The Loot

Yes. This mod has a game version check that has stopped it from working since the Lowriders2 update.

All the original game vehicles are located in the original still-encrypted ymt file, and you cannot currently edit those entries. What you can do, is add an entry for the model in any of the DLC files, and it will load instead of the original.

It's possible that livery limit is hardcoded into models, so just adding new textures might not work. @Yard1, shed some light?

There's no real need. Install new vehicle model files in the latest patchday DLC vehicles.rpf and they will always load.

Some vehicle models have been updated and do not load from x64e.rpf anymore. Best practice is to make sure you put all updated vehicle model and texture files in the latest patchday DLC that has a vehicles.rpf in it (patchday9ng as of the lowriders2 update). This way, they are guaranteed to be loaded instead of any other version of the files, and this can also be done with all ped files, too. See if that fixes it. Otherwise, it might be some installation error.

@Yard1 Patriot and Fugitive look real nice there! Though, I do notice that the wheels of the Patriot look like they sink slightly into the ground. I think I saw the same on the Merit in its release pics.

Hmm, odd. Don't see anything out of the ordinary. The file is "Plugins\LSPDFR\CustomBackup\CustomBackup.xml", correct? When you go on duty, do any errors show up in your RagePluginHook log? Maybe post that, too.

OpenFormats doesn't currently support Ped models. There's also no known way to keep peds from naturally spawning with certain components (LSPDFR and other scripts may have way to manually do that, but only with the peds they spawn) at this time.

That would require making many different custom ped variations and custom scripting to get them to work in-game. Best bet would be to make new peds with these when OpenFormats ends up supporting ped models in the future.

Probably an XML format error. Post your XML file so we can take a look.

Problem with the default animations and models. Nothing can be done unless R* fixes it (unlikely) or ped file OpenFormats are released.

Yes, that's exactly where to put the model name that you want the sounds of. For an emergency vehicle to have sirens, the value must be any of the default emergency vehicles: fbi, fbi2, police, police2, police3, police4, policeb, policet, pranger, riot, sheriff, or sheriff2.

AudioHash is indeed responsible for ALL audio set to a vehicle, and changing the AudioHash to the name of an another model gives a new or existing car those sounds instead of its default ones. This means you'll need to use one of the existing emergency vehicle model names if you want siren audio.

I think it refers to one of Steve Haines' missions, possibly The Third Way, since both Lamar and Stretch are in that if I remember correctly.