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Law Enforcement System

S1API provides comprehensive control over the law enforcement system, including checkpoint management, police dispatch, wanted levels, and law enforcement intensity that controls automatic activities.

Overview

The law enforcement system consists of several interconnected components:

  • Checkpoints - Road checkpoints with officers that stop and search vehicles
  • Law Enforcement Intensity - A 1-10 scale that controls automatic police activities
  • Automatic Evaluation System - Runs every in-game minute to activate checkpoints, patrols, and sentries
  • Police Dispatch - Systems for calling police and managing wanted levels
  • Patrols - Foot and vehicle patrols (controlled by intensity and time)
  • Curfews - Time-based restrictions with enforcement

Understanding the Automatic System

IMPORTANT: The game includes an automatic checkpoint evaluation system that runs every in-game minute. This system will automatically enable or disable checkpoints based on several conditions:

  • Law Enforcement Intensity (1-10 scale) - Higher values trigger more activities
  • Time of Day - Checkpoints have configured start/end times
  • Day of the Week - Different activity settings for each day
  • Curfew Status - Some checkpoints only activate during curfew
  • Player Distance - Checkpoints won't spawn near the player (50+ units away)
  • Officer Availability - Requires officers in the police station pool

Why Checkpoints Re-enable Automatically

When you disable a checkpoint using CheckpointManager.SetCheckpointEnabled(), the automatic evaluation system may re-enable it on the next game minute if conditions are met. This is by design - the game's law enforcement system is meant to be dynamic and responsive to the current game state.

Solution: To prevent automatic re-enabling, set the law enforcement intensity to a low value (1-4) using LawController.SetIntensityLevel(1). Checkpoints require intensity >= 5 (default) to activate automatically.

Documentation Structure

The Law Enforcement system is documented across multiple focused pages:

Core Systems

Quick Start

Here's a minimal example to disable automatic checkpoint activation:

using S1API.Law;

// Set intensity to minimum to prevent automatic activities
LawController.SetIntensityLevel(1);

// Disable all checkpoints
CheckpointManager.DisableAllCheckpoints();

Namespace

using S1API.Law;
  • Custom NPCs - For working with police officer NPCs
  • Quests - Create missions involving law enforcement
  • Save System - Persist custom law enforcement states
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