Petty Crimes Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[1.0.0] - 2026-03-18

Added

• Parking meter gameplay loop — players can pay meters with coins, inspect paid status, or steal the stored coins using a crowbar.
• Coin-fed prop theft — newspaper dispensers, payphones, parking meters, and train ticket props can all be targeted for configurable coin theft.
• Shoplifting system — clothes, hats, glasses, fruit stands, convenience-store shelves, and liquor-store zones all support stealable loot pools.
• Mailbox crime loop — players can break into post boxes, steal letters, and convert opened mail into random junk or cash rewards.
• Traffic sign theft — supported street signs can be removed with an angle grinder and rewarded as carryable items.
• Vehicle vandalism interactions — tires can be slashed, windows can be smashed, and brake lines can be cut through global vehicle target options.
• Configurable skill checks — parking meters, shoplifting, mailbox theft, traffic sign theft, and brake-line cutting each use dedicated skill-check presets.
• NPC consequence reactions — nearby peds can flee or become hostile after a crime, with optional random weapon escalation.
• Persistent world-state tracking — robbery cooldowns, breakage, paid parking, and stored coins are tracked in SQL per deterministic location key.
• Parking receipt metadata — paid meters produce receipts carrying vehicle plate and payment timestamp metadata.
• Crime XP support — successful crimes can award crime XP through metaden-skills when that resource is installed.
• Bridge-based integration — notifications, inventory actions, progress bars, metadata labels, player bootstrap, and target registration are routed through metabridge.
• Config validation on startup — the resource validates key chance values, duration values, and loot pools before the state layer is used.

Notes

• Manual SQL import required — the resource ships pettycrimes.sql and expects the petty_crimes table to exist.
• Inventory merge required — custom item definitions and images from the inventory folder must be merged into your ox_inventory setup.
• Some reward/tool items are external — items such as letter, crowbar, anglegrinder, WEAPON_STOPSIGN, and several traffic-sign rewards must already exist in your server inventory configuration.
• Crime XP is optional — if metaden-skills is not started, petty crimes still work normally but no XP is awarded.