Emergency 4/911 First Responders

[Tim]

Has anyone heard of or played Emergency 4 (German Version) or 911 First Responders (English Version) ?

If you want more information you can check out the website for Emergency4 at http://emergency4.de/en/ they are completely the same game except the name.

In US 911: First Responders is made in US by Atari. But I think they may have just put their name on it lol. http://www.atari.com/us/games/911_first_responders/pc#screens

It's an awesome game in my opinion, and it has Multi-Player up to 4 at once. It's a strategy game where you have to take care of riots, fires, medical emergencies, etc...

Me, Majid, Tyrope, and Irishknight have been playing it and we love it :D

If you have any questions we can answer. You should try it out if you haven't already :)

[IrishKnight]

Awesome game, hands down. I am so addicted to this. From pulling cars out of the water to saving hostages, this game has all the emergencies you could want. Also it isn't too expensive. It would be great to have more people to play with ;)

Online is great fun. The best way to do it is everyone splits up the services (medical, law, fire dept., and other) and works as a team to deal with the emergencies. Try it out and you won't be able to stop. :D

Tc, Majid, and I played for a good three or so hours together just now. It was amazing! We put out forest fires (well tc did as he had a fleet that rivaled xerxe's, in firetrucks to ships that is), and we rescued people from a car wreck. That's not all of course. We did so many things I can't remember them all. Majid eventually called in the army (we were rich :D), and they got to work doing random stuff. It is an awesome game with a huge amount of variety.

Come one come all and play this game!

[Tyrope]

Also it isn't too expensive.
*coughihavet0rrentcough*
It would be great to have more people to play with ;)
agree... you even need it sometimes...
Online is great fun. The best way to do it is everyone splits up the services (medical, law, fire dept., and other) and works as a team to deal with the emergencies. Try it out and you won't be able to stop. :D
when ur with 3 it's best to go FD,PD and Med+Repair
when ur with 4 it's best to go FD(2), PD and Med+Repair
OR FD,PD,Med,Repair

Tc, Majid, and I played for a good three or so hours together just now. It was amazing!
yes... we need to play together some time...
We put out forest fires (well tc did as he had a fleet that rivaled xerxe's, in firetrucks to ships that is)
Tc and the FD? ur kidding' right! ^_^
and we rescued people from a car wreck. That's not all of course. We did so many things I can't remember them all.
what about earthquakes? they are the real challenge!
Majid eventually called in the army (we were rich :D), and they got to work doing random stuff. It is an awesome game with a huge amount of variety.
the army? never been THAT far ^_^
Come one come all and play this game!
PLEASE do, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE do ^_^
again: *coughihavet0rrentcough*

[Majid]

Hahaha yeah its a nice game :)

[Nicoleise]

OMG!!!

Why wasn't I informed ?? !! *insulted*

I've been looking at Emergency 4 for ages, waiting for an english release. I played Emergency 3 for ages! With the LA mod and all.

I'd so LOVE to go online in that game, it so rocks !!

I just never knew that it was finally released in english! Thanks for the heads up, I'll get it ASAP!

[IrishKnight]

Hahaha yeah its a nice game :)

Very powerful persuasion there Majid :p
Yes Nico it is out in english and it is AWESOME.

[puni]

looks boring to me :D sry but i like FPS more :p

[IrishKnight]

looks boring to me :D sry but i like FPS more :p

Well it definitly isn't an FPS. It is BETTER :)
TS+EM4=best multiplayer ever
c'mon some one else must be intrested in this :D
It's so fun to play with your clan-mates, and makes for a truly great experience.

[puni]

what do you need to do free people from dangerous situations ?

[Nicoleise]

Well, as the european name "Emergency" and the american name "911" suggests, you do the emergency services provided to people who dial 911... :p

So in short, yes. But there's more to it :)

[IrishKnight]

yes it is an "ultrarealistic" game where you provide 911 services. One mission is saving everyone from a bridge collapse. You have to get everyone out of the water, out of the cars on the bridge, out of the cars underwater, get them in ambulances, and more! there is just so much to it! it is very in depth and fun.

[Wezep]

Looks good, maybe ill buy it :) if they sell in in holland

[Nicoleise]

I believe it's called Emergency 4 there, and is available in Dutch if I remember correct, and if not, then in german :)

[Tim]

Majid eventually called in the army (we were rich :D), and they got to work doing random stuff.

:lol: yes me & Irish was fighting a crate fire working our buts off and jus waiting for the fires to be put out and out of the blue we saw a army humvee driving around and they got out with M16s .... thought he was going to threaten our fire men :p

Yeah, can't say enough about this, and I posted about this because I figured it has something to do with what Swat4 is except a different side of it, but you can still shoot the sus in the LA Mod :D

@Tyrope, yes I was the fireman, Majid wanted to be the medic & Police, but Irish helped, but I took all the trucks almost so he only had 3 & I only had about ..... 8 or so :lol:

@Nico, glad to know you're into it, you need to get EM4 ASAP and let me know i'll play if I'm online :)

[Nicoleise]

Tc mate, I'm way ahead of you :p ETA : 6 minutes. :p

I can't for the life of me imagine missing out on what seems to be the follow up for an awesome game (Emergency 3) with awesome multiplayer awesomely added!! :D

I suck at putting out fires though. They tend to just leave half the city in ruins while my men either die or watch :D

[Tim]

:lol: well I was the same at first but you just need to surround it ..... and trust me if you play when Majid is on TS you'll get better because he's a good teacher .... and I think it's helped me get some better when working as a team :)

[O'Neill]

Hmm, this game sounds fun. Plus, I haven't played an RTS game in quite a while and this game is different from the ones I played. I think I'll try it out sometime. :)

[Spec_Operator]

My brother is playing the series. It looks fun, but not exactly my kind of game. I prefer being the one in the line of fire^^

[IrishKnight]

trust me if you play when Majid is on TS you'll get better because he's a good teacher

yea I was HORRID at first, but after playing with Majid and Tc I am a good bit better. They are good to show you the ropes and more :D! I even learned to contain fires :) Tc should know that :P I got there before him a couple times and I stopped it from spreading. Then his fleet of trucks came in and wiped the fire away.


O'Neill if you do get it; tell us!

And Spec it is tactical but not an FPS so I don't know if you would like it.

[Tim]

Yes, O'Neill you should get it :D .... and yes Irish had less lag because he only had 3 fire trucks MAX, I had like 10 so I had more lag :p

[Asakura]

Funny you guys mention Emergency 4: I played the demo two days ago and I loved it! Yesterday I was looking for the game, unfortunately it's not sold around here. But there are other ways to get what I want that urgent (I won't say more :D), so today I started playing the full english version! Whee! ^.^

I just finished the drug cartel mission (the third one I think?). It was a little chaotic since my forces don't seem to know much about "path finding". :D But I surely will go on playing. :)

[Nicoleise]

Good to hear Asakura ! If you wanna join the multiplayer game, just talk to me on xFire ;) I'll be a frequent hoster, count on that :p

You need the LA mod 1.4 though. Which you should get anyhow, as it makes the game SO much better. Hoppah - the author of the mod should seriously be payed money by the EM4 people (and EM3 where he also made the mod), because he's making the game more fun, and giving it more lifespan. :D

The mission is easy enough, once you seen it fail once. You just have to place a spike strip at one location, and then arrest. :p

[Asakura]

Good to hear Asakura ! If you wanna join the multiplayer game, just talk to me on xFire ;) I'll be a frequent hoster, count on that :p

Surprise! Contacting you on Xfire won't work, I don't use it. :p Nor do I have a microphone or TeamSpeak. But if the offer still counts, I might join up with you.

You need the LA mod 1.4 though. Which you should get anyhow, as it makes the game SO much better. Hoppah - the author of the mod should seriously be payed money by the EM4 people (and EM3 where he also made the mod), because he's making the game more fun, and giving it more lifespan. :D

I was led to the LA mod website through a forums link I guess. I didn't really read the info about it since I didn't have the game itself at that time. But if you say it improves the game I'll surely have another look. :)

The mission is easy enough, once you seen it fail once. You just have to place a spike strip at one location, and then arrest. :p

Well yes, but I wanted to succeed right away. Blocked all the streets the suspects could take to flee. ;) Had to start the mission thrice though since after the time limit, someone from my team was still too close to the delivery location. -.- And then I thought I'm supposed to arrest the drug dealers in that building - my officers kept throwing flashbangs against the wall and door instead of INTO the building. -.-;;; But oh well, at the eighth try or so, I finished the job. :lol:

[Majid]

awww Asakura without TS its no fun :/

[Tim]

:whs: it's alot better with TS :D

[Nicoleise]

Yeah, TS does make it more fun, but like SWAT it has in game chat, so it can be used without as well, although making it much harder :)

LA mod is definitely worth a look. Besides, you load it every time you load the game manually, so if you don't like it, you just don't click load mod, and it wont bother you ;)

Well, no xFire does make it hard to announced when the games are going to happen :p But you are always welcome Asa.... :) Just don't know how you'll find out :D But if I'm hosting the server name is Nicoleise.

May I enquire as to why the young lady doesn't have xFire ? :p

And yea, I failed it twice as well. One because they got away, because apparently I need the spikestrips, even though I block the road with vehicles, making it impossible to get past. Almost... :D And the other time, like you, I had a unit in the zone. :)

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Sorry for the doubleposting ; the reason is that this is an entirely new topic, and also may be the solution to a problem Tc, Majid, Tyrope and I had earlier with getting disconnected randomly, hence everyone playing EM4 with LA mod in multiplayer should be aware of this ;


It can happen your Emergency 4 crashes to desktop without an error message.
A code in your configuration file can cause this problem.
To fix this:
Go to your Emergency 4 folder and open em4.cfg (or em4deluxe.cfg) with WordPad.
Search for the following 'var name':
"e4_doocclusion"
Change the value to:
"0"
This change will remove the green shadows in your game.

If you want, you can also download a whole new configuration file:
You can download it from downloads.emergency-planet.com.
If the configuration files don't fix your problems, reinstall Emergency 4 and the latest patch.


Apparently that should fix it. If you have any problems doing this repair, please feel free to ask me

[Asakura]

Haha, I was expecting those "With TS it is way better"-lines. :D

Yeah, TS does make it more fun, but like SWAT it has in game chat, so it can be used without as well, although making it much harder

"Much harder"...I don't really think that's correct. Sure, it is faster to say something than to type it on a keyboard. But at least, if I type it correct once, I don't have to repeat myself if someone didn't understand what I said. And those who have been playing SWAT4 with me know I'm a fast-typing-line-spamming lady. ;) :p

LA mod is definitely worth a look. Besides, you load it every time you load the game manually, so if you don't like it, you just don't click load mod, and it wont bother you

I'll get the mod when I've finished the campaign I think. Thanks for telling me about the mod so far. ^^

Well, no xFire does make it hard to announced when the games are going to happen But you are always welcome Asa.... Just don't know how you'll find out But if I'm hosting the server name is Nicoleise.

I'll check the server list regularly. XD Well we could talk about date and time via PM or shoutbox. I don't have much time due to job anyways, right now I'm free due to vacation. Wheeee! ^.^ But as far as I know, only a maximum of four players is avaiable in multiplayer, right? We can't join all at once, what a pity. :(

May I enquire as to why the young lady doesn't have xFire ?

