NickieB

Lack of experience is always an issue - it was for all of us when we started. Anyway, yes the textures are the issue (well part of it) because if the textures were setup properly they would steady burn the colors that they are mapped to in ZModeler which appears to be red/blue but in game they are white - that indicates a textures problem. The "extras" are the ELS lights and they use textures just like everything else. They aren't referring to the Avenger module itself having a texture issue but rather the emissive light. As someone else stated the "steady burn" stems from incorrectly setup and arranged extras. Also I know you didn't mention this but from what I can see of your hierarchy you need to clean that up quite a bit and attach all your accessories and lighting equipment together

I figured that needed to be done as well but I wasn't 100% sure - thanks for adding

Pictures, pictures, pictures! Also slicktop and undercover are the same thing... Only real difference is that a slicktop may be considered a marked unit and a undercover would be a unmarked and all white, black, blue, etc. Explain what you feel or want the difference to be

You should just be able to import a blank texture in the place of the ALPR texture in the WTD. Not a white one, a blank/invisible one

Sure but then its going to look like your driving a monster truck compared to other cars in GTA. I've seen it already with cars that have been given to me straight out of a conversion or a build. Put them in GTA and you can immediately tell they are to large and trust me it doesn't look good at all

I use to make a lot of online patrol videos with 2 other guys. They would record it, edit, and upload it to YouTube and like others have said editing is the answer. Just like offline play though sometimes you can go for a very long time without crashing. At times I can get a 30-40 minute offline session crash free and same way with online. It helps if you don't use many mods and that the mods you are running are consistent across all players.

Nice Job!

If you have it post the graphic thats on the doors. If the creator has that graphic thats a skin that can be made in about 20 minutes. Also you don't really want to take skins from other cars and tweak/rotate/skew because it just distorts the overall quality leading to a blurry skin in game. Always make new skins for each car - thats just my advice

Great idea and a very complete form. One question though, this confused me but maybe I'm just missing something. First page of the form under "TRIM", what do those options correspond to? Interesting idea to by the way

Probably to high of graphic settings for your PC to handle and its lagging. Try turning down the graphics little by little until you get to a setting that works well for you

I mainly use my own skins or skins people have made for me. They are usually a mixture of police, sheriff, and state patrol skins. As for my vehicles those are all ones that I've made. 2 2013 Taurus's, Caprice, CVPI, and a Explorer

Tom - I knew you almost from the beginning when I joined the site.I think I met you shortly after I released my first model. We talked about a lot of stuff over PM's and agreed on a lot of topics. Just as I agree with some of the things you mentioned above. Farewell and good luck with everything - N

I was wondering the same thing when I read it - I had to double check to make sure I was reading in the correct thread. Anyway nice job! I don't know off brand bars at all, especially Canadian ones, not that the country of manufacturing has anything to do with knowing or not knowing off brand lightbars

Yea if you every figure it out feel free to PM me and let me know what it was, I'd like to know. Its going to bug me

Exactly, I've searched all the major off brand places with no luck, as well as a general google image search. Its like a mix of everything, Code 3 feet, Whelen liberty looks, and Federal Signal style modules. OP I'm sorry - I've looked everywhere and can't come up with anything

I'm retracting my thoughts of it possibly being the Elite. Look below, the Elite lenses meet in the middle. OP's photo the glass meets on either side of the takedowns similair to a lot of Code 3 bars (x2100, x2700, etc) 3 lens pieces total, the Elite only having 2 And the mounting brackets dont say Whelen either - here is MUCH better photo's - click for full res

Its like a "Franken-bar" - Old style Code 3 feet, Whelen mounting arms, and a off brand lightbar. I've checked the better known "off brand" sites with no luck. Could it be the Century with some different module options? I suppose but the feet throw me off. Why use Code 3 feet on a bar that would come with Whelen feet? Since it appears to have Code 3 feet it could possibly be a older Code 3 product but I'm not sure.

Your right - it does appear to say Whelen but I"m thinking that they recyled the mounting bracket from a Whelen bar and just used it on this one OP - is there any higher res photos?

I don't think its a Century elite and here's why. The Elite runs 2 forward facing modules plus a corner, the pictured bar runs 3 forward facing and a corner on each respective side plus the 2 take downs in the middle section. The feet are Code 3 style but it doesn't look like a code 3 bar to me. It seems like one of those off brand companies which I'm not that familiar with. I'll do a little looking and report back if I find anything if someone doesn't beat me to it Star Laser - I don't think so...The glass on the top of OPs photo is clear - the laser has Tomar Blade style top

Look in the tutorials section of the site, they go over a lot of this stuff in there. If you want the models you need Zmodeler and hours and hours worth of learning/trial and error until you learn how to use it. There is no "easy" way to do it. You'll also need the models, the CVPI is available but thats about it. No Taurus or Explorer exist unlocked. Not only will you need the base car models but the lights and parts to go along with them. There is no unlocked Tomar Blade available. Most of the other parts are available though. The skins can just be made with photoshop. There is already a Fairfax county CVPI released in the downloads.... I'm not trying to discourage you from doing it but your going to have a hard time finding a lot of what you would need to complete this - not to mention the time spent just learning how to use Zmodeler properly