@Celks you can simply do not announce the server (AnnounceSelf=false, won't appear on server list) or use the management resource to restrict access to registered players.
https://github.com/RAGECOOP/GTAV-RESOURCES/tree/main/Resources/RageCoop/RageCoop.Resources.Management

Hello everyone,

I am French and I use Google translation to write to you.

I would like to know if there is an easy way to play on LAN at home. I have 3 laptops and I cannot create my server

Thank you so much

@Micklom just enter the LAN IP of the laptop running the server and port in the mod menu (for example 192.168.0.100:4499), the IP is displayed in the server window (under ethernet or wi-fi interface). See https://github.com/RAGECOOP/RAGECOOP-V/wiki/Set-up-a-server (for LAN you don't need port forwarding).

@oldnapalm An idea for Player sync:
- I wonder if it's possible to only sync other Player in a radius (to see more FPS boost). Say about 200-400m so that if they get out of that radius, their player's model, peds/veh won't be synced at all. (Ex: even if server has 12 players but you are around 2 players, only those 2 will be synced, the other 10 will be synced on map but not others like model/ped/veh,...)

@hehexd1222 these are server side settings (NpcStreamingDistance which defaults to 500 and PlayerStreamingDistance which defaults to -1 or unlimited). In various tests I added client side limit of 200 and it didn't appear to be a significative FPS boost. The good news is that EntenKoeniq (the original author of the project) is back so we should see real improvement soon.

@oldnapalm Nice to hear,
Also i want to ask: how come in some areas, despite of (20,30) veh, ped lim, the Ped/Veh still gets exceeded in some areas but not all (31,32,...even 50,60 if the player continues to spawn)? (I saw that they aren't removed also)

@hehexd1222 maybe the player is using a trainer to spawn vehicles, the player's vehicle is always synced. Or maybe there are mission entities in the area, which are also always synced despite the peds limit.

@oldnapalm
Wouldn't it be better to also treat Mission entities as normal entities? Since there could be corpses, burnt scrap vehicles,etc... that wouldn't despawn.
Or maybe a "Priority" list would be an idea: Like Mission entity gets synced first, removed later while Non-Mission gets synced later, removed first.

@hehexd1222 actually only local mission entities will be synced even with the world limit reached, if you are seeing other players exceeding the peds limit, it's for an unknown reason.

We can't treat mission entities as normal (RandomAmbient) because deleting them could ruin the mission. This test treats them like RandomScenario, they won't be synced if limit is reached but won't be deleted locally.

https://github.com/oldnapalm/RAGECOOP-V/releases/download/nightly-build/RageCoop.Client.test3.zip

@oldnapalm
Before "test3" version:
Misc log:
- Saw a player driving broken car, dis-re-con didnt repair it and he
was still inside that broken car (burnt, no wheels)

Cases where i saw limit exceeding:
- 1st: Crowded area like Upper Vinewood (near Pac Standard, Cinema,...).
I dont remember how the Ped sync worked. But it might not be summing up
to or even reach over the limit

EX: Lim of 30 ped, it went up to 31, but if a or 2 Player is next to
me, their ped lim might be 6-7, so it added up to high 30 or even 40 peds

So maybe if the limit is 30, then example with 3 players, you can
divide it by 3, so each get 10 (i saw this happen few times) or
have lim be 30 but subtract 6 and 6 (example by 2 other players),
it won't exceed 30?

- 2nd: Trainers, they can spawn a bunch of peds/vehs, causing over-limit
Something that re-fresh (similar to dis-re-con) every X secs/mins to reset the
limit (removing all the excess vehicles/peds).

Questions:

1. When you say local mission will be synced. Does it mean that:
I'm on a mission, my own local ped will be synced to other players despite
limit (so Others will see my local peds) or "I will always see my local mission peds"?

2. Deleting them could ruin mission. Do you mean for the Mission Host or the Other
Players joining them along? Because i always thought local Peds (Mission or not)
will always be visible regardless of the Mod. And some Mission Peds like D and
Lamar when i played with other Host, sometimes didn't appear and they did mission just
fine.