I think I'm going to create a new thread, adding all the reasons there, and then ask a moderator to make the thread sticky. :p Well I once got weak and followed the instructions to install Xfire. I was online with it for about a week, then I deinstalled it. Why? Because I need time for myself. When I go online to have a little chat, I was messaged by four people at once! And since I didn't want to offend anyone I kept talking to all of them. ;) It got quite stressy soon, and I decided that shoutbox and PM are enough for my level of communication. ^^

[Tim]

Well maybe some of us can set a time to be on and we can play :) Even if we have to chat with you through the game chat :)

@Nico it's not off-topic, it's about the game crashing, but it's about the game so it's called the "EDIT" button :p ... had to merge it due to site rules. Thanks for that information though, I'll do that so I don't have any issues hopefully.

[Majid]

Well the best option is that Asakura just logs into TS without mic but reply's in game that should solve it :)

[Spec_Operator]

And those who have been playing SWAT4 with me know I'm a fast-typing-line-spamming lady.

Especialy when it has nothing to do with the mission^^

About that xfire stuff, you can simply change your status to "please leave me alone" or whatever and then contact a single person. (Just dont add Tyrope - jk)

[Nicoleise]

Alright, no problem TC... ;) Sorry for doubleposting like I said... Just wanted to make sure everybody playing, including yourself noticed it. ;)

Irish, Tyrope and I began a long game with the mod last night. Tyrope was kicked off about 20 minutes in or so. But that might have been a connection error, we're unsure of that. However, me and Irish continued playing fine, with no problems. I even begin mastering some fire skills. We got 147,000 points in that game, lasting about 4 hours. :)

However, there were no random crashing in game when me and Tyrope played earlier that day. So it may only happen when there's 3+ people connected.

I'd like you to try and test it at some point during this weekend if you can (Tc, Majid, Irish and Tyrope for instance. Just to get 4 people), and see how it holds up and if anything is fixed. If not, I'll continue the search monday... ;) Only if you have the time and like to do it ;)

EDIT :

It came to my attention today that Asakura attempted to join my server, but couldn't as it's password protected, to allow some privacy. So in order to allow players that do not communicate on xFire (aka. Asakura :D ) and also to remove insecurity about which password is used I suggest these basic rules when you host a game in Emergency 4 / 911 First Responders :


• Server name MUST begin with |SOG|. That'll make the server easily recognizeable, and it should place it the same place in the list regardless of who joins, as you can sort by name. E.g. could be "|SOG| LAmod server" or "|SOG|Nicoleise"

• Server password MUST be 1SOG1 (SOG being in upper-caps, and 1 being the number, not an I or an l :p ) The password should be strong enough to keep unwanted people away, yet possible to remember. The reason for the same password is that Asakura (and others) gets the chance to join in on the fun, and just talk in the game chat.


Further rules could be added, but I don't see the big nescesity. I am proposing however, that if one player crashes to desktop (issue with freeplay using LA mod that I'm working on a solution for), the server should be restarted using the standard EM4 (No mod loaded), as that will work stable. Unless the player isn't reconnecting, obviously.

Majid was the one who made me aware of Asakuras attempt to connect, and we agreed on making these rules. If there's something you'd like to change, Majid, like the password or whatever, you are free to edit the indented part of my post. :)

[Asakura]

These server rules sound good to me! I'm not sure if I'm able to host though: I started a server while there must've been many players looking for a free slot, but noone joined. I can join and play online without a problem, but maybe my router blocked my game from the list? Or maybe noone wanted to join me? :( :p
If the SOG-server is using the LA Mod, can I see that? I mean, is it somehow marked as "not joinable due to lack of mod"? I haven't downloaded the mod yet since I want to get warm with the game itself first. ^^
I hope I'll be able to play a game with SOG-members soon. :3

By the way, today I was at last able to join and play a game longer than for 30 minutes (players kept saying "Gotta go" shortly after we started, which really pi**ed me off >.<). I was playing with three other players for almost five hours today, and the game was...

OH - MY - GOD !!

I just disconnected a couple of minutes ago, and I just have to tell some details of the game and my feelings about it! Soooo if you're not interested in it, you can stop reading right here. XD

We were playing an "Endless Game". I freely chose to be in charge of the police and the engineering. It was still quite new to me, but I had gathered some experience from the campaign and I was optimistic I can handle the job. The other players seemed to be quite experienced from the beginning. They positioned their units around town, and so did I.
At first, there wasn't much action going on. Some fires started, some heart attacks...no job for me, except getting a wreck pulled from the street when a car took fire. So I kept buying these "wreck trucks" since they seemed to be needed often. And yes, they were needed. I had six to seven of them working around everywhere in the town. While taking care of burn-out wrecks, I kept increasing police forces in the city.
And it's a good thing I did. Soon after start of the game, people running amok kept appearing. Since they were solo, my police cars could track them and hold them down easily. I was needed for some perimeters when a big fire started so that the firefighters had enough space to do their job.
It was that moment when I thought "Actually, these guys are quite experienced, and I did a good job too so far! I can't imagine we will be unable to take care of these incidents." And of course, someone up there read my thoughts... >.>;
Those who play the game themselves surely remember the top right of the map: Some houses with big gardens and woods around, a bit outside of the real city. It was there where a riot started. At this time, I had several patrol cars positioned around the city. I had a look at the hot spot and saw three men starting to go wild. "Shouldn't be a problem I guess." I sent a police transporter, carrying four officers and two marksmen. When they arrived, the mob had grown to six people already. Knowing that justice will strike them hard, I sent my officers in there and the beating started. In the end, three riots went down, but my whole team of six men hit the dust as well! :o "Well, they are only three now, and their health bar is down to the half as well." While telling the player who was in charge of the medics that I needed some of his men up there, I sent two patrol cars, each one carrying two officers. And again: When my units arrived, the mob had grown again to five! o.o;; Civilians seemed to keep walking by and suddenly joining the mob! Anyway, this time I was sure I'll take the mob down.
Oooh my god I was wrong. I took three of them down when my last officer dropped injured. And since the medic-player thought I can take care of the riots, he started treating the first victims. But when my team was down, the riots started beating the medics and soon they also went down! O.O; I finally realized that the situation was out of control when I saw more civilians joining the mob - they now were around ten people. They even started throwing molotov cocktails and ignited a garden and destroyed a parking car. I informed the firefighter-player, he acknowledged and was ready to roll out. Well...and I thought "Okay, you want it tough? You can have it!"
I sent police transporters to the location, escorted by a water gun tank. While the tank kept away several riots, I had to fight it out with the rest of the mob. Having casualties, I sent even more reinforcements! And AT LAST one of my officers beat the last riot down and order was brought to chaos...but wow, that wasn't nice order! The medic-player counted 27 (!!) victims on the street, and since his forces were busy at other spots of the city, it took a lot of time until he could focus on this matter. Unfortunately this delay cost some lives, officers' as well as riots', since they didn't receive medical support soon enough.
That was like "Wow!". I had totally underestimated the situation and it went completely out of control!! At that point I decided to use the tough way for riots right away so this couldn't happen again. So if the following mobs weren't small enough I gave my marksmen the order of "weapons free". I know it's not the way it should be done (sooooo sorry Spec :p), but another desaster like this and I would've been burnt out. >.<

After the riot situation, some calm hours came upon me. I kept arresting people running amok, set up perimeters for the firefighters...I was fine, I enjoyed them. Except a moment when another riot started right at the same spot where that hell on earth I just described started. I listened to the radio: "Riot coming up!". When I scrolled there, I only saw the explosion of my patrol car and my officers dropping after being hit by another cocktail. But well...Asakura learned from the situation. ;) Two snipers took care of the mob before it was able to grow again.

But all in all: This game is sooooooooooooo AWESOME!! It was fun and work from the beginning to the end! Even the riot-situation was a great experience since I learned right there that I should take any incident seriously! Other bad incidents, like that isle to the middle east of the city being completely on fire since firefighter-player was unable to control the flames and didn't ask for help, kept thinking me "Oh god, this can't end in a good way!", but in the end we all worked together and settled things down. This game is one of the best coop-experiences I have ever imagined so far!! And I just can't wait to play it for hours with someone from this forum. :) :)

Phew, for now policer officer Asakura takes her rest, but tomorrow will bring more chaos and disorder. Can't wait for it!! :lol:

[Enders]

Sounds really fun. It looks complicated though, something I'm not good at :)
I will go try it out :)

[Majid]

LOL i am happy to see you liked the game Asakura and that was one hell of a reply lmao :p

And yes riots can be very bad but i played yesterday with TC and we didn't need any random events it seemed to all be exploding cars poisoned people etc from our own mistakes xD

[Tim]

Yeah, all I know is ... don't park ANY vehicle near the railroad .... the train has NO MERCY for anything in it's path .... Majid knows what I'm referring to ... i was tired so it was funny at the time :lol:

@Asakura, nice book :p ... well glad you like the game and the riots are hard to get under control at times ... but in the LA mod you can just shoot them .. that's what i usually do ... doesn't get out of hand then :)

I won't be on this weekend ... going to be away ... otherwise I would be on playing atm :)

[Majid]

Ok i looked for an alternative since the LA mod seems to crash and i looked trough about 6 and i couldn't find a stable/nice mod that had something different other then just colors of the emergency vehicles .... but i found one which seems to be a decent one :)

The Belgium mod:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/soldior/BEmod.jpg
DOWNLOAD (http://downloads.emergency-planet.com/index.php?act=view&id=127)

It adds some nice touches that are available on other mods but they seem to have something wrong or missing :/

But there is another one but that mod is perfect and has everything that this one has but only has one problem and that is that when you pick up an injured person from the ground with a paramedic (stretcher) the person doesn't show on the stretcher but is on it :/

Even though i am not sure of the multiplayer compatibility since i did not have anyone to test with ... but here is a screen shot of the other mod i mentioned which is called Northeim :

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/soldior/Northheim.jpg
DOWNLOAD (http://downloads.emergency-planet.com/index.php?act=view&id=44)

[Paul]

that mod would be cool, if i could find the game first. doesnt seem to be in any uk shops. :lol:

[Ace]

lol, its funny u lot are playing this, i downloaded it a couple of weeks ago, but gave up, it kept crashing after mission 2 in the campaign mode, after you go back to the city :(
was a good game though, pity it never seemed to work for me :mad:

[Enders]

I just played it, and it was the most confusing game I have ever played. It took me 10 minutes to realize the striped poles were supposed to be fire hydrants, and I accidentally sent myself 10 fire trucks with no personnel inside it.

The interface takes some getting used to.
But it's pretty intense :)

[O'Neill]

Well, I got the game yesterday and man is it intense and really fast paced. I haven't played online yet as I'm still trying to get used to the interface, controls, etc. I've just completed the bridge collapse in the campaign. Eh, my response time to getting to the victims in time was really slow. I completed that level (is it level or section? :s) but could have been better. :( The pace of this game will take me a while to get used to. So many things happening at once. :p The drug deal turned hostage situation also took me a while. Like Asakura mentioned, my marksmen kept tossing bangs in the wall. :p I tried using my marksmen to rush the room and then bang. But they were too slow and the hostage kept getting killed. So I decided to use a group of regular police officers to rush the room and it actually worked. :D I watched about 6 or 7 of my officers beat up the 2 suspects until they both got incapacitated. :p The hostage was injured but still alive (the hostage was still standing but took some damage), so it was still good. It kind of nags me that the regular police officers don't even have a gun, but they do run fast to go hand to hand with suspects so perhaps they don't need a gun. Yup. This is an intense and fun game. Wha....Ace? Where'd you come from? :p

[Majid]

O'Neill you should download the LA mod and do the missions again :)

http://downloads.emergency-planet.com/index.php?act=view&id=34

Note to play the original missions you need to download the mission fix which is in the same link.

