General OpenIV Discussion and Announcements

[OpenIV Team]

@@OpenIV Team Any idea which game files dictate the amount of passengers that a car usually spawns with?

No idea, you should ask people who do all those cop related mods.

 

 

 

...and is it possible to import GTA IV cutscene animation (characters, props and camera) data into e.g. 3DS Max (through openFormats perhaps)?

You can import animations and you can import models, so yeah technically, it is possible. You just need do it manually. You can open .cut file and see what models are used in the specific cut scene, import them into 3DS Max and then import animation for that cut scene, something like this.

[Jax765]

 

@@OpenIV Team Any idea which game files dictate the amount of passengers that a car usually spawns with?

No idea, you should ask people who do all those cop related mods.

 

 

...and is it possible to import GTA IV cutscene animation (characters, props and camera) data into e.g. 3DS Max (through openFormats perhaps)?

You can import animations and you can import models, so yeah technically, it is possible. You just need do it manually. You can open .cut file and see what models are used in the specific cut scene, import them into 3DS Max and then import animation for that cut scene, something like this.

 

I'm part of one of those teams lol. No one can seem to figure out the specific file, unless it's some sort of game script.

[OpenIV Team]

OpenIV 3.0

Today, we are releasing OpenIV 3.0 with some surprising features, please take a look:

Whats new in OpenIV 3.0

PlayStation 4 support
We are happy to announce new platform support for Grand Theft Auto V, please welcome PlayStation 4 (Orbis). We never actually thought this will be possible, but files for PS4 version of GTA V are available, so why not?

Features. As always in the beginning of the support for new game or platform, not all OpenIV features are available. As for now, we have basic support for Archives, Textures, Models, Collision Bounds, NavMeshes and Audio files. You can open all those files in inbuilt OpenIV tools, but there is no openFormats exporting or editing capabilities. Since PS4 have some specifics in GTA V RAGE Resources please consider this support as BETA and report any issues you may encounter. Please do not expect same level of features support as we have for PC version.

Files. You might also have question, where to get the PS4 game files. We cannot answer this question; this is something you need to figure out by yourself. You need to have game files on your PC. When you got the files, you also need decrypted version of eboot.bin, if you have the files you probably already know where to get it.

Vehicles animations
As our first step in GTA V Animations support, we added new feature for playing vehicles animations. In the model viewer if vehicle has animation you will see controls for playing it. You can play animation forwards and backwards.

We will continue our work on GTA V Animations support and you will see features like cutscenes player and openFormats support in the future.

Multichannel audio support
We added very important option into OpenIV settings. You now can configure how OpenIV plays multichannel audio. The new option "Multichannel audio playback" placed in the "Tools" tab and can have one of the following values:

• Play multichannel audio in mono mode OpenIV will mix all channels into one mono sound.
• Play multichannel audio in stereo mode OpenIV will mix channels into two channel stereo sound.
• Play multichannel audio in multichannel mode OpenIV will not mix any channels; this is how it worked before this update. Unfortunately, in most cases you will not hear anything expect for left and right audio channels. You probably will hear all sounds only if your system is capable of playing surround sound.

To provide the best experience for all users option is set to "Play multichannel audio in stereo mode" for default.

This option only affects audio playback in the OpenIVs tools such as Audio Player and GTA IV Cutscene Player, the export functionality is not changed. OpenIV Audio Player is now also has ability to export multichannel audio in stereo or mono mode.

Grand Theft Auto V

• We added openFormats support for YVR resources in GTA V. Those files are prerecorded vehicles paths that are used in cut-scenes (and maybe scripts). Its not big or heavily requested format, we added it just because it was easy and took only few minutes to do.
• We added support for new shaders in openFormats for GTA V models. Those shaders added in the latest game updates.
• We improved import process of .OXT openFormats for GTA V texts. It was processed keys with spaces incorrectly.
• We fixed an issue resulting in crash while importing partial carcols.ymt file from META/XML.
• We fixed an issue when edged faces rendered incorrectly for GTA V ped models with cloth geometries.
• We added new names for objects and models from latest updates. You will see normal names instead of hash values in ymap/ytyp files in the latest GTA V DLCs.
• We added many new names for audio tracks in GTA V. Animals, weapons, vehicles, DLCs, all kind of stuff.

Grand Theft Auto IV

• We fixed an important issue in GTA IV Cutscene player, which was the reason why objects positions not synchronized in the scene.
• We fixed an issue when GTA IV Cutscene player was not able to animate scene without audio file.
• We fixed an issue when GTA IV Cutscene player did not load audio files for some episodes cutscenes. Those cutscenes uses audio files form original GTA IV audio archive.
• We fixed an issue in GTA IV Cutscene player when it was not possible to control free camera while camcorder overlay is shown.
• We fixed an issue in GTA IV when some audio files mistakenly presented as multichannel sounds.
• We added many new names for audio tracks in GTA IV. Mostly for Episodes.

