The thread that started it all

[redlad]

I cant get it to work, done everything.

 

When I run gta-lc.exe it says;

 

"Unable to determine the version of gta-vc.exe

GTA Liberty will not be executed"

 

think it might have something to do with "vcversion.dll", although it is from the 2.7update version so it should work. Can someone post a working one?

 

When I run gta-vc.exe, it looks like its going to work, but crashes when I try to start a new game.

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Also in the shortcut "Target" why type:

"C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto Liberty City\gta-lc.exe" -showconfig

 

Is this correct? Do I have to change something?

 

Cheers

[Ben]

You'd be right in assuming that it's got something to do with vcversion.dll - this is a module that Hammer83 created that determines which version of VC you are running, and converts the memory offsets to the 1.0 US version.

 

It should work as long as the vcversion.dll is in your main LC folder (along with gta-vc.exe and gta-lc.exe). The version in the 2.7up package is the most up-to-date version.

 

Do you know which version of VC you are running (Aussie, 1.0 US, 1.1 US, German, etc.)?

 

Also, you don't run gta-vc.exe to play LC - you must run the launcher (gta-lc.exe) .

 

As for your question about the shortcut target, as long as that's where gta-lc.exe is located, then that should be fine. That's to create the Show Config utility, which is useful for editing some aspects of your LC.

[AK-73]

I downloaded 2.6 plus the 2.7 updated and installed it but the mod didn't work for me. Doing a bit of debugging I learned that there seemed to be a problem with the models in landne and landsw. Crossreferencing the .ipl with the .ides seemed to indicate that there are some mismatches. First of all there are some models in both land*.ide and in generic.ide plus the ids do not match; check around the models around id 3107, I think, if you want to know what I mean. Game crashed upon starting new game with an exception because of it.

 

Alex

 

[Konstantinos]

Well I installed it over a previous 2.7 update and it works.

 

But there's a very strange new bug concerning streetlights and traffic lights. One of these things happens randomly:

 

1/ They are completely invisible

2/ They are all-black, with no texture, and not modeled properly so you can also see the lights on the other side.

3/ When hit, they disappear instantly instead of breaking and falling off.

Or none of this happens and they display correctly.

 

WTF is going on???

Edited December 22, 2006 by Konstantinos

[Konstantinos]

Just to let you know, a new version of my poor excuse for a SCM mod called "VC weapons in LC" is up to match the Dec 8 release of the official mission script in 2.7up. Download url remains the same: http://lc.megavovan.com/mods/VCweapons.rar

[redlad]

I think i have the euro version 1.0, I got it in ireland.

 

could be england though.

 

Where can you check the version number?

 

I have the file in the right place, but its not working

[ceedj]

If you don't wish to fugde with the SCM stuff, Delfi (JernejL) made a super-neato VC Console that not only displays the GPS in game, but does a bunch of other nifty stuff as well. The only thing you'd have to do is uncheck "Change Taskbar Text and Icon" in the Advanced section of the GTA:LC loader.

 

You can find it here: Developer Console

[Ben]

That would be dex909's most recent updates to fix the wet roads problem. I've got a message from him that he's fixing them - I'll add his fixes to the download when he sends them to me (and when I get a chance). Sorry guys.

[Ben]

Hmmmmm, this is a strange problem indeed. You're definitely using the original EXE and not a warezed one?

 

As for determining the version - that's what the vcversion.dll does. Your EXE should be referenced with it.

 

I'm not sure how to help you out on this one . Sorry.

[redlad]

All my GTA disks are original, and the vcversion.dll is in the same folder inthe vc directory.

[DarthSlurpee]

I have a problem. I remember playing LC awhile back, and wanted to experience again. I redownloaded it and followed all of the steps, even the pain-in-the-ass SFX update. However, when I try to load my old save files or start a new game, the game crashes. No error messages or anything. It just closes. What is wrong?

[Ben]

 

All my GTA disks are original, and the vcversion.dll is in the same folder inthe vc directory.

Rightio - just thought I'd check. There's been people before who've only revealed at the last minute that they aren't using the original EXE - use it and the problem is normally solved. But your's puzzles me - I really don't get it .

 

Also, you mentioned it is in the same folder in your VC directory - it should be in your LC directory (vcversion.dll, I mean). Not sure if this is just a typo, or actually a mistake on your part .

 

 

I have a problem. I remember playing LC awhile back, and wanted to experience again. I redownloaded it and followed all of the steps, even the pain-in-the-ass SFX update. However, when I try to load my old save files or start a new game, the game crashes. No error messages or anything. It just closes. What is wrong?

I'm not sure on this problem either . You definitely deleted IIItoVC_VC6.asi? If not, that will cause problems. But aside from that, I don't have anything else to suggest. Sorry.

Edited December 24, 2006 by Ben

[DarthSlurpee]

I have a problem. I remember playing LC awhile back, and wanted to experience again. I redownloaded it and followed all of the steps, even the pain-in-the-ass SFX update. However, when I try to load my old save files or start a new game, the game crashes. No error messages or anything. It just closes. What is wrong?

