emonterogta: October 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tutorial HOW ADD NEW CARS( NOT REPLACING ADD !!!)

How to add new cars
by emontero

and you will need:
A good pc that handles all original cars changed and when you add new ones ofc fools!!!
notepad for the dat and ide files (vista and seven are a pain back under XD when you try to save those files) but i use
my friendly XP SP3 yet
imgtool
the StreamMemFix1.0.asi
the free id´s list
the SAMore Vehicles.rar plug in
the ASILoader.rar
the VehicleAudioLoader.rar

step 1.

Open the vehicles.ide and go to the botton of the document and you will see this:

610, farmtr1, farmtr1, trailer, FARM_TR1, FARMTR1, null, ignore, 4, 0, 0, -1, 0.32, 0.32, -1
611, utiltr1, utiltr1, trailer, UTIL_TR1, UTILTR1, null, ignore, 4, 0, 0, -1, 0.68, 0.68, -1

end

what means every line??

611 is the id

those two utiltr1 are the model name and txd used on the gta3.img

trailer is the the family object that it´s belongs

UTIL_TR1 this is the handling line

UTILTR1 is for the name

null, ignore "are not very important" for this moment

4, 0, 0,

the first one is for the times that you want to see on the game

second is for flags idk wft is that!!!

third animation grp

and the

-1, 0.68, 0.68, -1

wheel size and wheel group

ok let´s add our first car!!!

checking the id´s free list is 612

ok then:

for example we want to input a new car that brings the buffalo handling and id etc

the copy the buffalo line in the botton

610, farmtr1, farmtr1, trailer, FARM_TR1, FARMTR1, null, ignore, 4, 0, 0, -1, 0.32, 0.32, -1
611, utiltr1, utiltr1, trailer, UTIL_TR1, UTILTR1, null, ignore, 4, 0, 0, -1, 0.68, 0.68, -1
612, buffalo, buffalo, car, BUFFALO, BUFFALO, null, executive, 5, 0, 0, -1, 0.8, 0.8, 0

but wait a minute we must choose a new name we can not use the same name on the dff and txd files fools!!!

so we going to rename the dff and txd as this way: ford.dff and ford.txd so the lines will be as follow:

610, farmtr1, farmtr1, trailer, FARM_TR1, FARMTR1, null, ignore, 4, 0, 0, -1, 0.32, 0.32, -1
611, utiltr1, utiltr1, trailer, UTIL_TR1, UTILTR1, null, ignore, 4, 0, 0, -1, 0.68, 0.68, -1
612, ford, ford, car, BUFFALO, BUFFALO, null, executive, 5, 0, 0, -1, 0.7, 0.7, -1

now check the readme of the new car for the wheel size and change it if this will be necesary

save the vehicle.ide

now with the famous imgtool open the gta_int.img or if your gta3.img is not near to the God Dammed 2.1 gbs you can still use it

but avoid keep your gta3.img a little far away to that size plz! so use the gta_int.img plz!!! you fools!!!

ok let´s add the both new files the dff and txd in the gta_int.img

rebuilt the file as usual

now go and open the carcols.dat and add the new line in alphabetic order as they are and you will add the new line as:

flash, 0,0, 3,3, 6,6, 2,2, 1,1, 10,10, 9,9, 8,8, 37,37
flatbed, 0,0, 3,3, 6,6, 2,2, 1,1, 10,10, 9,9, 8,8, 37,37
ford, 0,0, 3,3, 6,6, 8,8, 9,9, 10,10, 37,37, 1,1
forklift, 110,1, 111,1, 112,1, 114,1, 119,1, 122,1, 4,1, 13,1

save and close

open the carmods.dat and the same task!!

flatbed, nto_b_s, nto_b_l, nto_b_tw
ford, nto_b_s, nto_b_l, nto_b_tw
forklift, nto_b_tw

and save the file.

handling??? no we can not add handlings so this is the black spot in the game so we can not use new handling for those new cars