Max Payne 3

• We improved support for .GXT files in Max Payne 3.
• We added few new names for audio tracks in May Payne 3.

General changes, improvements, and fixes

• We added new option to start OpenIV with location from the last session. We use this option for a while now, and it pretty useful and amazing. This option is disabled by default, but you should definitely give it a try.
• We made many changes in main window menus: Edit menu reorganized and all new features from context menu added. Context menu and extended context menu also reorganized. We added extended context menu few versions back, but forgot to mention it here in the news. To invoke extended context menu instead of default one press and hold Shift.
• We added ability to close folders which opened through "File > Open folder..." feature.
• We added new option to display confirmation dialog on exit. This option is disabled by default.
• We fixed an issue resulting in OpenIV crash while importing some DDS files.
• We fixed an issue resulting in incorrect order of channels in exported multichannel WAV.
• We added ability to export multichannel audio as stereo or mono WAV.
• We fixed an issue where OpenIV was not able to open folders if they was drag-n-dropped into game folder using Windows File Explorer.
• We added ability to change color of edged faces in model viewers.
• We added context menus for all kind of elements in model viewers.
• We added search box into OpenIV Texture Editor.
• We added context menu for images in OpenIV Texture Editor.
• In OpenIV Texture Editor when image list is focused, you can press char key to navigate to texture with name starting with this char.
• In OpenIV Text Editor when search box is focused, you can press Enter to search next and Shift + Enter to search previous.
• You now can drag-n-drop OIV Package into OpenIV main window to install it.
• We made some changes regarding DirectX11 initialization in OpenIV.
• We add more debug information to catch some annoying issues.
• We probably fixed some other bugs but forget to mention them here or in bug-tracked change log.
• We probably made other improvements or changes but forget to mention them here or in bug-tracker change log.

You can find change log for this version on our bug-tracker here.

Community update
Since last release, we have several changes in our community:

YouTube Community Tab
We now have community tab on our YouTube channel.
YouTube/OpenIV/community

Discord server
We now have Discord server for OpenIV, you can join if you want.
https://discord.gg/UuEaRfy

Patreon
We now have OpenIV Patreon. You can support OpenIV if you want.


UI Localization
We have an instruction how to translate OpenIV into your own language and we are calling for you to do so. You can find the localization guide on GitHub. As for existing localizations, you can find list of differences between 2.9.1 and 3.0 here.

Special thanks to our supporters
We want to say thank you to all our supporters on Patreon and other platforms.
This release is supported by:

• MXKiN

Thank you.

Download
If you already have OpenIV, it will ask you for update next time you run it. If you still do not have OpenIV, you can use the link below to download it right now.

[OpenIV Team]

Maintenance update is available for OpenIV 3.0 (Build 1001).

Changelog:

• Liveries rendering fixed
• Fixed Package Installer "Select Content" dialog

OpenIV Team.

[RemixPL1994]

Can you add the possibility:

"We added new option to start OpenIV with location from the last session"

but also bypassing the choice of the game?

I would like OpenIV to open to me in the place where I was last and I would not have to show the game and the platform anew.

I only play and use OpenIV for GTA V for PC.

The window "select game and platform" which I still see and I have to choose is very unnecessary for me.

Please, Regards.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Remix1994PL

[rollschuh2282]

Can you add the possibility:

 

"We added new option to start OpenIV with location from the last session"

 

but also bypassing the choice of the game?

 

I would like OpenIV to open to me in the place where I was last and I would not have to show the game and the platform anew.

 

I only play and use OpenIV for GTA V for PC.

 

The window "select game and platform" which I still see and I have to choose is very unnecessary for me.

 

Please, Regards.

 

you can do that.

just make a shortcut to the openiv.exe and put this at the end of the path: -core.game:Five

[RemixPL1994]

you can do that.

just make a shortcut to the openiv.exe and put this at the end of the path: -core.game:Five

 

 

Thank you, I did not know that way

 

It would be nice, however, to put such a selection option in the middle of the program

[Zolika1351]

Will the bug where OpenIV closes if GTAIV.exe is running ever be fixed? It only happens with IV, EFLC doesn't close it, and it even happens if I have MP3 or GTA V files open in OpenIV

[TomilovSenya]

Well, this is interesting. Take a look at these spectrograms of a Score track's stem. The Xbox 360 one is quite similar to PS4's, however, PC's shows the compression artifacts. As for quality, PC's is better despite having the artifacts. And I hoped PS4 had the same quality as PC but without these annoying arts.

Edited May 1, 2018 by TomilovSenya

[BS_BlackScout]

Having a high cutoff doesn't mean quality. ADPCM is terrible and generate lots of noise.

