DPS Signs

Overview

The SmartSigns resource adds working variable-message boards over the freeways, but out of the box they sit there saying whatever was last typed into them. DPS Signs keeps them alive. A deck of twelve messages, from “Seat belts save lives” to “Welcome to Del Perro Sands”, rotates across every board on a schedule, each with a matching icon.

Each sign shows a different message, offset by its id, so a drive down the freeway reads like a sequence rather than the same line twelve times. The whole deck shifts along every 12 minutes.

Features

• Twelve built-in messages: safety notices, transit and roadwork warnings and local flavour, each with a matrix icon (drink driving, phones, roadwork, pedestrians, tiredness and more).
• Covers every board listed in SmartSigns’ locations.json (76 on Del Perro Sands).
• Neighbouring signs show different messages, so a route reads as a sequence.
• The deck advances every 12 minutes.
• Police or admin edits at a sign’s keypad still work; the next rotation pass takes the board back.
• Waits for SmartSigns to finish starting, and spaces its updates so it never floods the sign resource.

How it works

On start the resource waits for SmartSigns, counts the boards in its locations.json, and then sends each one its message through SmartSigns’ own server event. Server-side updates skip the player permission check, so no one has to be online at a sign. Every 12 minutes the deck moves one step and every board gets its next message.

Requirements

• SmartSigns

Installation

1. Put the folder in your resources directory as dps-signs.
2. Add ensure dps-signs to server.cfg after SmartSigns.

Configuration

Messages live in the DECK table at the top of server.lua: three lines and an icon per message. SmartSigns rejects any line of 15 characters or more, so keep each line to 14. The rotation interval is ROTATE_MINUTES (12) in the same file.

Credits

Written by DaemonAlex for Del Perro Sands. The signs themselves are provided by the SmartSigns resource.