Hey! First post here.
 

I’m curious about an issue I’ve been having and can’t find any forum posts about this topic. When I download a dlc/add on pack that is also ELS, sometimes I find that the ELS file names clash with my already existing slots. (Police, police2, pranger, sheriff, etc)

 

The whole reason I am looking for DLC/add-on packs is because I don’t want to replace the vehicles I have in those slots. So how do I handle this?

 

Im assuming it will overwrite and cause game crashes if I have two different “police2” files in my ELS folder. But how do I rename them and what do I rename them to in order to still match with the vehicles in the dlc.rpf. 
 

 

Thanks for your help 

Add-on packs have their own name so it won’t affect vanilla slots. 
 

If you are replacing slots, any files with the same name will be overwritten by what you drop into your patchday folder via OpenIV. 

Thanks for replying! I know the DLC pack itself has its own name, but the ELS files that go with the DLC pack share the same name as the vanilla slots which I already have files for. 
 

For example: I already installed a car in slot “sheriff2” that I like, and there is a corresponding ELS file for it called “sheriff2”.

 

 

Now I download this seperate DLC pack, put it in the game as a dlc.rpf, but when I go to put in the ELS files that go with the DLC pack I notice that it also also have one called “sheriff2”. 
 

what do I do about this haha

Got it. So I’m assuming these are replacement packs not add-ons?

I’m not sure if I know the difference I guess. I assume replacement packs have individual file names like police, police2, etc that you can use to replace the slots individually. But anything that comes in a DLC.rpf format I consider to be a dlc pack. If I am misunderstanding this concept then maybe that’s my problem lol. 

15 hours ago, EasyRed said:

Thanks for replying! I know the DLC pack itself has its own name, but the ELS files that go with the DLC pack share the same name as the vanilla slots which I already have files for. 
 

For example: I already installed a car in slot “sheriff2” that I like, and there is a corresponding ELS file for it called “sheriff2”.

 

 

Now I download this seperate DLC pack, put it in the game as a dlc.rpf, but when I go to put in the ELS files that go with the DLC pack I notice that it also also have one called “sheriff2”. 
 

what do I do about this haha

 

If it's a replacement just replace it.

If it's a add on you need to name it sheriff3, peds won't respond with sheriff3+ as i know. But you could spawn the vehicle with the RPH Console (F4).

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