I've been using LCPDFR mod for a while and I like it. I don't know if this is a support question or not so here's my question. Well I want to put some custom cars into the game such as LAPD models or some other kind of police car and I don't know how to do it or where to start.

I've been using LCPDFR mod for a while and I like it. I don't know if this is a support question or not so here's my question. Well I want to put some custom cars into the game such as LAPD models or some other kind of police car and I don't know how to do it or where to start.

Well You need Spark iv and ELS also there are many tutorial videos online but I would mostly say Google it, Google is your best friend!

Edited January 13, 201214 yr by Redbull_kid

*You don't need ELS, only if you have ELS cars with custom lightbars and emergency lighting systems that are advanced beyond the type of sirens and lights currently in the game. In my experience it's best, if you can help it, to modify the game as little as possible (with things like ELS and very high poly car models) to avoid crashes with the mod.

Thanks for replying. I've downloaded Spark IV and it's a beta. I downloaded my GTA 4 from Steam. Anyway how do I mod? I've seen all the cars but I don't know what to do! I've downloaded LAPD skins but it says it's only textures but need the mod or whatever first. I don't know what to do! Please HELP!

To add cars to the game you'll need to download files that come with a .wft and .wtd file. Think of one of these as the 3D model and the other as the texture for the vehicle.

You then have to use spark IV, navigate to gtaivpcmodelscdimagesvehicles.img and open it.

This will open the vehicles.img file which is an archive of all the car files that are currently in the game (notice they are wft and wtd file formats). Then you click the Import button, find the car files (wft and wtd files) that you downloaded and import them, then save the archive. They will replace the car files that they are named after. So if you important files that are named police.wft and police.wtd they will overwrite the default police car in the game. So it's a good idea to back up these original files.

You get the car files from:

The Downloads section of this website

The Downloads section of www.gtapolicemods.com

gta4-mods.com

gtainside.com

Some people might offer custom textures for cars which will just be .png image files that replace the textures that the car originally came with. To add these textures use Spark IV to open vehicles.img as before, then find the vehicle file you are editing and use SparkIV to open/edit the texture file. Then all you need to do is import the custom image that you have downloaded into the right layer of the texture file (they are normally called police_sign_1/2/3/4 for police cars with multiple skins).

As a further notice, please read the readme files contained within things you download before you post here for help. We take no responsibility if you break your game in the process. You should backup everything you edit and you can always use steam to repair your game if you break it.

If you still aren't sure there are plenty of youtube video tutorials for adding cars to the game.

Advanced user mode:

If you install cars that have ELS in the title and the sirens don't work ingame you will have to install the ELS Emergency Lighting System script.

If you install cars that are very high poly (very detailed, large file size) and you start seeing lots of taxis ingame and nothing else when you are using those cars you will have to install Traffic Control system or one of the other traffic mods to fix that.

Edited January 14, 201214 yr by Ekalb

Thanks for the instructions. Well right now I downloaded this

http://gtapolicemods.com/showthread.php?6114-REL-New-York-City-Police-Mega-Pack

Now what?

It looks like they are just skins so refer to this paragraph:

Some people might offer custom textures for cars which will just be .png image files that replace the textures that the car originally came with. To add these textures use Spark IV to open vehicles.img as before, then find the vehicle file you are editing and use SparkIV to open/edit the texture file. Then all you need to do is import the custom image that you have downloaded into the right layer of the texture file (they are normally called police_sign_1/2/3/4 for police cars with multiple skins).

But first you need the car models that they are for. If they aren't listed in the documentation for that file you will have to find them.

Here's a good crown vic:

and here's a good Dodge charger:

These cars are low-poly and non-ELS so they are the best to you.

I don't know if the custom skins you downloaded will exactly line up with these cars but for starters install these cars, then you can attempt to overwrite the skins that come with them with the textures from the pack you downloaded.

Edited January 14, 201214 yr by Ekalb

Merci! Thank you! I do have Spark IV! I think i know what to do.