VinceKaufman

Where do I start? Finding the tutorials on a Google search all yield how to install sounds and not how to create them. If there are any tools, they're behind paywalls unable to be accessed by the public. I want to be able to create an engine sound from scratch and code it so it actually sounds like an engine and not an engine sound replacing a stock GTA one which is already scripted a certain way. Where do I begin to try and get more information on how to do this?

I've been in and out of the GTA modding community for 17 years now, and it feels like there's been a major shift in the GTA modding community toward stifling creativity in the name of protecting creations (the term "mod theft" gets thrown around there) or stifling creativity behind a paywall. I understand that some folks would like to make a small buck or two making models and recouping losses for 3d models that get converted from scratch, but how is any future modeler going to learn how to create something on their own if a majority of models are locked and/or behind paywalls? At this point while I may be considered a GTA elder, I think it's important to highlight that some of the greats in this community started with models that were made by others and adding their own flavor to it. You have to start somewhere. Back in the day when gtapolicemods was still a functioning site, often we would work on other people's things so long as credit was given to the original authors. Now it's become an elitist jungle where new developers are limited as to what they can make. I don't get it.

UPDATE: Emissives are working, but the lighting pattern is not. The goal is to do the painstaking task of getting 3 vehicles (CVPI/Charger/FPIU) rebadged as lore models (this is the only way staff will allow these on the FiveM server I am a part of) with working lightbars. Seems like setting the emissives up top on the material browser made them appear (not sure if the color lightbar will make them show up as well), but they're not flashing the way they should. I should also mention I am trying to make Otaku's Whelen Freedom work for all of these cars.

I'm trying my damnedest to get any lightbar to work for car models for a fivem server. Unfortunately (as I'm finding out) the modding game has changed so much to the point where all I can use are developer parts since 99% of car models are locked nowadays. I am trying to use the whelen freedom II or any of the lightbars located on this website. The problem that I am having is that with that lightbar and everything else, nothing is mapped and is unfinished. Finding tutorials on trying to get lightbars working for FiveM/Non ELS is scarce. I am able to get dummies working in order to get the base lights to work but the emissives aren't appearing. Are there tutorials on how to get lightbars working just for GTA V in general? I'm running into a ton of roadblocks trying to get back into this developer scene again.

Back from the grave, it is yours truly with a project in the works. Through reddit and other outlets I have been able to obtain voice talents for this personal project that has been going through almost an entire year of development hell and now my series is beginning to take flight. What is This and Why Should I Care? Now or Never Cops (name derived from a defunct VC:MP roleplay server) is a youtube series that was created during the heyday of VC:MP for youtube. This project follows the continuation of that series into the GTA V universe. Following the events of the 3rd season, a rogue police chief is on the run and has found his way into Los Santos. After a year long search and trails going cold, he re-emerges into Sandy Shores, a small town where nobody even knows who he is. After a corrupt transfer from another sheriff's department, he emerges as a new deputy to the town and tries to regain his life as a fresh start. How can you become a part of this, you ask? I am still filling a few major roles and minor roles for voice over talent. You do not need GTA V to be a part of this as all scenes have been filmed on my local machine. Above is the first 5 minutes of episode 1. As there are still pieces to fill (and mistakes to correct, I am well aware of the sudden black screen. That will be fixed on the final render of the episode), I will get closer and closer to finally releasing all 10 episodes on a more consistent basis. Posting this in case this catches someone's eyes.