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@Aurora11 I'll try to answer !

Some things are hardcoded, some others aren't the problem we first think it is.
After that thread you just answered to, I actually found multiple others ways to solve my issues with the dispatch.meta, and most of them were in peds.ymt/pedpersonnality.ymt.

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Some 'DispatchType' are related to somes specific vehicles, AND to some specific ped categories. That part will directly influence the dispatch.meta.

• As an example, you tried using 's_m_y_pilot_01' in your 'dispatch.meta'. Guess what, in some way it works like the 'FLAG_LAW_ENFORCEMENT' for vehicles, the dispatched peds NEED to have COP or swat values to specific peds.meta/ymt entries, that I show you later in the post.
  's_m_y_pilot_01' as CIVMALE and default at these specific values, that's why it cannot be dispatched.

I'll give you an old example of my 'peds.meta' from 'mpheist' folder, which contain all my addon peds I used for my dispatch.

Here. (These are all addon peds I've added and edited myself)

• The crucial part : check Pedtype / DecisionMakerName / RelationshipGroup lines.
  As you can see, they all contain either 'COP' or 'swat' values.

All these peds are being spawned properly, because they got their "flag" : either COP, either swat. I've tried other values, all have made my game crash/not spawning.

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(For information, Personality line is linked to 'pedpersonality.ymt' file. That line can actually be edited even more for specific loadouts/health etc.)

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------ If you'd like to edit your update.rpf/x64/data/ peds.ymt, be sure to read @a63nt-5m1th post, just to avoid any kind of crash ------

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For the multiple DispatchType problem, no, you cannot use the same at once, but you can still upgrade the chances for specific vehicleSets to be spawned more than others. Example :

<Item>
<DispatchType>DT_PoliceAutomobile</DispatchType>
<NumPedsToSpawn value="6"/>
<DispatchVehicleSets>
<Dispatch>POLICE_CAR</Dispatch>
<Dispatch>POLICE_DETECTIVE</Dispatch>
<Dispatch>POLICE_DETECTIVE</Dispatch>
<Dispatch>POLICE_DETECTIVE</Dispatch>
</DispatchVehicleSets>
</Item>

In that case, the ratio is x3 POLICE_DETECTIVE spawned for x1 POLICE_CAR.

It's not easy to explain, hope I helped.

@PermissionToLand @Jitnaught

In your 'vehicles.meta', each vehicle as 2 specific lines for it :

• 'dirtLevelMin' which represents the value of dirt the car will spawn with at minimum.
• 'dirtLevelMax' which represents the value of dirt the car can have at maximum.

For information, it seems like the maximum limit is '1.000'.

For your traffic problem, you could try finding a mod that changes the neutral AI driving behaviour.

@a63nt-5m1th @InfiniteQuestion

Ok so at the end, 'sizeMinMax' totally made the deal to control the density of the rain.

I still don't understand exaclty which from x,y,z,w affects the length and the width of puddles, or if it affects something else, but setting the values to x="0.020000"y="0.90000"z="0.00000"w="0.00" made extremely thin and extremely low density of rain. While keeping the 'Rain value' at 0.8, it makes big puddles compare to the rain.
Just need to tweak it now !

Thanks guys !

@Aurora11

• 'DT_PoliceHelicopter' is for everyone

• 'DT_SwatHelicopter' is only for peds with swat category. Note that this dispatchType will make the swat team deploy on the ground from the heli.

• Making the peds not shooting from a vehicle (car/heli) is related to 'MinForDrivebys' in 'wantedtuning.ymt'. Thanks to @a63nt-5m1th (like most of these informations), you can find the full explanation in this thread .
  'MinForDrivebys' influence a ped category ability to shoot from inside a vehicle.

• Keep in mind that any vehicle in 'DT_xxxHelicopter' dispatch type will have at maximum x3 peds in it, and will spawn from the sky. You can see them spawning from far away in the sky, and sometimes they either explode on landing or fall into unreachable areas, making them unable to chase you.
  My fix for this is :
  -In 'dispatchtuning.ymt', go to Item type="CWantedHelicopterDispatch__Tunables" entry, change the 'TimeBetweenSpawnAttempts' value from 30.0 to 2.0 sec in my case, so they spawn way faster.
  -In 'dispatch.meta', change the specific 'NumPedsToSpawn' to a higher number, so more of them are dispatched.
  These two fixes are meant to increase the spawning rate and numbers, replacing as fast as possible any vehicle that exploded or felt into an unreachable area.

@ItsJustCurtis I've read somewhere that this is happening since GTA IV.

I've had the same problem, it looks like after some point the game just can't handle the spawn variety, and kinda bug.

I found a fix, partial in my case because i've never took the time to do it entirely, so I don't know if it works completly.

