not having plates, or having the wrong swapped plates on a car (since currently they’re tied to the driver and even a bmx without plates can trigger the speed camera). Then there’s the issue of how would they handle vehicles that don’t have a plate model but would realistically have plates such as a lot of motorcycles.

 Overall, could be neat but there’s a bunch of questions that would need answering to make it viable imo, and using a scrap or stolen car with the current system could get you to the same endpoint of making it less easy to track anyway

I agree with the negatives you made eg the law enforcement hindrance, but i also think this could be fixed with a /checkVIN command - it means if law enforcement atually find the vehicle, they can check the VIN, but if the criminal manages to drive away and escape, they don't.

[Ash]

39 minutes ago, Sibyrd said:

I agree with the negatives you made eg the law enforcement hindrance, but i also think this could be fixed with a /checkVIN command - it means if law enforcement atually find the vehicle, they can check the VIN, but if the criminal manages to drive away and escape, they don't.

Yeah that’s the kind of thing I meant with the bit about inspecting for tampering, a way to identify through rp and investigation if they do find it to have some sort of breadcrumbs to pursue more rp from. But if it gets away then fair play so I agree!

[Cup]

Thank you for your suggestion. As this has already been implemented, we will be archiving this.