freakinfuzzball

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has a way to make editing maps and stuff in there editor less laggy?  When I load a map up there's just so many elements that it bogs down considerably and becomes almost unusable.  Is there a way to disable a lot of the things and only edit certain parts at a time (just VOs for example, instead of every single element).  I'm currently just trying to swap some buildings out and then move some VOs.  

Thanks

5 hours ago, itchboy said:

The condition for it is too long. StrCompare only allows I believe up to 12 at most. You will need to split it into another condition like this.

 

Now I'm getting a "parenthesis does not match" error on line 256......... I thought I had this fixed!

Sorry to bug you but here's the file again after the edits.  Theres only a "}" on that line I don't understand what the issue is, I've even looked at other scripts as reference and it looks the same.

EDIT: Fixed it!

LASiren.script

LASiren.script

1 hour ago, itchboy said:

The condition for it is too long. StrCompare only allows I believe up to 12 at most. You will need to split it into another condition like this.

THANK YOU!  Your advice is a serious asset to this community, it is greatly appreciated!

EDIT:  Now I'm getting a "parenthesis does not match" error on line 256......... I thought I had this fixed!

Sorry to bug you but here's the file again after the edits.  Theres only a "}" on that line I don't understand what the issue is, I've even looked at other scripts as reference and it looks the same.

LASiren.script

LASiren.script

Hello again, I'm trying to figure out errors I'm getting with the siren script.  As you'll see in the script file attached, I've added 2 prototypes to the script: NHSPCHARGER and NHSPTAHOE.  The first, NHSPCHARGER worked perfectly, no problems in game what so ever.  The NHSPTAHOE gives me an error every time.  I've double checked all the directories, they're all correct, names are correct, are there too many vehicles per siren? The error tells me to look at line 162,  I don't see what the issue is.   I've included the script and the pictures of the errors, in order if you press retry.

Thanks

LASiren.script

4 hours ago, mr matt5432123 said:

To add on to those shows, they also show very unrealistic events/procedures. I do not encourage them at all for research uses.

That's a given haha, the last clip I saw they were standing next to a venting propane rail car arguing about their dating lives! 

9 hours ago, Yannick Verbeek said:

look @ the series of chicago fire chicago pd and chicago med for details

Those shows are super inaccurate as far as Chicago vehicles go..... I'd stick to youtube for actual reference videos.

I'll give that a try, thanks again!

Hello again! 

I'm having an issue where I can't add extrication equipment to my engines in my mod.  As it stands right now the only vehicle with extrication equipment on the map is the heavy rescue, but I would like to have the capability on all the engines as well since that is how things are done in my part of the country.

I have tried adding the Jaws in the editor, but it never works in game, the personnel always start walking to the main station to get them off the rescue.

Is there a way to make them get them off the engine that is at the scene?  Is the rescue set as a higher priority of where to get the tools from somewhere?  Is there a way to make sure the change in equipment I made in the editor is saved and applied to that vehicle?

Thanks for your help!

1 hour ago, itchboy said:

For swapping maps, I dont think there is any need to copy paste anything, unless:

• The newer map has newer assets, buildings, vehicles
• The newer version of the mod has scripts that need to be accommodated in

If either are true, you need to copy paste the newer files and put them over or alongside the older ones, so that the older map gains any functionalities added into the new version. You will need to check a lot of things if any were changed, modified, etc.

Got it, thanks for your help!

3 hours ago, itchboy said:

Depends. You will have to move some VO's that already exist in order to fit them into different stations (if any), and create the VO's that exist on the newer map but not the older one. Not an easy job due to how Em4 is as a game, but it can be done if you put enough time into it.

Moving VO's has the effect of screwing up the vehicle's ability to park there so you will have a lotta trial and error when dealing with that.

Alright, so as far as the things I would need to move from one folder to another and replace, what are they?

Thank you for the in-depth and useful responses by the way!  I really appreciate everything you've done for the EM4 community.

15 hours ago, itchboy said:

You can swap maps in any mod really, as long as you carry over all the relevant VO's, commands, objects, paths, stations and minor details.

There is no shortcut in doing this unfortunately. Em4 also doesnt have a copy paste function for VO's, and the one that does work wont allow you to paste things from mod to mod.

So I could basically move everything but the VO's, and just have to reposition those?  

Hello everybody!

I'm hoping to get an answer as to if its possible to switch maps in a mod other than LA.   I have put a considerable amount of time into making a personal mod using Mayberry 1.5.1 but I really want to use the 1.2 map.  The issue with falling back to 1.2 is that many of the scripts I like in 1.5.1 would be gone and need to be added again, as well as a good amount of work getting all the vehicles switched.  

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I tried searching but every topic I found was about LA mod.

Thanks!

