Parcel Shipment / Mailman Job

[St3fan[NL]]

Feature Showcase: Parcels (Mailman job)

 

Overview

 

You can now ship your items with US Postal Service, visit their Post Office in Downtown LS and set up the delivery!

You can ship the following items: Envelope, Small/Medium/Large Cardboard Box, Crate

 

Credits:

- Oxez (retired Junior Dev) started backend idea

- @mullet Interface

- @St3fan[NL] Optimized and finalized backend

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Features

Track Parcel

Use /traceparcel to see your shipment status.

 

Parcel Updates

You get parcel updates when you send a parcel, but if the sender filled out your phone number you as receiver also receive updates.

 

Express Delivery

Do you need to ship an urgent parcel? You can choose to pay extra cash and get it guaranteed delivered within 24hours!

NPC Deliveries

If a parcel has been 'pending shipment' for 72 hours (normal parcels) or 24 hours (express parcels), the script will check every 30 minutes if a parcel is due for an NPC delivery. Meaning it will get delivered either way even if no actual player has chosen to do the Mailman job run.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

 

1. What happens if I crash while accepted a parcel to deliver?
   • The parcel gets put back into the postal office so another player can delivery it.
2. Can I steal parcels when I accepted a parcel run?
   • No you cannot.
3. What happens if my parcel is in the middle of the ocean?
   • Use /skipparcel, it is most likely a debug house which was accidentally picked.
4. The job I accepted is way too far, I want to cancel it!
   • Use /skipparcel.
5. Can I ship the parcel to a fake name?
   • Yes the name you enter is not being checked, if you want your parcel receiver to receive SMS updates the number must be valid.
6. Can I ship drugs or weapons?
   • Yes but like in real life parcels are checked randomly by drugs/gun canines, there's a chance your drugs/weapon parcel gets spotted and seized.
7. What happens if nobody ships parcels, will the list be empty and I cannot do my job?
   • The server makes sure there are at least 15 parcels every time, meaning if there's 5 player shipped parcels, there will be 10 NPC parcels.

 

 

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