[Nicoleise]

Majid, notice the graphics in the screen of the second mod... Not impressive. The cars are flying, and the tiles look all wrong. =/ I suspect that might cause some issues, with clicking the right places in the map on a dead body.

The Belgium mod was also for Emergency 3. I don't know how many of the features from LA it has. The great thing about LA mod is that it's so realistic, that it lets you do everything, and everything works. E.g. you place an emergency vehicle and turn on the directional lights, and the cars coming up from behind WILL actually obey that, and turn around. All those touches is what I like about the LA mod.

It should be noted though, that from the read me of the mission fix, I got this, which is why I didn't install it :
The files in this patch make it possible to play all original missions from Emergency 4 with the Los Angeles Mod v1.4.
When this patch is installed, it's not possible to use multiplayer or to play the Los Angeles Mod missions anymore.
It's also not possible to use bomb squad in the original missions.

When you want to use multiplayer or play the LA Mod missions, you have to reinstall the whole mod.

However, I dont think that's the cause of the crashes, as they also happen in single player free games.

So I'll keep looking :)

[O'Neill]

Well, I'm still getting used to the controls but I think I got the handle on it. Just need to work a bit faster now that I'm a bit more familiar with how and where to click on units, injured people and other things. I'm not downloading the mod at the moment, not until I've played the campaign completely. My game also crashed about 2 or 3 times. The crashes happen at some point after I finished the summit bombing mission. I'm not sure why.

[Asakura]

Wheee, so O'Neill is in for the rescue platoon as well? Nice to have you on board. :) And don't worry about the bridge mission of the campaign. I finished it as well, two or three civilians died before I was able to come them to aid. >.< But I was like "Shi* happens ladies & gentlemen!" and just went on. ^.^;

Sooooooooooooooooo, is anyone up for some rounds of Emergency 4? I'm free today and tomorrow evening. I'll be looking for a game in 30-40 minutes. Would be nice to catch some SOGs. Newcomers like O'Neill would be welcome too, I don't mind having slow people in my team, but being under slight pressure gives you the ideal opportunity to learn how the game actually works. It was the same to me, I went online right after that bridge mission. Slowly I started to learn how the online game works (and how to fight a huge mob of rioters ._.) and now I'm very good at leading police and engineering and "okay" as a medic. Though firefighters are nothing for me I think, they're always busy at almost any incident and fire is hard to control. >.>

Well I'll be back soon, get ready. ^^

[O'Neill]

I have 911 First Responders. I don't know if I'll be able to play with you, Asakura. If it is the same as Emergency 4, then I'll join you. Just tell me the server name. :)

[Majid]

@Nico:

It is not bad just download it, it will be an option and wont take over your game :)
It gives some nice touches such as aiming with a gun makes people stop and give up and go on their knee's and police have guns... the only reason i am suggesting this or the other mod is because online games with the LA mod suddenly crash a lot :S

@O'Neil:

You can just load the Mod at the menu it wont take over your game and if you do its an improvement to the whole experience :)

It is the same but i dont know if they allow you to join ...


@Asakura:

What a shame i got to go i would love to play a few rounds but .... i g2g :(

[Tim]

It's the same game O'Neill just a diff. name for US ppl :D, and sorry I would play but have to get to work in a bit :(

Maybe when I get off or before i go to work tomorrow i can play if anyone wants :)

[O'Neill]

Same game, different name, ok. :) I just hope it won't crash while I play it online, but I think I should expect it happen once in a while.

[IrishKnight]

After I do homework I am up for an hour or so of gameplay. :)

[Asakura]

911 First Responders and Emergency 4 are the same game, it's just US-title and EU-title. I had no problem joining both localized hosts. :)

@Majid: Pfffff you just don't want to play with me...just say it...same goes for tc...you meanies...*wipes away tear* :( :p

I'll open up a host starting with |SOG| now. If anyone is checking the list and can't find me in the server list, please post in here. I'll keep the server up for a while, but since I'm not sure if my game is hidden by my router it would be good to know that I cannot host. ^.^;

EDIT: Server's up, the name is "|SOG| and friends ^.^", the password is "1SOG1".
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Sorry for double post.

By testing I found out that I am indeed unable to host a server. Even while choosing "Public Server" in the host options, it won't show up on the list for internet games - instead, my game ends up in the LAN-section (tested this with my brother's PC).

So count me out for hosting. :( Would be nice to play with you SOG/forum members though, especially the "Challenge"-mode. "Endless Game" gets boring after a while since the same incidents happen again and again. "Challenge" adds the incidents from the campaign which is far more difficult and entertaining. ^^

[Nicoleise]

I'm just thinking... It's called the "Free play crash".. The bug in the Mod... Did we ever even try "Challenge" ? :D

Anyhow, I can help you with clearing a path through your router, if you like, Asa.. It does require some sort of IM tool though, as it's alot like guiding blind people. :)

I'm still looking into a fix for the mod, and I'm gonna post on the forum where the makers of it hang out. Already have an account from the past there. :) Would be nice to get it working right :)

[Asakura]

I'm just thinking... It's called the "Free play crash".. The bug in the Mod... Did we ever even try "Challenge" ? :D

I guess there are still good things playing without any mod like I do! :D But "Challenge" is indeed more fun and tougher as well, since the game ends if you can't handle the incidents after a while.

Anyhow, I can help you with clearing a path through your router, if you like, Asa.. It does require some sort of IM tool though, as it's alot like guiding blind people. :)

It just came to my mind: Since my version of Emergency 4 is...a "very special one"...you know, it might be that this version doesn't give me the opportunity to host a game? ._.

I'm still looking into a fix for the mod, and I'm gonna post on the forum where the makers of it hang out. Already have an account from the past there. :) Would be nice to get it working right :)

I wonder if we should ask for a small new forum section dedicated to Emergency 4? Since several members are playing the game and there are things to discuss in greater detail. What do you think? :)

[Nicoleise]

Well, my special Emergency 4, which is quite common in SOG in it's special ways does work, but it took a little efford ;) Just let me know, anyhow. :) I have Live Messenger (MSN), and xFire. :) We can also use the flash chat on this site, an option I didnt think of till now :D

I think it's a little early for a forum section, but I like the idea! :) I'd like to see if it catches on more first though, but that's just my opinion, dunno about the GLs.

[Asakura]

Well, my special Emergency 4, which is quite common in SOG in it's special ways does work, but it took a little efford ;)

Ooh *lol* And I thought I might be the only one playing the special version. :D

Just let me know, anyhow. :) I have Live Messenger (MSN), and xFire. :) We can also use the flash chat on this site, an option I didnt think of till now :D

Is it a matter of router ports? I'm able to change ports since SWAT3 since I was blocked by the router back then. >.< If it's not about ports I surely need your help. If it's okay I would get in touch with you about this tomorrow. :)

I think it's a little early for a forum section, but I like the idea! :) I'd like to see if it catches on more first though, but that's just my opinion, dunno about the GLs.

Just wanted to throw in the idea. ;) Of course it depends on the number of players and of Matt's/game leaders' decision. Let's wait, and if the "First Responders Squad" member counter rises, we could ask Matt directly.

[Nicoleise]

A small update for everyone :

I just spend 2 hours again, looking through the EM4 forums, and apart from the usual "reinstall everything, update graphic card driver" there's nothing usefull. So I posted a descriptive description ( :D ) about the problem, and mentioned that we we're lots of people having it. I'll await some reply from them, and I'll be sure to keep you all updated.


@ Asakura - Most likely yes, regarding ports. However, there's also the subject of VPN or VPN simulations like Hamachi, that alters the LAN IP adress that 911:FR / EM4 recognizes. However, if you can join game, but not host, it's most likely either an incoming query port, or an outgoing answer packet being lost due to ports being closed :)

Looking forward to a game with you, Asakura :)


EDIT - Important Uptate :

Just got a reply from Stan. He helped Hoppah out alot in making the Mod, and he now deals with most of the support. He told me he had never had any troubles, since he replaced his config file, and made it read-only.

That suggests that Emegency tries to alter the config file while the game is running, but if that's the solution, so be it. :D

Remember to back up your original config file!
Remember to read the read me file. It contains impoartant information on language settings.

I uploaded the file to the forums. What you do is, that you download it, unpack it, and select if you got a highend, or a lowend PC. You then replace your original config file with the one you chose, and then you right click on the new file, select properties, and in there some where you should find an option for "Write Protected" or "Read only". Make sure that's enabled, click OK, and then test it so we know it works :D


EDIT : Attachment removed. I believe it ruins more than it repair :(

[Tim]

Ooh *lol* And I thought I might be the only one playing the special version. :D

Well if you want to be the "Special" one then you can have that title :p Nico is correct though ... most of us have the special version, except for Irish I think, because he doesn't want to be in our "Special" group :lol: JK


Just wanted to throw in the idea. ;) Of course it depends on the number of players and of Matt's/game leaders' decision. Let's wait, and if the "First Responders Squad" member counter rises, we could ask Matt directly.

That is a good Idea, the only bad thing about the game is that it's not really made for Multi-Player, however, I think that if they ever come out with another series, maybe they'll enhance the function :D I'll try to nudge the idea along if we get more interest in it :)

@Nico, thanks for looking into that, i'll download that file and try it out later when/if i have time ... busy week :(

[O'Neill]

That is a good Idea, the only bad thing about the game is that it's not really made for Multi-Player, however, I think that if they ever come out with another series, maybe they'll enhance the function. I'll try to nudge the idea along if we get more interest in it.

Not to mention the maximum number of players for multi-player is 4. :( Having a forum section for Emergency 4/911-First Responders sounds like a good idea. Like others have said, it depends on how many people here are playing it and also it's up to the higher-ups to decide. Back in my old clan, the SWAT 4 division failed to remain simply because only 2 people (including myself) were playing the game. :o If another Emergency series does come out, I hope that the path-finding for the ground units are better. :p

[Nicoleise]

An new update :

Asakura and me tried the game one day, and that got me crashing to desktop after about 10 minutes into each game, mod or no mod.

We both updated our graphic cards driver, so I would suggest that all of you do so, just in case. It's a good idea to do it in general, but in specific if having errors.

I thought I had the most recent version, but there had been a new release :)

[Tyrope]

Graphic card updated, new fix not yet installed.
here are my test-results: (thank you, friend that came here with laptop to test LAN games, and "stealing" network from the neighbourghs(thank god for wireless ^_^) to test Inet.)

V = no mod.
LA = with mod.

V LAN = perfect, no laggs at all, just gaming like life should be
LA LAN = same as above, for 1 minute... Crashed afterwards *sigh*
V Inet = Laggs, but no crashes (at my side at least ;) )
LA Inet = 1-2-3-4-5-crash... very stable though... allways crashes at the 5th seconds :p

[Nicoleise]

Dont use the config files though. I suspect they mess up more than they repair :( I'll take them down right now.

