Development Update | April, 2020

Quick development update to let you know where we stand on things aside from script updates.

Server Script Update (v1.4) | New Clothing Store | April, 2020

This update adds in a new clothing store with extra functionality!
 

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Features & Adjustments

• Added new Clothing Store
  • You can find clothing stores in Paleto and Los Santos. Look for a clothes/t-shirt icon on the map
  • Clothing stores let you change clothes, props (watches, jewellary, etc) as well as textures.
  • NOTE: If your character was created prior to OwlV 1.0, you will be given a token on spawn for a one time free visit to the Clothing Store. After which, in-game currency costs will be applied based on the changes made.
• Admins are now given a confirmation GUI with entity details when deleting entities (e.g. properties, vehicles, elevators).

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where donator tokens applied to an accounts other characters would show on all characters
  • This led people to believe they had more tokens than they actually did
  • This was purely a UI bug and did NOT enable people to spend multiple tokens they did not have

Server Script Update (v1.3a) | New PayDay + World/Business Blips! | April, 2020

This update adds in a new pay day system as well as world/business blips.
 

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Features & Adjustments

• New pay day system
  • Pay days no longer show / spam in the chatbox, instead the player receives a notification and can then use /ShowPayDay to see a more detailed overview
• Added world / business blips
  • This allows blips to be created in real time for RP hotspots and/or businesses/points of interest (e.g. Pink Swan) to allow them to be more easily found by players
  • Contact a member of the UAT / make a report to have your blip request reviewed

Server Script Update (v1.3) | New Barber & More | April, 2020

This update adds in a new barber shop with extra functionality! and more!
 

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Features & Adjustments

• Added new Barber Shop
  • You can find barber shops in Paleto and Los Santos. Look for a scissors icon on the map
  • Barber shop will let you change:
    • Head hair styles, colors and highlights
    • Chest hair styles, colors, highlights and opacity
    • Facial hair styles, colors, highlights and opacity
  • NOTE: If your character was created prior to OwlV 1.0, you will be given a token on spawn for a one time free visit to the Barber. After which, in-game currency costs will be applied based on the changes made.
• Added automated advertisements for taxi drivers
• Added /togplate for admins
  • This command lets you hide your vehicle plate, to RP having a covered/removed license plate.
  • Command is admin only to avoid abuse
  • Make an admin report (F2) to have your RP / request reviewed.
• Refreshed the player list

Server Script Update (v1.2a) | April, 2020

This update contains bug fixes and contains various quality of life improvements.

Fixes

• 0003514: keybinds not being set right
• 0003511: weird nametag?
• 0003515: Random guns desync - Causing vehicles to crash
• Fixed bug where player ids weren't being re-used in some cases after a player left
• Fixed bug where government blips would go out of sync
• Fixed a client crash
• Fixed general report type not working
• Fixed wrong info about CK apps in F2

Adjustments

• Added /backup for government factions
  • Blip flashes, draws GPS route, plays an alert sound and notifies all government factions
• Government duty blips now show direction of the person
• Government factions can now set a unit number /setunitnumber
  • A random unit number is assigned upon going on duty
• Government duty blips now show the unit number
• /setvehcolor cmd for admins
• /setage cmd for admins
• /setplayerinveh for admins
• Allow copy to clipboard of item value from inventory

Server Script Update (v1.2) | Tattoos | March, 2020

This update adds in tattoos! Visit a tattoo artist for some sweet body artwork today!
 

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Features & Adjustments

• Added tattoos
  • You can find tattoo parlors in Paleto and Los Santos. Watch the tutorial or look for a 'T' on the map
  • NOTE: If your character was created prior to OwlV 1.0, you will be given a token on spawn for a one time free visit to the Tattoo Artist. After which it costs $25 per tattoo.
• Added tattoo tutorial steps

Fixes

• 0003504: Watch item displays the wrong time

Server Script Update (v1.1) | New Character Creation, New HUD, Re-designed GUIs, Bugfixes & More! | March, 2020

This update adds an entire new character creation, new HUD, re-designed GUI's plus much more, and bug fixes on top of that!

Q&A

• When can existing characters access tattoos?
  • We're actually trending ahead of where we thought we would be with tattoo artist
  • We are aiming to launch the new Tattoo Artist store within 24-48 hours.
• When can existing characters access other new character creation features?
  • Please refer to the Character Customization Roadmap: https://forums.owlgaming.net/topic/109756-character-customization-activities-roadmap-march-2020/

• How much will new features cost?
  • Legacy characters will be given free tokens to utilize each new store/feature once.
• How is server stability looking?
  • I'm happy to announce that despite the multiple events and strong player activity we've had in the past week, our server uptime hit 8 days solid
  • The restart 8 days ago was for a script update to enable the fishing event - not a crash
• How can I give ideas and feedback?
  • Yannick, Chaos, Jer & myself are implementing much, much more than just the below, and we need to hear from you as to what you think the priorities should be. Please contribute to the Community Development Roadmap Yannick posted earlier this week: https://forums.owlgaming.net/topic/109791-developers-roadmap-now-its-your-turn/

