Hi,

New month, new changes.  This month things are slowly getting back on track for re-opening from Coronavirus, while others go back to lockdown.  Things keep spinning around and every day feels the same, except for the staff members and players who will now experience new batch of activity and staff members in game!  This month had a lot of the old staff members come back to the team, so welcome them with a lots of virtual kisses and hugs and if you know them you shouldn't be doing so because of social distancing! ("how dare you..." - Greta Thunberg is angry!!!!)  However, the changes are as following:

Promoted to Game Admins
Neo - Harry - Ryzz

Promoted to Senior Admins
Denchokan - Six

Promoted to Server Managers
Lucifer (aka CO2)

Congratulations everyone!

On another side, one of our fellow long term administrators Gomez has been relieved from the admin team because of his in real life priorities.  We wish him all the best of luck, and he'll be re-instated at his old position upon his arrival again if he ever wishes to do so.  Good luck in your endeavours and have fun, because that's what truly is the most important in life!

Hey everyone!

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Hi,

Originally thought of it as a discussion on Discord, but deemed more important to do so on the forums and here we are -- This thread is completely dedicated to discussing pros and cons with each mod, and how the server is effected with use of each of it;

SA-MP Addon a very popular mod that's used by lots of people for the soul reason of FPS increments, game bug fixes and more.  However, the mod has a severe flaw (or advantage), that is allowing players to shoot others on fire, which means that everyone using this mod has a clear advantage over everyone else (yes, Eastly... <insert angry gamer faces here>).  So I have came to the conclusion of sharing my opinions and getting your feedback in return regards to whether the use of such mods should be disqualified and rendered void by banning, or overcoming it by a solution that might work (but effect other players) or forcing everyone to use it.  This mod also allows 0.3.DL players to connect to 0.3.7 servers, so bare this in mind before commenting.

The problem:  Shooting others on fire.
The solution:  Removing the weapon from the player's hand when they are on fire, or completely banning the use of the mod.
The link to the mod if you wish to read more about it -- however, use of it is controversial at this point so don't do it! (https://gtaforums.com/topic/760017-samp-addon/)

Please discuss whether which one fo the approach should be utilised!

If you believe you have any other mod that provides might have a controversial use, then feel free to drop me a PM or if there's something I missed in regards to this mod, then please add it here.  Other mods found or presented in the right channels will be discussed in this thread as well. However, don't interject one mod during the conversation of another unless really important!

v10.8.2
Implemented on: July 6th, 2020 @ 9:36 PM (BST/ GMT + 1)

Languages:
- Added multi language support in the code base.
- In the meanwhile, contributors are going to be busy with helping translate important bits of the server into different languages.

Clans:
- Added disconnection messages for clan members. (Suggested by Blackberry)
- Minor improvements to the code.

Classes:
- Scouts can capture zones slightly faster now. This is to give Scout players a reason to play the class even more!

Battle Royale:
- Decreased minimum players required to 5.
- The weather is now normal and only windy when in the fallout. Assuming this is the reason why people don't play it.

Events:
- More improvements to the event system. (Thanks to every admin! esp. Denchokan, Proxus, Assassin and Neo)

Happy Hour:
- Players who have been playing on the server for more than 30+ minutes by the time happy hour ends get +10 score points. (Suggested by Master)

Playerbase Restrictions:
- Heavy Vehicles (Sea Sparrow and Rhino) now unlock at 10+ players (locks when < 10).
- Heavy Air Vehicles (Hunter and Hydra) now unlock at 20+ players instead of 31+ (locks when < 20).

Discord:
- Ped was tortured to not send his unfunny messages on Discord.
- Updated some commands to now use embeds.
- Added color coding to the !stats embed depending on the user's online status.


((The red means offline, the green means online!))

Capture Zones
- Fixed a bug regarding capture zones. (Thanks to Assassin for pointing it out!)
- Improved the /locate internally and added a new feature that now allows team mates to locate without the stresser's effect.

Vehicles:
- Damages to players in tank are now completely void.  This means you need to either jack the person or destroy their tank.
- Drive-by now allows switching to Pistols and have a small delay to avoid switch spam.

Misc
- Reworked some code regarding damage system.
- Added /adshelp message (Thanks to Laiser)
- Typo fixes.
- Snipers miss range was decreased from 15m to 10m.
- Radar dishes mapped in the server now move to give more life to the atmosphere of the game.
- ... And lots of subtle changes.

Hi,

Recent developmental updates have helped us make strides for further enhancements of different parts of the game as primary server classes, weapons and zones are more balanced and fair to play, this includes Clans, Regional Communities and more.

This marks almosts 9 years since when LGSAMP was originally founded and over the years of community shuffling and different attempts at promising players a fun server to play -- of which, none were successful as much as this, we remember what makes us different and better is taking your feedback seriously.

Firstly, I would like to introduce the Game Design team, including Matty, JxC, Neo and admins -- The game design team discusses ideas internally and makes decisions in regards to moves and changes that you have been seeing in the last few months, this included the weapon damages, class balances, UI changes, map enhancements and more tiny improvements...

v10.8.1
Implemented on: June 16th, 2020 @ 9:20 AM (BST/ GMT + 1)