Improved Siren Mod 3.4

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Improved Siren Mod
This mod adds a whole bunch of new sirens sounds and rumblers for every stock police vehicles in the game.

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Forum link: Released - Improved Siren Mod

Features:

• Multiplayer compatible*
• Custom siren
• Up to two different rumblers
• A warning siren
• A police horn
• Ability to select the siren you want for each vehicle
• Ability to have your own custom sounds and configurations for each vehicle
• Works on modded vehicles and custom configurations**
• Key binds in the settings
• Two UI apps to customize vehicles sirens and control the siren from the UI

*If you don't download the mod client side you won't be able to use keybinds but only the UI apps

**You need to manually select a configuration and save it using the save button with the UI app in order for a modded or custom vehicle to have a siren. (See how to use Sounds selector app)

Video:



Github: jojos38/Improved-Siren-Mod (github.com)
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Put the zip file in your Documents/BeamNG.drive/mods/repo folder
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How to use:

• Bind your keys:
  Install the mod and open your game, go to settings -> controls -> vehicle and bind every key that you want to use

• Enable chase mod:
  Chase Mode needs to be enabled in order to toggle sirens, rumblers and warning siren
  It's enabled as soon as the lightbar is on and default game's siren is off
  In order to enable chase mode you can either use the default lightbar key from the game or use the Chase Mode key from the mod

• Use the UI apps
  Control app
  To use the control app, simply add it on the UI and press the buttons to use the functions
  Sounds selector app
  Simply add the app on the UI and select the sound you want for the vehicle you are in.
  Pressing the save button will remember the preset for the selected vehicle

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Spoiler: 0 - How do I make a custom preset

Important: All presets are made inside the sirenmod.zip file for more versatility, but this comes at a cost any mod update will remove your presets, so make sure to save them somewhere!

Video tutorial: (Pause the video if it's going too fast)


Text tutorial:
First step open the sirenmod.zip file and go to presets, duplicate the .Default.json file and rename it to the name of your preset. For example: My Custom Preset.json

Then, open the file you just create and modify the path of the sounds.
Sounds are located in sirenmod.zip/art/sound/

So let's say you want to add duck.ogg sound, put the sound in sirenmod.zip/art/sound/mysound/duck.ogg and inside the preset json file you gonna put "sound": "mysound/duck.ogg".

Note: wav sounds also work, I guess other sounds work but I don't have a list of compatible formats.

Spoiler: 1 - The sound is too loud or too quiet ! How can I change the volume ?

BeamNG.drive volume management is not in pair with engines volumes, which means that if you put your in-game volume to 100, sirens are going to be very loud and engine not so much. But if you put your in-game volume to 5, sirens will be very quiet compared to engines.

To fix this issue, simply set your in-game volume to 50 (or any volume that gives you a good balance between engines and sirens) and then change the game's volume using Windows Volume Mixer

Note that this issue can't be fixed until the game's fmod engine can be modded

Spoiler: 2 - Help the mod doesn't work !

You need to restart the game at least 1 time to get the mod working. (install mod / start / restart and it work)
If you the mod was disabled and you enabled it, you have to restart the game overwise the mod won't work

Spoiler: 3 - Help I have fatal vehicle error !

Try to clear the cache of the game.
Sometimes problems are caused by incompatibility with other mods! So, try to uninstall all other mods except this one and then, if it turns out to be working, reinstall them 1 by 1 to find which one is causing issues.

Spoiler: 4 - The sound is crackling when I'm going fast

This is due to the type of sound that I use for the sirens
This bug can't be fixed until the game's fmod engine can be modded

However you can reduce the issue by increasing your sound quality in game's sounds settings

Spoiler: 5 - Siren sound isn't centered in first person

I will fix this issue when as soon as I find a fix, for now I'm still trying to find one, sorry for the issue

Spoiler: 6 - I'm on BeamMP and I don't have siren on my custom / modded vehicle!

See How to use -> UI apps -> Sound Selector

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Other cool mods:​

• Realistic Police Lights (With realistic illumination, different modes, strobes, wig wags.)
• British Emergency Services Pack
• NYPD Pack
• The Crew Emergency Livery Pack

Thanks to GravelRoadCop for allowing me to use his sirens sounds!
You can download his mod for GTA here:
http://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/66424-modern-siren-pack/
http://www.lcpdfr.com/files/file/14373-modern-siren-pack/
https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/realistic-american-sirens-pack

Huge thanks to aesthetical2 for multiple of the sirens!

Thanks to x0xDJSx0x and ! >[Jamzs3-] for giving me some ideas for the mod and helping me to test it!
Do not reupload any part of my mod without my permission
Most sounds file belong to GravelRoadCop and reuploading them it not allowed either​