I am new to this LSPDFR and have a question about installing ELS vehicles.  I am following Albo1125's video on how to install them.

My first question is can I change the car file name to anything?  In the video he just changes the "2" in the name to a "6", but I am guessing I can change the name to whatever I want as long as I change it everywhere he says to in the video, is that a correct assumption?

 

Reason I ask is because the first vehicle I entered worked, but all I did was change the number, but then I was trying to add 7 different vehicles so i changed the names completely to keep them straight but when I try to launch the game i get a fatal crash.  I am wondering if there is some line(s) of code that I am supposed to enter between vehicles in the meta files that I didn't do since I added 7 of them compared to just the one only that originally worked.

 

Thanks

If you're talking about add-on cars, you can change the name of the vehicle as long as it's the same name as in the vehicle.meta and carvariations.meta file.

If it crashes, it possibly means that one entry in the files is wrong or you passed the limit of add-on cars. You can simply fix it by downloading and install gameconfig.xml

Edited February 20, 20188 yr by SilentEagle

9 minutes ago, SilentEagle said:

If you're talking about add-on cars, you can change the name of the vehicle as long as it's the same name as in the vehicle.meta and carvariations.meta file.

If it crashes, it possibly means that one entry in the files is wrong or you passed the limit of add-on cars. You can simply fix it by downloading and install gameconfig.xml

I will re-check the names again, but am pretty sure they are all the same in both meta files and the xml file in ELS folder. You know what the limit of add on cars is?  I think I installed 12 or so last night.

 

I will look for the gameconfig.xml, but it's version based isn't it?  Last time I looked I didn't see the version I had, it was one number off.

3 hours ago, otherguy said:

I will re-check the names again, but am pretty sure they are all the same in both meta files and the xml file in ELS folder. You know what the limit of add on cars is?  I think I installed 12 or so last night.

 

I will look for the gameconfig.xml, but it's version based isn't it?  Last time I looked I didn't see the version I had, it was one number off.

 

Yes, gameconfig is version based.  Try the one linked in my signature.

1 hour ago, Kallus said:

 

Yes, gameconfig is version based.  Try the one linked in my signature.

 

Just out of curiosity.... I noticed the gamconfig file in your signature is different from the gameconfig you posted in your step-by-step tutorial.  Is one better than the other?

Thanks

 

3 minutes ago, otherguy said:

 

Just out of curiosity.... I noticed the gamconfig file in your signature is different from the gameconfig you posted in your step-by-step tutorial.  Is one better than the other?

Thanks

 

 

Thanks for pointing that out, I forgot about that.  The gameconfig in my topic used to work and be up to date, but It seems the author no longer abandoned it. I just corrected that link to the one in my sig, which is up to date.

I think that did it, will try it after dinner tonight and make sure it all works properly with all the other plugins/mods I have installed.  Let you know a bit later.

 

 

3 hours ago, otherguy said:

I think that did it, will try it after dinner tonight and make sure it all works properly with all the other plugins/mods I have installed.  Let you know a bit later.

 

 

 

Good luck!

Sorry didn't post last night but everything seemed to work.  I did have one game crash and there was one time it was a bit laggy but nothing out of the normal really.   I'll have to see how it goes when I get to play longer.

 

Appreciate the help.

6 hours ago, otherguy said:

Sorry didn't post last night but everything seemed to work.  I did have one game crash and there was one time it was a bit laggy but nothing out of the normal really.   I'll have to see how it goes when I get to play longer.

 

Appreciate the help.

 

You're welcome, good luck!

Next Question so I will just ask here:

I am starting to install some more ELS vehicles and the instructions say to install them in the latest patchday folder which i found.

Do I just rename the files like I do for installing Albo's way?

 

Basically do I install the files in the patchday folder (renamed) then follow the rest of the Albo's instructions for editing the carvariations.meta and vehicles.meta?  or is there different files to do when using patchday?

10 hours ago, otherguy said:

Next Question so I will just ask here:

I am starting to install some more ELS vehicles and the instructions say to install them in the latest patchday folder which i found.

Do I just rename the files like I do for installing Albo's way?

 

Basically do I install the files in the patchday folder (renamed) then follow the rest of the Albo's instructions for editing the carvariations.meta and vehicles.meta?  or is there different files to do when using patchday?

 

I'm a little confuse, because you never clarified.  Are you installing replacement vehicles, like to replace POLICE, POLICE2, etc? or standalone?

16 hours ago, Giordano said:

 

I'm a little confuse, because you never clarified.  Are you installing replacement vehicles, like to replace POLICE, POLICE2, etc? or standalone?

 

I want to install them as standalone, similar to the way I do all the others which is following Albo's instructions, but he never covers carcols.ymt file and the instructions on what I am trying to install says :

CARCOLS:
THIS IS IMPORTANT AS WITHOUT IT, THE LIGHTBAR WILL FAIL TO WORK AND WILL CAUSE ISSUES

mods> update> update.rpf> x64> data

Replace the carcols.ymt in this file

 

Here is the cars I am trying to install.

 http://www.lcpdfr.com/files/file/17875-els-los-santos-metropolitan-police-department-mega-pack/?tab=comments#comment-160891

 

 

3 minutes ago, otherguy said:

 

I want to install them as standalone, similar to the way I do all the others which is following Albo's instructions, but he never covers carcols.ymt file and the instructions on what I am trying to install says :

CARCOLS:
THIS IS IMPORTANT AS WITHOUT IT, THE LIGHTBAR WILL FAIL TO WORK AND WILL CAUSE ISSUES

mods> update> update.rpf> x64> data

Replace the carcols.ymt in this file

 

Here is the cars I am trying to install.

 http://www.lcpdfr.com/files/file/17875-els-los-santos-metropolitan-police-department-mega-pack/?tab=comments#comment-160891

 

 

 

The carcols essentially install the same way a vehicle does.  Navigate to the location you mentioned above, and drag and drop the carcols Jed provides.  I've used that pack before and it's pretty sweet.

22 minutes ago, Giordano said:

 

The carcols essentially install the same way a vehicle does.  Navigate to the location you mentioned above, and drag and drop the carcols Jed provides.  I've used that pack before and it's pretty sweet.

installing it in that location will not mess up anything of the other cars?

 

Just so I am clear:

I can install the cars the way I am used to?

Then install the carcols.ymt into the location shown and I will be good to go?  I didn't know if installing the cars and renaming them would still allow the carcols.ymt to work properly.

20 minutes ago, otherguy said:

installing it in that location will not mess up anything of the other cars?

 

Just so I am clear:

I can install the cars the way I am used to?

Then install the carcols.ymt into the location shown and I will be good to go?  I didn't know if installing the cars and renaming them would still allow the carcols.ymt to work properly.

 

Yes, you install his cars the exact same way.  The only thing you will need to do is modify the carvariation lines for his cars so they use the new carcols Jed provides.

 

His carcols won't change anything that was there, he just added a new sirensetting is all.