7 minutes ago, jichelson said:

I am still having a lot of trouble understanding out to set the xml up. I know the pdf explains alot, however is there a video about setting up the xml?

I have not created any such video. If somebody made a good video tutorial I would post it on the download page. What part are you having trouble with? Perhaps I can help? 

If somebody wanted to create a GUI program for editing the CustomBackup.xml, they can PM me and we can discuss that possibility. I don't have the time right now to do that myself though. 

13 hours ago, PNWParksFan said:

I have not created any such video. If somebody made a good video tutorial I would post it on the download page. What part are you having trouble with? Perhaps I can help? 

If somebody wanted to create a GUI program for editing the CustomBackup.xml, they can PM me and we can discuss that possibility. I don't have the time right now to do that myself though. 

For some reason the actual xml is confusing me. Im not sure where one area ends and another begins. I had the same issue with the original backup.xml that comes with lspdfr. Just wasnt able to figure out exactly what to enter where to make the backup work as I want. Im sure once I figure it out it is simple, however Im just lost. Maybe Ill just wait until a video is made or someone can come up with a gui 

13 hours ago, jichelson said:

For some reason the actual xml is confusing me. Im not sure where one area ends and another begins. I had the same issue with the original backup.xml that comes with lspdfr. Just wasnt able to figure out exactly what to enter where to make the backup work as I want. Im sure once I figure it out it is simple, however Im just lost. Maybe Ill just wait until a video is made or someone can come up with a gui 

What text editor are you using? It might help to use something which is designed for editing XML. If you have Visual Studio installed, use that. Otherwise, try Notepad++. The way XML works is it's a series of opening and closing tags. <TagName> opens a tag, and </TagName> closes it. That's how you tell where one part ends and another begins. 

I have a stupid question. If I wanted the BCSO to respond as backup in blaine county I would have to set it up like this correct?

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    <BackupRegion nickname="Blaine">
      <BackupAreas>
        <Area>BlaineCounty</Area>
      </BackupAreas>
      <VehicleSet>
        <Vehicles>
          <Vehicle chance="30">bsheriff</Vehicle>
          <Vehicle chance="40">bsheriff2</Vehicle>
          <Vehicle chance="20">bsheriff3</Vehicle>
          <Vehicle chance="10">bsheriff4</Vehicle>
        </Vehicles>
        <Peds>
          <Ped chance="70">s_m_y_sheriff_02</Ped>
          <Ped chance="30">s_f_y_sheriff_02</Ped>
        </Peds>
        <NumPeds min="1" max="2" />
      </VehicleSet>
    </BackupRegion>

 

48 minutes ago, br0adyb0ii said:

I have a stupid question. If I wanted the BCSO to respond as backup in blaine county I would have to set it up like this correct?

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    <BackupRegion nickname="Blaine">
      <BackupAreas>
        <Area>BlaineCounty</Area>
      </BackupAreas>
      <VehicleSet>
        <Vehicles>
          <Vehicle chance="30">bsheriff</Vehicle>
          <Vehicle chance="40">bsheriff2</Vehicle>
          <Vehicle chance="20">bsheriff3</Vehicle>
          <Vehicle chance="10">bsheriff4</Vehicle>
        </Vehicles>
        <Peds>
          <Ped chance="70">s_m_y_sheriff_02</Ped>
          <Ped chance="30">s_f_y_sheriff_02</Ped>
        </Peds>
        <NumPeds min="1" max="2" />
      </VehicleSet>
    </BackupRegion>

 

Looks perfect to me! Copy that in under the <LocalPatrol> section and it should work for ya, assuming all those vehicles are actually installed. 

4 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

Looks perfect to me! Copy that in under the <LocalPatrol> section and it should work for ya, assuming all those vehicles are actually installed. 

Thanks for the fast reply. I have just tested it works like a treat.

Just now, br0adyb0ii said:

Thanks for the fast reply. I have just tested it works like a treat.

Glad to hear it! Hope you're enjoying the mod :)

2 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

Glad to hear it! Hope you're enjoying the mod :)

It's an awesome mod so much to customize I love it.

9 hours ago, PNWParksFan said:

What text editor are you using? It might help to use something which is designed for editing XML. If you have Visual Studio installed, use that. Otherwise, try Notepad++. The way XML works is it's a series of opening and closing tags. <TagName> opens a tag, and </TagName> closes it. That's how you tell where one part ends and another begins. 

That actually really helps (<TagName> opens a tag, and </TagName> closes it). Ill give this a go and see what happens. Even if I dont figure it out, thanks for your response and hard work on this mod!!

It may just be me but I have just noticed that Traffic Policer by Albo doesn't seem to work when I have this installed. It works perfectly when I remove Custom Backup, can't work out what could be conflicting between the two. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had noticed any issues between the two.

1 hour ago, gavind85 said:

It may just be me but I have just noticed that Traffic Policer by Albo doesn't seem to work when I have this installed. It works perfectly when I remove Custom Backup, can't work out what could be conflicting between the two. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had noticed any issues between the two.

Hmm. I use both with no problems. What issues do you have with traffic police when custom backup is installed? Can you upload your ragepluginhook.log, custom backup.XML, and custom backup INI file?

29 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

Hmm. I use both with no problems. What issues do you have with traffic police when custom backup is installed? Can you upload your ragepluginhook.log, custom backup.XML, and custom backup INI file?

Panic over, a fresh install of both seems to have cleared the problem, now back to editting my xml 

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You should do like Custom Jurisdiction Mod did, that it had an application that you could change where do police patrol and stuff so you wouldnt have to change it in the notepad

8 minutes ago, LSPDGamefriik said:

You should do like Custom Jurisdiction Mod did, that it had an application that you could change where do police patrol and stuff so you wouldnt have to change it in the notepad

I would like to eventually have a GUI to simplify the process. But it was a lot of work just to develop the mod in the first place. 

44 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

I would like to eventually have a GUI to simplify the process. But it was a lot of work just to develop the mod in the first place. 

But are you gonna do it later or no?

2 minutes ago, LSPDGamefriik said:

But are you gonna do it later or no?

Possibly, we'll see. There's a standing offer that if any other developer wants to take that on, I'll support their efforts. 

Next feature planned: ability to add custom entries to the backup menu. This will allow you to request specific units when you want them, like calling for a motorcycle cop, or calling for a bearcat instead of general NOOSE backup. 

Question: would you rather have custom-defined entries go on the main menu, or have them in a sub-menu to reduce clutter? Maybe have an option for whether to put it on the main menu or not?

An option to use sub-menus. Personally, i think just using the main menu works well enough, though that might depend on how many categories are added and maybe what screen resolution the game is running in.

Got the basics working. I'll also add a submenu and option to place additional backup types on the submenu. As an example, I added a police bike option so you could specifically call one when desired: 

Suggestion: Create a program with user-friendly interface that helps you to edit the .xml file, so that people who are very confused with the file will not confuse themselves if they edit it in a program.