Please post the last few lines from your log file (In emergency 4 folder), from a few lines before the warning and onwards :)

[Ace]

yeah, i agree with nic for once, about the updating graphics card.
ususally when i see that, i think its not importenet, but since i've reinstalled the game and actually bothered to sort out my card with latest driver, its worked a treat, no crashes at all what so ever

[Asakura]

Dont use the config files though. I suspect they mess up more than they repair

Aye, that config-file even messed up the naming and tooltip info for the main menu buttons. Weird stuff was written there, not to forget the info about incidents ingame. The pager wrote, instead of "Fire due to electric disfunction", ...what was it again Nico? "message_9"? Extremely informative. :p

Indeed was a good game, with some funny moments. Yeeeees Nico, let these woods burn to the ground, you are firefighter but what gives? :D :D

yeah, i agree with nic for once, about the updating graphics card.
ususally when i see that, i think its not importenet, but since i've reinstalled the game and actually bothered to sort out my card with latest driver, its worked a treat, no crashes at all what so ever

Oh dear ace's playing too? *shivers* ;)

I'd like to play another round tomorrow, I'm not sure when I'll be able to play though. I'm receiving some furniture for my apartment and have to take it downstairs into the dungeons...I mean cellars. ^^ Depending on how much time it takes and how much awake I am, I'll be ready for another game. =)

[Ace]

lol, its ok asa, i'll let these other gents look after you ;)

[Paul]

looks like il be sticking to COH with corvette for the forsealbe future, lol until he also defects to this cheesey game too. :lol: j/k cheesey=my perception cause i cant get it. :lol:

[Tyrope]

i think we should arrange some sort of meeting, where we all play in rounds, as there's alot of interest... i can't wait to play with asa and ace simultanously ;)

[Paul]

well thats true but not everyone has the game.

[Tim]

looks like il be sticking to COH with corvette for the forsealbe future, lol until he also defects to this cheesey game too. :lol: j/k cheesey=my perception cause i cant get it. :lol:

As in you don't know how the game works or forgot how to install games? :p JK

@Nico, if that new config file doesn't work then I won't try it, I'll just check on an updated driver for my video card :)

[Paul]

no i mean i cant find it anywere in the shops, and downloading just isnt working for me at the moment.

[Tim]

Oh ok ..... well you mean you can't download anything or the download for this game isn't working? Me & Majid can help you get it working if you want to try it out ;) If not then that's understandable.

[Paul]

well its just too much messing about, opening the ports etc, wat a load of Ehehehe. ;)

[Tim]

Opening ports? You don't have to open ANY ports to play the game ... only if you are hosting a server ... :)

[Ace]

@ TC, yeah its best u do look for an updated driver, with this game, ive found it actually does matter. whenever ive seen other games say 'make sure you have a updated driver' i ignore it, but its stopped all my crashing problems with this

and i think PG meant he meant about opening ports to download things....

maybe, maybe not, i could be wrong. ( doubt it though ;) )

[Tarek]

i Want to play it online :msncry::msncry::msncry:

If im on xfire guys please tell me when u play it online :D:D:D

[Tyrope]

i Want to play it online :msncry::msncry::msncry:

If im on xfire guys please tell me when u play it online :D:D:D

tarek, if my status is nothing, [GAMING]Contact me on TS or [GAMING]Playing Emergency 4. you could ask me ;)

[Asakura]

WEEKEND SHIFT!!

SOG-Emergency squad and friends are ordered to watch over the nameless city we know from the game. Who around here will be present and ready for this weekend shift? There will be enough emergencies, hooligans and woodfires for all of you! :p
I should be able to make it. :)

[firefighter3119]

i am goina get this dident know it come out :)
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Does the US 1 come with american firetrucks

[Asakura]

Does the US 1 come with american firetrucks

The vehicles are the same in every version of the game, some sort of "international", so sorry. ;) But there's a mod called the "LA Mod" which replaces these international vehicles with Los Angeles department ones. ^^

[VilleFIN]

This game sounds good, probably can't find this from any Finnish stores... or maybe from some gamestore, depends how new this game is. :)

[IrishKnight]

Well I have yet to see it in stores here, but you can always DL it and use paypal.

[firefighter3119]

The vehicles are the same in every version of the game, some sort of "international", so sorry. ;) But there's a mod called the "LA Mod" which replaces these international vehicles with Los Angeles department ones. ^^

Everyone is saying that the LA MOD sux lol i think ill deal with the firetrucks. Has anyone tried the LA MOD and had any Positive things about it like not crashing?

[Majid]

Great. For some reason it only crashes when you play online, it wasn't like that before...

By downloading and installing a mod you are not deforming your game you have to activate a mod every time the game starts.

EDIT: I noticed the latest version of the LA mod is out 1.5, i hope it helps! :)

[Tyrope]

it did fix it for me...though it laggs me more. (or was that the movie i was downloading? :P)

[Majid]

yeah it was amazing but nothing big :)

But the multiplayer fix was all that was needed anyway.

[Tyrope]

those green "FD" cars are great for car accidentsa though....

[IrishKnight]

More people must buy

[TriggerFox]

Not a big fan of these games, but dunno that looks pretty interesting.

[Nicoleise]

those green "FD" cars are great for car accidentsa though....

"FS"... Forrest Service. ;) And I wonder who taught you THAT trick ? ;D lol

LA mod 1.5 is great! Movement is smoother, paramedics speed is more realistic (fast with no patient, slower with). New sirens are much more realistic, although the truck horn on ALL fire department vehicles INCLUDING small bush trucks and ambulances seems a little overkill.

I also like the new gunpoint option, where a suspect have a 50% chance of surrendering when held at gunpoint. Just too bad it only works with swat, and not with regular patrol vehicles.

And best thing is, it doesn't appear to crash! :D

I'm missing the "Floodlight" action that all cars had in LA mod for Emergency 3, which simply meant that the given vehicle would turn on the highbeam. And also directional lights on ambulances, because they often move out alone, and end up causing a traffic jam. =/

I'm also missing from the makers of the game, that the vehicles move realistically and that traffic gives way :p

[Majid]

Nico the regular patrol cars can use the gun point trick to arrest suspects i used it a couple of times while i was playing with Irish and firefighter :)

[Tim]

:whs: I did that on FreePlay the other day when just playing it in SP mode, the bank robber gave up after he was shot at a few times :D

It seems the 1.5 Mod did fix a few things, but haven't gotten the chance to try it out in MP mode yet :(

[Nicoleise]

Well, it's supposed to change the icon to cuffs, even though you have a gun. And then if you click, the officer will attempt to aim at the suspect, and only return fire if suspect starts shooting.

I only got that for Swat units however. :s For my regulars, the icon doesnt change, and no one has surrendered thus far, giving it's a 50% chance. :p

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@Tc - multiplayer is greatly improved. Had a good game with Irish last night. It seemed to flow better. You didn't need as many units as you'd normally would, it seemed. As though the units got more effective, if that makes sence. It's only small things and tweaks, but it really improves the mod. :)

[IrishKnight]

Yes, the update helped online a lot!

And tc, you can always message me to play online! I love that game and will play whenever you have the time.

[O'Neill]

Just curious, but did anyone reach the final mission, Earthquake? Well, I finally reached it and along the journey to the final mission I earned the medal for the police forces while taking down the terrorists in the airliner hijacking. I had a 98% success rating. My highest rating so far.:D Besides, I like working with the police units.:D The firefighting and the casualty rescues are tedious. Those are...ugh...a real pain in the neck.:p Though I wish that there were more police-oriented missions.

Anyway, back to my original question. I was wondering if anyone had reached or completed the final mission which has the city in ruins after an earthquake. It's been tough so far. So many things happening at once: Many people injured, fires scattered across the city, and a building that is about to collapse. Initially, I tried to send water tenders to each area of flames, at least 4 tenders per fire. Then I try to tend to the wounded and then I try to evacuate the area around the crumbling building.

First attempt: Fires are out but mass casualties due to building collapse. Ugh, too busy fighting fires and stabilizing the injured. Second attempt: Area around building evac'd but fires went out of control. My right hand at this point is aching from the frantic clicking.:p

So, now my new plan is this: 1.) Deploy the fire plane on one area of flames to hopefully eliminate the need of sending water tenders to that area.
2.) Dispatch water tenders to other areas under fire.
3.) Evac the civilians in the area around the building using police water cannons.
4.) Rescue and evac injured civilians.

I don't know if that's going to work but I hope so. *fingers crossed* So, if anyone has any helpful hints or suggestions I'm all ears. :)

[BlizZaRD^]

Besides, I like working with the police units.:D The firefighting and the casualty rescues are tedious. Those are...ugh...a real pain in the neck.:p Though I wish that there were more police-oriented missions.


indeed, ambulance mission is always the same, 1 hurt person, get him in ambulance and transport to hospital.

fire .... boring :D

[O'Neill]

indeed, ambulance mission is always the same, 1 hurt person, get him in ambulance and transport to hospital....

Well, it's not that simple when you have multiple injured people scattered across the map and fires spreading at the same time. Lots of micromanagement is involved.

So, I'm guessing from the lack of responses from the EM4/911 players that no one here has reached or completed the final mission?

[Tyrope]

nope

and i'm pretty angry about the fact that you spoiled it :P (j/k)

[O'Neill]

nope

and i'm pretty angry about the fact that you spoiled it :P (j/k)

:lol: Well, I haven't completed the mission yet and I probably won't complete it anytime soon, so all that I know of the mission so far are the only spoilers. :p

[Tyrope]

that's uhm... too much :p

i'm at the mining map.. i hate it, can't get the patients outta there.. it's such a hard map... (the only thing i spoiled now is that there is a mine map, and there's patients there... not anything usefull i'd say)

polar mission is FUN!

[Tim]

Sad to say I haven't made much effort to play many of the SP missions lately, i'll try to play more of it soon, if i can find time.

Sounds fun though.

[BlizZaRD^]

Someone using LA mod?

[Spec_Operator]

Wait!

test

test test test test test test

Hmm... the spoiler tags just disappeared.

AAaaanyway, working spoiler tags would be a cool toy maybe, if Matt has too much time.

[O'Neill]

Wait!

test

test test test test test test

Hmm... the spoiler tags just disappeared.

AAaaanyway, working spoiler tags would be a cool toy maybe, if Matt has too much time.

Spoiler tags? Did this forum even have one?:s :whs: is :offtopic:. :p I think there are a few people here who use the LA mod. I'm not one of them.:p

[Tim]

Oh, why not? Couldn't figure out how to use it? :p :joke:

[Freeezer]

Very cool game i have to check if it's possible to buy it in Poland i hope it's possible, how much it costs in Germany?? Maybe we should add Emergency 4/911 to our supported games ? :) It would be great to make a server for it :)

[Nicoleise]

We can't make a server for it, as far as I know. :)

It works on peer-to-peer basic, so each player connects to one of the players (the host), and there can be a maximum of 4 players, where the host is one of them. :)

It's not really host-able in a server/client kinda way ;)

[Tim]

Yeah, I wish that was possible. I'm not sure that we can make this a "Supported Game" for SOG, but who knows :)

[Asakura]

Yes interesting talk there guys but...

