Ok so here we go. Let me warn you that messing with game files can make this game unstable and also unplayable. I'm sure
if you have been modding this game at all you already know this. Let this serve as your one and only warning.
Not that we got this out of the way lets begin. First let me say that this tutorial is to instruct and show you how to
make a vehicle show up in the game and be selected. I will try and explain how to change each of the files and what the
function seem to do. If you find something wrong and/or better please feel free to put it in this post and share it with
us all. Hopefully my frustration and constant corruption of the game files can help someone else out here.
This tutorial covers the following
I am using Windows 7 Pro
Emergency 5 Deluxe Edition (Steam Patched to 1.4.1)
Files are modified and opened using Wordpad
Ok lets begin. The first thing you need to do is create a new project using the EM5 World editor. Open the world editor
and press F11. Give your project a name and save.
****Please remember that if you name a project please remember that you must use the following characters a-z, 0-9. The
system at this time DOES NOT accept a project with capital letters as a project name. Actually it doesn't seem to work
for any file after the most recent patches.****
Make sure that your new project is loaded and "running"
A running project is highlighted in white color. If it is not running it will be grey in color. While in this view make
sure that ONLY the project you want to work on is "running" if other projects are "running", right click and stop the
other projects. The reason for this is you want the files to go into your current project and not anywhere else.
Once you are sure that no other projects are running, resize the EM5 world editor into a smaller window. We will now go
grab some files that are needed by the game to operate a new model correctly.
**I am only showing the files needed for placing the vehicle model into the EM5 game. This does not include the material,
skeleton, mesh, and .dds texture files etc.**
Navigate to the find the following file
Navigate to the next file needed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data\em5\content\prefab\spawnpoint
When in this folder you need to select the file based on what department the vehicle will be assigned to. If its a police
car then select the spawnpoint for the police etc.
Drag this file into the EM5 world editor
When you do this a window should pop up asking you to save the file. Save the file. When the file is saved it will be
added to your project folder. I do not think you can edit it in the editor.
Also in the folder is a file called "spawn_exit_ground"
You will need to drag this as well into the EM5 editor and save it. If your working on a civilian vehicle you will need
the other exit file for civilian vehicles. The above example of the spawn exit is for all the unit class vehicles only.
For a vehicle to work it MUST have a START (SPAWN) and EXIT point!!
Navigate to the next file needed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data\em5\gamedata\em5_order_info
Inside this folder you will see the different departments (Police, Fire, Tech, Medical) select the department of the
vehicle that you are working with. For my example it will be police.
Select the vehicle file that is a close example of the unit your creating. My example was a police SUV and I chose to
copy the file for the police station wagon.
Grab that file and drag it into Em5 world editor. Save this file as and add. My example was police_unmarked_suv.
Navigate to the next file needed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data\em5\gamedata\em5_unitpool\default\startup
Drag this file and drop it as well and save it.
Close the Em5 World editor and go and find your new project
it should be located in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data
Your new project file should be located here. Open your new project and examine the contents. You should have the
following files needed above in the folder.. (for this example the locations will have my project name in it. For you the
project folder will be your name)
Now lets start to get our vehicle into the game. All files are .json files and can be edited with wordpad. Please note
that you want to make sure that when windows ask you if you want to use this program to open all .json files you unselect
it EACH AND EVERY time. If you do not you will then have to go through and delete the file association from the window
registry files.
So when you open the .json file make sure you uncheck that box. (learn from me!!)
