Arma 3: Altis Life

[ToejaM]

About
Its like the Arma 2 version and if you don't know what this is, its basically a second life but quite a bit more fun and around the Arma system, it has a lot of elements in that I think mods like DayZ are missing, I.E: Something to do when not looting or killing.

This was asked for by a few memebers of CPC and I originally had zero interest in it and I especially didnt think I'd enjoy being a cop but I've had to do it so I can recruit at least semi decent ones with a chance at some honest ones before I can move onto a life of crime.

Personally I like the idea of some corrupt cops as long as its done in a roleplay fashion and not a straight out abuse fashion. Though I'm not a roleplayer but I can see that just generally tazing and beating everyone you meet would get tiresome for the server, so if there is some believable dialogue to it, it makes it interesting.

I spent most of the night over watching the car dealer in Kavala in full soldier kit, just incase there were some idiots on the server and through this I managed to recruit quite a few cops to be whitelisted as the servers need a lot of policing.

I've got some epic footage from tonight that I'll piece together tomorrow (where it'll no doubt not be as funny as I thought it was tonight)

Frankieonpc has just done a video on it (we had our server up a few days before the videos came out, just sayin'!) so I think many Altis Life servers will be quite busy but this brings quite a few eejits so just bare with it, surprisingly 10 minutes in a jail calms people down as they are relatively easy to catch with the tazer.

The mod in its current state.
Did a little testing on the Arma 2 version to see what it was like in comparison and the A3 version of the mod is in very early stages and its obvious it needs a lot of the features the Arma2 versions have but people are adapting it already so hopefully there are some good versions out there.

Notes on servers:
Many have their own additional rules and they can usually all be found when you open the map using the menu on the left and no doubt will have rules on entry to the server and rolling messages.

Admins
Don't get confused between an ADMIN issue and a POLICE issue. Many servers have whitelisted cops with open public police slots to, however most of the time POLICE are NOT admins.

Having your vehicle stolen or being run over in a town is an issue for the police, not for the admins. Though some servers enforce a zero PvP rule inside cities/towns and some enforce it as roleplay only so it may require an admin to temp ban players.

Arma 3: Altis Life Servers:

[CPC] - Childs Play Corner - 188.165.222.198:2322 - www.CPC-Gaming.eu

Recruiting Police: YES - Recruitment Thread

Joop - 195.154.168.144:2902
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Recruiting Police: UNKNOWN

Scramz - 109.70.149.166:2350 - http://www.pmc-gaming.com/
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Recruiting Police: UNKNOWN

If anyone is interested in having their server in this OP, PM me on here or on the site in my sig.

 

[ToejaM]

Brilliant, been trying to find a good altis life server, see you tonight

Great, we're new to Altis Life but lets hope we can do it correctly! Any issues, let me know.

Toe

Can I go a cop please?

I joined the server at 10:10 this morning Toe, in case you need to get my GUID..

I'm offended you even think you need to ask hah! Holla at me on steam bud!

was watching this streamer "Lirik" playing this (may have been arma2) and it was hilarious!!!! had a plan to go get loads of drugs to sell...gets to the boarder and makes up some random BS story about getting KFC for his starving wife and kids and crossing without passports just seems too much fun to troll in

I've seen a few good ones already but there is a lot of potential. We did a few things last night, I think I got a few of them. Will sort this video today hopefully!

It can be a lot of fun but nearly all life servers are ruined by terrible admins.

Also preferred when they were all on stratis.

I can see that it would be but I think people fuel the hate to admins in this game by demanding admins sort out police issues, where really police should be chasing cars down/arresting murderers and it probably gets out of hand when the cops arent as good as the player they are trying to catch so they feel like they should just kick/ban or use these tools to stop players when they have what they need in game.

There are no proper ingame admin tools like in DayZ here though and we're a bit thin on admins ingame but if anyone needs kicking if you shout it on our site, all admins have the rcon tool and can easily switch servers to give out bans and kicks. So on a plus side, not many admins currently ingame to worry about being idiots and thats also a downside but there is usually always an admin watching the shoutbox or at least close enough to check it frequently

I'll join tonight ToejaM,

I must admit the thought of being a dirty cop does sound interesting...although as you say in the sense of still doing my job, but perhaps making a little "extra" on the side.

