Sunset Stories Rulebook

Your persona has to feel like a real person living in LA. Names should sound human — no celebrities, no meme handles, no anything that breaks TOS. Troll characters, joke builds, and outfits like "100k-or-die" fits, full costume masks, alien limbs or anything similarly unrealistic are not welcome. Breaking this earns a ban and a character kill.

Clip every second you are connected. No clip means no reimbursement, no report, no defense — and if the clip you provide shows you breaking a rule, that clip becomes the evidence we use to ban you. Game audio and voice audio must be working. Push-to-talk only.

Sunset Stories is an adult community. Anyone who sounds underage, refuses to roleplay, or shows up just to disrupt the city will be permanently removed.

Drive like the car costs you something. Reckless, video-game-style driving — wall riding, full-send through traffic, ignoring physics — is an instant permanent ban once a staff member catches it.

Dress like you live in Los Angeles, not like you're cosplaying. If a staff member asks you to change and you ignore it, you're done — permanent ban.

Scamming or stealing Sunset Gems or store items results in a permanent ban, a full pocket wipe, and every credit on your account stripped. Don't risk it.

Selling in-game money, items, cars, properties or accounts for real cash is an automatic permanent ban and a network-wide blacklist. We log more than you think — we will find out.

Harassment of female players is an immediate permanent ban with zero warnings. More broadly: treat everyone in the city with basic decency. OOC slurs, doxxing threats, and targeted bullying are not tolerated.

Stepping one inch out of a green zone to gun someone down is a permanent ban. Roleplay started inside a green zone does not carry over once you leave it — initiation must happen in a hot zone.

Pulling a firearm without a real roleplay reason — to flex, to bait, to threaten OOC — earns a ban or mandatory community service depending on staff discretion.

Use the ped that matches your character's gender. Male characters use male peds, female characters use female peds. Using a female ped requires female verification. Mismatched peds get banned.

Body bags are a permanent narrative tool. If you use one outside the documented format — wrong reason, wrong process, wrong target — you will be permanently banned and your character will be deleted. Read the full doc before you ever pick one up.

Every character is an adult. Scaling your character shorter is fine; portraying a minor in any way — voice, behavior, animations, family RP framing — is not. This is an instant ban and blacklist per CFX policy.

Stream-sniping, using Discord to feed in-character info, ignoring injuries to keep fighting, forcing outcomes on other players — all banned. Let the scene breathe and let the other side react.

Civilians fear for their life when a gun is pointed at them, a blade is drawn at close range, or they're outnumbered. Acting fearless to "win" the scene is powergaming and will be punished.

Once you respawn at the hospital, the events that put you down are forgotten by your character. No revenge runs, no returning to the same scene, no calling your crew to "finish it" — start fresh.

Officers only have to fear for their life when four or more firearms are actively pointed at them. Below that count, an officer can attempt to resolve the situation without complying.

If you log out, F8 quit, or crash and refuse to return during an active encounter with PD, your character is killed off — automatic CK, no appeal.

Officers escalate in proportion to the threat: presence → verbal → less-lethal → lethal. Lethal force is only justified when a suspect presents an immediate deadly threat to an officer or civilian.

Pursuits must be called over comms with a reason, direction, and vehicle description. PIT maneuvers and spike strips follow rank authorization. PD does not engage in GTA driving any more than civilians do.

Corrupt officer storylines require command approval. Off-the-books deals, weapon sales, or tipping off factions without an approved arc will result in removal from the department and possible server action.

Factions move through tiers based on activity, roleplay quality, and member count. Higher tiers unlock plug wars, territory mechanics, and access to staff-triggered story events. Tier reviews happen monthly.

Faction conflict requires a clear, audible reason given in-character before the first shot. "Where you from?" without context, drive-by initiations from masked vehicles, and silent fire-openings are not valid initiation.

Hostile groups are capped at six unless you have an approved war declaration. Stacking 10+ on a single opponent without reason is a powergaming violation across the entire crew.

Claimed turf must be defended through RP, not through respawn timers. Camping a rival's spawn or repeatedly hitting them during a known down-bad moment will be reviewed by faction management.

CKs must be approved and follow a documented storyline. Surprise CKs, CKing for petty reasons, or forcing a CK on a player who hasn't built into the arc will be reversed and the offending crew sanctioned.

Hits on officers require a faction-level reason, not personal beef. Targeting low-rank officers in green zones, ambushing during traffic stops without buildup, or kidnapping PD without storyline approval is not allowed.