General OpenIV Discussion and Announcements

[GooD-NTS]

 

 

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OpenIV is a multi-purpose editor and archive manager for PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV/Episodes from Liberty city and Max Payne 3. OpenIV major features:

 

Grand Theft Auto IV

• Creating and editing IMG archives (version 3)
• Creating and editing RPF archives (version 2 and 3)
• Inbuilt viewers for common GTA IV & EfLC files (text, images etc)
• Inbuilt player for GTA IV audio files
• Inbuilt SCO script decompiler (hight livel code generator)
• Inbuilt WTD Texture editor. (Creating, Editing, properties changes etc)
• Global search in all game archives and sound files
• 3D Placement Search
• 3D Viewer of models files - WDR, WDD, WFT, WPFL
• 3D Viewer of collision files - WBN, WBD
• 3D Viewer of NavMesh files - WNV
• openFormats Import/Export to allow work with GTA IV/EfLC resources in 3D editors (for example, 3Ds Max).
• Text based format for easy WPL editing.
• Inbuilt GXT file viewer

Max Payne 3

• Creating and editing IMG archives (version 4)
• Global search in all game archives
• 3D Viewer of collision files - WBN, WBD
• 3D Viewer of NavMesh files - WNV
• Inbuilt WTD Texture viewer
• Inbuilt viewers for common Max Payne 3 files (text, images etc)
• Inbuilt GXT file viewer
• Inbuilt player for Max Payne 3 audio files - AWC

History of OpenIV:

2012 Year

• 15th November 2012 - OpenIV 1.2.5 (build 377, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=748
• 24th September 2012 - OpenIV 1.2.0 (build 365, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=717
• 29th July 2012 - OpenIV 1.1.0 (build 350, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=677
• 6 June 2012 - OpenIV 1.0.0 (build 330, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=652 <<< First public release with Max Payne 3 support
• 31st March 2012 - OpenIV 0.9.4 "motion-3" (build 298, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=621, http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...st&p=1061186128
• 13th February 2012 - OpenIV 0.9.4 "motion-2" (build 290, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=613
• 1st February 2012 - OpenIV 0.9.4 "motion-1" (build 285, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=599

2011 Year

• 1st November 2011 - OpenIV 0.9.3 (openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=557
• 1st July 2011 - OpenIV 0.9.2 (build 250, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=486
• 10th March 2011 - OpenIV 0.9.1 (build 240, openFormats) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=333 <<< First public release with openFormats

2010 Year

• July 2010 - Begin BETA testing of OpenIV 0.9.1
• June 2010 - The end of a break in development of .black and OpenIV

2009 Year

• June 2009 - The beginning of a break in development of .black and OpenIV
• February 2009 - Begin creating techologu for creating RAGE resourcses. birth ideas of openFormats.
• 31st January 2009 - OpenIV 0.9 (build 202) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=143
• 30th January 2009 - OpenIV 0.9 (build 199) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=135

2008 Year

• 30th December 2008 - OpenIV 0.8 (build 163) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=127
• 29th December 2008 - OpenIV 0.8 (build 159) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=121
• 28th December 2008 - OpenIV 0.8 (build 157) - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=117 <<< First public release
• September 2008 - First mod for GTA IV xbox 360 - Imfomation: http://openiv.com/?p=37 & http://openiv.com/?p=56
• May 2008 - Begin development of OpenIV and .black

Pictures of OpenIV

 

 

 

 

http://OpenIV.com/ Edited November 16, 2012 by GooD-NTS

[Shadow-Link]

Awesome work! I especially like the sco part! But I can't edit the sco files yet?

Edited December 28, 2008 by Prince-Link

[_CP_]

Hurayy! Very good work, Good!

[jas0nuk]

Ah.. awesome. Thanks for this!

[Hollaz]

Nice. Finally a release of this tool!

[xmen]

well done mate

[FunGt]

I was waiting for this. GJ.

[saintone]

You did it! good work!

 

 

[JostVice]

Nice work! Tried replacing a texture (uppr_diff_016_a_uni.wtd) with a PNG, and it looks like the game doesn't load it. It is the serbian Jacket that you steal from a guy in a mission, I move trough the clothes but it is not there... weird.

 

Anyway, nice organization and all

[R3verse]

Awesome work, been eagerly awaiting this release.. Thanks

[Fabio206]

OMG great m8 I was lookin' forward for it

 

 

 

[MiniAnt]

Nice work! Tried replacing a texture (uppr_diff_016_a_uni.wtd) with a PNG, and it looks like the game doesn't load it. It is the serbian Jacket that you steal from a guy in a mission, I move trough the clothes but it is not there... weird.

 

Anyway, nice organization and all

I have a problem with replacing textures too, they just don't change ingame.

Sometimes the program crashes and says I can't open some file because it is being used by another procsess (while it's actually not).

And then when I quit it it says that there has been a memory leak.

Cool if you would fix it soon, really looking forward to import my own clothes to the game.

[JostVice]

Nice work! Tried replacing a texture (uppr_diff_016_a_uni.wtd) with a PNG, and it looks like the game doesn't load it. It is the serbian Jacket that you steal from a guy in a mission, I move trough the clothes but it is not there... weird.