I realised that the repeating spawning cars are always the ones with huge 'maxNum' values (in 'vehicles.meta') : 999, 50, 100...
Just for the sake of information, that line represents the maximum amout of cars that can be spawned in a cycle.

So i've edited this value for some of them to what I consider a reasonable amout, which is about 3 to 6.

• Meaning that once carA with 'maxNum value="4" will be spawned x4 times around the player, the game will cycle through another one, preventing an infinite cycle of the same car.

The thing is, if you want this as a permanent fix, you need to do this with all the cars from your 'popgroups.ymt'.

The only parameter that you need to take care of, is that some cars probably needs higher values for scenarios/missions, and I have no idea about that.

Anyways, hope it could help.

News. I made tons of tests, and it is defenitively related to the <DispatchType>.

• SWAT peds (S_M_Y_Swat_01) are made for <DispatchType>DT_SwatAutomobile</DispatchType>.
• COPS/FBI peds (S_M_Y_Cop_01, mp_m_fibsec_01, s_m_m_fibsec_01) all share the same COP category, and are related to <DispatchType>DT_PoliceAutomobile</DispatchType>.
• ROADBLOCK vehicles (riot, insurgent) are ONLY related to <DispatchType>road_blocks</DispatchType>

• If you switch the SWAT peds category to the <DispatchType>DT_PoliceAutomobile</DispatchType>, it will work.
• If you switch the COP peds category to the <DispatchType>DT_SwatAutomobile</DispatchType>, there will be ghost vehicles.
• If you switch any SWAT/COP/FIB vehicles to ROADBLOCK, it seems to work.
• If you switch ROADBLOCK category vehicles to another </DispatchType>, there will be ghost vehicles.

Dispatch Ghost Fix didn't worked at all for me.
Seems like changing the peds.meta to make a ped category belong to another makes the game crash.

@Aurora11 @Viccracenvy

I'm working a new fresh modded install of my GTA, so i'm making my dispatch while answering. Note that there is a LOT to know about the dispatch. I'll advice you to go check my profil posts, as I was in your case weeks ago. There are a lot of tricks

<WantedLevel3>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------} The Wanted level, obviously.
			<DispatchServices>
				<Item>
					<DispatchType>DT_PoliceAutomobile</DispatchType>  ---------} The dispatch type. Note that some cars/peds can only be dispatched on certain types of 'DispatchType'.
					<NumPedsToSpawn value="8"/>  -------------------------------------} The number of peds for that 'DispatchType' that are gonna be spawned. 8 = 4 vehicles of 2 people each in 'DT_PoliceAutomobile'.
					<DispatchVehicleSets>
						<Dispatch>POLICE_CAR</Dispatch>  --------------------} Related earlier in the Dispatch.meta file as 'VehicleSets'.
						<Dispatch>POL_SHER_INTERV</Dispatch>  ---------} As you can see i've made mine.
					</DispatchVehicleSets>
				</Item>
			</DispatchServices>
		</WantedLevel3>

Here is my created 'POL_SHER_INTERV' with modded peds and cars.

<Vehicle>
			<Name>POL_SHER_INTERV</Name>
			<ConditionalVehicleSets>
				<Item>
					<ZoneType>VEHICLE_RESPONSE_ARMY_BASE</ZoneType>  ---------------} Army Base
					<VehicleModels>
						<Vehicle>crusader</Vehicle>
					</VehicleModels>
					<PedModels>
						<Ped>S_M_M_Marine_01</Ped> 
					</PedModels>
				</Item>
				<Item>
					<ZoneType>VEHICLE_RESPONSE_COUNTRYSIDE</ZoneType> -------------} Blaine County
					<VehicleModels>
						<Vehicle>shersand</Vehicle>
					</VehicleModels>
					<PedModels>
						<Ped>s_m_y_sherswat_01</Ped> 
					</PedModels>
				</Item>
				<Item>  ----------------------------------------------------------------} Los Santos from here to end
					<VehicleModels>
						<Vehicle>PIN</Vehicle>
						<Vehicle>polred5</Vehicle>
						<Vehicle>polguard</Vehicle>
					</VehicleModels>
					<PedModels>
						<Ped>s_m_y_polswat_01</Ped> 
					</PedModels>
				</Item>
			</ConditionalVehicleSets>
		</Vehicle>

@Aurora11 said in Changing number of police vehicles to respond:

let's say if you change the number of peds to spawn in police1 at the vehicles.meta, like 4 cops for example, then <NumPedsToSpawn value="4"/> probably will spawn 1 police car with 4 cops in it.

Actually this isn't entirely true. In most 'DispatchType' it's only x2 peds for one vehicle, with some few exceptions, for example the fbi2 vehicle (which, btw, only works as intended in 'DT_SwatAutomobile').

But I really advise you to go check my posts, there is nearly all you need to know, thanks to some amazing modders !

