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  1. Welcome to our biweekly news updates and more from the Courts of Los Santos and Government News. We'll cover cases between the 1st to the 12th of November. Government News The Government has introduced two new legislative Acts and which go into affect immediately (This doesn't affect any ongoing cases at the time of creation). The two main Acts are the GAMING Act and the SASI Act. The General Actions for Monetary and Intrastate Necessity of Gambling Act (GAMING ACT) introduces a new code to all types of gambling which range from Charitable to Online gambling and sport betting. The act also confirms that a few penalties may apply either civilly (For Public Safety/Health Code violations, Fraud, etc ) to even criminal liability, such as organized crimes. We expect to see additional laws drafted in the penal code in the coming weeks to address this. San Andreas Sovereign Immunity Act (SASI ACT) introduces some requirements when handling State issued lawsuits, such as LS Government, LSPD, LSFD, etc. There has been a total of 4 (Four) changes which range from The State can't be sued for more than $150'000 in a singular instance and Wrongful Death suits can't be more than $250'000. Legal Fees have been formally capped at $25'000 per suit and finally, should the Court rule that a Case is frivolous, the Plaintiff may be fined $20'000 For additional details, feel free to check out the Acts on the Courts website. General Actions for Monetary and Intrastate Necessity of Gambling Act San Andreas Sovereign Immunity Act (SASI ACT) Civil Courts Plaintiff: Vibe Incorporated Defendant: Prescott Entertainment Judge: Garrett Fox Details: Plantiff accused Prescott Entertainment of defaming them in a series of social media posts. The Defendant went on a slanderous rampage against Vibe Inc and accused it's CEO of holding a monopoly and driving out smaller businesses. The Defendant never turned up to court and the judge ruled accordingly. Judgement: Default Judgement in favor of Plaintiff. ((Admin intervention)) --- Plaintiff: Fast Loans Company Defendant: Junho Park Judge: Oswald Fredrickson Details: Plaintiff accused the Defendant of not repaying the loan he had out on a Contract, Defendant did not turn up to Court and the Judge ruled in Fast Loans Company's favor Judgement: Ruled in the Plaintiffs favor. Awarding them the full $72'100. -- Plaintiff: GWC and Golfing Society Defendant: Sten de Vissor Judge: Juilet Pierce & Oswald Fredrickson Details: Plaintiff accused the Defendant of trespassing on private property. The Defendant uploaded a picture of himself at the Golf Course and they used that against him, later in the proceedings, the Defendant tried to argue the picture was old, but the Plaintiff's argued they owned the property for well over two months. The Judge ruled with the Plaintiff. Judgement: Ruled in the Plaintiff's favor, awarding them $90'000. -- Plaintiff: The City of Los Santos Defendant: Jaxon Edevane Judge: Noah Breckenridge Details: Plaintiff accused the Defendant of not repaying the loan, the Defendant arrived into court without an attorney and worked behind closed doors to handle a out of court settlement. Judgement: Out of court settlement approved, case dismissed. Criminal Courts Plaintiff: District Attorney Defendant: Troy Tranh Judge: Oswald Fredrickson Details: The DA's office filed charges against the Defendant (Robbery, Battery & Tampering with evidence) and brought it to court. The Defendant was backed up by the Kerrigan and Associates Corp. The case dragged on several days with many delays, in which led to the Defense requesting a Motion for Summery Judgement, the DA apologized to the court for the delays, the Judge ruled shortly after, expressing disappointment in the failures of the DA of effectively presenting a case. Judgement: Not Guilty, lack of evidence -- Laws No new laws have been introduced in the past two weeks. Thanks for reading! Feedback and comments is welcome Disclaimer: None of us are BAR approved lawyers.
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  2. Has anyone solved this problem? it's annoying... also before I crash I usually got the worst 15 stable FPS for 3 to 5 minutes then stop.
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  3. Big welcome to all the new guys in the faction, onwards and upwards!
