/undercover or /uc

[Ed_Waldsmith]

Just a LEO command for LSPD/FBI members (Detective and up).

Now, normally when you want to do undercover/unmarked work, you need to go off /duty. By doing this, you loose your armor, your guns, and your abilities to /su and taze.

I propose the addition of an /undercover command. This command would preserve the normal commands that an on-duty LEO could have (/su, tazer, etc) and give them perhaps 25% or 50% armor instead of the full armor while changing their name color so it's white.

Any suggestions and comments would be much appreciated.

[John_Pendergast]

Good idea, just make sure you get a skinchange too.

[Casey_Calvert]

Think a preloaded name change too when you use this?

[Keegan_Russo]

I'd say 50% armor, SDPistol, and /su powers only. This way you'll be encouraged to have backup when doing uc stuff.

[John_Pendergast]

This way you'll be encouraged to have backup when doing uc stuff.

Mmm, yeah. Undercover cops IRL don't do many things beside that.

As for namechange, I don't really thing it would be so good. Too much space for abusing IMHO

[Casey_Calvert]

So what you're saying medium-high ranks of the LSPD will use this for abuse?

Ha, most of our high ranking officers are pretty damn good and how they got up there proves they are not so much for abusive.

(The statement above does not count Gook as one for them )

[WISE_SHITOWL]

I've though about that name thing, maybe when the C.I.D is on a special case, everyone who's apart of the C.I.D ( Detective Rank ) gets a special UC name...

Anyhow, it seems pretty cool

[John_Pendergast]

So what you're saying medium-high ranks of the LSPD will use this for abuse?

Naturally, not. However I was part of just enough coding teams (even outside of SA-MP things) to realise that if something is too abusable, it gets abused.

Want it non-abusible? Assign a (secret) name to everyone who could use this command, which is stored in the account file/record, and is easy to track.

[vikki]

just get an admin to change your name

[Andrew_David]

just get an admin to change your name

Oh my god!
ps: i'm coding this right now!!! Good Idea!
29 minutes later... (i was eating!)

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//==============================================================================
    new Skins[] = { 170, 186, 20, 240, 250, 25, 37, 46, 59, 60, 233, 93};
	if(strcmp(cmd, "/undercover", true) == 0 || strcmp(cmd, "/uc", true) == 0)
	{
	    if(IsPlayerConnected(playerid))
	    {
			GetPlayerName(playerid, sendername, sizeof(sendername));
			if(PlayerInfo[playerid][pMember] == 1)
			{
				{
					if(OnDuty[playerid]==1)
			        {
                        SetPlayerHealth(playerid, 100);
						SetPlayerArmour(playerid, 50);
                        SetPlayerColor(playerid, COLOR_WHITE);
                    	ResetPlayerWeapons(playerid);
                    	SetPlayerSkin(playerid, Skins[random(sizeof(Skins))]);
                    	GivePlayerWeapon(playerid, 31, 65000);
						OnDuty[playerid] = 1;
					}
			    }
			}
			else
			{
			    SendClientMessage(playerid, COLOR_GRAD1, "You are not a Cop!");
			}
		}
		return 1;
	}
//==============================================================================

pss: the pastebin didnt open! sorry :/

[John_Pendergast]

• GetPlayerName(playerid, sendername, sizeof(sendername)); will throw an error cause there's no variable sendername + player name isn't used in your code
• PlayerInfo[playerid][pMember] == 1 is pretty limited, cause there are leaders and probably the FBI wants to use it, too, so replace it with IsACop(playerid), this function is very likely to exist
• SetPlayerColor(playerid, COLOR_WHITE); won't work, because faction colors are reset pretty often, so the white name would go away in a rather short time
• GivePlayerWeapon(playerid, 31, 65000); -- M4 for undercover cops? Gosh.

If you want to make a non-resetting namecolor change, create a global array which shows if cop's undercover or not, and in SetPlayerToTeamColor() check if he/she is undercover and set the color accordingly.

Also, there has to be an undo command that restores the original state. (Dying isn't very good for obvious reasons)

[Andrew_David]

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[John_Pendergast]

Sorry, I've been very disputatious lately, didn't mean to offend you. Just wanted to point out the errors, maybe with wrong style.

You can't believe how much times I have said this in the past 48 hours.

[Andrew_David]

Sorry, I've been very disputatious lately, didn't mean to offend you. Just wanted to point out the errors, maybe with wrong style.

You can't believe how much times I have said this in the past 48 hours.

Ok. no problem lets make a great command... you and me right?
i didnt add the change names cause i can have bugs and with the names and i can get fucked by the admins etc..

[John_Pendergast]

Namechanging code is pretty difficult as outsiders, mainly cause we (I?) don't know how are accounts stored exactly.

Instead of 50 armor, you could do random armor from 25-50 to make it more unrecogniseable. (I'm pretty sure people with just redo the command till they get 45+ so yeah)

[Andrew_David]

Ok. i'm coding editing it now... i will make the Armor Random and adding a timer for aviot armour exploit.

[Andrew_David]

http://pastebin.com/m67f22da0 There- fixed

Lol im the best i didnt add the Timer...
John do it please im busy with another stuff

[John_Pendergast]

OK, here's a shiny /undercover command with proper name coloring, armor, skins (and restoring original skins!), rank check whatever.

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Variables to be declared: (set it to 0 in OnPlayerConnect, also note that while undercover it stores the cop skin ID)

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new UndercoverCop[MAX_PLAYERS];

SetPlayerToTeamColor modification for LSPD

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else if(PlayerInfo[playerid][pMember] == 1 || PlayerInfo[playerid][pLeader] == 1)
{
	if(OnDuty[playerid] && UndercoverCop[playerid] == 0) SetPlayerColor(playerid, COLOR_DBLUE);
	else SetPlayerColor(playerid,COLOR_WHITE);
}

The command itself:
http://pastebin.com/mc4953b1
Make sure you change the required rank to suit your needs, and the weapon/health/armor management to suit your anticheat code!

[Andrew_David]

you do it i gave you a pastebin with the command there :)



ps. great but do you use God Father Gm for do it? im using that for szr is it.

[BigAssGoat]

But..... what is this udercover thing good for?

[Andrew_David]

it makes you undercover with powers for Taze and su. RP

[BigAssGoat]

But....... what is THAT good for? Will you guys try to buy mats undercover and stuff and then arrest people or something like that?

[Stevi3]

Yeah, we could do a couple of stings using this command.

[BigAssGoat]

You guys should do this against MagC only.
Edit: Or, you could use this against nonrp advertisements instead of /su

[John_Pendergast]

ps. great but do you use God Father Gm for do it? im using that for szr is it.

I'd say my test GM is a GF-derivative, just as SZR is, but it's very far from the original GF.