criminal symbol

[topfuzz]

Is there a way to remove the symbol above a criminal to make it harder to find them?

[racer123246]

I kind of doubt it, I find it hard enough, because as soon as I get my units over to where the criminal is originally at, the criminal is already 3 blocks away...

[billyfromhill]

FYI, the LA mod has the criminal symbol removed.

[Guest emergency captain]

No it doesn't. Not the new versions!

[racer123246]

Oh? I thought it was the lightning bolt. If so, then something kept the symbol from being removed

[Forensics]

I never see the symbol in v2.0.

[billyfromhill]

Let's clarify here. Are we talking about the icon on the minimap (yellow lighting bolt) or the icon that appears above the criminal (chalk outline)?

The chalk outline has been removed from the mod.

[Guest [SAP]Francis]

Let's clarify here. Are we talking about the icon on the minimap (yellow lighting bolt) or the icon that appears above the criminal (chalk outline)?

The chalk outline has been removed from the mod.

@Hoppah: How would I put it back?

[Newfoundking]

The yellow symbol is still there for me, and as far as I know, it's a little man, not a lightening bolt

[topfuzz]

Let's clarify here. Are we talking about the icon on the minimap (yellow lighting bolt) or the icon that appears above the criminal (chalk outline)?

The chalk outline has been removed from the mod.

The one over the criminal has been removed im talking about the one on the map

I kind of doubt it, I find it hard enough, because as soon as I get my units over to where the criminal is originally at, the criminal is already 3 blocks away...

well in the real world police dont have a huge sign telling them who or where the criminal is it kinda takes the point out of it

[billyfromhill]

The one over the criminal has been removed im talking about the one on the map

well in the real world police dont have a huge sign telling them who or where the criminal is it kinda takes the point out of it

Well in that case, I think you can turn the icon off with the buttons on the minimap.

[Forensics]

Well in that case, I think you can turn the icon off with the buttons on the minimap.

I don't think you can.

[Hoppah]

@Hoppah: How would I put it back?

Delete the following file from the mod: escape_person.dds in ...\Mods\Los Angeles Mod v2.0\Textures\

The icon on the minimap was never removed. The icon above the heads of person (similar to the icon of the contaminated persons) was made invisible in one of the first versions of the Los Angeles mod for EM4/911:FR.

edit:

In case you want to remove the icon from the minimap you need to change something in the Data folder:

1. Go to the following folder:

...\Data\UI\Game\radar\

2. Make a backup of e3gui_radar_map_fleeing_nos3tc.tga before opening it with Photoshop

3. Select the alpha channel and make it completely black

4. Save

5. This change will make the gangster icon on the minimap invisible.

You can't copy do (copying this file to a mod) the same thing for the LA Mod because interface stuff like this do not work for mods for a certain reason. That's why you need to do this in the Data folder and make a backup first. This change will affect all mods.

Hoppah

[Guest [SAP]Francis]

Delete the following file from the mod: escape_person.dds in ...\Mods\Los Angeles Mod v2.0\Textures\

The icon on the minimap was never removed. The icon above the heads of person (similar to the icon of the contaminated persons) was made invisible in one of the first versions of the Los Angeles mod for EM4/911:FR.

Thanks.

[Kookas]

Francis' date='11 February 2010 - 03:34 AM' timestamp='1265859282' post='141988']

Thanks.

I think it would be very cool if the criminal symbol only appeared at the point where the criminal was reported and stayed still.

[Xplorer4x4]

Question: If you remove the symbol how in the hell do you ever expect to catch the thief?

[Guest [SAP]Francis]

Question: If you remove the symbol how in the hell do you ever expect to catch the thief?

Clothes description? LOL No.

[Guest Black_Rider91]

It would be more realistic if you make the criminal symbol invisible and ask the nearby people/witnesses about the suspect or criminal

Anyway, I'm installing photoshop cs3 to use alpha channel tool and make the criminal icon invisible, thanks Hoppah!

[Guest nbrown8568]

In the L.A. Mod 1.9 and 2.0, I don't have the icon above the criminal, it's only on the minimap.

Norm,

[Guest Black_Rider91]

In the L.A. Mod 1.9 and 2.0, I don't have the icon above the criminal, it's only on the minimap.

Norm,

Yes, hoppah remove it..I made it invisible on minimap to make the game more realistic and difficult to find the criminal.

(!) Make a backup before replace the default .tga with the invisible I have made:

[Ami89E1234]

Question: If you remove the symbol how in the hell do you ever expect to catch the thief?

Well they're usually the only person actually moving their lazy ass and running. Or if they have a gun, they should be the only non-police person with a gun (I guess it depends on the part of LA you're in lol).

For cars it's the only one running over people and sticking a 5 foot long rifle out the window and shooting at the 30 cars queued up behind the light they're stuck at (yes, they especially get mad at the traffic in LA).

[Xplorer4x4]

lol problem is if you cant get to the call at the exact second, the suspect could be a block away or 5 blocks away. Assuming the second they could have fled in any direction so theres no telling where they could be.