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Poll: Feedback poll (351 member(s) have cast votes)

Can you run the mod?

  1. Yes (241 votes [68.66%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 68.66%

  2. Voted No (53 votes [15.10%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 15.10%

  3. No but I can run the Standard Def version (57 votes [16.24%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 16.24%

Do you enjoy the mod (scale 5 being highest)?

  1. 5 - Very much (139 votes [39.60%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 39.60%

  2. 4 - A lot (140 votes [39.89%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 39.89%

  3. It's ok but nothing special (25 votes [7.12%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 7.12%

  4. Voted Needs improvements (36 votes [10.26%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.26%

  5. Terrible needs drastic improvements (Go on haters go crazy) (11 votes [3.13%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 3.13%

Crash frequencies (once in game)

  1. Voted Every time I play it crashes (90 votes [25.64%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 25.64%

  2. Most of the time it crashes (37 votes [10.54%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.54%

  3. Had a few crashes (85 votes [24.22%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 24.22%

  4. Very few crashes (70 votes [19.94%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 19.94%

  5. Never crashed so far (69 votes [19.66%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 19.66%

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#121 theparanoid

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 12:07 PM

Just some feed back so far i like what i seen when it works.  I was having crash with ever false alarm.  That was fix when I dropped all the in game video setting but resolution down the min.   However last night I had another crash when I sent two cops into building.  I got the loading icon and left it the way it was for a good 15 minutes before I ctl+alt+delete out of the game.  



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 01:06 PM

Hey guys an update.

 

First off thanks for taking part in the feedback poll, this has confirmed that the majority can actually run this mod.

We see the issue now is crashing throughout gameplay. I've been speaking to a lot of gamers and I've narrowed it down to a few new commands which sometimes kick to desktop, besides that they're just random crashes that you can get with any mod, especially one as intensive as this.

 

FIrst up the leave/return commands. There's a bug where if you press other commands whilst the Engines are leaving or returning this can cause the script to flip out and throw you to desktop. I'm working on a few ways to stop users being able to click anything whilst the commands are in affect, but there's a way you can avoid some crashes. I plan to fix these issues in the patch and also re-include the quicker parking method without the blocking.

 

Another one is the search house, this is hoppahs script, I've found sending more than 3 people at a time can make people get stuck and certain buildings can crash the game. So again for now these are just what I've found, letting you all know. This will be looked at in the patch too.

 

Regarding traffic and peds, I strongly recommend you send PD units well in advance to block roads at their source before sending Fire, or even just sending all the units you'll need straight to scene, because ones traffic builds its a real bitch, but will always sort itself out again once you let it go, avoid having more than one avenue congested, thats when it get really crazy.

 

If you're not happy with the vehicle/ped ammount, that's one thing thats not going to change as it's a fine balance between realism and gameplay. I'd direct you to the SD version which has very small amount of traffic ;)

 

All the other little things that have been mentioned like not being able to call excess tow trucks etc will also be sorted in the next patch, but this month is a very busy time for me so please do give me time to do so :)

 

Some people have asked me why 'FDNY/EMS only' is set as not available, and some dont see it as not available, well stick to all calls for now the other game mode is not yet set up so will be more buggy and untested :)

 

Thanks for all the kind words, it's wonderful to see so many people enjoying a mod that I've put so much into! 

 

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 01:06 PM

EMS call bug:

Cardiac Arrest, patient on sidewalk, EMT could heal patient but the patient could not be loaded onto stretcher or picked up

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#124 The Loot

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 01:22 PM

All the other little things that have been mentioned like not being able to call excess tow trucks etc will also be sorted in the next patch, but this month is a very busy time for me so please do give me time to do so :)

 

The tow truck problem is because the "MaxParkingSpace" value is too low for the number of vehicles you have available, I believe. That's why it won't let us buy more vehicles, if you didn't narrow it down already.

 

It's a quick fix for anyone to go into the "fp_param*" files and raise it.



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 01:27 PM

The tow truck problem is because the "MaxParkingSpace" value is too low for the number of vehicles you have available, I believe. That's why it won't let us buy more vehicles, if you didn't narrow it down already.

 

It's a quick fix for anyone to go into the "fp_param*" files and raise it.

 

Yeah I was trying to avoid people buying like 10 of the same rig haha :)



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 01:55 PM

Yeah I was trying to avoid people buying like 10 of the same rig haha :)

I suppose just changing the numbers for the tow trucks in freeplaybase would work then.