How would i go about becoming one pal?

In the OP I've posted a recruitment thread linky mate but here it is again: clicky - Will try keep everyones server updated with this information so there is a choice of where to go

We have a private forum for whitelisted cops, primarily so I can make sure that new people recruited through the server know not to be knobs as theres a couple of small threads saying 'don't do this' ect

I'm not sure if there is a legit way of dealing with corrupt cops but I would say that if anyone is caught corrupt they should get a time out (blacklisted) as a cop before they are re-whitelisted but this is done at database level, otherwise there is no punishment for being a cop and AFAIK they cannot be jailed or fined unless they switch to civ.

A few things aswell about the mod:

The restraint system definitely needs to some work, a restrained player can be put in a car but they can get out / swap seats to driver so its often easier to just run them to the station to arrest them but if you're out and about, I suggest you have another player with you to stop them jumping in the drivers seat.. or a lethal weapon/tazer to get them out.

Vehicles keys do not save if you relog, you have to wait for the server to reboot to place your vehicle back in your garage (automatically done) or if you relog, leave your vehicle unlocked so you can take it to the garage to store and retrieve it.

If anyone else puts up a server, I'll put your recruitment links for police next to your recruitment status - I'll try keep it updated as much as possible, just get in touch which ever way you can and harass me

I'll be sorting out the autolog rotation and adding additional restarts, I think 6 hour restarts is too long for this version as there seems to be huge FPS drops after a while however I'm not sure of the state of skiddies/cheaters in Arma 3, we had someone nuke the server last night because he was arrested

If anyone knows of a better version, holla!

 

[ToejaM]

saw that video from frankieonpc the other day and thought it did look awesome.

I bet most admins wouldn't let you do what they did without booting you off the server though.

seeing as akula white listed them as rebels he must have been one of the admins

BTW do we need to install something to play this or is it just a mission downloaded from the server?

Yeah I scrubbed through that aswell and tbh, I can see why you would think admins wouldnt allow it but at the end of the day its down to the civilians and the police to deal with any rebels, not an admin issue.. if it looks like things are going to get tasty and you dont want to die, get out of there!

Frankie gets quite a fair bit of admin help on any servers he plays on but he's an entertainer, I'm surprised he doesn't run his own servers or have servers he has run for him - no doubt he could get free servers provided for him when ever he wanted though I imagine there is far too much politics involved with this and in honesty its nice he plays on random/public servers and in a sense, gives back to the community.. even if he does bring some turbomongs with him lol

Its just a mission file for Altis Life, no additional mods needed

 

[ToejaM]

JSRS and blastcore plox.

I've literally just removed this for the next restart as I think it maybe causing FPS issues! Keys should still work but I think it needs CBA running server side does it not? JSRS is not something I've ever really used server side

 

[ToejaM]

Its essentially a game of monopoly Martyn, you go around and earn money doing different things which you can use to buy supplies to either create havoc, stop havoc or fund your policing financial needs.

If you do something illegal it flags you as wanted, so if the police arrest you they get cash for doing so.

Its definitely a trolling game but if you dont want to be trolled, dont be in the wrong area or dont break the law!

People arguing with you about being arrested for shouting in public they are going to murder police, right infront of police is the funniest thing as they use "free speech" lets forget conspiracy to murder an officer here shall we? lol

In the Arma 2 mod, you could elect a police cheif every XX minutes (usually an hour iirc?) and they could decree marshall law in certain towns, this would bring bandits/rebels in but also get civilians involved in the action, just by being a civilian there you create work and experiences for people around you.

You get some funny personalities in Altis life, people having a bit of a laugh and even if you join the server to be a serial killer you'll likely lose to the size of the police force or even random civs.

Its very sandbox and will continue to evolve.

I do agree that the map sucks for this but maybe because Takistan life was so popular it just doesnt fit Altis.

