Razec Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) Can the Vangelico's USB Drive name be changed to USB Drive? Why does it have to be so obvious it's used for Vangelico's? I feel like it gives criminals no chance to RP it otherwise, especially when cops can see the name "Vangelico's" on the label. Edited September 10, 2021 by Razec 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha Hatfield Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Changing it to something like, Modified Dongle (USB) or Laptop dongle would be better then the current +1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkinator Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 +1 This could be applied to a number of items I feel. As mentioned to allow for more RP potential and officers/civs not being drawn in to just state the name of it, rather than show a bit of investigative questioning and probing. Â Even certain drugs, rather than being able to say from the get go this is what that is, utilise some RP, drug test kit from the back of a cruiser, even could look down the line at K9 units to further advance drug investigations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razec Posted September 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Drugs would be a little tougher! But would definitely be cool if certain names could only be displayed for specific factions. Like: the Safe Cracking Kit would display as a Safe Cracking Kit to civilians, but when cops look at it, the UI doesn't display the name. I have no idea if this is even possible, but it's certainly a cool idea for the drug side of things. Criminals could see the word Cocaine, but cops wouldn't be able to. Along with that, implement a mechanical drug testing kit that would reveal the name of the drug, instead of having a name directly onto it. Criminals wouldn't have access to the name, but if they're producing it, most likely they know what the substance is. A few officers don't base it off on labels. I myself have based my actions on these labels, but only because these names are specified in the SOPs as seizeable illegal items. And then again, it becomes individual discretion, because everyone RP's the way they want to. If they want to see it as something illegal straight off the bat, they do it. It's not a rule break. All of these small mechanical implementations help with the direction of the RP, giving freedom to criminals in how they respond to police officers, as well as it also helps to deconstruct the robo cop mentality. Edited September 11, 2021 by Razec 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Jones Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Davies Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 +1, being able to test drugs to see what they are would be awesome. Bring the guy to MRPD and temporarily hold them while you test it in the lab, or get a mobile test kit out of your trunk to use on scene. I'd only support this if this wasn't locked behind a rank or cert because I really enjoy going to suspicious activity calls and having to wait around for a forensic would bring a lot of frustration to crims if they're just going to get a ticket for possession. Maybe after you've tested for them a certain number of times the name would show as you'd have had enough experience with the substance - it would encourage officers to go to more suspicious activity calls for sure.  I like the idea of illegal items having different names too but there would need to be a way to find out what they are, for example checking the USB drive on a computer to see if it's got anything dangerous on it. Maybe there would be a process for crims of going to a special location, loading the necessary data onto a plain USB drive they can buy or obtain in order to prep it for vangelicos, so there would be a clean state and a loaded state, or even something in the pockets where you can activate it but can't deactivate it after that? I'm not sure how it would work with checking if safe cracking kits and such are actually that, but perhaps if crims could convince officers well enough they'd let them keep them. Also if they just broke into a safe / vault and they have what looks to be a safe cracking kit, it makes sense to confiscate, whereas if it's in their vehicle after getting charged with off roading, perhaps there isn't enough evidence of what it is to justify confiscating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Wolf Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 +1 maybe also an idea to make different kinds of USBs which would make it a little more difficult to know what USB is for what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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