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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died July 4, 1826. Exactly 50 years

after the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

Now there is a to the point governor. "Get the hell off the beach. Use common sense and get to safety as soon as possible." Aggravates me when people do not follow advice and common sense and expect first responders to risk their necks to save them.

No haha, the map will be very different! Completely new map

rofl. Golly you leave me no place to help. I'll just keep being the unofficial debate starter.

You make me blush like a tomato

We bow to you great one. rofl

haha maybe, I'm talking more things that don't require modelling, in the modeling department we're bogged down with creating new FDNY apparatus haha, you'll understand when it's all finished

Cosmetic things correct? Is it the same map as current out. If so I can did around it looking to see if I have any ideas.

Guys any more ideas for realism in the mod? Just little things I can add in...?

For example currently improving the Civil section, adding more unique to NYC delivery vans, and far more cars with Chinese style vinyls down the side to give China town a more authentic feel.

More ideas like that would be good, so lets brainstorm

Dyson

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I''m still impressed with the last version. The small touches here and there really bring it to life. The cars in China town is an excellent idea. The only thing I can think of is when your posting the final have a readme in the file with instructions and maybe instructions on the download page. I noticed a few are confused on how to install and use it.

It has been confirmed --- the epicenter of the earthquake near Washington DC was a cemetery nearby and caused by various founding fathers rolling over in their graves over the current state of government in the white house and the capital.

ROFL! Ain't that the truth.

Well part of that wild fire is on fort hood grounds where they fire artillery so they don't want to stroll to close in case of live rounds. They are also dumping water from blackhawks.

Check the gate/VO naming on the map, I remember it was a mismatch in the gate name and the virtual object or something like that

And yes I've named it ConEd, I don't see why it's such an issue, it's only the GUI, which isn't actually part of the mod, it'll be an optional extra..

Agreed. Just cosmetic. I think it was just more educational debate then an issue.

These are all pretty good ideas. Well except the school shooting. If some youth plays and imitates it you know it will be your fault and not the youths right? Odd how that is.

Greetings,

If your going to do a MMORPG trust me make sure it is 3D. I have two 2D projects I developed and 3 others I co developed. 2D MMORPG are dead. I'm a geek from back in the 70's and only by maybe 1 game a year. This years is Emergency 4. Next year maybe yours. Watching the market like I do I recommend something fun with a little bit of hidden education in it. And it must have some kind of downloadable mods or mods you can learn how to do like here. If not in a few weeks after it is beat it ends up in the yard sale stuff forgotten. A multi player is also a great option.

http://www.mobygames...y-response-unit

Now this is sounds pretty neat. It also has a sub link on there for Food Force. Theme hospital is a great classic.

haha, well regarding websites, I have got one, and get offers regularly. However, I don't find enough use in them, I prefer just to stick to these forums thanks anyway!

Ah ok. I was not sure if you had any restrictions here as to space or anything and I know considering we are on page 150 it is popular. I thought I would offer. I know it is a pain getting sites and some of these hosters charge a fortune. I dedicated my one server years ago to non profit drupal sites. And considering you folks are inventing a Ny and not buying NY I consider you non profit. rofl

This is what fear driven hate leads to. Fear of other cultures, other people. Did you guys (the Norwegians here) see facebook right after the attack? Before it was known that the guy was Norwegian? Mine started filling with anti-Islamic propaganda and pages. It is THAT fear, THAT hate; taken to an extreme of course, that made this guy do what he did.

I so agree with you 100%

I do love what our Prime Minister said though: "We will retaliate with more democracy." That one statement made me proud to be Norwegian, for the first time in a long time. We will strike back by being more democratic.

That truly is an outstanding statement and a great reason to be proud. Many can learn from that statement.

I take strength in those words, and in the words of Nordahl Grieg, in his poem "Til ungdommen". "Til ungdommen", with English translation.

I was on twitter when I first got the news. Norway would be the last place in the world I would expect to see something like this. My prayers and condulances go out to the families and all Norwegians. I remember the hate and anger here when Oklahoma happened. It is hard but like Mr_Kaizer we know the cause of these things and we need to change it. Fear and hate needs to be turned into understanding, education, and peace. Then again easier said then done.