I heard there was a property ownership mod for it, I cant find it though, that would be interesting.

 

[ToejaM]

That kind of poor admining won't happen on our server Spils, maybe a corrupt cop but nothing stopping you putting him down. Public cops don't get access to lethal weapons either

Melbo: No errors other than the usual "object not found" spam but wondering if its being exploited in some way, you should be able to connect with JSRS on, I cant remember if it needs to be activated server side to but many servers arent running it from what I've seen, at least in their launch parameters

 

[ToejaM]

Doesn't need to be running server side mate. Just CBA does. Only the keys for JSRS and blastcore need to be in the folder.

I tried with blastcore before and it wouldnt let me join, I googled the issue and it said about renaming the bikey/bisign key to a certain name but mine was already named that, confused.com - happy to give it another go.

I'll leave CBA enabled then dude and disable JSRS as an addon to the server, could have been that?

Also have logs being rotated and FTP access to them setup for admins, we are actually looking for mods/admins for this server. Need to learn whats naughty in the logs for 1) Arma 3 and 2) Altis Life, got any new obvious ones to look for (to arma3 server hosters here)

 

[ToejaM]

Please let me know if there are any tools employed as whitelisted cops, there are only 2 public ones and theres no way I have time to screen them all.. + the server needs cops to function properly.

Hopefully we'll get some flowers out of the manure!

Great Martyn, see you on!

The server is utterly rammed right now.

 

[ToejaM]

I dont think there is an impound lot arknor - it should be back at the garage where it gets stored so you can re-summon it.

We do need more admins to enforce the no killing around traders rule but its a 75man server with so much space to cover, we're a little thin on the ground!

 

[ToejaM]

Scotty: At the moment, no requirement - we dont have the regular player base to be that selective so if you've got the decency to ask first I think you're likely ahead!

arknor: that sounds like dangerous driving to me but not worthy of being shot for it, who was it?

 

[ToejaM]

yea just annoying the police people aren't really doing their jobs properly.

I'm happy enough to make a donation though when I can be bothered to register on the forum.

what would be awesome is if we did an OCUK cannon ball run assuming the cops wouldn't kill us but just issue speeding tickets and set up checkpoints

BTW you can make some nice money mining but it's a pain travelling al the way to the refinery and back to the dealer

I think its very new for a lot of people, I've seen A LOT of people saying in game they just bought A3, many saying because of Frankie and Jackfrags to, so many people want to be cops to be corrupt, people abusing global chat because they dont understand the etiquette of it. I've blacklisted a few already but its a hard process... the server is brand new so theres no police force in place to keep people on the straight and narrow.. not arresting for dumb reasons.

I think the initial rush will be something to just ride out. Until then though, murder the po po

 

[ToejaM]

Yeah if you have wrong server version its because you're running the dev build

I replied to your thread Phoru/Scotty

and no idea why you were kicked mate, signature failure maybe? I didnt see it

 

[ToejaM]

May be worth while reviewing your police, TJ, they don't seem to do owt about people murdering. Instead just hassle normal people walking around town.

Because people dont report where they were murdered using the cellphone system. You get reports in like

"My car was just stolen, help!"

"I was just robbed and murdered, help!"

"I'm locked out of my car, help!"

Theres never any locations given so there isn't anything they can do, most public cops will hang around in Kavala because thats where everyone spawns so they are probably testing things + can't afford to travel between cities in a vehicle.

If anyone needs assistance then they can jump on teamspeak and harass, I mean poke an officer there. Ingame its nuts, the chat moves so quickly with spam and other messages. The cellphone system isnt perfect as it doesnt remember messages you get.

I'd recommend if you want to get anything done you don't spawn in Kavala or if you do spawn there, you're very careful.

 

[ToejaM]

Yeah ingame is hectic, people spamming voice ect. I think if you taze someone they cant speak briefly or it cuts off their speech? I'd just pull the perp over to the side and if anyone follows and doesnt go away, deal with them leaving the other restrained.. cops need more ability ingame for sure.