I'm not sure on this problem either . You definitely deleted IIItoVC_VC6.asi? If not, that will cause problems. But aside from that, I don't have anything else to suggest. Sorry.

Yes, I deleted that file. I suppose it's because I lost my original Vice City discs so I had to... use other means to play.

[Ben]

Most likely .

 

The majority of the time, most gameplay problems are caused by faulty mods (which can include warezed files). Using the original files generally fixes the problem.

 

In your case, I'd suggest just repurchasing VC - it's very cheap nowadays .

[simplyunkillable]

i was wondering about that. the LCS TC that i'm working with also has this problem.

[space_einstein]

Why are so many topics locked? There are no more specific categories to talk about specific stuff anymore.

 

Liberty City Textures Update

This file should restore most textures that looked out-of-place in Liberty City, especially the airport. I went from A to C, then got bored and did other random textures. All that took ten hours to do! D to Z is left to go! This should also save you some MB of space.

 

Liberty City Weapon Icons Update

This file converts six of Vice City's weapons icons to Liberty City. This took me half an hour EACH to finish.

 

Whoever touched the IDE file messed it up. It's not GTA3 and it is really glitchy.

 

My Christmas present to y'all.

Edited December 25, 2006 by space_einstein

[Ben]

 

Why are so many topics locked? There are no more specific categories to talk about specific stuff anymore.

Huh? There's plenty of topics still around to whack specific stuff in:

 

#	Area Of Work	Forum Topic
1	PEDs/Actors/Animations	Link
2	Launcher/EXE Hacking	Link
3	SCM Coding	Link
4	Graphics	Link
5	Modelling	Link
6	COL Files	Link
7	Official Trainer/Car Spawner	Link
8	Installer	Link
9	Audio	Link
10	Weapons	Link
11	Vehicles	Link
12	The Train	Link
13	Language Packs	Link
14	General Issues	Link (BUGS, GLITCHES, and INCOMPLETES)

I took this from the checklist, and there's also the forum directory. Personally I think that it's much more organised like this - if there's an area you think is missing, post a new topic for it and I'll approve it if it's necessary .

 

 

Liberty City Textures Update

This file should restore most textures that looked out-of-place in Liberty City, especially the airport. I went from A to C, then got bored and did other random textures. All that took ten hours to do! D to Z is left to go! This should also save you some MB of space.

 

Liberty City Weapon Icons Update

This file converts six of Vice City's weapons icons to Liberty City. This took me half an hour EACH to finish.

Thanks heaps - I'll whack them in the updates topic when I get the IDE fixes from dex909 .

 

 

Whoever touched the IDE file messed it up. It's not GTA3 and it is really glitchy.

Yeah, dex909 tried to apply the wet roads flag so that the roads would become wet after rain as per GTA3. But something else was messed up along the way - he's going to send me the updates as soon as he does them (he's working on it). So I'll update the package then.

 

In the meantime, you can grab the original IDEs (from the 2.7test package) here.

 

 

My Christmas present to y'all.

Thanks again .

 

EDIT - Just noticed your links were from yousendit, so I've reuploaded them for you:

Weapons Icons and

Textures .

Edited December 26, 2006 by Ben

[Serafim]

About the lamp posts bug, they're not black, they're just with no lightning. It random happens like he said, and it's not about the lamps. It happens to the ground of the final building on "Escort Service" mission and to some garages around Wichita Gardens.

[Ben]

It's because other flags had been changed in the IDEs instead of only having the wet roads one applied. You can grab the IDEs in their original form (before the flags were tampered with) here. We will get it sorted out properly though at some stage .

[Knaxia]

Wow, this mod is still active after almost 2 years...

 

I still remember when we started to work on that thing and made the first release.. it's now far from my cars convertions, car paths and some scm sh*t

 

 

...so many "new" people I don't even know and prolly don't even know me...

 

anyway, nice to see it didn't die

 

 

 

P.S. Is demarest still around? :\

[Knaxia]

3 years already ..... geez I played WoW for too long

[Dave_TE]

Wow, this mod is still active after almost 2 years...

 

I still remember when we started to work on that thing and made the first release.. it's now far from my cars convertions, car paths and some scm sh*t

 

 

...so many "new" people I don't even know and prolly don't even know me...

 

anyway, nice to see it didn't die

 

 

 

P.S. Is demarest still around? :\

Glad there are Sonic fans in LC team

[Gouveia]

Holy f*ck man! 3 years? I don't think so.... I can't be playing GTALC for that long(I play it since the first beta)

[Y_Less]

Wow, this mod is still active after almost 2 years...

 

I still remember when we started to work on that thing and made the first release.. it's now far from my cars convertions, car paths and some scm sh*t

 

 

...so many "new" people I don't even know and prolly don't even know me...

 

anyway, nice to see it didn't die

 

 

 

P.S. Is demarest still around? :\

Dem has mostly died now. But you and many others are infamous (or should be required reading for this mod), so you're not been forgotten.`

[space_einstein]

Huh? There's plenty of topics still around to whack specific stuff in

Sorry, I was kind of blind back then. I haven't been here for a while.

