AI Lightbars Stuck On Solid Burn

[Mike S 7]

Hi all,

Firstly I apologise if this is the wrong thread, it seemed the only viable/relevant area in the "Support" section of the forums.

 

I'm having a problem with AI lightbars. It isn't necessarily ELS related (unlike other posts I have seen) but I am not ready to rule ELS out as a cause just yet.
I have a non-ELS Lore Friendly car pack enabled. When I am in these cars the lightbars work fine. However, when AI are using them (and responding Code 3) their lights freeze. Headlights, and any secondary flashing lights on the vehicle (like flashing head/taillights for example) seem to work fine however the lightbars are the issue.

Everything appears to be normal and working fine when they are in the distance, however when they get within a certain distance of me the lights stop working altogether. Despite this, when I get in these same cars the AI pull up in, the lightbars go back to normal. Meaning the models themselves aren't broken. Its just an AI thing.

This is also the same story for vacant cars. For instance if I get in one police vehicle, the lights will work normally. However if I then get into a second police vehicle, the lights will stop working on the first. So the lightbars only seem to work on the car I am using CURRENTLY.

 

To me, this looks as though the game isn't updating the lightbars properly as various actions that require game updates (such as getting into a car) suddenly make the lightbars work briefly before they freeze again after my character's action has completed. I'll admit, I have ELS installed and I'm using modified XMLs to make my non-ELS cars work for the mod. HOWEVER I have uninstalled ELS and reverted back to the vanilla police vehicles and the same problem persists. So it clearly isn't anything to do with my car pack or the fact I'm using modified XMLs.

 

Mods I am using that could possibly be worth a mention are:

- UltimateBackup

- EUP

- StopThePed

- Enhanced Native Trainer

- BetterEMS

I don't see how these could be causing issues, however they have been modified in one way or another to suit my various AI or backup needs.

 

Although I have said I'm sure it's not the pack. I've attached it anyway

https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/lspd-lssd-pack

 

I have attached a link to a video of me demonstrating the problem just because I feel a visual representation is easier to explain.

(I apologise that my voice may be quiet in places, but it is still legible)

https://we.tl/t-ljVtwgfEMt

 

Thanks in advance,

Mike

Edited November 15, 2020 by Mike S
Making it look pretty :)) <3

[Deactivated Member 0]

None of the mods you mentioned should be doing that and I know that LSPD pack works perfectly. Have you tried verifying your files yet?

[Mike S 7]

8 minutes ago, Mud said:

None of the mods you mentioned should be doing that and I know that LSPD pack works perfectly. Have you tried verifying your files yet?

No I haven't.
That's the option that basically just resets my OIV right?

[Mike S 7]

SUPPORT UPDATE

 

Been working at this for a couple hours longer and I have pinpointed the following:

 

- When I am on foot/haven't been in a vehicle for a while, the AI lightbars DO work.

- When I am in a vehicle/have been in one recently, the AI lightbars DON'T work.

 

- In Story Mode, the vehicle pack and AI lightbars DO work as they should.
- With the mods folder disabled and loading LSPDFR using RPH, the AI lightbars DON'T work. (I was able to replicate how stock vehicles were affect here)

- After replacing the vehicles.meta with its vanilla backup the AI lightbars DON'T work.

 

- I have taken out ALL Albo1125 plugins (and PeterU Callouts as it was linked) along with Vocal Dispatch as it was obsolete - I'm using Grammar Police.

 

This problem only arises when I load the game with RPH. If I call police while OFF-DUTY then the AI lightbars DO work.

However, once I have either done Force-Duty through the console or clicked ON-DUTY in a police station, the AI lightbars DON'T work.

 

This means that the problems start when plugins start to be loaded in.

 

I have tested every variable I can think of, and I think I'm fairly confident in saying its something to do with LSPDFR or one of the plugins I'm using.

Personally, I don't understand why the plugins would be the issue as I have been using them all for a while, but there's a first time for everything.

 

I'm 80% sure that the issue lies AFTER I have gone on duty. So if anyone has any ideas. I'd welcome them greatly :))

 

Thanks,

Mike

Edited November 15, 2020 by Mike S

[Mike S 7]

Okay, so I fixed it...

 

Turns out it was Rich's Police Enhancements.

There's a setting called "EnableSilentBackup".

Little did I know, this setting is reserved exclusively for stage 3 lighting (available only in ELS)

 

Since I am currently using non-ELS cars, that's where my issue  was going wrong. And it explains why I had never had this issue before (This is my first non-ELS pack)

 

So all's well now...

 

I extend thanks to the ONE (lol) person who replied and also those who helped me on discord.

I'll leave the thread here for future reference in case anyone else has this issue.

 

Ta ra,

Mike