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WESTMINSTER TERROR ATTACK - 14:40GMT, 22ND MARCH 2017 Live Thread - BBC Fig 1: A Metropolitan Police officer, who has since died, is treated by Metropolitan Police colleagues. CURRENT SITUATION (source: BBC): A police officer has died after being stabbed outside the Houses of Parliament Two other people have died and at least 20 others are injured after the attacker drove into them in a car on Westminster Bridge The alleged assailant was shot and killed by armed police Metropolitan Police say they are treating it as a terrorist incident and buildings are in lockdown Theresa May is chairing an emergency meeting of ministers shortly Metropolitan Police is urging those involved to call its casualty bureau on 0800 056 0944 or 020 7158 0010 MAP OF INCIDENT: QUOTES: "We offer our deepest sympathy to the family of the officer who has died. This incident shows the dangers our colleagues face on a daily basis." - Ken Marsh, Metropolitan Police Federation chairman. "I heard shouts and screams from outside and looked out, and there was a group of maybe 40 or 50 people running round the corner from Bridge Street into Parliament Square. They appeared to be running away from something. As the group arrived at the Carriage Gates, where policemen are posted at the security entrance, a man suddenly ran out of the crowd and into the yard." Andrew Woodcock, Press Association editor. PERSONAL RETROSPECTIVE: Today has been a downwards sprial since 1:30PM GMT today. After exam pressure, this is not what I need right now. Jesus Christ. We're going up to Critical, everyone. We are not.

Its been two days nearly, and my mood and tone has changed. I'd like to set some things aside. The tone, I admit, was a little harsh and gave obscure details. I'll admit right now this thread was a way to get this issue off my chest, so to speak, to avoid me from getting more frustrated at both myself, and Oleg, who I'll admit, does deserve the donations. However, as it was only displayed in USD, it did confuse me. Also, the money problems. As my parents are protective of me due to a mental condition I would not like to disclose here, I, unfortunately, will not be recieving my own bank card like my sister has, even after I reach 16. Until I get onto (hopefully) independent living, due to my parents' fears I will not manage my money well, not even £2 or so a month can be sent. Also, should I ask my mother and tell her of the monthly charge, she'll likely deny me of it due to the monthly thing on her own card. So I'm in a rut. I respect Oleg's work totally, but I did feel like I was about to blow my top there and then. Currently, it's 3PM on a Monday, and my outlook has completely changed. I know it's extremely uncertain that I'll ever get Zmodeller within this time frame, and I'm just going to accept it for now unless some crazy miracle happens. I'll be releasing 'concepts' of the cars I were going to mod soon. Any other questions, AMA me. I'll answer what I can.

Sadly, the issue here is that I can't even pay with that amount of money - I can't manage my own bank account yet, and even still, my parents will be wondering why like 2p or so is going away to America. I understand the whole money for something thing, and I don't want to sound rude, but unfortunately, it's a big roadblock for me. Sure, you with your bank accounts and independent lifestyles may pay for it, but I'm still in school, and I can't legally have a bank account, I think, until next August, which is my birthday. It's just those little things that the condition I have makes it harder for me to do the things I want to do.

