AfterDarkRP roles, economy loops, and docs split since the last milestone

What changed after the February 13 post

The last dev post on February 13, 2026 focused on freezing scope for a pre-April launch push. Since then, the project snapshot has moved from broad MVP goals to a more concrete playable stack with clearer public-facing documentation.

The biggest shift is that the AfterDarkRP site is no longer trying to present everything from one landing page. The public pages now split responsibilities more cleanly:

• Home summarizes the current server focus.
• Devlog carries the deeper milestone snapshot.
• Changelog holds shorter patch-style history.
• Guide and Rules are positioned as player-facing references instead of internal notes.

Systems that are now clearer and more playable

The roleplay loop has filled in around the core economy and justice systems that were already live in mid-February.

• Door ownership and sign logic now cover single, sliding, and double-door setups.
• Weapon shipment and money printer loops are part of the current economy tuning pass.
• Pocket inventory and loadout flow now include the default ns_fists setup.
• Mayor and SWAT progression is treated as vote-gated instead of a flat roster pick.

That matters because the server is starting to look less like a systems demo and more like a usable rule set for real player behavior. The economy now has stronger reasons to move between banking, ownership, criminal pressure, and police response.

Roster expansion and role clarity

The job catalog has also expanded beyond the earlier high-level Civil, Government, and Criminal examples.

Current public-facing snapshots now show:

• Civil roles like Business Owner, Smoothie Vendor, and Gun Dealer.
• Government progression from Cadet to Police, SWAT, Mayor, and Bodyguard.
• Criminal paths including Thief, Mugger, gang roles, and Weed Grower.

This is a more useful milestone than just adding names to a menu. It makes balancing visible: salary spacing, role caps, vote requirements, and category identity are all now part of the design language players will actually see.

Documentation is now part of the product

Another real change since the last post is tone and structure. The site copy has been cleaned up to reference an internal development build instead of raw local project paths, and the documentation is being written like something players can use.

That is small on paper but important for launch readiness. If the build is going public early, the rules, guide, changelog, and devlog all need to describe the same server honestly. This pass gets the project closer to that standard.

What comes next

The next obvious pressure points are polish rather than discovery:

• finish door interaction polish,
• keep tuning shipment and printer risk/reward,
• harden UI and root panel flow,
• and keep the police/criminal loop readable under live player stress.

The project is still moving fast, but the difference from the February 13 milestone is that more of the stack is now visible, categorized, and explainable. That is usually the point where a prototype starts turning into a server.