[SA] Myriad Islands

[Barton Waterduck]

 

@ Barton- Thanks for appointing yourself as Script Admin- I really suck at mission coding, as you surely noticed from my crappy script.

Great. It's official then. I'm the Script Admin. And the GXT admin.

 

You don't need to code them, using boat paths (paths.ipl) would be much easier.

 

@ Barton- Once the next island happens, I'll be sure to make a nice bridge for jumping to boats (or suicide ) from.

 

I was thinking about making those large static ships at the docs moveable (if the DFFs for them are still in the IMG).

 

are there going to be new gangs or are there just going to be the vice gangs in different districts?

 

Just send me a PM if you have any specific ideas.

 

[rackellar]

As for a name MODular city sonds very good, but however removes the realism factor. What about a realistic name like "Vice Sands" or "Coral Island". Just a few off the top of my head

 

 

Edit : A few More

 

"Reef Island"

"Surf Island"

 

Something to do with the tropics and the sea etc. Just gives the impression of a nice island, i dunno bout London tough, seems a lil small

Edited November 9, 2003 by rackellar

[Joey2003]

Why don't we call it London

 

 

Maybe it could be named after a carribean island, or maybe we could call it hawaii, lmao

 

I dont like Modular City, it seems a little, fake, sommet off te matrix, or star wars.

 

I aint got many suggestions, just not modular...[EDIT]

 

some pix of mine:

 

 

Edited November 9, 2003 by Joey2003

[illspirit]

@ Decay- PM window just popped up, I'll go check it. I was thinking about calling it something Sim City-ish too, but I figured the lawyers over at EA would kick my ass.

 

@ Pink Noodles- Hmmm, new gangs would be pretty cool. Maybe somebody will skin some up for Mr Waterduck to code in for us? Didn't somebody ask if they could do some skins a few pages back....

 

@ Rackeller- There's no real order or planning to the type of buiildings atm. Preferebly more downtown-ish, but it doesn't really matter. Creative=good no matter which way you look at it. And yea, a realsitic name would be nice, but methinks it should describe the project a bit too. 'Tis what I was thinking with the modular bit. Vice Sands sounds pretty cool, let's see what everyone else thinks though...

 

@ Kodo- You already have someone designing a site?!? You work fast. Hosting it here isn't a carved-in-stone idea, I just figured it would make it easier to admin that way. And why'd you have to reserve something while I was working on the map? Now I have to edit it again.

 

Here's the updated map (first post updated too), click to see the big version with filenames printed on it and use the list to see who has what:

 

[SeBsZ]

Hi all,

 

I would like to have 37,38, and 39 as well please.

LOL the middle of the map, I like that. If it is a big problem to reserve so many lots, i'm sorry.

 

On your http://www.illspirit.gtanet.com/illcom/,

please name my lots SeBsZ Mountain Land, thanks

 

SeBsZ

[Andrew]

hm, think i'll reserve lot c3_r7, got a few ideas up my sleve not good at modeling but i'll try me best

Edited November 10, 2003 by gansta_killa

[Redkiller]

More pics! >>> #1 #2 #3

 

[-Decay-]

Great work people.

 

@ illy-I was wondering if you would let us use some of your models you've created in the past?

 

Name idea... Illy Island or Illy Isle.

 

I think theres great potential here. All these models I see look excellent.

 

My house is starting to form a basement. It looks really lame, but once I drop in some textures and models, it will liven up a lot.

 

Edited November 10, 2003 by -Decay-

[JasonB]

i cant install this mod and get it to work properly. i do what it says but the game either just quits when loading or gives me an error box. i do everything the readme says and it doesnt work. originally i thought it might be because i was read only so i go rid of everything that had readonly and did everything again and it still doesnt work. respawns vice city remover always gives me an error saying COMDLG32 isnt there or some crap. i downloaded runtime libraries for VB and C++ from MS website and nothing. and GhostMaster2k's IDE Killer does jack crap and if i try to delete anything from the IMG manually it doenst change in size. it damn annoying. now i have to reinstall vice city again because its f*cked up. i put all my backups from files that have been modified back and still it crashes

[-Decay-]

Don't know how to help you Jason.

