New Newbie Guide

[David_York]

We don't really have a full single newbie guide and with the new commands, jobs and functions; we could really use one. I might do a map or something.

[bcc]

possibly a new tutorial too?? this one is like 2 years old.

[Bankwell]

i plan on doing something similar to this, sort of like Conrads tour but a little more.

[David_York]

I mean a full guide defining every command. Plus an updated map of interior locations, jobs, whatnot.

[Terrance]

get rid of the whole section on driver shooting for obvious reasons

[Nurgle]

if someone does this we will jizz rewards all over their face

[vikki]

can I rewrite the tutorial?? it's pretty outdated and I was siting through it yesterday noticing how it actually doesn't cover most of the server rules

[Zaph]

Go for it.

[Darnell]

Well took my time on it, hopefully its all good.
SZR’s Guide Book
About SZR:

SZR is a light roleplay server. We don’t force you to roleplay starting your car, taking out a weapon or anything like that. But if you want to say something your character wouldn’t say, use the command “/b “to put it in OOC brackets. We encourage you to get creative and roleplay and interesting character. There are many different gangs, so if you look around you can probably find something that is a good fit for you. Remember, /use “/n” for any questions. To get you start you might want to join the two public gangs, Vagos and Ballas.

The Public Newbie gangs:

When you first join the server, we recommend you to join either Vagos or Ballas which are known to be the newbie public gangs. To join them, find their headquarters. It’s marked by a yellow man on your map. If you’re having problems, look near Los Santos Airport/El Corona for Vagos and look near East LS/Pig Pen or ask in the newbie chat “/n”. Simply stand on the yellow floating “I” and type /joinvagos or /joinballas. They will teach you the game. Use the faction chat “/f” to talk to the people who are in the gang once you’re in. Once you learn your way around SZR and experience the family routines then you can either stay in the public gang or help others or /quitfaction and join another family.

Jobs:

Of course, people like to have a job to earn money faster and also get services up. SZR has many different types of cool jobs, Armsdealer, Drugdealer, Wheelman, Mercenary, Lawyer, Mat handler, Locksmith, Drop car, and Fishing. To know more about these jobs, keep reading on.

Arms dealer:

Arms dealer can make guns and sell them. Get this job at the Ammunition in downtown Los Santos. Once you have the job, type “/sellgun” to see the menu. Raise your skill to make different guns. You get on skill point per gun you sell. Making guns requires materials – to get materials, do some mat runs! Check this image for the mat running route. Materials can also be bought and sold with the “/sella, /sellb, /sellc “commands.

Drug dealer:

Drug dealers buy drugs at drug houses, marked by “D” on your map, and resell them for profit. Get this job at the crack house in Ganton, opposite the gym. Once you have it, go get some drugs! There’s on drug point in North East Los Santos, and one near Transfender in West Los Santos in the cemetery. Stand on the point, and follow the instructions on your screen. Gain skill levels by selling drugs, and drugs will cost you less to buy, and you can also buy more at once. Use “/sellpot” and “/sellcrack” to sell your drugs, and make sure to charge more than you paid.

Wheelman:

Wheelmen can repair cars, modify them, and also fly planes and helicopters. To become a wheelman, head to the Transfender in West Los Santos. Once you’re a wheelman, you can “/repair”, “/modcar”,”/paintcar” and “/colorcar”, as well as fly! As you improve your skill, you’ll repair faster. Type “/duty” to accept calls for mechanics.

Mercenary:

Mercenaries can find, frisk, guard and tie people up, and break into houses. To become a mercenary, heard to the Ganton Gym. Once you’re a mercenary, try finding someone! Use “/find” to find someone. Use “/frisk” to see what someone is carrying, but ask first! To give a friend armor when outdoors, use “/guard” and “/stopguarding” to stop. If you know where someone lives, you can break into their house with “/breakin”! If someone is riding in your car, you can “/tie” them to tie them up” “/untie” will free them. Tied players cannot take damage, so make sure to untie them before you try to hurt them.