@Aurora11 Im on my phone right now so I can't go in details.

Everything you want to know is in 'dispatch.meta'.

That file is related to how the law enforcement is dispatched when you are wanted.

Which vehicle/ped, how many, for each wanted levels.

Check the wanted levels at the end of the file, and which group names are dispatched at each level. Then you can find the group names earlier in the file.

@a63nt-5m1th
Yeah that's what I was expecting.

Sticking to this insurgent while using the 4 seats seems enough badass and realistic for me !

This is a simply, but amazing information. I tried with riot BearCat, and it works too.

It's been SO long i'm trying to find a way to do this, and @a63nt-5m1th still have a way to make it work. It was as simple as this.

Thank you.

As far as I know, and i struggled a lot to find what you are searching for, when dispatched, only

• fbi can have the 4 seats fully occupied. Total of 4.
• fbi2 can have the driver seat and the 2 peds hanging on the sides. Total of 3.

These are the only vehicles that can be dispatched with more than 2 peds in it.

But keep in mind that 'NumPedsToSpawn value' equal to the total number of peds that are gonna be dispatched in that category.
For example, if you use NumPedsToSpawn value="4" for a category, and you decide to :

• Only use fbi as the dispatched car, only x1 car will be dispatched with x4 peds inside.
• Use another car that can only contain 2 peds, x2 cars will be dispatched with x2 peds inside each one.

@Viccracenvy

<Vehicle>
<Name>SWAT_SEC</Name>
<ConditionalVehicleSets>
<Item>
<ZoneType>VEHICLE_RESPONSE_ARMY_BASE</ZoneType>
<VehicleModels>
<Vehicle>crusader</Vehicle>
</VehicleModels>
<PedModels>
<Ped>S_M_M_Marine_01</Ped>
</PedModels>
</Item>
<Item>
<ZoneType>VEHICLE_RESPONSE_COUNTRYSIDE</ZoneType>
<VehicleModels>
<Vehicle>sheriff2</Vehicle>
</VehicleModels>
<PedModels>
<Ped>S_M_Y_MERROPS_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_MERROPS_02</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_MERROPS_03</Ped>
</PedModels>
</Item>
<Item>
<VehicleModels>
<Vehicle>ucchallenger15</Vehicle>
<Vehicle>fbi2</Vehicle>
</VehicleModels>
<PedModels>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
</PedModels>
</Item>
</ConditionalVehicleSets>
</Vehicle>

The SWAT Still spawns as 3 on fbi2 with NumPedsToSpawn = 9

I reainstalled GTA, and work from the vanilla dispatch. I made my own Vehiclesets :

"<Vehicle>
<Name>SWAT</Name>
<ConditionalVehicleSets>
<Item>
<ZoneType>VEHICLE_RESPONSE_ARMY_BASE</ZoneType>
<VehicleModels>
<Vehicle>crusader</Vehicle>
</VehicleModels>
<PedModels>
<Ped>S_M_M_Marine_01</Ped>
</PedModels>
</Item>
<Item>
<ZoneType>VEHICLE_RESPONSE_COUNTRYSIDE</ZoneType>
<VehicleModels>
<Vehicle>SHERIFF</Vehicle>
</VehicleModels>
<PedModels>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Sheriff_01</Ped>
</PedModels>
</Item>
<Item>
<VehicleModels>
<Vehicle>fbi2</Vehicle>
<Vehicle>insurgent2</Vehicle>
</VehicleModels>
<PedModels>
<Ped>S_M_Y_Swat_01</Ped>
</PedModels>
</Item>
</ConditionalVehicleSets>
</Vehicle>"

This is the one with the insurgent2. The fbi2 spawn normally with the 3 swat peds, the insurgent2 spawn empty, driving without objective, isn't marked as ennemy on the minimap, and if i come close it just stops.
I just made a test with a fresh downloaded "Dispatch ghost Fix" with your instructions. Here is the Log :

"Found configuration file: \Rockstar Launcher\Grand Theft Auto V\scripts\dispatch.meta
Loading Completed. 15 Peds loaded.
Peds all requested. shutting down script"

@Viccracenvy Btw, how do you copy the datas as a scrollable page ?

@Viccracenvy When i open the original file it's already written on top "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>", so I guess it was already good. But I tried what you said, and convert it to "UTF-8". It didn't worked.

I probably did something wrong ?
And are you sure it actually works even with riot/insurgent vehicles that are dispatched in dt_policeautomobile for example ? Because these vehicles are the only ones who doesn't spawn nothing in it.

Ok i think I have found some kind of fix. the no-working ones where under "DT_SwatAutomobile". I just put the same lines under "DT_PoliceAutomobile" and it is now working, with different vehicles and peds.

I don't know how to make "DT_SwatAutomobile" work, because i don't see any difference. Is it actually possible to create a new "DT_xxx" ?