Towing ...

[CBFasi]

The re-introduction of towing has shown there to be a number of players who like to troll.., like to piss others off, like to have fun at others expense.

Those that are doing this are showing themselves to be selfish idiots who care for no-one else.

To tow locked and government cars.
People used it, and are using it as a way to troll cops.
A way to get suspected and a way to have fun over the expense of others.
I don't see why it's fun when I try to RP with someone.
And a towtrucker comes by, /tow and my car is gone.
Guy that I pulled over is like 'LALALALALALA' and drives off.

There may not be any direct rules against it, and apparently in rs4 there was!

Valid thought ...
If you are using a towtruck to move a vehicle you do not have the ability to move via driving, that COULD be considered script abuse, using features in the script to do something that script otherwise stops you from doing.

You can be BANNED for script abuse... so towing a cop car, a fbi car, a locked car CAN see you banned if the admin wishes it...

Towing was introduced to bring in another way to RP, buts its damn clear that quite a number of players have no wish to use it for RP but to piss other players off ..

If someone has parked a locked vehicle across a route you need to use then all means move it out of the way but not across the map, not dump it ..

If pd has asked you to recover abandoned vehicles for money, make sure you know who asked you so if stopped you can say who asked you to do it, you may even get money for it.

Each time you misuse features we introduce like this, the less likely we will introduce other features as all you lot see to do is misuse them!

Consider others in your actions, and consider what maybe removed if your actions stay like they are !

[Johan_S]

Noted.

[tom-de-boer]

I will certainly keep this in mind and spread it over the members of Angels Towing co.

[Yasko]

Noted.

[Tovenaarke]

I'm happy the script is back 

For all kind of abuse, think about it first, then act. For all kinds you can receive a punishment...

[tom-de-boer]

I'm happy the script is back 

For all kind of abuse, think about it first, then act. For all kinds you can receive a punishment...

I can still tow unused police vehicles, which are locked.. back to the LSPD parking lot, right?

[Brian]

I can still tow unused police vehicles, which are locked.. back to the LSPD parking lot, right?

I doubt anyone would make a big issue out of it if you do it to assist it, and actually roleplay with it. The issue is that people just drive by and /tow, steal the cop car just to annoy them.

[Rei]

Perfect..

[tom-de-boer]

I doubt anyone would make a big issue out of it if you do it to assist it, and actually roleplay with it. The issue is that people just drive by and /tow, steal the cop car just to annoy them.

Alright.

[Exterminator]

So is it against the rules to tow your truck to get to places faster?

Seems like everybody is doing it and nobody's punishing them.

[Thomas 'Leroy' Crof]

If, for instance, a cop pulls over a person that is driving their personal - locked - vehicle, and you wish to roleplay you are impounding his vehicle. Would it be allowed to tow it, or would it be considered script abuse since you wouldn't be able to drive that vehicle?

[Comrade]

If you are using a towtruck to move a vehicle you do not have the ability to move via driving, that COULD be considered script abuse, using features in the script to do something that script otherwise stops you from doing.

Please define "could". In what context would that be?
The way I see it, towing a car you're not able to access by scripts (e.g. it's locked) is not abuse because you're not breaking the first script. You are not unlocking the car, you are moving a locked car. It's really no different than pushing locked cars away with another car, and that's isn't considered script abuse, is it? I cannot see this as scripts abuse, but rather as "emergent gameplay".

Not to mention the RP context that this functionality can be used in...
Person A owes Person B money. Person A doesn't want to pay. Person B takes a towtruck and forcefully relocates Person A's locked car as compensation until Person A pays Person B back his money.
Of course, Person A can just log off and then log back in to re-spawn the car, but that would actually be script abuse by definition, as he's logging off not to quit, but to utilise the car re-spawn script to get his car back.

[Marcel]

So is it against the rules to tow your truck to get to places faster?

Seems like everybody is doing it and nobody's punishing them.

Easy to solve by scripting: make fuel consumption go up dramatically when towing large vehicles.

[Mr. Goobii]

This is why I think tow trucking should be limited to mechanics only! Easier for administration to spot rulebreaker and make mechanics more attractive.

Anyway, good that we finally, as it was back in RS4, that people can be banned for such, it's so annoying when someone comes and take your group/locked vehicle away

[CBFasi]

I can still tow unused police vehicles, which are locked.. back to the LSPD parking lot, right?

That is fine, its those towing them away from the pd's that are causing problems...