GTA 3 Graphics modding guide (must see)!

[thirstydude]

Originally Posted by Cypher

@thirstydude: It's a shame that maximum draw distance afffects performance but i'm glad you will include a normal draw distance gta3.set , looking forward to you upload later his day and thanks to you and JBRUU for sharing your work!

PS.Are burning tyres still A okay like your previous fix in this set?

Many thanks!

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.

[Hoggy110]

I look forward to seeing a version for A4 devices

[aceyprime]

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

[thirstydude]

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...

[JBRUU]

@ 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.

[thirstydude]

Originally Posted by JBRUU

@ 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.

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!

[thirstydude]

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

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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

[Vz360]

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)

[JBRUU]

Originally Posted by Vz360

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)

Try changing the language and restoring to defaults.

[thirstydude]

Originally Posted by Vz360

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)

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...)