I think we're kinda dwelling on the details too much, I've named the category ConEd, it'll feature a ConEd truck (engineer) Crane (private hire) and a roll back truck (NYPD) so if anythingit'd be Misc but it looks better with an actual name

Love the debate, but I think it's not a massive factor in the game

I agree with you however the debate was fun and informative. Thanks to Xplorer4x4's link I know never to have a car towed in LA. rofl Did you see the info on a website for you? Wasn't sure if you where not interested or if you read over it. BTW I promise to wait patiently and not ask for release date since still addicted on last version. If any one else is addicted and needs help just call 1-800- jus-play. rofl

Well I have never been to L.A. although a big fan of the show Emergency. I have also not been in N.Y.C. since about two months after the first WTC attack. Most likely now with the loss of WTC will never go again. I would have no idea on the realism. Logically speaking makes more sense to me to have crane with fd and tows with pd. Also maybe change tec to oem or something like that.

yeah it is lol. I know the biggest we had out of them was at 2350 and was a 5.3 last night i didnt feel it but i live real far from the center of it. heres the link if intrested http://www.kktv.com/..._128228203.html

Cool thanks. I guess mother nature or the US has gas. I like some of the comments on that link. lol

Uh, I don't live in New York (California actually) but I highly doubt that an electric company would have any cranes. Especially ones that would handle wrecked cars.

I am not part of the group, However my bet is the accident crane they move to the fire department. Also in big cities like LA and NY the police departments have tow equipment.

Lol. I'll take your word for it since your in Colorado. I just happen to notice it on twitters usgs bot. Working with Red Cross I have been heavily monitoring that since the Japan earth quakes. If that side of the ring of fire has given then obviously this side will give at any time. Spooky thought I know.

Greta idea. I have only two general question or maybe just a bit of clarification.

1) The steps in doing a full mod are =Map->events->models->Units?

2) A sub mod is just a change of one or more of the above?

These are just general. No rush to answer. I just took my shoes off and starting to get my feet wet. lol

Oh sure now I left the East coast it gets exciting. There was a little shake in Colorado also.

You'll probably get shot down for asking, but it is a legit Question, obviously it just depends how quick we get stuff done, but I have a to-do list, once parts are fulfilled different things will happen, when stage 1 is done, I send it off to some external people who assist the mod anonymously, once they have assisted I make some more adhustments, then stage 2 we send off for beta testing. Get the results, make more changes based on their feedback, then stage 3 we have a working mod ready, we big up some hype to get people interested and then we release...

I expect to reach stage one with 3 days - 2 weeks

Then stage two within a month to two months..

So if that clarifys where we are I hope it helped.

Check out my youtube channel to see the latest of the mod though I think that will give you a clearer picture http://www.youtube.c...on?feature=mhee

Dyson

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I love the tidbits from the videos. I am still amazed the detail. You folks are doing great.

To help you out a bit. Do you folks have a website like lamod does? If not and you know your way around a drupal site for example http://rodneymillerpca.thruhere.net/ I will be glad to host an absolutely free one for you where you have absolute control over it. If your interested let me know. Then pick a domain from here https://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/premium.html example nysubmod.thruhere.net I can have it up in about 15 minutes.

In order to Reskin a vehicle from the LA Mod you will have to "unlock" the dds file(s) that are required for the vehicle, for this example we will be asking to reskin one of the many crown victorias. In this example the CHP Vic.

First you must Unlock the dds file, in order to do this you must find the dds file that you wish to alter which would be located in the following folder:

Game Install\Mods\LA MOD 1.8\Models\Vehicles\03 LA Police\cv_chp.dds (some vehicles have multiple texture files)

You have to rename the file to something else and change the extension from dds to v3o, this will allow the editor to unpack the file making it readable by Photoshop or a dds converter.

Due to the fact that most vehicles have the same name for the Vehicle model and the dds Texture file, it is advisable to name it something such as follows:

cv_chp.dds to cv_chpt.v3o

Now, you need to open the editor, load the modification and then select "unpack file" again you will have to navigate to the same folder but the editor shows the folder structure a bit different:

Mod:Models\Vehicles\03 LA Police\

Find your renamed dds which for the example is cv_chpt.v3o and press ok, this will unpack the file so you may edit it.

Now you need to rename the file back to dds, in order for the vehicle model file to recognize the texture be sure to rename it back to what it originally was, which in this example is cv_chp.dds

Once this is done you then have to either convert the dds file using a dds converter (one is available in our downloads section) or import it using Photoshop.

Convert/save the image to whatever format you wish to use, .BMP, .PNG, .TGA, etc. whichever you prefer and open it in the painting application of your choosing and alter it as necessary to do whatever you wish to do to the vehicle skin.

Now you have to take your texture and turn it back into the dds file for the model file which accompanies the vehicle to recognize it's new texture.

Ensure that all of the dds files you have changed are in the folder where they belong and when you load the editor you should see your newly skinned vehicle there now.

I am trying to simple move the aerial ladder from la mod to a private mod and get no image to it. or it's tires. I tried this step as well as the excel trick and neither worked for me. Any ideas? This is the only unit this is happening too.

Is this what it looks like when you go to edit it......if so how you edit it and keep details

Bless you. I had an issue with this one.

Sorry on the double. I could not delete this one.