Well that sure can be done. The question, however, is what others think of it. Do they prefer your way or do they rather want their partner to be on the backseat? I could make it right for everyone by providing a configuration file where one can set which one of the two options they want but my initial idea was that BikePatrol becomes an "install and forget" mod. Maybe we get some more feedback from others before I make a final decision. Shall we do that?
 
EDIT: Oh and while we are waiting: What bike should the partner ride? Always the police bike or the same as the player? I'd prefer the latter option.

EDIT 2: Done some thinking on that. I guess you are right. Having two cops on one bike just doesn't look right. I will make it so the partner gets the same type of bike spawned for him. Okay?

That solves the "problem" of getting a police bike in GTA IV right away with it. "Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe geschlagen" how we say in Germany.

Edited July 16, 201411 yr by Cyron43

Wow nice to hear that, so can anyone have the modded bike he wants to use without any troubles

Sounds great.

 

 

 

It does seem odd, risky, and highly ineffective

Edited July 17, 201411 yr by OutCAst

Sorry OutCAst, your request cannot be fulfilled because there is a concurrency issue with LCPDFR. My mod tells the partner to get on his bike and LCPDFR tells him to join on the player's bike. As long as the LCPDFR API provides no option to temporarily release the control over the partner I see no way to ever get this fixed.

Edited July 18, 201411 yr by Cyron43

Wow that's a shame :(, well at least we can get a 2 police bike patrol thanks of you.

Is there a way to change/force the 2 seat on bike condition? maybe that could fix it

The release candidate is up. I'm currently writing the guide and then it's done.

https://bitbucket.org/rainerhilmer/bikepatrol/downloads

EDIT

I have just uploaded V1.0.0. Once approved it will be available here:

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Or you can download it as well from my repository (see link above).

Edited July 20, 201411 yr by Cyron43

I have updated the guide. Besides eliminating some typos I added a Q/A in the FAQ section about what to do in case your partner gets stuck somewhere with his bike.