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Config.AutoPopulateData decides where the Citizens and Vehicles pages get their data from.
Pick a mode before your server goes live, and keep it. Records point at citizens and vehicles from the mode that was active when they were made. Switching later leaves old incidents, warrants, and BOLOs pointing at people or vehicles the other mode doesn’t list.

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Automatic

With true, the MDT reads characters and owned vehicles straight from your framework. Officers can search anyone right away, and new characters show up as soon as they’re created.
config/config.lua
On standalone servers there’s no character database to read, so the pages stay empty unless you fill in the framework adapter.

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Manual registration

With false, the Citizens and Vehicles pages start empty. A person or vehicle only exists in the MDT once an officer registers it, like a real records system. Officers can’t attach unregistered people or vehicles to incidents, warrants, BOLOs, or charges.
config/config.lua
Registered citizens are saved in mdt_citizens, and registered vehicles in mdt_vehicles.

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Register a citizen

1

Open Citizens

Open the MDT, go to Citizens, and click Register Citizen.
2

Pick the character

Choose any character that isn’t registered yet, online or offline.
3

Fill in the details

Check the name, date of birth, gender, nationality, height, job, and grade. A fingerprint is generated for you, and the phone number is read from the phone resource.
Register Citizen dialog on the Citizens page

Registering a citizen

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Register a vehicle

1

Open Vehicles

Go to Vehicles and click Register Vehicle.
2

Enter the vehicle

Type the plate, model, and colors, or click Fill from a nearby vehicle.
3

Assign the owner

Pick the owner from the registered citizens.
Register Vehicle dialog on the Vehicles page

Registering a vehicle

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Give officers access

Only grades with these permissions can register and edit records: Give them to the ranks that act as your records clerks. See Permissions.
With manual registration, CCTV auto-detect shows Not registered for people and vehicles officers haven’t added yet.

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Change the mode

Run /mdtadmin, open Records, and toggle List everyone from the database. The change applies instantly.
List everyone from the database toggle in the Records section of the admin panel
These settings change what officers see on citizen records, in both modes. You find them in Records in /mdtadmin, except the nationalities, which are in General.