Lawyer:

Lawyers can remove wanted levels, lower jail times, and protect people from being found. You can get the lawyer job at City hall, look near the police station. Once you’re a lawyer, use “/cases” to find out who is in jail, and “/wanted” to see who is wanted. You can “/defend” players to remove their wanted levels, and “/free” players to get them out of jail. Use “/tinfoil” on a player to prevent them from being found. You can also make a good living selling insurance, type “/insure” to offer someone a policy or 5. To reduce the job contract time remaining, type in “/jobcontract”.

Mat handler:

This job makes it easy for you to enter the lucrative material smuggling trade. D mats are a product of normal A B and C mats, you can make D mats with the “/refine” command. You can also convert D mats back using the “/make” command, and also you can trade in all these materials using “/sella” “/sellb” “/sellc” and “/selld”. As a handler you can hold more mat packages when “running mats”. Any materials transaction must be made with a mat handler, so your job is very important. If you are an arms dealer level 6, you can create sniper rifles from D mats, using /sellgun [name/id] Sniper.

Locksmith:

The job is located at the factory with the towtrucks, follow the marker when you type in /help locksmith. When you have this job, you will be able to drive the tow trucks; you will need the tools from the trucks to install locks. You will also need lock parts, type “/pget” to find the pickup and deliver them with “/pdeliver”. Lock parts are cheap at low levels, and you can store them in your locker or vehicle trunk. The commands are “/v lock” and “/v trunk”. You can also fit alarms to people’s houses with “/alarm”.
Locksmith's are also included with the new bug sytem.

Scanners and Bugs.

Anyone can /buy bugs and scanners from the electronic store, follow the marker to find it. You can place a listening device with /bug [Frequency] and then /scanner [frequency]. Bugs have batteries for 20minutes, and will broadcast to anyone scanning that frequency. You will lose any scanners or bugs that you are carrying if you die, but you can /locker or /trunk them. If you store these in your car, they won't get removed if the car is destroyed. You can buy a /detector ( scanner type 2 ) from the electronics shop to scan for bugs, and if you find one you can /killbug.

Fishing:

You can go fishing at the fishing pier in Los Santos. Look for the Ferris wheel on the beach. Use “/fish” in front of a fishing rod to case your line. As you get better, you will catch bigger fish. Once you caught a fish, use “/fishes” to see what fish you’ve caught. Caught a small one? “/throwback” to get rid of it. Want to get of one of them? “/throwback”. All of them? “/throwbackall”. You can sell fish over 20lbs at the 24/7, “/sell fish “

Dropcar:

Find a car you don’t want? “/dropcar” will place a beacon on your map. Drive there and you get paid” You can sell cars more often as you increase in skill, and you also get paid more! Bring a buddy so you don’t have to walk back!

Money

To pay someone, type “/pay” while near them. At level 3, you can /transfer from bank to bank. You’ll get money at each paycheck, and also for doing jobs. Anyone can “/dropcar” or “/fish”, but each job can make money as well. Arms Dealers and Drug Dealers probably have the easiest time of it. But, they’re also the most likely to get scammer, or arrested!

Houses

You can purchase a house anywhere on SZR. Find a good spot, and let’s get started! First, stand at the entrance of the house and type “/buyhouse entrance”. Then, stand where you want your car. Face the direction you want your car to point and “/buyhouse car”. Once you’ve done this, buy “/buyhouse level 1-10” Each house level costs $50000. To invite someone over, type “/houseinvite name/id”. Use “/home” to find your house. Neighborhood going downhill? Simply type “/sellhouse” to sell your house.

Cars


To buy a car you will have to find a car yard, there are 9 places to buy vehicles. Type “/help car”, lowrider, luxury, super, truck, utility, boat, bike and even plane for locations! Get in a vehicle that is for sale, and follow the instructions. Type “/v help” for vehicle commands. Remember to “/v setpark” your vehicle, then “/park” it before you logout. You can also buy vehicles from other players, modify them, color them, and buy locks for them. Vehicle locks have an override code that you can give to your friends so they can drive/ride it.

