[REL/WIP|IV/EFLC] World Trade Center Mod 0.3

[nkjellman]

HBX might be able to utalize the latest GIMS tools that have came out.

 

Things he can do:

-Remove the parts to the Distantlights.dat that are on the Plazza.

-Remove the paths on the plazza the correct way.

-Add normal and spec maps to the models. This will improve the look of the models drasticly, and he will be able to remove the reflection.

 

Soon he should be able to:

-Have animated water in the fountain.

[RomerJon17]

 

HBX might be able to utalize the latest GIMS tools that have came out.

 

Things he can do:

-Remove the parts to the Distantlights.dat that are on the Plazza.

-Remove the paths on the plazza the correct way.

-Add normal and spec maps to the models. This will improve the look of the models drasticly, and he will be able to remove the reflection.

 

Soon he should be able to:

-Have animated water in the fountain.

 

I will send this to Hbx =)

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Hbx84 will come back in 5 days... He has examination on June 22nd and he will start the progress of WTC 0.4 this month....

Edited June 18, 2012 by RomerJon17

[WTC Mod Fan]

Hbx's birthday is the 23rd of this month?

[RomerJon17]

Hbx's birthday is the 23rd of this month?

It's his b-day today.. 20/06/2012

[WTC Mod Fan]

I anyone know when version 0.4 will be ready?

[RomerJon17]

I anyone know when version 0.4 will be ready?

 

You don't have to ask this question twice...

Have you seen my recent post

Hbx has examination and he will be back on progress soon. He has examination tomorrow..

[WTC Mod Fan]

Ok

[Galactus123]

I'm trying to install this but the WTC doesn't appear. In which folder I install this? It recommends Grand Theft Auto IV folder that doesn't exist. I have GTA IV from Steam. What is the name of the folder I install this? And what I have to do in custon installation?

[WTC Mod Fan]

how I can sit in gta iv?

[Frank.s]

Animations activated by GTAIV "Simple Native Trainer".

[SkylineGTRFreak]

I really hope to see HBX back on GTAForums soon... been quite a while since i posted in here ^^

[RomerJon17]

I really hope to see HBX back on GTAForums soon... been quite a while since i posted in here ^^

I had examination 5 days ago and he will get his results on July the 6th...

 

He can't start this progress yet but he will start on School Holidays (AUS).

 

Here is my proof....

 

[SkylineGTRFreak]

by th way, i think someone has mentioned it before, but why don't we try to create a blueprint for the observation deck by the pictures we have? it won't be 100% accurate. but it's better than nothing

[Galactus123]

I'm trying to install this but the WTC doesn't appear. In which folder I install this? It recommends Grand Theft Auto IV folder that doesn't exist. I have GTA IV from Steam. What is the name of the folder I install this? And what I have to do in custon installation?

Could someone help?

[RomerJon17]

by th way, i think someone has mentioned it before, but why don't we try to create a blueprint for the observation deck by the pictures we have? it won't be 100% accurate. but it's better than nothing

My friend Andy has private blueprints but won't be shown in Public.

 

He will give it to me and I will proof it will be O.D Blueprint =)

 

Hbx84 can't do anything without the blueprint...

[SkylineGTRFreak]

and as for the paths... Why not keeping it like it is now with the deleted pathzs and add new ones? This sure would mean some work, but it's a solution... ATM it feels a little dead in lower algonquin

[RomerJon17]

and as for the paths... Why not keeping it like it is now with the deleted pathzs and add new ones? This sure would mean some work, but it's a solution... ATM it feels a little dead in lower algonquin

Yeah I know

[SM99]

are there plans to add 7 WTC?

[pr94]

are there plans to add 7 WTC?

Yup, the whole WTC 7 is done, but they will add it in 0.7, or so, because of modding issues, as I heard...

[RomerJon17]

are there plans to add 7 WTC? 

Yup, the whole WTC 7 is done, but they will add it in 0.7, or so, because of modding issues, as I heard...

It will be on the Little Italy town..

Just have to demolish the buildings =)

[nkjellman]

 

are there plans to add 7 WTC? 

Yup, the whole WTC 7 is done, but they will add it in 0.7, or so, because of modding issues, as I heard...

It will be on the Little Italy town..

Just have to demolish the buildings =)

Well if HBX really wants to do it, he could push the WTC and all of algonquin south. Then he will have room to add the WTC. He will also be able to add the land marks that are where the WTC would be placed. It would make Algonquin more realistic. He doesn't have to make new models to fill in the gap created, but he can use some existing models.

 

This idea would ofcourse mess up some missions, but it doesn't really matter as this mod is more of a cruise around with the Towers in the skyline type of mod. It would make LC be more New York like.

 

Edit: This idea would be more than the WTC. I think the WTC mod should stay as is, and the idea I came up with is the New York mod. Maybe it could pair up with Viva New York so it has the NY textures. It could also have the proper Statue of Happiness/Liberty placement, and the real statue. But it would be cool if we could have the 90's NY with the old WTC, and the current New York with the new WTC. We can pick between the two. On EFLC TLAD could be the 90's NY, and TBOGT could be the current NY.

