UK Graphics Expanded

*******EDIT: The below link wil take you to an archive containing almost every graphic uploaded to this thread, plus other bits and bobs...

https://drive.google.com/drive…R7sTn3Zq6eY8Q?usp=sharing

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I've been struggling for a while to find graphics packs that are quite what I'm looking for, however recently I came across two pieces of information. The first is that you are able to upload individual unit graphics if you do not have a graphics pack. This means I can fully customise the looks of each of my units. However, I wasn't really able to do much as I hadn't the first clue about editing or creating graphics. The second piece of information I came across is Krys's Graphics Tutorial (Linked). This showed me how to do basic editing on GIMP (similar to paint, see the tutorial for details). I wasn't ready to make graphics from scratch yet, so I thought I would toy around with editing already made graphics. The ones which I already preferred are Pottyscotty's "Generic UK|" and "London UK|" Full Graphics Packs, as well as bankiesbhoy999's Scottish Emergency Vehicles graphics pack. They have since become the basis for my tinkering.

Using GIMP and images of generic vehicles (Mainly fire appliances) across the UK on google images, I have created an expanded pack and with both creators' permission, I am posting them up and suggesting what I use them for in-game! I will be uploading in no particular order, and some will be unedited. If you have any suggestions, critiques etc, feel free to say, but please bare in mind I'm very new to this!

Any graphics which I use solely from the graphics pack will be specifically tagged as so, and all credit for them goes to the original creator.

IF YOU WISH TO ADD THESE TO A PUBLIC GRAPHICS PACK OR PUBLISH THEM ELSEWHERE THEN CREDIT: MYSELF AND / OR ORIGINAL CREATOR MENTIONED ON THIS THREAD. DO NOT ONLY CREDIT ME IF I HAVE IN TURN CREDITED SOMEONE ELSE - EVEN IF I HAVE EDITED THEIR WORK. If you fail to do so then I will request your post or pack be taken down until it is fixed.

[spoiler]

Fire Cars: Essex Fire and Rescue

LFB ALP

ALP

HRU

Isle of Wight:

Appliance

Officer Car - unmarked and no lightbar.

"Foam Salvage Tender"

Water Carrier

Different style Water Carrier

LFRS:

Water Carrier

BFU

Rope Rescue (OLD)

Specialist Rescue Unit / Rope Rescue

Toronto Fire Appliance

More Mega Thread, with extra blue!

EDIT: Below is a "Guff" Spoiler, ignore it xD

Part 3

I feel it'd be worth mentioning that most of my unit names come from this Wikipedia article, which I know is very much outdated, and based only on Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Also, any of the units I upload are not necessarily finished, I will be tweaking many of them for the foreseeable future.

BFU (Edited - Based on Generic UK| Mobile Air)

WrC (Edited - Based on Generic UK| Mobile Air)

HRU (Edited - Based on Generic UK| Type 1 and Scottish Emergency Vehicles: Heavy Rescue Vehicle)

Marked OV (Original/Unedited - Scottish Emergency Vehicles)

RRP (Edited - Based on Scottish Emergency Vehicles Utility)

Quote from Jason

I would love to put up custom units for my local area, but I can't bring myself to have the default markers for alliance members

That is the one downside unfortunately - It would be great to merge the custom icons with the graphics pack option so that you could override unit icons where required, but keep the graphics pack on in the background as a kind of default?

Quote from KieranWood

I set the icons myself too, and its so annoying with the defult icons for alliance members

Yup, really takes away from the aesthetics of the game...

Part 4

PSV (Edited - Based on Generic UK| / London UK| Ambulance)
ERU (Edited - Based on Generic UK| Fly-Car)
HART (Edited - Based on Generic UK| / London UK| Ambulance)
HCC (Edited - Based on Scottish Emergency Vehicles HazMat)
MCU (Edited - Based on Generic UK| / London UK| Ambulance)

Part 5

Advanced RRV (Original/Unedited - London UK|)
HART RRV (Edited - Based on Scottish Emergency Vehicles ARV)
HART IRU (Edited - Based on Generic UK| / London UK| Ambulance)
LUV (Edited - Based on Scottish Emergency Vehicles Mobile Air)
LRP (Edited - Based on Generic UK| Type 1 and London UK| Heavy Rescue)

Quote from KieranWood

I do really like theese!! Can you do a graphc pack?

Quote from TACRfan

As these are using vehicles from other people he would have to get permission from them first

These are edited and unedited versions of graphics already in three separate packs available, so you'd be correct in suggesting I would need permission to create my own pack based on these. However, you could save each individual graphic I upload and create a PRIVATE graphics pack for yourself, but would be limited in what you could pick based on the unit types in-game. For more realism if you turn off your unit graphics pack you can customise the look of each individual unit as mentioned in my first post on this thread, however this would only be visible for you and all alliance vehicles would remain as default.

I intend to continue uploading new graphic edits, as I have already done, however they will probably be less frequent as it takes a long time to tweak them to look as detailed as I want, and I had stockpiled most of these before posting this thread. If you have any suggestions KieranWood then feel free to let me know (add a picture attachment and that will help tremendously) and I'll get back to you on it once sufficient progress has been made.

Part 6

NPT/IRV (Edited - Based on London UK| Patrol Car)
PSU / Transport (Edited - Based on Scottish Emergency Vehicles HazMat)
DCA Type 1 (Original/Unedited - Generic UK| / London UK|)
DCA Type 2 (Edited - Based on Generic UK| / London UK| Ambulance)
RRV (Original/Unedited - Generic UK|)

First request completed - Fire Car: Essex Fire and Rescue

Quote from Nickynickdispatch

We oughta have a section on the forum for this

I'm honoured you think so, however I don't think there is that much interest to warrant one. However if enough people suggest it in I assume the suggestions of improvement section, it could be looked at in the future perhaps.

Part 7

For this part, most graphics were taken and cropped/edited from another source - I take NO CREDIT for these whatsoever. All I have done is made them usable in MissionChief. They will be noted as (Original/Unedited - LEGACY) below due to the minimal editing required from my end. And now, on with the next batch...

RRV (Original/Brightened - LEGACY)
CSU (Original/Unedited - LEGACY)
ASU (Edited - Based on Scottish Emergency Vehicles Mobile Air)
ATT (Original/Unedited - LEGACY)
CCT (Original/Unedited - LEGACY)