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In a hillarious bit of luck, an authentic NYC DOT tow truck has been found in an unlikely place - the original Men In Black film.

No, you get downvoted into oblivion if you do anything other than look at the occasional screenshot. I have been following this thread on and off for years. Don't hold your breath.

Are we allowed to ask how progress is going?

news update? thanks

Okay thank you very much! Not cool the joke

I get both sides But the minor once in a while glitch I had was not enough for me to stop enjoying it. I lost my computer so I am rebuilding everything ad I missed this one. Put a play at your own risk label on it and let people enjoy it as it was, no one is forcing you to play it if you're unhappy. I know life happens I had a major life shift too I get it. It also irks me when someone starts a project, stops moving to another, and never finishes the first. If you do that then don't say anything I hate getting excited about something for nothing. (like the NY MOD)

i literally had 0 issues with the mod at all

Hes been working on this for like 3 years, in the last 3 years hes also done a ton of other projects, thats why i am saying they need to work on 1 at a time instead of 50 at a time It still doesnt make sense why they had to completely get rid of the montana mod download link

How is the old montana mod unstable? I never experienced issues with it.

NGL I am, like many others, tired of all these mods that people start developing, then drop the project to work on another one, and that is a continuous cycle. I dont get why the download link had to be removed, let us play the old montana mod while we wait for the new one to finish if it ever gets finished.

Anyway still sharing if people would like a version to play. If you google montana mod v2 it will come up with a link to a steam conversation with a link to the mod if people would like a copy and I can no longer share. The unfortunate thing with a game like EM4 is it attracts a lot of people who like the rules too much...

im just saying

how about itchboy confirm this issue @itchboy

Yes grow up

If anyone would like version 2.0.1 I have a copy just let me know.

Looking forward to that EMS script. It will bring the fun of RTS Beiberfelde without the need to actually be a paramedic

whens this new update coming out. been waiting for soooo long

Don't bother asking for release dates. This mod is going to take a long time before it is released.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize this.

Cool! Is there any date for release yet, or is it still TBD? @itchboy

still wip?

Any updates?

I hope this dosen't break the rules (if it is then don't answer) but, could you estimate the overall % of the entire mod? (including units, scripts, maps, etc.)

Here is the inital set of volunteer firefighter POV's for the mod. These are all real-life vehicles owned by members of our community. No lights on these, still working on that. If you would like your real-life vehicle featured in the mod, feel free to post your vehicle make, model, color and any light setup you are running. You don't need to tell me your location or license plate or anything that can dox you. I lack another 4 out of the 10 I need. Credits to Carman and LA mod team for the Jeep Grand Chrokee. Yankee43 for the Ford Ranger. EA Games for the Dodge Ram conversion. Special thanks to SlateDragon for allowing use of the white F150 POV from West Falls mod.

Looking back on a year ago, I will admit to over-reacting by prematurely saying that I'd quit modding. It was an emotional response that I should have handled better. It would have been far more rational if I released a statement saying that I'd be taking a break from modding to clear my head. That's what I ultimately ended up doing anyway, and clearing my head indeed produced good results. In keeping with that spirit, I've finally finished putting lights on the fire and EMS units, with help from hqueen. Yay attachments and smileys work again The Chevy battalion chief is lighted, its just that the picture was taken on a bad "frame" where the lights happen to be flashing off.

Ford F650, work in progress. Side portion of model created using MikeyPI's F350 model. This truck is destined to be a DNRC brush truck or engine. Still not sure what setup to give it, most likely a wildland configuration. No work has been made with the heal script, I might just release it with a rudimentary setup and give it a more accurate setup at a later date.

Asking for updates is against the rules / Terms & Conditions. Please don't do that. Most modders are doing this stuff on the side of their regular jobs / lives. Several are working on multiple projects. They will update when they can.

Asking for release dates is against site policy. It's still in progress, and will be done when its done.

Asking for release dates is against site rules. Please take note of this in the future.

Please, don't ask releasing dates because it's against the rules

Are you allowed to do that?

i dont think so unless someone has permission to even tho above says download link removed by authors

i thought so

he's been busy. Don't expect an answer for awhile

It's not about liking the rules too much, it's about respecting the creator and respecting the creator's wishes.

