How do I change the default license plates for police vehicles that spawn when wanted?

puppymaster27

I want to change the license plates on police vehicles that spawn when you have a wanted level. I'm not sure where to look though, I could really use some help.

a63nt-5m1th

@puppymaster27
Try the '<plateProbabilities>' section in your vehicle's 'carvariations.meta/carvariations.ymt':

Example:

    <Item>
      <modelName>police</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            134
            134
            0
            156
            0
            0
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
            <Item value="false"/>
          </liveries>
        </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits>
        <Item>0_default_modkit</Item>
      </kits>
      <windowsWithExposedEdges/>
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities>
          <Item>
            <Name>Police guv plate</Name>  <!-- edit this line -->
            <Value value="100"/>
          </Item>
        </Probabilities>
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="1"/>
      <sirenSettings value="13"/>
    </Item>

puppymaster27

I tried that but that only affects vehicles that I spawn in or cop cars that spawn in the world naturally. The police cars that spawn when I have a wanted level still have the "SA EXEMPT" plates.

a63nt-5m1th

@puppymaster27
Likely controlled by a script in that case, you'd probably have to create a script yourself/use cheat engine (if possible) etc to influence it.

Maybe edit the textures themselves, if that would work for you. I figure they are probably using these ones in 'vehshare.ytd':

vehshare.ytd:

SA Exempt

Note:
All the 'vehshare.ytd's in your 'mods' folder need to be identical or you can run into weird vehicle related texture issues. Use Ctrl+F3 in OpenIV to search for 'vehshare.ytd' & edit all you find to be identical (ie find a 'vehshare.ytd' that contains all the textures you might need (inc custom/modded ones etc), edit the plate in that & then use that file to replace all the others you find).

If you've edited all 'mods' folder 'vehshare.ytd's to be identical & you still have texture issues (vehicle textures displaying in the wrong place on vehicles etc). Search your vanilla 'game' folder in OpenIV for 'vehshare.ytd' & copy across to your 'mods' folder any archives that contain the 'vehshare.ytd's you are missing & edit them to be identical also.

If a vehicle has a plate it uses in it's own '.ytd', that will override the one in 'vehshare.ytd', so those plate textures in a vehicle's '.ytd' (if used by the vehicle) will either, need to be removed from the vehicle's '.ytd' or edited also.

puppymaster27

Oh my bad, it actually did work. I just didn't have the license plate mod installed correctly. Everything's good now.