...anyone got time for some Emergency 4 tonight? *hopefully looks at Nico*

Just talking about a game isn't fun, we have to keep playing it. ;)

[Nicoleise]

Sorry Asa.. I wasn't at my pc yesterday at all :( Would have loved it, as you know :)

[Tyrope]

why didn't i see this post?? i had the whole -bleep- day time...

[Asakura]

Sorry Asa.. I wasn't at my pc yesterday at all :( Would have loved it, as you know :)

Pfff I will forgive you for today. But next time divine punishment awaits! :p Just kidding, would have been fun but if you had no chance to get to your PC it's okay. :) This weekend looks bad, I'm working on Saturday, having a drink with my employees after closing the shop and afterwards I'm having more drinks with friends. ^^; Maybe we can play on Sunday? Tuesday and Wednesday of next week are free days for me as well, we could play on these days as well. :)

And of course every other player is welcome to join in. *comforts Tyrope* ^^

[Nicoleise]

Sorry again... Im on my way to post an absence, I'll be gone all easter :) The girlfriend, you know ;)

So sadly, I wont be able to play for a week and a half... Im hoping I wont be provoking some kinda punishment for that :p

[firefighter3119]

Yo guys i need to play this on MP. it is so boring with one player. I ll be on all week because of spring break so someone pls play :). let me know pls

[Tim]

Sure, well I will try to able to play some games as long as my PC still behaves :)

[O'Neill]

Well, I finished the final mission. :) Don't worry. No spoilers this time. :p Now that I've completed all the missions, I might go for a round or two online.

[BlizZaRD^]

PLAY WHIT ME ONLINE? :D Are you using la mod? And you play now?

And i am on mission 9 or something, dont like to play mission :O

[O'Neill]

PLAY WHIT ME ONLINE? Are you using la mod? And you play now?

And i am on mission 9 or something, dont like to play mission

:p Like I said, I might go for a round or two online. I'm kind of busy this week so I may or may not be able to play. I don't have the LA mod yet. I've heard good things about it so I'll check it out. :)

[Freeezer]

Hey guys I was today @ Media Markt in Poland and i found Emergency 4 by Take Two Int. is it that game you're playing with or is it something else ? If it is, well you can soon call me "Another Player in Emergency4" xD it doesn't costs a lot (like 44 polish currency which is something about 12 euro) :) So please give an answer :)

[O'Neill]

Hey guys I was today @ Media Markt in Poland and i found Emergency 4 by Take Two Int. is it that game you're playing with or is it something else ? If it is, well you can soon call me "Another Player in Emergency4" xD it doesn't costs a lot (like 44 polish currency which is something about 12 euro) :) So please give an answer :)

As far as I'm aware, it's from Sixteen Tons Entertainment and Wizard Works.

Ok, I'm downloading the LA mod with the mod patch. The readme indicates that after the patch is installed, multiplayer isn't available when the mod is active. But I've seen some people here say that they can play the mod in multiplayer. So is it playable online or not? :s

[Freeezer]

Definatly it was a SIXTEEN TONS OF ENTERTAINMENT , but I don't remember the Wizzard Works, but I see it was the right thing :) guess i already know what i want for Easter as a present xD.

Ok, I'm downloading the LA mod with the mod patch. The readme indicates that after the patch is installed, multiplayer isn't available when the mod is active. But I've seen some people here say that they can play the mod in multiplayer. So is it playable online or not?

Yeah, please write is it available or not, or how to make it available :D

[O'Neill]

I downloaded the LA mod, patched it, and I like it so far. I had very good success rates so far in the early missions (the original missions, not the mod missions). In fact, much better than my original scores before I installed the mod. Now the regular police officers actually have a gun. Yay! The police equipment are very nice, most notably the MP5. I used the SWAT officers with the MP5 in the drug sting turned hostage situation mission. Those drug dealers were totally owned. Reminds me of SWAT 4. :D A very nice mod indeed. :D

[Tim]

So is it playable online or not? :s

Yes you can play with it on MP mode.

Hey guys I was today @ Media Markt in Poland and i found Emergency 4 by Take Two Int. is it that game you're playing with or is it something else ? If it is, well you can soon call me "Another Player in Emergency4" xD it doesn't costs a lot (like 44 polish currency which is something about 12 euro) :) So please give an answer :)

Yes, the game is called "Emergency4" in most country's besides the US, which it is called "First Responders: 911", however, they both work together as they are basically the same game, just the First Responders:911 is made by "Wizard Works" or at least has their name on it :p

Look forward to hopefully playing with some of you some day, maybe this weekend if I'm not too busy with other stuff :)

[O'Neill]

Yes you can play with it on MP mode.

Oh, ok. Then hopefully I can catch a game or two in free play mode. I'd like to try out my LAPD units there.:D I've already played a round of free play offline.

[BlizZaRD^]

I can play online whit LA mod :O Still doesnt work for you O'Neill?

[O'Neill]

I can play online whit LA mod :O Still doesnt work for you O'Neill?

I think I should be able to play online with the LA mod. The problem is either there are no servers or the servers are full. It also depends on the time of day. I'm only able to play it at night during weekdays. On the weekend, maybe late in the afternoon.

[BlizZaRD^]

Ok :) Good :) And yeah, more people shoud play LA so they start more servers.

[Tim]

Well the thing about the servers is that the USER must make the server when the game is started, and is only up as long as you are still in the game. There aren't any "Stand Alone" servers like Swat4 as far as I know.

Want Xfire to support EM4/911 First Responders? ... Go to the Xfire forums and post for it to be added here (http://xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=172137&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0).

The more posts requesting it be added means there is a possibility they'll add it if getting enough demand.

[O'Neill]

Thanks for the link, tc. Adding Xfire support for the game would be useful.

[Asakura]

After a long break, I played a round of EM4 with O'Neil yesterday. We were having problems with hosting though. Whether me or O'Neil hosted a game, we wouldn't see each other's game in the game list. Then I remembered experiencing the same flaw with HR4. The solution: Hamachi.

For those who don't know about it: This program simulates a network with other players in the internet. You can download the english version of Hamachi right here (http://hamachi.en.softonic.com/).

How to use it: After installing and starting, you will be let through a short tutorial which shows up the important details of how to use the program. Simply create a new network, name it like "911 First Responders" and choose a password. When the network is established, the other EM4-players join the network by entering the network game as well as the password. If everything works, all players are connected and can see each other's nickname in the small Hamachi-window.
Now everything that's left to do is create a game in EM4. When the game is up, all other players within the Hamachi network join the game via Direct IP by entering the host's Hamachi-IP instead of his "real" IP. Click "Join" and you will be able to join.

I thought I might share this info with everyone since O'Neil and me are not the only players who experience this problem. :)

[Nicoleise]

It's just because you haven't opened the ports needed for Emergency 4 in your firewall and router. ;)

There's no need for a 3rd party program to run it. :)

But thanks alot for the guide anyhow, I was always a little confused about using Hamachi ;)

[O'Neill]

Well, the Hamachi tutorial was pretty straightforward and it wasn't hard to set up. I knew the hosting problem that Asakura and I experienced had something to do with firewall settings and ports. Since I didn't know how to or which ports to open, I gave Hamachi a try and it worked out. Also, I'm not familiar with opening ports, so I decided not to fiddle with the settings and risk losing my connection altogether. Though, I would like to learn how to host games without using a third party program. It would open up another option for me. :)

[BlizZaRD^]

Thanks a lot Asakura.

And O'Neill if you want a guide to open ports go to http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm
Take your router , after that a list of games comes up, click on your game and a guide comes up. BUT DO ONLY FOLLOW THE GUIDE. Dont do like me, made a password to the router and dont remember the password. So no more ports opening for me xD

[Nicoleise]

Yup, like Blizzard said - that is a great site.

If you need any addtional explaination I'd be happy to provide the assistance. ;) Catch me on xFire if you do, or PM me . :)

[Asakura]

It's just because you haven't opened the ports needed for Emergency 4 in your firewall and router.

I know this issues is because of a port problem, but I'm also aware that not everyone knows about how to open ports correctly. Or in my case, you open the ports, but my game still won't show up in the online list. So instead of working on your firewall and/or your router ports, Hamachi is a simple tool that allows you to keep your settings. :)

And O'Neill if you want a guide to open ports go to http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm

I know that page, I tried to open my ports in order to play "The Guild 2" online with my brother. Unfortunately, my router isn't in the list! :o

[Wes]

People and there routers :p

[Asakura]

People and there routers :p

Pfff!
People and their mistypes excusing themselves by saying it's the defect keyboard's fault. :p :p

[O'Neill]

Ah, well thanks for the link Blizzard and thanks for the offer to help, Nicoleise. I won't be hosting games very often though, so it would be best if I didn't adjust my port/router settings. Thanks for the offer anyway guys. :)

Pfff!
People and their mistypes excusing themselves by saying it's the defect keyboard's fault. :p :p

Are you saying someone needs grammar lessons? :p

[Tyrope]

let me, let me :)

People and their mistypes. Excusing themselves by saying it's the defect keyboards fault.

that's all i could find :S

back @ topic, i wanna play sometimes again, long time no play was too long, yet i don't have the LA mod yet *walks off to google*

[Tim]

If anyone wants to play this weekend Xfire me, I should be on most the weekend at least.

About Hamachi, yes it's really easy to setup, I've had it for a while now, and use it to play some games with like COH when playing with a few others, that way only who's on your network and you want to play with you can do so.

[O'Neill]

This is a bit late but I'd just like to say thanks to Nicoleise and Tyrope for the game yesterday. I originally intended to take charge of the police units but for a majority of the time I was putting out fires. I'm guessing most EM4 players prefer police or medical units rather than fire. The firefighting turned out well though, some tough fires but I gained more experience in fighting the fires (surrounding and cutting off fires, etc). I think Tyrope may have gone a bit overboard with the mass casualty unit. :p The money went down pretty quick after that. :p

[BlizZaRD^]

T. I'm guessing most EM4 players prefer police or medical units rather than fire.

I prefer Fire or Medic acculy, Police and tech isnt that fun anymore, was when i was new to the game, but now its always the same :P




And to all, im always open for a game, dont be afraid to ask :P ( and please ask on x-fire , the live chat dont work for me :O )

[Asakura]

Firefighters? No thanks! I guess I couldn't even take care of a single burning tree standind all alone. >.<; I'm medi-okay with medics, but since I started playing police and engineering from the beginning of my online career, that's what I stick to. Setting up perimeters, positioning units around the city - that's what I do best I think. :)

I'm always ready for a game if - of course - I don't have to work the next day. Usually Tuesday and Wednesday are my free days, so around these days feel free to inform me about upcoming games. ^.-

[Nicoleise]

HAH!! One of the fastest firefighters I've ever seen just tried to tell us, that SHE's no good at fires. Hah! I laugh at your attempt to fool us :p Anyhow, I'm up for a game as well ;)

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@ Oneil - Thx for the game to you as well. I'm sorry you'd rather have the cops - you could have had them just by asking ;) I really don't care much, although when playing with the mod I do prefer cops a slight bit :p Hope it didn't set your gaming back too far, mate :)

[Asakura]

HAH!! One of the fastest firefighters I've ever seen just tried to tell us, that SHE's no good at fires. Hah! I laugh at your attempt to fool us :p

Who? Me? What are you talking about? Who are you anyways?? Where am I??(insider) :p

No really, that's a lie. Everytime I took care of a middle-to-big fire I lost control. The best I could do was keeping it from spreading any further, but extinguishing it...no chance. I don't know why I'm unable to do so. ._.

