Beginner's Guide to Blue Networks (v2)

xyquad · April 2, 2024

Welcome to Blue Networks! This server uses some custom systems that you should be familiar with before starting.

1. Rules

Always read the rules when joining a new server. Rules are categorized for your convenience, so you can easily check the relevant sections related to what you're doing. The rules are automatically opened when first joining, but you can type !motd or !rules to read them again.

2. Adverting

This server uses a custom system that automatically adverts most actions whenever you perform them. For example, cracking a keypad or lockpicking a door initiates a Raid, using the C4 as a Terrorist initiates a Terror, using the Kidnap Baton initiates a Kidnap, etc. For actions that don't start automatically, there are special commands that need to be used instead of adverting.

/mug (amount) - Initiates a Mug on the player you're looking at. Maximum amount is 100000.

/counter - Initiates a Counter. This allows you to kill people who are raiding, kidnapping, etc.

/assist - Assist an ongoing Raid.

/terror - Initiates a terror (only adverted automatically when using the C4).

/warn - Warns a player who is bothering you. Warn 3 times with 10 second intervals before killing.

/over - Ends the current RP action. Most actions automatically end after going too far away or running out of time.

/jobaction - Initiates the "job action" for certain jobs; these allow you to kill one person before automatically ending.

Cooldowns are automatically managed, and can be seen in the top right corner of the screen.

3. Misc Commands

Here are some commands that may be useful.

!discord - Join the discord.

/streak - Open the daily streak menu. You can claim rewards and check when the next reward is.

!rewards - Open the rewards menu.

!unbox - Open the unboxing menu. Can also be opened with "i". Make sure to claim your daily and weekly crates.

!donate - Open the donation menu. You can buy credits here, which are used at the Credit Shop.

!gang - Open the gang menu. You can create and manage your gang here.

!help - Opens the new player help menu, which details some commands not listed here.

3. F4 Menu

You should be familiar with this if you've played any DarkRP server, but our F4 Menu has some new functionality.

Jobs - List of all the jobs on the server. Click a job to see what actions the job can perform or what tools they spawn with.

Weapons - Buy ammo for your weapons. Gun Dealers and Vape Dealers are able to purchase guns or vapes, in single form or in shipments.

Entities - Buy entities like printers, drug pots, and more. Some jobs add new entities to this menu.

Skills - Spend Prestige Tokens to upgrade various skills for your character.

Credit Shop - Convert in-game money to Credits, which can be spent on various events, ranks, and upgrades. Credits can be bought with real money, but grinding for credits is still fairly easy and recommended.

Skins, Charms, Accessories - Fun vanity items that can be bought with credits or in-game money. The Charms tab allows you to buy Stat Track for different guns to track your kills.

Settings - Change some settings. Includes stuff like disabling snow and radio volume. You should probably change these.

Achievements - Long-term tasks that may reward nametag colors.

The bottom three buttons do exactly what you'd expect.

4. Purge

Every two hours, a vote to start a Purge is started. If successful, the Purge will begin.

- RDM is completely legal during Purge.

- Job weapon restrictions do not apply during purge. (i.e Bank Manager can only use pistols, but can use other weapon classes during Purge.)

- Each kill during the Purge will grant money, scaling with how many players are online.

- Adverting is not required during purge. Nothing is automatically adverted; use this to raid people easily.

- Cooldowns do not start during the purge. But remember, chain raiding/harassment isn't allowed.

- Purge lasts 15 minutes, and a leaderboard for top kills is shown on the top right corner.

- During Purge, you will spawn in a random part of the map and be given a random weapon. Both of these can be disabled in Settings.

- You will automatically swap to your physgun when the Purge ends; any kills after the purge is considered RDM.

5. Airdrops

Every hour, an airdrop will spawn in a random district. Airdrops can contain weapons, money, credits, and rare crates.

Some things to note about airdrops:

- Airdrops create a red zone around them; all players inside this zone are KOS to each other.

- Airdrops have a timer above them before they open. This is usually around 5 minutes.

- You cannot leave the zone once you enter. All loot must be collected before anyone can exit the zone.

- "Airdrop Events" can be purchased in the Credit Shop for 1,000 Credits. During this time, airdrops will spawn every 30 seconds, and the time before unlocking is significantly shorter.

6. Gangs

You can create a gang using !gang or by talking to the Gang NPC at spawn. Gangs can store weapons, money, and allow you to spawn special printers.

To get gang XP, capture these flags around the map. Flag locations will change every day, but there is always one in each district.

High-activity areas like Park and Fountain give more money and gang XP than others. Reaching high gang levels allows you to purchase and upgrade Gang Printers.

Jeans skin not included.

Gang Printers require no charging and have no money limit. They will make money forever.
Gang Printer upgrades are permanent, but very expensive. Make sure you upgrade cooling to the max, or they'll explode.

All upgrades will be unlocked by gang level 50. The second gang printer is unlocked at gang level 75.

7. Karts

You can purchase a go-kart at the Kart Garage in spawn.

You can upgrade your kart with a glider and a rocket booster to get around the map easier.

8. Events

Events are server-wide boosts that happen automatically or are bought with Credits. You can see what events are active at the top right corner of the screen.

You can press F3 to view the duration of the event. Events that happen automatically will last 24 hours, while events that are bought will typically last 2 hours. Automatic events only occur after server restart (8 AM EST).

Printer Event (100c) - Money Printers make 15% more money for 2 hours. Does not include Gang Printers.

Job Event (150c) - All job-related activities make 15% more money for 2 hours.

XP Event (150c) - Increases XP earned by 15% for 2 hours.

Blue Event (200c) - Everyone on the server can use Blue perks for 2 hours. This includes high-tier printers and exclusive jobs.

Vape Event (25c) - Everyone on the server gets a Custom Vape for 2 hours.

Airdrop Event (1000c) - Airdrops will spawn every 30 seconds for 5 minutes.

Mining Speed Event (200c) - Pickaxe speed is doubled for 10 minutes.

Other Guides

You can read all available guides on the Guides forum. These usually explain how certain jobs work. Pinned guides are made or recommended by staff.

Enjoy your stay on Blue Networks!

Edited July 28, 2024 by xyquad