Sharks system overhaul

[HappyPancake]

Short description: Overhaul the shark system, get rid of the vanilla shark script and get a new one.

Detailed description: Currently, the sharks are client-sided, they appear randomly for people, prey on you instantly and kill you. The new idea would be to get rid of this useless system, and replace them by actual NPCs like the coyotes on Cassidy Trail. This could provide the server with multiple benefits listed below. Their behavior could be a mix of coyotes and other animals: They could be rather pacifist-fleeing (See benefit n°4 for explanation), while having a random aggressive nature, although with a low probability.

Commands to add: None.

Items to add: None.

How would your suggestion improve the server? 

This would give multiple benefits for the RP: 

1. Sharks as NPCs will remove the unrealistic blip updating the sharks position in real time while underwater.
2. The shark's behavior can be tweaked to get them a bit more passive like they would be IRL, they're not absolutely cruel creatures.
3. With some mods later on, we could add more sharks variety and maybe even witness the start of a new Marine Wildlife world, opening paths to a brand new Maritime RP world.
4. Currently, the LS County Lifeguards have tactics to scare sharks away or protect scenes, which are great for RP but useless and unrealistic since the clientside shark doesn't care about the others when it attacks you. Those tactics consist of scaring the shark away with the help of jetskis, driving towards the animal at high speed and splitting in a Y manner to avoid it while scaring it away. Synced sharks could react to that in a fleeing behavior, allowing for the actual use of those tactics, and better scene security for maritime interventions.
5. This would force the people RPing in the sea to actually be cautious and not just go like "fine if I see one on my radar I'll know", or going in spots where they know that script isn't in place.
6. This could bring some random events to give agencies and bystanders some RP, e.g. a beached shark, or a shark too close to the shore, forcing a no swimming policy and all, whichis currently only made in RP and obviously not followed by everyone.
7. An attack with no instadeath can provide more medical RP in case of an attack, since being attacked by a shark IRL can be pretty nasty, but isn't a 100%chance of instadeath everytime like in game currently.
8. This could give some boost to the pawn shop economy, people will try and buy different types of knives and blades to defend themselves if diving.
9. ( Harpoon mod some day? )

 

Additional information: Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

Edited June 11, 2021 by HappyPancake

[Theyss]

I support this whole-heartedly.

[Aluiries]

This is a pretty cool idea! I whole heartedly agree and approve of it. 

[XNWELL]

I also support this since it can be really disruptive during Shark related scenes and not just from Lifeguards POV. It's also from the POV of the rest of the Fire Department, it can be disruptive for additional agencies that provide a form of maritime response. 

One time we had a very interesting call about an aircraft in the water. But the constant shark spawning made the RP very difficult and that is the case with most of the times someone makes an attempt to transfer RP into the deeper water parts of the map. 

As already stated in the suggestion sharks aren't that vicius creatures that will literally chomp you out the mere second you step foot into their territory like the vanilla script. Yeah, they might bite, which can be really dangerous alone, but it doesn't necessarily lead to death straight away.

[Dom.]

Yes please. I was almost murdered by a shark the other day while blowing someone's brains out in the ocean. Boat bugged out and I almost became chum.

 

Volume warning, though. My mic is very loud.

 

 

Edited June 9, 2021 by Dom.

[Keane]

The sharks are something native to GTA V itself. It's not something added by RageMP or our script. Singleplayer, GTA Online and other multiplayer clients have the exact same problem.

If any of you can find a way to remove them on RageMP, then I can see this being accepted. If not, we're stuck with them.

[Dom.]

Just now, Keane said:

The sharks are something native to GTA V itself. It's not something added by RageMP or our script. Singleplayer, GTA Online and other multiplayer clients have the exact same problem.

If any of you can find a way to remove them on RageMP, then I can see this being accepted. If not, we're stuck with them.

GTA Online doesn't have sharks. There's no animals in Online at all, actually, save the panther that can be seen on Cayo Perico during the heist, I think.

 

 

[HappyPancake]

2 minutes ago, Keane said:

The sharks are something native to GTA V itself. It's not something added by RageMP or our script. Singleplayer, GTA Online and other multiplayer clients have the exact same problem.

If any of you can find a way to remove them on RageMP, then I can see this being accepted. If not, we're stuck with them.

I think an alteration of the sharks spawn in the game itself can be injected as a mod, not sure though, I'm looking into it, there's probably a .meta handling that or a way to circumvent that. 

It's true that a mod like that is mandatory to get rid of the vanilla system for a custom one, and it's worth looking 😄

[Gryphboi]

Yes please.

[Thekillergreece]

In support.