Rules To Our Server

General Rules​

1. No leaving/fleeing to avoid staff situations.
2. No inappropriate names in-game and on the forums. Names require at least 3 English characters. *
3. No scamming or baiting other players.
4. Do NOT force uncomfortable situations on anyone. 
5. Respect the element of RP and do not wrongfully disrupting others RP.
6. Admin-land is off limits to all non-staff members unless for sit purposes.
7. Do NOT enter staff sits unless you are directly brought.
8. No flags/symbols including flags/symbols from any culture/religion/country etc. The only exception to this are staff-approved RP environments. 

 Basic Rules ​

1. Players may not perform random deathmatch/arrest (RDM/RDA).
2. Players may not meta-game (Speaking in character in OOC).
3. Warns must be clear, given in local chat, and give 10 seconds before the victim is shot.
4. EX: A player is following another player. The player being followed must give one warning in local chat, wait 10 seconds, and if the follower persists, they may shoot.
5. After a player dies, they must wait five minutes before returning to the situation/location that the player died at. (NLR)
6. Players may not interact with the situation/players that killed them.
7. Players may not entity bomb other players.
8. EX: A player spawns a printer and sets it on fire to create an explosion.
9. Players may not propspam, propminge, propabuse, propsurf.
10. Players may not use mass RP binds, all binds must specify one action.
11. EX: A player uses advert and says "RAID/PD RAID/COUNTER RAID/KIDNAPPING/MUG"
12. Players may not KOS police because they are wanted.
13. Players may steal the money from the Bit-miner but cannot steal the entity itself.
14. Players may blow up bitminers.
15. Players with job model shoulders smaller than a 1x1 plate cannot raid, mug, kidnap, or defend a base.

FailRP

1. FailRP is not roleplaying properly. A player's character should always obey their limits, and not do something that obviously could not realistically happen.
2. EX: Police officer is basing with a gang of thieves and is printing money in their base
3. EX: Mayor is using a shotgun
4. EX: Gun dealer is raiding the police department
5. Hits, Kidnap, Mugs, and Pick-pocketing.

 Hit Rules:

1. Players are not required to advert hits accepted/completed.
2. Players/parties may not repeatedly target players.
3. Random hits are allowed.
4. The victim of a hit may return to where they died, but cannot enact revenge on their killer.
5. Players may only complete hits in rp only bases if they don't have to lockpick\break down doors and/or fading doors to get to their target.

Kidnapping Rules:

1. Victims must follow the kidnapper's demands, and do what they say; however role-playing out the situation in their own way is okay too.
2. Kidnappers may not force their victims to spawn items.
3. The maximum ransom is $10,000
4. Players may only be held hostage for 15 minutes.
5. Kidnapped players may not kill themselves while kidnapped, this counts even after you're no longer unconscious.

Mugging Rules:

1. Parties/players must give a local chat message that a victim is being mugged, with a maximum amount of $20,000.
2. Parties/players may only mug one victim per 5 minutes.
3. Parties/players may mug the same victim once every 10 minutes, and must give that victim 10 seconds to comply.
4. Parties/players must let the victim go if they comply with their mugger's demands.
5. Victims may not revenge-kill a mugger after they have been mugged, but victims can report them to the police.
6. Players may not mug hobos or pets.

Pickpocket Rules:

1. Players may not pick-pocket hobos or pets. 
2. Players may not pick-pocket other players in spawn.

Party Rules

1. If players are within a party together, they must base together.
2. Only the members of a party may protect each other in all RP scenarios.
3. Party members cannot steal, raid, mug, kidnap, or place hits on other party members.
4. Players may not party abuse.
5. EX: Joining a party --> Gaining access --> Leaving party --> Raiding
6. Cinema Rules
7. The cinema is always RP-only. Any illegal object or bitminer is not allowed to be stored in the cinema, and players may not raid the cinema.
8. The cinema owner may charge an entrance fee of up to $1,000.

 Raidables

1. There are many types of entities in SilentWraith Gaming, some of them count as raidables and some of them don't.
2. A list of what is considered a 'raidable':
3. Health/Armor dispensers. 
4. Printers/Drugs.
5. Any types of 'Money/Entity' creators such as drug labs and bitcoin. (Bitcoin however are unique, they cannot be physically stolen but you can take the money from them). 
6. Hobo's Token Eggs. (Hobos are the only job who can raid Token Eggs.)

