Possiable Realistic Events?

[SirMoo]

I've wondering if some events would be possible and to what degree within the free play game. I was re-skinning a brush truck white with the Metro Freeway Service Patrol logo and it got me to wondering if it's possible to add minor incidents like flat tire, out of fuel and even things like engine trouble which would require sending out a Tech agent and fixing the vehicle. I remember there being something like this in the game or was it EM3?

I know we have a lot of Federal Unit, but one of my favorite is not there. The US Marshal Service plays an interesting role in protection and fugitive recovery. Can events like scripting in "Federal Agents request assistance" where the goal would be to prevent a person from getting killed as well as arresting the villain and moving the target to a safe location on the map. - Furthermore is it possible to spawn a mini-version of the VIP Escort mission onto the Free Play map, where you have a prisoner transport that comes from off map and takes fire. Minus the whole stopping and starting ( which would be done under it's own will ).

Next I was wondering about using the ATF or DEA ( which we don't have? ) units for things like weapons sales which could be very basic like arresting the two people and searching the general area for weapons ( Ie a house or so ). This could be furthered if we could bring narcotics into this, IE drug busts. Similar events could be set up to happen near Train stations or subways and airports to give Boarder Patrol and Customs more use within the game. That or add illegal aliens.

Are things like this possible to be added to a game? Is there abilities to script this in into a free play world or would it have to stick strictly to missions? Remember I'm not asking for the features just wondering if it could logically be inserted into the current system.

[Kookas]

The first one - should be possible to do it.

Raids in LA mod would be great and are possible, yeah.

[Steve Winters]

You have some really good ideas. I agree. They should work. Not for me to tell you that because I don't script. However, someone with higher knowledge of this area would be able to help you with this if your wanting to make a submod or something out of this. Or if its alright, I'll try and include it in my new mod I hope to get permission to make and release.

[SirMoo]

Honestly I wish I knew how to do it. I tried to at one point in time by giving the follow values when the police pulls over a car a random event, I tried a few ways and was forced to ask Hoppah for help... To which I think he's added it as a default to the game now.

If someone wants to give some of these a try feel free, I'd love to see this in action and want to try it out.

However, someone with higher knowledge of this area would be able to help you with this if your wanting to make a submod or something out of this.

Help? Ha. Right. It would be more like drag me along while they did it. I can read a script and understand parts how they work and what they do... But to start from scratch. Neh. I normally end up in the corner rocking back and forth crying.