Lets open the file
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data\police_suv_unmarked\content\em5_order_info\default\"your
project name chosen earlier"
double click select open with and then wordpad
uncheck the checkmark and open the file. something like what is found below should be seen except it will still have the
default values that you will need to change. (all notes from me are enclosed in ** and are NOT part of this file)
========================================================================================================================
"Format":
{
"Type": "em5_order_info",
"Version": "1"
},
"OrderInfo":
{
// police suv
"SUV": **<---THIS IS THE CHOSEN SHORTENED NAME USED ON ALL THE OTHER FILES**
{
"Prefab": "em5/prefab/vehicle/police_suv", **<--YOUR PREFAB FILE LOCATION**
"AvatarIcon": "police_stw", **<--YOUR SMALL AVATAR ICON, NOT MESSING WITH IT NOW**
"SelectionIcon": "unit_SUV", **<--YOUR ICON USED TO SELECT THE VEHICLE, NOT WORKING YET**
"MiniMapIconType": "PoliceVehicle", **<--DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE, THE SMALL DOTS**
"LocalizedName": "ID_NAME_SUV", **<--BELIEVE THIS TELLS THE GAME TO LOOK FOR THE SHORT NAME**
"UnitTags": "Police Vehicle Road STW", **<-UNIT TAG, HAVE NOT MESSED WITH IT YET**
"OrderDepartment": "PoliceDepartment", **<-THE CHOSEN DEPARTMENT, CAN CHANGE AND MAKE IT WORK
ELSEWHERE.
"OrderCost": "10",
"OrderSpeed": "10",
"UnlockCost": "0",
"NumberAvailable": "5", **<--TOTAL NUMBER AVAILABLE**
"PersonnelSpace": "5", **<--TOTAL VEHICLE SPACE**
"StartPersonnel":
{
"Policeman" : "2" **<--STARTING PERSONS, BELOW AVAILABLE PASS SPACE IN VEHICLE**
},
"PassengerSpace": "2",
"HelpPages":
[
"TUTORIAL_HELPTEXT_BACK_TO_HQ_STW", **<--HELP TEXT .DDS FILE, NOT MESSED WITH YET**
"TUTORIAL_HELPTEXT_EXIT_STW"
]
}
}
}
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You MUST change the prefab file location to point to your new vehicle
You MUST choose a shortened name for the game to relate to later
You MUST choose a localized name and a department for the vehicle to be assigned to.
Once this is done SAVE the file and close it.
Now to the next file
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data\police_suv_unmarked\content\em5_unitpool\default\startup
This is the file that tells the game how many of every type of vehicle is available, for everything including the
missions. it is a long file. Below we will only look at 1 part of this file. All my comments are in ** and are NOT part
of this file.
========================================================================================================================
"map01_munich_freeplay_unitpool": // Unitpool of the player for Freeplay
{ **<--THIS IS FOR FREEPLAY ONLY ON MAP MUNICH FOUND ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN FILE**
// Firefighters **<-- THE DEPARTMENT TITLE THE NUMBER IN ""EQUALS THE VEHICLE TOTALS AVAILABLE**
"RW": "8", // "Rüstwagen"
"TLF": "8", // "Tanklöschfahrzeug"
"DeKon-P": "3", // "Dekontaminationsfahrzeug"
"DLK": "3", // "Drehleiterfahrzeug"
"FLB": "3", // "Feuerlöschboot"
"TFMB": "3", // "Transportfahrzeug Motorboot"
"KF": "1", // "Löschflugzeug-Kommandofahrzeug"
"TFD": "1", // "Transportfahrzeug Feuerwehrdrohne"
"TFT": "3", // "Transportfahrzeug Taucher"
"RW_Historic": "3", // "Historischer Rüstwagen"
// Ambulance
"NEF": "4", // "Notarzteinsatzfahrzeug"
"RTW": "4", // "Rettungstransportwagen"
"RHC": "2", // "Rettungshelikopter"
"RHF": "1", // "Rettungshundefahrzeug"
// Police
"SUV": "8", // "unmarked_suv" **<-ADD VEHICLE TO THE CORRECT DEPT AND CHOSE NUMBER AVAIL.
BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE CORRECT FORMAT OR ELSE IT MAY NOT WORK. YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR USING THE SHORTENED ID NOW FOR THESE
FILES**
"STW": "8", // "Streifenwagen"
"MTW": "8", // "Mannschaftstransportwagen"
"PHC": "8", // "Polizeihelikopter"
"SEKHC": "3", // "Sondereinsatz-Helikopter"
"TFSEKD": "3", // "Transportfahrzeug SEK-Drohne"
"TSEKR": "5", // "Transportfahrzeug SEK-Roboter"
"ASF": "4", // "Abschleppfahrzeug"
==========================================================================================================================
Save this file again. If when saving a .json file windows ask you to save it as another type of text file or to ignore
all formatting then you have missed something in the file. Example (.,//]} etc. You should not get this message if the
coding format is correct.
Save that file and close it too.
Move to the next file
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emergency 5\data\police_suv_unmarked\content\prefab\spawnpoint
(for my example below we are using the spawnpoint for the police department)
All comments by me are in ** and are NOT part of the coding
=========================================================================================================================
"Format":
{
"Type": "prefab",
"Version": "2",
"DifferenceToDefault": "true"
},
"Prototypes":
{
"17890118060222877828":
{
"qsf::MetadataComponent":
{
"Prefab": "18446744073709551615",
"Name": "spawn_entry_ground_police" **<-NAME OF THE SELECTED FILE USED PER DEPARTMENT
},
"qsf::TransformComponent":
{
"Scale": "2 2 2"
},
"em5::UnitSpawnPointComponent":
{
"UnitList":
[
"MTW",
"STW",
"TFSEKD",
"TSEKR",
"SUV" **<--ADD YOUR VEHICLE SHORTENED ID TO THIS LIST MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE CORRECT FORMAT IT MUST BE IN "" **
]
},
"qsf::DebugTextComponent":
{
"Active": "true",
"Text": "Spawn MTW STW TFSEKD TSEKR"
},
"qsf::DebugBoxComponent":
{
"Color": "1 0 1 1",
"ShowDirection": "true"
}
}
}
}
==========================================================================================================================
Remember to save it and close it. Also remember that we said earlier every vehicle in the game must have a start and exit
so go to the exit point file and open it.
My notes are shown in ** and are NOT part of the coding
==========================================================================================================================
{
"Format":
{
"Type": "prefab",
"Version": "2",
"DifferenceToDefault": "true"
},
"Prototypes":
{
"15413149182976023258":
{
"qsf::MetadataComponent":
{
"Prefab": "18446744073709551615",
"Name": "spawn_exit_ground" **<--SELECTED FILE OF VEHICLE TYPE**
},
"qsf::TransformComponent":
{
"Scale": "2 2 2"
},
"em5::UnitSpawnPointComponent":
{
"Type": "UNITSPAWNPOINTTYPE_EXIT",
"UnitList":
[
"RTW",
"NEF",
"RHF",
"RW",
"RW_Historic",
"TLF",
"DeKon-P",
"DLK",
"TFMB",
"KF",
"TFD",
"TFT",
"MTW",
"STW",
"TFSEKD",
"TSEKR",
"ASF",
"EKW",
"SUV", **<--ADD YOUR SHORTENED UNIT IT NAME TO THIS LIST MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE CORRECT FORMAT**
"BFZ"
]
},
"qsf::DebugTextComponent":
{
"Active": "true",
"Text": "Exit all ground Vehicles"
},
"qsf::DebugBoxComponent":
{
"Color": "1 0 1 1",
"ShowDirection": "true"
}
}
}
}
==========================================================================================================================Add your vehicle shortened ID to the list and keep the correct format. Remember that each exit list is based on the type of vehicle. only UNIT type of GROUND vehicles are on this list!!
Once you change all these files above your new vehicle prefab should be found in the game and selectable. It will NOT however have a custom avatar or other features. I'm still working out what files control the window that shows the unit status etc.
For now this is all I have and hopefully some people can learn from this and get their models into the game. If you have more to offer about this PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feel free to chime in and correct me or help out.
Thanks for reading this LONG and DRY tutorial but hopefully it will help you understand a little more about what is needed file wise for a vehicle to work and show up.
Have a great day
William516
Bill
Delaware, USA
