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Getting Started on GTA RP
So you wanna tell your GTA character’s story on TRP? You’ve chosen the right place! TRP has been the home of serious roleplaying with a large community telling stories since 2015. Our servers are allowlisted with the application wait time averaging around a week - give or take, your application could take a day, up to a week or more depending on how quick our volunteer-based team are able to process applications.
Brush up on the TRP GTA Server and TRP Community Rules and in time, you’ll be able to use the server to tell your many characters stories. You can stay up-to-date with server announcements and changes on both #gta-announcements and #gta-devlog sections on the TRP Discord. Have a great time!
Get allowlisted first
Before you can get onto TRP servers, you’ll need to first put in an allowlist application. For our GTA server, we’re looking for your answers to these two questions in your application:
- What is it that made you interested in roleplay and why?
- Why do you want to roleplay on TRP and what can you bring to our community?
In Question 1, we’re looking to see what itched your scratch for roleplay, what got you started to telling stories and why you like to roleplay. In Question 2, let us know why you want to come to roleplay with FiveM on TRP and what specialities or contributions you can bring to the wider TRP community. Whilst we have a large community-base that loves to do content creating on TRP, focus more on other attributes as well as avoid adding a character bio or using AI to write your application. They are manually reviewed by TRP staff. We’re more invested in what interests you to roleplay and what brings you to TRP as well as what you can offer to the community as a fellow community member.
Regardless of your application outcome, you will receive an email notification either let you know if your application was approved or if it was denied.
Allowlist application approved, what next
Before you connect to servers, it’s a good idea to grasp the basic controls and features of the TRP server so you’re not having to figure it out while in a scene on the server. You’ll be able to see our dedicated wiki page on [The Basics] on all things controls, default keybinds and everything in between.
Go to the #steam-64-ids channel and enter your Steam ID into the channel only if your application has been approved.
Allowlist application denied, what do I do
Applications are manually processed by our TRP staff and denied application feedback is sent through email to the address that our system received during your application process. You'll be given feedback on how you can improve the next application that you can submit through our Application form.
As a thumb of advice, avoid using the fields to enter a character bio as we're looking to hear about your roleplayng experience and what you think you can bring to our GTA server on TRP.
How to connect to the GTA server
Make sure that your Steam account connected with your allowlist application is logged into the Steam desktop app and left open in the background before you open up FiveM. Then use F8 console menu and use the connect TRP_CONNECT_ADDRESS command, replacing TRP_CONNECT_ADDRESS with the connect address found in #gta-guides on the TRP Discord.
Creating your first character
How exciting! Your allowlist application for the GTA server has been approved, you’ve taken a look at our GTA Server and Community Rules and caught up with [the basics]. Now it’s onto logging into the server and starting off your first character. You’ll be presented with the character select screen with one generic character on your screen to start off your first character.
Left-click onto the generic character on your select screen and then select Create from the menu that appears on screen. This will take you to the character skin creator menu. Work through the sliders as well as tabs to customise what you’d like your character to look like. Click onto the eye icon to get a preview of what each item would look like before you move the sliders or double-click onto the number if you know exactly what you’re looking for.
When you’ve settled on a shirt and jacket, check that the Arms you select doesn’t clip through (holes in your shirt/jacket) your clothing before you click onto Finish creation.
* ADD A GIF OF STARTING THE CHARACTER CREATION PROCESS *
Default keybinds, VOIP and chat commands
TIP: Most keybinds are rebindable in Settings > FiveM > Keybinds
PLAYER CONFIGURATION
[F1] - Bring up/put away your phone
- You must have a phone in your character's inventory.
[F2] - Open your tablet (the TRP UI - shows character skills and organizations/jobs)
[I] - Open inventory
[Z] - Push to talk
[B] - Point/Stop pointing
[X] - Hands up/hands down
[E] - Interact
- This works with talking to locals (NPCs), looking at dropped bags, interacting with select furniture/objects and access menus
[R] - Punch
[M] - Flop (Ragdoll)
[Y] - Carry a player over your shoulder
[Q] - Take cover
[L CTRL] - Crouch
[T] - Open chat box
- The primary function is to run command such as /me, /scene and /report.
