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Found it out: The log of RPH in the game directory (ragepluginhook.log) says there is something broken with Main.DisableGameBlipHiding = false. So changed the value in lspdfr.ini to true and it's working again.

Hi all, I'm experiencing issues after the v3258.0 update with GTAV. First I was unable to resolve a problem with random freezing of my game but I broke it down to the issue that the game is crashing or freezing when going to full screen mode after LSPDFR is loaded. On or off duty doesn't seem to matter. For me, it seems like something LSPDFR and graphics related is the problem but I don't get it. Any assistance would be appreciated!

So, I searched again and except this (https://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/66927-location-ofcarvariations-vehiclemeta-files-for-all-police-cars-most-upto-date/#comment-523255) there was not much else to find. After all I changed the unmarked vehicles from police3 and 4 to the slots police 5 und 6 and everything works fine. Would be interesting if somebody finds out in the future how this overriding thing works for hardcoded vehicles as police3, 4 etc. At this point, many thanks to @LMS for helping me understand how the color thing works in GTA. Have a nice day, folks! :)

Yes, I did that and it workes out fanatastically. Also replacing the color lines for ninef works for every car in game. You're right. Because I noticed that it was not the method, but either the car or the police3 slot, I repalced the car with another one. Then I noticed the following. The car spawned in the color, which was given on the download page's screenshots. Means: I downloaded the car on a site where the screenshots of the car color was black. So GTA (files, DLC?) seems to keep the color to the initial color of the car. I noticed the difference because when I replaced the car in the police3 slot and changed the color of this car manually through a trainer, the initial color stayed and other colors were underlaying it. So I had at this car a brown and under this color a e.g. red (given through trainer) and both colors were displayed at the same time. So you're right when you're saying there could be a file in GTA whiich is responsible for the initial/base color whic is given to the police slots 3 and 4. The question is: Where to find this file? Any ideas would be welcome! Have a nice day! @LMS

Hello @LMS, unfortunately the approach didn't work out with carvariations.ymt as well as with carvariations.meta. In my first question I said that carvariations.meta didn't work with both LML and mods folder. Besides that there is no entry in carvariations.meta for police3, so I tried to implement it with carvariations.ymt. I extracted carvariations.ymt from the game as a .xml file, changed two colors from police3 in the file and loaded it with LML as carvariations.ymt.xml (?!) as a replacement in update folder. The game crashed when I tried to open it. I also tried to load the file directly via the mods folder. When I drag and dropped the .ymt.xml file in the mods folder, OpenIV converted it and then it was a .ymt file. But the game crashed also on startup. So what I should do now? Is it even possible to load a carvariations.ymt file in GTA? And how do I load a carvariations.meta file when there is no entry for police3 in that file? Using LML and carvariations.meta, a addon with carvariations.meta is also not possible. Am I doing a mistake somewhere? Thanks for your patience and support 🙂

Hello @LMS, Alright, that is unfortunate at this time. Would it be generally possible to edit carvariations.meta or carvariations.ymt in the game files with mods folder and OpenIV in order to change the color of police3/4? If so, in which path should the file be replaced? Or is there a (downloadable) mod on LSPDFR.com which provides this kind of color change? Thanks for your answer.

Hey again, needed a little bit of time because of the second GTA update in May. Whatever... I tried to implement the install.xml and the carvariations.meta as a single entry file but it didn't work out. In attach also the carvariations.meta and related install.xml. Did I make a mistake somewhere in the files? If so, where? If not, what should I do next? Thank you and have a nice day :) carvariations.meta install.xml

Hello LMS, thank you for a first suggestion. Your answer made the circumstances a bit clearer for me. So, if I understood it right, the next step for me is making an install.xml which only contains the e.g. police3 color information, which has to be replaced in the carvariations.meta in update/update.rpf/dlc_patch/mpluxe/common/data. For that, do I need this? (From install.xml guide) If so, how would the install.xml file of the color replacement look like? If you could provide a example file or an description on what attention should be payed, it would be very helpful. I know the basics of install.xml files but I think that's a bit too difficult for me ^^. Greetings from (also) Germany