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  5. Feature Showcase - Los Santos County Sheriff & Jail Showcase Overview The Los Santos County Sheriff's Department faction, in conjunction with the DoJ, LSPD, Faction Management Team & Mapper Team are proud to announce a rejuvenation of the server's Criminal Justice dynamic with both criminals & Law Enforcement alike. The upcoming update brings forth a host of new changes regarding the Judicial System & Law Enforcement process. Criminal roleplayers within the server will now face physical penalties for their actions, as well as pre-trial detention depending on particular circumstances. Law Enforcement Officers will now have to in-process arrestees at the newly-mapped Los Santos County Jail, operated by the Sheriff's Department. Commands /releaseme - Exit the jail permanently after your time is up /jailtime - Check how long remains before you can be free'd /jrequest - Request a deputy if any is available, offline guards will be notified on Discord through an IC notification channel /cellinfo - Prints information about the cell /jevent - Report an event to the guards, for example : /jevent You would notice a body left in a blood pool in front of cell A001. Guards will receive the event on Discord to notify them OOCly about the event that they would discover ingame. /onduty - Check how many guards are online /jlockdown - Open / close all doors of the current interior you're inside (guards only) /assigncell - Change the cell of an inmate (guards only) /release - Releases an inmate (guards only) /checktime - Check how long an inmate is jailed for (guards only) /showwristband - Show your wristband information to another player /setjailstatus - Set a special status written on the prisoner's wristband (guards only) Jail time will decrease 3x faster if you actively roleplay (This current value is temporary and might be modified in the future) How Arrest Works Former System: Arrest > Temporary Detention at Police Headquarters > Potential Court Case or Release New System: Investigation > Warrant > Arrest(starts with arrest if 'on-view') > Booking at County Jail > Detention > Bond Hearing > Due Process > Release or Sentencing/Conviction Expected features of the jail The Los Santos County Jail will provide an interesting roleplay dynamic for both Government & Criminal Roleplay. The circumstances of the jail allow for criminal gangs to manifest within the incarceration system, as sentenced inmates will be assigned to the jail to interact with pre-trial detainees. Features in development include: Bond System - allowing inmates to place surety/collateral to bonding companies in exchange for release from the county jail, on grounds they may loose assets or finances if they do not show up for court. Commissary / 'Books' - this serves as a means of both sustenance and institutional currency for inmates within the county jail. [In development] Weapon features - inmates are able to fashion weapons from items they find or create, to include shanks. Booking - inmates will have their arrest record & incarceration status on-file with server Law Enforcement entities. Conviction / Sentencing - inmates facing sentences may be assigned to the county jail for long durations of time. 'Prison Gangs' - long term inmates may be able to create gangs 'within the walls'. Phone System - inmates will be able to place calls from the jail. [In development] Other features to come. Full album : https://imgur.com/a/zSH60EK Additional Information Judicial Faction Los Santos County Sheriff's Department Special thanks to the Mapping Team for the hours and hours of hard work that they have dedicated to this. Not only in building, but research, discussion and reworking when it became apparent mid-mapping that things were not going to work as the floor plans dictated. As a server we are lucky to have people who will selflessly give up their own time to provide interesting and immersive features, from the Mapping Team right up to the administration team, past and present, who have worked to make this project what it is. Looking forward to our next grouping of projects, and working to manage such an amazing group of people.
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  6. I'll talk to @Everett to see what we can do to make it automatic.
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  7. I'm glad to see some political roleplay options brought to the server through IC means. If you're thinking about trying out political roleplay, don't hesitate it's a blast. If you think you're going to have to type out an essay to apply by OOC means and get involved, it's not like that at all. Also remember that you're playing a character and whatever your political allignment is in real life shouldn't stop you from trying something different out, this is just a video game afterall. (I lean extremely far right in real life yet I'm portraying a far left character and I am having fun doing so. It just doesn't matter.)
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  9. I doubt this will ever be 'truly' fixed, since people value ERP / nude screenshots so highly for whatever reason, and it brings nervous money for the FB premium.
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  10. Damn, if only you could have started in the golden era. I think Owl was an off-shoot of United Gaming, which was a spin off of Valhalla, so on.
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  11. Looking fucking great, boys. Big love.