[O'Neill]

Firefighters? No thanks! I guess I couldn't even take care of a single burning tree standind all alone. >.<; I'm medi-okay with medics, but since I started playing police and engineering from the beginning of my online career, that's what I stick to. Setting up perimeters, positioning units around the city - that's what I do best I think. :)

I'm always ready for a game if - of course - I don't have to work the next day. Usually Tuesday and Wednesday are my free days, so around these days feel free to inform me about upcoming games. ^.-

Single burning trees? Nah, not a problem. Just send a tender and usually it goes out pretty quick if you have one nearby.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays? Rats, I have work Mondays through Fridays.:( Though, I am able to game when I get home.

@ Oneil - Thx for the game to you as well. I'm sorry you'd rather have the cops - you could have had them just by asking ;) I really don't care much, although when playing with the mod I do prefer cops a slight bit :p Hope it didn't set your gaming back too far, mate :)

Ah, no problem Nicoleise. Though I was referring to the LA police units. It's fun to watch suspects give up at gunpoint or watch em go down (and stay down :p) when they try to shoot my officers.:p

Who? Me? What are you talking about? Who are you anyways?? Where am I??(insider) :p

No really, that's a lie. Everytime I took care of a middle-to-big fire I lost control. The best I could do was keeping it from spreading any further, but extinguishing it...no chance. I don't know why I'm unable to do so. ._.

Well, it happens. Don't feel bad about it. The way I see it is, if a fire is raging out of control the only thing you can do is contain it as best as possible. I actually managed to contain a forest fire quite nicely just by cutting down trees to keep it from spreading further. So, in a way there's two things about firefighting: Extinguish quickly or establish containment. Once you contained the fire, it should be a bit easier to put it out. You can't seem to put out the fires? Hmm. Sometimes the fires are burning inside a building, so maybe that's why.

[Tyrope]

Sometimes the fires are burning inside a building, so maybe that's why.
even if that's the case, you can extinguish it from the outside, if you keep the building under water it won't ignite the outside, sooner or later the material will be burned down meaning there's 1 of 3 things gone that's needed by the fire. (Oxigen, temp. and things to burn)

[O'Neill]

even if that's the case, you can extinguish it from the outside, if you keep the building under water it won't ignite the outside, sooner or later the material will be burned down meaning there's 1 of 3 things gone that's needed by the fire. (Oxigen, temp. and things to burn)

Well, usually the fire units will not stop spraying water on a building if a fire is inside so they already prevent it from spreading elsewhere. To finish off the fire, I just send into the building some firemen with extinguishers.

[Nicoleise]

Yup, I do the very same thing. Keep the building cooled, and send in one or two extinguishers. Much faster. :)

[O'Neill]

I was just wondering what else is needed to get Xfire support for the game besides posting in the Xfire forums. I know there's a number of threads asking for support for EM4/911 FR. I guess I'm wondering how long would it take to get support, not just for this game, but for any game.

[Tim]

I'm not sure, I think it would probably take ALOT of gamers to show interest in it and post saying that they would like xfire to support it. I'm sure if/when they do support the game they'll be surprised at how many actually play it, maybe more then know about xfire or that thread.

About firefighting, I like being the firemen, or medics, as those roles are the easiest for me, but of course of those two, the medics is easier. Last time I played was a while back, and I remember sometimes I get the firetruck to close to the building that's on fire :( But that only happened a few times, but when i played it online with Tyrope, or Majid, we'd split the roles up, or sometime i'd just take the fire side all together, and it's amazing to have one person that has and 8-10 firetrucks are all going down the road to the same fire :p ... only if it's a big forest, or neighborhood fire where the fire will spread fast if not taken care of quickly. The more man power, the faster you'll put the fire out, and less chance of it spreading.

*Note to self: Don't park the fire engines close to the BURNING building again!* :p

I actually miss playing this game now, I'll be away most of thie weekend, if not all of it, so maybe i'll be able to play before i go to work this week.

[O'Neill]

Yeah, I hate it when a fire destroys one of my fire trucks. It happened once during a multiplayer endless game. The great thing about the LA fire trucks, mainly the fire engines with hose attachments and the water tender, is that they don't get damaged if they get too close to a fire. I'm still looking for a good MP endless game using the LA mod.:p But the games with the original units are still good. :)

I took a quick look at the New Games Ideas section on the Xfire forums. There are 290 pages worth of requests for new games to be added. :o Makes me wonder how the people at Xfire are handling these requests.

[Tyrope]

WARNING: this video contains the EXACT way to do the first mission AND get a 100% score. if you do not wish to know how to do that do NOT watch the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEzFMkeJrIk
enjoy! i'll be recording all missions like this. i'm allready done editting with 2nd mission also, it's saving the movie files as i type (111 minutes remaining though... hard to compredd 2.8 GB to 1xxMB :) )

[O'Neill]

Well, the first mission is pretty simple. Thanks for posting the video though.:) Though the last casualty near the end there can be prevented if you had at least one more firefighter there to move that person away from the scaffolding before it collapses. That way, when the cut scene of the collapse is played, the debris will just harmlessly fall to the ground. Still, a nice video.:)

[Tim]

Thanks for posting the video, did you use fraps to record that? I remember passing that mission, it was easy :) .... As O'Neill said it'd be better if you had 2 firemen on that mission, but your choice of course :)

[Tyrope]

i got an 100%, so there SHOULD be no way to do it better, remember that if i DID call that 2nd firemen i'll get 99% for wasting too much money :)

WARNING: this video contains the EXACT way to do the second mission on a good score (i got 95%). if you do not wish to know how to do that do NOT watch the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4_Mzv-hbg0

[Ace]

lol, watching that, reminds be how shockingly bad the driving was on this game :lol:

[Tyrope]

i know :( Mission 3 is editted, i'll leave it compressing overnight, maybe

[Asakura]

lol, watching that, reminds be how shockingly bad the driving was on this game :lol:

Rare but happens: I agree with you. :p The vehicles sometimes choose weird routes. "I have to go there? Hmm should I drive backwards, turn around and get there with a little more need of time, or would the route through the flaming inferno right in front of me be the best choice? Ah screw it, gotta light my cigarette anyway..." *boom, screams* :rolleyes:

[O'Neill]

Rare but happens: I agree with you. :p

What a shocker! :o :p

The vehicles sometimes choose weird routes.

:wss: They sometimes go around an entire block just to move to a spot that's just a few meters away. :p

"Ah screw it, gotta light my cigarette anyway..." *boom, screams* :rolleyes:

Ah, so that's why people keep gathering at the fires. :p Works nicely to make smores or popcorn too. :p

[Tyrope]

and mission 3..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xtPuHjTUM8

[Freeezer]

Wow nice. I need to get to MediaMarkt and buy it already :p thx for little tips on the game Tyrope :)

[Ace]

Wow nice. I need to get to MediaMarkt and buy it already :p thx for little tips on the game Tyrope :)

yeah its a good little game, quite original, but can be quite annoying at first, with some graphics cards at least

[Tyrope]

! need to get to MediaMarkt and buy it already :p

to buy is a dirty word, talk to me on Xfire.

[O'Neill]

to buy is a dirty word, talk to me on Xfire.

"To buy is a dirty word"? What's that supposed to mean? o.O

[Asakura]

"To buy is a dirty word"? What's that supposed to mean? o.O

He is talking about...."different possibilities to achieve the full set of data dedicated to the program known as '911' or 'Emergency 4'", if you catch my drift. :o ;)

[O'Neill]

He is talking about...."different possibilities to achieve the full set of data dedicated to the program known as '911' or 'Emergency 4'", if you catch my drift. :o ;)

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's just that he put it like that kind of odd.

[Asakura]

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's just that he put it like that kind of odd.

*cough cough* That's Tyrope *cough* :p

[O'Neill]

*cough cough* That's Tyrope *cough* :p

Hmm, yes... *sentence trails off*

[Wes]

*COUGH* Please stay ontopic, i have a nice smiley that wants to join then :p*COUGH*

[Tyrope]

allways wes who tries to keeps us in line

*steps back into the line*

why does nobody respond on my video's on youtube itself?

[O'Neill]

and mission 3..

Ok, ok. Back on topic then. :p About mission 3. That wasn't bad. I did it differently though. Well, given the fact that I play SWAT 4 my first though was to make entry into the building with the marksmen. :p That didn't turn out well, since they were too slow. I did mention that in my earlier posts in this thread. The video was pretty good. No complaints. I would have done it differently though. My first option would have been to rush the building with regular police officers and let them ambush the two suspects. My second option would be to place 4 spike strips around the suspects' car and then quickly send in the police units to take them down. But I'm more for my first option. The hostage will be slightly injured but not downed while the suspects will have been too busy fending off 5 or 6 regular officers. Still, your video was good. Just presenting some of my options.:)

[Tyrope]

i like the "ambush at north" plan :) good options though

[Tim]

Nice job on the vids, however, I think the subtitles are a bit small :p ... but i just watch what you do, then I don't have to try and read that ;)

I'm sure I will be the ONLY one to do exactly as you do it in those vids, and still fail the mission :$

[Tyrope]

what the... how the -REMOVED- do you fail those missions? if you do everything EXACLY like me? i get scores like 95-100 with should make this marge of error quite big (according to the fact that i once completed a mission with a scoe of10%)...

[O'Neill]

I'm sure I will be the ONLY one to do exactly as you do it in those vids, and still fail the mission :$

How did you carry out this mission? What went wrong? I mean before you watched the video for mission 3.

[Tyrope]

what he ment was that he did the mission like i did and still failed.

[O'Neill]

what he ment was that he did the mission like i did and still failed.

Not quite. He said he will be the only one to do what you did and still fail, not that he already did what you did.

[Ace]

arguing over Tc???

wonders will never cease :lol:

[O'Neill]

arguing over Tc???

wonders will never cease :lol:

Funny. I was absolutely certain you'd say that. :p

Question: Anyone tried out the LA mod in MP and if so, does anyone get lag while playing with the mod?

[Tyrope]

yes and... yes.
but we're talking about my PC now, so that problably won't help :P

[BlizZaRD^]

Question: Anyone tried out the LA mod in MP and if so, does anyone get lag while playing with the mod?


It do lag more whit orginal mod than it lags whit LA mod for me :P

[Nicoleise]

The LA mod produces huge amounts of lag, especially when alot of vehicles are present. That's actually so bad it becomes a challenge ; The lag doesn't slow down events (like fires), but it slows down commands and the speed vehicles move at.

So you still get e.g. 1 fire per gametime hour, but now your firetrucks are 4 times as long en route =/

Sad really, but guess we'll have to live with it

[Tyrope]

hoppah just needs to cut the amount of different vehicles that do the same job (like fire engine 1/2, slicktop/that other police car/white police car)...