Hello dear all! In order to change colors of some police car, I read that colors of cars should be changed in carvariations.meta. I tried many times to load a carvariations.meta via LML but it doesn't work yet and I'm getting a bit desperate how to solve it. 1. I edited the install.xml file of ExtaSlots (https://www.lcpdfr.com/downloads/gta5mods/datafile/29393-lml-extra-slots) but didn't change the <DataFiles> part of the file. Because I wanted to change the colors of police3, police4, sheriff, sheriff2, and others I made some adjustments to the carvariations.meta. I put my edited version of carvariations.meta in LML/ExtraSlots/data and replaced the old one. carvariations.meta When I tried to open the game, it crashed. 2. I tried also another way. I extracted the carvariations.meta out of update/update.rpf/dlc_patch/mpluxe/common/data and added new lines for police3 etc. because somebody wrote on LSPDFR that the carvariations of police3 is hardcoded in game. This didn't work out. 3. When I loaded an extra file which only contains only the colors of the cars which I wanted to change, with LML as a addon to the path update/update.rpf/dlc_patch/mpluxe/common/data, then the sheriff car changed color, the rest does not. So two questions. I assume that it is possible to load carvariations.meta via LML. But what code has to be written in the carvariations.meta in order to load all colors of the file in game and how has that file to be loaded? And: Why aren't the colors of police3 and police4 loading in game but only in black and white? Thank you for your responses! I am interested to get an understanding of how these files work in GTA, not quick solutions. P.S. I already know these URLs: https://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/83252-what-do-i-have-to-edit-to-change-vehicle-color/ https://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/81768-carvariations/ https://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/63950-vehicle-texture-white/ https://imgur.com/a/F4Ptk

Guten Abend alle zusammen, ich habe demnächst vor, ein digitales Online-Produkt über eine eigene Website zu verkaufen, das für die britische Polizei in GTAV geeignet ist. Ich habe mich deswegen zum Beispiel bzgl. der Gewerbeanmeldung im Internet erkundigt und suche jetzt jemanden, der schon aktiv dabei ist, vielleicht irgendwelche Mods o.Ä. in Deutschland verkauft. Mir wäre einfach ein Kontakt wichtig, um Fragen zu klären oder diskutieren, der schon Erfahrung damit gemacht hat. Gerne nehme ich auch Links oder Discord Server oder Gruppen, wo so etwas diskutiert wird. Ich freue mich über eure Antworten. 🙂

Hi everyone, I thought about selling an instruction for modding which I want to soll over my website (that doesn't exist yet). To be more precise, I thought about an instruction to re-play or imitate two known and almost famous series, the "Police Interceptors" and the "Traffic Cops" from Channel 5. So, an instruction for like this, but not necessarily roleplay: The instruction should consist a pdf-file which explains step by step and in detail (aims on newbies in modding) what modding is, how it works and how to install the suitable mods for the two series. Additionally I want to offer some assistance for the installations respectively the instruction. I dealt with the substance about half an year and I am convinced that I can explain it well enough. I believe that there are some interested people who would buy it. I am aware that there are many websites (including LSPDFR) and YouTube videos about (police) modding, but in contrast to this I want to provide a fast, clearly shorter and more concise way. I am convinced that it should possible to play GTAV with (british) police mods within some hours. In particular I can provide my assistance in the installation process. So, what do you, GTAV player, think about this idea? Are there weaknesses? Is the theme unattrative or do you think there will be no customers? I am looking forward to get some answers from you, modders and fans of the series. Thank you in advance! Alexe ff

Hello everyone. I need some assistance at my problem This police car https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/2018-surrey-sussex-police-bmw-5-series-touring-els in the "police" slot has actually pretty cool rear lights but is there a way to make them a little bit brighter? How can I change that? Is this an issue with the "police" police car? Thank you for your answers!

Hello everyone. I need some assistance at my problem This police car https://www.gta5-mods.com/paintjobs/wiltshire-police-2017-bmw-5-series-estate-rpu in the police3 slot has an unequal distribution of the blue light. There is a blue light bar which is stuck and not blinking properly. How can I change that? Is this an issue with the police3 police car? Thank you for your answer!

Hello everyone. I need some assistance at my problem This police car https://de.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/west-yorkshire-police-bmw-330d-touring-f31-rpu/download/71849 in the policeold2 slot has an unequal distribution of the blue light. There is no blue lights the back side in the middle but at the right and left end. How can I change that? Is this an issue with the policeold2 police car? Thank you for your answers.