Tactics

Looking good!

A shitshow of a game we paid $49 for.

From what I've played so far - I hope they gave hoppah early access because the game desperately needs him to fix it.

The missions are hopelessly simple and rather lame and they seem rather lazy. No cut scenes like other EM games, just some goofy announcement. Game mechanics are also pretty arcade like. Police officers that take damage in a fight automatically regenerate health. And, of course, the fps issues as already mentioned. All in all. A pretty weak game. Definitely NOT worth the $44 I paid.

The download stops at 66%. Tried 3 times.

Registered for mega...still doesn't work. Freezes each time in the 60% area.

When can I get it into my mangy paws?

Sounds like a cash grab, a pretty meager and ridiculous one at that. This global catastrophe theme really needs to end. And seriously...Caligula...1890??

Do you have a non .e4mod version? Those of us with teh GameFly version of the game don't have the Mod Installer. Thanks!

It is an .e4mod file.

Gotcha, makes sense. What about housing my ambulances at the hospital or firehouse?

Nice work. I like the map, mostly. My only gripe is that the buildings are so tall its hard to move the camera around to be able to see. Kind of a bummer that I have to call most units in from off-map. I like to use them from a station/hospital. Not being able to redirect traffic is awkward also, is that being added?

Again, nice work!

I have the Gamefly version of EM 4. It doesnt come with the Mod Installer or an Editor. How can I install this mod?

The emergency lights in NY Mod seem to have this eerie unnatural glow, as if they are overly fake - where as the emergency lights in the LA Mod seem really natural and quit good. I don't know if something different was done to the NY mod to create this effect, but at least for me, it breaks my immersion.

I thought the OP meant more variety of accidents - as in create some more on the FP map, not a higher frequency of existing accidents.

Mine works without any problems. I really like the personnel changes, thanks again. I just wish it worked on the Jwoods map.

Thank you. Celebratory dance!

Why not look in the submods section yourself and find out?

Wow. He asks a basic question - You give a smart ass reply and then accuse him of being a smart ass?? Classy. Fail troll is fail, xplorer.

Hoppah, are more new missions on your list of things to do...sometime down the line?

I have the same and purchased it from direct2drive - Mine came with an editor.

I made mine to start with negative $5000 and a subsidy of only $500. It makes me sell back 2 of my fire engines and one ambulance - Then I only let police write tickets for red vehicles, but an officer must be in close proximity to see the red car before he can write it. Sounds odd, but I like to earn my fancy choppers and what not rather than just start with $200K and $35k grants every few hours.

Has anyone already done this in a polished alteration/submod? I've often wished for spotlights on my police vehicles, especially at night, but at the same time found the floodlights on some of the other vehicles crazy bright. So I added these....not perfect, but they're there. Currently attached to only activate when 'directional lights' are on.

Has anyone used this with much success?

Just for fun I made my slicktop into a white unmarked patrol unit. I could just use the ATF, but then I wouldnt have the chase feature.

Swat 4 has those things, but I agree - The freeplay events can get stale. I'd actually prefer more missions than I would additional FP stuff. Especially if it's as they say, and freeplay events are hardcoded. Which means we will just have the same old events over and over with not much more than new cars in different cities. That being said, the only thing that has kept me playing is Hoppah's work. He's made enough changes that are so innovative that the LA Mod 1.9 is Emergency 5.

But again, I'd still rather see new missions with new situations and challenges than I would the same FP events in different locations around the world.

I use XP. It said.....

I like the ambulance siren a lot, but it's a little loud relative to the other sounds in the game. The police siren I'm not in love with, it sounds like there are multiple sirens within one siren. The fire engine siren is OK - Sometimes it doesn't turn on even though it's set to automatic. The installer didn't work, fyi.

What I like the most is the ambulance and how it doesnt run the siren constantly, but giving little bwap bwaps here and there along with the airhorn. I suggest you do the police siren in a similar way, but go easy on the airhorn for police units. Good job. Looking forward to the next version.