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What is “CookOut”?
Our top priorities are player experience and server performance.
CookOut is an established community with over 700 unique players. As a serious roleplay server with a balanced economy, powerful anti-cheat system, active staff, and a variety of job and character opportunities, we offer improved immersion over other online servers.
Our server is built on player feedback. We have an active feedback channel with over 1,000 closed articles, allowing all players to voice concerns, submit ideas, and weigh in on server updates that are important to the community.
At CookOut , you have a chance to meet new people, make friends, and be whomever you want to be.
What is “Roleplay” or “RP”?
To keep it very simple: Roleplay is the ability to create a character different from the reality. The character and its backstory is for you to decide and would be accepted as long as it follows the CookOut Roleplay guidelines and terms.
How to connect to the server?
We will always recommended connecting to the server through your F8 console in FiveM, to do this follow the steps below;
- On the FiveM main menu, press F8
- Type “ connect play.cookoutrp.net“ in the text bar and press ENTER
- Press F8 to close the console and click on “PLAY NOW” when the button appears
How to get started in the city?
So you’ve just landed in the city of Los Santos and wondering what to do next..
You’ll probably want an easier way to get around instead of running, from any of the garages you can grab yourself a BMX (or any other bike) for $100! You’ll get that money back when you return it to another garage.
If this is your first time here, you’ll have $6500 to spend where you like.
How to get your driving licenses?
Now before you head straight for an Ammunation you’re going to need to get your driving licenses.
Well you could get a gun, go and try some “criminal activities” but if that goes wrong, you’ll be sleeping for a while!
Head over to the DMV and get started on your new career.
Take your time, you’ll need to pass your Theory Test and then onto the practical driving.
It might be worth reading through the below text before you start and getting yourself familiar with the roads of Los Santos.
The roads of Los Santos can lead to adventure, but at times can land you into trouble. Please pay careful attention to this information slide which should shed some light on the test questions that follow.
In general the speed limit of the city roads is 40mph, this is to keep pedestrians and other road users safe during their day to day travels. It is important when driving through areas with high levels of pedestrians on foot that you slow down and be cautious of your surroundings. The highways you are permitted to travel at speeds of up to but not exceeding 70mph but be sure to remain diligent at all times.
If you do happen to be approached from behind by a police vehicle with their lights and or sirens active then please pull over to the side of the road at the next available opportunity and wait for the officer to approach the vehicle. You may be asked at this time to turn off your engine, please do so to save any further issues. Likewise if you can see any emergency vehicle approaching with lights and or sirens even if not to conduct a traffic stop please give way to them where possible.
Certain motorsport vehicles and vehicles that are not specifically designed for road use are not permitted for general travel within the city limits/general city roads and highways. An example of this are vehicles such as dirt bikes (blazer for example), go karts, golf carts etc. Use these in suitable locations, i.e riding a dirt bike to travel around sandy especially around areas of rough terrain. Use of these types of vehicles on unsuitable roads such as the city center could result in the vehicle being impounded.
Best of luck with your practical tests and safe travels.
You’ll want to start with the Driving Test and then move onto the Commercial Test.
Once you pick the test, your vehicle will be delivered to the rear of the DMV, shown in the screenshot. Walk up to the vehicle and press “L” to unlock the doors. Get in and you’re ready to take your test.
This vehicle delivery process is the same for all of the delivery jobs in Los Santos.
- Visit the job location
- Find the starting blimp
- Start job and find work vehicle from GPS
- Press L to unlock your vehicle
- Complete job and return to start
Starting your first job
There’s a handful of delivery jobs around that city that you can jump into once you’ve got your commercial license.
If it’s your first time in the city, we’d suggest staying clear of RON until you’re familiar with driving around. That big tanker on the back of your truck tends to explode if you’re not used to it!
How to buy a phone
You’ll notice that when you press “F1” to open your phone nothing will appear when you first join this city. This is because the “Cell Phone” is an item you’ll need to purchase from Digital Den, shown in the screenshot below. From here you’ll be able to purchase a Flashlight, GPS and the mysterious Darknet Sim Card – what that does you’ll have to find out talking to people in the city!
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll just have to wait and find out!
If it’s something that has happened while playing, type /report and fill out the report form, this will be the quickest way to contact a staff member. If you need a little more support there is a section on the website and the discord or you can join “Waiting for Staff” on discord.
You’ll need to fill out a ban appeal in the Ban-Appeal section on website. Be sure to read the questions and follow all the steps.
You’ll need to fill out a Bug Ticket in the Bug-Ticket section on website. Be sure to read the questions and follow all the steps.
The first thing to check is your FiveM settings, turn your voice chat on and off while checking the input device. If that doesn’t work you’ll need to type “/fix_voice” in the game chat bar. It’s always best to relog after you’ve done this, but should be good to go afterwards. If this still isn’t working jump in the “Support Voice” channel in discord and someone will be with you when they’re free.
No, this will give you an instant ban from the server. One account per player.
We recommend watching this guide – https://youtu.be/9_63Xrrsdgg
While the server does have logs for most things, we always ask you to have some kind of recording software to show your point of view. There’s many different options from Shadowplay to Medal, do the research and find out which one works for you.
If there’s no EMS online, after your 10minute timer has run out, you can press E to spawn at the nearest hospital, this is called “taking the local doctor”.
Theres a couple of places in the city to check if you cant find your personal vehicles, this is called the Impound.
The main causes of this would be when you’re fined by the LSPD in the cells or driving around and collecting speeding fines with a low balance or even TAXES, those small amounts will add up if you’re driving through the city.
These will be paid out once an Admin+ goes through the list and confirms all the details for every post. To ensure this is done efficiently, make sure you follow all the guidance at the top of the channel on how to make a compensation. Posting duplicates will only slow it down.
Yes, visual modpacks are allowed in the city providing they’re in compliance with our server rules. CookOut has it’s own one which you can find in the #mod-pack channel on discord. If your unsure about the one you have, ask for confirmation in the #support channel.
