Voodoo_Operator

And of all the guards, cops, SWAT troops and soldiers that were called in, in the end, here's the guy who took out the shooter:

Kevin Vickers, Parliament hill sergeant-at-arms (also, for the record, an ex-RCMP cop)

I'd like to think he did it wearing that kickass suit complete with the hat. A true hero nevertheless, a lot of people undoubtebly owe him their lives.

"Eject! Plastic crap!"

"Hey cousin let's go bowling".

You are undercover to take down an arms dealer. At the site of the deal and takedown you see 3 people kicking someone on the ground. The arms dealer will show up any minuite.

 

Proceed to beat up all 4 guys with the closest convenient blunt object you can find. Yell loud obscenities at their unconscious bodies until the arms dealer shows up. When he inevitably asks "Holy s*** what the f*** just happened?", calmly reply "Walked past these fools and one of them sneezed, can you believe that s***?"

Establish reputation as stone-cold lunatic badass. Climb up ranks of criminal organization to become boss' right hand man. Wait for big deal with mob/triads/cartel to go down. Rip off prosthetic nose, pull out badge, yell "Police, everybody freeze!" while dozens of SWAT guys pour in from the doors and rappel down from the roof and a chopper swoops in and shines its spotlight. Take part in ensuing large-scale firefight. Fire your pistol without reloading. Boss comes out of hiding holding your girl hostage. Take precise shot at boss' head, sending him tumbling down in a vat of molten steel/barrel of acid/shark tank. Deliver cheesy yet badass line. Kiss the girl. Asshole captain pats you on the back and congratulates you. Reply with cynical remark. Walk out with girl under your arm. 80s rock-and-sax tune. Roll credits.

Funny, about two years ago, a fan made a professional-looking pitch for the exact same concept... except it was for the Call of Duty franchise.

I'm guessing someone at EA saw that video and said "hey, look, money to be made!".

Have a look. Is Hardline just a coincidence? I seriously doubt it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7mBp9jSlQA

I had a dream, it involved MikeyPI doing this

1- This is my favorite video of anything, ever. Thank you.

2- Was the Gloria Estefan song playing in your dream as well?

Before this thread gets any more sad and/or pathetic, I believe it's time we just close it.

Keyboard Cat, would you do the honors?

My favorite emergency story ever: https://www.flickr.com/photos/inodeidaragender/2760259659/

Nope, non viewable for the US. 

Guess that's Canada's revenge for all those US sites we can't view. 

Seriously though, in this day and age, that really sucks... I'm not going to recommend anything illegal here, but I hope you can find a way to watch it somehow (just don't tell me how!).

Thought I'd tell you about 19-2, a new cop show that started last week on Bravo Canada (I highly doubt it's on the US Bravo as well, BUT there's a chance you can catch it online here - let me know in the comments if you're able to view it from the US or other countries).

The show is set and filmed in Montreal, and follows the lives of two veteran patrolmen and their colleagues of (fictional) station 19; the show's name refers to their squad car number. It's actually a remake of a French Canadian show of the same name that has been extremely popular and praised by critics over the past few years (season 2 of the French version has already ended some time ago and I'm eagerly awaiting season 3)

The show is (somewhat) more down to Earth and realistic than your average police procedural show. Don't expect gunfights or car chases - but don't worry, there are still plenty of tense moments.

So give it a shot and share your opinions below. Maybe we can discuss our impressions every once in a while - I could also discuss the differences with the French version if anyone is interested (although it's almost completely a shot-by-shot remake of the French version, there are some differences that you might find interesting).

19-2 is on Wednesdays at 9 PM Eastern on Bravo Canada. As mentioned above, you can also watch it on Bravo's website (although I'm not sure if they'll just keep the latest episodes on there, so catch the first one before it's too late!)

(Warning: graphic content and coarse language)

Ok, so, can we knock it off already? And please stop bringing copyright arguments into this, everyone, and focus on this site's rules.

As I stated, no download has been made available yet, so this whole argument is useless.

When we have doubts about model theft, rest assured that we thoroughly run extensive model and texture comparisons with modding software to expose thiefs - screenshots are not sufficient to do so.

So please, back to topic, before I start handing warnings.

May I remind everyone of the rules that apply here? http://forum.emergency-planet.com/topic/11232-model-use-policy/

As far as I'm aware, no link has yet been posted to download this mod, so it is in the clear as far as I'm concerned and all the fighting/cursing is unnecessary at best.

Jakebrdlyref, it is however a good practice - and appreciated in this community - to give credit to the authors of the models that you use in your pictures. It acknowledges their work, puts it in the spotlight, and, more importantly, clears confusion and suspicion - as we've just seen. Also, always be careful in your wording not to give the impression that the models were entirely created by you.

For the record, I made the Hitron (Dolphin) chopper and the Coast Guard light patrol boat that appear in your pictures. You have my permission to use them in your mod if you want. 

Best of luck with your mod,

Voodoo

So reports are surfacing of upcoming single player DLC and, surprisingly (but it's still good news IMO), it is said that it will feature the same trio of protagonists - Franklin, Michael and Trevor.

Now I guess that supposes that

only one ending was canon, as Michael and Trevor could be respectively killed in two out of three player-chosen endings.

I would rule out a prequel as the characters did not really interact with each other prior to the main game story. 

Hopefully, this new DLC will be heist-oriented. I felt like the main game heists were too linked to story progression elements,

which often meant you had done the heist for nothing (think of the Merryweather submarine heist where Lester forces you to return the stolen item, or the FIB heists where the FIB swindled you out of most of the proceeds). 