[Nicoleise]

The white police car doesn't do the same job! :D You know that!! :D

It's my special Light Prisoner Transport Vehicle or LPTV :p Don't mess with that :D

[Asakura]

Well although the big choice of vehicles is really nice, it confuses newbies like me. Just ask Nico about that bomb alert in our last game...I would've NEVER found that bomb car in time! Um and Nico wasn't able to get the bomb car there in time either...err...switch of topic please! =P

I'll have to do some solo-games with the mod in order to get to know it. Even after the last game with the surpreme firefighter boss Nico "I can handle every fire" Leise where I learned quite a bit about it, I'm still not aware of which vehicle should be called at which situation. ;)

[BlizZaRD^]

i know LA mod pretty well, it isnt that hard, And i like that is is many different veichles, that just makes it funnier,

And one question, on LA mod and mission 3 (?) the formel 1 accident on the race track, how do you close the racing road?

[Tim]

You have to send a policeman to the finish line on the side of the wall there is a man standing there that you have the policeman talk to then he stops the race. That's the first thing I do on that mission is get a policeman and have them stop the race.

[O'Neill]

Well, the extra police cars in the LA mod kind of have similar features and functions to each other. The LAPD patrol cars have the directional lights and patrol function, much like the LASD, CHP, and the LAX patrol cars. The patrol cars all have the same features, just in different packaging. I guess it's just for eye-candy, a good variety of eye-candy which actually functions and not just for show. :p

[Nicoleise]

Slick-Tops FTW!! :D But I still miss a specific Flood light vehicle that was in EM3 LAmod. It was an engineering vehicle called Light Truck. It was a pickup truck that housed one technician. And he could set up permanent floodlights.

I wouldn't mind a much more realistic mission, where you had to provide some features to e.g. a rock concert, like floodlights for the carpark and such. And depending on how well you did, would impact how busy your medics would be after and during the concert. And how much time the police had to spend looking for pocket lifters.

And I'd love some manual control, i.e. where you'd click a unit and could use WASD or arrow keys to turn and move the unit. So that an officer would redirect the right traffic, and the floodlights on the trucks would actually light up the car accident rather than the river.

But the coolest thing possible, in my imagination would be for EM5 to actually go 3D. Just like the Command and Conquer did with Generals. You would "spawn" at the base, in some vehicle, i.e. in first missions an ambulance, in some vehicles a CHP Highway Patrol unit for highspeed car chases, and in later missions a supervisor vehicle. Enroute you could call additional units via icons you could click while driving. Once you got on scene, you could exit the vehicle, and start to order people around, as well as participate yourself.

It's easy to think of stuff like that, now all they have to do is program it :D

[O'Neill]

Being able to set up portable floodlights would be useful. That might be a useful piece of equipment to put into the FD rescue squad truck in the LA mod or in EM5, if there is a plan to make the game.

I've played C&C Generals before. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by going to 3D in the game. I mean in the missions you don't "spawn" in a vehicle. You're given a small number of units to control at the start of a mission and maybe later on you can call in reinforcements.

[BlizZaRD^]

In LA mod u can send a tech guy and set up a floodlight.

But i like "Braunschweig 2.1 mod". Its a funny mod ( but i dont understand anything cuz it is in deutch) but there it is shortcuts. For example, there is 4 guys in the emergency service centre and depends on the mission u click on specific guy and if it is forestfire u press on the forestfire icon and it will automaticly send good trucks to fight a forestfire. It is the same at the trucks. u press for example forestfire and some of them equips axex and some of them take hoses.
IF I DID UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING RIGHT ( swedish and deutch is very alike but everything isnt so its still hard to understand) and one more good thing. The game do automatlicy place out units over the maps, so i think it is 4 or 5 fire stations :p
But as i said, they should do this mod in english!

@Tctransporter Thank you very much, didnt know wich guy i should talk to or if i should take a tech guy and do something :p

[Nicoleise]

Being able to set up portable floodlights would be useful. That might be a useful piece of equipment to put into the FD rescue squad truck in the LA mod or in EM5, if there is a plan to make the game.

I've played C&C Generals before. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by going to 3D in the game. I mean in the missions you don't "spawn" in a vehicle. You're given a small number of units to control at the start of a mission and maybe later on you can call in reinforcements.

Excactly, but that's what I want. :D If you're called to a traffic accident, you start the mission in a cop car on the base, and as you approach, more information is relayed from 911 callers to your radio. So as you drive there, you call in additional units, as well as once you arrive on the scene and exit your vehicles, you command them around, much like OperationFlashpoint. ;)

[Tyrope]

Took me a while.. but here's mission 4, part 1 and part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ7AXg9M114
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HCH0cUiaU

[BlizZaRD^]

Good job making every movies , but you could prevente the last fire :p and how many % did u get on that mission?

[Tyrope]

90+.. i did mission number 5 yesterday... got an award, screened it.. tried to paste it in paint... and then the previous screen (the ones with the score) popped up :S

so now i'll have to do the mission again to show the badge in the movie :(

[O'Neill]

Well, not exactly your best mission, Tyrope. :( You started the mission pretty good. I thought, "Ah, he took care of the injured fast. That's good. Now he just has to wait for the fire to start." Then I saw you send your fire truck back to HQ. At this point I'm thinking, "Nooo! What are you doing?!:o You need to keep that truck for the fire that's coming."

So, ok. Here's what I did. I sent 2 engines with hose attachments with 4 men in each truck, 2 ambulances ; 2 of them without doctors, and of course the crane. In part one of your video, you had your firemen cool down the red monster truck. That was a smart move since the fire that would come later would spread to that truck but you need to keep them there when the fire starts. I kept my men cooling down that truck when the fire reached it and it didn't explode. Also, it would be a good idea to move the people near the yellow truck to outside of the stadium after you have removed the initial injured people and before the fire starts. There's no way to save the yellow truck since leaked fuel from the blue truck goes directly to it, so if you want less casualties it'd be a good idea to move those people outside. Congrats nonetheless on completing the mission though.:)

[Tyrope]

Then I saw you send your fire truck back to HQ. At this point I'm thinking, "Nooo! What are you doing?!:o You need to keep that truck for the fire that's coming."
i thought: car's gone... fire ain't gonna come... worse thought ever.. BUT i managed to intercept my bowser :)

So, ok. Here's what I did. I sent 2 engines with hose attachments with 4 men in each truck, 2 ambulances ; 2 of them without doctors, and of course the crane. In part one of your video, you had your firemen cool down the red monster truck. That was a smart move since the fire that would come later would spread to that truck but you need to keep them there when the fire starts. I kept my men cooling down that truck when the fire reached it and it didn't explode. Also, it would be a good idea to move the people near the yellow truck to outside the of stadium after you have removed the initial injured people and before the fire starts. There's no way to save the yellow truck since leaked fuel from the blue truck goes directly to it, so if you want less casualties it'd be a good idea to move those people outside. Congrats nonetheless on completing the mission though.:)
yes, well... if i did know the fire was gonna come, i would've evac'd the building with my "cutters" after cutting the vehicles... and ofc kept my men cooling

[O'Neill]

yes, well... if i did know the fire was gonna come, i would've evac'd the building with my "cutters" after cutting the vehicles... and ofc kept my men cooling

If you mean evacuating all of the people in the seats, there's no need for that. As long as you have some of your men cooling the red truck and the rest putting out the fire, you should be able to contain it. Those people will be fine. All they'll do is scream because they think they're going to die. :p

[Tyrope]

If you mean evacuating all of the people in the seats,

no, i mean everybody that's standing on the bround where the trucks SHOULD be riding :)

[O'Neill]

no, i mean everybody that's standing on the bround where the trucks SHOULD be riding :)

You mean the people standing near the jump ramp? Well, you could get them out if you want. I didn't move those people. There aren't any fires around there.

Edit: I just checked the forums for the EM4/911 LA mod. Hoppah has released a brief video clip as a sample of what's to come in v1.6. Check it out. :D

Death from above? Oh, yeah. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E-QT5xld2w

Hoppah really does amazing work with his mod. My hats off to him. :)

[Tyrope]

wow, i like that heli! :P

i'm not gonna post all 4 parts anymore... but mission 5 is online, here's part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tMXY97PNhY
for the next part... search on youtube :p

[O'Neill]

Well, I can certainly say that mission is tough. I really can't give any tips on this one. Nicely done, Tyrope.:)

[Tim]

Nice, I like that option in the new LA Mod, however, I'm having major issues with EM4 atm, so trying everything i can think of to get it working again.

[O'Neill]

That's too bad. :( Hope you'll figure out what's wrong.

[Majid]

I finally got my graphics card working and its good to see you guys are still playing EM4 :)

[Tyrope]

its good to see you guys are still playing EM4 :)
uhm.. ya, i'm kinda forced to finish the series :P

[Paul]

i recently got the game thanks to tyrope(thanks mate. ;) ), and wow its awesome play... the LA mod is cool too with its better selection of units and the background music very 24y. LoL one of the best games iv played in a long time. :)

[O'Neill]

uhm.. ya, i'm kinda forced to finish the series :P

No one forced you to finish it. :p

... the LA mod is cool too with its better selection of units and the background music very 24y. LoL one of the best games iv played in a long time. :)

The LA mod is cool, especially the new features and equipment for the LA police units. Firefighting has gotten better with the mod too. Now the firemen can automatically get out of a hose engine, grab a hose, and attach it to the truck all with a single click of a button on the command menu.

[BlizZaRD^]

I want 1.6 right now, 1.5 is VERY good and 1.6 must be much better and much funnier.


And, well, Welcome to the 911 FR world PGarcia :p

[O'Neill]

I want 1.6 right now, 1.5 is VERY good and 1.6 must be much better and much funnier.

Well, you'll have to be patient. The work that Hoppah does on the LA mod isn't easy and it takes time. Besides, he does not give any estimated release dates. He's done when he's done. So, consider this as a good thing because he's taking his time to make sure things work properly.:)

[BlizZaRD^]

I cant wait :p

Hoppah makes a very good work:D

And anyone got the Deluxe edition to this game?

[Tim]

Good news, as I have told some of you already, I got EM4 working, I updated the driver to my video card, and this one actually worked like it's suppose to, so now I can play again. :D

@PG: Welcome to the EM4 world, next time you can be the police :p

Now the firemen can automatically get out of a hose engine, grab a hose, and attach it to the truck all with a single click of a button on the command menu.

:whs: I like that option, a whole lot easier, still trying to get used to the game again since I haven't played it in a while.

[O'Neill]

Good news, as I have told some of you already, I got EM4 working, I updated the driver to my video card, and this one actually worked like it's suppose to, so now I can play again. :D

Ah, that's good.

