New command for COP / RES [PLEASE READ]

[Quattro10V]

Hey guys,

I was playing the other evening when a call came in that someone had crashed on HW1. Myself and a few other units from the police, ambulance and fire service also made their way to the scene. We found a vehicle had flipped over the wall and was unable to move due to being on its roof.

We decided to try and help the driver. It was a complex incident, which resulted in a whole carriage way being closed in one direction, plus one lane on the opposing side, to allow for a contraflow system and also movement of the emergency vehicles!

It was a super realistic, and super fun scenario which sparked some great ideas and some quick thinking, particularly from [TC] Ash; he spawned barriers, cones, signs and warning lights all over the scene to prevent further accidents, as well as making big announcements appear across the screen which warned and notified other drivers of the incident, and to avoid the area. This appeared to have great effect, and sparked an idea in my head.

A few people I've mentioned the idea to have agreed with me in saying that it may be very beneficial to COPs, TOWs and RESs - I was saying to Ash how it's a shame people outside of TC can't be trusted with spawning items, as undoubtedly it would end in chaos..

My idea is to add a new command available to the 2 emergency, and one voluntary (that being TOW) which automatically creates a message in bold writing across the screen (the same way admins can), stating that there has been an accident, with the road name and whether it's closed, open, or just partially blocked.

That's the basic idea, the ability to broadcast a message to all people in game, simply notifying them of any on going incidents.

I was thinking an !announce command could be useful, however that wouldn't allow for the customisation of letting others know whether it was completely closed or just partially blocked, as the command would just run a set script.

The other option would be to have a system a bit like the ticket menu, where you can select a preset option to allow for more realism / info. For example, there could be a drop down menu where the HOME button is for when in SZ, and it could bring down a menu which had options such as:

INCIDENT TYPE: (FOLLOWED BY A LIST) ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISION, HAZARD ON ROAD etc etc.

STATUS: (FOLLOWED BY A LIST) CLOSED, OPEN, PARTIALLY BLOCKED, DELAYED etc etc.

Clicking 'CONFIRM' or something along those lines, would print the message across the screen with the selected details, and automatically pickup your location by making use of the !direction command.

I feel this would be a crucial system for the emergency services within TC to use, as it seemed to work the other evening, and would also add to realism. Not only that, but if respected, it will genuinely prevent further accidents, further chaos and unwanted, unneeded arguments from arising.

Cheers for reading my ramble - I appreciate it could take a while to build / design / put in place, but it really would be great, so let me know what you think!