 

I worked some more on my house, and I finished the shell of the basement, and I textured it. I also started the second floor. So far, its working out fine for me, but I think i'm going to get screwed soon, with all the walls and everything. I have to keep them sized corectly.

 

I won't post a screenie again until I get it looking a lot better.

Edited November 10, 2003 by -Decay-

[SeBsZ]

-Decay- please change your font color, its annoying. Other than that, welldone with your house..!

 

SeBsZ

 

p.s. I AM IN THE NEWSPAPER, actually 2! I am in the 2 major Malta newspapers: the Malta Times, and Malta Independent!

WHy? A photo i made during the lunar eclipse is in it, and my name and a short story!

 

Great huh?

[Bond996]

i cant install this mod and get it to work properly. i do what it says but the game either just quits when loading or gives me an error box. i do everything the readme says and it doesnt work. originally i thought it might be because i was read only so i go rid of everything that had readonly and did everything again and it still doesnt work. respawns vice city remover always gives me an error saying COMDLG32 isnt there or some crap. i downloaded runtime libraries for VB and C++ from MS website and nothing. and GhostMaster2k's IDE Killer does jack crap and if i try to delete anything from the IMG manually it doenst change in size. it damn annoying. now i have to reinstall vice city again because its f*cked up. i put all my backups from files that have been modified back and still it crashes

When you manually delete the IMG files, assuming you are using IMG tool, make sure you go into the menu, and select "Rebuild Archive".

[Inky]

JasonB, you're not alone.

 

@Bond 996: I tryed just now rebuilding the archive, but when I start a new game, the loading only gets to here:

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I just hope that I can get it to work soon...

Edited November 10, 2003 by Inky

[JBandit]

Something is wrong in the beginning of your gta3.dat. Try it again on a CLEAN install. Also, make sure you did everything right.

[Inky]

Oh god, not another CLEAN INSTALL. That's what illspirit told me to do. And don't you mean gta_vc.dat? If so, I just took the one from this mod, and placed it in the /data folder.

[Barton Waterduck]

ehm... (thinking)... so far, it looks like this is turning into a Sim City game. I guess I should make it as child friendly as possible then. Like, no weapons, no gangs, no drugs, no violent missions, ... I don't have a problem with that myself (I think). Too much violence in the world already (I guess). Any opinions ? Maby I could start a topic in mission coding about what sort of "dynamic" elements people want in this mod. I guess any "random drive-by" mods would make it sort of ugly. Some gamers love random violence games, like postal, some gamers love "sand box" games, like Sim City. What I'm asking about here, are you guys just making buildings or creating a new game ? Do anybody have any special expectations about the finished product ? Do missions matter ? Do opinions matter ?

 

Personally, I don't like games based on random voilence at all myself. I don't see any fun in that concept. I'm a sort of "mission only" kind of person, like, if there aren't gonna be any missions in this mod, I'm not gonna have any special interrest in playing it. To me, there would be nothing to do. Just walking around looking at the buildings.

 

I think maby it would be an idea to discuss what sort of buildings should go where, like, what are beaches usually used for ? Street races ? In salty sand ? Not recommended. Hotels ? why not. Makes sense to me. Where do you find residental buildings ? Usually near residental areas. Same with commercial buildings. They are usually in commercial areas. And that train station. I'm thinking rail roads. On a tropical island. Maby it's a great idea. Dunno myself. Maby I'm just asking about stuff beyond anybodys expectations. Do we need a big boss to control where this mod is going ? Or is that a very bad idea.

 

EDIT: I just made a topic in MISSION CODING about this.

 

Edited November 10, 2003 by Barton Waterduck

[Inky]

Street Races! Hey, what about MTA somehow lets us reprogram their program so that we can use this Mod instead of Vice City?

[Barton Waterduck]

 

 

 

 

MI Vice Final	Last Update: New pickups ect.
Mirror 1	Thanks to GTA Universe
Mirror 2	Thanks to Me (Knife)
Mirror 3	Thanks to Suction Testicle man

SAN ANDREAS SCRIPT COMING SOON!

