In General I have the majority of the storyline written in my head but I don't want it to all be my ideas. If there is anyone who wants to pitch in some mission ideas storyline suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thus Far I know the beginning and the end of the story and how I would like it to end. It's the middle of it that I would like someone to help me out with. I am willing to share my ideas so that the continuity remains solid and makes sense. Feel free  to post ideas here or send me a pm if you would like.

Ive been pondering some stuff, thinking about some movies ideas, like the Godfather.

But heading that way, we are crossing over what has been done, and I have not heard anything from you mate?

Everything ok?

Been very busy as of late between this project plus others I have spread myself rather  thin. The script that I had written for a friend of mine is finally complete so that is one less headache that I have to contend with. Lastly I had a problem with internet connection since the guys who were installing Verizon Fios here in my neighborhood cut our line and then took their sweet time to repair it. So almost 2 weeks without net access. Other than that I have just about finished one of the story arcs involving one of the main chars in the game of which there are close to 5 of them. I was also wondering on the fact of having more than one playable charcter as well. That would make the perspective change a bit but I think it can be done.

One idea I have been bouncing around in my head is an actual GTA level where the objective is to get the cars to the buyer within a certain time frame Straight out of gone in60 seconds I know but I think it would be interesting as well . Don't know if this would be a story line idea or a multiplayer idea. It would present a minigame to where you would have to pick the lock of the car and then hotwire it all within ........................................... dramatic pause............... 60 Seconds.

Another would be property just buying the property seems like a no brainer but developing the property would be something else. For example the character buys a nice peice of property now it can either be converted into a safe house / money making property like was seen in GTA Vice city stories or Buisness front.
The business fronts can consist of import export biz, construction biz, entertainment biz ( more than likely strip clubs or just clubs in general. Which can also transition into regular business as well, as well as money loans or an actual bank like in scarface etc. All which would be a way to launder illegal money and turn it into clean money. For example you get your cut of the usual drug biz launder part of it through  one of the many biz fronts and the other part in another biz then take it to the bank all nice and clean. This would present a mini game of sorts which would be getting your money to the bank without having it ripped off. Of course as you progress you can add say gang member escorts up to police escorts later on.I don't want to write these things into the story unless they can be done so I am kind of at a stopping point.

Another idea in the property area would be the buildings that would be placed in these locals. For example everyone knows the red light district in Liberty city say you buy sex club  7 but decide that you don't want that look any more and you want to replace it with a new night club or dance club a model for that exterior is needed ( Interior is optional ) but if the player can have a say in what the building would look like I think that within itself would add replay. Of course a series of generic interiors can be made and then customized at the players whim. For example a Financial front would have to look the part such as a bank so the interior would be rather plain but can be made to look up scale with chrome details and lots of glass. A club setting can be split into many parts such as once again upscale with lots of neon and lights or dank and sleezy.  Last but not least the safehouses. I loved how you could customize your safe house in both Saints row and Scarface. But the ability to customize them how you want and where would be awesome as well. These things would all add to your prestige and how your underlings and society looks at you as well.

Prestige was another aspect as you are for the most part an up and coming man in the whole underworld of drugs. Actions within the game either add or subtract from your prestige. If you go in all guns blazing and a massacre ensues then of course society is going to look down on you and your face would be all in the papers.
(Sub Idea) after a mission if your able to complete it with a sufficient amount of tact and discreetness you picture will show up in the papers as a Philanthropist or a common thug if you go in all guns blazing. Taking a page out of the Hitman series but I think it would be a cool addition that way you can see in real time how well or how poorly your doing in game. A pig can have all the money in the world but he's still a pig if you get what I am saying. So you can finish  the game as either a totaly ruthless criminal killer who always gets off or you can finish it as a suave teflon don so to speak where your actions are not known but your known as a man how gets things done.

Let me know if these things can be done so I can write accordingly. I should be online tomorrow most of the day so I will frequently check the forums.

 

I cant speak for the SCM coders, even through code wise I know that could be done..

Nice to hear from you, I will try and reach D88Bus again, and I will update this when I get back to you.

the big question is do you like the ideas ? plus what does anyone else think of them as well? thus far I haven't gotten any reactions from what I have posted so far on  the intro or my ideas here either. I don't want to put effort into something that no one is going to like you know. I don't want to waste my time or yours either for that matter if it's something that no one is going to like. Anyway get back to me later if you have the time ok.

I like these ideas, and I have no problem with the story line what so ever and I only wish you world continue with it, but if we are looking for input from others, I have found this hard to come by as not many like to contribute, only download the mod when it is released and complain about it.

I know how you feel, I feel the same way, more so working on something for almost 4 years with little respect or a thank you from anyone.

Anywho bbl

I think your ideas are great, the story is great, keep up the good work.

I Like the way you are planning a bigger story for a bigger map, much bigger and better than R* story's

Thanks for the possitive comments. Granted this is X-Seti's baby so I can't take credit for it but I am very grateful that he chose me for the storyline. In all honesty the ideas for game mechanics come from different games that had the aspects that I was talking about adding into SOL. But they are elements that would add a totaly new gameplay element to the GTA universe. Can't say that I have been doing this for as long as Seti but he knows my background and thankfully is honest when it comes to my ideas which is why I enjoy working with him. Anyway I have work to do still so POOF I am gone.

Dude .... these idea are awsome from customization to the story nice...

Oh and thnx man for making the 50.0 beta and all that it is awsome man.
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And aswell i have a few ideas ....CAR Customization.....
the ability to buy furniture ( TV's,couches,tables,beds,computers,ect,ect...) for the house customization.

ummm....  new radio stations

the ability to ride in a taxi...

and like me a hand full of people like driving normal stopping at red lights so i cool idea is
usable blinkers...and turning ur lights on manually when u want to....

another idea is a ... umm...oh yeah  ...a portable MP3 player that is static at the top of the screen... with a next button a play button a pause button and short cut keys on the keyboard to operate them.

and maybe ....  (Im thinking)... ohh i got it usable payphones...along with maybe usable cell phones....

and ur idea with the face on the newspaper idea well im thinking how r you going to be able to see the paper...so how about the ability to go to a newspaper stand and buy a newspaper and read it ....(Well the interesting parts)....

umm ...(thinking)...when you break down you can call a towtruck   to fix your car ....like AAA  u know road side service...


oh and how about the addition to customize ur wepons like extra clips to silencers...

i still have ideas but i think i posted enough here ill be back on maybe tomarrow.

That is a big list and some of these features proberly wont work in Vice and some are just impossible like buying furniture for your houses the only way to change that would be using moomapper as far as i know you cannot add new radio stations easily but can change the old ones car customising would be really difficult in vice as you would need a total overhaul of the vehicles system the phones feature wouldnt be too hard but who would you wanna call the indicators and other light are most likely difficult mabye the GTA4 feature of being able to turn on headlights when you want would be a great idea. thats it for now or i could go on all day

Well im not a Big modder but i was just putting some ideas out there.

but how dod you know you cant do all of this you arnt one of the modders of SOL ..or are you?