I feel like I'm about to have a really angry outburst about Zmodeller. So to save the potential ban for overuse of caps and explicatives, I just need to rant. So here's my situation - I decide that after seeing all this cool stuff that 11John11 put out on his GTA IV WIPs, mainly the Met Primo, I'd start looking into ELS. So now, the time has come that I want to realistically get into it all. My first port of call? Attatching a Met Police Britax lightbar to the Merit to make my Met Merit not only useable, but realistic. And then the problems start. Firstly? There's no such lightbar on LCPDFR, or even on the internet, apparently. Now no holds barred, this is in no way a great big slanderfest against LCPDFR or any of it's content creators, but as of such, Double Doppler and Vx5Voltage are the only modders who I know somehow have the Britax model. Thankfully, my reassurance comes in the form of a friendly chat with @ObsidianGames on YouTube, who states he's making the lightbars for release. Not sure if that's supposed to be secret or anything, but whatever. Of all the problems in that initial time period, all were fixed there and then. Then the roadblocks. I remember that Blender, the software I currently have on my big computer, does not work well with GTA IV models. So I start looking elsewhere - I overhear Zmodeller, while at a price, offers GTA IV modding simple and easy. However, there's always the catch. This is the big one. Zmodeller, for some absurdly disgusting reason, makes you use a subscription service. Apparently, the monthly rates are $3USD. I'm still on my GCSEs, and I can't have monetary independence. There's no way of working out how to pay in GBP. This completely writes off me using Zmodeller, except for in a fourteen-day window. And even still, problems may arise - timing, sudden exams, computer problems, etc. - so I start looking for other ways. Not before I speak about the other way, I just would like to complain that even though preferred file format, apparently, is Zmodeller 3, they're still not offering up Zmodeller2 for free. So why is Zmodeller not free? The part in bold holds significance. Zmodeller does game modelling. Blender does not. I've got Blender on my computer, and all I can use it for is for future college stuff. In fact, someone else says, I understand, developers can be cash strapped, and I'll willingly accept an at-once fee, but in my current situation, a monthly fee that isn't even in GBP proves usage of it impossible. Unless I suddenly get a bank account, there's no way I'll be able to use Zmodeller without my parents jumping on me about a slow drip of cash from our bank account. So where else do I look? 3dsMax. I hear good things about it, and I'm totally in awe at the three-year 'student period' it has. So there I go, making plans on how I'm going to download the sh*t out of 3dsMax and slap sirens all over the place. This is the icing on the cake. No mean to slander the author here, it's not their fault, it's just incompatible software development. So in the past hours, I downloaded this dev resource: (really goddamn hard to find, apparently) And I was all hyped up to wait for the Britax to come out...when I realised that the model is actually saved as a .z3d file. (Sameer, good model, yet I can't open it. You did good, even included front and back plates, but I sadly can't use it) The worry sets in, and I search the internet for answers, desperately hoping I can open a .z3d in 3dsMax. And here's my answer. HOPES AND DREAMS - DEAD. I'm just quite upset about how I can't do what I've really set out to. By the time I get my own bank account and move out of the GBP zone, I'll have forgotten about this project entirely. I was so hyped for this, too. I wanted to be among the greats, like Abraxas, Lt. Caine, Double Doppler, etc., but due to all those unforeseen circumstances, I'm stuck doing high-end textures for only >50 downloads at most, and even then, the models just disappear off the internet. I'm not quitting LCPDFR, though. I've just been really put down. Yes, I'm still taking that GCSE break, but I'll be back on all cylinders when the exams are over. It's just such a punch in the gut that all this had to happen. /rant. I'm not slandering anyone - I could have gone the other way, but I decided not to - I just really need to get this baggage off my chest. If this is in some wrong place somewhere, I'll happily accept a move, but I'll be put down worse by a lock. No offense to the mods, its just that I need to pull through this crash somehow, and maybe get some other support from other modders. To close out this long-as-heck thread, here's some befitting music I had in my head while typing this all up. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Sorry, can't think off the top of my head.

You get fined a billion dollars for spitting out chewing gum. Why can't we have this in schools?

I've actually just spoke to him over on YouTube, and he's doing both the Britax and the Maxim, coming out soon. I'm a little stoked for that. Thread closed?

What about this?

Okay, that's a little too many videos. I'm in the same boat here, so here's some sympathy.

Hi, someone has unsuccessfully requested this, but I'll try again, hopefully with more understandable detail. Is it possible that someone can create two sets of British ELS lightbars: A Premier Hazard Maxim: And the lights atop this Astra? (Britax? Can't find anywhere else on the internet) I know GTA IV modding has been on a serious downlow lately, due to the release of GTA V, but I'm considering using the Zmodeller trial period to put British lightbars on things, and make police cars for the community. However, the only place where you'll find these is @Double Doppler and other assorted GTA modders, all not standalone police lights. Since there are very few British lights compared to American ones, I think making them individual resources would help the community, and myself, out. This was very hard to explain. In summary - Could someone make an ELS Maxim and Britax police lightbar for development resources, please?

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Just a quick update - there will be a few more releases around about this and next month, then I will stop modding until June. Why? I have my GCSEs coming, and the stress is baring down on me. Also, I need to revise. So modding will be put on hold after I release a few more mods - when I stop will be decided upon the day I release my last mod until June.

Angry Yorkshiremen look away now, it's time for Humberside again. This time, spot the police cars! Got a vague idea one of them is a Mk1/Mk2 Ford Fiesta.

You know, I was actually wondering the same thing. I needed a revolver for my 1980s police, and...well, I had to set it as Glock instead of the Desert Eagle, and make it a six-shooter, but I couldn't edit it no more out of fear of breaking it. So I'm also wondering if this is possible now.