Beta Screens described

[d1337r]

Sorry for bad english...

 

 

 

All of 'beta' screens are 'PS2 Screen Shots' from gouranga.com.

I have used GTA Map Editor to view quickly through LC. So I can get wrong somewhere

Images are sorted by number in URL - http://www.gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_**.jpg

• 1. View from 'Les Cargo' ship, athmosphere is more like VC and SA.
• 2. Location unknown, mostly like Portland, much more brighter, SUMO and 'NEW!' signs at the right, that are located only in Staunton Island in final.
• 3. Near Callahan Bridge (mostly like named West Port Bridge in beta), much more colored, school(?) building [model 'policeballhall'] is red, shops at the right changed, 'PETROL' sign is present (beta version of 'GASOLINE' one, based on 'DIESEL')
• 4. Chinatown, beta Claude (a little ugly) facing the screen, the Taxi (like other cars at this stage) had no shading, there is NO such zone in Chinatown with road facing the 'fence'.
• 5. Red Light District, near Meeouch Sex Kitten Club, another shop 'roofing' texture (beta - white/red, final - dark green), no grass limiting the left and right sides of the highway, extra support for L-Train.
• 6. Near Portland Subway station, NO subway station here in beta, but an L-train one. This section of road(where car is) does not exist in final, only a small pass (where you can get a 'police bribe')
• 7. Near Punk Noodles building in Chinatown, a statue instead of Punk Noodles in the beta, beta cop car, Ambulance without text decals.
• 8. At the intersection between [policeballhall] and Bank of Liberty, Portland, not far from #3, extra L-train support at the right, 'f-STORE'(?) instead of Bank of Liberty [ind_maindrag2], completely different houses at forward.
• 9. Location unknown, cars without shading, readable LC R29 numplates and with weird windows, signs of oK, chinese hyeroglyph, row of (MR) signs, R* and some burger sign's part visible.
• 10. A Patriot, three school buses and L-Train with bright texture instead of windows. Same location as #6.
• 11. Near #4, a statue instead of Punk Noodles.
• 12. Near basketball court in Chinatown. House at the left is different.
• 13. Location unknown. The best image of school bus. The bus, BTW, looks empty. Something weird at the right part of screen (glitches?)

More coming soon... If you noticed something wrong, write it here.

[Yatesyz]

I can't get the url to work, can you give me the first one then I can just replace the number so it works.

[g30dud3]

I can't get the url to work, can you give me the first one then I can just replace the number so it works.

The link works fine, just replace the ** with the number.

[QwertyAAA]

I'm pretty sure this is not needed.

[d1337r]

For 1-9 replace ** with TWO digits of the number: 7 - 07 )))

[Antonio Cipriani]

Hey didn't anyone see the high quality trees in the 12th pic? They look way better than the original ones, almost like those "hipoly" trees from SA.

Oh and at the 11th pic, there's that "Luton" truck to the right. I wonder if any pic has a Panto in it...

[smeagol]

theres over 400 images here if you replace the numbers

 

[lloydo]

Wow! They look so wierd.

[Djonemore]

Awesome bata pics! never seen these ones before! This game must have been fun as hell to make from nothing to a living city...

[d1337r]

14. Location unknown, school bus, police car, ambulance and beta Claude's face. Also you can see the real brightness of Portland in beta. These textures remind me of GTA1...

15. Chinatown. Water from firetruck and firetruck itself never looks like that in final. Also 8-Ball (?) in his prison clothes is visible. Claude still has its beta face

16. Again a few metres from #8, a school bus and cops chasing Claude. Face still not changed.

17. In this screen Liberty City is more dark than in previous ones, more like the final. Can't find this place in III.

18. Chinatown. Two blue cop cars is visible at the left. Also note too bright texture for metal at the right.

19. Chinatown. No changes except for shading, brigthness of textures at the left and that Claude is not in prison clothes like #15.

20. Location unknown. Very good explosions. Claude's face is still in beta stage.

21. Chinatown. I never seen this car in Portland.

22. Location unknown, near Chinatown. Note the white-red roof of the building at the left. In final it's grey.

23. Chinatown. Only changes are Claude's face and car shading's abcense.

 

[g30dud3]

I sortof agree with QwertyAAA that this isn't necessary, most of the description is obvious anyway. Regardless, if I were you I would edit the first post rather than making new posts, to keep them all together.

[ivfreak]

Pretty sure picture No.13 is next to where punk noodles now is.

The beta road through (as mentioned in No.6) is visible with the L-train in the distance

Plus the statue on the left is the same as the other images

[Antonio Cipriani]

 

19. Chinatown. No changes except for shading, brigthness of textures at the left and that Claude is not in prison clothes like #15.

21. Chinatown. I never seen this car in Portland.

23. Chinatown. Only changes are Claude's face and car shading's abcense.

19. There are more changes, like the trees and the L-train tracks.

21. That car is a beta stage of the Idaho, and It's called Hachura.

23. Again, you didn't mention the train tracks.

8. You didn't seem to notice that window to the far right of the pic? It kinda looks like there's an interior inside.

[Benzoboy]

In pic 30, is that a beta Kuruma? I've never seen a car similar to that before.

 

EDIT: Nvm, it's an early Sentinel. Pic 32 gives this away, I prefer the look of this one. I reckon the Mafia version woulda looked bad-ass.

[claude1996]

hey look at this sh*t there is a full winged dodo in the background of http://www.gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_95.jpg

I like how evry thing is lighter in the BETA

 

omfg look at 109 the triads look completely different!!!

 

110 is the only known picture of shoreside known in beta

 

123 has a difference in the taxi drivers that I quess were marked out of the beta

Edited August 19, 2009 by claude1996

[PreciousWall]

Look! the Car interior are detailed!

also: the helicopter texture is very detailed!

Edited August 9, 2008 by darkdude

[stef_92]

They are detailed maybe because these are screenshots from the xbox version

[Emotion98.3]

oh wow in picture 29 everything is spongy...the bus and the peds are

[The Hero]

They are detailed maybe because these are screenshots from the xbox version

You do know that there was no xbox version initially?

Only PS2 and perhaps PC, but I doubt that.

[TruXter]

Hmm

 

Huge difference.

 

 

Beta

 

 

current

Edited August 9, 2008 by TruXter

[Mince]

The topic called 'any beta shots' would fit this all very well.

[thecommander]

Pic 19 caught my eye (I didnt go through all of them) how come Claude is in his regular clothes but 8-ball is in prison clothes

[ivfreak]

#29 caught my eye

What The sh*t is going on!?

As previously mentioned everything is "spongy" and 8-ball is in his prison suit while claude is normally clothed (maybe the storyline was different in some way)

ALSO

What the f*ck is a mini claude doing by the paramedic!? it reminds me of the "hater" out of the yahh soldier boi video (no i like led zeppelin it just gets alot of air time in new zealand) and the windows??? are they smashed or reflective just in a perfect circle in the middle of them or is there an apartment block inside of a building? (windows of the building opposite, behing the lamp post)