Developer Diary #7 - Screenshots... screenshots everywhere...

[Daniels 1,448]

Time for another OwlGaming V Developer Diary! This one has enough media to kill your browser.

 

Be sure to tick "HD" on the video player settings if you want to watch in high quality.

 

Chatbox

We implemented a new chatbox. The new chatbox lets you customize many elements including:

• Number of chat lines
• Number of chat tabs
• Display name of each chat tab
• Filter which types of messages are shown in each tab to help reduce spam and improve readability so you can focus more on your RP

 

Inactive tabs show how many unread messages you have so you can be sure not to miss anything!

 

Check out the video below to see the new chatbox in action. Note that the settings page design is still a WIP.

 

Achievements

We are introducing an achievement system for V which rewards players in a purely cosmetic fashion for actions performed in game and progression made throughout their time spent on Owl.

 

These achievements do not impact game play in anyway and achievements points can not be spent on any in game item or content. They are purely an OOC progression system.

 

We're interested to hear what you think about this, so please give us feedback below.

 

Police Radar

Police cruisers now include a radar system which reads the license plate of the vehicle in front and within range, as well as the speed. This system also allows the officer to easily run an MDC check on the plate when driving behind a vehicle.

 

Officers are also able to manually position a trigger zone for the speed/plate detector rather than using the automated one, enabling officers to perform speed traps.

 

Below is a screenshot of the system during development to show how we pick a target for the automated system. Check out the beta screenshots below for more examples of this system, including speed traps.

 

 

 

Duty System & Clothing Stores

Clothing stores have been added, allowing players to change their clothes on both premade characters and custom skins.

 

We also added support for skin customization with regards to Duty skins, for all government factions. Check out examples of the cool uniforms you can create below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

UAT Extended Beta

We've been hosting larger 'everyone on' beta test periods, similar to how we schedule UAT meetings. These sessions involve getting the entire UAT and V Development Team on to both RP and perform non-RP actions to try and break things / find bugs as well as determining how suitable the script is for roleplay.

 

This test went well. We found a couple of bugs which have since been resolved and overall we were impressed with the stability of both the script and the modification itself.

 

Now for the fun...

 

Character selection

 

Character selection preview

 

CKed character preview

 

Achievement list

 

Unlocking an Achievement

 

 

Fighting with a suspect

 

We pulled out the tank for this one... but he sort of caught himself for us...

 

Rocket cars - this needs no description (NOTE: these won't be available at your local car store, sorry)

 

Buying an Ammunation, complete with a Realtor sign

 

Stunting with a rocket car and backhoe

 

Police ASU taking off

 

 

Duty skin

 

Running a speed trap with ThatGuy

 

 

Music Festival (and an example of notifications)

 

 

The latest PD vehicle purchase...

 

Traffic stop

 

An Ode to GTA San Andreas

 

Pulling out the big guns for this felon

 

A visit to the Sheriffs dept

 

RIP, the first CK of Owl V

 

Worst Uber driver ever

 

Catching a ride

 

Arresting ThatGuy with $10 bail

 

 

Ticketing

 

Group fire fighting

 

Hoverbikes and chases

 

 

 

Using the police searchlight

 

Our player list

 

Out on patrol

 

 

 

Outtakes

When we script a lot, we end up with a few funny bugs along the way:

 

This dog is pretty dank with his backpack and M4

 

 

Gingerbread men

 

With our new item system, you have to carry your weed on your genitals

 

 

Got skills in Mapping ?

We are hiring mappers for GTA V. This is your chance to have a direct impact on the project and make your mark. Reach out to me on the forums or on Discord to find out more information!

 

Special Thanks to the staff

As always, the UAT has been awesome in helping us test new features.

 

A special thanks to @Chaos and @Eloquent for their efforts in scripting the above.

 

As always, feel free to reach out to us below or via Discord with any questions, concerns, ideas, etc.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read the developer diary and we look forward to making OwlGaming the number one place to roleplay in both GTA V and MTA.

[MrFocus 625]

very nice

[WickJeffe 367]

very nice

[eoozy 2,677]

4 minutes ago, WickJeffe said:

very nice

Very nice commenting here 

[Bullet7 24]

Keep it up.

[Skateboard 179]

It’s coming along nice good work 

[Demon1 326]

Release it already!

[Yannick 1,082]

-100000? Is the strip club that expensive?

[DrellZ 19]

Awesome!

[Viacuresa 7]

43 minutes ago, Daniels said:

 

YEAH DO NOT YELL, #eagertojoinit

[EDR 892]

very nice

[DetectedStorm 72]

very very very nice

[Fernando16 351]

very very very very nice !!!

[MythicalSavage 7]

Barrack Nobama.

[ItsMelodyy 665]

Great scriping! Can't wait to see the server in action.

[ReeMoO 255]

Great work, keep it up guys.

[fluX 247]

the meat man is here

[Sergeant 331]

Looks amazing, best of luck for you guys!

[iii 1,603]

memes

 

keep it up!

[UrkinMyGurkin 550]

is this on samp

[BremboBG 255]

Hella nice

[mTamas 273]

Nice, is there going to be an RP server too?

[patrick 187]

[DrJoseEviI 3,910]

7 minutes ago, mTamas said:

Nice, is there going to be an RP server too?

No 

1 hour ago, UrkinMyGurkin said:

is this on samp

Yes

[UrkinMyGurkin 550]

2 minutes ago, DrJoseEviI said:

 No 

 Yes

ok then my microwave can run it