612, ford, ford, car, BUFFALO, BUFFALO, null, executive, 5, 0, 0, -1, 0.7, 0.7, -1

so our new car going to use the same of buffalo! so choose a similar car specs:

muscle with muscle
normal with normal
and if the car brings the steeringwheel as the japanese and european site
so use the handling similar to them
for example my sentinel is a skyline r-34 and is a japanese car ofc so the steeringwheel is in the other site of the car
so if you going to input a new car and this new car has the steeringwheel in the other site you must use the sentinel
vechile.ide line for the new car
and it´s must be in this way:

613, nissan, nissan, car, SENTINEL, SENTINL, null, richfamily, 20, 0, 0, -1, 0.7, 0.7, 1

notice that i renamed my new car as nissan and the Handling is using the SENTINEL handling and THE SAME NAME

and i do not talk about change the name in game so is a pain in the a** but if you check carefully the other tutorial
you will found how got changed the name in game

next step sound

you can use the Alci_s_SAAT_GUI_FrontEnd_1.0 but this program has a limit in the new id´s so if you want more car they
will be without sound, and we do not want that shitty thing in our gta sa.
So use the VehicleAudioLoader.asi and the VehicleAudioData.ini and open the VehicleAudioData.ini with notepad and
you going to see this:

8:02 07.07.2008
(C) Alexander

[LOADING]
TYPE=1
; Type = 0 - loading without stream , 1 - using stream
; if u have some troubles with sounds try to set TYPE in 0

[IDs]
Number_of_pairs=1
FromID_1=400
ToID_1=611

and if you going to add the new 612 id just change it!!

8:02 07.07.2008
(C) Alexander

[LOADING]
TYPE=1
; Type = 0 - loading without stream , 1 - using stream
; if u have some troubles with sounds try to set TYPE in 0

[IDs]
Number_of_pairs=1
FromID_1=400
ToID_1=612

and add in the botton if this file the new line for our new car

[612]
CarType=0
EngineOnSound=103
EngineOffSound=102
Unknown4=1
Unknown5=0,899999976158142
Unknown6=1
HornTon=10
HornHigh=1
DoorSound=2
RadioNum=13
RadioType=0
Unknown12=2
Unknown13=0
Unknown14=0
Unknown15=0
Unknown16=0

and save how to know which i have to use???
only check the sound in game and look which model you want to input

but our car is not ready to spawn in game yet! so we must to set it in the cargrp.dat

go and open the cargrp.dat

just choose which kind of people going to use your new car and voilá! check my example for references

go in game and check your new car

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

MORE CARS IN GTA SA!!!!

Months ago i was very angry because i want it to see all the good cars that were made for our fun but the game only has a few models to replace ( since alpha to zr350) and you will found that is not enough for us! so if you check the big gta websites you will see that they have until more than 2300 cars for gta for download but we only can use a few of them!!!

So there is a tutorial for add new cars not replacing! add new cars!!!! yahoooooo!!!! .... (http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=298780)....

but wait a minute!!!
when the gta3.img reach the 2.1 gbs the famous imgtool gives us an oversize error in our gta3.img !!!!!.................oh nooooooo what a crap!!!

But my solution was:
do not put those new cars in the gta3.img so input them into gta_int.img and it work good

this is a long process and is not easy to make you have to be careful with the names and free id's
check the list of free id's and some of them work.

Now i added 120 new cars to my gta sa and the street are a beauty mess! so i can see all cars that i want!

some pics? imposible! are too many!!! ha ha ha!!! the cargrp.dat is now five times bigger than the original, but you can do it!!!

