livestock theft

Adds a complete livestock stealing mechanic to the game

livestockstealing

🐄 The stealing tradition of the wild west

In the Wild West, livestock theft was a common practice. Thieves often steal cattle and other livestock from ranches and drive them to remote areas for sale. Thieving cowboys were often organized gangs, operating under the cover of night. Stolen animals are often rebranded with the thieves' own markings before being sold or traded for a profit. Theft is a serious crime in the West, and ranchers and law enforcement work tirelessly to catch and punish those responsible. Despite the high stakes, theft remained a lucrative and dangerous trade on the uncivilized frontier.

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🎮 How to use

• Go to any cow, bull, steer, sheep or goat spawn location and lasso the animal
• When you get close enough, a "stealing" prompt will appear.
• After stealing one animal, continue to steal other animals (you can try up to 10 animals in a group)
• Take the herd out of the pen or other area to your horse and mount it
• After mounting the horse, the system will prompt you to choose a stealing location.
• After selecting the location, follow the prompts and whistle to start the stealing process.
• Drive the herd of animals to the chosen theft location

**Repelling Techniques:**

• The herd can be accelerated or decelerated based on whether there are stragglers along the way
• Animals will start wandering when too far from the herd
• Use hints to bring them back together
• Slow down the herd if animals fall behind or get stuck
• It may be necessary to hit an animal or two with your horse to get them back on the path
• When driving mixed cattle and sheep/goats, cattle may trample small animals

📍 Stealing location

• Valentine
• McFarland Ranch
• Emerald Ranch
• Van Horn

💰 Price details

• Cow: USD 25
• Bulls/Steers: $30 (more challenging)
• Goats/Sheep: USD 10

**NOTE:** Van Horn's rip off is more suspicious, he will pay based on cash on hand, the price may be higher or lower than other rip offs

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE

• This is the full version of the steal beta
• We have tried our best to fix bugs, but there may still be some problems
• Tested with herds of up to 10 animals, from Manzanita Outpost to remote locations like Van Horn
• Road navigation mesh (waters, passing carriages, riders, blocked trains, etc.) works properly
• **Do not proceed with game missions or side missions after starting the theft**, as this will accidentally interfere with the operation of the module.

🔧 Installation instructions

• Requires Scripthook
• After unzipping the file, copy and paste Rustling.asi into the game root directory

🙏 Special thanks

Thanks to a friend or two in the RDRMC discord server (you know who) for providing ideas and feedback on this mod

📋 Version History

• 1.1.0 - Initial version
• 1.1.1 - Fixed ScriptHook crashing under certain settings
• 1.1.2 - Main file, fixed the problem of failure of stealing mission after being attacked by enemies