Edited July 2, 2012 by nkjellman

[SkylineGTRFreak]

are there plans to add 7 WTC? 

Yup, the whole WTC 7 is done, but they will add it in 0.7, or so, because of modding issues, as I heard...

It will be on the Little Italy town..

Just have to demolish the buildings =)

Well if HBX really wants to do it, he could push the WTC and all of algonquin south. Then he will have room to add the WTC. He will also be able to add the land marks that are where the WTC would be placed. It would make Algonquin more realistic. He doesn't have to make new models to fill in the gap created, but he can use some existing models.

 

This idea would ofcourse mess up some missions, but it doesn't really matter as this mod is more of a cruise around with the Towers in the skyline type of mod. It would make LC be more New York like.

 

Edit: This idea would be more than the WTC. I think the WTC mod should stay as is, and the idea I came up with is the New York mod. Maybe it could pair up with Viva New York so it has the NY textures. It could also have the proper Statue of Happiness/Liberty placement, and the real statue. But it would be cool if we could have the 90's NY with the old WTC, and the current New York with the new WTC. We can pick between the two. On EFLC TLAD could be the 90's NY, and TBOGT could be the current NY.

yea, i had this idea, too cut Algonquin into 2 pieces, place the WTC+some small other buildings in between and done. Well, it's said as it is nothing, but apart from the HUGE modelling job (i mean, it wouldn't be easy, even if using exisitng models) it would also need scripting for car and ped paths

 

It would be pretty awesome though.

[pr94]

Okay, it's middle of July... Any news?

[RomerJon17]

Okay, it's middle of July... Any news?

Hbx got his results for his examination...

He's not on-line for a long time on facebook.

[ripple]

I don't why you would do an auto-installer that does not come with the functionality of auto-uninstalling the mod. Maybe list, in the first page, that your auto-installer actually doesn't have an uninstall function, and that we need to make manual backups (why even have an auto-installer? Just pack the files into an archive), and the files we are suppose to backup in the event we need to restore them. Now how the hell am I going to find the original files that's been overwritten....

[SkylineGTRFreak]

It says pretty clearly, that you should update the files, there's even a list of the files

[ripple]

 

It says pretty clearly, that you should update the files, there's even a list of the files

 

Here is the readme that came with the archive:

 

 

World Trade Center mod

Version 0.2

For GTA IV and GTA EFLC (all versions)

 

This new version will make you interact with the Twin Towers as never before !

 

Almost 30 important innovations have been listed !!

Such as the full and perfect collisions, the completely new lobby, roof and

Windows on the World restaurant, the improved plaza with its car park, or even the

implementation of ladders leading to the top of the WTC1 antenna !!

 

 

This version has needed almost 6 months of hard working. The WTC mod is developed by HBX84 (FRA)

with the generous help of GTARandom (CRO).

 

 

We also worked on the installation simplicity, and it is now even easier than the previous versions :

 

Launch WTC02IV.exe or WTC02EFLC.exe

Read the important notes <--- (What improtant notes??? Where???)

Choose the directory you installed GTA IV/EFLC in

And wait for files downloading and installing

 

 

That's all ! The game is now playable !

 

 

However the older versions (1.0.0.4 included and older) need a patch to be installed

to avoid critical crashes while game loading. You can easily find it at http://hbxworks.com/wtc/

 

 

The annoying car paths are still not fixed, but there is a temporary solution :

 

Open “GTA directory”\pc\data\cdimages\Paths.img with OpenIV

(http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=388289&st=0)

and then delete “nodes27.nod” (make a backup before).

It will erase every vehicle from the WTC area !

 

Here is the mod description from the first page, which is basically the sum of the information about it:

 

 

"This awesome mod adds the full World Trade Center complex in GTA IV or EFLC, in the southern Algonquin.

It has been congratulated many times for its realism, its conformity, its quality and its precision.

 

This sixth version of the World Trade Center mod completely changes the visage of the WTC complex it had until now in GTA.

 

The plaza is more beautiful than ever ! The WTC 4, 5 and 6 have finally been added and the plaza layout has been perfectly reconstituted !

You can walk on the plaza, buy a drink, relax next to the fountain or admire the plaza sculptures…

 

But the plaza is not the only update of this new version. The south bridge has been improved as well, and new WTC 2 observation deck will make you gasp !

Observe the whole Liberty City from its highest point of view ! You can also use one of the several telescopes to zoom in on whatever you want !

 

Some bugs have been fixed again to bring to you the most powerful GTA IV mod ever."

 

I want you to show me WHERE either of them warn you that the installer does not backup the edited files for you and allow you to uninstall them (why bother having an 'installer'????) and LISTS the files that you need to manually backup. The list of files that need to be backed up are listed in some obscured FAQ page on his website (which apparently has been flagged as an 'attack site' by Google....).

