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I've noticed that a lot of people have been making textures based off of real police departments and then change the names to Blaine County or Los Santos and I was just curious if this is just a preference or if there is a specific reason behind this. Is it copyright infringement or something? please just let me know. Thank you :)

-Stacie

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People do it to match the in game departments to go with the cities, towns, and counties of San Andreas.  There have been a few cases though were real departments will actually request their skins not to be used or their department not be portrayed in GTA because it almost gives off a bad vibe.  That's all, people do it to go with the game.

 

Example, People will use the LAPD design and make it say LSPD because in GTA, LAPD is really LSPD.

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Thank you for the clarification. I am guessing it would be best to ask someone that works in the department then before using their name as well. It is just that the texture that I am working with seems to fit better with having the name of the department, but I guess I could also make it both ways and let the gamer decide as well. 

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4 minutes ago, superstacie2011 said:

Thank you for the clarification. I am guessing it would be best to ask someone that works in the department then before using their name as well. It is just that the texture that I am working with seems to fit better with having the name of the department, but I guess I could also make it both ways and let the gamer decide as well. 

If you choose to make it say the real department it is your choice, Usually people like it more with the GTA names to match the game but I have done skins with the real city, town, or states name in it.

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6 minutes ago, superstacie2011 said:

Have you made a texture for Captain14's Sheriff and FIB replacement pack?

Not yet, I am coming up with another idea for PD then going to the Sheriff pack because he wants me to do up a skin for that also. 

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51 minutes ago, superstacie2011 said:

That is really cool, I am having some issues with getting a skin to stick to the FIB charger. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I feel like I am doing the same thing that I did for the other 4 cars and it just doesn't want to stay. 

Not all models are made to have a texture. And most people change the names to match the cities and counties of the game. Though some people have left them with the original names, I've noticed.

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I am going to ask the department if they are okay with me having the original name on the cars and then if they say yes I will probably just make two sets. One that has the original and one that has the in game names so the player can choose what they would like. I like playing with them with the original so that it feels more realistic, but I understand others might not feel that way. As far as the car goes, I would just really like to be able to replace the model then with another one because it is more fitting with what I am trying to do. 

-Stacie

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