11john11x Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 5:55 PM, itchboy said: Previous Page Next Page Previous Page Next Page If I can find LAPD or LASD using them in real life, then sure. I don't know what I need this for, but a lot of other agencies still run these trucks to this day. Maybe I can have this as the LAPD bomb squad truck but I don't see how this can be achieved in normal freeplay. I don't count this as being part of the traffic set, rather as a dev assset for other modders who need this truck. #24: In real life, this car nearly killed GM. l hope to make this look good in the traffic set. Previous Page Next Page Previous Page Next Page LASD used a weird red beacon with integrated steady burn and rear flasher, it even appears in a COPS episode. The cars themselves are pretty interesting too: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApollonDriver Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 I think it's better to add color variants and get rid of vanilla cars, since there will be more cars soon already. I just hate the vanilla cars, they look like molten toy cars 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 5 hours ago, 11john11x said: LASD used a weird red beacon with integrated steady burn and rear flasher, it even appears in a COPS episode. The cars themselves are pretty interesting too: Wow this is an amazing find. Thank you. Do you have more pictures of unmarked LASD units, by any chance. Now that you've given me those pictures, I might as well make 2 or maybe 3 unmarked sheriff units. I have been doing testing with the prototype setup ingame. I've decided to go with having an incomplete lineup of leaving behind vanilla assets. The main reason for this decision is due to the prototypes. It would be impractical for me to make 2 versions of this mod, one with many color variants, and another with unique vehicles per prototype. I can share some good news: all civilian vehicles (so far) implemented into the game have wheels. The next few days will be finishing up textures and models for the remaining 4 vehicles I've not completed, and to start the civilian lighting on the cars. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11john11x Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 6 hours ago, itchboy said: Previous Page Next Page Previous Page Next Page Wow this is an amazing find. Thank you. Do you have more pictures of unmarked LASD units, by any chance. Now that you've given me those pictures, I might as well make 2 or maybe 3 unmarked sheriff units. I have been doing testing with the prototype setup ingame. I've decided to go with having an incomplete lineup of leaving behind vanilla assets. The main reason for this decision is due to the prototypes. It would be impractical for me to make 2 versions of this mod, one with many color variants, and another with unique vehicles per prototype. I can share some good news: all civilian vehicles (so far) implemented into the game have wheels. The next few days will be finishing up textures and models for the remaining 4 vehicles I've not completed, and to start the civilian lighting on the cars. Previous Page Next Page Previous Page Next Page Not too much else, various unmarked LASD vehicles appear in gang documentaries from the 80s and 90s but lack of quality and good shots in general makes a lot of the footage kinda useless, most of them came equipped with red spotlights it seems but I'm unsure about the rear lighting, there is something behind the rear window of the Caprice featured in the second pic, but I can't identify if that's even a light... I don't know how accurate they are but there are some replicas of unmarked LASD Novas around, one was feature in Jay Leno's Garage, would probably still fit for a 80s setting:https://youtu.be/fNMpfFuFwc4?t=596 Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 I've decided to go with 2 unmarked sheriff cruisers, somewhat similar to what is there in 11john's photos. I won't add more until we can have full confirmation on what they would have used. I was not able to find the specific brand or model for the weird steady burn beacon. As a result, I've decided to have a bit of compromise. The unmarked Malibu will have a steady red spotlight but with a Federal Signal Firebam on the roof for 360 degree coverage. The lighting on the Caprice is a mix of various 2000's sheriff unmarked units I've foud. On the topic of civs, I have started making edits of the existing models and turning them into new variants with new designs, for different cars: Spoiler Original Chevy pickup model by bama1234 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApollonDriver Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Awesome, loved the unmarked ones! Civ vehicles also look pretty good. But I am a bit unsure about the color of the caprice, is it really common among the unmarked vehicles of that era? Also do you plan on adding plain clothed officers to accompany these unmarked vehicles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, ApollonDriver said: Awesome, loved the unmarked ones! Civ vehicles also look pretty good. But I am a bit unsure about the color of the caprice, is it really common among the unmarked vehicles of that era? Also do you plan on adding plain clothed officers to accompany these unmarked vehicles? I went with blue becuase it felt like a neutral enough color. I've seen white, red, and brown unmarked LA police units. I think any color goes when it comes to unmarked police. I already have plainclothes detectives for the LAPD units, however for LASD, I want those unmarked cars to go for SEB/SWAT in order to differentiate them from LAPD. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangmi Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Always love stumbling in here once a century to glance at things people are working on. Great content as always, Itchboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Sangmi said: Always love stumbling in here once a century to glance at things people are working on. Great content as always, Itchboy. Hope all is well with you. It's been a while. Thank you for the support, I really appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 3:46 PM, 11john11x said: LASD used a weird red beacon with integrated steady burn and rear flasher, it even appears in a COPS episode. The cars themselves are pretty interesting too: I might have found the answer on those beacons. Some brands offered these 4 way static rotators. The beacon that LASD uses is likely of this configuration. There could be more brands that offered these besides what is on Youtube, and I am by no means saying LASD 100% used these brands. It is worth further investigation. To achieve the CA steady burn, the front facing light was likely bypassed from the flasher cycle and directly hard wired to the 12 volt main power. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer93 Posted August 18, 2021 Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 a bug I believe is if you laod up a save off the game it adds the Squad groth facter in even if you have removed it in the Spec files so it then makes you start to pay huge amounts for personal if you have to buy them off map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 4:59 PM, Jennifer93 said: a bug I believe is if you laod up a save off the game it adds the Squad groth facter in even if you have removed it in the Spec files so it then makes you start to pay huge amounts for personal if you have to buy them off map I haven't been able to replicate this bug. It also didn't happen to the others I've asked to try. For now I will look into this on the side, when time allows. Some stuff I've made for fun, not really LA or anything serious. Spoiler 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer93 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Hell yea all 3 look so beautifully amazing detail on all 3 great work man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnFire Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Good job, Itch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApollonDriver Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 especially loved the Miami Dade crown vic, good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnFire Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Itchy, do you have a patreon? Or any other way to support your work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 hour ago, OnFire said: Itchy, do you have a patreon? Or any other way to support your work? I refuse to set one up becuase of all the issues with Em4 and monetization. Say, my LAPD patrol car has a model made by me, decals made by Phantom and a lightbar from EmC Unit, we'd have to split and how would that come about? What if a mod on Patreon has multiple contributors? Also, if I release Patreon content that's just an edited 16T asset, that may violate the game's EULA/TOS for monetization and revese engineering, thus opening me up to lawsuit. Patreon, paid mods and the things involving them are one big can of worms that should never be opened. For now I'll try to find other income sources but Em4 definitely isn't it. And if anybody does try to put mods on Patreon, let all of us know, so that they'll be forced to cut a check to every single person who made work for it. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfblade911 Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 just a suggestion for a very iconic unmarked police car in the 70' , 80' would be awesome to have it in this mod ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, Wolfblade911 said: just a suggestion for a very iconic unmarked police car in the 70' , 80' would be awesome to have it in this mod ? No because it's fictional. Also, it's not from Los Angeles. This mod only covers real agencies, and the vehicles they used, and re-created to the best of our ability. I'll probably make the Striped Tomato for another project at another time in the future. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatar1234284 Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 new this plz is revamp sound shears? Improved Shears Effect.zip On 8/22/2021 at 11:38 PM, OnFire said: Good job, Itch. yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchboy Posted August 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 This isn't going into the mod because it's too new, however it will be going to the download center for modders' use. It's about time we got a new CVPI model other than the NNICO models from a decade ago. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles451 Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 Good job itch. I watched Alex's new video on project nostalgia yesterday I'm very suprised with some of the new features, especially the new sirens on the fire rigs and the dispatching. eager to see what else is going to be coming in the future. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdnyarmenian Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 8/26/2021 at 4:11 PM, Wolfblade911 said: just a suggestion for a very iconic unmarked police car in the 70' , 80' would be awesome to have it in this mod ? On 8/26/2021 at 4:52 PM, itchboy said: No because it's fictional. Also, it's not from Los Angeles. This mod only covers real agencies, and the vehicles they used, and re-created to the best of our ability. I'll probably make the Striped Tomato for another project at another time in the future. Yeah, it's from Bay City, California But the idea is good, maybe in a Starsky and Hutch modification, hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApollonDriver Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 I'm still eager for two officers modelled after LAPD Detective Sergeants Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnFire Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Just watched the video from Northern Alex, new additions are looking very promising. Keep it up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
