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[itchboy]

Skin courtesy of Reaper.

 

Model from LA mod with lots and lots of model edits by me. Special thanks to MikeyPI for his advice in working this one out.

[EMSJenna]

Looks nice, what modeling program do you use? 

[itchboy]

Looks nice, what modeling program do you use? 

Zmodeler2.

 

You interested in learning? The site has some tutorials to get you started.

[EMSJenna]

Zmodeler2.

 

You interested in learning? The site has some tutorials to get you started.

Thanks, and yeah I figured I might as well saying that I have some free time. 

[losangelesi]

 

Chris07 and I made a kme engine if you're interested. Just wondering if we could have use of the la county patrol and squad for a mod

 

(my model, chris's skin, my lighting)

 

 

[itchboy]

Chris07 and I made a kme engine if you're interested. Just wondering if we could have use of the la county patrol and squad for a mod

 

(my model, chris's skin, my lighting)

 

 

We could use the rear part of the model. PM me for details. We have our own KME Engine that we can use for the cab.

[Corsair]

Your guys engine are really cool and look really nice. itchboy dont let this offer escape! 

[EmergencyFan6299]

@losangelesi

Hey is that the 2007 era lighting on the LACoFD Engine ?

[Chris07]

We went with the slightly older "rotary" light set-up. We liked that one better as neither of us were fans of the new scheme.

 

I believe 2007 era utilized a flat LED design for the lights.

[Exodus]

I add the files but in the game no have the new vehicles just chp patrolcar and als ambulance

[EmergencyFan6299]

@Exodus
This is something that will be taken care in a possible upcoming patch. Although you can do fix this with using the following tutorials on how to install the units your self.

The following tutorials were not created by Itchboy.

http://forum.emergen...-11#entry285695

http://forum.emergen...-11#entry285695

[losangelesi]

@losangelesi

Hey is that the 2007 era lighting on the LACoFD Engine ?

This lighting scheme is based off of current and older schemes, as LA County still actually utilizes rotators. This is the exact lighting scheme of engine 161 in Hawthorne, CA. Still currently in service.

 

They still buy engines with rotators at this point. One of their engines purchased last year, which went to station 95 has front rotators, led headlight flashers with whelen led rotators on the rear. They don't buy 1 model and stick with it. haha.

[EmergencyFan6299]

This lighting scheme is based off of current and older schemes, as LA County still actually utilizes rotators. This is the exact lighting scheme of engine 161 in Hawthorne, CA. Still currently in service.

They still buy engines with rotators at this point. One of their engines purchased last year, which went to station 95 has front rotators, led headlight flashers with whelen led rotators on the rear. They don't buy 1 model and stick with it. haha.

@losangelesi
I know because LACoFD started to rollout with all LED lighting and I'm not to sure but i think LACoFD now ended going up with Red LED Rotator Lightbar. Because I know they have another lightbar configuration also.

I got to admit the New LED Engine looks badass with the New Ram Squad. I always see them by my area where there is an LACoFD station (Battalion 12).

[losangelesi]

@losangelesi
I know because LACoFD started to rollout with all LED lighting and I'm not to sure but i think LACoFD now ended going up with Red LED Rotator Lightbar. Because I know they have another lightbar configuration also.

I got to admit the New LED Engine looks badass with the New Ram Squad. I always see them by my area where there is an LACoFD station (Battalion 12).

They didn't actually end up with a definitive choice. There are still a lot of engines that run the old style rotator, even on the new ones. LED rotators are mixed and far and few between. Engine 2 palos verdes has one of these led rotator setups, 158's which is south gardena runs a full led setup, quint 159 runs an led setup on the quit, 162 runs rotators, light forces mostly have rotators, e171 has leds, engine 170 has rotators. its all very, very mixed. The squads are currently the most standardized piece of equipment and even then its hardly standard. there's ford squads, dodge squads and brand new ford squads. even the old squads from the 70s occasionally get put in the system, as well as their ambulance squads. Its so hard to try and say "this is what they use". It all depends on where you are, lol. same with LA City, but it's easier to determine because there's only a few styles compared to many, many different models and styles.

