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Hey everyone. I've been working on an early version of a lighting mod over the past day. Currently it only supports GTA: SA Definitive Edition. You do not need any sort of reshade for this. Features: More neutral blue sky tones as opposed to the aqua vanilla sky colors. Edited for each hour of the day cycle Increased volumetric scattering / fog effect during day and night (Edit: Removed in v0.2 due to flickering issue) Increased indirect light intensity during day time Smaller sun and moon size / glow Decreased stars intensity at night Removed point light from mission markers Download Link: https://mega.nz/folder/BsBwQJDR#Oqj5LVhT3Tjl6-W-o-E5tg Screenshots: I don't have much time to work on this since my GTAV modding project takes up all of my time so I've decided to release this in its current state. I will be free during the first week of December and will try to mod these games a little more. I'm definitely interested in adjusting the tones in GTA III to be more like the original version so that will eventually come. Cheers

So IGN gave DE 5/10, which for them is very interesting. This quote from their review really also got through to me: "I can’t help but wonder how different this re-released collection could have been had the publisher issued talented members of the GTA modding community employment contracts rather than cease and desist letters." Oof. What a shame.

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This should have been on the wall.

https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#gtavcde My first experimental release, quicksave mod.

The definitive edition is officially dead. It's obvious that the game has far more issues than the characters models look and various deformities. Most prominent is the atmosphere effects; gta III, for example, had this faded look with a green/blue-like filter (known as trials effect and later versions). When it was raining both GTA III and VC had this green-looking effect going on. In GTA III the streets where also riddled with newspapers and leaves in but in the definitive editions the streets are clean - both clean in the sense that there are no rubbish but also clean in the sense that the asphalt looks new and cartoonish. As a result, the atmosphere in GTA III, VC and SA feels to similar. Then we've got loads of non-solid surfaces all over the map in each game, various problems with animations swimming, gym anim, fat/buffskinny anim, NPCs anim and so forth), incorrect parallax interiors (for example, Zero's RC Shop has a clothing store parallax interior),no heat haze, weird fire effects - there isn't even CLOUDS in the game - only a backdrop of clouds. No fog effects on the ground. Then you got minor issues suchas the fact that the smoke from tires is black instead of white and burnout leaves no black marks on the ground. Rain effects are horrible, and taken out of the Truman Show. I am glad I not pre-order the game. Because here is the rub: This game will never be fixed by Rockstar Games/Grove Street Games. First there is simply too much to fix. Only the fact that the game has loads of non-solid surfaces demostrate that Rockstar did not playtest it properly. Solid surfaces is basics. Secondly, we're talking about the remaster of games that are ~20 years old, meaning, there wont be much copies sold anyway. Third, there is no online, meaning no shark cards sold. Fourth, the game has a metacritic score of 0.7. From an economical perspective, there is simply no good reasons for Rockstar to fix this mess. Further, the Expanded and Enhaced version is soon out anyway, and once that happens, the definitive edition will most likely be completely abandoned and replaced by shark cards. Sorry to say all this, but I think its true, and I believe the future will prove it.

Tomorrow is Casino Heist turn. The podium vehicle is likely to be the Zorrusso, since it's part of the Diamond Casino update. Also, I just realized the reason why Rockstar added the Squaddie to the podium vehicle list. Because next week will be Cayo Perico Heist turn. That would leave the Visione for the last event week before the new DLC.

i agree... this is more like it

now we can have the true gta 6 leak experience

Not mine

GSG actually dropped a dev diary guys

FYI if you're going to post something that's "been reportedly found", please post where you got that info from - it's helpful for sifting information if it's a "hey I found this in the game files!" vs. "I saw this contextless image on a discord server" or "I saw it in a crappy youtube video".

I've managed to further enhance the picture with denormalised wire-level buffering to have matching adaptive bitmap heuristics which then needs to be decompressed by stochastic matrix topologies - and the results are pretty much clear. It's a soviet building from early 80s in Khrushchyovskaya. ...and this can only mean one thing

Fixed the normals so the lines don't cast such sharp shadows. Brick wall texture replaced, so now there's no more weird half-cut bricks.

Colored Radio Icons now also available for GTA SA. DL WDS also "remade" the MP3 (user track) player icon for the radio wheel, even though DE doesn't support it. If they reintroduce support for adding your own tracks and make the icon appear again, there is no need to wait for a new version, because I have already changed the icon for all three games.