Rules

1.) NO HACKS OR MODS OF ANY KIND

Never, ever, ever use hacks, mods, trainers, glitches, exploits, or anything else resembling any of these on SZR. You will be banned. You will probably not be unbanned. We have excellent hack detection running on SZR, and you will be found out.

2.) NO DEATHMATCHING

Don't run around killing people without a good reason. If you haven't given your victim a chance to respond to you verbally, you're breaking this rule. Demanding large sums of money is NOT a good reason. Roleplaying a psychopath/criminal is NOT a good reason. It is pretty easy to find good reasons though - just start talking to people.

3.) NO LOGGING TO AVOID DEATH/ARREST/ADMIN

If you're being chased, attacked, arrested, or spoken to by an admin, DO NOT DISCONNECT FROM THE SERVER. This is considered to be outright cheating, and you will be warned, then banned.

4.) NO ACCOUNT FARMING/ACCOUNT SHARING/DUAL BOXING/METAGAMING/OOC SCAMMING

The newbie money on accounts is there to help you out. If you make numerous accounts just to take the newbie money, we will ban you. If you dual box to gain an advantage, we will ban you. If you account share to gain an advantage, we will ban you. If you switch characters to gain an advantage against other players (metagaming) we'll think you're an asshole, and probably warn you. Scams are allowed on SZR, but they MUST be in-character. If you do things including (but not limited to) pretending to be an admin, using emotes, or lying about server mechanics, we will ban you.

5.) NO DRIVERSHOOTING/CARPARKING/BLADEKILLING/PLANEBOMBING

Do not shoot from the driver seat of any vehicle. Do not park your car on top of someone to kill them. Do not kill people with the blades of a helicopter. Do not fly planes into other players to explode them. Doing these things will get you a warning, then banned.

6.) VEHICLE EXPLOITING/LAG EXPLOITING/INTERIOR EXPLOITING/WEAPON EXPLOITING/ANIMATION EXPLOITING/CARJACK KILLING

Do not shoot at people from a driverless vehicle (this is due to SA:MP sync issues). Do not sprint in circles to avoid being shot by exploiting your ping. Do not run into and out of interiors over and over to avoid being shot. Do not quickshot/c-bug. Do not use animations to exploit. Do not do a mysterious trick to instantly kill players while carjacking them. Doing these things will get you a warning, and then banned.

7.) NO SERVER ADVERTISING

If you talk about other servers, link to other servers, post a mysterious IP address, or advertise in any other way we will instantly ban you. No exceptions.

8.) NO OUT OF CHARACTER RACISM/HOMOPHOBIA

In character, it's usually fine. Out of character, it'll get you fined, fucked with, griefed, warned, banned, or all of the above.

9.) NO SPAMMING

If you use binds, make sure you do not flood the server with too many commands at once, either deliberately or by accident. This can happen when you try to use a command in a car that will only work out of a car ( as an example ). It can also happen if your keys stick. To be sure you are safe from this read this thread.

10.) DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE

This is the broad umbrella rule. If you're being an asshole, a jerk, obnoxious, etc, you will probably get warned, and then banned. This is a privately owned server that is provided to you free of charge, which is great because you get to play for free, but unlike other games you might have paid for, you have no rights. We can fuck with you or ban you for any reason. If you're a nice guy, this probably won't happen to you. If you're an asshole, it's going to.


