IMHO, IV is a great game and still is a great game, especially with the modding capapbilities we have. The one thing that always irks me is the lack of dynamic license plates, especially when playing LCPD:FR. I was thinking of a few concepts that could be implemented in IV:

1) GTA V Method: TBH I'm not sure how GTA V does their license plates, but would it be possible to port that system to IV and replaces the original vehicles_generic (or whatever the name of the file that has the plate in IV) with a blank plate?

2) Text Draw Method: Again, using blank license plates, have a script that draws text based on a coordinate system relative to the car, with the coordinates being on the license plate.

If you have a concept/theory of your own, share it here!

Edited October 25, 201510 yr by spreilly

I was under the impression that some car mods (eg. Desmond98's FPIU) already have dynamic license plates. I haven't really paid attention but I've seen different plate numbers on that car.

This is a discussion in GTA IV, not V, lol.

 

From what I've seen, most cars that have dynamic plates in Gta IV use liveries on the cars. The skin is usually transparent to allow carcol.data to work normally with only the plate being on the livery.