Hey guys, someone finally fixed DE!

*Red Dead Redemption 2 leaks flashbacks intensifies*

We really need a statement of intent from R* or GSG this week. Like really, they've had the weekend to 'celebrate' the launch, the public reaction is very clear - fans are unhappy, critics are unhappy - 5/10 from IGN is not acceptable for Rockstar. Their sales would have been cut in half (at least) if reviews came out before the product. It feels very calculated that they didn't send advanced copies to even the most reputable reviewers. Almost like they knew it wouldn't be favourably received. lol. That GSG guy said he's enjoying the unparalleled levels of scrutiny on his studio or whatever the f*ck he said, well it's time they showed up and responded to it, because what fans enjoy is a good game. When we have to take to Twitter to scrutinise the studio, sorry bro, you f*cked up. Even just an acknowledgement of the issues and a message to state the scale of the fixes they plan would be a good start. It's a mess, but redemption is possible. I'm aware there are probably frantic discussions going on about how to solve this crisis, but they need to act fast because the longer they stay silent, the more it looks like they opted for the cheap cash grab and have no plans for the game. These reviews are gonna hurt their Christmas sales, not to mention their reputation, so it's in their interests to improve it. It's gonna cost them a lot of time and money to properly fix this, and part of me worries they will just release a mediocre patch that fixes game breaking bugs but leaves the core experience underwhelming and overpriced. Pls R*, don't totally vanquish my faith in your company.

Haha. Rockstar's deliberate move to ensure they maximised sales and got 100% market profit share from the Trilogy backfired tremendously... – Takedown user mods which improve the original game and actually drive new customers to purchase their game? Check. – Release minimal pre-release information and only showcase heavily-edited tidbits to drive sales? Check. – Release the game exclusively on the Launcher to earn 100% profit, disallow single player mods, and enforce DRM and "maintenance." Check. Launcher (and games) go offline day one, without a genuine explanation to people who couldn't access their games. Days go by, and still nothing but smoke and mirrors. During those crucial first days, wherein Rockstar had anticipated to gain immense profit because of their 'anti-consumer' like practices in the lead up to the release, many people refunded their inaccessible copies – all the while, the cracked versions circulating all over the internet were being downloaded and were fully playable. How can it be that customers couldn't play their purchased games, but pirates could? Also goes to show that DRM hurts not only the customers, but the company itself – the pirates aren't affected at all...

I haven't played GTA SA yet, but I finished GTA III and Vice City and I think it's true: it's dead. It's dead because WDS made the same mistake again, but this time they totally ruined it. This game doesn't feel like a "1.0" version that has a few minor bugs that need to be fixed, no, it's literally just an alpha version with major bugs where you can't even get 100% in Vice City because a mission is broken. It doesn't matter that the game is only available digitally and you can get updates to improve it. I mean, they even left the internal stuff in the game files, how much more beta/alpha can it get? This isn't Windows 10 where you update your system with the latest security patches every day, a game needs to be tested and reviewed before it gets released. And the idea of using us as beta testers and waiting for the sh*tstorm to calm down won't work. Reviews about this game have already been written, the metascore is a clear 0.8. No one is going to buy this game when they see this. It's done. The defintive edition is just the broken mobile version on PC, again you can't skip *some cutscenes, keybindings are broken and much more.

Groove Street Games presenting their work to Rockstar:

Later today at MixMods

When I was searching for "new" Easter Eggs in the DE and came across the changes at the Lil Probe Inn the image in question stood out to me. I then saw Kirsty post a Tweet about this discussion and it was nice to see others noticing this as well! Made me feel a bit less crazy so to speak haha.

Lol IGN gave the trilogy a 5/10. Hopefully Take 2 will take notice of the reviews and put some resources into getting this fixed up. "It's defective, disappointing, and surprisingly disrespectful to both the legacy of the games themselves and their many legions of fans"

Why did this forum relegate the original game to a subsection well before the "definitive" edition could be evaluated? This didn't happen after it was released for pocket computers. The astronomical system requirements are unacceptable, especially when the original limits haven't been thoroughly lifted, such as the distance where real traffic is visible. 80 MB executable. Jesus. It's like "remastered" (remixed) music disks. Garbage by default in most cases.

i had to take the video quick before strauss arrived with the whip

Coincidence? I think not...