Commands

Communication: (/w)hisper (/o)oc (/s)hout (/c)lose (/l)ocal (/b) (/ad)vertise (/f)action /me (/n)ewbie
Gang: /makegang /joingang /quitgang /joinvagos
General #1: /rules /login /stats /buylevel /upgrade /kill /healme /eject /address /service
General #2: /pay /charity /time /buy /id /drink /showlicenses /get /dump
General #3: /resetuprades (100k) /skill /licenses /lotto /spawnchange /fight /boxstats
General #4: /report /cancel /accept /eject /usecrack /usepot /contract /number /phlisting
General #5: /call /txt /oldcar /lfg /getpos /read /sell /zoneinfo /zonecount
General #6: /quitjob /quitfaction /locker /getgun /buyrespect /cops
Tog chat: /togooc /tognews /togfam /togwhisper /tognewbie
Banking: /balance /withdraw /deposit /wiretransfer /fbalance
Gambling: /cards /showhand /discard /dealcards /shuffle /dice
Law #1: (/r)adio (/d)epartments (/m)egaphone (/su)spect /mdc /arrest /duty /wanted /tazer /clear /intox
Law #2: /frisk /take /ticket /detain /gov /deliver /breakin /swat /cuff /uncuff /satellite /registration
Law #2: /warrant /vehsearch /vehtake
Leader #1: /claim /fdeposit /fwithdraw /invite /uninvited /giverank /points /givepoint /fset
Leader #2: /keyflocker /setslot /zoneabandon
Other: /phonehelp /househelp /businesshelp /leaderhelp /fishhelp /irchelp /help new

[Ryomi_Tazaka]

*makes a pretty colored map for everything*

[vikki]

im doing this as we speak --- check the ironically named not morons forum for info

[Tibor1450]

delivery is missing from the jobs

[vikki]

darnell i'm literally plagiarizing all of the job info

[Darnell]

darnell i'm literally plagiarizing all of the job info

Lol, alright then.

EDIT: I added on the route for matrunning, the rules and Scanners and Bugs.

[Juke]

can you include an image of the mat map that doesn't tablebreak the thread

i had to adblock it to actually read the thread

[vikki]

what resolution are you running at? i'll resize it so it doesnt go over 1000 px in any direction

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[Juke]

1680 1050, which is pretty large compared to the stone age computers / green scale monitors the egyptian poopsockers are going to be running

it should probably be under 800w or maybe even 600w. it's not like people need to many details of the map, just the streets so they can figure out which block it's on. could link to a high def version of the map for people who are still getting lost

also we're probably moving the points soon anyways

[The Captain]

Vikki if you are going to make a map add the gang's hoods too. If you are bored i'm going to make a trip tutorial kinda same as Juke's. Also add on the map the chillin' spots like Alhambra, Aztecas club etc.
New job is the harvester- You need be a drug dealer. You can buy seeds from the drug houses. Then you'll need to find a farm (i already know 2, both are close to the farm point) and start driving a car (forgot it's name ggrrrr) that you will find at the farms.
Type /cultivate and follow the 20 red markers. Then you'll have to wait 10 minutes, to start harvesting your plants /harvest.
Eatch plant making 6 gs pot, and you'll have to harvest 10 plants (takes around 20 minutes for all to get done, caltivating and harvesting). 1 seed costs 3k. Skill 1 dd can buy 1 seed, skill 2 2 seeds etc.

[Miquel Lacoste]

Vikki if you are going to make a map add the gang's hoods too. If you are bored i'm going to make a trip tutorial kinda same as Juke's. Also add on the map the chillin' spots like Alhambra, Aztecas club etc.
New job is the harvester- You need be a drug dealer. You can buy seeds from the drug houses. Then you'll need to find a farm (i already know 2, both are close to the farm point) and start driving a car (forgot it's name ggrrrr) that you will find at the farms.
Type /cultivate and follow the 20 red markers. Then you'll have to wait 10 minutes, to start harvesting your plants /harvest.
Eatch plant making 6 gs pot, and you'll have to harvest 10 plants (takes around 20 minutes for all to get done, caltivating and harvesting). 1 seed costs 3k. Skill 1 dd can buy 1 seed, skill 2 2 seeds etc.

I'm sure that someone made map with Gang/Factions locations and that stuff.