So I finally found a Street Hawk lightbar and as such can start making my Miami PD vehicles but I have one problem, how do I edit (in Zmodeler or otherwise) the bar to make it DROT enabled and also to change the individual lighting pod colours below  the rotators through textures if I'm unsure which ones they actually are.. Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

I've included pictures below of how it is now and the real Miami PD version (which is how I want it)

Edited June 24, 201510 yr by HankVoight

I'm not an expert with ELS and definitely not with DROT, however that lightbar should already be mapped with ELS and should work just fine.

 

As for the lighting pod colors, that would not be in zModeler but in a texture editing program.

 

You would edit the EMERGLIGHTS to change the glass color.

 

This is the result of changing the red rectangle I circle to blue:

 

Now as you can see, the lights INSIDE the glass are still blue and red. If you wanted, for example, to change the inside lights to blue to match the glass, you would have to edit the EMERGLIGHTS_EMIS and change the reds to blues.

 

 

I hope I could help. If I didn't fully answer your question or you have more, feel free to PM me or 'quote' me so that I get a notification.

Edited June 24, 201510 yr by Cosmo

I'm not an expert with ELS and definitely not with DROT, however that lightbar should already be mapped with ELS and should work just fine.

 

As for the lighting pod colors, that would not be in zModeler but in a texture editing program.

 

You would edit the EMERGLIGHTS to change the glass color.

 

This is the result of changing the red rectangle I circle to blue:

 

Now as you can see, the lights INSIDE the glass are still blue and red. If you wanted, for example, to change the inside lights to blue to match the glass, you would have to edit the EMERGLIGHTS_EMIS and change the reds to blues.

 

 

I hope I could help. If I didn't fully answer your question or you have more, feel free to PM me or 'quote' me so that I get a notification.

Thanks for the tip however I need to change the individual pods that are currently red/blue and the bottom of the lightbar to the desired style.

Remap them individually or together with the Edit UV tool and the proper shader.  Just move it to the color you want.  As for the DROT you need some rotators and dummies labeled siren1,2,3 etc.  Make sure the dummy is centered with the rotator because that is the spin location.

Remap them individually or together with the Edit UV tool and the proper shader.  Just move it to the color you want.  As for the DROT you need some rotators and dummies labeled siren1,2,3 etc.  Make sure the dummy is centered with the rotator because that is the spin location.

Thanks for the tip, with the DROT part, do you happen to know of any video tutorials showing a step by step?

Thanks for the tip, with the DROT part, do you happen to know of any video tutorials showing a step by step?

No sorry, I just do mine based off of a non-els bar already set up with rotators

No sorry, I just do mine based off of a non-els bar already set up with rotators

Ah bugger, thanks anyway!