Irony of the day: The game was already cracked since day 1 of the release. You know C* is Mr. Fuk's Rice Boxed when players--fed up with being unable to reliably play/launch the broken vanilla -- are able to d/l and play the cracked version for free. With minimal issues.... THANK GOD I still have my original 2005 DVD disks. And all the mods before this POS DE edition went live in the store. My old school DVD version didn't have any of the issues C* exclusive online login version is suffering from. Based on their drip feeding DLC trends in GTAO, I expect GTAO to continue wobbling along on. Afflicted with all of its toxic peer to peer security network holes for another 5yrs or so. Which means there is no hope for GTA 6. I expect GTA6 will be a live service game. C* is finished.

At least it was found within an actual Rockstar game. Not "leaked" on reddit or 4chan or some bullsh*t.

I had a fiendish plan to go into Ghost Organisation, get into my Kosatka, then cruise missile a crew of griefers who were spawn killing noobs at the airport. Opened sub door with 2:40 left of Ghost Organisation.............<loading> Finally arrived in sub with 1:32 left of Ghost Organisation By the time I had fiddled around trying to get sat down at the missile station (torturous), and shifted around in the seat, the counter was at 0:41 seconds. I swear that 80% of time spent in this game is time wasted and not actually playing.

Better Road Textures for GTA Vice City: https://www.nexusmods.com/grandtheftautothetrilogy/mods/71

Well, the rules that Rockstar has made are f*cking stupid. Guessing classic mods like Odie's Stunt Park would be banned, since they are an expansion to the map. So f*ck Rockstar, mods shouldn't have rules when it comes to singleplayer.

If you zoom in enough then you can actually see Ricardo at the window. The Ricardo & Kacey leak is shaping up to be real eventually.

One of them has bad story and second is wreck of coding...

"fixed" Denise, thanks to vados for the model still wonky on cutscenes so no download yet.

I think the Definitive Edition isn't just dead, it's stillborn. Rockstar Games put it out on sale before it was even ready, which goes completely against their game design philosophy, where they would delay a game to a later date if they don't feel like it's ready. Hell, if they had delayed this Definitive Edition remaster's release to March of 2022 to coincide with the E&E version of GTA V, and the remaster being an in-house effort instead of being done by War Drum Studios/Grove Street Games, I guarantee you that people would be way less upset, moreso if the original versions weren't delisted. Plus, $60 for a glitchy, unfinished remaster like this is highway robbery.

After seeing the disasters those supposed-to-be "Definitive Editions" are, I believe the OG versions are the best IMO:

He's saying the devs will abandon it with plenty left to fix. It's not modders' job to fix a sh*tty game. At that point you might as well pirate the damn thing and not give them a single dime.

I don't know if GSG took Cayo Perico textures or RDR2 but, banana trees in GTAV? Gameface/Content/SanAndreas/Textures/Foliage/T_nxg_im_banana_palm_01_BC.uasset The prefix of the texture is definitely like RAGE files. _ I have terrible memory so... idk Maybe V has those and I'm really derping here.

mw2019 weapon pack . already finish

As evidence by the abysmal lack of communication about this mess from Rockstar, Take2, or the actual devs of this alleged Definitive Edition. And we can't say Take2 didn't know they had a completely inferior product on their hands with this Trilogy iteration. Every single thing Take2 has done from the outset has been duplicitous and deceitful. So I think you're right. I think this is a case of the GTA fanbase getting scammed.

I mean that more in the sense of, being bankrupt after purchase. Look at me for example; - I bought every vehicle that was available n Day One of the Tuners update and got the Week One Prize Ride, then sold the Warrener HKR cause it looks & performs like crap. - Bought the Burton Auto-Shop fully upgraded without a second thought - now 2 residents of LS will never see their cars again. I kinda got financial PTSD from Gunrunning's Research, it was the first time since late 2015 I had less than $1m having gone in with $10m. Earned $20m for Doomsday and raised $50m though the Bunker for After Hours and have only gone up each DLC since then. The VIP Work that was added in December 2015 made earning money solo real easy compared to Contact Missions & Heists - but it's only got easier to earn money each year, I'm not earning more and more money because I want to, but because R* have provided so much opportunity that the majority of the playerbase choose to ignore or wave off as "too hard" or not worth it. People were legit saying Cayo Perico & Casino paid too little in R*'s Facebook comments in the first few days of each updates release.

Why you have to hurt me so much ?