🚖 Better taximeter to use instead of the broken one in-game

vbxa · June 18, 2022

Let's start this with a bold statement - the scripted taximeter in-game sucks. It's buggy and usually stops counting in the middle of a ride and it only gives you minimal control.

So I came up with a solution that is totally a quality-of-life thing! A taximeter coded into a HTML file that's easy to use and reliable!

You have control over:

Start fee
Price per 5 seconds
Minimum charge

Usage instructions

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1. Download the .zip file and unpack it.

2. Double click on taximeter.html to open the web application.

3. Change the values in Taximeter settings to your preference or stick with the default ones. Remember to save your settings!

4. Click Start Taximeter to begin counting the total price of the ride. It functions just like the taximeter in-game.

Defer from moving the taximeter.html file out of the folder it is in! This results in the taximeter being broken as the MDBootstrap framework and jQuery references will not function any longer.

Images:

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Remember to use a /do to notify your passengers of your rates (RP gluing a note onto your dashboard etc.)!

Download:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/bbwwqjnb20rfdjl/Better_taximeter_for_GTAW.zip/file

Source code (taximeter.html):

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<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<title>Better taximeter</title>

</head>

<body>

<span class="navbar-brand mb-0 h1">Better taximeter</span>

</div>

</nav>

<h4 class="border-bottom">Taximeter settings</h4>

<label class="form-label" for="minCharge">Minimum charge</label>

</div>

<label class="form-label" for="startFee">Start fee</label>

</div>

<label class="form-label" for="pricePer5">Price per 5 sec.</label>

</div>

<button type="button" id="saveSettings" class="btn btn-info w-100 fw-bold mt-3">Save settings</button>

</div>

<h6 class="text-center fw-bold">TAXIMETER <span id="taximeterStatus" class="text-danger">STOPPED</span></h6>

<h1 class="text-center">Total - $<span id="taximeterTotal">0</span></h4>

<button type="button" id="taximeterStart" class="btn btn-success w-25 fw-bold mt-5">Start taximeter</button>

<button type="button" id="taximeterStop" class="btn btn-danger w-25 fw-bold mt-5" hidden>Stop taximeter</button>

</div>

let taximeterStatus = "stopped";

let taximeterTotal = 0;

let minCharge = $("#minCharge").val();

let pricePer5 = $("#pricePer5").val();

let startFee = $("#startFee").val();

var fareCountInterval;

$("#saveSettings").click(function() {

minCharge = $("#minCharge").val();

pricePer5 = $("#pricePer5").val();

startFee = $("#startFee").val();

alert("Taximeter settings saved!")

});

$("#taximeterStart").click(function() {

taximeterStatus = "running";

$("#taximeterStart").attr("hidden", true);

$("#taximeterStop").attr("hidden", false);

$("#taximeterStatus").text(taximeterStatus.toUpperCase())

$("#taximeterStatus").removeClass("text-danger");

$("#taximeterStatus").addClass("text-success");

taximeterTotal += parseInt(startFee);

$("#taximeterTotal").text(taximeterTotal);

fareCountInterval = setInterval(() => {

countFare();

}, 5000);

});

$("#taximeterStop").click(function() {

taximeterStatus = "stopped";

$("#taximeterStart").attr("hidden", false);

$("#taximeterStop").attr("hidden", true);

$("#taximeterStatus").text(taximeterStatus.toUpperCase())

$("#taximeterStatus").addClass("text-danger");

$("#taximeterStatus").removeClass("text-success");

clearInterval(fareCountInterval);

if (taximeterTotal <= minCharge) {

$("#taximeterTotal").text(parseInt(minCharge))

}

taximeterTotal = 0;

});

function countFare() {

taximeterTotal += parseInt(pricePer5);

$("#taximeterTotal").text(taximeterTotal);

}

</script>

document.querySelectorAll('.form-outline').forEach((formOutline) => {

new mdb.Input(formOutline).init();

});

</script>

</body>

</html>

Edited June 18, 2022 by MarcusD

Stormy Monday · June 18, 2022

I like the appearance of it and was not a fan of the previous one, good idea! You should try posting a suggestion to get it changed too.

Edited June 18, 2022 by TX

Agent · January 22

new link please.

KreacherBE · January 22

3 hours ago, Agent said:

new link please.

I would determain a Range Quote, on a piece of paper and show it to your customer, like 0-2km Price X 2-5 price Y and over 5km max price

less hassle.
I don' mind paying fucktons to a taxidriver but when they put on the meter I just get annoyed hahah

HappyPancake · January 22

There is already a taxi revamp incoming, so it's easy to assume the taximeter has already been considered.

On a different note, the vast majority of the taxis I used / RP'd with do not use a pay-per-5-seconds as it is inherently unoptimal if you're trying to RP through the ride, it'll artificially increase the price and subsequently lead to fewer interactions which can kind of ruin the customer-driver vibe.

A price per range would be ideal which is what companies already do (e.g. Habeeb Taxis, 300$ in-city, 500$ city-to-sandy & 600 city-to-paleto iirc, those are old fares I used to apply when working there a year or two ago.)

KreacherBE · January 22

3 hours ago, HappyPancake said:

There is already a taxi revamp incoming, so it's easy to assume the taximeter has already been considered.

On a different note, the vast majority of the taxis I used / RP'd with do not use a pay-per-5-seconds as it is inherently unoptimal if you're trying to RP through the ride, it'll artificially increase the price and subsequently lead to fewer interactions which can kind of ruin the customer-driver vibe.

A price per range would be ideal which is what companies already do (e.g. Habeeb Taxis, 300$ in-city, 500$ city-to-sandy & 600 city-to-paleto iirc, those are old fares I used to apply when working there a year or two ago.)

Exactly!

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