In one of my previous releases for the community, I had mentioned that I was making a massive emergency vehicles pack that uses the following:
- Whelen Engineering
- SoundOff Signal
- Code3pse
- Fenix Lighting
- Federal Signal
(This list will be updated) Every company will include:
- 2011 Crown Victoria
- 2013 Chevy Tahoe
- 2014 Dodge Charger
- 2015 Chevy Tahoe
- 2015 Dodge Charger
- 2016 Ford Explorer
- 2016 Ford Sedan
- 2018 Dodge Durango
(This list will be updated)
Here is the process:
- Included in the Whelen, SoundOff, Code3, Fenix, and Federal Signal folders lies all of the vehicles above. Inside those folders, you will find a model folder pertaining to any lightbar, along with various other lighting modules from other companies.
If the vehicle was outfitted with a Whelen lightbar, then that model is going to be placed in a Whelen Engineering folder along with the correct interior equipment to go along with that. If the lightbar was a SoundOff nForce Lightbar, the it would be placed in the SoundOff Signal folder along with the nERGY lighting controller, as it would control that lightbar.
Certain lightbars will have certain interior equipment to keep it realistic. It is possible that in the future I could add various consoles and interior equipment just to keep in in a non-uniform style and therefore you could have a really creative emergency vehicles pack.
After my college classes, I go to work making sure that this pack will be high quality as well as creative.
Here are some things I am working on as of right now:
Dual-Color Modules
Most of the vehicles will have dual-color lighting modules. It looks cool and is an easier way to represent real emergency vehicles.
Tri-Color Modules
Red, White, & Blue. This is hard to accomplish but so easy. It just requires concentration.
Ways to incorporate SoundOff Signals BluePrint System
Using the airhorn will create a wall of steady light (either white or in color). Braking will stop all rear lighting (somehow - not sure if possible yet).
Multiple Consoles
They will have the same emergency lighting controller as represented by the lightbar and the company however, there will be different styles and locations for each piece of equipment. You can have two radio's if you like or just one. You can have a Watch-guard storage box if you utilize the Watch-Guard Video System, or switch to Cobans Video System and free up the console.
New Equipment
- Garmin Technology
- New Lab top
- New Consoles
- New Emergency Controllers
- Watch-Guard Panoramic X2 Video System
- Panasonic Arbitrator User Interface Control Screen
- New Havis Tablet & Keyboard
- Half-Prisoner Transport Systems
- Etc...
Full Rear-Lighting
By pressing a couple buttons, you can fully illuminate the rear of the vehicle and keep the front clean.
Braking, Turn, Reverse Modules in Lightbars
Certain lights in certain lightbars will illuminate along with the vehicles factory indicators to make an emphasis on your plans to move in traffic. With lightbars that don't fit these features, some vehicles will use SoundOff Fascia's to make that emphasis. On my 2016 Ford Explorer by SoundOff, you can clearly see the Fascia's on the lower end illuminate during day & night when you put the vehicle into reverse.
Passengers Spotlights
On the Passengers side, the spotlight is capable of utilizing two features to assist you as an officer. When take-downs are activated, the spotlight will continuously illuminate to provide additional scene lighting. When the take-downs are off and you enter stage three of your emergency lighting controller, the light will flash as rapid as your Secondary Lights will. It is a white light only and is meant to add emphasis of your presence.
Drivers Spotlights For the Driver, when you switch on your high-beams, your spotlight will illuminate providing extra scene lighting. Its simple and I am still debating if I should give it another emissive property and connect it to the take downs to fully flood the scene.
Optional Lighting
In some cases were I believe I may have added to much lighting, but you still want to use the vehicle, I may add another model into the folders where excessive lighting is present. This will give you the option to use a more complex lighting assembly or if you so desire, use a more simple option.
Rambars
I personally would not adapt a police vehicle with any sort of rambars. However, I realize some of you like them. So for very few models, I will add a rambar option as a toggle-able extra in the trainer menu. Maybe you want to just destroy the others bumper or yours without protection. It is up to you. **Some will have this option. Others will not as they have purpose and are not meant for such a thing**
Alternating Lighting Patters
Maybe it is me or maybe it is you. Either way, we will never know. If you want a right & left alternating pattern, use a vehicle that does exactly that (The SoundOff Signal Vehicles are wired that way specifically). Otherwise, Whelen vehicles might feature the Liberty II lightbar which is designed to allow for multi-color modules which means an active lightbar. Check it out.
Designs and after-creation
After I am done with this variety pack, I am going to update it regularly with new systems such as the SoundOff Signal Blueprint System and the Whelen Carbide Systems. While some features of these systems are very hard or even impossible to recreate, I can do my best with some. Because I won't be under much pressure to release this entire pack anymore, it will give me time to focus on maybe creating new software or vehicles that can reflect the capabilities of such systems. Just depends on the support and where I see myself.
Continuous......
There is so much I plan to do that I am not going to post it all here. Now that you have a basic idea of what I am trying to do, it can give you an even bigger idea of what I have planned for release.
This pack is not close to being done. I am so picky that everything has to be right. I have also had tremendous problems with 3dsmax and zmodeler. To make things even worse, I am running out of subscriptions. Luckily I have had some help, but I can not rely on this individual forever. However, this person made this dream to come true to I appreciate him as should all of you as he is very talented!
Below I have included some screenshots so you guys can get a small sneak-peak into the first pack, the SoundOff Signal Lighting Package. As of right now, I am only showing you the 2016 Ford Explorer with full frontal lighting, but simple rear lighting (This may change in the future). What you see now is not the final product. Actually, when I am done with everything, before release, I am going to add touch-ups, add items, fix bugs, and possible delete things. Because I have great access to SoundOff Signal products in the real world, this is the first pack I will release.
**It is debatable as of now if I will make this all one massive DLC or release it individually so you can easily put it anywhere you want. Let me know below. **
This SoundOff Signal vehicle is equipped with:
- SoundOff Signal nForce Lightbar
- x2 SoundOff Signal Fascia's (Mounted on the rear of the vehicle and only activate when the reverse lights do)
- x2 ION-V Series Mounted Mirror Lights
- x2 SoundOff Signal Mirror Intersector Mount Lights
- x2 Unknown Lighting Modules Mounted in the Grill
The majority of this vehicle has white lighting (dual-color modules) to grab attention away from just Red-Blue lighting.
Below describes the Stage Lighting Procedures for every SoundOff Vehicle:
STG 1 - Traffic Advisors Only / Pressing 'L' will activate full rear-lighting
STG 2 - T/A's Change Pattern / White Grill Lighting Appears / Upper Mirror Lighting Activate/ The pattern is slow and steady
STG 3- T/A's Deactivate / Pattern Speeds Up Tremendously / Red & Blue Grill Lights / Lower Mirror Lights Activate / White lighting increases
- Stepping out of the vehicle will bring every light on the vehicle to a stand still except for the T/A's if Activated on STG 3
- Pressing the Airhorn Vehicle Brings every light to a stand still and a wall of white lighting occurs
2016 SoundOff Signal Ford Explorer Demo:
- The rambar does not exist in the last .gif https://gyazo.com/ffbb2d426235a1fd79f721651b1a39ef https://gyazo.com/2a23e098d8625948b681a59d977714fb https://gyazo.com/e5b80ff091f5f050edada546464f6d73 https://gyazo.com/92d9c9abd0795912326066e4750e0f00 https://gyazo.com/7ee8d9cdb6f88a49e513a0451042d1c2 https://gyazo.com/0c5e78fc99fecc548278b548b967192e
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