PG, did you play the single player missions? It would be a good idea to try out the missions and be more familiar with the game. It makes it easier to play a MP game.:)

[Paul]

Wel i had a game with tyrope, o'neil, blizzard. Was my first game and i played as the coppers lmao. Then had a game with tc and majid yesterday mrning, was fun also until the civ startd blocking our truck and standing behind doors trapping our crews. Then tc sent in his A team of cowboy tn teach me and majid who the boss was. :lol: awesome games, and worth getting 4 anyone who enjoys stratagy games with loads to do. @ o'neil i played a couple of story missions bt explosions were getting the better of the situation. :p

[Tyrope]

No one forced you to finish it. :p
how can you know? do you have access to my Youtube inbox? :p i got fans man ;P

@ o'neil i played a couple of story missions bt explosions were getting the better of the situation. :p
and maybe that's why i'm kinda... making an example at youtube -points some pages back-

[Paul]

It was trans the man johnson who was causing the explosions, and majid said hs infraction button was broken. :lol: jk, bt so funny i fell of the chair. :p

[Tim]

:o .... I think Garcia was dreaming, I don't have an "A" team, you are just mad because one of your medics was in the way :p

Yeah Good Games though, hope we can do it again soon :D

[BlizZaRD^]

PGarcia, u was police? :o I thougt u was TV News :p

[O'Neill]

PGarcia, u was police? :o I thougt u was TV News :p

You mean that helicopter with a search light that was hovering over that fire? :p

PG, maybe it was you that had cars parked too close to a fire and blew up. :p In the unmodded game, the hydro tank is the only unit that is able to get close to a fire without taking damage and is bulletproof also. Pretty useful to handle a fire started by an armed suspect. Other units, except the firemen, will get damaged if they are too close to a fire. The best thing to do is to keep the other units on the side of the street that is opposite to the fire or keep them at the end of the block.

Also, it is better to use police officers to redirect traffic at a fire or accident rather than setting up road blocks. Those road blocks, as I mentioned before, are spike strips which are used to puncture the tires of suspect vehicles trying to escape. Doing anything else with the spike strips wouldn't help very much as it causes traffic jams as well as block the path of any other vehicle units. This is just some helpful tips. :)

[Tim]

:whs: I always use the police to redirect traffic, more efficient that way. Don't worry about the cars blowing up, it'll still happen some times.

[Paul]

Yeah wel iv played the game about 3 times. Some of us are stil learning, and as for the news chopper? How do u knw i wasnt waiting to catch the dude who set the fire if any. And that was my first go. Thanks for the tips tho o'niel and tyrope. ;) @ tc keep it real with ur A team and make sure they dnt get killed wen civ blows up ther cronky van. :lol:

[O'Neill]

@ tc keep it real with ur A team and make sure they dnt get killed wen civ blows up ther cronky van. :lol:

What's this about tc and his A-Team? :p

[BlizZaRD^]

... and as for the news chopper? How do u knw i wasnt waiting to catch the dude who set the fire if any....

well , if there are any crazy guy who makes the fire they say that :p

But, its good u are watching the city from above :D





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Now the firemen can automatically get out of a hose engine, grab a hose, and attach it to the truck all with a single click of a button on the command menu.

I like that option, a whole lot easier, still trying to get used to the game again since I haven't played it in a while.

Yes ofc, u havent played LA 1.5 ? Cuz they can do that there :p

[Paul]

What's this about tc and his A-Team? :p

lol he sent in his swat van to an incident of violent offenders and they all got killed by the suspects, then his van caught fire lol. Just a little joke. :p

well , if there are any crazy guy who makes the fire they say that by blizzard,

i know that mate, i guess i was just trying to make excuses for my flying the news chopper around for the sake of it. trying to also find the culprit or culprits who shot tyropes fireman. :lol2:

[O'Neill]

lol he sent in his swat van to an incident of violent offenders and they all got killed by the suspects, then his van caught fire lol. Just a little joke. :p

Nah, that's not the A-Team. It would have had Mr. T beating down those suspects and saying: "Shut up, fool." :p

[Paul]

lol no but tc was acting like it was. :lol:

[BlizZaRD^]

i know that mate, i guess i was just trying to make excuses for my flying the news chopper around for the sake of it. trying to also find the culprit or culprits who shot tyropes fireman. :lol2:

If u searched for the man who killed tyropes firefighter, Search inside the copper, Not outside :p Because inside, there was a sniper :D


And btw, does anyone know if u can change in some files so u dont get that many firemissions on Free Play?:D

[Paul]

Yah sure, watever u say mate.

[Tyrope]

If u searched for the man who killed tyropes firefighter, Search inside the copper, Not outside :p Because inside, there was a sniper :D
firefighter? wasn't it a medic? :S
And btw, does anyone know if u can change in some files so u dont get that many firemissions on Free Play?:D
you dirty little cheater!

[O'Neill]

you dirty little cheater!

What? You're saying you don't want more police situations then? :p Fire situations do seem to crop up more than police situations. Can't say for sure because it's all randomized in Endless mode.

[BlizZaRD^]

firefighter? wasn't it a medic? :S

Nope, it was your firefighter at Bridge Accident :p

you dirty little cheater!

Haha , I hate when its only firemissions at Free Play :p

[Paul]

well if you dont chose firemen you dont need to worry. :p

[BlizZaRD^]

I ment in Singleplayer ;)

And its annoying in MP also, There are only fires, and u have to wait, and wait and wait for a Police Mission :p

[Paul]

lol well if i was you id be thinking more about patches to make the game more stable. :p

[O'Neill]

lol well if i was you id be thinking more about patches to make the game more stable. :p

Yeah, well I don't think there'll be any patches for the unmodded EM4.

[Nicoleise]

It's always been a game, that's fairly poor supported. They tend to kinda release it, and then forget about it. :p

[Paul]

Well thats pretty sad, as with the problems it has and no fixes available... it Will deter prolonged play. with the neat mods somone throws together, it might look nice but the lag that inters is very annoying hence the crashes and all the rest of it. :(

btw i thought you fellas who have been playing the game are some kind of technical specalist team anyway. how come you havnt made a "fix" for it? :lol: :p j/k

[Nicoleise]

We did. The fix is to removed the entire LA mod, and hence eliminate the vast amount of scripts and additional vehicle lights, that lag the server. :p And also, lowering the graphics settings for everybody playing will also help it along. ;)

But sadly, playing without the mod is fairly boring.. =/

[Paul]

thats what im trying to put accross, i dont like the game without the mod. too dull so pull your team together nico and get on with this fixer program of yours. jk :lol2:

[O'Neill]

True it isn't as fun while playing without the LA mod. I'm all for playing with the mod enabled but the lag during online games just slows things down and ruins the experience.

[BlizZaRD^]

Yesterday when nico hosted it didnt lag anything :p :D

And here, i found some pics from LA Mod 1.6
http://lamod.emergency-planet.com/screen03.jpg
http://lamod.emergency-planet.com/screen04.jpg
http://lamod.emergency-planet.com/screen05.jpg


And for thoose who dont like the lagg while playing LA mod 1.5 , they will make a "LA Mod Lite" version, remove all singleplayer missions and police station and hospitals station and fire station and some cars, so it dont lagg too much.
Dont know release date.

[O'Neill]

Yesterday when nico hosted it didnt lag anything :p :D

There was almost no lag when Nicoleise hosts the games. Connection speed isn't the only thing. The PC hosting the game is another factor that determines how smoothly a game runs online.

Again, as I stated before, Hoppah doesn't give release dates on his mod until the work is finished. I am interested to see the new units that he made in v1.6, especially the new Blackhawk helicopter.:D

[Paul]

yeah nice pics, id like to play that myself. thanks for posting it blizzard. :p

[Nicoleise]

There was almost no lag when Nicoleise hosts the games. Connection speed isn't the only thing. The PC hosting the game is another factor that determines how smoothly a game runs online.

Again, as I stated before, Hoppah doesn't give release dates on his mod until the work is finished. I am interested to see the new units that he made in v1.6, especially the new Blackhawk helicopter.:D

Well, Tyrope does lag, usually so bad that his connection fail when I host. But I don't know if that's at his end.

I don't know about you PG ? Did you get any lag ?

My PC is a Pentium 4 HT 3.2 GHz with 2,5 GB of RAM, and with 512 MB of video RAM (Hence no shared system memory), so it's got plenty to spare even after running the game. Maybe that's the main factor, as my net is kinda slow (3Mbit/512Kbit).

The LA mods most annoying thing in my opinion is that with enough units out, it'll lag, and when it does, it seems to slow down vehicle speed, but not event speeds. So fires spread just as rapidly as normal, but your vehicle is travilling at less than half the speed. Playing like that is next to impossible.

[Viper]

My EM4A game Runs Slower than my gran can walk..... =[ i don't know why, i have way above the recommended specs

[O'Neill]

My PC is a Pentium 4 HT 3.2 GHz with 2,5 GB of RAM, and with 512 MB of video RAM (Hence no shared system memory), so it's got plenty to spare even after running the game. Maybe that's the main factor, as my net is kinda slow (3Mbit/512Kbit).

The LA mods most annoying thing in my opinion is that with enough units out, it'll lag, and when it does, it seems to slow down vehicle speed, but not event speeds. So fires spread just as rapidly as normal, but your vehicle is travilling at less than half the speed. Playing like that is next to impossible.

Hmm, I almost have the same connection speed as you, Nicoleise yet I get little or no lag when you're hosting. My PC's RAM is about the same as yours also.

I find that the LA mod seems to lag the most when it rains while I'm playing Endless mode offline. I don't know about the fires spreading as usual while the vehicle speed is slower. If the game lags, then everything in it would slow down, not just the units.

[Asakura]

Hmm, I almost have the same connection speed as you, Nicoleise yet I get little or no lag when you're hosting. My PC's RAM is about the same as yours also.

That's what I'm always saying: If you need an EM4-host, ask Nico. You won't be experiencing lag from his side of the wire! ;) I guess the graphic settings of one or more players are just set unappropiate. Unfortunately you never know who might be the one(s). You do receive a message by the game (something about graphic settings slowing down the game), but I think every player receives this message as soon as the game speed drops, or am I wrong? >.<

I find that the LA mod seems to lag the most when it rains while I'm playing Endless mode offline. I don't know about the fires spreading as usual while the vehicle speed is slower. If the game lags, then everything in it would slow down, not just the units.

I agree with O'Neil. If the game slows down, everything will slow down. I think it's not like the spreading fires take less PC resources than a high number of cars so they keep spreading at normal speed while the cars are slowed down. ^^

[O'Neill]

You do receive a message by the game (something about graphic settings slowing down the game), but I think every player receives this message as soon as the game speed drops, or am I wrong? >.<

I'm not sure. It does seem that way.

[Tim]

Wow, I'm gone for 3 days, and I miss the great discussion about lag :( :p .... Anyway I agree though, if lag starts the game goes slower, no matter what vehicles/emergencies you have, it's like time is about to stop and go on strike :p

EDIT:
What's this about tc and his A-Team? :p

I have no idea, I think it's PG getting jealous that he doesn't know how to work the military sharp shooters yet :p

[BlizZaRD^]

Omg, serious, me and PG have played three times or something, EVERY time we played we got earthquake and ppl is stcuk in buildings, i send a ladder, but the fireman cant pcik up the injured person, how do you go inside the building and pick him up ?

[O'Neill]

Omg, serious, me and PG have played three times or something, EVERY time we played we got earthquake and ppl is stcuk in buildings, i send a ladder, but the fireman cant pcik up the injured person, how do you go inside the building and pick him up ?

Do you mean the building where the only way in is a window? It's a bug I think. The ladder truck somehow fails to position itself correctly so that the ladder reaches the open window. It's an annoying bug that frequently costs the life of the person in the building. You will need to manually reposition the truck and then order it to use the ladder on the building to get a fireman inside.

[Paul]

well tc flies in with his A-Team and he rescues them... thats the only way i can think to get them down. :lol: