DPW and DOT have been undermined quite a bit, and I get that all we do is haul trash, plow the roads, Tow cars, and Sweep the streets. But I believe we are well due for some quality of life and features that will benefit us in V2 and V3. I present my 1st idea.
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New Uniforms for DPW and DOT. During these winter months, you will see most departments around wearing coats, and long sleeves, If you take a look at some DPW workers you will notice they are wearing short-sleeved shirts. Though DOT has a Long-sleeved work shirt they lack a jacket. I believe that It should be something the devs look into adding, that could be added into V2 that could be transferred to V3. I am going to mention some clothing options that I believe would be a good addition. A High-Vis Jacket and Pants for DOT, A Hoodie with a High-Vis vest, and a sleeved shirt with a High-Vis vest for DPW, I also believe that there should be some alternate colors on the shirts giving employees a choice as to what color shirt they want to wear.
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New Vehicles, I Believe that both DPW and DOT should get at least one or two new vehicles whether that be in V2 or V3. With my service with the FDOT, I have come up on Nemour calls where busses, campers, and even tractor-trailers, are blocking buildings and need to be towed, the major problem with this is that the Flat Bed that DOT has is unable to tow any of these vehicles, and even if you can get the wheels onto the bed it will weigh it down and be unable to transport, so multiple employees have had to use there winch to tow these vehicles away from building and off the road. A Vehicle could be added that could elevate these problems and allow devs to keep adding large vehicles to the game, and I believe a Heavy to Medium size wrecker could do the trick, being able to tow large vehicles to impound where they can be towed. Something that has been with employees forever, and that has been the 2-door F150, Small and reliable, but I believe it is time for DOT and DPW to get something more reliable whether that be the RAM 1500 or a 4-door F150. These vehicles are longer and provide not only more bed space for carrying cargo but enough length to block more off the road during working zones. I also believe some smaller construction vehicles like a bobcat could be added to give DPW a vehicle they can use around their site to handle trash or piles of dirt or gravel needed for RP.
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Vehicle Add-Ons. Both DPW and DOT have a great fleet of vehicles and I believe that there could be some add-ons to these vehicles to make them seem more realistic and provide more use within the county. One Add-On suggestion could work on the DPW’s Event and Cone truck as well as DOT’s Traffic management truck, and that is a Scorpion Truck Mounted Attenuator Which goes onto the back of the truck that provides a cushion to vehicles that might ram into the back of the truck without looking, this does not only save the drivers but also saves the workers Infront of the truck. A second add-on that I believe could be beneficial is putting a winch onto the Saftey Patrol Truck that could pull a vehicle off the roadway to clear up a closed lane, it could also be used to assist tow trucks by winching the vehicle out of a tough spot for tow trucks, This helps because on average is estimated that about thousands of dollars is wasted each minute a lane is shut down, so you can see the importance having a vehicle able to get there before the Tow Truck and move the vehicle out of the lane can have. A good feature on vehicles would be the ability to grab tools from the back of the pickup, instead of spawning with everything in your inventory.
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Locations. I believe that some location-based things can be added that could benefit DOT and DPW. Within the DPW compound, it is fairly basic, a garage with supplies and a vehicle spawner, A Small outdoor open shed, and a Landfill. I believe adding a small office, maybe in a Double-wide or triple-wide trailer where important figures within DPW can have an office, as well as giving employees a small breakroom where they can heat lunches and such. I also think it could be important to add Mile markers, so civilians can efficiently put out their location on a roadside call, now it would be confusing how this would work but I believe I have figured out a solution. So Take the stretch from Exit 14 to Exit 15 401 Northbound coming from Exit 14, the mile markers could count up like “Mile marker 14.1, Mile marker 14.2” and so on. Whilst coming Southbound from Exit 15 count downwards like “Mile marker 14.9, Mile marker 14.8” and so on. I believe this could be a small but good quality-of-life upgrade for 401 that could benefit LEO, Fire, and DOT. I also think it could be a good idea to put in a Bus station within Arborfield, placing it where the Best Buy-style building is, as we already have a bus depot in Prom and Redwood so I think this could bring a little more to the town. On the topic of bus depots If it could be possible it would be beneficial to civilians if we could have an electronic board within the depot notifying if a bus or a taxi is spawned and maybe giving a route number that the vehicle is on.
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Miscellaneous. I have some Miscellaneous items that I believe could improve gameplay within the game. Give DOT more Road signs that they can place that would make scenes more realistic, as well as add some extra patterns to the arrow board truck that could also provide a more real-life feel. I also think that DOT and DPW should be able to have a Fire Extinguisher as most of the time they will be the first ones to spot a vehicle fire, this extinguisher would only be able to do vehicles and not buildings, and LEOs like FSP and SCSO could spawn with it as well, and perhaps there could be a place that civs could spawn a one time use one so they can put out their car fire. This wouldn’t remove the “Point” of SCFD, as there will still be a need for them to respond, such as stabilizing the vehicle, treating the patients, and performing extractions.
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Gameplay updates. One thing that I believe could be implemented maybe next winter is the ability to apply a layer of road salt t onto the ground, using the snow plow trucks, I believe this system could work like the Fire Engine tank system where you only have a certain amount of agent until you have to go to a depot and refill, (like DPW HQ) This Salt would work like so. If applied it places a texture on the ground very similar to the trash, and once this is on the ground, snow will have a less likely chance of sticking to the road and accumulating, this doesn’t remove the point of plow though, as there should still be a chance that the snow still can stick to the road just less likely if the salt was applied. I believe that Civilians could do this too, maybe by buying a salter from the snow shop or buying an upgraded plow truck to carry salt and be able to buy a refill of salt from the Snow Plow place. Another Gameplay update that I would love to have implemented is more callouts like road debris and maybe a little minigame to repair traffic light outages, instead of roleplaying everything.
That’s all the Major points I have when it comes to DOT, DPW, And Firestone I will make sure to throw in images so you can reference my talking points with a picture. I don’t expect all of these to be implemented nor do I expect any of them to be. I just hope you take a read and see what you can do to improve on these topics I mentioned.
1.Uniform Idea
1.1. An Tow Operator mock up for Firestone
2.1. A medium size wrecker
2.2. A front loader in Roblox that could be used
3.1. The scorpion truck mounted Attenuator
4.1. A Place an office for DPW could sit
4.2.Floor plans for a Triple wide trailer office
4.3 The exterior of the Triple wide trailer
4.4 A mile marker sign marker sign
4.5 A feasible location for a Bus depot in Arborfield
4.6 A lay out of a Bus depot that could be a reference for one in Arborfield
4.7An electronic board telling passengers which busses are in service
5.1 Multiple Road signs that could be added
5.2.Diffrent Traffic board patterns
6.1 salted road texture
