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Playing on Monolith, there's a lot of information people are expected to know. While a lot of it can be found fairly easily, it's generally not in one place.

This post is an attempt to have all the basic information a player should know in one concise list. If you find anything is missing, feel free to post.

Rules/Guidelines

!rules - A link to the RP rules of the server
Global rules link
Closet thing we currently have to guidelines for the Police Department

Commands

!rules - A link to the RP rules of the server

!content - A link to the steam list of mods for the server

!steam - A link to the Steam community group.

!discord - A link to the Server's Discord channels.

!report - Opens a box for reporting a rule-break. Can be used again to view reports.
!help - Opens the box for reports also.

!help [message] - Opens an in-chat request directed at mentors and staff for simple questions.
!respond [message] - Responds to your most recently viewed !help message.

!bug - Opens a box for reporting server bugs for the dev team.

!help [message] - Ask a quick question

!appeal - As Seargent Police rank and above, opens the menu for civilians appealing police tickets.

Chat

/ooc [message] - Sends a global message to the server, can only contain information that is not in character.
// [message] - an alternative to /ooc.

/looc [message] - Sends a local out of character message. (Same range as normal speaking.)
/// [message] - an alternative to /looc

/911 [message containing situation and location] - Sends a message to emergency services in the city

/me [message] - makes a custom chat emote used for roleplay. Common usage is stealing of ground-placed items ("/me steals the workbench.").
/it [message] - makes a custom chat emote that does not contain your name. Typical usage is for non-entity object actions ("/it a can rolls along the road.")

U (default) - Opens chat set to OOC, use carefully.

/whisper [message] - Sends the shortest radius local, in character, chat message.
/w [message] - also sends a nearby local IC message.

/y [message] - Sends local chat further, in caps. To be used for RP shouting.
/yell [message] - also sends local chat further, in caps.

/ad [message] Spends $500 game money to make a RP advertisement in global.

/gov [message] When working a Government job, use this to chat in the Government-only channel. (Can be heard by nearby players.)
/radio [message] - an alternate to /gov.

b (hold) (default) - transmit your microphone over a handheld radio, purchasable or automatic for Gov job.

/rc [message] - also sends a message over the radio channel.

!pm [Username] [message] - Sends an OOC message to a user. (Closest version to what you typed.)

/org [message] - sends an IC message to your whole crew. (can be heard by nearby players.)

/Syncnames - Cures "unknown player name" glitches.

General use

F3 - Open inventory.

E - Interact with most NPCs, objects or buttons.

E (hold) - Pick up and move prop.
Rick Click - New pick up and move props. Should have overwritten any old E, but I've left both.

E (hold) [click on box] - Interact with cars, players and most objects.

C (hold) - Opens the context menu, containing party leave options, Radio toggle, Radio channel change and Monotablet, as well as information about job level, player level and experience.

R (while holding keys on a player) - Give/take door access.

Alt + R (facing a valid surface) - Sit/toggle on Object.

/dab - your player emotes a precision dab.

F4 - view third person.

Ctrl (Sat or in vehicle) - View Third Person

Mouse ScrollWheel (Down/Up) - zoom the camera in or out while in third person. Note: Anything you need to use this camera angle to see is purely cosmetic. You CANNOT use these to obtain pictures for a Police raid, or an RP action.

/roll [number (or blank for 1-6)] - starts a dice roll to randomly pick a number. frequently used for gambles and occasionally for RP.

!drop [number amount] - Drop an allocated amount of money on the ground. Typically these are used for small payments, tips, or when being robbed and forced to comply at weapon point.

W,A,S,D - Movement.

Space - Jump.

Ctrl (Hold) - Crouch.
Ctrl (Tap Twice) - Toggles and un-toggles Crawling.

F2 - Throw/toggle hands into the air (typically for being arrested.)

Alt + F4 - Instantly close program.

/syncnames - Fixes the 'unknown player' bug.

` (sometimes ¬ or called tilda) - Open Gmod Console.

gmod_mcore_test 1 (in console) - Can help with lag issues.
mat_queue_mode 2 (in console) - Can help with lag issues.

cl_showfps 1 (in console) - Shows you the FPS and map name in the top right corner.
cl_showfps 0 (in console) - Switches the FPS counter off.

cl_chatheight 280 cl_chatwidth 650 (in console) [requires restart] - For when you accidentally add too much chat height or width.

Driving

J - Attach Seatbelt.

W,A,S,D - Movement.

E (hold) (click on box) - Enter vehicle.

Space - Brake.

Space (hold) E (hold) (click on box) - Handbrake.

Ctrl (Sat or in vehicle) - View Third Person

F - Headlights.

Alt + F - Alternate headlights.

K - Toggle Underglow.

H - Switch off engine.

Left Click - Toggle Sirens.

Right Click - Toggle Flashing lights.

Both Mouse Clicks - Lights and Sirens off.

Alt + Left Click - Signal Blinker Left.