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  12. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor. Romans 12:10
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  13. "Home Sweet Home" "First Ride" "Freelancing no longer"
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  14. Hundred percent agree with this. Screenshots don't necessarily indicate to your level of roleplay, they're two different platforms. Many are incredible roleplayers but are piss-poor at editing screenshots. Your thread is merely a platform to showcase some of your roleplay and scenes, they should never scale your level of roleplay. Hopping in-game and roleplaying should be prioritized over perfecting your screenshots, the way I see it. To steer back on topic, from what I've seen the PD's open to feedback and is currently on the right track with overcoming their issues.
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  15. Just want to address this point here, since I was the one that authorized the lease of this location for this specific concept. A group came to me directly with a good plan for what they wanted to do with the property as well as a plan for how to roleplay out this concept on the server. They are paying a monthly fee (as with any lease) to continue using the property, and are required to adhere to the same rules as any other lease made available by Property Management. In the past, I have also leased out the yacht (all though this is something I'm personally a bit more reluctant to do these days due to misuse etc) to other players to use for events and such, while suggesting that LSPD should arrest people using said "property" without obtaining the right permits, for trespassing. That being said, they are under no obligations to publicly advertise their existence (and I believe that doing so would even undermine the concept of being a private country club for the rich and successful), and it is fully up to them to decide how to operate (as long as they follow the server and/or property rules, specifically the ones related to leasing). If anything, them suing someone would only help fit the narrative that they are in fact roleplaying as "rich douchebags". And on that note, I think we've derailed this thread enough. Let's get back to what it was intentionally made for, instead of continuing to beat the dead horse that is this single court case.
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  16. Sandy Shores, a place where most people tend to try to stay away from. The small town flourished with tweakers, hicks, and generally bad folk. Derek Kader, the local punk was both born and raised in Sandy Shores. His father and his mother weren't the ideal parenting figures but for Derek? It worked. As time passed and Derek grew up, he started to realize what kind of place he resided in and tried to save up as much cash as he could to get out as fast as possible. As a young naive teenager he fell in love with Alcohol, his mother loved it, his father loved it. It ran in the blood, as time passed eventually every penny Derek had went to beer and whatever kind of shit he could get on his hands on. It was his lucky pill. At 19 years old Derek nearly drank himself to death, he was shitfaced. The motherfucker could barley even walk, now what would you do in a situation like this? Sleep it off? Well, Derek didnt do anything like that. He grabbed his father's car keys and decided to go for a joyride. Later that night he'd end up taking a life and in the back of a police car. As a week passes, Derek gets sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary. When Derek realized he would spend the rest of his youth in the prison? He shamefully sank his head in hopelessness. Life In the Pen. The day Derek put on his prison issued clothing, and was assigned a cell would be the day his life changed forever. What they call it? He was the fish on the yard, new inmate. He did not know what to do, or who to speak to. He was greeted by a fellow peckerwood. Derek and the white inmate had a chat before being introduced to the rest of the white car. As time passed he was no longer Derek, the whites called him "Dicer, Dicer from Sandy shores." He got his papers checked and was introduced to the program. Soon enough he ran the program, soon after that he'd start a regular routine to get time to pass inside. As years passed Dicer survived the inside by any means necessary. Either it be checking a lame, keeping everyone in neutral status or just generally be on the watch. Life after the Pen, October 18th, 2019. On October 18th, Derek finished his sentenced and was finally a free man without parole. He resides in a low-class area in the city, and hangs with a local MC. He tries to keep a steady job to afford food on the table. It's just like the inside, he does whatever he needs to survive. (To be updated as development continues.)
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  17. I support this; don't see any harm if its regulated just like everything else. Numerous sports and events have health hazards when stuff goes wrong.
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  18. Just like in Facebrowser where you can change the Background of your profile. So there'll be Profile Picture, Cover and Background. The purpose is just to add character to your own profile.
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  19. Hold on, so what's going on here? @St3fan[NL] @Portz is it allowed to do what I just said?