[Corsair]

I like the lights you made for the directional lights because when I see most of the LAFD they are almost always center-out. One thing that would be cool would be controlling the light patters so if you want the lightbar to go left then you hit the secondary lights so the directional lights go left and vice versa 

Here's a video as an example of different patterns

[itchboy]

I like the lights you made for the directional lights because when I see most of the LAFD they are almost always center-out. One thing that would be cool would be controlling the light patters so if you want the lightbar to go left then you hit the secondary lights so the directional lights go left and vice versa 

Here's a video as an example of different patterns

Its pointless in Em4. Adds too much effort making so many lights. Also means more lag. More importantly, vehicles in Em4 can only be redirected backwards, not left, right or around.

 

This feature IMO is just one for show and doesnt make a mod better. Remember that less is more in any mod.

[Corsair]

Its pointless in Em4. Adds too much effort making so many lights. Also means more lag. More importantly, vehicles in Em4 can only be redirected backwards, not left, right or around.

 

This feature IMO is just one for show and doesnt make a mod better. Remember that less is more in any mod.

I mean I know its pointless and I never wanted to redirect any vehicles left or right just saying it adds more realism that all.

[itchboy]

I mean I know its pointless and I never wanted to redirect any vehicles left or right just saying it adds more realism that all.

Often people forget Em4 is FAR from realistic. These petty minor shits are pointless, and realism is treated like the holy grail here. Truth is, Em4 is not a simulator and realism is just a word people use to make their mods look better, while ironically not actually being realistic to the real vehicles/location. A lot of people forget that Em4 isnt a simulator, and was never intended to be. Its stupid AI, dumb glitches and poor performance on multicore are a product of that.

 

Em4 is a game with many limitiations that people often forget, which is why I only play 4 mods, 2 of which are mine. The rest just dont play well with my system because of everyone and their 2048*2048 skins and 200 lights and 20k polygon models that use 10 textures each.

 

Your idea adds realism and all that, but it really has no place at all in Em4. Heck, I'm only doing the lights properly on my vehicles because I treat my cars as a work of art. I dont claim to be realistic, I just try to be as close to the real vehicle as possible because I like taking respectable pieces of equipment and translating them through into an 8 year old video game.

 

The bitter pill to swallow is that no matter how much effort I or anyone could put into making a car, 80% of the intricate detail you put into it will be solely ignored when IN GAME and actually playing in freeplay or campaign. The average player won't appreciate the 200 coronas with polygons you made, nor will they appreciate the tiny decal you put into your 4K texture. They will just be after a gameplay experience that draws them in and makes them feel attached to your mod.

 

Once they are sucked in to your mod, only then can they appreciate the details and various little things you put into it.. Its what I feel when playing other's mods.

Most of these mods have forgettable reskins of existing vehicles, which turn most players away seeing as how many of them have been so reused over the last 3-4 years. I've seen more than enough of bama's models (no offence, they're good, just overused) and the LA mod ones too (also good). My vehicle pack was simply made to counter this repetition with a bunch of new things that haven't been made or seen in Em4.

[Corsair]

Yeah most games just aren't realistic and like itchboy says "A lot of people forget that Em4 isnt a simulator". Don't worry itchboy you aren't alone but I have three mods( Which is less than itchboy) and its because most creators out there just reskin and make little adjustments to the map other people have made. (Not being against creators) Many mods out there have everything that people want but some don't have much and then people forget the mod and delete it. Only reason why I am following this mod is because I love everything that itchboy has done and he always gets the people what they want. Not to much and not to little, I will always wish the best of luck to itchboy on his mod and all the other creators and people making their mods. Never give up because you never know what can happen if you do it.   

[lapdlafd]

Look forward to the whelen liberty!!!