Features & Adjustments

• New character creation (body blemishes, chest hair, props, tattoos(25 per char), textures, better ui, bug fixes, etc, attach screenshots)
  • Entirely re-created and re-designed interface
  • Options are now all contained on one interface, meaning no more back and forth to customize your character
  • Added body blemishes
  • Added chest hair
  • Added tattoos (up to 25 per character)
  • Added texture options to clothing
  • Same gender parents are now supported, enabling more character types
  • You can now toggle clothing on and off to better see your body, tattoos, etc
  • Fixed a bug where sliders would be difficult to control / scroll with mouse
  • Selector boxes using up/down arrows now also allow the user to type in a specific ID/number
  • Added new items from DLC to all parts of character creation
  • User now confirms character creation before finalizing character
• Character selection is now ordered by last used
• Added support for automatically spawning in as your preferred character (rather than being taken to character selection)
  • To use this, click the character once, and choose enable (or disable) auto-spawn
• New UI styles
  • Character Selection
  • Character Creation
  • Notifications
  • Achievements
  • Message boxes & prompts
• New Minimal HUD
  • Less intrusive HUD while roleplaying
  • Speed limit sign is now smaller
  • Speed limit sign now only shows when the speed limit has changed (for 3 seconds before fading out)
  • Weapons and ammo now only show when changing (for 3 seconds before fading out)
  • Time has been removed from HUD (You can now see the time by using or showing the Watch item)
  • Money has been removed from HUD (you can now see your on-hand cash in the inventory UI)
  • Version text has been removed from HUD
• Camera now pans smoothly with an effect when selecting a character to spawn as
• Added a control (Z key by default) to change between normal minimap, full map mode, and large minimap (see pictures below)
• Changed camera FOV's to be wider
• Pagination on character selection now only shows when there are more than 1 page worth of characters
• Added Government OOC (/gooc)
• Decreased radio distance for nearby players
• Added more prisoner skins for males
• Added female prisoner skin

Fixes

• Fix bug where pd mdc couldnt retrieve mod or dlc vehicles
• 0003489: When taking an item during a frisk and inventory is full it takes the item but doesn't give it to the frisker
• Fixed a bug where inventory would not reset correctly between characters
• Fixed bug with sheriffs deputy hat being wrong color

Update

Sick of writing pages and pages in order to get onto a server for roleplay? We've now made the process to join Owl V shorter / simpler. Meaning less writing for all and allowing you to jump right into roleplaying.

Server Script Update (v0.1.3) | Furniture, Pets, Early Debt Payback & More! | February, 2020

This update adds furniture, editing of Rockstar interiors!, pets and early debt payback plus much more, and bug fixes!

Features & Adjustments

• Furniture system
  • Currently 914 furniture items are available
  • Furniture is bought via the furniture store (check the map!)
  • Bought furniture is stored in a furniture slot in the inventory - you can carry 5 at a time
  • Hit 'edit interior' when inside a property to edit it (if you have permissions)
  • Multiple people can edit the property at once, so feel free to collaborate with your friends/faction members!
  • Bought a property filled with Rockstar furniture? Right click on the furniture to remove it
• Pets
  • Pets can be bought via the donator menu for 500GC
  • Pets last forever and do not need to be renewed
  • Pets appear in your inventory, use them to show/hide the pet
  • Pets are named upon first
  • You can own as many pets as you like - but only one can be visible at any time
  • Currently available are: Boars, Cats, Chickens, Chop (from SP), Cormorants, Coyotes, Hens, Huskies, Pigs, Poodles, Rabbits, Rats, Golden Retrievers, Rottweilers, German Shepherds and Westies.
• Bank: Added faction transfers (faction to play and faction to faction)
• Bank: Debts can now be paid off early, in full or partially (for vehicles & properties, both player & faction owned)
• Bank: UI now shows debts individually (per property/vehicle) rather than combined
• Added points of interest to map as blips
• Admin reports & related alerts no longer require the admin to be on duty
• Added screenshot mode by using the minus button on keyboard
• Death no longer automatically respawns you
  • You can wait for paramedics, or use /respawn to manually respawn at the hospital

Fixes

• Stability improvements
• Fixed a bug where cars could be customized with invalid plates
• Fixed a bug where item-based donator perks could be consumed when the item wasn't actually granted due to lack of inventory space
• Fixed various bugs with Discord bug
• Improved async loading to improve clientside performance/framerate
• Fixed a bug with property inactivity protection would not applying under certain circumstances (didn't affect any live properties)
• 0003378: /setintentrance and /setintexit moves marker to waistline