• Shows a top view of the entire map with electricity reports 
  
• Electricity reports are in the form of large, transparant orange circles (doesnt pinpoint the location, just a general area in which it may be located)
  
• Just having 1 or 2 drugslabs will reveal nothing or a very light transparant circle (depends on what the community thinks)
  
• Having more than 2  drugslabs and moneyprinters will reveal a large orange circle on the map, getting more solid red whenever there is more contaband grouped closely together
  
• Will notify the police merely of a abnormal usage of electricity in the vicinity of the area. Not through a notification, but simply through accessing the tab and hovering your mouse over it as it gives the hint: "The electricity company reports slightly irregular/abnormal/extreme electricity consumption in this area"
  
• The circles update per five to ten minutes, meaning it wont instantly reveal your large stash of contra if you instantly spawn it. 
  
• Other entity placement such as tv's, radio's, buttons and so forth also influence the energy consumption graph, giving off the chance for false positives and that reports may not always point to a illegal operation. 
  

• Tell who or what is causing such high electricity usage.
  
• Pinpoint the stash of contraband close enough that it can be traced to a single building (in real life they probably can but this is to balance it out)
  
• Give the police valid reason to instantly raid a place, this is a tool designed to assist officers in being more aware of a large contraband operation. On its own it doesn't provide enough evidence for a search warrant.
  
• Give off a abnormal electricity usage if two or more are spawned but spread out across the map.
  
• Instantly notify police when the map is updated of new hotspots, think of it as the electricity company merely giving off the advice that illegal activities may be conducted with a abnormal high usage of electricity. 
  

(Jul 20, 2019, 04:02 PM)Bambo Wrote: Perhaps there should be a mini-game that needs to be done in that session before police can check it out.

Maybe an item placed on the locations' main transformer which allows them to monitor that area. People can destroy the item but Police can check it every now and then and place it and also get suspicious.

Would be dope ye

(Jul 20, 2019, 06:22 PM)Montyfatcat Wrote: Another idea. A counter to it (instead of spreading the contra over a large area) is to buy a generator. You have to regularly top the fuel up else the contraband will use mains electricity and show on grid, however leaving it running when you have little to no contra makes a green dot appear on the map which says that a property is making more electricity than is being used, which could also make the police suspicious.

(Jul 20, 2019, 06:24 PM)Eddie Wrote:

(Jul 20, 2019, 06:22 PM)Montyfatcat Wrote: Another idea. A counter to it (instead of spreading the contra over a large area) is to buy a generator. You have to regularly top the fuel up else the contraband will use mains electricity and show on grid, however leaving it running when you have little to no contra makes a green dot appear on the map which says that a property is making more electricity than is being used, which could also make the police suspicious.

Why would you use a generator when you can use mains electricity? I prefer the original suggestion.