Hello!
We, Playboyz and I, had been looking for a server with save position, load position, /v [vehicle] and key combination loading on which we could record our SA:MP stunting videos. And this server is the best from the ones we had looked through so far. You guys bring these features to us in one way or another. And I just want to take this moment to tell you guys that this server is super awesome!
However, we had encountered some issues that makes making stunting videos on here a bit tougher than we had hoped for.
Your name:
Amaluna
Suggestion:
- Stunting maps | Playboyz and I are both experienced stunters that know how to find, create and execute good looking and enjoyable stunts. It would be awesome if we could make some stunting maps for this server. Now I noticed you guys had a mapping feature in the server, so once we figure out how that works exactly, we can possibly make you guys some sweet stunting maps!
- Permanent /nos | I have noticed that the /nos command only lasts for the one single boost you get. When nitro runs out, you got to reuse the command. This would be much easier if, when the nitro runs out, you can press action button and get another dose of nitro without constantly using /nos.
- Keybind button | Currently the keybind button is set to submission. Which is great and all, but as a stunter you use the submission button quite often (E.G: Infernus stunting, Hydra / planes). It would be extremely helpful to be given the option to manually change the Keybind button to whatever combination / button you choose.
- Key combination loading | On a lot of servers we have played on, there was a feature as to where you can load using a specific button or two. We would love it if this server acquired the exact same feature. A combination like Ctrl + Alt (action + jump) would do the trick if it was also supported for joypad users.
- On-foot loading | If you fall from your bike or get out of a vehicle and use the /loadpos command, it will not load you in the vehicle. And we were hoping it could be changed. If you're on foot, and you have been in a vehicle that has not despawned yet, it would put you in the vehicle at your saved position.
- /s & /l | The /savepos and /loadpos commands are great and all, but they are relatively long for constant use. Not trying to be a nitpicker, but if the /savepos and /loadpos could be changed to /s and /l that would make us stunters extremely happy.
- Multiple position saving | For a stunter that uses Packers as a stunting method, it would be useful for them to be able to save the position of the Packer set up. Currently there is no secondary save state that I have discovered and I think it would help if there was one. A command like /s 2 and /l 2 would be for the secondary save position. /s and /l would take you to the regular save position.
- Adding /des | Adding the /des command would help a lot too. The /des command would destroy all vehicle spawned by yourself. Kind of like how /vdestroy does this, except this would be for all vehicle spawned.
- /perm command| This command stands for 'permanent'. If this command is used, the vehicle you are currently inside of will not disappear. The permed vehicles would be stored using IDs. A list of permed cars and their IDs would be accessible using /permlist or something of the sort. Then to unperm the vehicle, you'd use /unperm [ID]. This would be a super useful command for stunters, drifters, free roamers and more!
- Unused vehicle timer | On a server we previously played on, there was an automatic timer for unused vehicles. If a vehicle was 'inactive / unused', for lack of a better term, this vehicle would disappear after 10 seconds unless /perm is used on the vehicles. The current way this server removes unused entities is with a countdown. Though this countdown might seem like a good idea, it does bring some flaws with it. People that use multiple vehicle for stunting, drifting etc, will have to re set it up each time the timer goes off. I don't think I have to explain how annoying this can get.
- Bot system | Arguably one of the more important features. A bot recording system would be super cool to have for stunt and drift montages. A way to record and play your own bots, which would be solid entities, opens a whole lot of possibilities when it comes to recording videos. Replaying a bot from a stunt you did with multiple cam angles would make the video itself more enjoyable in general. Saving up to 10-20 bots per player account. To further add on to this idea, an auto-rec feature where the recording gets reset each time you load your position. I have made four commands that could come in useful for this one feature:
/rec [ID 1-10/20] | This command would start a bot recording. (maximum length per bot 2). Reset when loading position.
/play [ID 1-10/20 | Plays the bots registered to the specific idea. Would create a new player ID to spectate the bot. Bots are solid allowing players to bump them with cars, bikes and motorcycles.
/bots | Shows a list of all recorded bots and the slots they are in. Includes what vehicle the player used in the bot recording.
/stop | Stops recording the bot. The bot will now be able to be played and spectated.
- Directional commands | Adding /north, /east, /south and /west. Using these commands makes the player face this direction. These are used for executing full backflips as seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I-KqubaFMw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I-KqubaFMw)
- Keeping all settings after logging out | Currently, if you log out and back in, your setting changes are not stored anywhere. If I save my position in Los Santos and I rejoin the server, my save position will be gone. This also applies for /god, /vgod and /antifall. It would be useful to keep those adjustments the way the player left them.
- Having /god and /vgod turned on automatically | I don't think anyone wants to repeatedly write these commands each time they log in. It would be much easier to have these turned on automatically. The people that joined for DeathMatching will join the /dm events anyway in which the overworld setting do not transfer over.
