Dramacydal503

So I have a legit copy of the game(Two, in fact. An extra purchased after I misplaced the first DVD and didn't have the patience to find it) but I bypass SecuROM. I do so because first of all, SecuROM is IMO far too invasive, secondly after upgrading my video card I do not have an extra power cable to run from my PSU to the drive so it's out of service. So because of this the game thinks I have a pirated copy. Now, I support anti-piracy measures when you're looking out for your own product, IP claims are legitimate and the right of the creator. However, I think that it's going a bit too far when you create a mod with anti-piracy features built in, especially for a six year old game. Sure you're going to keep a few losers who won't support game developers from using it, but you're also going to prevent some people who actually have legal licenses to the game from using it, simply because they choose to modify the software they use on their own computer, not completely dissimilar to you, modifying the game to suit your needs and add to your experience. It's my opinion that these matters should be left to the original game developers and in this case, especially with the way you feel about their PC port, I'd think you'd understand people modifying the game to give a little added stability. R* has gone as far as they care to in order to protect their IP, who are we to say it's not enough? You always have created quality mods Sniper and I'm sure that this is no different, but I have no way of knowing. I have to say, however, I'm very disappointed with the route you chose to go. If in the future you release an update without such invasive anti-piracy protections I'd be glad to use and most likely endorse what is likely, a high quality mod. It would be much appreciated, but right now it is what it is. Regards,

It's not only not meant to work with a controller but ELS V7 does not use the GTA IV horn function at all, which is why when pressing the GTA native horn button it will cycle one of the siren sounds and play the horn at the same time. You have to use the ELS keys to control the siren/horn otherwise it will do what you describe.

If you want to import SA's engine sounds into IV you'll need at least a decent audio editing program, like Audacity(Free and open source) and then you'll have to try and match the engine mappings of IV by splitting them up into the corresponding WAV files to be imported into the IVAUD

This would work, but it would take some time it seems before everyone agrees on the 10 codes. I'd just suggest having everyone use plain language, as a large number of agencies have recently made this move away from 10 codes, starting with FEMA's suggestion to have everyone use plain language during multiple jursidiction and multiple agency collaboration, such as during emergencies or natural disasters. It would actually be funny if MDC adopted plain language because it'd be following the suggestion of FEMA, seeing as how everyone almost is from a different, albeit fictional, department.

This is how it appears. I went through a good 20-30 names before finding one person I could use who wasn't in custody last night, and there were two people in game I was arresting so I just said forget it for the second person. Looks like we'll just have to wait for Braveheart to get back though, it won't stop me from enjoying MDC, especially with the Radio feature now :)

Well, I just spent the past hour using my laptop for the MDC and has Flux dispatching calls and I'd just like to take the time to thank Flux. Great RP experience and on the last call, as I was dispatched to an assault at Globe Oil tudor, LCPDFR generated a DV call at the same location with the suspect having the same description as that given by Flux - perfect timing! The new Radio feature with dispatch works great, and it's nice not having to enter in manually all the information into Add Actions Taken, being able to have the dispatcher do that via radio transmissions. One thing which is still bothering me is the frequency of Persons Generated that are incarcerated, it takes me about 3-5 mins to find a person who is not in custody before I'm able to find someone usable for a suspect, driver or victim. Also, it would be nice if under Generate Persons it would show the custody status, perhaps have a button that would take us automatically to their entry in the Database, this is why it takes so long to find someone because not only are most people in custody, but it takes a lot of extra time to have to go back and forth between pages from Generating Persons to Persons Check Other than that, keep up the good work guys and again, Thanks Flux!

Yes but if you think about all the previous GTA releases since GTA III, first release has been on the console and it has generally been about a year until the PC version is released and another solid year until the mod community has matured enough to release high quality mods. I think while we'll play GTA V when it's released, LCPDFR will be played for a while to come

I actually logged onto LCPDFR today to see if I could suggest this to the team, this would be quite the fete

Braveheart, is there a way you could flag people who are incarcerated in the database and when a person is generated, run a boolean operation to check whether or not to show them based on incarceration?

EVI is working on one, I believe Nevermind, just read EVI's thread and noticed he's leaving

2505 0.363 85 0.0 0.3 -0.44 0.5 4 0.16 5.0 240 0.48 0.55 0.6 33 1.5 1.5 13 0.12 0.48 2.5 1.5 1.5 0.2 -0.1 -0.03 0.66 2.0 1.0 2.2 2.4 0.0 50000 440010 0 0 Modified entries in bold. Oh when I say I raised Su and Sl I meant that I lowered it. I'm going to try it with the original height of Kanyo's line and see if just softening the suspension worked. It's sitting a little low, because thats how I had the line before thinking that was the issue.

Yeah thats the problem! Damn it. I got it it to be a little less bouncy by playing with Su Sl Sr and the Z axis, I'll try it out with the softer suspension settings Edit, seemed to fix it, I also raised the Su Sl and Sr lines with it. Thanks for the help Kanyo

Hey Kanyo would you be able to do anything about the suspension on this vehicle? That'd be awesome if you could, or perhaps explain what settings are causing this behavior?

Did you import the file as a PNG instead of DDS? Edit: Looks like it has to do with the way the model's textures have been mapped. Take a look at TBR_BodyReflection. This combined with paintjob.DDS.png is what's screwing up the metallic parts on the body. Apparently the idiot who converted this vehicle mapped paintjob.DDS.png to the ENTIRE model, instead of just the body of it. You could attempt to correct TBR_BodyReflection or you could try and figure out what parts of paintjob.DDS.png are mapped to the metallic body parts. Either way it will be a pain in the ass, as the author of this file screwed up big time. TL;DR, cut your losses and wait for a proper unmarked version of this vehicle. Sorry bud.

What do you mean? If that handling line wasn't made for that specific model I don't know which one it was made for as it's different from all of Kanyo's other Tahoe handling lines. That model needs a specific handling line for it to work properly

It really doesn't sound like a carcols issue, sounds like a spec map texture was replaced, if that's possible

Hey Sgt.Kanyo, could you go over your handling line for Cj24's LCPD 1.5AC Tahoe? I really enjoy the model but the handling line provided with it has major suspension issues. Any bump in the road will cause it to bounce violently and if you hit a bump while making a turn its prone to tip over. I was able to tone it down only slightly by playing with the upper/lower suspension limits and suspensionraise, but not enough to make it usable. Here's the model, Thanks!