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[Inadequate]

 

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 Features To PC Version

 

Well, for some reason, Rockstar has ported the PS2 version to PC with a potato and so the port has lost a lot of features, control settings and things which has been seen first time in PS2, these modifications is for everyone who played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for first time on the PS2 or simply loves the PS2 feeling.

 

With this list of modifications will bring back a 99.9% percent of PS2 atmosphere and memories, with a lot of missing features restored. Very, very accurate and better than nothing. Practical, without navigate around the whole forum searching links and things.

 

DISCLAIMER: All modifications has been tested and works correctly, anyway I don't take responsibility for any damages that may appear after or while installing of one or various modifications. Install at your own risk.

 

Comparison:

 

List of modifications/features:

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*Well-blended blurred rotors - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Wesser | See below)

 

*Sun, lensflare, moon phases, blurred rotors and missing ped paths - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Silent / NTAuthority | Download Link)

 

*All-in-One: PS2 color atmosphere, car/vehicle reflections, grass and many more settings (INI included) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: The Hero / NTAuthority | Download Link)

 

*PS2 Map (removed objects like rubbish, wreck cars in Los Santos and missing objects in Las Venturas added) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: El Dorado | Download Link)

 

*PS2 textures (ALL textures converted to PC) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Inadequate | Download Link)

 

*Original PS2 cars/vehicles converted to PC - DONE.

(Topic | Author: The Hero | Download Link)

 

*PS2 parked cars around the map - DONE.

(Topic | Author: El Dorado | Download Link)

 

*PS2 'Life's a Beach' mission 4000 points - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Tomasak | Download Link)

 

*PS2 San Andreas first release version Camper (now matches with the model of cutscenes) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Aztecas_5 | Download Link)

 

*PS2 Ammu-Nation Interior - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Mugetsuga | Download Link)

 

*PS2 HUD (fixed radar icons) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Tomasak | Download Link)

 

*PS2 converted/fixed DFFs (broken on PC) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Inadequate / Mugetsuga / Tomasak / TJGM | Download Link)

 

*PS2 San Fierro Extra Trams signs fixed - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Wesser | Download Link)

 

*PS2 Parachute Animation - DONE.

(Topic | Author: Deezire | Download Link)

 

*PS2 Object.DAT (Now the statues into the Atrium are destroyable) - DONE.

(Topic | Author: R* | Download Link)

 

*PS2 Seabed - DONE.

(Topic | Author: R* | Download Link)

 

*PS2 Timecyc - DONE.

(Topic | Author: R* | Download Link)

 

For a correctly work of the modifications is necessary to install:

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*Modloader (only drag 'n' drop your mods inside)

(Topic | Author: LINK/2012 | Download Link)

 

*CLEO 4.3 (last build: v4.3.18)

(Topic | Author: Deji | Download Link)

 

*Silent's ASI Loader

(Topic | Author: Silent | Download Link)

 

Other modifications:

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*Widescreen Fix

(Topic | Author: ThirteenAG | Download Link)

 

*Widescreen HOR+ Support

(Topic | Author: Wesser | Download Link)

 

*PS2/PS3 controls: San Andreas GInput by Silent (Joystick needed)

(Topic | Author: Silent | Download Link)

 

*San Andreas fixed vehicles (fixed known bugs on PS2 and PC versions)

(Topic | Author: Aztecas_5 | Download Link)

 

IMPORTANT: If something is misspelled, wrong author, dead link, missing, in progress or any finished feature report it in comments, via PM or with a moderator.

[Snoops27]

PS2 parked vehicles restored to PC! I must've missed that one! I should really check the map fixes thread more often!

[El Dorado]

Glad to be part of it!

 

[Jinx.]

Well this is really cool.

[badboy_zay]

I literally cried when I see our modding community still strong and better.

[R4gN0r0K]

10/10 would bang (the dl buttons)

[erorcun]

Atmosphere asi belong to NTA. Formula belong to THE HERO.

[Tomasak]

Grass looks like to belong to shubham.india http://www.gtagarage...ow.php?id=16041

[Snoops27]

it makes you feel awesome and the scene wooooooow loving

[Osho]

Brilliant! Can't wait to try them all.

[Inadequate]

Atmosphere asi belong to NTA. Formula belong to THE HERO.

 

Grass looks like to belong to shubham.india http://www.gtagarage...ow.php?id=16041

 

Thanks to all for his contribution and authors fixed.

[Savidge]

Great topic idea, Inadequate. Now all of these awesome mods are at a convenient place.