 Basing Rules* Applicable to RP-Only* Not Applicable to RP-Only

1. Individuals or groups may own one building and must own every door in that building; if a situation occurs where more than one person owns doors in a building, whoever owns the "front-doors" gains ownership of the building.* 
2. Individuals may own a role play base which contains no raidables. Must be labeled with a text screen saying "RP ONLY".*
3. No fading doors directly in front/behind map doors. * 
4. Bases have to be clear and concise.
5. No collided props, invisible props, glow/flickering material. *
6. No shooting through cracks, holes in walls, or fading doors. *
7. Players cannot force players to crouch, jump, or climb into their base (This includes world ladders).*
8. Players may only shoot out of shooting windows, not one way props. *
9. Only use materials that are easy on the eyes or transparent. Be fair or don’t use them at all. *
10. No traps, mazes, or zig-zag bases. This includes designs inhibiting the use of a fading door bomb (Floor falling out from under raiders, ramp only accessible with keypad cracker).*
11. No builds that inhibit players walking/running speed. *
12. No roof bases unless there is direct access built into the building. (Example: Hotel, Building next to PD)*
13. Players may have a KOS line + sign outside the entrance of their base. It must be noticeable. No tiny letters or hard to see colors.*
14. You may not KOS people who are on public property (sidewalk, street, etc.)
15. Players may only have three fading doors TOTAL per base.
16. Fading doors may not be parallel with the floor.*
17. Players may only double stack each fading door.*
18. Must be a solid prop that disappears completely when open.*
19. Players may not have fake/hidden keypads/buttons. Keypads/buttons must be placed next to the prop they open.*
20. Players can have one keypad/button to open a fading door and one on the opposing side to get out. Minimum 5 seconds opening time and no delay allowed.*
21. There must be enough space for two players to fit side by side and back to back in every part of the base that the builder has control of.*
22. Shooting windows must be on the same level for both parties showing shoulders and above. The window must be controlled by a button or keypad and does not require a minimum time. *
23. Must be a solid prop that has a transparent material which disappears completely when open.
24. One way props are allowed for viewing purposes, however, neither party may shoot through them.*
25. Players may not have a one way window next to a non-one way prop allowing the defenders to see raiders and shoot them. (http://i.imgur.com/WYLb58N.jpg)*
26. Players may not build while being raided.*
27. Players/parties may not mega-base or have bases that extend unnecessarily past the sidewalk and/or upwards.*
28. Bases that contain a passageway to the sewer system are not allowed to block those off, and are also not allowed to base in the passageways.*
29. The large grass area near park is HOBO AREA only. Regular players may not base there.* 
30. Players may only build RP ONLY bases on the island.*
31. The apartments and hotels may only have one player/party per suite. Hotel Managers may own entire hotels to sell suites to their customers.*
32. You cannot block off Dumpsters/NPCs, you can build near them but there must be a clear way for others to interact with them.*

RP-Only Rules 

1. Players may add an RP-Only text screen on their base if they wish to roleplay without being raided. This disallows having raidables such as printers, drug labs and armor/health dispensers.
2. Players may have a KOS sign but it has to be reasonable.
3. Acceptable KOS sign (KOS behind counter)
4. Unacceptable KOS sign (KOS on sidewalk)
5. Players are allowed to complete hits in RP-Only bases.
6. Gun dealers, Club Owners, Black Market Dealers and any other merchant-like jobs can have RP-only signs/bases preventing them from being raided as long as they have no raidables and if they are selling products, their product is strictly only spawned in to be sold and not kept in their base. 

Building Signs

1. Players may add Building signs to their base to disallow players to raid and keep players out whilst building. Whilst you have a building sign up, refer to the rules listed below:
2. You CAN prop-block your entrances. 
3. You CAN have a KOS sign (cannot reach your sidewalk, if used to bait you will be punished)
4. You CANNOT have ANY form of raidables whilst your sign is up, this includes ANYTHING that you can purchase such as dispensers, printers, etc. 
5. You CANNOT have a building sign up if you have no intent of building. Only place this sign when you are going to build. 
6. You CANNOT put a building sign up with or without propblock to avoid RP situations such as escaping police.
7. You CANNOT place a building sign if a player is currently initiating a raid. Wait until at least 5 minutes after the raid has ended. 
8. An admin may check your base at anytime whilst you have a building sign up to make sure you have no raidables. 

Raiding RulesDefending

1. Defenders may not open world doors is opened by a raider it may not be closed.
2. Defenders may not fading door abuse - they must use their keypad to enter their base during a raid.
3. Defenders may not bait players into raiding they in any way, shape, or form.
4. Defenders who died may return to their base after waiting the NLR time (5 minutes).