Edited May 1, 2018 by BlackScout

[TomilovSenya]

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Also, OpenIV seems to currently cut some freqs (I'm sure R* wouldn't rape the music so much).

[OpenIV Team]

but also bypassing the choice of the game?

I would like OpenIV to open to me in the place where I was last and I would not have to show the game and the platform anew.

I only play and use OpenIV for GTA V for PC.

The window "select game and platform" which I still see and I have to choose is very unnecessary for me.

Yeah, it will be possible in one of the next versions.

 

 

Will the bug where OpenIV closes if GTAIV.exe is running ever be fixed? It only happens with IV, EFLC doesn't close it, and it even happens if I have MP3 or GTA V files open in OpenIV

We are looking in this issue.

 

 

Well, this is interesting. Take a look at these spectrograms of a Score track's stem. The Xbox 360 one is quite similar to PS4's, however, PC's shows the compression artifacts. As for quality, PC's is better despite having the artifacts. And I hoped PS4 had the same quality as PC but without these annoying arts.

Having a high cutoff doesn't mean quality. ADPCM is terrible and generate lots of noise.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Also, OpenIV seems to currently cut some freqs (I'm sure R* wouldn't rape the music so much).

We don't do anything with audio besides converting it from mp3 to wav. We will add feature to export audio to native format (mp3 in ps4) so you will be able to see actual files from game.

[OpenIV Team]

Maintenance update is available for OpenIV 3.0 (Build 1002).

Changelog:

• Updated languages: German, French
• Fixed GTA IV lights export (openFormats)
• Fixed incorrect tracks in Audio Player
• Some crashes fixed from auto reports

OpenIV Team.

[D T]

We will continue our work on GTA V Animations support and you will see features like cutscenes player and openFormats support in the future.

I strongly appreciate this. I've been looking forward to animation editing for years. Thanks dude.

[OpenIV Team]

Maintenance update is available for OpenIV 3.0 (Build 1004).

Changelog:

• New language added: Italian
• Updated languages: Greek, Spanish (partially), Turkish (partially)
• Create DX Device error message extended
• GTA IV Animation bug fixed
• Probably fixed some crashes from automation reports

OpenIV Team. Edited May 8, 2018 by OpenIV Team

[OpenIV Team]

May of 2008, the development of OpenIV started 10 years ago.

[Redman'']

congratulations. still sad you weren't allowed to release liberty city, no idea what's the problem.

[Redman'']

On 5/2/2018 at 5:35 PM, D T said:

On 4/30/2018 at 11:01 PM, OpenIV Team said:

We will continue our work on GTA V Animations support and you will see features like cutscenes player and openFormats support in the future.

I strongly appreciate this. I've been looking forward to animation editing for years. Thanks dude.

would be fantastic + the *.YLD files for clothing physics....

[Hellight]

I'm having a Blue Screen when I try to modify any file. "Acces Violation".

I cant take a printscreen cause when this happens isnt possible any print 

(This error occurre In clean directory to).

 

 

[OpenIV Team]

OpenIV 3.0 - July 2018 Maintenance Update (Build 1005)

Today, we are releasing July 2018 Maintenance Update for OpenIV 3.0.

What’s new in July 2018 Maintenance Update for OpenIV 3.0
Audio Player changes

• We fixed an issue resulting in OpenIV crash while playing some multichannel audios;
• We made some changes to improve support for multichannel audios.

You will see some UI changes in the Audio Player:

The name of multichannel audio is now displayed in Italic font to show that OpenIV generates this name and it not comes from the game file.
General changes, improvements, and fixes

• Updated languages: Spanish, Italian;
• We fixed an important issue where Rename feature in Texture Editor was not worked properly for GTA V and Max Payne 3;
• We fixed an issue resulting in OpenIV crash while using opened folder and back button in main window;
• We fixed an issue where OpenIV was not able to open resource files in folders that was dragged-and-dropped into OpenIV from Windows File Explorer;
• We fixed an issue resulting in OpenIV crash when pressing any arrow key while playing GTA IV cutscene;
• We fixed few potential crashes while opening AWC and PSO files;
• We made changes in our META/XML reader to provide better support for different kind of line endings;
• We fixed an issue where OpenIV might crash while importing textures from openFormats;
• We fixed an issue resulting in OpenIV crash while importing openFormats file with incorrect syntax;
• We fixed some issues with no particular scenarios based on the information from automatic error reports;
• We trying to catch some annoying OpenIV crashes, so we added more debug information in certain places.

[gorm3h]

Hey. I was wondering if somebody could help me with an issue. I've tried looking it up elsewhere but I'm new to GTAV modding and GTAV online communities so I didn't really know where to look and it's possible that it has been answered elsewhere, if that's the case, then I'm sorry, but I'm going to ask for help here anyway.

