General OpenIV Discussion and Announcements

[Polkien]

@GooD-NTS

 

EDIT:

Solved earlier problem.

But I have another question. Do you know how wrinkle maps work? I mean which file assign them to model. For example if i replace mesh, wrinkle maps work good but when I'll add mesh, editing ymt file, they don't work, everything except them work(damages, wind movement, wetness etc.).You know something about them?

Edited April 20, 2017 by Polkien

[nkjellman]

@GooD-NTS

 

Your tool is corrupting files. I added some vehicle models. After that, all of the vehicle models in that RPF (just the files in the vehicles.rpf, not the whole dlc.rpf) wouldn't open as OpenIV would crash.

 

Then when I had to copy the rpf file again, I replaced a handling.meta and a vehicles.meta. Now those files are corrupt. When I open them in OpenIV they are completely blank.

If that file was actually blank, it wouldn't be 34.2 KB. Also, I didn't touch vehiclelayouts.meta (It was modified in the backup). It still seems to have gotten corrupted somehow. I did open it when I was putting my new files in.

 

At times, there is an odd 5 sec delay when putting files into the RPF.

 

And now my vehicles.rpf is corrupt again.

 

Is there some sort of limit as to how big a dlc pack can be?

Edited April 20, 2017 by nkjellman

[rollschuh2282]

can you guys add openformat support for the gta 4 audio files?

[BS_BlackScout]

can you guys add openformat support for the gta 4 audio files?

This doesn't make any sense. They are WAVs.

[Tomas.]

can you guys add openformat support for the gta 4 audio files?

They don't want do any new features for IV, unfortunately. Besides, I heard IV audio is rather complicated to work with, OpenIV handles it pretty badly now even. Why would you need that though? Edited April 21, 2017 by Tomasino

[rollschuh2282]

 

can you guys add openformat support for the gta 4 audio files?

This doesn't make any sense. They are WAVs.

a lot of sounds are in "soundcontainers and you can't replace Single Sounds only the whole file.

for example: you want to change the sound of glass shatter, but you can't because you can't change single sounds

[GooD-NTS]

Solved earlier problem.

What was it?

 

 

But I have another question. Do you know how wrinkle maps work? I mean which file assign them to model. For example if i replace mesh, wrinkle maps work good but when I'll add mesh, editing ymt file, they don't work, everything except them work(damages, wind movement, wetness etc.).You know something about them?

Unfortunately, I don't know.

 

 

Your tool is corrupting files. I added some vehicle models. After that, all of the vehicle models in that RPF (just the files in the vehicles.rpf, not the whole dlc.rpf) wouldn't open as OpenIV would crash.

Can you reproduce it with original files and give me exact steps and files?

 

 

Is there some sort of limit as to how big a dlc pack can be?

RPF file may not be bigger than 4GB. Also, make sure you have enough free space on your disk.

 

 

can you guys add openformat support for the gta 4 audio files?

Sorry, but no new functionality for GTA IV at the moment.

[Polkien]

 

Solved earlier problem.

What was it?

Problem with exported embedded textures as dds, it was just issue with outdated nVidias dds plugin for Photoshop.

[GooD-NTS]

Today we are releasing quite big maintenance update for OpenIV 2.9.
This update contain important fixes but no new features or notable changes.
If everything will goes well with this update we will start working on the next feature update for OpenIV this week.

[_CP_]

What exactly was fixed in this build? Could you provide any details?

[GooD-NTS]

Here, if it somehow helps you:

 

### [HotFix + 4] ###

[+] Network: New network code based on http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Berlin/en/Using_an_HTTP_Client

[+] Zip: Extract String now uses encoding

[+] HashManager: Fixed resort method (it must use Trimmed strings like Load method)

[+] TextEditor: Limit functionality for huge files | Code Folding is disabled for files bigger than 100 MB

[+] PackageInstaller: Try to start log twice

[+] LecacyUI: MainWindow SelectedList update improved | Possible crash fix

[+] Crash: Incorrect Bone count in models lead to pgArray crash

[+] Crash: FragmentsViewer crash when BodeIndex = -1

[+] openFormats: Improved import/export of shader params in GTA V

[+] openFormats: Improved composite collision import

[+] GTAIV: AnimViewer/CutscenePlayer crash when no audio

[+] Languages update

 

[Jax765]

Encountering an issue with the game not loading content added to update.rpf when reloading a save. As you can see from the log (openiv copy is from before reloading the save), rdevehicles.rpf is loaded fine on first boot. But when I reload a save within the game, the rpf archive is not reloaded alongside other dlc archives.

 

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/261678737249009666/306195371460263946/OpenIV.log

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/261678737249009666/306195374417379328/OpenIV_-_Copy.log

 

This doesn't occur with modded dlc .rpf archives, just with .rpfs added to update.rpf. Can this be circumvented?

Edited April 24, 2017 by Jax765

[DOUGL4S1]

Not sure if it is possible and sorry if it sounds like I'm nitpicking, but can you make some fixes to the cutscene viewer? The one that bothers me the most is that props are not in sync with characters (look at my signature). Also, maybe a timeline so we can jump fowards and backwards (IIRC you can only pause), or an option to load the place where the cutscene takes place (once again, not sure if possible).

[nkjellman]

@GooD-NTS:

 

I am wondering, do you know of any way I can make a custom map be an "on demand" map? By that I mean that it is like North Yankton or quite a few interiors. It doesn't load by default but it can be enabled/disabled with scripts.