MORE MIRRORS WELCOME!

 

ALL LINKS ARE WORKING!

 

San Andreas Progress

 

A new modshop has been coded

I have converted 2 missions (Job on the line & Five Alive)

Some dev. code that will not be in the release

All of Mission 0 (parked cars, weapons, pickups ect.)

Opius had re written the master thread

 

A test of these features is avalible to myriad developers

Edited January 2, 2006 by Knife

[brokenfish]

no ambulance or fire truck or police?

 

i would like to see... more interiors to buildings if possible.

[rackellar]

To answer some of your questions from my POV, i would say, what would vice city be without lots of violence, i dont mean mindless constant violence, but violence like how it is in the game now. RULE VIOLENCE!!!

 

Anyway, moving swiftly on....Is it possible to have a Ferry, and have lil ports around the island so you can jump on and go for a trip on the boat. That would be pretty sweet. And at one this mod is a bit like sim city you could have a mission where you must shoot down UFO's or something (Simcity 3000) lol, getting a little OTT now i spose.

 

Edited November 10, 2003 by rackellar

[rackellar]

A lil game where you stop UFO's, CLASSIC!!!

[Barton Waterduck]

 

Oh god, not another CLEAN INSTALL. That's what illspirit told me to do. And don't you mean gta_vc.dat? If so, I just took the one from this mod, and placed it in the /data folder.

It's a new city. It's a CLEAN city. There is NOTHING in it. At all. No buildings. You do not even need to install it yet, because you get nothing. Because it's empty. When there is stuff in it, you need a SEPARATE install, because your old original GTA VC will get replaced with a completely new city. This mean CLEAN INSTALL.

 

rackellar: A ferry would be better than those old ships. You can hijack a ferry and sell the cars in it.

I think UFO's are possible to code. You just set it up in the 'object.dat' file as a destroyable object. Like that random flying dodo you can shoot down in gta 3.

 

Edited November 10, 2003 by Barton Waterduck

[-Decay-]

I think we should have violence. MAybe place a ped in a house,and your mission is to take a meat cleaver or bat and kill him. Just for fun.

[-Decay-]

no ambulance or fire truck or police?

 

i would like to see... more interiors to buildings if possible.

Many of the bulidings are coming with an interior to explore already.

 

I dont really care about violence or not. I would just leave it as is.

[Inky]

 

Oh god, not another CLEAN INSTALL. That's what illspirit told me to do. And don't you mean gta_vc.dat? If so, I just took the one from this mod, and placed it in the /data folder.

It's a new city. It's a CLEAN city. There is NOTHING in it. At all. No buildings. You do not even need to install it yet, because you get nothing. Because it's empty. When there is stuff in it, you need a SEPARATE install, because your old original GTA VC will get replaced with a completely new city. This mean CLEAN INSTALL.

Not true Barton. Since I have finished The Bunker, illspirit has sent me the files to install it on that lot. I just have to get the game working.

Edited November 10, 2003 by Inky

[Barton Waterduck]

 

no ambulance or fire truck or police?

 

i would like to see... more interiors to buildings if possible.

too violent for a Sims game.

Fires are scary you know. Cops too.

I guess I need to come up with something funny that isn't violent. Something involving driving a car without hitting people on accident.

There won't be any weapons in there. Thats for sure (except, I'm not the boss, so )

edit: Killing aliens in UFOs is sort of violent. According to UFO fanatics anyway.

 

Many of the bulidings are coming with an interior to explore already.

 

I dont really care about violence or not. I would just leave it as is.

That would make it easier to code it. All it needs then is the code to load the interiors.

 

(Wonders why nobody want gangs to do random drive-by's. )

 

Edited November 10, 2003 by Barton Waterduck

[JernejL]

mail transport missions (mail trucks, mail planes, mail helicopters, special delivers etc.. )

 

[Un3462]

garbage truck missions!!!!!

[Barton Waterduck]

 

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edit: sorry, I didn't see his star...

Edited November 10, 2003 by Barton Waterduck

[Inky]

Okay....right. Anywho I got it working, this mod's pretty funny.