Alt + Right Click - Signal Blinker Right.

Alt + Both Mouse Clicks - Full Blinkers.

Mouse 3 (pressing scrollwheel down) - Rear View of vehicle.

R - Horn.

Alt + [numbers 1-9] - Kick seat number from vehicle.

Alt + 0 - Kick all seats except driver from vehicle.

Alt + N - Lock/unlock all doors.

Combat

Left click - Fire weapon.

Right click - Zoom weapon.

R - Reload.

E + R - Toggle automatic firing mode.

L - Unjam jammed weapon you are holding.

Terminology

These are common phrases, not commands, that you may often see in chat.

OOC - 'Out Of Character' conversations and actions that are not within the roleplay world, and cannot affect them.

IC - 'In Character' conversations, actions and objects that are within the roleplay world, affecting it. You play a character.

Sit - Short for situation. Typically refers to 'Admin Situation'

Admin Sit - when a staff member pulls players into an OOC meeting to discuss an issue, typically rules or bugs.

FTVL - 'Failure To Value Life' - Specific rule break where one does not value the life of one's character.

LTARP - 'Leaving To Avoid Role-Play' - When a rule-breaker leaves the server to avoid a Role-play situation they don't like. Easily traceable and a swift banning offence.
LTAP - 'Leaving To Avoid Punishment' - When a rule-breaker leaves the server to avoid recieving warnings/bans. Doesn't actually do anything except make the punishment more severe. Similar to LTARP.

FailRP - Failing to adhere to the role-playing rules.

FearRP - Can refer to the rules regarding valuing life and safety, or the failure to adhere to them.

RDM - 'Random Death Match' Deliberate killing of players without a valid reason. Known as Mass RDM in large cases.

VDM - 'Vehicular (random) Death Match' Deliberate Killing of players without a valid reason, using a Vehicle as a weapon.

Combat Healing - When a medic role applies health packs and resurrects unconscious players from a combat situation that is still ongoing, such as a bank robbery. Self-healing with purchased health packs does not count as combat healing.

Watergun, Replica Gun - Loophole language typically used for the sale of illegal weapons, masquerading as toys. Openly selling pistols without a license or rifles altogether is an IC arrestable offense.

ERP - 'Erotic Role Play' A fully banned and real-life illegal act of roleplaying sexual situations. Illegal because of the under 18s who play the server (and generally a gross idea anyway.).

DDoS - 'Distributed Denial Of Service' Another real-life, but rare, illegal act of attacking servers and websites to prevent them from being used.
 
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I'd love to say that was the motivation, but honestly, it was laziness.
 

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This is really nice. Add /looc
 

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This is really nice. Add /looc
Thanks. It's crazy what slipped through, even after the first post, I had to edit it twice within 30 seconds, haha
 
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By writing /w or /whisper you can whisper to people close to you, or in a close proximity

Also by looking at a item and writing /fixitem it sometimes fixes bugs where you are not able to pick up the item
Could be a staff member only command though, I dont really know

Regarding the vehicle thingy; by pressing down mouse button 3 (Scroll wheel) you can see directly behind your vehicle
 

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Really good for new players!
 

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And /rc is also a shortened version for the /radio
 

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And /rc is also a shortened version for the /radio
e+r At the same time to change firing modes
By writing /w or /whisper you can whisper to people close to you, or in a close proximity

Also by looking at a item and writing /fixitem it sometimes fixes bugs where you are not able to pick up the item
Could be a staff member only command though, I dont really know

Regarding the vehicle thingy; by pressing down mouse button 3 (Scroll wheel) you can see directly behind your vehicle

Thank you all!
 

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And /rc is also a shortened version for the /radio

This is wrong.

/rc transmits a message to everyone on your current radio frequency.
/radio transmits a message via [GOV] channel, reaching any government employee (EMS, Police, etc.), and it is therefore reserved to government employees only.

By writing /w or /whisper you can whisper to people close to you, or in a close proximity

Also by looking at a item and writing /fixitem it sometimes fixes bugs where you are not able to pick up the item
Could be a staff member only command though, I dont really know

Regarding the vehicle thingy; by pressing down mouse button 3 (Scroll wheel) you can see directly behind your vehicle

This is a staff only command, but I personally think it should be public access, as it really doesn't have any exploitable abilities.

/looc [message] - Sends a local out of character message. (Same range as normal speaking.)

.// is an alternative for /looc.
 

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Updated. Also please to see a terminology section in the new updated rules, be sure to check them out!

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Somehow I forgot !drop. It's amazing what slips past.
 

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While adding /it I realised I had missed /me
 

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Added some console stuff, such as cl_showfps 1, which eluded me for some time.

Also, we're official now! Woah!
 

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Good point. I'd always thought about that as being LTARP, but I guess that's something specific as rule-breakers sometimes treat the arrest or not arrest as the whole point, instead of an opportunity to RP.

Edit: Seems I didn't have LTARP either. Added them both.
 
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