 

Anyways, I am still missing the following original game files:

 

manhat02.ide

manhat02.img

manhat02.wpl

 

Apparently, even GTAIV Recoverer cannot recover them from the game DVD. I'd appreciate it if anyone can point me to a mod that might have included these original game files in their 'backup' folder or if someone else has uploaded these original game files.

Edited July 24, 2012 by ripple

[pr94]

 

It says pretty clearly, that you should update the files, there's even a list of the files

 

Here is the readme that came with the archive:

 

 

World Trade Center mod

Version 0.2

For GTA IV and GTA EFLC (all versions)

 

This new version will make you interact with the Twin Towers as never before !

 

Almost 30 important innovations have been listed !!

Such as the full and perfect collisions, the completely new lobby, roof and

Windows on the World restaurant, the improved plaza with its car park, or even the

implementation of ladders leading to the top of the WTC1 antenna !!

 

 

This version has needed almost 6 months of hard working. The WTC mod is developed by HBX84 (FRA)

with the generous help of GTARandom (CRO).

 

 

We also worked on the installation simplicity, and it is now even easier than the previous versions :

 

Launch WTC02IV.exe or WTC02EFLC.exe

Read the important notes <--- (What improtant notes??? Where???)

Choose the directory you installed GTA IV/EFLC in

And wait for files downloading and installing

 

 

That's all ! The game is now playable !

 

 

However the older versions (1.0.0.4 included and older) need a patch to be installed

to avoid critical crashes while game loading. You can easily find it at http://hbxworks.com/wtc/

 

 

The annoying car paths are still not fixed, but there is a temporary solution :

 

Open “GTA directory”\pc\data\cdimages\Paths.img with OpenIV

(http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=388289&st=0)

and then delete “nodes27.nod” (make a backup before).

It will erase every vehicle from the WTC area !

 

Here is the mod description from the first page, which is basically the sum of the information about it:

 

 

"This awesome mod adds the full World Trade Center complex in GTA IV or EFLC, in the southern Algonquin.

It has been congratulated many times for its realism, its conformity, its quality and its precision.

 

This sixth version of the World Trade Center mod completely changes the visage of the WTC complex it had until now in GTA.

 

The plaza is more beautiful than ever ! The WTC 4, 5 and 6 have finally been added and the plaza layout has been perfectly reconstituted !

You can walk on the plaza, buy a drink, relax next to the fountain or admire the plaza sculptures…

 

But the plaza is not the only update of this new version. The south bridge has been improved as well, and new WTC 2 observation deck will make you gasp !

Observe the whole Liberty City from its highest point of view ! You can also use one of the several telescopes to zoom in on whatever you want !

 

Some bugs have been fixed again to bring to you the most powerful GTA IV mod ever."

 

I want you to show me WHERE either of them warn you that the installer does not backup the edited files for you and allow you to uninstall them (why bother having an 'installer'????) and LISTS the files that you need to manually backup. The list of files that need to be backed up are listed in some obscured FAQ page on his website (which apparently has been flagged as an 'attack site' by Google....).

 

Anyways, I am still missing the following original game files:

 

manhat02.ide

manhat02.img

manhat02.wpl

 

Apparently, even GTAIV Recoverer cannot recover them from the game DVD. I'd appreciate it if anyone can point me to a mod that might have included these original game files in their 'backup' folder or if someone else has uploaded these original game files.

I suggest you to use the 0.3 installer. That has a real auto-installer, it also has an uninstall feature in the Control Panel...

It makes a full backup, and during uninstall procedure it copies all of the previous files back...

The first page is about the 0.3 version. Not about the 0.2 one. It's also a description, not a readme.

 

About the missing files: If you cannot get the files from the internet, do a reinstall of the game to another folder, and after install, copy the missing files back to the corresponding original installation folders, and delete the newly installed IV.

Edited July 25, 2012 by pr94

[Frank.s]

Question: Are you still using that horribly bloated installer? I downloaded the mod about half a year ago and the file size was far too big for a map mod of it's size. Could you upload a version that only had the wdr+wtd+wbn+wnd+ide+wpl files? Without the unnecessary inclusion of a whole IV map img file that needlessly upps the MB.

[RomerJon17]

 

Question: Are you still using that horribly bloated installer? I downloaded the mod about half a year ago and the file size was far too big for a map mod of it's size. Could you upload a version that only had the wdr+wtd+wbn+wnd+ide+wpl files? Without the unnecessary inclusion of a whole IV map img file that needlessly upps the MB.

 

Hbx84 is responsible with the installer and I don't know when Hbx is coming back. He already had an examination and he's not on-line on facebook for a month now!

 

I don't know how the malware came onto hbx84's website?

 

 

the file size was far too big for a map mod.

 

It suppose to be big, we are not the one who has the biggest size of this mod. It's 400MB+ and it's not that huge!

Check out the snow mod, that mod size has over 2GB!

Edited July 25, 2012 by RomerJon17