- Stunt bonuses | Having a specific stunting world where there is collectibles scattered around the map can make a great personal challenge or stunting duel between people. Standing inside the stunt bonus marker would broadcast a message saying "[User] has officially landed stunt nr. #[number] and got $[money] as reward!" Maybe adding color codes to the market would distinguish the difficulty of the stunt. To prevent people from using /jetpack or a plane or helicopter to collect the bonuses, you can disallow these in the stunting world. Things like these are a big attraction for a lot of stunters, both experienced and inexperienced. If this idea is being considered, I am willing to help with stunt bonus locations.
Why should we add this?:
Why we think you should consider adding this is mainly mentioned in the actual suggestion part.
We personally think this server has a lot of potential to become one of the main servers around nowadays if some changes are made and features are added.
Adding these features, commands and ideas would attract more people to the server and just outright boost it in a lot of ways. Especially if you realize we are part of a relatively big stunting community known as GTAstunting.net. In this community you can find a lot of both experienced and inexperienced players that have really gotten themselves into the stunting aspect of the game. Most of our suggestions are in some way beneficial to the stunters. While a lot of other features also appeal to the drifting and free roamers side, meaning most of the GTA San Andreas players are covered.
Though it might look like I am asking a lot of you guys, it actually really is not. You guys had us covered with a lot of key components we can use for creating high quality stunting videos. I will leave you some videos of our previous works so you can see for yourself what to expect with features and commands that supports the competitive aspect of the game.
If any of the suggested features or commands are already present on the server, I sincerely apologize for resuggesting it. We are pretty new to the server and have not experimented with everything yet.
The following videos are not linked for commercial purposes. Just to share a display of what we can do for the server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHXXUNRPkU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHXXUNRPkU) Playboyz - Pandemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGibIa5HkNg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGibIa5HkNg) Playboyz - Etymon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKbYKbmjU9g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKbYKbmjU9g) Playboyz & Kingalmighty - Video Game
If more ideas come to mind, I will either edit this post or put them in the comment se
/tune with nos and there is a option to use on demand.
I like the ideas.
Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM
Hello!
We, Playboyz and I, had been looking for a server with save position, load position, /v [vehicle] and key combination loading on which we could record our SA:MP stunting videos. And this server is the best from the ones we had looked through so far. You guys bring these features to us in one way or another. And I just want to take this moment to tell you guys that this server is super awesome!
Hey,
Well, I'm glad you like the server :) We always aim to add features that will benefit players with whatever they're up to in the server. Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM
- Stunting maps | Playboyz and I are both experienced stunters that know how to find, create and execute good looking and enjoyable stunts. It would be awesome if we could make some stunting maps for this server. Now I noticed you guys had a mapping feature in the server, so once we figure out how that works exactly, we can possibly make you guys some sweet stunting maps!
If the suggestion means adding more/new stunt maps, then that is already in the works. The /LS stunt map is constantly updated with new stunts and recently we've had the idea to have airport stunt-maps changing every few hours.
The map editor isn't that hard to figure out and use. After a few hours you'll already get the hang of it, I suggest checking the tutorials under guides section aswell. As for adding any stunt-maps you make, as long as they're good quality and don't contain bugs, we could definitely add them.
Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM
- Permanent /nos
Already a thing, go under /tune and select "Nitro Modes".Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Keybind button | Currently the keybind button is set to submission. Which is great and all, but as a stunter you use the submission button quite often (E.G: Infernus stunting, Hydra / planes). It would be extremely helpful to be given the option to manually change the Keybind button to whatever combination / button you choose.
I'm pretty sure Evil was talking about this once, so I think this could be implemented.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM
- Key combination loading | On a lot of servers we have played on, there was a feature as to where you can load using a specific button or two. We would love it if this server acquired the exact same feature. A combination like Ctrl + Alt (action + jump) would do the trick if it was also supported for joypad users.
What do you mean with "load"? Also, I'm not entirely sure whether or not key combinations like that can be detected.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM
- On-foot loading | If you fall from your bike or get out of a vehicle and use the /loadpos command, it will not load you in the vehicle. And we were hoping it could be changed. If you're on foot, and you have been in a vehicle that has not despawned yet, it would put you in the vehicle at your saved position.
A bit of a one-sided idea as it's only beneficial for you guys. Some people might not want /loadpos to do that. Just use /antifall so whenever you fall off your bike, it'll put you back on it and then you can /loadpos without a problem.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM
- /s & /l | The /savepos and /loadpos commands are great and all, but they are relatively long for constant use. Not trying to be a nitpicker, but if the /savepos and /loadpos could be changed to /s and /l that would make us stunters extremely happy.
/s and /l command shortcuts already exist for other commands (/skin and /lock). This is really up to Evil if he wants to think of a different shortcut for these commands to add them or not.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Multiple position saving
This is already a thing. Just /savepos 0, 1 or 2. Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Adding /des | Adding the /des command would help a lot too. The /des command would destroy all vehicle spawned by yourself. Kind of like how /vdestroy does this, except this would be for all vehicle spawned.