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  20. Recharging station at any Los Santos Customs(regular price) and Your own Property(less price) Rented property(regular price)
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  21. The Los Santos County Democratic Party 'The Democrats' Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame."Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries sheWith silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The Democratic Party is a high-standard, innovative and immersive experience available to players. From political scheming to policy meetings to heated debates, the Democratic Party tries to bring in a new experience and a new era of political roleplay to the server. The faction is a purely legal faction dedicated to advancing legal roleplay opportunities for both the faction members and the wider community, including vast interactions with the public, policy changes and political pressure and the eventual arrival of elections. Party Staff Party Leader - Daniel Zavala (( @HaveADream )) Assistant To The Party - (( @LaLa )) Legal Team - (( @Björk, @FullyCanadian, @Optimus Dime )) Elected Officials Councillor For East Los Santos - Daniel Zavala (( @HaveADream )) The Democratic Party is an economically centrist, socially and economically liberal political party currently active within the Los Santos County. While diverging slightly in terms of policy from the California Democratic Party, The Los Santos County Democratic Party holds many of the same ideals and principles. The Democratic Party holds policy views of drug legislation and reform, police and prisoner reform, affordable healthcare and LGBT rights. More information and detailed policy will be made available through the appropriate channels in due time. The Democratic Party recruit exclusively in-character, though I am available to talk for information regarding the faction if you wish to discuss anything regarding the faction, joining the faction, the roles and opportunities the faction offer, or general interactions, enquiries and complaints regarding the faction. I can be contacted on the forums via @HaveADream or via Discord at HaveADream#4339. Outside of roles within the faction, we allow any member of the community to become a member of the political party, much alike to how you can join a political party in real life. more information can be found through IC channels here. #VoteDemocrat
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  22. Two months ago, I and a friend created an organization that we were trying to build on SA: MP communities that we played with before the GTAW community. This is an Automotive / Motorsport organization made up of several teams. Event Team, Racing Academy, Racing Team, Racing Team (Juniors) and so on. A friend and I have been in motorsport ever since we knew about ourselves, literally, so we tried to make it as realistic as possible, so we started to organize a championship, split cars into groups so that the skill wins, not an expensive car, we made sponsorships and partnerships with a large number of businesses from other sectors, one of them is CarTune, which has provided us with mechanic support at events and so on. After holding the first event at Mount Haan, which was the first championship race we organized, we decided to organize a second race. In the meantime, I was struggling to get a business grant from Government. A couple of applications were rejected and I said, let's just post another one, why not? And that one was rejected. Of course, that's not the point. Money is not a point. The point is to make events. Together with the Government grant application, more specifically, the Department of Finance and Leon French refused us an event permit on the grounds that the event was too dangerous. And it was not at all clear to us. Dangerous? Of course it's dangerous. Motorsport and racing are basically dangerous, but the way we try to get IC to organize it is the safest way to do it. Like in real life. What about WRC, F1? FiA Hillclimb CH? We're trying to create another roleplay chance, a chance for GTAW community players to make a character who has a career in motorsport. A professional career, right? And I think it's very useful, starting with the fact that there will be active events. Rally, Hillclimb, Motocross and so on. I'm saying it will be something that won't actually be a picture taken with menyoo, but something that can actually be roleplay. When you tell a racerr it's dangerous to race, it's just like telling a cop it's dangerous to carry a gun. There are many obstacles on our way to realizing this properly. For example, Government in the special event permit application requires the exact date and time. But despite this, the LSPD wants proof that the GOV allowed the event 10 days before the request for outreach. Of course, there is no limit to when the GOV must respond to the application. It happened that I waited a month for an answer and was eventually rejected for stupid reasons. And it's just not possible to organise it that way. There can't be an DATE, the first thing we need for an event. I saw one discussion saying that civilian roleplayers are limited to RP insta thots, fuckboys, going out to clubs and spending 400k on a car. But are they limited because they want to? The images below are images showing people before me and the Rush In Automotive Organizations who tried to do the same, images of the reasons we had denied events, and even a picture of the Department of Finance (which should have no contact with events, if I'm not mistaken) the business grant application openly states that they will never allow a single race up the hill, and they have been allowed before, even more dangerous routes than the one we wanted to organize. I don't know if this is an OOC or IC problem, but whatever way I try to solve it, I come down to waiting and procrastinating and I really don't feel like it could be solved. I tried to reach the Government through a contact request on their site, because as I see it, the only way to reach them is the contact request but my contact request is either just dropped, or just ignored, or they are in so much business so they don't have time to open it. Although I doubt it the last one. At the moment it seems to me that ICly civilians are not limiting themselves, but being limited. And the proof that this is the problem is Los Santos Autosport Club. It's a group of players who organize car meets, and they do really well. Because no such permit is required. Our organisations page and website: https://motorsport-ls.wixsite.com/rushinautomotive ; https://face.gta.world/rushin - You can see pictures from our hillclimb race event there also. Take a look and see how people can RP many other things than going to clubs when you give them a chance to do it.