Paint Job Tutorial by Erick Montero

First of all you have to know the dimensions of the template that use the selected car (every car is different), but (it always has to be kind of binary multiplacation
2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 dimensions can be 512x1024 doesnt matter) by dadude.
You must have the followed programs: txdworkshop, paintshop or similar ( programs to handle bmp, jpg, png, ... files )and IMGTool. Those programs you can search on google or similar and download them. For example you have to know if the car that you select is maped for paintjobs beacuase there are some that do not let you do.
Let´s work
First open you gta3.img with IMGTool find the car name for example jester then do this: find jester1.txd and extract to you documents close the IMGTool open the jester1.txd with txdworkshop export to bmp
Fire up your paintshop or similar and open this bmp file, first of all check the dimensions of the file beacuase your new paintjob has to be equal in its dimensions and its direccion
Second when you have your new paintjob fire up your txdworkshop and open the same jester1.txd and import the new paintjob...Then save the file. Open the IMGTool and open up the gta3.img file and find jester1.txd and right click and remplace the selected txd file close your IMGTool and check your paintjob in the gameHave fun and always back up your files before start any edition.

San Andreas: Howto "Adding Cars"

There are two ways to replace cars in San Andreas:

1. Add/Replace cars automatically by using the San Andreas Mod Installer V1.1 (Download)

San Andreas Mod Installer (SAMI) allows you to install mods and custom vehicles made for GTA San Andreas without having to edit the game files yourself. SAMI practically does all of the work for you, which makes mod installing (and uninstalling) as easy as a few clicks.

2. Add/Replace cars manually by using the IMG Tool 2.0 (Download)

This Howto shows how to add or replace original cars with a new car which you have downloaded. To do that we are using the "IMG Tool".

You need:

IMG Tool v2.0

Preparations:

download a favored car from any file database
copy the .dff- and .txd-files to your desktop or another place where you can find them
open the readme file

Now we can start:

start IMG Tool
File -> Open -> C:/Programs/Rockstar Games/GTA San Andreas/models/gta3.img

Find the files of the car, which you want to replace. In our case we want to replace the Uranus:

press F2
enter Uranus

Backup these files. In our case you have to backup uranus.dff and uranus.txd:

Right click on the already marked files
Extract to a directory, you prefer

You have backed up the files and now you are ready to replace them:

mark uranus.dff
Right click -> replace
select new uranus.dff

mark uranus.txd
Right click -> replace
select new uranus.txd

By using this method you avoid a bug, which appears when you are using "delete".

Fine-Tuning:
So the car is in the game but we have to do some more fine-tuning. To do that, we replace some lines of files, which are located in the data folder of your GTA SanAndreas. You can find the new lines in the readme file, which can be found in the downloaded file. Mostly you have to replace a line in handling.cfg, carcols.dat and vehicles.ide. For further informations you have to take a look in the readme file because there is a more detailed introduction of the process. We will make it as an example:

Mostly you find something like that in the readme -files:

Replace these setting in following files:

handling.cfg

Code:

URANUS      1400.0 2998.3 2.0 0.0 0.1 -0.3 75 0.80 0.85 0.47 5 200.0 20.0 5.0 R P 8.0 0.45 0 30.0 1.3 0.15 0.0 0.28 -0.10 0.5 0.3 0.25 0.60 35000 c0002800 4000001 1 1 0

vehicles.ide

Code:

558, 	uranus, 	uranus, 	car, 	URANUS, 	URANUS, 	null, 	richfamily, 	7, 	0, 	0, 	-1, 	0.7, 	0.7, 	1

carcols.dat

Code:

0,56,53			# 114 torch red				green
0,2,10			# 116 med.sapphire blue firemist	blue
95,10,21		# 117 med.garnet red poly		red

greenwoo, 116,116, 117,117, 114,114, 111,111, 125,125, 103,103, 100,100

carmods.dat (nicht immer dabei)

Code:

uranus, nto_b_tw, spl_b_bab_m, spl_b_bbb_m, spl_b_mab_m, wg_l_b_ssk, spl_a_s_b, spl_c_s_b, spl_a_l_b, spl_c_l_b, spl_a_j_b, spl_c_j_b

First of all, you go to the installation folder of GTA San Andreas and enter the data folder, which contains the files you search for.
You need to open each necessary file with a text editor and search for the lines, you need to replace.
After you did that, just save the changes and close. Done.