Modapp is here: http://www.cpc-gaming.eu/modapp is not freely seen on the site as usually good mods will ask about it and it stops randomers walking into it

 

[ToejaM]

Check out the ban appeals forum on cpc guys, strictly taking no **** with the blatantly obvious abusing cops. Please report anything you see and I will look into it as a matter of urgency. As we're new I've had to blanket recruit but we already have some good people, I just need you guys to report the rest as I'm only one man and the other admins are slowly getting into learning the ropes ect.

There is also a "report issue" button on the site that can be used if you dont want your post to be public, all admins can see this.. no police can see it unless they are an admin and there have been no new admins since Altis Life started up!

I went undercover and banned two of them last night though, will be doing the same constantly.

For anyone here that wants to be a cop, see the OP for the link - recruitment says its closed but for OCUK members here just lemme know you're from here and we'll work something out

As Witcher said aswell, I'm putting together a video of last night.. hopefully you guys will enjoy it but I can't post it here as its not racist/homophobic it just has lots of swearies in!

 

[ToejaM]

Duffyman is going around handcuffing people and then leaving them in the middle of the road etc.
I'll get a video uploaded to fraps.
bah I only recorded about a minute but you can see him run off.
some other ocuker will prob back me up as loads of people started complaining about him

poop quality but you get the idea.

He tazed me and another guy for nothing as I was headed to buy a backpack.
tried to fine me $1000.
then I started to record
a third guy even comes along asking what is happening to us, the cop starts shooting towards him for no reason then runs after him and never comes back.

Blacklisted as a cop so he'll not even be able to use the public slots, cheers bud

 

[ToejaM]

Yeah thats an awesome video

 

[ToejaM]

A few aye Witcher LOL

If anyone here is still interested in being a whitelisted cop, see the OP for a link to recruitment

 

[ToejaM]

Just made a donation on your website toejam since I'm enjoying the server so much

Cheers mate, very generous of you!

@dlknight - Nothing in the rules against it, if you're not in combat or being chased/restrained/under arrest ect then feel free to do the same. The simple fact is, Altis is too big, even if the entire cop side was full to police it entirely, the whole police force was in Kavala at the time and I suck at piloting in A3 so I don't do it.

I could easily say I was in Pyrgos already but yeah we were in Kavala, if you rob the Federal Reserve I would expect a swift response as really we should have people in each town but stagging on in a town in a game like this isn't fun gameplay for anyone!

I think we had about 7 cops on at the time to cover the entire server and we often (admins) have to keep killing ourselves to go check out first hand issues of police abuse which is why I was back in Kavala to begin with, as we were up in Sofia before and I was about to head down to the Fed Reserve and sit around there but as above I keep having to go back to Kavala to deal with knobheads.

You say its not fairplay but equally its not fairplay to rob the bank when no-ones around to defend it!

I actually recorded the attack:

You definitely need to keep a better eye on that bridge with your chopper pilot!

I think we've responded to all the Fed Reserve robberies today heh, the first two today we were in a chopper and near the area anyway. Probably needs to be a trigger than only allows the robbery when X amount of cops are on IMO otherwise there is only so much that can be done.

You guys knew we were coming when you saw us die so that was a good warning, you could argue that people can spawn anywhere and die in anyway.. its just how the game is but if you rob the bank, surely you want it to be exciting!?

Its not something that can be policed easy and if it was banned it would just be a nightmare, I don't want to spend all week doing paperwork, some things just have to be allowed until controlled by the mission file. Imagine if there was a rebel attack in a city, you can guarantee that the entire server will respawn there.

If anyone wants to contribute by adding a mechanism that only allows the robbery when XX amount of cops are online, holla but the mission is very early doors and a lot needs to be perfected for sure.

Edit: Also, banned those two guys you mentioned as they'd been doing similar beforehand aswell.

 

[ToejaM]

LOL

I've bumped the slots up to 70 now, will try again with 75 tomorrow night and see how it handles.

I reckon I can streamline the mission to allow for more but I'd say theres definitely not a lack of action as a cop, especially with the fed/reserve!

Will look into some of the other scripts people are running but I think many of them have server side changes aswell and no-ones sharing :/