RazberyBandit

Similar to how every other Ford and Chevy (and several Chrysler) car that has come to market over the last 10 years or so does? Aside from most trucks and some SUVs, of course... Blame globalization if you have to point fingers. Gone are most of the smaller, independent, and unique automotive manufacturers, as well as some of the mid-sized ones. They've all either been forced to cease operations or become part of a larger manufacturer. (Such as Lamborghini becoming part of Audi, and Bentley/Rolls-Royce becoming part of Volkswagon.) In the US, the 'Big Three' have either merged/partnered with foreign car companies (Daimler/Chrysler) or bought-up several as subsidiaries (Chevy and Ford) in efforts to save R&D money through combined design and manufacturing efforts. With the exception of the occasional odd-ball vehicle, such as the Ford GT, every new vehicle model the 'Big Three' has churned out over the last decade or two was primarily designed by a subsidiary, and/or had major components (drivetrain) supplied by them. Most often, Ford vehicles are based upon designs from Mazda and Volvo, while Chryslers are typically based on designs from Mercedes and Mitsubishi, and GM cars often use designs from Holden, Saab, and Daewoo. (Well... GM used to use Saab. RIP.) I'm kinda sick of all this re-badging. If I want to buy a Ford presently, I can pick from any number of re-badged Volvos... LOL

I'm fairly certain the dsound.dll used is from ASI Loader. A simple reinstall with dsound.dll selected should add it, no?

In response to the original question, there actually were some Grand Marquis police-spec vehicles. The one I can most recently recall seeing with my own eyes was used as highway patrol and/or high-speed pursuit vehicles along I-95 near Philadelphia, PA. (If I'm remembering correctly, it was either Ridley Twp or Ridley Park Twp that had one... This was back around 2004, though.) It was based on the factory-modified 2003 or 2004 Mercury Marauder, which featured a supercharged version of Ford's 4.6L modular V8. (And man! You could really hear that supercharger whine when the driver stomped on it.) The '03-'04 Marauder was to the standard Grand Marquis as the '94-'96 Impala SS was to the standard Caprice, but it wasn't anywhere near as popular as the Impala SS. As for why the Crown Vic and Marquis were discontinued, I think it had a lot to do with how large they were. They had essentially become the last vestige of full-sized cars. It also could have had a lot to do with Ford's aquisition of various other car manufacturers over the years, such as Volvo, Mazda, and Holden. Such aquisitions alone resulted in a decided shift toward more "European- and Japanese-sized" cars, such as the Focus, the Fusion, the Five-Hundred, and the new Taurus. (Or more notably, the Ford Mondeo, which was never sold in North America.)

I'm not hi-jacking... He's having an issue initiating the change to an officer inside the Station room that's supposed to do it, and I'm suggesting he walk thru the door and turn left.

I've noticed that in 0.95 I kinda have to walk into the left side of the backroom after entering it in order to initiate the officer selection. I actually ran around the right half of that office my first time playing and thought something was screwed up. As I was going to leave that room, I missed the door a bit to the opposite side and somehow triggered the change. Also, pressing E simply initiates the station tutorial. It doesn't initiate the change...

I've run into this issue previously, and found the cause -- Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant service (Wlidsvc) was not running. Make sure that service is set to Automatic. If you're certain it's already set to Automatic, then I'm uncertain you're running into the same situation I did. But, if uncertain, here's how to check and correct it. Click Start > Run > and type Services.msc -- the Services window will pop-up. Scroll down to Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant, right-click it, and then select Properties. In the middle of the Properties window, you'll see the service's Startup type. Set that to Automatic and click apply at the bottom, then click OK to close it. Now close your Services window and attempt to run the game again to see what happens.

Well at least I'm not the only one who experienced the invisi-cop issue. I was able to repeat this issue twice more, and it only happened with the taser equipped. Hopefully, that's something which can be fixed. In the meantime, I'll have to remember to disarm the taser prior to making an arrest. And thanks for the tip on the script reload. I wasn't sure if that would fix the error or not, and figured I should just report it. Any chance I'm not the only one who gets the red "A new version is available: 0.95RC2" message while playing 0.95 RC2?

First post here, so I hope the error I ran across is of use to the development team. Overall, 0.95 RC2 has been working quite well and I've been enjoying it. But today, I received a script error related to Csharp.Engine.Core, which you'll see in the diag tool's log dump. It'll also show the game was running (well) for roughly 2 hours. Once the error occured, I couldn't arrest anyone, so I exited the game and decided to post this error. Without further ado, the dump: I should mention I have ZERO additional mods installed -- not even a single custom vehicle. (And I thought disabling the phone in SNT was a setting that would save, but apparently not...) I don't know if this is related or even worth mentioning, but... There were three occasions during my game session where my cop suddenly turned invisible while in the process of arresting someone. A quick trip back to a police station and zoning in and back out fixed it, but it happened again, and then again. And I'm fairly certain (90% or so) that each time it happened, I had the taser equipped. If there's any additional info needed, just ask. P.S. I forgot to mention that despite the game showing LCPDFR 0.95 RC2 in the bottom-right corner, I have a red on-screen message above it stating: "A new version is available: 0.95RC2"