The new LEO faction script

[Harveyyy]

A while ago, I purchased four sets of spikes from a player, which turned out to be faction-spawned. Recently, a new update was implemented that automatically despawns all faction equipment after six hours.

[Items] Items with faction icon modifier will auto delete themselves after 6 hours

Today, when I went to grab them as I wanted to use them for an RP thing, I found out they were gone. I paid 40k per set (160k in total). I submitted a report and staff said they wont issue a refund. Apparently, the update was introduced because some LEOs were abusing the faction script by spawning items and selling them at the pawn shop for financial benefit. The question is, why should I have to suffer the financial loss because of someone else's abuse? I lost 160k due to this change, which wasn't my fault.

 

[Quietthecutie]

This seems pretty messed up. like I know people who rob the back of police cruisers etc. have done so quite successfully, and thus over the months have built up a nice little pile of spike strips for later RP. all this is gone now? and because faction members cant be trusted. sad.

[Apex]

Fate is mercilessly cruel every now and again. You, like Icarus and whomever came before, tried to unlock financial possibilities only to have your wings of hope and roleplay opportunities burnt by the dominating update gods. The digital winds have published their order: all that is faction-spawned shall turn to dust. And so it has come to pass.

Sadly, fellow traveler of this pixelated land, these forces of nature, beyond human control, have caused your 160,000 to evaporate beyond existence. A misfortune? Maybe. But, in this vast journey of zeros and ones, we are not sad about the waves, we adapt to be able to surf.

Protective goggles are mandatory, existence is like a battlefield armed with unforgiving forces. So, if you ever find yourself owning illicitly-spawned goods again, do remember that the void claims everything and it has no refund policy.

Thats tough buddy.

[Demonmit1]

yeah this is frustrating. there was some talks about making law enforcement weapons lootable, and this seems to be a step towards that. I know what happened with the spawning and abuse, but i think the correct way to fix it is just keep the marker that something is law enforcement spawned, but make it not be sellable to the pawnshop cause it has that marker. there's been several instances now on LEO duty where my radio and guns just go poof cause they despawn after 6 hours, and its got me fucked over quite a few times at this point. this despawning equipment is a kneejerk reaction that causes more problems than it fixed.

[Quietthecutie]

10 minutes ago, Demonmit1 said:

yeah this is frustrating. there was some talks about making law enforcement weapons lootable, and this seems to be a step towards that. I know what happened with the spawning and abuse, but i think the correct way to fix it is just keep the marker that something is law enforcement spawned, but make it not be sellable to the pawnshop cause it has that marker. there's been several instances now on LEO duty where my radio and guns just go poof cause they despawn after 6 hours, and its got me fucked over quite a few times at this point. this despawning equipment is a kneejerk reaction that causes more problems than it fixed.

I didnt even realise this was related to that. it seems to have been really poorly implemented. if the timings bad, you can literally be responding to a shots fired, jump out of your cruiser and sprint in to help then suddenly be like "wait, why am i in civilian clothes? WHERE IS MY GUN???"

[Eliza]

I bought 7 or 8 a while ago before they were importable in shipments and they got poofed and they costed quite a bit. It would be an understatement to say that I was sad to see them gone after the update. 

[AnakinB]

1 hour ago, Demonmit1 said:

yeah this is frustrating. there was some talks about making law enforcement weapons lootable, and this seems to be a step towards that. I know what happened with the spawning and abuse, but i think the correct way to fix it is just keep the marker that something is law enforcement spawned, but make it not be sellable to the pawnshop cause it has that marker. there's been several instances now on LEO duty where my radio and guns just go poof cause they despawn after 6 hours, and its got me fucked over quite a few times at this point. this despawning equipment is a kneejerk reaction that causes more problems than it fixed.

reckon you oughta patrol with it off and only put it on when u need it n just buy ur own radio so u dont get it despawned only inconvenience i see is the taser and baton but i reckon if your using those you probably got enough people there u can afford for them to unfortunately disappear 

[addybeta]

Justice for Larvey! Get him his spikes back!!!

[Saint_]

On 3/26/2025 at 10:19 PM, Apex said:

Fate is mercilessly cruel every now and again. You, like Icarus and whomever came before, tried to unlock financial possibilities only to have your wings of hope and roleplay opportunities burnt by the dominating update gods. The digital winds have published their order: all that is faction-spawned shall turn to dust. And so it has come to pass.

Sadly, fellow traveler of this pixelated land, these forces of nature, beyond human control, have caused your 160,000 to evaporate beyond existence. A misfortune? Maybe. But, in this vast journey of zeros and ones, we are not sad about the waves, we adapt to be able to surf.

Protective goggles are mandatory, existence is like a battlefield armed with unforgiving forces. So, if you ever find yourself owning illicitly-spawned goods again, do remember that the void claims everything and it has no refund policy.

Thats tough buddy.

mashallah Apex, I also agree this should be fixed for everyone except for Harveyyy

[David Coast]

Seems a bit silly, would've been smarter to just make so you can only spawn like 5 lockpicks (and other faction spawned items) every hour and making them $0 at the pawn shop like similar to speakers, instead of adding this probably more complicated and annoying script.