GTA 3 Graphics modding guide (must see)!

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by Dan007, Dec 19, 2011.

  1. thirstydude

    thirstydude Well-Known Member

    #301 thirstydude, May 26, 2012
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    If you meant the performance drops with too much smoke when doing a burnout -> yeah i added the fix to the pack!

    AND... if you decide to play with maxed out settings... you're good to go! the drops do not really affect gameplay, it's still very playable and enjoyable! But it's your choice, that's why i'm gonna post a second .set with medium draw distance for a overall all-smooth experience.
     
  2. I look forward to seeing a version for A4 devices
     
  3. aceyprime

    aceyprime Well-Known Member

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    thirstydude: thanks for your work putting this pack together - can't wait to give it a try!
     
  4. thirstydude

    thirstydude Well-Known Member

    Can anyone suggest a good filehoster where i can upload 150+ mb files?
    My rapidshare account is gone and i don't have any plan which hosters are good...
     
  5. JBRUU

    JBRUU Well-Known Member

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    @ thirstydude try mediafire, and however did you fix the smoke??? Tryed forever fiddling with
    the particle cfg, only reached a compromise between framerate and smoke.

    My schedule's a tad packed right now, but I still hope to get in some work on gta3, though i think thirstydude has beaten me to it on pretty much everything...nice! I'll be sure and try your mods and see what, if anything I can improve.
     
  6. thirstydude

    thirstydude Well-Known Member

    Thanks man, thanks :))

    I managed to upload files on 4shared, i hope you're all fine with that.
    The smoke is still a BIT laggy when you're driving against a wall and the burnout makes a lot of smoke, but thats really the only situation where it is a BIT laggy. nothing that affects gameplay! but you can try it out for yourself, next post is my release post!
     
  7. thirstydude

    thirstydude Well-Known Member

    #307 thirstydude, May 27, 2012
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    GTA III Mobile Mod Pack
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    Savegames

    I included a savegame which starts at the first mission that brings you to the third island, so you instantly have (official) access to all three islands in the game. If you DO NOT want this and want to start a fresh game, copy ONLY gta3.set to the documents folder, nothing else!

    I patiently tested and optimized this pack so i only have high quality maps and cars in it aswell as long-tested settings. This pack does not limit any of the missions ingame, so you can just install this full pack and start a new game and play it from the start till the end!

    I strongly recommend you to use the medium settings because the highest settings are still pretty playable but have some framerate drops in heavy situations!

    CHANGELIST:

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    gta3.set

    - Leaves and Newspapers floating around Liberty City
    - Uncut Patch for Blood
    - Maximized Draw Distance (reduced annoying popups ingame)
    - All graphical Effects enabled (Lights, Shadows, Smoke...)
    - Enabled AA to enjoy the best possible quality on the new iPad
    - Also added a second gta3.set with normal Drawing Distance for a overall smooth game without affecting any other effects, since this is the iPad3 Setting i didn't turn off AA since high draw distance is way easier to sacrifice than a overall better quality.


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    particles.cfg

    - New Reflection System for all Cars
    - New Effects like Water Splash and Smoke placed all over the City to breathe a little more life into Liberty City
    - Totally new Car-Smoke effects
    - other minor changes


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    Terrain based Changes:

    - Stunt Island
    - Sky Bridge
    - Looping
    - Rooftop Stairs with access to Cutscene Interiors
    - 2 Bridges connection all 3 Islands together
    - Ghost Town Bridge


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    All new driving physics!

    - Now THIS is a real bummer! All cars do now have WAY more realistic characteristics. Ordinary Cars are waaaay slower than the real sports cars, that makes sports cars even funnier to ride. Besides that, heavy engined cars (sports and muscle cars) have a awesome new "slipping" system so, if you are skilled enough, you can drift like never before. for me this is the most awesome change ever made to GTA III!

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    Car Replacements:

    - Lamborghini MurciƩlago (I changed this model a bit to fix bugs!)
    - Ferrari F50
    - Hot Rod
    - BMW Convertible
    - Porsche 911
    - Mercedes CLK GTR
    - Dodge Challenger RT

    -----------------------------------
    NOTE: I tested this pack really intensely with my iPad 3 i had absolutely no crashes, no bugs and no performance problems that cause the game to be unplayable. Please take note this pack is ONLY FOR THE NEW IPAD, i'll do the same pack with optimizations for the iPhone 4 (A4) but this will take it's time. I'll upload it as soon as i'm done
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    Respect to JBRUU for his helpful settings so i didn't had to start it all from scratch!

    Here's the link

    http://www.4shared.com/zip/xiT0vUSp/GTAIII_-_Mobile_Pack.html?

    And if you want to thank me, don't forget to hit that link in my signature ;)
     
  8. Vz360

    Vz360 New Member

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    #308 Vz360, May 27, 2012
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    Mirrors

    I fear that this might only work on the german version of the game!
    After installing the files, my english version was showing german text and crashed after I clicked "Fortsetzen".


    Nevermind, my bad.

    (Menu is still german, though - no biggie)
     
  9. JBRUU

    JBRUU Well-Known Member

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    Try changing the language and restoring to defaults.
     
  10. thirstydude

    thirstydude Well-Known Member

    Oh, just change the language into english! -> optionen -> sprache



    I'll reupload the whole pack in standard english later today!
    (where i will only put in the medium gta3.set because max draw distance is just too fps-heavy...)
     
  11. Vz360

    Vz360 New Member

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    Wow, now I feel stupid :-o

    Everything works fine now - thanks for your great work!
     
  12. thirstydude

    thirstydude Well-Known Member

    Thanks! If you want you can download my complete pack now in english, i'll create a new thread for my mods in like an hour
     
  13. sazabiskythe

    sazabiskythe New Member

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    Can anyone reupload the download links for the modded img files?
    Thanks
     
  14. kingpukka

    kingpukka Well-Known Member

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    Needs to be uploaded again:(
     
  15. Pman

    Pman Well-Known Member

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    does this change game speed?
     
  16. JBRUU

    JBRUU Well-Known Member

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    No, if you're using an A5 device or above. The iPad 3 is highly recommended as it has the1 gb of RAM, however it works fine on the iPad 2 as far as I know.
     
  17. wakaranai

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    VaroFN Well-Known Member

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    "Demo available soon as GTA IV: San Andreas add-on"
    This mod is for GTA IV, not for GTA III, so it can't be ported to iOS.
     
  19. wakaranai

    wakaranai Well-Known Member

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    Ah my bad. For some reason, I thought things from 4 were being ported to 3.
     
  20. mitchy93

    mitchy93 New Member

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    dan007's medium preset link

    hey @dan007. your link to the medium gta3.set preset is dead, could you re-upload a new one please? wanna play gta3 at a usable FPS and graphics
     

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