[The Hero]

I'd very much like to see a mod that disables the dynamic shadows while keeping the procedural objects (grass &c.)

[DK22Pac]

Damn, it's not funny anymore :\

[Inadequate]

I'd very much like to see a mod that disables the dynamic shadows while keeping the procedural objects (grass &c.)

 

Here: http://gtaforums.com...a-mod-mix-sets/

[Blackbird88]

There is also cleo script somewhere by LINK that disables the grain on NVG/TVG just like on PS2 version. No idea where he posted it though.

 

FOUND IT

http://gtaforums.com...s/?p=1066212887

It's not compiled though.

Ah compiled link was posted later

http://www.mediafire...htvision-del.cs

[The Hero]

Hm, interesting, thanks. I'll take a look at it.

[Inadequate]

There is also cleo script somewhere by LINK that disables the grain on NVG/TVG just like on PS2 version. No idea where he posted it though.

 

FOUND IT

http://gtaforums.com...s/?p=1066212887

It's not compiled though.

 

Added compiled.

[Blackbird88]

It should also be noted that the PS2 atmosphere mod will break if you drive too fast cause for some reason the blur collides with it. IIRC using some mod to disable blur works.

Also I'm not sure if this was in PS2, but I recall someone using it with the mod

http://gtaforums.com...-blur-advanced/

[Inadequate]

^

Added on other modifications because I think is not present on PS2 originally.

[Blackbird88]

Yeah I'm not sure about that one myself. I'm playing PS2 version on my PS3 and I don't see it yet I recall someone said it is. I dunno

[Snoops27]

but I recall someone using it with the mod

That might've been me, with the screenshots in the other thread?

[uncaged]

Here is simplier plugin to remove Speed Blur by LINK/2012 (it is a part of "Blur on Explosions" mod if I am not mistaken)
NoSpeedBlur

https://www.sendspace.com/file/47a43b

[Nights744]

Yeah I'm not sure about that one myself. I'm playing PS2 version on my PS3 and I don't see it yet I recall someone said it is. I dunno

 

 

 

 

 

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The motion blur advanced mod is stronger than the PS2 blur, that's correct. But still nobody can deny that on the PS2 motion blur is always enabled independent from the speed:

You can see it best while looking at palms and lamp posts. There's a doubler effect always enabled. It was done to hide graphical issues on the PS2, I guess. However, Motion Blur Advanced does add features to it that were not on the PS2. But these are actually good features. You get speed blur in planes and that sort of stuff. It's really realistic because I don't think I could ever see everything clearly at 200mph....

[Inadequate]

UPDATE:

PS2 reflections beta by The Hero, quote from him:

 

Ok, here's a first release, it's not completely finished. The movement of the environment texture is still missing, but it should be easy to implement once the texture offset and scale are found. I've also noticed a weird effect that apparently has to do with the stencil buffer. vehicle shadows are drawn *over* the vehicle for some reason, I hope I'll figure out what's the problem.

The code is based on Dexx's programs as I said above, without them I would have been completely lost.

Here is the binary and the shader (I'll upload the source later), put both in your SA dir.

 

Have fun with it   (and maybe post some pretty screenshots, I'm too lazy for that now).

 

EDIT: Source code: http://aap.papnet.eu...ps2refl_src.zip

 

Screens:

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Added download to the main post.

[Tomasak]

You totally forgot shady industries by format c: http://www.mediafire..._Industries.rar

[Inadequate]

^

Added. Thanks.

[Nights744]

Link for car reflections by Hero doesn't work. I really want to test a compiled version of it. Please fix the link.

[Inadequate]

Done. Remember is a beta version.

IMPORTANT: Actually only works with a new game, sadly with a loaded save game have a lot of bugs (like black, red, green or blue cars).

[Nights744]

Done. Remember is a beta version.

IMPORTANT: Actually only works with a new game, sadly with a loaded save game have a lot of bugs (like black, red, green or blue cars).

 

I don't have any issues with savegames. Works really good. Still I need to find out if it causes bugs with twopass rendering because my fences are now invisible at times. Maybe it's caused by this mod. But otherwise. Looks awesome. Even the tires aren't as reflective anymore as with SAGFX, which is very good and also realistic. Otherwise people needed to fix the models.

 

I also found out that this one seems to actually change the reflection according to the sun and the rotation of the vehicle while Dexx version only changes the reflection according to the camera position (which is not realistic because that solution would assume that the camera is the sun itself).