GunsandDrums

Hey all,
Recently the OpenIV team has made the carcols.ymt file available as an XML file which allows editing. Big thanks to them for that as this is what makes this project possible. You can find the carcols.xml here: https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/carcols-ymt-converted-into-xml-format
 
Anyways on to the meat of it. The carcols is where all vehicle sirensettings are configured. Vehicle developers are probably familiar with this and most, but not all, vehicles currently released have been configured to work with sirensettings 1. Looking in the carcols we can see exactly where siren setting 1 is configured and learn about the structure of sirens. This is a shortened portion of the configuration for siren setting 1:
The full xml contains definitions for all 20 siren elements in order, but I have removed sirens 2-20 for the sake of making it easier to read. So far, here is what I have learned:
The game engine caps the maximum number of sirens at 20 per sirensetting. Custom sirensettings can be added to the file and used. Corona colors and intensity can be edited for each individual siren (format for color: AARRGGBB). They can also be removed completely. Each individual siren can have it's own individual flash pattern (and these can be user created, not just selected from a list) Headlight and taillight flashing can be configured with custom flash patterns - one user has already released a modification that enables headlight flashing. You can set the number of "beats" per minute that the lights will flash using sequencerBPM value. This value will apply to all of the sirens for that specific sirensetting. You can set individual sirens to be rotating or non-rotating and configure their speeds.  
So far I have not done any work with rotating lights. For non-rotating lights, the flash pattern can be custom configured by editing the sequencer value under "flashiness" for each siren. In the snippet of code posted above, the siren uses the following configuration:
<sequencer value="1431655765"/> At first glance it looks to be just a random number. This is actually a 32-bit integer, and when you view it in binary, the flash pattern becomes clear:
01010101010101010101010101010101 So this siren uses a simple alternating flash pattern - off, on, off, on, off, on, etc. These can be configured to create new and far more complex flash patterns than are currently in the game. Along with increasing the sequencer beats per minute you can create some neat stuff.
 
Here is a (very quickly) thrown together demo to showcase possible patterns. This vehicle uses 6 sirens: two for all the red and blue lights, two for the traffic advisor (which is an extra), and two for the headlight strobes. The headlight strobe coronas have been modified to be white and the vehicle uses a completely custom sirensetting. The pattern for the red and blue lights has been customized for alternating speeds.
 
Again, this is just rough stages of research so far, but I wanted to share what I had found with the community. Hopefully this will be useful for vehicle developers in designing cars which are non-ELS but offer similar levels of functionality. I will be updating this thread with further research as I discover new things.
 
Thanks for reading and happy modding!

I like it. You guys are definately doing a lot of good work out there.
 
I didn't know and to clarify - all cops in your state are actually BoAs? That's interesting. It gets rid of all the people who don't actually want the job and just want to give it a shot, or that they just want to get cash while in training, which is something we get really often in the Czech Police.
 
Thumbs up.

I like it. You guys are definately doing a lot of good work out there.
 
I didn't know and to clarify - all cops in your state are actually BoAs? That's interesting. It gets rid of all the people who don't actually want the job and just want to give it a shot, or that they just want to get cash while in training, which is something we get really often in the Czech Police.
 
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Hello Community!

 
I live in Germany and was just wondering what your thoughts on my local police might be. I live in the State of Hesse, the state where cities like Frankfurt and Wiesbaden are located. To become a "Polizeikommissar" (police officer) here, you have to complete three years of Police University. During the time as a "Polizeikommissaranwärter" (police officer in training) you will have three internships and every semester the content will differ in theoretical and practical parts. After you complete the university you will be awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree, announced as "Polizeikommissar" and get your first star on your shoulder.

 
I will upload some pictures and videos of the "Polizei Hessen" to this topic and hope to get some thoughts and opinions. 

 
If you have any questions, feel free to ask since I am working there as well. 

 
Greetings


 
Videos:
 
 

Here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fcxkHN
 
There's a rough idea that I made for you. It will run you $672. I think that's one of the best sites for picking parts. It shows you many options, lets you filter them, shows you total costs, estimated power draw, and tells you if there's any incompatibilities between parts. 
 
The build I linked you:

Corsair Mid Tower case
 
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.1 Ghz
 
Gigabyte Motherboard
 
16 GB of DDR3 RAM
 
EVGA GTX 1050 Ti (ACX 3.0 Cooling with 4 GB of VRAM)
 
450 Watt Corsair Power Supply
 
1 TB HDD (Cost effective, and sufficient storage for games) 
 
This only took me two minutes to make, I'm sure you could improve the price/performance ratio more if you tweak the list yourself. This is mostly to simply provide you an example, and to give you an idea of what you can get for around $650.  I'd say this is okay for medium settings, @ 60 FPS in most games. 

Because it's a relatively low mid-range card, and imo not really future proof, further more I really don't think you need an aftermarket cooler, unless you are purchasing an overclockable processor.
The i5 4440 is a locked processor so you won't be able to overclock that.
Getting your case air flow up to par is more important.
 
What I did, and you'd have to be a little bit of a diy'er is I sawed 2 holes in the top of my case, and put 2 fans in with 2 fan protectors as finishing touch.
This got my case temp down by 20 degrees, and I'm not kidding. (I'm running an R9 390/ 8GB which gets particularly hot)
This is just an idea of what you 'could' do.
BTW this is a sharkoon Rex 3 Value case which didn't come with top vents.
It also had a 'smoke' plexiglass pane in it, which I replaced for a 'clear' one.
 

 
 
 
The rest of the parts Original Light pointed out for you are perfect.
I wanna point out that this is my opinion and how I would go about this, it's your own choice ofcourse
 
 

Sorry to jump in, but Intel 6600K hands down.  You really can't beat it for the value and performance.  I believe I paid a little over $200 for it and overclocked it to 4.5Ghz.  I do have a liquid cooler however, but the temps are still very low even under load.

Happened to me aswell....he was high on coke.

I can understand why the passengers were uncomfortable, and I also see your point. I'm right with you when it comes to segregation. I don't want to live in a world like that either. Everyone keeps beating around the bush because they are afraid of offending people, but that's not acceptable when people are dying.

Thanks for the quick reply!
 
I'm quite familiar with PCpartpicker, though I did not know it actually did would tell me of incompatibilities. I wonder why is the 1050 so cheap?