Respect

Respect is everything. The respect between one faction and another will govern how they will react to each other, and the respect between those factions and you will govern how they will react to you.

Respect and disrespect

There are two respect levels between each faction: The respect and the (nominally named) disrespect.

Respect is the overall respect level. This changes very slowly over time, depending on the actions of each party towards each other. For the player, this will govern which missions a faction offers to you, and how likely a faction is to try and kill you if you piss them off enough. This respect level is only held on a faction-to-faction level.

Disrespect is a modifier applied to the overall respect level. If you kill members of a faction, you will gain (negative) disrespect with them; this will trigger their police force to respond to your actions. Maintain this disrespect for long enough, and your overall respect level with that faction will decrease. However if you handle the situation wisely, you can reset your disrespect to zero without taking a hit to your overall respect rating. Each ped in the game, including the player, has a disrespect modifier for each faction, indicating how each faction will respond to that ped, and acting as a record of that peds good or bad actions.

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MUST-DOCS: UNKNOWN: How do peds react to stuff? What actions have what effects on respect levels? How much of an effect? etc.
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