Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

gPhone
Exho  [developer] 14 Mar, 2015 @ 3:38pm
Suggestions
Post them here and I'll read them, no guarantees on anything being implemented as coding complex features takes time
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Exho  [developer] 14 Mar, 2015 @ 5:17pm 
I'm lost
Arctic 15 Mar, 2015 @ 9:03am 
Some kind of multiple-UI system would be cool. You would be able to pretend you had a windows phone or android instead of an iphone.
Arctic 15 Mar, 2015 @ 9:33am 
Alright, after actually using the mod I got some other ideas:

- Optional support for phone towers - positions are defined in a file as xyz coordinates, each of which has a "power" rating, which determines the player's signal strength. The singal strength only impacts anything if it reaches 0.

- Optional support for phone contracts/tariffs. If a setting is checked AND the gamemode is DarkRP, it will be possible to purchase through maybe a SIM card entity "phone tarrifs" of various kinds. For example, there might be a PAYG card which charges per-message, a "month" (IRL day) contract that allows a certain amount of messages and minutes, etc.

- Optional support for charging - if a setting is checked, the phone must be recharged periodically through either purchasable battery entities or pre-defined power sockets.

- More camera options, such as flash, basic filters, grid overlay, burst, and timer.

- Camera should disable rendering of viewmodel when in use

- Multiple phone colours

- Support for activating phone via a collectible entity rather than console command or spawning with it

- A GPS app - overlay + camera over map (Might try and make this myself)

- A "Social networking" app similar to the messaging app but structured more like Twitter or Facebook; maybe even have both be an option.

- A simulated "Download time" for apps in the app store. Maybe this could be tied to the signal strength mentioned before. Apps should have a size variable that determines how long it takes to install.

- A shopping app that merchants can put items up for sale on and arrange sales on similar to eBay or Craigslist

- SD cards and internal memory. Some apps could claim to store data on the player's phone. If the data stored is too much, the app will be unable to do this. The player could purchase SD cards to increase the storage capacity. The data files would be tied either to the SD card or the phone's internal memory. Should the SD card be removed, the data will be lost. If the

- A flashlight app

- A crappy "Internet" app, which allows access to a few local pages. The speed at which the access occurs depends on signal quality. I might try to make this myself.
Imp 15 Mar, 2015 @ 10:13am 
Games

youtube(works-hopfully)

camera with filters and grids saves to your phone and can be uploaded to steam

darkrp stuff (job lists or something, can only use phone for jobs. or maybe ingame ingame purchases for games on your phone or to buy games on your phone.)

friends

power

transferrable data (play one sever save some schtuff play another server with same schtuff as before)

app store with very bad apps (or good ones if you try)

memory cant have to many games or pictures

brick phones,ok phones-ish, awesome phones, phone colour- i mean different phones do different stuff like some do better pictures though others have good quality or better apps.
Last edited by Imp; 15 Mar, 2015 @ 10:14am
[AMG] PacoSatax 15 Mar, 2015 @ 10:43am 
Hello,
When I use the gphone I just call the person directly in touch'm forced to deal are number ...
Normal or not yet programmed ?
Thx
MEOW 15 Mar, 2015 @ 11:48am 
someone needs to make an app/npcs to control fnaf npcs that'd be fun :balloon:
Exho  [developer] 15 Mar, 2015 @ 11:58am 
No.. No FNAF ever
Arctic 15 Mar, 2015 @ 12:18pm 
Originally posted by Exho:
No.. No FNAF ever
Yes. Do this.
Exho  [developer] 15 Mar, 2015 @ 12:19pm 
Originally posted by Arctic:
Originally posted by Exho:
No.. No FNAF ever
Yes. Do this.

It wont happen lol, thats my limit
Arctic 15 Mar, 2015 @ 12:20pm 
Originally posted by Exho:
Originally posted by Arctic:
Yes. Do this.

It wont happen lol, thats my limit
So, what are your thoughts on the suggestions I posted above?

I could certainly help you on some aspects.
Last edited by Arctic; 15 Mar, 2015 @ 12:20pm
Exho  [developer] 15 Mar, 2015 @ 12:40pm 
Originally posted by Arctic:
- Optional support for phone towers - positions are defined in a file as xyz coordinates, each of which has a "power" rating, which determines the player's signal strength. The singal strength only impacts anything if it reaches 0.

I'm really trying to keep signal strength as just aesthetic to not really screw with the phone's operation and make it seem more tedious to use.

Originally posted by Arctic:
- Optional support for phone contracts/tariffs. If a setting is checked AND the gamemode is DarkRP, it will be possible to purchase through maybe a SIM card entity "phone tarrifs" of various kinds. For example, there might be a PAYG card which charges per-message, a "month" (IRL day) contract that allows a certain amount of messages and minutes, etc.

That would be cool but also kinda annoying if you couldn't message someone

Originally posted by Arctic:
- Optional support for charging - if a setting is checked, the phone must be recharged periodically through either purchasable battery entities or pre-defined power sockets.

The battery can run out, actually, and it will reboot.

Originally posted by Arctic:
- More camera options, such as flash, basic filters, grid overlay, burst, and timer.

That would be cool, I'll have to look into post processing

Originally posted by Arctic:
- Camera should disable rendering of viewmodel when in use

It should already do that

Originally posted by Arctic:
- Multiple phone colours

It already does that

Originally posted by Arctic:
- Support for activating phone via a collectible entity rather than console command or spawning with it

Eh, not the biggest fan of doing something like this. I rather it be accessible to everyone by default

Originally posted by Arctic:
- A GPS app - overlay + camera over map (Might try and make this myself)

I considered this too! It would use a render.RenderView similar to how the Camera app handles it

Originally posted by Arctic:
- A "Social networking" app similar to the messaging app but structured more like Twitter or Facebook; maybe even have both be an option.

That would be cool but require a lot of networking, all that would have to be saved on the server. I would basically be creating forums...

Originally posted by Arctic:
- A simulated "Download time" for apps in the app store. Maybe this could be tied to the signal strength mentioned before. Apps should have a size variable that determines how long it takes to install.

Tedious :/ no real benefit

Originally posted by Arctic:
- A shopping app that merchants can put items up for sale on and arrange sales on similar to eBay or Craigslist

See the social networking response. Cool but it would be a whole lot of work,e ven more than a social network

Originally posted by Arctic:
- SD cards and internal memory. Some apps could claim to store data on the player's phone. If the data stored is too much, the app will be unable to do this. The player could purchase SD cards to increase the storage capacity. The data files would be tied either to the SD card or the phone's internal memory. Should the SD card be removed, the data will be lost. If the

See download time

Originally posted by Arctic:
- A flashlight app

Just enables the player's flashlight then?

Originally posted by Arctic:
- A crappy "Internet" app, which allows access to a few local pages. The speed at which the access occurs depends on signal quality. I might try to make this myself.

Seems like a fair bit of work for nothing really..

I like that you have this many ideas though! Its pretty cool and I'll have to really look into some of these. Thanks
Fish Salad 15 Mar, 2015 @ 1:19pm 
Turn it into an item, and i'll download. Using commands is too much of a hassle.
Brian Moser 15 Mar, 2015 @ 1:40pm 
flappy bird
call somebody, When you call somebody it will call through steam voice chat
Exho  [developer] 15 Mar, 2015 @ 1:52pm 
@ Telluric, not going to happen because I would have to recode a lot of the phone

@ Kawaii Bunny, someone made Flappy Bird they never gave me a link... I'll have to hunt them down
Exho  [developer] 16 Mar, 2015 @ 5:27am 
Nope, you have to know how to code to make apps. There is no way around it
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