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[Mrtucker555]

yea i dont know why i said I maby i was thinkin intermediate

[Zallomallo]

I am not Hoppah, but I bet you not. Also Mike, is being a fire fighter fun?

[MikesPhotos]

here is a question. i noticed in game for la mod there are 4 or 5 ambulances. why do we need that many? i know that i only use one, but why 5?

-Eric

Well its Mostly for Realism

They have an Amblance only for one Person and one for 2 Person with diffrent skins. Doesent madder to me i just use the one best fitting

Whoops I meant to address this part as well, thanks for picking up on it KingNikan.

There are currently 4 ambulances in the game. As Hoppah let the cat out of the bag, I'll expound on it a bit more. Currently, they are virtually interchangeable in useage, staffing and such. Just cosmetic differences for the most part.

In 1.7, one of the things I've tried to stress, and Hoppah has really been all for it, is to make as many of the Fire units as unique as possible. In regards to the ambulances the staffing will be 1 FF/PM stretcher team in the Red ambulance and 1 FF/EMT stretcher team in the white ambulance. The Yellow LAX ambulance will be ALS staffed for use in the 2 airport missions (via mission patch), and the Vintage ambulance will be ALS staffed for people who just love that style of box.

So there will still be 4, and 3 will be the same, just different model and skins, but at least 1 will be different

Personal I rather have 2 on the truck and 4 on the engine. In fact all your reason are valid.

While you are the only one to post here about this, judging by the pms I got as well, that's multiple for leave as is for game play vs 1 so far for 5 on truck/1 on 2 car.

[dcast55]

I also would like 2 on the truck, and 4 on the engine, I think it would make game play simpler.

1.7 has a lot of additions/changes that I'm really excited for and I can't wait for its release. Keep up the good work Hoppah and all those who helped.

[Newfoundking]

We all are looking foward to it, I am even buying new motherboards etc for this release... but you CANNOT ask the dates, even an ETA... THAT IS AGAINST TOS, which you already agreed to... tsk tsk... I would love to know an ETA as well, but no promises can be made, and you cannot ask. If you want to know, you have to wait just like everyone else, however you seemed to be most polite about this... unlike most people

[dcast55]

We all are looking foward to it, I am even buying new motherboards etc for this release... but you CANNOT ask the dates, even an ETA... THAT IS AGAINST TOS, which you already agreed to... tsk tsk... I would love to know an ETA as well, but no promises can be made, and you cannot ask. If you want to know, you have to wait just like everyone else, however you seemed to be most polite about this... unlike most people

Sorry, I wasn't aware you couldn't ask. Guess I better go back and read through the TOS. XD. Oh well, I can't wait till the release.

[Newfoundking]

none of us can...

[Commander Rasseru]

Honestly some people who really can't wait till the next release? Need to find another EM mod to play and support for too.

You can't just play one mod all the time.

[Spaloo]

While you are the only one to post here about this, judging by the pms I got as well, that's multiple for leave as is for game play vs 1 so far for 5 on truck/1 on 2 car.

As for me, I use the truck as a quint. I know it's not real for LAFD, but the ladder truck is laid out like a quint in the game and can be a stand-alone unit, so I like staffing it with 4 FFs. One enters the bucket, 2 get in SCBA and enter the building/remove people, and 1 stays next to the quint.

If you guys find a way to utilize the engine with the truck more effectively in the game, I think Id use the light force more often. I know how difficult that would be since the game wasn't designed that way.

[erfd]

What else can you add in the version Hoppah??? I cant wait for the release of it!!

[erfd]

Honestly some people who really can't wait till the next release? Need to find another EM mod to play and support for too.

You can't just play one mod all the time.

The other mods arent finished or are from europe.

[helljumper51]

but his point is, you can still support them. I know with my mod I have some very dedicated supporters and I know they will be excited when release it. what usually will kill a mod is the support and help it gets. it take a helluva long time to do it by one's self. ask hoppah that. he works mostly alone but even he has help from mikey and mikes photos and stan, etc.

[Newfoundking]

Right now Hoppah, I could get someting alot better (but I just awoke) so here is a nice little thank-you


Thank-you for the best mod I have found so far, for any game... EVER. I wouldn't even touch emergency 4 I don't think if it wasn't for the LA mod. You have made the game a lot better than anything else I could have imagined, and if Sixteen Tons had sense, you'd be hired on for Emergency 5 as the head of game design (or something to put you incharge for the new game )

And Thank-you for putting up with us, we can get very annoying and quite a piss off, if you know what I mean and I frankly wouldn't have the patience to do this, especially with some of the posts I've seen here. I want to thank-you for all your hard work, and once again, BEST MOD EVER, and it just keeps getting better.

P.S. I couldn't find a saluting Smiley, so just imagine it.... and don't forget GOOD JOB!

[Hoppah]

Thanks.

[topfuzz]

but his point is, you can still support them. I know with my mod I have some very dedicated supporters and I know they will be excited when release it. what usually will kill a mod is the support and help it gets. it take a helluva long time to do it by one's self. ask hoppah that. he works mostly alone but even he has help from mikey and mikes photos and stan, etc.

yeah that is true but its hard to support those mods when most of them are dead or havent given us any results just pictures and promises im not saying you or other modders arent good but we havent really seen or experienced your work and the LA mod is the only mod for the united states that is actually playable and you can always ask for help there are tons of people here willing to help with whatever they can

[Hoppah]

Another news post!

Made a fully working gated wye for the mod.
What is a gated wye?: A wye is an appliance used to divide a single incoming hose line into two or more outgoing hose lines.

Screenshot:


And a video!:

Video made by me, uploaded by Stan.

Something else:
I've worked out the BLS and ALS system in freeplay. There will some big differences in both fire stations in v1.7.
First, the big differences between ALS and BLS are the heal (ALS) and stabilize (BLS) commands for the fire fighters in the LA MOD.

The changes are mostly about the default staffing of vehicles:
The red ALS Ambulance (+ LAX and Van ambulances) have 1 FF/PM and 1 FF/PM with stretcher as default crew.
The red/white BLS Ambulance has just 1 FF/EMT with stretcher.
Engine 1 has 2 FF/EMT's and 2 FF/PM's (ALS capabilities).
Engine 2 has 4 FF/EMT's.

You can only park ALS ambulances in fire station 1.
And you can only park the BLS ambulance in fire station 2.
Because fire station 2 needs an ALS resource as well, you can only park engine 1 at fire station 2.
It's still possible to park both fire engine's in fire station 1, but each engine has its own bay now (E1 in bay 4, E2 in bay 5).

There are more changes; The 'call vehicle' commands have been changed. The police officers will still call the closest ambulance, but the EMS Captain and Battalion Chief can choose between calling an ALS ambulance (from station 1) or a BLS ambulance (from station 2). Same thing with the engine. Engine 1 can come from both stations (depends on the closest station), engine 2 only from station 1.

The 'Call Aerial Ladder' command has been renamed to 'Call light force'.
When you use that command the aerial ladder will respond with a 2-car, that means fire engine 2 (if available at station) will respond too.
However, if you don't like that change you can hold CTRL while using the command and only the Aerial Ladder will come.

Notes:
ALS = Advanced Life Support
BLS = Basic Life Support

Hoppah

[Bernt]

aaah NICE UPDATE:D

[mutu]

I like the new wye

[AFEM]

It's great!!! I WANT TO HAVE IT!

I have one doubt. can we add a gated wye to a gated wye?