 

Reason being:

With map modding starting to take off, we will be getting a lot more maps (a lot probably converted from the FiveM maps we have). I am not sure if you have seen the Hyrule map on GTA5-Mods but this is defiantly a map I want to be loaded only when requested by scripts. (I should also point out, if I disable its ymap with Menyoo, the map disappears, but the collisions are still there.)

 

Hyrule is a map from Mario Kart 8, and there, there are parts of the map you never reach in that game. Most of it is for background scenery. So as a result, there are missing faces, and the map is floating in the air. I don't want to have the map loaded when it isn't being used. In addition to that, people may make map mods that wouldn't fit next to Los Santos like if they made a snowy tundra map for example, or a map that is biased off of another country, perhaps in Europe or Asia. In addition to that, people could release maps that interfere with another modder's map, so this would be a great way to manage the maps without having to uninstall one to use the other.

 

So I have an idea. If I can figure out how to make custom maps be "on demand" maps, I want to write a neat and creative Travel script to manage these maps in an immersive way. Each map would have its own config file. When you want to travel to the map, you would go to LSIA enter a marker, and get a menu of each location you can travel to. The config files would tell the script what IPL's to load/unload, where the arrival and departure locations are, the climate of the map (so it will snow on snowy maps), etc... It could even work for maps that are enabled all of the time too though. So when you guys release LC, you would be able to create a config file for my script that will add LC as a travel destination, so people can buy plane tickets to travel between LS and LC.

 

I tried looking at the <MapData> section in _manifest.ymf, but that didn't work. I noticed a lot of "on demand" ymaps in the normal game have code in that section. That section also seems to have code relating to ymap files that are enabled at certain times of the day. For example, the beach props at Vespucci Beach.

 

Anyways, if you happen to know what exactly makes maps "on demand", I can write this script. I know that this is possible to do, so if you have any insight regarding this matter, it would be extremely helpful.

[Chipsman]

Hi nkjellman,
I dont know the full mechanism how it works, but AFAIK there is 0x1 flag in CMapData.flags, when it is set the ymap is not loading automatically, maybe it help you somehow

Edited April 27, 2017 by Chipsman

[rollschuh2282]

since the latest update is openIV extrem slow for me, i need to wait almost 10-15 seconds to open a file inside a .rpf, or a .rpf itself.

 

and in the taskmgr, openIV uses in that time almost no cpu

[GooD-NTS]

This doesn't occur with modded dlc .rpf archives, just with .rpfs added to update.rpf. Can this be circumvented?

This might be game default behavior.

 

 

Not sure if it is possible and sorry if it sounds like I'm nitpicking, but can you make some fixes to the cutscene viewer?

We currently don't have time or resource to fix/improve anything for GTA IV.

 

 

The one that bothers me the most is that props are not in sync with characters (look at my signature).

This is tough one. All animations in scene is synchronized using audio time, and I literally have no idea why they are not sync while they should be.

Back in the days we tried to do something, fix it, but with no luck.

 

 

Also, maybe a timeline so we can jump fowards and backwards (IIRC you can only pause)

Because of how cutscene viewer manages scene resources it can be done only in range of one section (you can see sections on timeline).

I don't remember exactly why but I think we had some other issues with this features back in the days, so it wasn't implemented.

 

 

or an option to load the place where the cutscene takes place (once again, not sure if possible).

It would require a full map support in player, and it takes a lot of time to implement.

 

 

since the latest update is openIV extrem slow for me, i need to wait almost 10-15 seconds to open a file inside a .rpf, or a .rpf itself.

and in the taskmgr, openIV uses in that time almost no cpu

All files or some particular files?

[Claude_Lib]

Any patchnotes for today's update?

[GooD-NTS]

We fixed stuff we bloke in previous update and made some fixes based on automatic reports.

[rollschuh2282]

 

 

since the latest update is openIV extrem slow for me, i need to wait almost 10-15 seconds to open a file inside a .rpf, or a .rpf itself.

and in the taskmgr, openIV uses in that time almost no cpu

All files or some particular files?

all files that are stored in .rpfs

[nkjellman]

We fixed stuff we bloke in previous update and made some fixes based on automatic reports.

So should the corruption of my RPF cease?

 

I noticed that it occurs when I add information. Its like when I reach a certain point, it happens. Could it acutely be a file size limit? My RPF has grown to 4.05 GB. I haven't seen an RPF that large before, ether from GTA's files, or a mod. The audio rpf's are less than that by about 1 GB.

 

However, if this is the case, it really is no big deal. I will just have to start adding vehicles into a different dlc.rpf.

Edited April 27, 2017 by nkjellman

[_CP_]

As far as I remember, RPF size limit is 4GB.

[GooD-NTS]

This is correct, RPF has 4GB limit.

[nkjellman]

This is correct, RPF has 4GB limit.

 

Thank you. I will be moving on to another RPF.

[SD Developer]

Great work keep it up !

[Dilapidated]

@GooD-NTS:

 

Any info/updates on ypt files? Seems as of current only core.ypt is editable and the rest show up blank in the viewer.

[GooD-NTS]

YPT files contain effects description there is no tools to edit those data.

Also, some YPT can contain models and textures (like core.ypt) but it is not necessary.

We have plans to make tools/formats for YPT in future, but I can't give you any estimates.

[GooD-NTS]

Maintenance update is available for OpenIV 2.9.
In today's update we fixed critical issue with AWC editing (for both GTA V and Max Payne 3).
This issue was lead your game to crash when you edit some files (for example in STREAMED_VEHICLES_GRANULAR.rpf)

[NikoBellicGTAIV]

Nice!

 

By the way, do you think we'll ever see GTA V animation viewer? Maybe even cutscene viewer?

[GooD-NTS]

Yes, in future.