Overview

Businesses are properties that generate income by selling products to players. They can be owned by individual players or factions. Each business has a type that determines what it sells, whether it can be robbed, and how much hourly income it earns.

Every player starts with 5 business slots. Premium level 5 adds 2 extra slots, and premium level 7 adds another 2, for a maximum of 9 slots (plus any bonus slots on your account).

Businesses need components (comps) to operate. When a business runs out of comps, it stops earning money. Some business types have unlimited comps and do not need restocking.

Business Types

Business types are loaded from the database. Each type defines a name, whether it can be robbed or bombed, which commands it supports, and how much hourly income it generates. Common types include:

Special Business Features

Clothing Stores

Use /clothes <SkinID> to change to a specific skin, or just /clothes to browse a gender-based selection of available skins.

Accessories

Use /acc inside a clothing store or similar business to purchase and equip accessories.

Restaurants and Bars

Use /drink at a restaurant or bar to purchase drinks.

Hardware Store

Hardware stores sell specialized items. Use /hardware to set a GPS marker to the nearest hardware store, then use /buy inside to purchase items.

Buying a Business

To buy a business, go to one that is marked "For sale" and use /buybiz. The price is paid from your savings account (not hand money or bank).

When you buy a business, all existing duplicate keys are reset.

Products and Components

Businesses sell products to players through the /buy command. Each product has a minimum and maximum price that the owner can set with /setprice. Products consume components when purchased.

The business only keeps a percentage of each sale as income. This percentage is determined by the revenue share (rev_share) value configured for that business.

Ordering Components

Use /biz settings and select "Order components" to restock. You choose how many comps to order and set a price per component.

Restocking Step-by-Step

1. Order components through /biz settings > "Order components" -- set the quantity and price per component.
2. Use /orders to view your active orders and their status.
3. Buy a vehicle and drive to the Components Supplies Warehouse (find it with /gps).
4. Load the components into your vehicle.
5. Drive to the business and use /sellcomps to deliver the components.

Discounts

Faction-owned businesses can set discounts for faction members and alliance members. Discounts range from 0% to 20% and are configured through /biz settings > "Discounts".

Players whose faction controls the SA Weapon Factory special turf get an automatic 10% discount at Legal Gun Shops.

Hourly Income

Every hour (at paytime), each business receives passive income. The amount depends on the business type and is defined by the hourly_income value in the database. The default fallback is $14,000.

A 5% turf tax is automatically deducted from hourly income and sent to the faction bank of whoever owns the turf the business is located in.

Entrance Fees

Some business types allow the owner to set an entrance fee that visitors pay when entering. Owners and players with the "open/close" duplicate key permission enter for free.

Players at level 2 or below enter for free.

Types that support entrance fees include: Paintball, Bar, Pay N Spray, Vehicle Register, Transfender, Legal Gun Shop, Nitro Garage, Wheel Garage, Food Shop, Stadium, Casino, and Drug Factory.

Robbery & Bombing

See Robberies for details on business robbery and bombing mechanics.

Tax System

Businesses have two types of tax, both deducted when the owner collects money using /loadmoney.

Government tax goes to the government bank. Turf tax goes to the faction bank of whoever owns the turf the business is in.

Collecting Money

Moneyvans can be rented from business ID 339 for $100,000.

To collect money from your business:

1. Drive a moneyvan to the business entrance.
2. Use /loadmoney to load the till into the van (taxes are deducted at this point).
3. Drive to a bank and use /unloadmoney to deposit into your bank account.

Duplicate Keys

Business owners can give other players duplicate keys through /biz settings > "Manage duplicate keys". Each key can have individual permissions toggled on or off.

Renaming a Business

You can rename your business through /biz settings > "Change business name". The name must be between 6 and 40 characters and cannot contain ~, \, /, |, {, or }. Renaming costs $100,000.

Factionizing a Business

A player-owned business can be permanently transferred to your faction through /biz settings > "Factionize". This action is irreversible. The faction must have an available business slot.

Once factionized, the business is managed by the faction leader (tier 0). Faction-owned businesses receive reduced hourly income (divided by 4) but can set faction and alliance discounts.

Business Status Warnings

When you log in, you receive warnings if any of your businesses (or businesses you have a key to) have issues:

• Business is closed and will not earn money
• Business is out of components and will not earn money
• Business till is full ($2,000,000,000) and will not earn money
• Business has more than $100,000,000 in the till

Commands