I am pretty new to GTA modding to start off. Im not sure if i  installed ELS incorrectly or something, I have also installed RadianceV as per suggested. Nothing seems to be working, most threads are just mass confusion to me. Please keep your explanations down the brain of a simple one, as i said im new to modding so Im trying to find a place where i wont get majorly confused. So the cars i currently use are Killroy's BCSO car pack, Some cars from Hurk's California Highway Patrol Mega Pack-ELS and Captain14's LSPD pack. Im well aware that my assortment of vehicles is odd lol, errors in finding packs I personally like.

 

 

 

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by Slump

Every normal car has several component files to make things work:

 

The vehicle's model and texture files

the vehicle's dlc-related  files
vehicles.meta

carcols.meta

carvariations.meta

handling.meta

 

All of these files are written in XML. There are many interconnected aspects of these files to make them all function, as well as interconnected parts to implement them into the game - this is a design problem with GTAV meant to make modding difficult. (as well as making it hard to produce good content, but hey)

 

When you lights or sirens don't work, there's several points of failure that could be respoonsible - each one exists in the files mentioned above.

Here's some random tips:

 

- Make sure that the siren and lights settings between carcols and carvariations are all correct.

- Make sure the vehicle meta is correct and hooked up.

- (For ELS vehicles) )Make sure the ELS file is correct and placed in the correct directory.

- Make sure all of the files are correctly hooked up to the dlc files.

- Make sure the vehicle audio reference actually contains a siren - most vehicles simply use audio from a vanilla vehicle.

There is a very bad lack of documentation and standards in GTAV community. A lot of copypasting and a lack of documentation and standards will keep you on your toes, so everyone burns out and accepts that everyone's obligated to figure the game out and do it themselves. 

Hope this helps.

Edited July 9, 20196 yr by Starsickle
clarity

On 7/5/2019 at 5:16 PM, Slump said:

I am pretty new to GTA modding to start off. Im not sure if i  installed ELS incorrectly or something, I have also installed RadianceV as per suggested. Nothing seems to be working, most threads are just mass confusion to me. Please keep your explanations down the brain of a simple one, as i said im new to modding so Im trying to find a place where i wont get majorly confused. So the cars i currently use are Killroy's BCSO car pack, Some cars from Hurk's California Highway Patrol Mega Pack-ELS and Captain14's LSPD pack. Im well aware that my assortment of vehicles is odd lol, errors in finding packs I personally like.

 

 

please notice that the Captain14 LSPD Pack is Non-ELS car pack.

Just now, Pazzi said:

 

please notice that the Captain14 LSPD Pack is Non-ELS car pack.

just noticed that actually, means problems with the cars and file themselfs right?

 

52 minutes ago, Starsickle said:

Every normal car has several component files to make things work:

 

The vehicle's model and texture files

the vehicle's dlc-related  files
vehicles.meta

carcols.meta

carvariations.meta

handling.meta

 

All of these files are written in XML. There are many interconnected aspects of these files to make them all function, as well as interconnected parts to implement them into the game - this is a design problem with GTAV meant to make modding difficult. (as well as making it hard to produce good content, but hey)

 

When you lights or sirens don't work, there's several points of failure that could be respoonsible - each one exists in the files mentioned above.

Here's some random tips:

 

- Make sure that the siren and lights settings between carcols and carvariations are all correct.

- Make sure the vehicle meta is correct and hooked up.

- (For ELS vehicles) )Make sure the ELS file is correct and placed in the correct directory.

- Make sure all of the files are correctly hooked up to the dlc files.

- Make sure the vehicle audio reference actually contains a siren - most vehicles simply use audio from a vanilla vehicle.

There is a very bad lack of documentation and standards in GTAV community. A lot of copypasting and a lack of documentation and standards will keep you on your toes, so everyone burns out and accepts that everyone's obligated to figure the game out and do it themselves. 

Hope this helps.

Once again, THANK YOU so much for helping out. But could you please point me in the right direction due to the fact that I no idea what carcols and carvariations are? Could you run me through a short process of them please?

55 minutes ago, Starsickle said:

Every normal car has several component files to make things work:

 

The vehicle's model and texture files

the vehicle's dlc-related  files
vehicles.meta

carcols.meta

carvariations.meta

handling.meta

 

All of these files are written in XML. There are many interconnected aspects of these files to make them all function, as well as interconnected parts to implement them into the game - this is a design problem with GTAV meant to make modding difficult. (as well as making it hard to produce good content, but hey)

 

When you lights or sirens don't work, there's several points of failure that could be respoonsible - each one exists in the files mentioned above.

Here's some random tips:

 

- Make sure that the siren and lights settings between carcols and carvariations are all correct.

- Make sure the vehicle meta is correct and hooked up.

- (For ELS vehicles) )Make sure the ELS file is correct and placed in the correct directory.

- Make sure all of the files are correctly hooked up to the dlc files.

- Make sure the vehicle audio reference actually contains a siren - most vehicles simply use audio from a vanilla vehicle.

There is a very bad lack of documentation and standards in GTAV community. A lot of copypasting and a lack of documentation and standards will keep you on your toes, so everyone burns out and accepts that everyone's obligated to figure the game out and do it themselves. 

Hope this helps.

Where is the correct directory for ELS files? The BCSO Mega Pack didnt even come with one.

If properly installed, the ELS directory is in the game directory, and the config files for that will refer you to where you should put ELS configs for each ELS vehicle.

 

Like I said, there's a lack of standards. People pack their vehicles/moos in very strange ways sometimes. Look for a XML file that is the vehicle's name and looks like an ELS config file.

Edited July 9, 20196 yr by Starsickle

PROBLEM RESOLVED, no further help needed