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  23. Started my journey on MTA when I was like 14/15. Owlgaming is where I learnt the basics and met my first friends who are still around here. Eventually became an admin there as well and joined the LSPD where I was a Detective and later was one of the faction leaders of the LSFD before retiring to LS-RP. I still have albums full of pictures of my RP time on MTA and it is indeed very nostalgic. And if someone remembers, I've also played on SAES:RPG and WSS:RPG for quite an extensive amount.
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  24. I see no issues with just taking photos of your own character or friends, as long as you just stick to the GTAW assets obtainable in the server. Easy. ?
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  25. SUPPORT DISCORD: https://discord.gg/uD2chxHKk2 F.A.Q When I take pictures using another PED or object through the Object Spooner menu, I record it and go in to Rockstar Editor and for some reason there is a duplicate? For this, it's a simple fix. Obviously these two items were made separately and they are going to clash. All you have to do is after recording your piece for Rockstar Editor, you delete all the objects you spawned with the Object Spooner and then you can proceed to the Editor! You won't have any more duplicates! Can I add someone else's character to my game? Yes you can! What you have to do is go to your GTA5 file, go to the menyooStuff folder and open it. In that folder, there will be another folder called "Outfits". You can drag xml files in and out of there all you want and load characters that other people have made if they give you that file! Open up your Menyoo UI. Select "Object Spooner" Select "Spawn Entity" (Or something like that, should be the top option) Select "PED" Go through the menu until you see "Multiplayer Models", select this. Go through this new menu until you see "Freemode (fe)male" Choose the one depending on the gender of the outfit you plan to load. A PED should appear on your screen with a default looking exterior. Go back to the original Menyoo UI. Select "Object Spooner" again Select "Manage entities" (Or something like that, should be the second option) Select your (fe)male PED Go through the options until you see "PED Options" at the bottom. Select wardrobe Apply the outfit your friend sent you How do I add mods? Each mod that you want is going to vary, I'll be creating a new guide as soon as possible with how you are supposed to add mods to your game! I recorded a clip and tried to edit with Rockstar Editor but it doesn't allow me to move the camera. This is a simple issue of recording your clips within first person and not third person. You must make sure you are recording in third person otherwise it just won't work. Why is the default white shirt showing when I go in to Rockstar Editor and not when I am recording a clip? This stems from when you have been going through the clothing options and went over something like a backpack or scuba diver gear. You cannot save your Rockstar footage and will have to redo it. With this however, you simply need to go back to changing the undershirt and the shirt off of what they're on and then set them back to what you want it to be on. This is usually "Accessory/Tops" 15 for men and roughly the same for females. Just make sure it is not -1. PSA 1: PSA: I have made some changes to the original thread, also just as a PSA, Photoshop makes a HUGE difference. Please do not feel dissuaded because you character looks like Sulley from Monsters Inc without touch-ups. A lot of people who use Menyoo also have some experience within Photoshop so they are going to look more 'advanced' than your own. I am purely self-taught for Photoshop and a lot of my Photoshop is just experimenting with what works and seeing what happens. A lot of other people also have graphics mods, such as REDUX, NVR, TERIYAKI and so on installed. This can drastically change what the colours of your game appears to be. For example: (Photoshop) BEFORE - LEFT AFTER - RIGHT
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