 

OpenIV 3.0 - whenever I try using the search feature, it skyrockets my CPU usage to about 50% and makes OpenIV unresponsive until about 10-30 seconds afterwards (based on what I'm searching for within the game archives). Also, despite having edit mode enabled, I'm only able to drag&drop one file (or one group of files) before having to re-enable edit mode.

 

I'm using Windows 10 home, 8GB DDR3 RAM, Intel I5 3570, MSI GTX 1050TI. I tried reinstalling OpenIV, giving OpenIV priority, running as administrator & compatibility mode. 

 

Any ideas?

[sjain]

Crashes whenever I try to view a GTA IV file.

 

Full details = http://openiv.com/bugs/view.php?id=573

[OpenIV Team]

OpenIV 3.0 – "After Hours" Update (Build 1006)

Today, we are releasing "After Hours" compatibility update for OpenIV 3.0.

 

What’s new in "After Hours" update for OpenIV 3.0

Grand Theft Auto V

·         We added support for new version of carcols.ymt;

·         We added support for new version of carvariations.ymt;

·         We added support for new shaders in openFormats for GTA V models (emissive_additive_uv_alpha.sps, vehicle_paint4_emissive.sps);

·         We added new names for objects and models from "After Hours" game update. You will see normal names instead of hash values in ymap/ytyp;

·         We added new names for audio tracks from "After Hours" game update.

·         We fixed an issue resulting in crash while playing some audio from PS3 and XBOX 360 versions of GTA V.

[RemixPL1994]

Hello, what can I do to allow OpenIV to save changes to the carcols.ymt file?

 

[OpenIV Team]

@Remix1994PL what have you changed?

[RemixPL1994]

On 7/29/2018 at 8:58 AM, OpenIV Team said:

@Remix1994PL what have you changed?

I wanted to edit the carcols.ymt file from GravelRoadCop from the gta5-mods forum and add it to new lines which he does not have from the "After Hours" patch.

His file is decrypted by the OpenIV Team and edited by him to add more realism.

I would just like to have its edited more realistic version but with all the lines of code that were later after 2015 when he made it.

 

https://pl.gta5-mods.com/misc/improved-spotlight-and-led-lighting

Regards.

Edited August 11, 2018 by Remix1994PL

[Dellaith]

The installation of Openiv 1.30 keeps failing for me. Please help?!?!?!?!?!

[dennis10v]

help...

Spoiler

 

Time: "12:56:15"
Type: "EArgumentException"
Message: "Invalid characters in path"

Additional information:
[Context]
App::Lang=en_GB
GetSystemDefaultLangID=1043
SysLocale={ DefaultLCID: "1043", PriLangID: "19", SubLangID: "1", FarEast: "True", MiddleEast: "True" }
App::Path=C:\Users\Dennis\AppData\Local\New Technology Studio\Apps\OpenIV\
GetThreadLocale=1043 (0x0413)
Game::Platform=pc
WebClientIndex=1530980138
ApplicationPath=C:\Users\Dennis\AppData\Local\New Technology Studio\Apps\OpenIV\
OS=Windows 10 (Version 10.0, Build 0, 64-bit Edition)
WebClientToken={6EC5C5CC-99D3-4156-9B5F-E6E92098D314}
Game::ID=Five (GTA V)
GetSystemDefaultLCID=1043
WebClientId=8029198
App::Temp=C:\Users\Dennis\AppData\Local\Temp\OpenIV_00040A0E\
Game::Path=

[Windows]
TPreloaderWindow=OpenIV 3.0
TActionsModule=ActionsModule
TMainWindow=OpenIV
TErrorWindow=OpenIV - Application error

[Exeption]
Exe: 3.0.0.1006 25-7-2018
Address: 0x00506DF0
ClassName: EArgumentException
MessageText: Invalid characters in path

ClientId: 8029198, ReportId: 2772193

 

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by OpenIV Team

[dennis10v]

can someone help  i keep getting this prompt

https://www.tumblr.com/reblog/176586314845/gSDvuaSz

[RemixPL1994]

On 7/29/2018 at 7:16 PM, Remix1994PL said:

I wanted to edit the carcols.ymt file from GravelRoadCop from the gta5-mods forum and add it to new lines which he does not have from the "After Hours" patch.

His file is decrypted by the OpenIV Team and edited by him to add more realism.

I would just like to have its edited more realistic version but with all the lines of code that were later after 2015 when he made it.

 

https://pl.gta5-mods.com/misc/improved-spotlight-and-led-lighting

Regards.

Here's how the file and code look like:

 

https://mega.nz/#!JU0jQJqQ!53w0FwOl-NSeHgpbKA3mse_c64GIzSy8Ctvb2XPknNI