Radio Scanners

Discretely listen to your community's radio

Sonoran Radio - In-Game Scanner

Due to bandwidth usage, this feature is automatically enabled with the Pro version only!

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Video Example

Using the Radio Scanner

Enabling the Scanner

1. Enable the config.chatter option in your config.lua.

2. Add the sonoranradio.scanner ace permission.

Opening in Standalone

You can use /radio scanner command to open a personal scanner. This requires the sonoranradio.scanner ace permission.

Opening in QBCore

With the radio scanner item in their inventory, users can double click to open the scanner menu.

Sonoran Radio Scanner Item in Inventory

Item Drop

If the scanner item is dropped on the floor, you can open its scanner menu by being near it and pressing E.

If the scanner is powered, transmissions will be heard by nearby users.

Sonoran Radio Scanner Item Drop Use Hint

Radio Scanner Menu

Power On the radio and then select Next Channel or Previous Channel until you have selected the correct channel.

By default, only public radio channels will be available. For private channels, you can configure ACE permissions to access them.

Sonoran Radio FiveM Radio Scanner Controls

Developers

Ace Permissions

If you have enabled Config.acePermsForScanners, you must add permissions in your server.cfgfor the scanner to work. Example:

# Give the group access to /radio scanner
add_ace group.admin sonoranradio.scanner allow

# Only public (non-private) channels are accessible
# Grant access to "Tac 1" and "Fire Dept" private channels
# Channel names are CASE SENSITIVE and must be EXACT
add_ace group.admin "sonoranradio.channel.Tac 1" allow
add_ace group.admin "sonoranradio.channel.Fire Dept" allow

Giving the Scanner Item (QBCore)

Sonoran Radio does not provide a way to get the scanner item independently. You can give the item with any method, but here's an example chat command:

/giveitem <playerId> sonoran_radio_scanner 1

Please note that if you changed Config.ScannerItem.name, it will not work with sonoran_radio_scanner