No stash cars and deeper item economy

[norrig]

A stash car is when you place items, such as weapons or drugs, into a vehicle and then /vpark and despawn it. This effectively makes the items undetectable/unreachable for anyone, but the owner. This is as weak and unrealistic system.

 

Along with the awesome new money system planned, which itself will add a whole new level of realism, I feel like stash cars are one of the few things left to be fixed.

Any vehicle with drugs/weapons/valuables inside should automatically respawn after being /vpark'ed for 10 minutes. This means a player using his vehicle as storage, will be vulnerable leaving their vehicle out of sight, even when offline.

 

If a player wants their items to stay hidden, whether its from law enforcement or other criminals, they'll have to think creatively; 

To allow more creative stockpiling of items, new businesses could be added, creating even deeper layers of possibilities. 

Motels could be added, allowing an owner to rent out rooms for a day or hours at a time.

Fake ID's could be incorporated, allowing you to remain anonymous while renting properties. At the same time allowing another player to have a side-job of his own. 
Garage- and storage businesses could be added, allowing players to rent storage rooms for days or even weeks at a time. 
Owners of general businesses could hide valuables in backroom or basement safes. 

Private banks could even be added, allowing owners to rent out safety deposit boxes. 

Security firms could be hired to guard valuables during transport. 

Warehouses could be used.

 

A criminal wishing to hide his items would have to think smart, no longer being able to hide items in a despawned vehicle. 

Law Enforcement players, especially detectives, would have a whole new objective ahead of them; investigating and ensuring capture of offenders. While the justice system would handle warrants for property seizures. 

 

All the ideas listed above heavily encourages- and requires deep roleplay. Which is always welcome.

 

 

discuss

 

 

Edited November 18, 2017 by norrig

[Wisci]

Having a lot more vehicles spawned causes issues for players right now. That's why the government vehicle spawns were added.

[Asesci]

Yeah, these ideas are quite good. I would also prefer it if the storage units were only rentable and not purchasable, just like you mentioned.

[Wisci]

On 11/17/2017 at 6:14 PM, norrig said:

Motels could be added, allowing an owner to rent out rooms for a day or hours at a time.

Fake ID's could be incorporated, allowing you to remain anonymous while renting properties. At the same time allowing another player to have a side-job of his own. 
Garage- and storage businesses could be added, allowing players to rent storage rooms for days or even weeks at a time. 
Owners of general businesses could hide valuables in backroom or basement safes. 

Private banks could even be added, allowing owners to rent out safety deposit boxes. 

Security firms could be hired to guard valuables during transport. 

Warehouses could be used.

Motels are covered in another suggestion.

Fake IDs are something I think need to be discussed elsewhere in more detail.

Garages and storage businesses exist (although more rentals are needed, already suggested).

General Businesses - no script expansion needed, safes are a planned feature.

Private Banks - lot of bank discussions in forwarded/being discussed.

Security Firms are IC, anyone can make one.

Warehouses are available, no script extension needed.

 

As far as the root of this issue goes - having vehicles spawned consistently, I believe the intention is to have vehicles spawned at all times once the server/client state improves, so I'm going to archive this.