On The Blade

Swipe Life · Player guide

Take the data.
Lose the pattern.

The job is not finished when the rig fills. Pull it, protect the plastic, choose a counter, move the money, and keep the case from learning your routine.

Controls

Two keys drive the operation

F9
Open the Swipe Life menu and switchboard
F10
Plant, pull, fit, cash out, or complete the active site prompt
Context matters. F10 performs the valid action at the active rig, plant, merchant, drop, or counter. Read the prompt before pressing it.
First 15 minutes

Complete one clean circuit

Open F9 and read the switchboard

The devices, plastic, cash-out, case file, and help menus show what is currently possible and what is blocked.

Choose and plant a rig

Travel to a supported site, approach the plant point, and use F10. A planted rig is an exposed asset, not passive income.

Return before the data rots

Pulling later can produce more, but the site becomes easier to notice and the captured data loses value with time.

Turn data into plastic

Use the operation menus to prepare usable stock. Keep track of units, line quality, and what is physically on you.

Cash out at a valid counter

Different counters have limits, risk, and availability. The clean money only exists after the physical cash-out completes.

Operating loop

Every step leaves evidence

DEVICES

Plant and pull

Spread rigs across locations instead of repeating one predictable route.

PLASTIC

Data has a shelf life

Old stock decays. Process what you can actually cash before collecting more.

CASH-OUT

Counters close

Limits and scrutiny force movement. Mules reduce your exposure but create betrayal and recovery risks.

LONG CON

There is an exit

The five-job long con and retirement path reward a stable operation, not endless volume.

Investigation

The file learns behavior, not just totals

Repeated districts, hours, devices, merchants, loud recoveries, and compromised people advance the case. Quiet and Loud stances trade speed for exposure. Check “The file” before committing to a route and change patterns before the next stage locks in.

Best practice: keep one part of the chain quiet. If the plant, pull, preparation, and cash-out are all aggressive, there is no clean break in the pattern.
Files + recovery

Protect the operation before troubleshooting

Grand Theft Auto V\scripts\SwipeLife\SwipeLife.logGrand Theft Auto V\scripts\SwipeLife\save-<character>.json

If F9 does nothing, confirm SwipeLife.dll appears in ScriptHookVDotNet.log. If a site prompt is missing, leave the area, let the world stream, and return. For a stuck active run, preserve the save and log before reloading scripts. Post edition, location, exact action, and relevant log lines in the Swipe Life support room.