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 03:16 PM

Couple of possible suggestions for CTD issues (They won't completely get rid of them but it might lessen them). My mum and sister play The Sims and that kept crashing to desktop on them. I updated their GFX drivers as well as Direct X and that seemed to stabalize the game for now. I know some people have updated drivers so might be worth trying a Direct X update to see if this helps with EM4 CTDs.

 

Also I use the contig file from Microsoft which is a single folder defragger which will arrange all your EM4 files to be together on your Hard Drive this might also make the game more stable aswell.

 

http://technet.micro...s/bb897428.aspx

 

Unzip the contig file to your EM4 directory

Create a shortcut to the contig file.

Open the properties of the created shortcut and add a -s to the end of the Target line (Mine looks like: "C:\Games\Emergency 4\Contig.exe" -s)

Then run the contig from the created shortcut.

 

I'm currently trying this see if it improves anything for me :) thanks for the suggestion atleast :)



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 03:55 PM

I have Windows 7 64 bit and graphic card from NVIDIA. I had CTD every time after a few minutes of playing, and any suggestions i was found here didn't help. But I probably solved this problem for me. In application's properties (right-click on shortcut) in the "Compatibility" I was pointed "Disable visual themes" and "Disable desktop composition". Of course, compatibility with Windows XP SP3 and run as administrator. After that I played twice time about an hour without any crash. All graphics options in the game settings in full. Maybe this will help someone too. My system is in Polish so option's name in English may sound different, below is a screen which options pointed.

 

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 04:09 PM

EMS call bug:

Cardiac Arrest, patient on sidewalk, EMT could heal patient but the patient could not be loaded onto stretcher or picked up

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Try placing them on a spineboard, then onto the stretcher.



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 04:19 PM

Thanks, Dyson.

 

I never thought of just shutting down entire avenues...that's a good idea if traffic starts to back up.


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Posted 15 August 2013 - 04:33 PM

Thanks, Dyson.

 

I never thought of just shutting down entire avenues...that's a good idea if traffic starts to back up.

 

I originally tried to make a script that would close off avenues at the press of a button, but it failed, just put a highway patrol car at the source and block traffic, allow 2 minutes for the traffic already on the ave to clear and then you have a clear operational area with no traffic issues.



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 07:28 PM

So I downloaded the mod I went to freeplay... and after loading freeplay I get a CTD

However... when I look at the Logfile.txt it says I couldn't load anything of the mod "blahblah was not found"


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Posted 15 August 2013 - 07:35 PM

So I downloaded the mod I went to freeplay... and after loading freeplay I get a CTD

However... when I look at the Logfile.txt it says I couldn't load anything of the mod "blahblah was not found"

 

Hmm, but you could run the beta? Try reinstalling, and restarting your PC, a lot of people said restarting and updating drivers fixed CTDs



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 07:45 PM

I have tried both Sd and the MOD and they both crash on me after playing for a little while.

also the audio is the same old boring audio from the regular game am i missing something?



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 07:50 PM

Try placing them on a spineboard, then onto the stretcher.

that didnt work for me either i put them on the board and still couldnot load it 



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 08:23 PM

I know this is'nt right...  Anyone else have this problem? 

 

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 08:38 PM

I know this is'nt right...  Anyone else have this problem? 

 

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If you experience missing textures lower your settings and it will just turn white, its to do with your PCs render quality



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Posted 15 August 2013 - 09:10 PM

hey guys good work on the mod first of all i remember when this was just a submod  :happy: i found a bug where an alley was blocked and there was a fire inside but the alley was blocked and i couldnt go in. Btw i would screenshot but i forgot how to sorry but the alley has a bunch of explosives and its near THE MAGIC CURTAIN. Good work again on your mod guys!


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Posted 15 August 2013 - 09:11 PM

I'm andrea, I'm new and I take this opportunity to greet everyone and thank you for the work you are doing! I apologize for English ....
I have a problem, I can not use your mod, just downloaded tonight ...
practically choose between the mods after you start the game, there is the campaign and I try to play the single player, but it just loads the game crashes to desktop ...

other mod, such as Los Angeles, works well ...
I have the deluxe version of EM4 gold ...
Is it incompatible with your mod?

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 09:29 PM

I've only played the SD version, but it's great so far, even though batallion 9 can be a pain to park. And the commands to change FF clothes during driving only seem to work for three of them.