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Hello! I was told that in a /helpme in order to obtain a phone tracker (for a private investigator business, in this case), one would have to go through an 'electronics scheme' via IFM. I looked at schemes in IFM and didn't see anything precisely about a phone tracker. The closest thing I saw was the supplier: CLOSED — MINOR - ELECTRONICS The electronics supplier role enables approved applicants to request bugs, wires, device scanners, and more. They are also able to unlock code-locked phones. So I got a few of questions. 1. Would the electronics supplier be the type of character that could obtain a phone tracker? 2. Once the phone tracker is obtained, is the command to track a number "/trace"? 3. Does it necessarily have to be as part of an illegal faction? My character is involved in a Private Investigator company, but we don't particularly partake in illegal RP, we're mainly looking to expand our tools for the PI services. Thanks in advance!

Ah, put that way, I see how/why it's important for faction leaders.

While I'm looking around for potential factions to join and new avenues of RP for a new character, I caught myself wondering... Is it pretty much the standard on the server to have factions try to accumulate forum clout by posting screenshots? In the couple of gangs I've been on GTA:W in the past, I found there was a lot of pressure from leadership to post screenshots, even on Discord, where gang leaders would insist on members posting screenshots to the thread. That's not really the vibe I'm going for, and would like to avoid IC/OOC blending as much as possible (i.e. not divulging anything about my character or his/her activities in OOC channels). Is this practice something that can be viable while still having a chance to participate in active RP that gets a fair deal of action? Or, if you're not contributing to the screenshots or hyping up fellow faction peers in private Discords, you're pretty much left out? Not here to throw shade on the practice, mind you. Just a personal preference of mine. For full immersion, I'd like to keep IC and OOC as separate as possible and let events develop exclusively in character, with the very bare minimum OOC interaction with other parties involved. I don't want the whole forum to know what my character's doing, I don't want to have to get to know anyone OOC on Discord, and I'd like to discover everything IC, as my character would. Wonder if there are like-minded individuals in this regard...

EDIT: nevermind, found the guide, I am blind