News Helicopter

Remember the news helicopters that spawned along with the police helicopters in GTA San Andreas? Me too. With this version, you can get access to the live camera feed from the news chopper.

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Installation

Move NewsHeli.dll and NewsHeli.ini to your /scripts directory

Requirements

• ScriptHookV
• ScriptHookVDotNet 3
• .NET Runtime 4.8
• recommended: a helicopter with a news station livery, like this one

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Usage

The news heli will spawn automatically when you have 3 or more stars wanted level.

Keyboard

Press [Enter] (can be changed in INI) to toggle the news chopper camera feed.
Press [Ctrl] and [+] or [-] to zoom camera feed in/out, respectively. Same as zooming a web browser.

Gamepad

Note: these control combinations also apply to keyboard. They must be pressed in order (the same way you copy with Ctrl+C).

Function	Control	Default
toggle camera	CharacterWheel + LookBehind	[DPad-down] + [RightStick-click]
zoom in	LookUp + LookBehind	[RightStick-Up] + [RightStick-click]
zoom out	LookDown + LookBehind	[RightStick-Down] + [RightStick-click]

Settings

Setting	Function	Default
NewsHeli
onWanted	spawn news chopper with 3 or more wanted stars? Currently there is no way to spawn one manually, so leave as true	true
model	helicopter model to be spawned. You can use add-on model names	frogger
radius	how far away the helicopter should follow the player from, in meters	40 meters
altitude	how high the helicopter should be above the player, in meters	40 meters
respawnDelay	time delay (in seconds) before the helicopter spawns again	30 seconds
minWantedLevel	wanted level at which news chopper spawns	2
HeliCam
activateKey	Key used to toggle the news chopper camera feed	Enter (return carriage)
defaultFov	Default field-of-view for the news chopper camera feed, in degrees	35 degrees
zoomFactor	Percentage to zoom camera by every time you press the zoom command	20 %
showWeazelOverlay	If true, show Weazel News overlay when news chopper camera feed is active	true
title	Title to display on news overlay. If left blank, "Live Breaking News" is shown
subtitle	Subtitle to display on news overlay. If left blank, a subtitle is randomly chosen

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Development

Source code - GitHub
GTA5 Mods

Planned features

• ability to apply filters to camera feed
• gracefully transition from gameplay cam to camera feed
• community suggestions!

Changelog

1.5.3

• more headlines

1.5.2

• added option to change wanted level needed for news heli to spawn

1.5.1

• Weazel News overlay will now show "Signal Lost" if heli is destroyed

1.5.0

• implemented Weazel News overlay
• modified some default settings (FOV and zoom factor)

1.4.0

• heli will now spawn further away and fly in

1.3.0

• implemented respawn delay; default 30 seconds

1.2.1

• updated error checking
• reverted pilot to reporter only (no more Beverly)

1.2.0

• implemented gamepad controls. See usage section for details
• decreased pilot retasking rate to once per 5 seconds to prevent erratic flying

1.1.1

• added error checking after spawning heli & crew
• fixed a bug where the camera would not zoom after the heli is destroyed in rare cases

1.1

• heli pilot now flies away when dismissed
• implemented zoom in/out heli camera feed
• increased script tick rate to make it more responsive

1.0.1

• shifted the camera mounting position further forward
• heli now dismissed if player loses wanted level

1.0

• initial release