This would just require additional stuff to be saved for each player which is not the best idea. Just don't spawn countless vehicles? Assuming you suggested this because you didn't know /antifall was a thing and you had bikes scattered everywhere.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- /perm command| This command stands for 'permanent'. If this command is used, the vehicle you are currently inside of will not disappear. The permed vehicles would be stored using IDs. A list of permed cars and their IDs would be accessible using /permlist or something of the sort. Then to unperm the vehicle, you'd use /unperm [ID]. This would be a super useful command for stunters, drifters, free roamers and more!
This won't happen since there is an auto-clear system that clears all vehicles, maps and actors every hour (unless skipped by an admin). Most of time there are admins online and they skip autoclears a lot so it usually only clears all vehicles each 3-4 hours, so theres no need for /perm command. This would just cause vehicle spam everywhere.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Unused vehicle timer | On a server we previously played on, there was an automatic timer for unused vehicles. If a vehicle was 'inactive / unused', for lack of a better term, this vehicle would disappear after 10 seconds unless /perm is used on the vehicles. The current way this server removes unused entities is with a countdown. Though this countdown might seem like a good idea, it does bring some flaws with it. People that use multiple vehicle for stunting, drifting etc, will have to re set it up each time the timer goes off. I don't think I have to explain how annoying this can get.
As I said in the previous suggestion, theres already an automatic vehicle clear system which already serves the same purpose.
Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Bot system
Not gonna happen, atleast not in the near future as NPCs take up player slots, not to mention how fidgety they are to work with and get them to work properly. So, unless SA-MP makes so that NPCs don't take player slots or someone donates for a 1000 slot server, won't happen.
Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Directional commands | Adding /north, /east, /south and /west. Using these commands makes the player face this direction.
Could be done.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Keeping all settings after logging out
Once again, tons of unneccesary stuff being saved, not to mention how much of a hassle it'd even be to implement because of the way the saving system is already made. Saving all that stuff is just really unefficient and memory hungry. Doing a few bunch of commands after logging in soon becomes a habit after playing here for awhile, so it's not something thats a priority.Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AMHaving /god and /vgod turned on automatically
Nah, it's two short commands that take up 3 seconds of your time to type in only a few times per day max. I don't think this will be changed.
Quote from: Amaluna on August 31, 2016, 01:04:43 AM- Stunt bonuses
We have something else in mind that's somewhat similar to what you suggested and serves the same purpose. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Phew, that was one long post. I appreciate the time and effort you put into writing this and helping improve the server. Keep in mind everything I listed might change since EvilShadeZ is the scripter and deals with this stuff and might have different views on this.
Once again, I'm glad you and your friends enjoy the server. I hope you have a good time and stick with us ;)
As a scripter, I only feel like it would be appropriate to respond to this.
Most of these are already in the game and you just not knowing about them.
As for shortcuts, I do not intend to make them, as there is no real purpose to do so. /savepos and /loadpos are not commonly used, so they can stay like that. Also, as Sajugs stated, you can /savepos <0-2> and /loadpos <0-2>. By default, it defaults to 0 if no param is inserted.
Quote- Keybind button | Currently the keybind button is set to submission. Which is great and all, but as a stunter you use the submission button quite often (E.G: Infernus stunting, Hydra / planes). It would be extremely helpful to be given the option to manually change the Keybind button to whatever combination / button you choose.
It could technically be done, but it would require an overhaul to the whole system. If you ask me, I do not require another button that often.
As for the combinations, It'd require even more work for this. (storing custom bitmasks etc)
Quote- Adding /des | Adding the /des command would help a lot too. The /des command would destroy all vehicle spawned by yourself. Kind of like how /vdestroy does this, except this would be for all vehicle spawned.
Vehicle functions like that - no. There is no need, with autoclear handling the vehicles just fine.
QuoteHaving /god and /vgod turned on automatically
No, just no. There are people who don't want any of that and forcing people to have it is a bad idea. Just /god & /vgod as you spawn in the first time.
Quote- Stunt bonuses
I believe stunt bonuses are already in the server. Also, world 0 is already kind of a stunt world. And no, there won't be specific stunt bonus markers, as they're easily abusable with other systems of the server and are not necessary.
Quote- Keeping all settings after logging out
I do not think there's anything else to be really saved. Also, everything's saved as you go, to prevent people losing stuff in case of unexpected incidents. If you want to extend a few things you can save, there's /hpcarcolor, /scoreshop. But things the cmds. No. Thanks.
Thank you for these suggestions, even though most of them would not suit the server or some sort of limitations and annoyances of sa-mp. We've made quite a few changes based on these suggestions, that are going to be included in the next update very soon.