Attacking

1. Raiders must be near the property to initiate a raid.
2. Raiders may only raid with their party or same job groups.
3. Raiders may not counter another raid.
4. Raiders and their party must wait 20 minutes before raiding the same base again.
5. Raiders cannot camp a base, get in and get out; nor may they raid a base which clearly has nothing of value. 
6. Raiders must try to only harm those who own the doors to the base. 
7. Police department raids must be called from the outside of PD.
8. Raiders must advert PD raids. PD raid adverts may not use text effects.
9. Raiders may not raid bases that have a building sign. Refer to building sign rules here: 

Building Signs

1. Players may add Building signs to their base to disallow players to raid and keep players out whilst building. Whilst you have a building sign up, refer to the rules listed below:
2. You CAN prop-block your entrances. 
3. You CAN have a KOS sign (cannot reach your sidewalk, if used to bait you will be punished)
4. You CANNOT have ANY form of raidables whilst your sign is up, this includes ANYTHING that you can purchase such as dispensers, printers, etc. 
5. You CANNOT have a building sign up if you have no intent of building. Only place this sign when you are going to build. 
6. You CANNOT put a building sign up with or without propblock to avoid RP situations such as escaping police.
7. You CANNOT place a building sign if a player is currently initiating a raid. Wait until at least 5 minutes after the raid has ended. 
8. An admin may check your base at anytime whilst you have a building sign up to make sure you have no raidables.

 Police Department

1. Police may not do any illegal activities or corruption.
2. Police may own a building but only for the RP effect, they must not have defenses or illegals.
3. Police may break NLR to protect against PD raids. Police may ONLY break NLR for PD raids.
4. PD may have 1 defense or 1 roadblock that consists of 2 fading doors which may be double stacked. Police defenses must abide by the basing rules. 
5. Police defenses do not have to be wide enough for two people to stand side by side.
6. Police can build a roadblock if they role-play it correctly.
7. Roadblocks must be approved by an Admin.
8. During a lockdown, police must give players one warning in local chat with 15 seconds to get inside a building.
9. Police may not KOS for being outside during a lockdown. They may AOS only.
10. Contraband scanning a base may be considered raided.
11. The Police may break NLR to continue protecting the PD during PD raids.
12. The front door to PD may NOT be locked unless a PD Raid or Lockdown is in progress. 
13. The PD may have an AOS/KOS sign for passing the second set of doors.
14. The back-entrance which leads to jail cells may not be prop-blocked but can have 2 fading doors to protect it which do not count towards other max-fading doors in the PD. Along with this, being inside or tampering with the tunnel that leads to the cells is AOS/KOS. 
15. The vents do not count as a proper entrance, therefore police can't have the vents as their only entrance to the PD.

 Base Laws

1. All laws stated below are in action with or without a Mayor. The Mayor cannot change any of these laws.
2. Raiding is illegal.
3. Money printers are illegal unless stored in the bank.
4. Murder is illegal.
5. Drugs and explosives are illegal, the mayor may legalize drugs or explosives of their choosing.
6. Threats are illegal.
7. Kidnapping, theft, and Mugging is illegal.
8. Advertising or completing hits are illegal.
9. Physical abuse is illegal.
10. Holding a gun out near the Mayor is KOS.
11. Shooting in public is illegal.
12. Bitcoin miners are LEGAL. 

 Mayor Law Rules

1. The mayor may not discriminate against a specific job (Ex. Making Hobos KOS).
2. The mayor may not make laws that restrict a player’s right to speech, movement, or their abilities to use cosmetics.
3. No J-walking, crouching/walking/running, etc laws.
4. No bans on player cosmetics such as hats, trails, or emotes.
5. The mayor may not allow random weapon checks unless in PD.
6. The mayor MUST advert/broadcast/announce the reason for a lockdown as well as warn players to return to their homes (Excessive shooting, life in danger, PD raid. etc)
7. The Mayor may approve the construction of ONE toll booth for police (Counts as a roadblock).
8. The roadblock must be approved by an Administrator.
9. Lockdowns/Curfews may go on for a max of 10 minutes.
10. Police may only AOS/KOS after one warning unless their life is in immediate danger.
11. This only applies to in-game laws, base-laws that are on the MOTD can be AOS without warning. 

 Commands:
/addlaws (adds laws to the Law Board)
/removelaw #
/lockdown (initiates a lockdown)
/unlockdown(cancels the lockdown)
/wanted name reason (arrest warrant)
/unwanted name reason (unarrest warrant)
/warrant name reason (search warrant)
/lottery amount (starts lottery) Warrant Rules

1. The reasons for warrants can include:
2. The police officer saw and/or heard illegals/illegal activities.
3. The police officer heard excessive shooting within a building.
4. A player is wanted inside the base the officer is warranting.
5. The police officer was notified that a player was being held hostage inside the base.
6. The contraband scanner issued a warrant for a player.