 

Anyway, nice organization and all 

I have a problem with replacing textures too, they just don't change ingame.

Sometimes the program crashes and says I can't open some file because it is being used by another procsess (while it's actually not).

And then when I quit it it says that there has been a memory leak.

Cool if you would fix it soon, really looking forward to import my own clothes to the game.

Yeah, just tried replacing Claude's hoody and nothing changes. Now it loads but no change at all, where in openIV I see my new texture correctly

 

I'm confused also, I extracted WTD (backup) extracted PNG, edited, with same nickname, went to Edit the WTD in OpenIV, replaced the texture, saved WTD (MSDos windows opens up, Everything 'done', I press enter) I close OpenIV, and go ingame...

[Glumok]

Same problem here, replace texture (png, same size, rebuild archive, ...) but nothing happens in game.

 

I tried with "playerped.rpf" (wich I assume is Niko's clothes and body) with his head and costumes textures.

When I open the edited file with SparkIV 0.5, I can see the new texture I edited... But in-game, there is no change (original texture).

 

Rebuilding "componentpeds.img" don't works (can't reopen the file after rebuild - OpenIV crashes).

 

When I change the textures then rebuild the archive "componentpeds.img", the file I edited loses attributes.

I edited a texture in "f_y_stripperc01.wtd" with the attributes "Resource [version:8]" for the original unedited file.

But when I change the texture and save (not rebuild), the attribute changes for "No".

 

Also, the new rebuild "componentpeds.img" is 1.249.574 kb where the original is 625.046 kb ! (not happened with "playerped.rpf").

When I open it with SparkIV 0.5, I can see the new "f_y_stripperc01.wtd" is 610 mb (almost the size of the original .img itself).

 

 

 

OS : Vista Home 32

 

Ho, and it's cool to see a release of OpenIV finaly !

 

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Edit:

 

With textures on High in the game settings, new textures appears (at least for Niko's face), but only from a near distance from his head :

 

from far - from mid - from near

 

Also, the eyes turns to dark, but it must be a mistake by myself, because the textures I created has not the same alpha as the original :

Edited December 29, 2008 by gorgeprofondegta4

[R3verse]

Same issue here.. IMPORTING of textures fails..

[MiniAnt]

Also tried replacing the texture with OpenIV, exporting the .wtd with OpenIV and then importing it with SparkIV and then saving the .rpf. Still no change.

[the hubster]

Got the same problem with textures as others do.

[RaifalM3n]

you f*cking rock`

[BeatFK]

I tried to open the playerped.rpf.

 

 

But it failed, "Access violation".

 

 

This is therefore the only .rpf I failed to open. But it's the one i cherish the most lol.

[the hubster]

When opening playerped.rpf:

 

Time: "20:15:39"

Type: "EAccessViolation"

Message: "Access violation at address 005B4C53 in module 'OpenIV.exe'. Read of address 00000000"

 

Additional information:

Address: "0x00000000"

Procedure: ""

Unit: "", Line: "0"

 

Using XP, SP3 if that helps.

[Acoustik]

Hey GooD-NTS, Great new version of OpenIV

I'm sure you fix the texture problem and go to add the models preview

 

I keep an eyes about you on MSN

bye !

[BeatFK]

Like everybody up, I succeed in replacing the texture by a PNG (same resolution, same name, same type of clothes), the DOS save command works, But I then can't open the file anymore, nor with OpenIV nor with Spark0.5, and I see a "Memory leak" window when quitting OpenIV.

 

In game, it doesn't work either. Changed textures just disappear.

 

 

But Great tool, I'm sure it will be fixed soon.

[Hollaz]

Did what they did, but my IV does not start anymore. Even after putting back original files. (The loadscreens finish, but when it comes to the "Loading - Mission Name" it just keep load without results.

[Graphix14]

Great job!

[MakcenD]

With high texture

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/28/1...8_1280x1024.JPG

Snow road

[FunGt]

Who have "Access violation" problems:

try to remove the read-only from the proprieties of GTAIV folder.

[BeatFK]

Who have "Access violation" problems:

try to remove the read-only from the proprieties of GTAIV folder.

No change.

 

 

Still "Access violation"

[FunGt]

To italians only: Italian translation for this version.

The archive will be updated every time a new version of OpenIV will came out.

 

 

GooD-NTS: I made the translation by editing xml files.

[R3verse]

Ive managed to replace textures using the " EDIT " Function instead

of using " Replace " Function, once textures are imported i rebuilt the

.RPF which worked See HERE >> Texture Imported Successfully <<

 

Although once in game there are no changes..

 

>> In Game No Change <<

Edited December 28, 2008 by R3verse

[BeatFK]

Ive managed to replace textures using the " EDIT " Function instead

of using " Replace " Function, once textures are imported i rebuilt the

.RPF which worked See HERE >> Texture Imported Successfully <<

 

Although once in game there are no changes..

Same as you I succeeded to replace Roman's face with Brucie's.

 

 

But in game, no change.