[ceedj]

@Y_Less, funny you should mention that...

 

We did a special short over the past few days called "Seasons Beatings'. In the credits we thank everyone on the GTA:LC team, so if you're into going "yeah, I'm on the list!", you can check out the credits at about (I swear I didn't plan this) 4:20. But anyway, thanks again guys for the great work on the mod, and we're proud to help show it off in our show.

 

Just A Short 6 - Lo Res

 

Hi Res

 

Happy holidays peeps! And nice to see you back space.

[Ben]

Wow, this mod is still active after almost 2 years...

 

I still remember when we started to work on that thing and made the first release.. it's now far from my cars convertions, car paths and some scm sh*t

 

 

...so many "new" people I don't even know and prolly don't even know me...

 

anyway, nice to see it didn't die

 

 

 

P.S. Is demarest still around? :\

Nope, don't know you personally, but I know what you've done for the mod. Nice to see you're still around - I'm sure Craig will stop by sometime and say "hi" too .

 

If you're looking for Dem, just hit him up over AIM sometime. I'll tell him you stopped by anyway.

 

 

Huh? There's plenty of topics still around to whack specific stuff in

Sorry, I was kind of blind back then. I haven't been here for a while.

No worries mate . I'm just glad to see you're still around, contributing again.

[Ben]

 

I've got some goodies for those of you involved in developing the launcher, courtesy of AK-73.  I asked him over email about implementing these into the LC launcher, but he's a bit busy with his own mod, so these will have to be done by someone else.  But at least he has a lot of specific info for you .

 

See the following posts:

1

2

3

4

5

 

They all address a range of EXE-related issues in the checklist, so another BIG thank-you to Alex .

 

It'd also be great (and a HUGE favour to Alex) if anyone who knows how to alter the world lighting could post some info - that's something he's keen to learn how to mod (and it's also applicable to LC), and I think it's the least we can do to re-pay him for all of the wonderful work he's done for us.

 

And if any of you come across my post about the SFX whilst looking over Alex's, don't worry - that info is included in the SFX download for the test7 package, courtesy of Modeling Man .

 

EDIT - It might also be a good idea to check the mem hacking topic regularly for any more updates from AK .

 

Here's something for our resident EXE hackers to look into (another of AK's findings).  A bit of research will be required to make it work "perfectly", but it's a big start.  Thanks again Alex .

 

EDIT - As for the world lighting - after talking to ModelingMan about it yesterday, we know where to look, but I'm not sure when we'll get around to fixing it.  We'll see what happens .

 

Hmmm, this might be useful for controlling the drivers on the lift bridge (another goodie from AK) .

 

When all of this stuff from AK, and the work Hammer and MM are doing behind the scenes gets implemented into the next launcher update, um, well, let's just say it's going to be f*cking awesome .

 

EDIT - WOW !

 

 

Ben is excited!

 

Here's some stuff that still has to be organised - the links all address a range of EXE-related fixes we still have to implement.

 

But I found a nice (late) Christmas present in my email inbox this morning, courtesy of AK - a world lighting fix!

 

Originally, he'd simply increased the blue values in timecyc.dat, which worked, but also affected all the whites in-game - they were no longer a "true" white. However, he has presented an alternative solution - since red and green mixed makes yellow, by reducing those values, the yellowish lighting in LC can be reduced. You can grab the fix here, and check out these comparison pics:

Original VC Tint vs GTA3-style Tint.

 

I'm not sure on the exact functions of the ASI or the CFG - AK could tell you more if you're interested Seems AK has already posted a brief description here . To install it, simply extract it over your LC folder.

 

I'll whack it in an update package sometime soon (with all of the other stuff that I need to compile too) .

Edited December 26, 2006 by Ben

[Craig Kostelecky]

It's nice to see some old faces back around here. For those that weren't around in the beginning or don't remember that far back, space and knux were two of the most important members of the mod. Both of them did much more work than what I've done in the last year or so. I wish I still had the drive and desire to keep this thing rolling. Hopefully though, things are far enough along that with Ben organizing everything that the mod can finish one day. I think I've taken it about as far as I can get it. The scm problems that are left I can't seem to fix, and I was never good at the other stuff either.

[space_einstein]

I don't know if this has been posted before but I found a way to prevent the train from disappearing if you tried to demolish it.

 

Replace the lines in the object.dat with these:

 

train                       99999.0,         99999.0       0.99,   0.1,    85.0,   1000.0,  0.0,     0,        0,        0train_dl                    99999.0,         99999.0       0.99,   0.1,    85.0,   1000.0,  0.0,     0,        0,        0train_dr                    99999.0,         99999.0       0.99,   0.1,    85.0,   1000.0,  0.0,     0,        0,        0strain                      99999.0,         99999.0       0.99,   0.1,    85.0,   1000.0,  0.0,     0,        0,        0strain_dl                   99999.0,         99999.0       0.99,   0.1,    85.0,   1000.0,  0.0,     0,        0,        0strain_dr                   99999.0,         99999.0       0.99,   0.1,    85.0,   1000.0,  0.0,     0,        0,        0