[TAB] + [LeftMouse button] - Interact with players and cash registers
- On players, you can carry the person you're looking at
- At cash registers, you will be able to access the til. Make sure to look at the right til and click on the object
[L ALT] - Broadcast to civilian radio
- Also the key to broadcast on police radio (if on duty PD/Medical character)
[HOME] - Bring up radio and dispatch (if on duty PD/Medical character)
[END] - Toggle GUI at the bottom left
- The GUI contains different colored rings - your health (red), armor (green), hunger (yellow) and hydration (blue). Stamina will fill up on top of your health ring.
[G] - Player menu
- This houses the character, interactions, vehicle, housing, inventory options and link to Tebex (the TRP logo).
[Z] - Adjust VOIP levels
- Indicator of your mic is at the bottom-left. White mic: Whispering / Green mic: Normal / Red: Yelling
[DEL] - Cancel progress bar
- Where possible, this will stop you from hacking, robbing, crafting, eating
[F3] - Job menu (only for government characters)
[F8] - FiveM console
[F9] - Housing/Housing garage menu
- At a front door of a player property, you can knock on the door, access the garage (if you have a key or broke into the property) and valet a vehicle.
- While inside a property, you can unlock/lock the door and access the furniture menu.
Learning The HUD
In the GTA server, your health, armor, hunger, hydration, voip level and stamina is all indicated in compass at the bottom left of the screen with different colored rings. The first color listed in this list below is the primary color and the color blind hud enabled mode color is the secondary color.
- Red / Pale magenta: Your character’s health
- Green / Orange: Your character’s armor (only when equipped, and if it isn’t broken)
- Orange / Pink: Your character’s hunger levels
- Blue / Purple: Your character’s hydration levels
- Translucent White: As you start to use stamina, the health ring will start to fill with a translucent white when you use up stamina, as you relax and calm down, more stamina you get back.
- Mic icon: Depending on the color, indicating how loud you’re talking to those within your radius.
If you are color blind, we have a command that you can use to enable the color blind feature in our UI - /colorblind_hud.
Our server uses built-in GTA 5 mumble voice servers. You’ll just need to go to Settings > Voice Chat and make sure that Voice chat is toggled/switched on as this is what TRP servers use. Adjust the voice range by pressing your [Adjust VOIP levels] keybind:
- White: Whispering range
- Green: Normal range
- Red: Yelling range
- Purple: Megaphone range
- You need a purchase a megaphone (basically have one in your inventory) for this range to be available. Use it on your hotbar.
/me and /mu usage
The use of /me and /mu will depend on the needed and appropriate use case. Below explains both commands and also provides an example when you can still access the chat (default: T) or using F8 console if you’re unable to access the chat box at bottom right of your screen.
/me
The use of /me is helpful when you’re explaining injuries of your character to Medical staff or Law enforcement officers. When you are incapacitated and unable to use the chat box (default: T), you can use F8 console and use /me without the / in the command itself. Example:
- Able to use chat: /me tripped over, scraped shoulder and legs. 2x gun shots lodged in shoulder
- Using F8 command: me punched in face, nose bleeding heavily. Through and through stab wound
The /me command is also used when your character is unable to speak and they’re injured, the local doctor would be you, speaking through /me as if the invisible person is speaking in the room with you. The /me can also be used to describe actions and reactions from your character’s perspective. As an example, you could squint at other players by describing it through /me or have common thoughts to your character’s self. It should go without saying, /me should not be used to force an outcome, story or situation as part of our Community Rules.
Getting your first job
Landing your first job is the start of your character's journey of making money to survive, pay the bills and save up for a treat. We have businesses scattered across San Andreas that are player run and managed to drive and enhance your roleplay experience. At most businesses, they may be looking for a new hire. Go ahead and ask, start the RP and your character could be the next employee of the month!
GARBAGE COLLECTION
Team up with other Garbage Collectors to get the job done even faster, or look hard enough and you might uncover hidden treasures along the way! So Gear up, Grab your Truck, and hit the streets. The city is counting on you to keep it clean, green, and pristine!
To get started:
- First step example
- Second step example
- Third step example
- Fourth step example
- Fifth step example