It's normal that the total is above the limit because the local player can have up to the limit and others can have "limit divided by number of players", for example, if the limit is 30, you can have 30 and if there are 3 players on the server, each of the other 2 players can have 10 each. In some tests I tried to limit the local to "limit divided by number of players" but then the ghost city effect was total.

Mission entities are always synced (even if you already have the limit number of ambient) but it doesn't mean the other players will see them all, it will depend on their own limit. In test3 mission entities are not synced if the limit is already reached, but they will not be deleted (new ambient peds/vehicles are deleted when the limit is reached).

Having all local traffic enabled but not synced is doable, but it's not how the mod was designed to work.

This test does not remove local traffic, so you can set a vert low limit to avoid receiving traffic from other players. You will probably see players ramming through local vehicles very frequently, because you will have a lot of traffic which does not exist on their world.

https://github.com/oldnapalm/RAGECOOP-V/releases/download/nightly-build/RageCoop.Client.test4.zip

- Although it would be great to have ped sync but as of right now, it might not be perfect so: Maybe if you have about
80-20/90-10% of Local Ped non-synced + Synced Peds? (Like 27 local
(not synced) + 3 synced or 25 local - 5 synced)

As Synced Peds can be buggy at times:

-At least walking peds on streets are less buggy.
-Driving NPCs could be invisible. But acceptable bugginess for Ambience.
-Specific placed peds (like Strip Club, convenient store)+ Mission Peds
might be duped/not shown. Caused FPS drops.

Would be interesting to see if a mix of mostly non-synced Local and few synced Ped/Veh
will improve FPS or not

This test will sync only mission entities and all players can sync up to the limit (instead of limit divided by number of players).

https://github.com/oldnapalm/RAGECOOP-V/releases/download/nightly-build/RageCoop.Client.test5.zip

@oldnapalm
"test4" version log 2:
Tested 1/30 (veh/ped), with 2 players, they can see about 5-6 cops and 6-7 cars
Not tested on Missions

1/30 was in 30 FPS so i set it to 1/1, dis-re-con FPS upped to hi 40-50s

20/30, with another Player (1st) fighting cops, he said he could see Heli in his world
but not me and 1 more player (2nd)

100/100, now i can see cops from 1st Player POV, few cops and 1-2 helis

100/100,Disabled traffic, Vinewood Poppy Intersection, i can see
1-2 cars from other Player POV but some of them are invisible, saw some
walking peds too

Hosting Paleto, player said he can only see me standing, dis-re-con
refresh that

100/100 sometimes the Other Player can't see my NPCs, Despite enabling
traffic, during Union Depository

An idea:
A dynamic limit like: you will have 0/0 with no one around X radius but
near a Player you might have 10/20 or 20/30? with (say 20 or 30 limit set)

Idea for "Invisible Synced 3 Main Characters":
Have some suggestions as substitute models for 3 main characters (for synced NPCS only, non-Player), (instead of being invisible), any out of these will do:
Substitute for 3 main players:

Franklin:
a_m_y_beach_03
g_m_importexport_01

Mike:
s_m_m_movprem_01 (or cs_movpremmale if "s_m_m" doesnt Work)
s_m_y_devinsec_01

ig_sol

Trev:
s_m_y_blackops_01
s_m_y_baywatch_01

Questions:
Why is it that if the Ped limit is 10-15, other Players can see 2-3 peds, 30 they can see about 5-6. So what happened to the other 25 (or 8-12) Peds, are they redundant? (If the Ped Limit could be exact like 10 ped lim = 10 ped shown, it would be interesting to see what would happen)

It depends on what version the other players are using. With release/nightly if limit is 30 and there are 3 players, they will see only 10 of yours. With test5 above, if limit is 30, other players should see 30 regardless of how many players, but only mission entities are synced. With test6 below it's the same as test5 except that all NPCs are synced, not only mission.

https://github.com/oldnapalm/RAGECOOP-V/releases/download/nightly-build/RageCoop.Client.test6.zip