I am having some trouble with installing this mod correctly. i am putting the files in the right place however the lights when i use the truck go all wonky on me. I dont know if there was supposed to be something else done or what? I have tried contacting pim myself  but he hasn't responded.  I have els installed and improved lighting pattern and realistic emergency lighting. still the firetruck acts weird. i get it was a work in progress but is there a texture or something which needs adjustment?

4 hours ago, mikehuber said:

I am having some trouble with installing this mod correctly. i am putting the files in the right place however the lights when i use the truck go all wonky on me. I dont know if there was supposed to be something else done or what? I have tried contacting pim myself  but he hasn't responded.  I have els installed and improved lighting pattern and realistic emergency lighting. still the firetruck acts weird. i get it was a work in progress but is there a texture or something which needs adjustment?

 

Can you define 'acting weird'?  What is happening?

 

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Did the truck come with a carvartions or carcols file? There is a possibility you need to change the siren setting for the vehicle or use the carcols provided.

it came with a carvariations file. by weird I mean when using the lights in game it doesnt work right. like i have noticed on some vehicles if i put them in replacement for the wrong vehicle such as the police the lightbars texture gets weird when using it in terms of a rotator in place of a flasher. pimdslr both his fire and ambulance vehicles have this issue both versions even the els ones have it. I have tried to install in game correctly but when i spawn them and use the lights they dont work the way they should.  the lightbar and flashers texture isnt right or something. what I am noticing is if i put a rotator version copcar to replace a flasher copcar the lightbar gets weird. but when i replace the firetruck with his one the lightbar still has issues even though its the right slot and all.

This is due to having the incorrect siren setting in the car-variations file. If this is the only vehichle you need to be changed you can simply replace your current carvariations with the one provided in the mod. If you would like to add more then 1 car with a modified light bar, simply open up the carvariations file provided in the pack. Then search for the siren settings of the particular vehicle you are replacing. Now copy that siren setting into your main carvariation file and everything should work. 

exactly what am i looking for though? i mean is there a specific line or text? i am really not sure how to edit these files so everything works in the game is there a tutorial on each file to edit them once you have replaced them inside openiv? i found something on it but I am not sure if that fixes the issue. i would like some more help on this. It seems as though the carcols or something like that is messed up for the firetruck and other cars. is there a way to replace cars without that happening?

 

this is the text i have inside the carvariations that came with the firetruck

 

 

<modelName>firetruk</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
        </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits>
        <Item>0_default_modkit</Item>
      </kits>
      <windowsWithExposedEdges />
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities>
          <Item>
            <Name>Standard White</Name>
            <Value value="100" />
          </Item>
        </Probabilities>
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="7" />
      <sirenSettings value="7" />
    </Item>    
<Item>
      <modelName>police</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
        </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits>
        <Item>0_default_modkit</Item>
      </kits>
      <windowsWithExposedEdges />
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities>
          <Item>
            <Name>Standard White</Name>
            <Value value="100" />
          </Item>
        </Probabilities>
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="1" />
      <sirenSettings value="1" />
    </Item>    
<Item>
    

i only copied and pasted this line as its the one i am having the trouble with.

Edited January 2, 20188 yr by mikehuber

I tried to use another texture but the problem only occurs when i turn the lights on with the lightbar distorting and the side lights doing the same and even the front flashers. like i said i dont know what the problem is. i have els installed but i dont think that would make much of a difference.

You need to change the siren setting on the firetruk to match the siren setting on the carvariation file provided by the vehichles author.

 

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<modelName>firetruk</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
        </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits>
        <Item>0_default_modkit</Item>
      </kits>
      <windowsWithExposedEdges />
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities>
          <Item>
            <Name>Standard White</Name>
            <Value value="100" />
          </Item>
        </Probabilities>
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="7" />
      <sirenSettings value="7" />   ------------------------------------- This value must be changed on the firetruks car-variation file to match this number
    </Item>    
<Item>
      <modelName>police</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
        </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
    <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="true" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
    </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits>
        <Item>0_default_modkit</Item>
      </kits>
      <windowsWithExposedEdges />
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities>
          <Item>
            <Name>Standard White</Name>
            <Value value="100" />
          </Item>
        </Probabilities>
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="1" />
      <sirenSettings value="1" />
    </Item>    
<Item>

 

Edited January 3, 20188 yr by boxvader
Included spoiler with highlighted siren setting

OK exactly where and how do i do that? I can go to the carvariations in the main directory of the gta 5 mods folder as i looked for it last night. the problem is I am not sure what to edit or adjust in regards to that. this is the line in the carvariations file in the update/ update.rpf/ x64/ data for the firetruck

 

      <modelName>firetruk</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            28
            134
            156
            0
            0
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
          </liveries>
        </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits/>
      <windowsWithExposedEdges/>
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities>
          <Item>
            <Name>Police guv plate</Name>
            <Value value="100"/>
          </Item>
        </Probabilities>
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="22"/>
      <sirenSettings value="7"/>
    </Item>

 

the mod says

Installation of model:

(OpenIV) Go to:

(mods)/update/x64/dlcpacks/patchday3/dlc.rpf/x64/levels/gta5/vehicles.rpf and replace all files provided.

Instal carvariations.meta in: mods/update/x64/dlcpacks/mpluxe/dlc.rpf/common/data and replace the file.

 

now I know how to edit the .meta files i figured that one out but I am still not sure what to adjust or where or by what means. i was wondering if I should copy and paste the info inside the one the mod has and add it down at the bottom of the original carvariations inside mpluxe. I extracted that file onto the desktop. the problem is there is no firetruck when i searched for it inside the original file inside mpluxe.

 

Edited January 3, 20188 yr by mikehuber

Just replace the carvariations file in mpluxe with the one provided.

i tried that already it is still causing issues.  the lights distort when in use it doesn't look like it should on the firetruck the general texture is OK just when the lights are used the texture distorts. i was wondering if I should use the same settings as the original file but use the light settings that are 22 instead of 7.

Edited January 3, 20188 yr by mikehuber