FHP car with red or Blue Configuration

LoneWolfSpecter · August 16, 2012

Just curious. Are there any FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) cars that have the lightbar mapped out to have one color for Primary and Secondary ELS only?? I might have confused you there, here is an example... If I want to only have all red, I could enable my primary lights and only the red lights will light up. or if I want only blue lights, I press the secondary key and all blue lights light up. Or if I want the whole lightbar to light up like a Christmas tree I press both primary and secondary lights and all lights light up. Is this possible to do??. and also, If possible, can the Traffic Advisory lights be mapped out to both primary and secondary lights?? so for example primary will have all the red lights as well as the amber lights lit up and vice versa with the blue lights as well.

I was watching some FHP videos and saw that a lot of FHP trooper choose red during daytime and blue during nightime. others stick with the color combination at all times. I was thinking it might be interesting setup for GTAIV since I haven't seen a setup for a Javelin like it before. If there is a model like it, I would like a link please. There are models out there like Cj24 and Yakadafi's but they all have the same light setup and they are not split by colors and activated separately.

I'm not skilled at all in Modeling cars and mapping out ELS, so I have no Idea whats possible and whats not.

Also to stir up a friendly conversation, What are your thoughts on a Lightbar setup like FHP?

Example at what I'm Trying to explain

Sorry for double post but It's nearly 24hrs and I still have not received an answer to my question. I hate double posting..

Are there any vehicles with a Code 3 Javelin with a setup like I've mentioned above? If not, Is it possible that a vehicle's ELS lightbar could be mapped out with red for primary and blue for secondary, and/or adding in Amber lights to both primary and seconday?

Edited August 17, 2012 by Olanov

Olanov · August 17, 2012

24 hours, seriously... Have some patience, man. Merged.

Cj24 · August 17, 2012

It would be possible to map the red part to the primary and the blue to the secondary part, but you will still have the secondary ground flashes at the back of the vehicle, if you're using ELS v5 you couldn't even change the color. Also, it's not possible to add the traffic advisor to the secondary lights, because as you would have to use the C-02 pattern, it would flash in the same style. It could be added to the primary lights using wigwags/takedowns easily, though.

LoneWolfSpecter · August 17, 2012

It would be possible to map the red part to the primary and the blue to the secondary part, but you will still have the secondary ground flashes at the back of the vehicle, if you're using ELS v5 you couldn't even change the color. Also, it's not possible to add the traffic advisor to the secondary lights, because as you would have to use the C-02 pattern, it would flash in the same style. It could be added to the primary lights using wigwags/takedowns easily, though.

Interesting. Thanks a lot Cj24 for the clear explanation. I was curious to know since I don't know anything about Zmodeler. Since I've seen CHP models being released with steady burns and W/ flashing lights, I thought people where coming up with unique ways to map all the ELS lights to the car.

You are right about the secondary flashing yellow even if its blue. I didn't think that one through hard enough before posting. What about switching blue to primary and red to Secondary? Red with yellow reflection shouldn't be that bad. I have my ELS flash intensity and range to low numbers so during daytime its barely visible and during nightime, It'll show on the ground. Again,the yellow reflection doesn't bother me at all.

24 hours, seriously... Have some patience, man. Merged.

Sorry Olanov. My thread was being buried under a bunch of new threads and replies to old one that I felt like no one saw this thread. I also saw that it had 0 views, after I double posted it suddenly jumped to 48, It might have been a site issue.

Cj24 · August 17, 2012

Interesting. Thanks a lot Cj24 for the clear explanation. I was curious to know since I don't know anything about Zmodeler. Since I've seen CHP models being released with steady burns and W/ flashing lights, I thought people where coming up with unique ways to map all the ELS lights to the car.
You are right about the secondary flashing yellow even if its blue. I didn't think that one through hard enough before posting. What about switching blue to primary and red to Secondary? Red with yellow reflection shouldn't be that bad. I have my ELS flash intensity and range to low numbers so during daytime its barely visible and during nightime, It'll show on the ground. Again,the yellow reflection doesn't bother me at all.

The CA Steady Burns are simply mapped to both wigwags, so they are always on.

It would be possible to map the colors like that, and as I guess most people use ELS v6 anyway, they could change it. But then the traffic advisor would only show up while night, or if you use blue as well as red.

Timlinson · August 18, 2012

Each FHP car has a sensor, like those that automatically turn on headlights, so that it automatically turns the bar to red in the day, and blue at night. Why? Several studies found that red stands out more in the day, and blue stands out more at night. Each car also has an override, so that the officer can switch the colors.