Itchboy has been hard at work lately, but as the creator and his partner, I will say that I don't necessarily have an issue with people circulating the old version if they choose to do so... but it doesn't need to be done on the public posts in this thread. What users do in private messaging is totally up to them. Essentially there's no hard feelings, we just don't want the old unstable version to be "advertised" for lack of a better term in this thread. We want the focus here to be on the improvements being made and on stability for the next version.

glad to hear some common sense from you bama. The white knights on this thread are pounding their desks rn

This was never dropped. Itchboy has had life happen to him. You cannot expect everyone to be working on everything all the time. Life is always more important than gaming. Not everyone has all the free time in the world.

On the one hand, it's understandable being tired of seeing mods in development that then don't get released. There are some mods that I really liked to have come out, but didn't. On the other hand, however, we have to be in the mods developers' shoes. Modding is not a paid job, it's done in the free time they have. And as anyone else, they can get tired of what they do, of the projects they're working on, and want to put them aside to do something different on the game, or just stop modding for a while. Or maybe something has happened in their social life, family, jobs, health... that is more importante and has made them change priorities. Or they can simply have less time. So, be respectful, these people spend a long time doing this stuff for free, with the time they have available, and telling them what they should do with their very own free time, or with the old version (which in my case is unstable and has performance issues), is going to do nothing but burning them out and discourage them to continue.

But you are not the center of the universe and our modding community.

And.... let's leave it there, shall we. Back to being friendly please and I don't like having to say it twice.

I think most people don't realise how un-important EM4 Is when it comes to real life, obviously itchboy is busy therefore shouldn't be expected to continue this modification until he is able to again.

This right here ^ Keep in mind as well that when we had the last release available to the public, the sentiment was quite different, while there was a lot of positivity in regards to the content of the mod, we were also getting flooded with bug reports and reports of the mod crashing to desktop quite frequently. The impression we were getting was that it was unplayable for a good number of people, and we couldn't immediately find the fixes, so we figured better to pull it until we had a stable version. I can't speak for Itchboy, I just know he's been tied up with real life in recent months. As for me, I have quite a lot going on as well, most recently with family, educational commitments, and working to further advance my career. That being said, I am definitely still committed to this project and I am still actively working on it. Itchboy has been busy, but he's left me with lots of updates and a good template to continue working from. We definitely want to get an updated and stable version out to the public sometime in the next year or so.

I'd like to add on to this statement, there is loads of progress that was made on this mod(not a mod team member). As far as itchboy goes, he has been put out of commission temporarily by a Weather events that has happened in his home country. Life like always will continue to take priority over a 16 year old game that every mod is being made for free, modding is not a career in the EM4 community. My last little bit to say is be patient, Itchboy will be back, there is lots of things that he is able to work on just not able to show. Bama, You and itch have made an amazing product with the mod. I look forward to seeing the finalized product. Amazing Work!!

whoa, whoa! You can't just go off installing any mod you want! First, you need to give me the big number on the front of your mom's credit card, along with the 3 small numbers on the back, and dont forget the expiration date. /s ^^^For legal reasons, that was a joke. This mod isn't released.

did u not read the whole title

Itchboy will be finished when he's finished. It took six plus years for the Miami Mod to finally be released and its a gorgeous piece of work that several people worked very hard on. Have patience and when the mod is released, you'll be able to enjoy it along with the rest of us.

Again, I direct you and others to the Miami Mod which was first released in 2009 and didn't see Version 2 until February of 2020. I don't see anyone complaining about how long the wait was now that its released and is a great mod. These modders devote their free time to this. This isn't their job nor do they make any money from it. So shove off, it'll be done when its done, unless you and the other complainers want to keep nagging and drive the creators off of the site like what happened with NYC version 2 back in 2015? This is mostly about private mods, but it covers impatience as well.

jesus it take time to make a mod can everyone chill

So needless to say it's been a hot minute since v2.5 has been released. I hate to be negative on such a phenomenal project, and I hate to sound ungrateful, but I wish we had a 2.6 by now. I have no idea how much work has been done to 2.5 since release, but I wish we had just a slightly polished version of 2.5 before we hopefully see a v3 one day.