Sirens on to pull someone over?

[FortheKingdom]

Why is it I can't run my lights to pull someone over and all I can do is blip them...if you try to blip someone with your lights on, they don't pull over, but just stop in the middle of the road. This to me is unrealistic...

I cant even leave my lights on at a routine traffic stops, which I've seen every cop do where I live...

[Bobby Scrotes]

+1

I've posted a similar sentiment before. The 'blip' function needs work, and lights should not break the process.

[FortheKingdom]

Exactly what I am trying to get across. And though I think this game is the best police simulation game on the market, GTA's mod LSPDFR works much better with this feature and pretty much everything else

[Sdogg]

+1 Big problem in the game. AI traffic is dumb! Very, very dumb.

[Bobby Scrotes]

Originally posted by FortheKingdom:

Exactly what I am trying to get across. And though I think this game is the best police simulation game on the market, GTA's mod LSPDFR works much better with this feature and pretty much everything else

I agree, it has the foundation for a better simulation overall, and the traffic is currently the weakest point in the game. These guys are building this game from the ground up whereas LSPDFR is utilizing another game's engine that was built with hundreds of millions in development budget. So it's totally fair that it might take these folks some time to develop it the way we would prefer.

On the bright side, the developers are active on these forums and listen to the players. Hopefully we'll see some strong improvements with the traffic soon.

[Johnny Starfish]

Originally posted by FortheKingdom:

Why is it I can't run my lights to pull someone over and all I can do is blip them...if you try to blip someone with your lights on, they don't pull over, but just stop in the middle of the road. This to me is unrealistic...

I cant even leave my lights on at a routine traffic stops, which I've seen every cop do where I live...

You're entirely correct, though people will do all sorts of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ when hailed (they panic). The worst is when the driver pulls over on the *left* shoulder.

Fun fact: You see lights on during traffic stops where you live for a reason-- police dash cams are tied to the roof lights. Recording only starts when the officer turns on the lights, and stops recording a minute or so after the lights are deactivated.

If an officer "blips" someone to pull them over and does not turn on the lights...this is how sexual assaults by police officers happen (no camera!).

[Sam Wise]

You can Bleep them and then park park right behind them and then turn on the lights.
The you'll only block traffic coming in the same lane as you're in.

Or you park the policecar on the sidewalk near the suspect with lights on.

[The Former]

One tip they do need to take from LSPDFR: Another blip should indicate, "Find a better spot." Stopping in the middle of the road, stopping six inches in front of a parked car, these are things we should be able to trigger when they stop in a stupid place.

[CloudPiercer]

+1

[Sereous313]

Originally posted by Lockfågel, the Paradox Knight:

One tip they do need to take from LSPDFR: Another blip should indicate, "Find a better spot." Stopping in the middle of the road, stopping six inches in front of a parked car, these are things we should be able to trigger when they stop in a stupid place.

I agree a secondary traffic mimic after the original stop is need so you can move them where u want.

[wladi | astragon]

Originally posted by Lockfågel, the Paradox Knight:

One tip they do need to take from LSPDFR: Another blip should indicate, "Find a better spot." Stopping in the middle of the road, stopping six inches in front of a parked car, these are things we should be able to trigger when they stop in a stupid place.

That's a nice suggestion!

[Shoshone]

Originally posted by wladi | astragon:

Originally posted by Lockfågel, the Paradox Knight:

One tip they do need to take from LSPDFR: Another blip should indicate, "Find a better spot." Stopping in the middle of the road, stopping six inches in front of a parked car, these are things we should be able to trigger when they stop in a stupid place.

That's a nice suggestion!

Could you all add more AI cops outside of cops that appear to help transport an arrest? It would bring more realism seeing other cops patrol the streets, like in GTA.