Change how quickly units respond

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Hi,

I have searched the forum and cant find an answer so i have made a new thread.

What I want to know is, is there anyway I can change how fast the speed of the vehicle goes when I dispatch them to a call?

Any help appreciated

Also, changing the vehicletrafficfactor.. mine was on 2.0, I have changed it to 1.0 is this a good idea?

<vehicletraffic factor="1.0"/>

Thanks

[Forensics]

You need to edit the unit.xml file of the vehicles you want to change.

You would change this value:

<speed value="100" />

[randomperson139]

Open the unit.xml for the vehicle you want to edit and change the speed value. You will have to edit the freeplay one which is near the bottom of the page.

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Thanks for the replys, whats the reccomended speed i put? Is 300 fast enough?

[Forensics]

300 is a bit fast!

What you unit do you want to edit?

[randomperson139]

It depends how quickly you want the vehicles to go. Just edit it then test it to see if it's how you want it.

[2Bells Gaming]

Thanks for the replys, whats the reccomended speed i put? Is 300 fast enough?

Christ almighty! 300? what is it, a fighter jet with after-burners?

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Lol, im trying to edit all of them to go a bit faster when they respond... whats the reccomended speed then?

Also i just changed:

<murderer factor="2.0"/>

&

<bankrobbery factor="1.0"/>

I changed Murderer to 2.0 and bankrobbery to 1.0 would this make them happen more frequentley?

[Forensics]

It depends what they were before you changed them, if you made the number bigger they would be more frequent.

[randomperson139]

You have to change the average frequency value to make the events happen more often. I think a higher number means the event would be more frequent.

[Tian318]

lol

the speeds are in KM/H

That would mean that you would have cars flying over the road at 300KM/H

i changed them once(just for fun)

i found that a police car going at 160 is fast enough

Firetrucks going at 120, and ems at 145.

But it's something you need to decide for you self.

The change you make is a factor for the event scripts.

Murder will happen more than bank robbery with your current settings.

But i'm not sure if they will happen more/faster over time

[Forensics]

Bank robbery:

		<EFPBankRobbery>
			<Enabled value = "1" />
			<!-- AverageFrequency: average number of events per 10 minutes -->
			<AverageFrequency value = "1.0" />
			<!-- Time to stay in bank -->
			<TimeInBank value = "15.0" />
			<!-- MaxDistance: in meter (max. distance between committer and victim) -->
			<MaxDistance value = "50.0" />
			<Worth value = "5.0" />
			<SupervisorStart value = "ID_SUPERV_EVENT25" />
			<SupervisorFinish value = "" />
		</EFPBankRobbery>

If you want to make it more frequent you change thsi:

<!-- AverageFrequency: average number of events per 10 minutes -->
			<AverageFrequency value = "1.0" />

To make it more frequent I would change it to this:

<AverageFrequency value = "2.0" />

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Thanks guys,

Ive put all my units Police, Fire and EMS to speedfactor 150

[Tian318]

you could use choppers as indicators for new speeds.

The go 200+.

I wanted a bit realistic speed bonus.

So technical the police units could go faster(180) but i found that to fast to enjoy the game.

Heavy truck moving at 150 would be a strange sight to i think.

Going at 120 look odd to me.

So really all up to you what you want to do.

(in a private mod) i changed one to 650(chopper).

That is just to crazy for words

[Forensics]

I made a ambulance go at 9999.

Speed of units.

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Lmao,

Ive put EMS at 150, Fire at 120 and Police at 180

Sound alright?

[randomperson139]

Yeah. They sound fine.

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Hehe, and say i want the police to respond they will go at 180KMH or MPH or whatever it is right?

I dont want them to patrol that fast..

[randomperson139]

Hehe, and say i want the police to respond they will go at 180KMH or MPH or whatever it is right?

I dont want them to patrol that fast..

They will respond at that speed but they wont patrol at that speed. I think they will patrol at the normal speed.

[Tian318]

Hehe, and say i want the police to respond they will go at 180KMH or MPH or whatever it is right?

I dont want them to patrol that fast..

Paroling is at normal speed(traffic)

Just responding is faster.

Note!, i found that the fire truck at the stations(at the start) do not take the new speed.

Fix that by modifying another file.

Or send them off the map and call in new trucks/ambulances

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Guys, i changed all the units speeds police to 180, ems to 150 and fire to 120... but they still seem to be going the same speed as before?

And Ive started a new game.. also i changed the traffic from 2.0 to 1.0 and its still high traffic?

[randomperson139]

When you edit the unit.xml for the vehicle have you changed both speed values?

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Only changed the top one.. lmfao!!

Am i meant to change both?

[randomperson139]

Yeah. The top one is for campaign missions and the bottom one is for freeplay.

[Guest ModMaker2009]

Oh right haha, my mistake!

Also, would number do you reccomend for the traffic?