Link removed for the sake of not stirring s**t up.

And this concludes Voodoo's surprise guest appearance for today.

1890 sees Caligula pass the Earth, destroying a farmstead in the Rhine province of the German Empire. Given command of a horse-drawn pumper and historical fire fighters, the player must prevent the conflagration from spreading to the nearby towns.

lol wut?

On the left... is that supposed to be an old-timey horse-drawn fire pump?

I always thought Emergency 1914 would have made a great game.

True, but I replaced them because it's an army modification. Rangers are more fitting in this type of mod. Hopefully we find a new use for the mercenaries later.

Totally agree with you, Rangers are a much better fit.

(will replace the 'spec ops' which looked like mercenaries)

Haha, that's precisely what they were to begin with 

Only thing i'm hoping for is like... SAPD:FR?

Educated guess: give it somewhere between 8 months and a year, i.e. 6-8 months for Rockstar to announce and release a PC version, and a few weeks/months before modders start working on GTA 5 and someone finds a way to convert the LCPD:FR scripts to 5, assuming it's relatively easy to port it.

Is it just me or is there really no FD?

They usually don't indicate them on the map since, unlike police stations (when you get arrested) and hospitals (when you "die"), fire stations serve no special purpose in the game.

I wouldn't be too worried about having a fire truck and an ambulance, either. Someone scanned the Brady Games guy containing info about every single car in the game (naughty, naughty). While they forgot to scan a few pages, sadly including the one that contained most emergency vehicles, I can tell you that there are scores of vehicles in this game, including specialized vehicles... boom truck, mining dump truck, bulldozer, military semi truck, shuttle bus, paddy wagon, unmarked police cruiser, camper, tractor, container forklift, lawnmower, and many more. You can rest assured there will be at least an ambulance and a firetruck. It wouldn't actually surprise me if there were at least 2 different fire vehicles (engine and ladder?).

Fixed. Sorry 'bout that.

After months of speculation and guesstimates that came pretty close, the actual map has been made public: http://www.gtagaming.com/v/info/map

It's a scan, so it may be a little hard to read some of the text, but you get a general idea.

I spy... well a lot of things, actually:

-Purple lines appear to be the railroads. Industrial lines and freight yards in the city (also with a branch that leads near downtown, possibly to GTA's version of Union Station), and a long track that gets out of LS and loops around Mount Chiliad.

-Red lines appear to be a subway/light rail system of some kind. The network appears much less complex than it's GTA IV counterpart, but it's a nice surprise considering I thought they'd have none. 

-Another straight red line running along the side of Mount Chiliad. Cable car, probably.

-3 airports (LSX, a smaller airstrip in Sandy Shores, and Fort Zancudo, likely where all those jet fighters and choppers hail from.

-An oval racetrack

-A prison likely based on San Quentin

-Several police stations (6 in the city, 2 in the countryside) and hospitals (3 in the city, 2 in the countryside)

-A very complex network of roads and highways

-Around 20 icons that seem to indicate buyable properties

-Several icons that seem to indicate viewpoints

-A "state wilderness" area - sounds like a good spot to hunt and/or get mauled.

-A freeway named "Elysian Fields" - possibly a nod to the plot of L.A. Noire?

One of the major cases of L.A. Noire involved a fraudulent housing development called Elysian Fields that was actually part of an elaborate scam to obtain higher prices for land that the government intended to purchase to build the Los Angeles freeways

See anything else interesting?

Hmmm... I've never been to France, but I doubt they have spanish road signs, russian billboards and german fire stations.

I see in the readme that you mention that you may be "temporarily" using models from other mods. You didn't mention that the whole map came from there, though.

Even if this is temporary, this is not acceptable. You can only distribute material for which you have obtained permission and given credit. 

I have removed the link to the file. Please remove all unauthorized material from your mod (this will also make the file size much more bearable than the 1.17gb at which it stands now) if you wish to distribute it here. When developing a mod, I would recommend never to use third-party mods as a base - always start from the base game files, and gradually replace it with your own content instead of substituting third party content.

Upon further investigation, it appears the "SAHP" theory doesn't hold water. Both the old Crown Vic with LSPD markings and the new interceptors with "POLICE" markings have an LSPD recruitment sticker on the rear bumper. Also, officers in or around the new cruisers have dark blue LAPD-like uniforms, not beige uniforms that would resemble CHP. All the "new" cruisers have LED lightbars, whereas the Crown Vic has an old Code 3 with rotators.

Kind of a weird choice to have the same department use two different types of paintschemes, especially when you know LAPD has been using the same for decades and doesn't seem to be planning to change it anytime soon.

Many of you have probably seen this one, but here it is anyway - the Online trailer of Grand Theft Auto V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEGtoYs_8A&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DolEGtoYs_8A&has_verified=1

On a side note, strangely, it appears like they've kept the LSPD paint scheme on some cars. Here's the different police vehicles I have observed so far:

B&W Crown Vic with LSPD markings

White Crown Vic with sheriff markings

B&W Charger/Buffalo with "POLICE" markings 

B&W Taurus Interceptor with "POLICE" markings

B&W Suburban with sheriff markings

White + blue/green stripe Suburban with sheriff or border patrol markings

Black armored truck (NOOSE truck) with no markings (SWAT/FIB?)

B&W AS350 helicopter with "POLICE" markings

I wonder what the "POLICE" units are... LSPD running a new paint scheme along with the old? Special "3 star or more" unit (kind of like NOOSE from GTA 4- which we haven't seen so far in V)? SAHP/CHP?