12 hours ago, EmC-Unit said:

New Battalion Chief Car :

 

 

Credits: Itchboy, EmC-Unit,  Terrow .

I department around my area just put a BC rig like this in service and they love it, they carry tons of rehab supplies and SCBA bottles, stuff that's in high demand on scenes where the BC will be there for a long time like structure fires.  Looks awesome.

Just had a crash to desktop when a call came in, no idea what happened but I didn't get an error message.  Here's the logfile. 

logfile.txt

It's up on Squad55.

Hello everyone, recently I have been messing around in a mod I'm working on trying to get specific sets of vehicles into specific categories in the siren script so that they have unique sirens.  Specifically all the law enforcement units in one bracket with their two siren choices and all the ambulances in one with their two sirens (trying to have the ambulances have a EQ2B siren and not PD).  The sound files are there, the script works for most vehicles but on some when the siren is activated I get and error saying something along the lines of "section too long" (can't remember exact wording).  Today I tried starting again from scratch and now I'm getting a different error, specifically citing line 232 of the LASiren script as the problem.  I have tried to find the issue but I'm fairly new to scripting and can't seem to figure out the issue.  Here is both the logfile and the script, thanks for your help.

logfile.txt

LASiren.script

Awesome! Equipment has been left untouched for the most part, good to see someone putting some work into it!

Hi, guys, I bought this game and it immediately crashes to desktop (Steam version). I tried reinstalling, setting compatibility to WinXP, running as admin, changing resolution in config file,setting fullscreen value to 0. I didnt install any mods. I noticed in the log file I am missing file FreeplayRanking.xml, which I downloaded from the link found here  http://steamcommunity.com/app/323610/discussions/0/458604254435428153/. 

 

Here is my log file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8561550/logfile.txt

 

Any help is appreciated.

Do you have an AMD powered graphics card?  

I'm sorry to report that the issue has not been fixed.  About one in every 15 attempts to run the game is successful, all others crash. 

If it is the exact same issue then I am beginning to think that it may have something to do with an update or change with the AMD drivers. Not sure if anyone else has the problem though.

Lots of troubleshooting with installations left right, and center as well as trying every driver and other solution I can think of doesn't seem to be working thus far.

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Had the EXACT same problem and after a discussion in another thread came to no solution. 

EDIT:  Possible solution for those with AMD graphics cards

I have done more looking around online and after spending hours searching through threads on the AMD site I decided to try uninstalling AMD Gaming Evolved, also known as Raptr.  It seems to have solved the crashing issue.  Hopefully this is helpful to those who recently had their drivers updated and haven't been able to play since!

I'm sorry but I can't offer much help anymore. There are no errors I can find in your log file and don't know enough about the dxdiag except to check you video drivers, which look to be in date.

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Alright, thank you very much for lending a hand.

I understand your frustrations as I myself had them. If you could upload your log file again or check and make sure the files were not blocked again for whatever reason by Windows more insight may be provided.

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Files are not blocked.  Heres the log and DxDiag. 

DxDiag.txt

logfile.txt

If you did install MPC and then did the drivers wipe I would uninstall it and reinstall. As well install a codec pack such as the CCCP codec pack as that might have other required data. Make sure to restart your computer after doing this and then try again. You have the same dynlight error that I previously have had and fixed by following those steps.

Did that, then did some looking around in my video files for the game and noticed a lot of the supervisor videos were blocked in the properties.  I fixed all of them and had a flawless freeplay session.  Now I just went to go back and play some more and got a crash again.  This is incredibly annoying.

I'm having a issue very similar to that which others have been mentioning except for one difference as far as I can tell.  I will start the game (runs flawlessly), load a mod (works flawlessly), load up freeplay (works flawlessly), then once I'm in game I can play.  There is no lag, all units and everything loads correctly but then after anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes in there is a sudden CTD.  No error messages or anything appear.  

I've looked through my log files over and over and can't find anything.  I have called AMD as this seems to have began after a recent driver update and their solution of wiping all graphics drivers and reinstalling hasn't worked.  I have tried the codec tweak fixes which I thought solved the problem for one game and then on the next start up I was right back where I started.  If anyone has any answers I would greatly appreciate it.

EDIT: Just attempted the MPC method as described above, no change.

DxDiag.txt

logfile.txt

I think I have the same problem as you!

Its gotten worse, now my game crashes about 30 seconds to a minute in, regardless of mod or anything.  I've reinstalled now too which is the weirdest part, no idea whats causing it, maybe a windows update messed something up.  Pretty frustrating though, especially because my editor works fine so I can't play with any of the work I've done!

EDIT:  

FIXED

The codec tweak method mentioned in other posts has solved my problem, at least for the time being. It seems that I had some left over/broken things after a recent graphics driver update.