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[n00bingtarget]

Well, I'm going to take the plunge and announce officially my attempt at a mod. This is mostly a reskin of LA Mod, but I'm hoping to change the vehicles spawned and if I do this right, changing out a few models along the way also.

FIRST - THANKS TO HOPPAH and EM4Life. Thanks for letting me use your original stuff as the starting point for my mod. I have some ideas for where I want to go, so I may need to get some other permissions down the line, and I will be only to happy to credit where credit is due. If I accidentally use something you created and I didn't ask for permission, PLEASE let me know and I'll happily either remove it or give credit (whichever you choose). As of now, I'm only reskinning the LA Mod, with EM4Life's light mod as my starting point, so for now I'm pretty sure I'm safe.

Hometown, USA will be a Wisconsin based mod just because I need to pick a state for the state police, and since I live here, it's what I know.

Here are some of the units I've reskinned so far.

 Batt1.jpg   39.18KB   580 downloads  EMS Special Response.jpg   37.12KB   742 downloads  MCU.jpg   55.12KB   698 downloads  Medic2.jpg   42.53KB   650 downloads  EMS Supervisor.jpg   34.57KB   636 downloads  Ladder1.jpg   62.11KB   647 downloads  Engine1.jpg   56.54KB   492 downloads

Most of the vehicles you probably recognize. The Red Cross Hummer, I'm retasking as a EMS Special Response Unit, and added Jaws and Chainsaw to the equipment. Idea is this is sent along to Mass Casualty incidents as support Paramedics to help with Triage and Rescue operations.

This is just a start. Along the way I may need some help as my scripting experience is NON-EXISTENT, but with the support the members here have shown, I know I'll get some advice to help when I get stuck!

Thanks for looking!

[CFDDIVE11]

Nice start!

[Marshall8946]

Great start! You're on a good track, keep it up!

[gunswat]

I like this good luck bro

[Handsup!]

I really like the green you've gone with on the EMS, it's a nice change from red or white! Looking forward to your next works!

[Rascle_08]

Nice Skins

[n00bingtarget]

Small update on units. I'm working a little more now, so not getting reskins done as much as I'd like, but still making progress.

First, the Rollback flatbed truck
 Rollback.jpg   92.21KB   238 downloads

Then the Police updates...

City (Dodge Charger)
 HometownPDCharger.jpg   84.63KB   306 downloads

Capital County (fictional county)
 CountySheriff.jpg   96.42KB   315 downloads

And finally Wisconsin State Patrol with reskinned Trooper
 StatePatrol.jpg   84.35KB   231 downloads

Working on fire units now again. I jump back and forth, no pattern to my skinning, just whatever unit I feel like at the time!

[Fred03]

Quite nice, especially for a first attempt. Is the fire department going to be volunteer or career?

[n00bingtarget]

Career. I have literally NO scripting experience, so setting up as a volunteer is beyond my abilities (for now at least).

[Fred03]

Tut, tut, we all know vollys are superior. But good luck anyway!!

[gunswat]

Great work I really like it

[Handsup!]

Looking forward to more units, always better when it's fictional!

[3rdfirehouse]

Looks nice

[djchill]

Looks great! Keep up the good work

[n00bingtarget]

Thanks all for the words of encouragement! They really mean a lot!

Here's a few more units I've finished.

First - Engine 2
 Engine2.jpg   94.87KB   179 downloads

Squad 1 - note the Remember 9/11 logo and the slogan on the side: Picture from the movie Backdraft of Kurt Russel carrying the little kid out of the fire, next to it says "We go into the jaws of Death to bring you back from the mouth of Hell" - a modified quote from the poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
 Rescue1.jpg   98.63KB   222 downloads

WI Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildland Fire Engine (Modified from the USFS in LA Mod)
 WiDNR_Engine.jpg   88.93KB   222 downloads

And finally, my HazMat 1 - LOVE the logo
 HazMat1.jpg   113.21KB   176 downloads

Still have to figure out why my reskin of the LAPD Crown Vic w/lightbar has a problem with the skin on the passenger door (the child that opens, but I have a theory to test on that). Once I get that finished, I'll have more to show you.

[ENG343INE]

awesome fire units and mod

[Fred03]

Nice reskins and thanks for adding a DNR unit, its great for accuracy.

[n00bingtarget]

Thanks for noticing that Fred03. When I was a volunteer fire fighter, we used to do some training with the DNR in case we had a bad forest fire up there.

[Julian Temple]

nice work guys will be good to see this one out

[Mr.Agey]

I love the city charger, as well as the DNR truck, Great job!