Posts by ISPfan12

Quote from Lundy

There are MDTs out there, but what do you mean by a docking station? Maybe be more specific with some pictures or better, brand names and models.

Something like these. Either for the Thoughbook or for a system like the one in the ford utility picture (not sure of the manufacturer). And possibly with a base stand like in the 3rd pic. Only thing I have found is the Thoughbook with stand but the stand doesn't have the docking station for the Thoughbook on it, its just a flat plate. Im looking for something a little more detailed for realism.

If anyone has a MDT/Docking station DEV part I could use please let me know. I could really use a good piece of equipment like that for my models. Thank you

Quote from Cj24

Those spec maps are most likely the reason. Spec maps in GTA V support RGB colors rather than just using greyscale, with each channel having their own effects such as shine or reflectivity.

I've attached the default spec map as an example. The tires are meant to be dark blue or purple. Light green or light blue is used by default for black or grey rims or hubcaps. Red affects the shine and green the reflections. If the color is brighter overall, the effect is stronger.

It's sometimes difficult to find colors that work well with the diffuse map. I would recommend trying something like R 150, G 100, B 150 in-game and continue adjusting it.

So here is the progress. The tires are better but not where they need to be. The rims have literally no change no matter what I do. I'm stumped there.

P.S. the tire part of the hubcap/rim texture is not used. The tires are a separate texture lol

Quote from GreenAid

It could be the polygon normals are messed up too. Doesn't seem like a simple spec error.

Did you recalculate the rim normals by any chance?

No I did not. I'm not 100% sure how to do that.

Awesome thank you! Ill give it a shot.

The wheels did not come with a spec map texture so I had to create my own. Maybe I did it wrong?

I'm having trouble with some wheel textures. The paint color of the face of the wheel is giving me fits. In photoshop I have set the color of the texture to an almost white color to get the silver color I need in game. If I color it silver in photoshop it translates to almost black in game. With it set to white its fairly close to the correct color in game but only to the sunny side of the car. On the shaded side the wheels look dark grey/black. Any ideas?

Quote from Kane104

I like the fact that you set out on your own to make it and it looks rather good, that was until I saw the internals. Did you model the entire lightbar from scratch?

The model and wireframe itself isn't bad, though texturing of the modules leaves a lot to be desired. As far as the internals are concerned, I'm sure almost anyone will notice that you've used 2 motherboard models and a hard drive as substitutes and I really don't know what to say to you in that regard, but I will make a suggestion. If you're uncertain of the circuit boards within, opt for adding a cover over the top as seen below.



Doing this will save you rather quite a lot of polys, but if you really want internals to be visible, I'd rather suggest you go out and find a reasonable picture of the insides and then make textures based on that rather than modeling it all out.

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I do appreciate the input, I did model it from scratch using some pics of parts from other light bars that look similar to get the basic shape. The hard drive and internals we made and textured by someone else. I have only every been into one light bar and see the internals first hand, it was a Speed Tech Light bar, so based on that informant and the pics I could find of the sabre I made my best educated guess of what it could look like. I saw pics of the real light bar but were not very detailed. The real one did not have a plate on top and the internals are visible but I agree with what your saying about the top cover, I'm probably going to change that up. I was trying for the realism and wanted to see what it would look like. The detail texture file began as another authors and I modified it to add the correct emissive textures, labels, ect.

What might you suggest for improving the texturing? This is definitely a WIP and is nowhere near done lol

Edit: I made the suggested changes of removing the internals and adding a cover on top.

So I needed this light bar for a vehicle I was requested to make. I could not find where this bar had ever been made for any game, so I set out to make my own. It may not be 100% accurate due to the lack of detailed pics I had but I think it came out pretty good. What do you guys think? How did I do? Keep in mind this is my first shot at making my own parts.

Quote from Lundy

A strobe bar like the Edge would be a good option. It eliminates any carcols.ymt fiddling if you're going full ELS.

I am doing els. The carcols is a good point! I was wanting to stick to fed sig lights but that brings up a good point!

Quote from Lundy

Vista on a 2010? Do they still make the Vista?

No they don't but like I said I want to go with an older setup since it is essentially an older car Pinellas County Florida used them on their cars up to at least 2011. The car pictured is a 09-11 that has it. The car will also have a more "retro" skin that would have been found in the earlier days along with the same one as the other cars. I would like to stay with a fed sig bar but I might go with a Whelen Edge 9000 if I cant find anything else.

Hey all! This is my current WIP. It is a sheriff pack that I am working on. This pack is being designed with similarity in mind just as a real life department would have. These are the models I have done so far with a few others on the bench. Each vehicle has the option to remove the wraps and pit bars from the push bars and have a white and ghost skins. The slick tops will also have an unmarked skin.

They will all use primarily federal signal lighting featuring the FS Intergrity. The 14 and 16 FPIU and 14 and 15 Charger will be slightly different featuring the Westin push bar where the others will have Setina.

I am thinking of doing the 2010 CVPI in an older theme with some older lights and equipment. I am thinking of using the FS Vision or Vista (if I can find a good one).

So what do you guys think? Any and all input is greatly appreciated!

Thanks guys!

man all this stuff looks awesome! great work!

when will this be released?