OfficerUnderwood

This man has a dream

This is a bit of a rant, but I feel like it's something that needs to be said for anyone who uploads models or scripts.
 
I want to point out that our community guidelines encourage constructive criticism. This means comments on how to improve a vehicle or script, not hateful comments such as "this is shit." If you don't want comments that you think are mean (when they are really pointing out problems with it), then put effort into your uploads.
 
I asked a number of people from both sides of modding, and these are common issues listed:
 
Models:
-Big one: Complete lack of credits. More people worked on the parts used than just "you". All files should have every credit listed from the parts you used to create your content. That's even in the community guidelines.
-The credits section is included on the file page for a reason. It should be more than just "Included." It takes 5 seconds to copy and paste them.
-If you don't know who made something, find out or don't include that part. "Unknown" isn't acceptable.
-Stolen parts. If someone just gives you a part on discord with no credits and he isn't the original author, it's probably stolen.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE- It's not the job of the community to handle those issues, it's the job of moderators. If you see it, report it and move on to prevent drama
 
-Throwing a lightbar on a car and releasing.
-Way out of scale lights and other equipment, such as laptops, spotlights, etc
-No LODs, meaning the added parts disappear more than a few feet away from the car
-Lack of any additional equipment. Police cars have more than just a lightbar and pushbars. Partitions, weapons, center consoles, lighting control systems, laptops, etc. A vast majority of police cars have that and it ruins realism if a car only has lights.
-No VCF being included. Properly setup VCF's are needed for the ELS coronas to be the correct color at a distance.
-Miscolored textures. If a pushbar is green or purple, fix it.
-Clipping equipment. Nothing should be sticking through the windshield.
-Multiple radios and siren controllers. Those are extremely rare if ever used.
-Red and Blue DRL's. Not physically possible in real life.
-Super basic flash patterns that have no effort put into them.
-Calling it a real life agency when it looks nothing like it. If some one searches for that agency, they already have what they want in their mind. Putting "Fictional" in the title doesn't fix that.
 
 
Problems on scripts:
-The exact same stolen vehicle callouts across 50 files, and especially scripts that only contain those. Mainly when it is copied exactly from tutorials and the only difference is the type of car.
-People committing crimes while standing in the middle of the street.
-Outlandish events that never happen day to day, ie: Major shootouts, stolen monster trucks, tanks, emergency vehicles, etc. Even pursuits are fairly rare for most officers.
-Stolen code from others
-Callouts riddled with errors
-Unrealistic premises. For example, a mugging should be over in a few seconds and shouldn't be called in until after it's over. You shouldn't get the call, respond for 2 minutes and still find the suspect holding someone at gun point.
 
There's dozens of discords of talented people who would be happy to help. Don't be afraid to ask them. Modding is a learning process. You're not going to be good over night, it takes time and most importantly, you can always improve. Picasso didn't sell his first drawing he did in grade school, you should probably not release your first ever model or plugin either.
 
Mainly, take some time to objectively ask yourself if you would download it if you didn't make it or if you didn't have a bias towards that agency.
 
This leads me into the topic title. Just because "It's his first time" doesn't make some one immune to criticism. People should be encouraged to improve. I spent hundreds of hours on my first vehicle uploads. I sought the guidance of people with way more experience than me who I trusted. If some one points out issues to the car or script, they aren't a "hater". They aren't a "shithead who would struggle to put 2 match sticks together". They actually do care that some one can improve. I personally want to see as much quality stuff put into the downloads section as possible. But that means actually taking time on something, which is something very few people have been willing to do over the last year.

Yes
How do I know? I'm his bro.

holy fuck im ready for that FHP charger, is the based off the new ones they use I assume? from nickoffduty?

Done some texture work and the lights, Might re-do the main part of the taillights but other then that I like how they look right now. 

Check mine out. It's good. Welcome to FR btw.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

Big shout out to officer underwood for the help! Heres what I got thus far!

You need to get some glasses my friend.

But I wanna capture some illegals so my boi Trump can build that wall!

But I wanna capture some illegals so my boi Trump can build that wall!

Didn't forget about you guys...Border Patrol Tahoe was *done*....but, I can't get the skidplate to look right..only thing holding me back..Soon as I get it looking right,i'll get it to you guys..

Here is a new project I am working on..haha

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

Baby was removed from the vehicle at 7:40. And the turret thing is actually a gas injector unit. It penetrates hard surfaces and dispenses tear gas. So if the guy did move, it still would've done its purpose, as it's supposed to hit his car, not him.
On average of 6 months for academy training only. They're on probation/hands on training for another 3-12 months. It's not great, but because of how sucky our general society is, a lot of places can't afford to have officers in training for 2+ years before being allowed to patrol. This can be alleviated with more in house training, but that also cost money. Money that these kind of places (in the video) don't have. Sucks, but that's life.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.

I'm leaving my computer, LCPDFR, & ZModeler... To unwind from working on models and this community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So I'm gonna make a sandwich. Brb in 10 minutes. It's 2am, I'm tired and wanted to bring some humor up of the retirement/leaving posts.