Cj24

I guess I'm not going to use this anymore, so there you go. Maybe this will encourage more people to use the Driver model.

Their decision. That's not really the topic of this thread either.

It is. I'm not sure if I'll continue to do US mods. I still plan to finish the NYSP Pack and the Prison Van Savana, but I haven't been working on these for a long time. As written before, the most of my mods are also uploaded to GTA4-Mods, GTAinside and LCPDFR.com.

If links to any of my older mods should be dead, try looking for them on GTAinside or GTA4-Mods. If you can't find anything there either, contact me. E-Mail: Cj24@gta-modding-chest.com

In my opinion, it's really interesting to see that everybody is attacking the "top modders". From what I've seen, the guys who are modding for years, are completely quiet. Sometimes, they're giving feedback. And this is usually not something like "Wow, I always wanted to have something like this", but critics. I've never seen EVI, Kevin, NickieB, Teddy or Bxbugs123 commenting a file saying "Oh, it sucks, you're using unlocked models only". The problem is not only that "smartasses" are saying what can be improved, but the author's reaction is often harsh. You get criticism because people want you to improve it, not because they try to humliate. The larger issue is the envy. "Oh man, his car has more downloads, let's give him 1 star only". Only a website's staff can change this, by either controlling ratings or thinking about a different way for rating. But now to come to the source of the problems: There are tons of unlocked models, so it's possible to create all kinds of vehicles without having to create anything. And a lot of people are trying this, there target is seemingly not to produce unique quality work, but to produce many work. And that competition is what causes these issues. Most people are creating fictional mods, nothing based on a real department. Then, many people think they can do better, with sightly different setups. With the current size of the community, you can't stop that competition. Three years ago, it was possible to count all police vehicle modders with one hand. When Bxbugs started releasing unlocked models like the CVPI, more and more people tried to do their own cars. And last year, the large rush started. It's simply an unstoppable process. The only thing that can be changed, is the way people are fighting their way to the top. Modders should stop trying to make many mods and concentrate on making them better. Creating a vehicle is more than importing a lightbar and adding some texture. I see cars without working distance models or plastic parts with chrome reflections. It's not hard to find out how materials or LODs should be set up. I remember a thread on GPM more than two years ago. Kevin was asking if people are interested in an unlocked release of his Liberty lightbar. Somebody said no, because he doesn't want the IV community to end up like the SA community, with many modders and many mods, but nothing special. But that's exactly what happend here. Long story made short: It's too late to change the community, although modders should try to care more about quality. If you recieve criticism, stay calm and think about it, is it a good or a bad idea. Nobody can personally do anything about envy ratings, unless he's the one giving them.

It's way too high poly (15MB!), looks like it's tuned and it's locked.

Of course it is possible to convert from SA to IV, but I haven't seen any suitable model yet, as I said before. It's also possible to model you own cars, but there aren't many people who know how.

You're not the first one interested in that model. Unfortunately it seems like there isn't any model that would be suitable to be converted.