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(May 7, 2016, 03:28 PM)SirWulf Wrote: [ -> ]

(May 7, 2016, 02:24 PM)Chicken Coup Wrote: [ -> ]As long as I can get police car and ambulance lights for my RV, its a +support.

That is a good idea actually.  That could serve as a really outdated 80s Mobile Command Base for Police/Fire and Rescue.

The city is in a weird position, it's big enough to have the need for a mobile command center, but small enough to not have a decent budget for one. As a result, the city is stuck with a converted RV that is nearing 40 years old. It's been decently maintained, and the equipment inside is kept somewhat up to date, but the exterior is old and warn, showing the vehicles age. The emergency lighting is a weird mish-mash of lights, having been replaced and or added onto mutliple times throughout its life. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.

That looks nice! In a... old vehicle reused kind of way...

(May 8, 2016, 03:11 AM)SirWulf Wrote: [ -> ]That looks nice!  In a... old vehicle reused kind of way...

Straight outta Blues Brothers tbh

+support to OP

+Support except for the RV. We could always implement a better vehicle, reskin it, and add lights for a mobile command post if we want. These lights would only be done for realistic vehicles that fit, IE: You wouldn't see a VW Golf police car driving around in the US.

(May 11, 2016, 04:45 PM)Venom Wrote: [ -> ]+Support except for the RV. We could always implement a better vehicle, reskin it, and add lights for a mobile command post if we want. These lights would only be done for realistic vehicles that fit, IE: You wouldn't see a VW Golf police car driving around in the US.

(May 11, 2016, 05:38 PM)SirWulf Wrote: [ -> ]

(May 11, 2016, 04:45 PM)Venom Wrote: [ -> ]+Support except for the RV. We could always implement a better vehicle, reskin it, and add lights for a mobile command post if we want. These lights would only be done for realistic vehicles that fit, IE: You wouldn't see a VW Golf police car driving around in the US.

It has been done before for police departments on a low budget.  I do agree with you if there are better options available.  Still, the RV could still be used for other things, a mobile triage for medics during raids, checkpoint units setup for sobriety checks, etc...

Until we could have a better vehicle for this, this may work.

It has definitely been done, but I feel as if we could get a better option because well...we're not a real police department and we don't have a budget. I mean, our police force is brand new tahoes, taurus', chargers, have "The Beast", etc. EvoCity is extremely wealthy with these in mind and wouldn't resort to an 80's RV.

(May 11, 2016, 05:41 PM)Venom Wrote: [ -> ]

(May 11, 2016, 05:38 PM)SirWulf Wrote: [ -> ]

(May 11, 2016, 04:45 PM)Venom Wrote: [ -> ]+Support except for the RV. We could always implement a better vehicle, reskin it, and add lights for a mobile command post if we want. These lights would only be done for realistic vehicles that fit, IE: You wouldn't see a VW Golf police car driving around in the US.

It has been done before for police departments on a low budget.  I do agree with you if there are better options available.  Still, the RV could still be used for other things, a mobile triage for medics during raids, checkpoint units setup for sobriety checks, etc...

Until we could have a better vehicle for this, this may work.

It has definitely been done, but I feel as if we could get a better option because well...we're not a real police department and we don't have a budget. I mean, our police force is brand new tahoes, taurus', chargers, have "The Beast", etc. EvoCity is extremely wealthy with these in mind and wouldn't resort to an 80's RV.

It does seem out of place when Evocity has a wealthy populace yet the Police have to resort to an RV for a Command Center.

I'd be a huge supporter of a dedicated Mobile Command Center then

+Support

Marry me Stomm...

I couldn't really find a good replacement for a Mobile Command Center instead of the RV. So I made some improvements to a Dodge Ram and this is what I got. Not an RV or that big, but it gives off the sign it's a specialized unit.

+support

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+Support

I think its a great idea, but think of the problems that can come with it. I wouldn't say I was the best LUA coder but I know how to code lua and I haven't thought about it much but I think the only way for the devs to implement this would be with the use of body groups. This means going through every car's file and adding the body groups for it. I could be mistaking what you are saying but do you mean adding like a light bar to some vehicles when you said about the amber lights? and for this to work with just certain lights I think the devs would have to have 2 cars "in" your inventory by this I mean when you use the light kit it would use a different car. I don't mess around with photon much so I don't know its limits. Again I could be wrong xD

(May 16, 2016, 10:06 PM)lampman13 Wrote: [ -> ]I think its a great idea, but think of the problems that can come with it. I wouldn't say I was the best LUA coder but I know how to code lua and I haven't thought about it much but I think the only way for the devs to implement this would be with the use of body groups. This means going through every car's file and adding the body groups for it. I could be mistaking what you are saying but do you mean adding like a light bar to some vehicles when you said about the amber lights? and for this to work with just certain lights I think the devs would have to have 2 cars "in" your inventory by this I mean when you use the light kit it would use a different car. I don't mess around with photon much so I don't know its limits. Again I could be wrong xD

The framework for Photon handles all the lighting models and whatnot, the individual file for each vehicle handles the models, position, orientation, size, colors, and flash patterns for all the lights, any other props you want to add (like laptops or a cup in the cup holder) and also the siren.

I've added photon lights to a number of vehicles, and its fairly easy once you get the command worked out. Plus, since all the necessary stuff is already on the server, each file for the custom Photon lights is going to be under 10KB, most of mine are under 5KB.

While the Photon vehicle is technically a "separate" vehicle, it uses the existing vehicle file and adds the Photon onto it. This is why the special spawn options are necessary, the car has to be respawned, it can't be added on the fly due to the limitations of Photon.

(May 12, 2016, 07:14 PM)Venom Wrote: [ -> ]I couldn't really find a good replacement for a Mobile Command Center instead of the RV. So I made some improvements to a Dodge Ram and this is what I got. Not an RV or that big, but it gives off the sign it's a specialized unit.

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I want Dodge Ram.
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