Congratulations to @5Rya who won the random drawing for beta access to somebody who had liked the post before the deadline. I will PM you with information on how to join the beta! 

 

 

We've also got the new life boat working in-game - it floats and moves! It needs quite a bit more work still at this point, but it's coming along nicely. 

 

 

I'm rebuilding my computer today (my processor was supposed to be here a month ago and it finally arrived!) so there won't be any major updates this weekend while I'm working on getting it back up and running. Stay tuned for some updates next week though as I continue to add more features and callouts. There will hopefully be some new Coastal Callouts episodes on YouTube soon too, which I will make sure to post here for everyone to enjoy. 

Edited February 12, 20179 yr by PNWParksFan

1 minute ago, PNWParksFan said:

Congratulations to @5Rya who won the random drawing for beta access to somebody who had liked the post before the deadline. I will PM you with information on how to join the beta! 

 

We've also got the new life boat working in-game - it floats and moves! It needs quite a bit more work still at this point, but it's coming along nicely. 

 

 

I'm rebuilding my computer today (my processor was supposed to be here a month ago and it finally arrived!) so there won't be any major updates this weekend while I'm working on getting it back up and running. Stay tuned for some updates next week though as I continue to add more features and callouts. There will hopefully be some new Coastal Callouts episodes on YouTube soon too, which I will make sure to post here for everyone to enjoy. 

sick ! What specs u have on your pc ?

Just now, Officer107 said:

sick ! What specs u have on your pc ?

 

My current system:

• Core i7-960 (it's a bit old!)
• ASUS AMD R9-390
• ASRock X58 Extreme mobo
• Kingston SSDnow 128 GB (don't remember exact model)
• Some 1 TB HDD (don't remember exactly what)
• 24 GB DDR3 RAM

The new system (same case, PSU, and storage)

• Core i7-6700k (finally an upgrade!)
• Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB
• ASRock Z170 Extreme3 mobo
• 16 GB Kingston DDR4 RAM

 

May i please test the beta?

9 minutes ago, ChrisPreziotti said:

May i please test the beta?

Information on beta eligibility is posted here: 

 

Congrats on the new system Parks!!!

 

1 hour ago, PNWParksFan said:

 

My current system:

• Core i7-960 (it's a bit old!)
• ASUS AMD R9-390
• ASRock X58 Extreme mobo
• Kingston SSDnow 128 GB (don't remember exact model)
• Some 1 TB HDD (don't remember exactly what)
• 24 GB DDR3 RAM

The new system (same case, PSU, and storage)

• Core i7-6700k (finally an upgrade!)
• Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB
• ASRock Z170 Extreme3 mobo
• 16 GB Kingston DDR4 RAM

 

wow ! thats some nice upgrades. Hope this will help u with you work lol. Super hyped for this callout pack to release.

Finally got RPH working on my new PC! Still waiting for the GPU to arrive, but that's enough to at least let me work on the mod. 

 

Today in "this callout idea seems absurd but is actually realistic and surprisingly challenging," we have "aids to navigation assistance". 

 

 

 

All silliness aside (although I do expect this to become a callout, I've just written a couple lines of code to test that this is possible), I'm continuing to work on and improve features. My current focus includes:

• Polishing the search backup. This is working much better now, but I still have some work to do with making the search AI's detection chances realistically depend on weather, time of day, and distance from the search targets. 
• Boat dropoff. Much like the helicopter dropoff which I previewed in a video previously, I will be adding locations you can drop off patients from your boat. 
• Improvements to various AI functionality, including boat pursuit AI and copilot AI. Beta testers have found some specific issues with these which I plan to address, and I plan to give all the AI functionality a significant overhaul at some point to improve on some issues and add new features. 
• A drug callout is now underway! Drug smuggling callouts were much-requested, so I'm working on that now. 
  
  
   
• The 47' Motor Life Boat model is coming along nicely, although we haven't started on the interior yet which will definitely take some work to make good. Got working radar, working spotlights, working emergency light, and 4 working seats (which I will be adding more). Big thanks to SkylineGTRFreak for doing most of the work in converting that model.
  
  
  
  

 

Just a friendly reminder that the beta is currently available to anybody who joins my Parks Benefactor program! Thanks for following along, and as always, feel free to leave any comments, questions, or suggestions.

Edited February 15, 20179 yr by PNWParksFan

Check out the latest Coastal Callouts teaser episode, this time by @gmantonz. This is another boat-based episode, and features a rescue mission, a couple of boat pursuits, and a brief preview of the new search backup feature demonstrating that I still have some work to do there!

 

 

Today we have another video, this time from @JordanDevlin! More boat patrols here, and also a good look at one of the USCG uniforms included in the upcoming Service Uniforms Pack. 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, PNWParksFan said:

Today we have another video, this time from @JordanDevlin! More boat patrols here, and also a good look at one of the USCG uniforms included in the upcoming Service Uniforms Pack. 

 

 

 

Thanks alot Parks about this mod i love it!

Edited February 15, 20179 yr by JordanDevlin

AI search backup is really coming along! The likelihood of a ped being seen by a nearby search crew is now scaled depending on the time of day, the current weather, whether they're under the water, and what type of vehicle is searching for them. 

 

I'm also very relieved to report that all my parts for my new computer finally came and are installed! To celebrate, here is a nice high-quality shot from the heli cam of the new 47' Motor Life Boat assisting with a search using the new search backup AI: 

 

Thanks to everyone who has joined the beta recently for all your feedback, ideas, and bug reports! For everyone else who is eagerly anticipating the mod, there should be a couple more teaser videos pretty soon for you to enjoy!

 

 

 

Gonna leave something in here. But first I'd like to thank everyone big time for contributing to the models!

 

So, yesterday I have finished updating the Defender with full LOD levels and now continue working on the MH-65C Dolphin and '47 MLB. I have made a relatively simple interior inside the bodyshell with some equipment and a stretcher. 

 

 

19 minutes ago, SkylineGTRFreak said:

Gonna leave something in here. But first I'd like to thank everyone big time for contributing to the models!

 

So, yesterday I have finished updating the Defender with full LOD levels and now continue working on the MH-65C Dolphin and '47 MLB. I have made a relatively simple interior inside the bodyshell with some equipment and a stretcher. 

 

 

 

My god

By the way, I will be making all of the seats you see usable, so peds can sit in the passenger area below deck, on the inside bridge, or on the upper bridge. And you will be able to take any ped you have rescued and put them into the passenger area to transport them back to shore. I am also working on the much-requested "boat towing" feature, which will let you pull a disabled boat back to port with a rope. If I can get it to work reliably with the AI I will also add an option to request an AI boat to tow away a vessel, but at the very least the player will be able to do it themself. 

4AM in the morning and I am still sitting here... Just... Why? 

 

Anyway, got some fitting night screens of the MLB and a cockpit screenshot of the MH-65C

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the interior of the MLB can also be entered freely:

 

This looks amazing.  Can't wait to get my hands on this.  Tons of viewers in my channel are asking for it!

Huge thanks to @SkylineGTRFreak for all his great work on making compatible models for this mod! This mod simply wouldn't be the same without him. 

 

I've just started working on this feature, and it's still in the "messing around with testing code" phase, not worked into the menus yet, but yes boat towing works! 

 

 

 

For those of you who understand Italian or German, we have a couple new exciting Coastal Callouts videos to enjoy: 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to @Kilyin for debuting his return to LSPDFR videos with a Coastal Callouts helicopter episode! This is a pretty exciting episode, in which he pulls off a daring rescue of 4 sail boat passengers in a bad storm: 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 20196 yr by PNWParksFan