I say have two options. The current tow truck for regular cars and whatnot and a flatbed for the heavy stuff. Flatbed would have a ram or something to get the car up and a winch would be used to pull it up.

If you have not installed the TDM SVN here is the truck URL: http://gmod-dl.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/TDMCarpack/

Since, based on the vote so far and the obvious outcome, TDM vehicles will be the majority of the vehicles in the game and will replace many current sickness ones I thought about the skins TDM offers. If you looked at my video for the thread I made of a Jeep Wrangler and Ford Crown Victoria rotating you can see three variants of skins and body groups on the Jeep Wrangler and the Ford. The ford isn't TDM but it does get the idea across.

Your gona see me mention the Jeep constantly, its just a perfect example because it has so many add-ons. Plus I already had the video made.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAjNQ9wBGbU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAjNQ9wBGbU</a>
- Jeep Rotating
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_flsTOPU0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_flsTOPU0</a>
- Ford Crown Victoria Rotating

1) My idea is that we add these as options to vehicles. Either by going to someone to customize and/or getting them on purchase. Most TDM vehicles offer skins and some have body groups. Although some skins may not change the vehicle that much or at all some others would have use for them. For example if you looked at the Jeep on the spinning wheel you saw a black hard-top roof and the flares were black too. On the others the roof was painted, the painted ones are other skins. And then there is even more detail into the Jeep, look at the hood for the one on the wheel, then look at the one with a snorkel on the left, and the regular hood on the right. And even more! The bumper changes, in that showcase I display two of the three bumpers it can get, a heavy duty one with a winch and just one that is basically a ram looking thing.
And that isn't all, but there is too much to mention.

Now we want unique vehicles, something like this I feel would bring a lot more in. Lets say 20 people own the Jeep (Because it is the most amazing car of all time duuuu  ) it would look boring seeing them in six or seven colors all the same. If they were slightly different it would be much nicer to see. And just think real life, you see a car of the same model, is it always the same? Or customized?

Now my idea for how this would work is when you purchase the car and/or customize it with an NPC there is a little slider. As you move it, it shows the changes as you move it across for the skin, and the same thing with all of the body groups.

2) Now, if it's "too complex" (which it isn't) here is another idea. Again the Jeep, lets say you buy it stock, nothing shows up on it. Regular old jeep, regular bumper no nothing. If you get armor on it, it could change the skin, bumper and maybe add other stuff like a skirt and wing. Just another idea I am throwing out there.

The Doctor, could you please update this thread for the new system we use for tow truck drivers. How to repair now and whatnot.

SWAT auto gets a bullet proof vest.

With police, perhaps we can incorporate it into the levels system so higher up you go better armour you get( so like 0 for croot, then 50,100,150,200,250) or whatever.

Chief should auto get it also not sure if he does.

I was thinking the same thing....but maybe a little different. I wanted two types of armor only, light and heavy. Current armor would be counted as heavy and then a new light armor made for police and civilians. So civilians could spend like 1000 bucks instead of 1800ish to make armor. However it wouldn't do as much.

If you don't like that then I still wouldn't mind what you suggested above.

I think if you hit e on the pots it automatically aligns them? I don't remember how exactly.

Hitting E does so yea, harder to organize pots now with just hands.

-Support
Increase in pay checks will cause it to become a grind as a police officer, barley making any money to making a normal ammount of wage money. I also believe Crap-head said that no such system was going to be implemented, ranks are to make the roles over officers more diverse, not to fill your wallet faster.

I get what you are saying, but it would be so small it wouldn't do much. Maybe in an hour you make 840 (At 70 dollar salary), but because of your new rank you make another five dollars then it is 900, and maybe you get a little bit past 1k an hour. That's not much difference being made with such a system. Also, in an hour of growing weed you make 13500 if you average 15 weed every 5 minutes as a gold member with max herbalism. So really, there isn't much difference and it doesn't farm money, at all.

Someone mentioned this on TS earlier with Karma, forget what he said if anything but it may be possible, even if Crap-Head doesn't like it.

+SUPPORT

Quote from: Nick on May 18, 2013, 01:13:29 PM

We need to bring back names on doors, for one reason, I know it was a good idea cause cops will be forced to look up the property in their computer, but also, take into account the "raiding same person within 6 hours rule" You don't know if you can really raid them cause there's no name, and if you lockpick in, possibly break lockpicks, you won't take off just because you see their name and you're like ohh raided them, bye. I'm not saying this is a bad concept, i'm saying it needs tweaking.

I don't like this reason be, this could be abused and remove the purpose of the police PC.  It would be better to just not go to that house again.  Easier to just role play it out then to have this implemented.

Agreeed Bishop. It is fine right now, if you are worried about raiding the same person(s) well find out another way. Bringing it back would have more cons than pros.

Wakeboard you had a jeep?
Just got a new one about six months ago. LOVE IT! Gona start offroading in the summer when I go upstate. You ever done that with yours if you had? Need tips.