[Q]How do I create a new map?

[andyyy94]

Hello everyone! I'm new at GTAForums, but not at gta modding. I got an idea from 'fireken32', he was creating a new city called "Buenos Aires" but he couldn't finish it. Ok, he was a fraud, he was making money with donations for his project... But I want to do a real job.

 

Well, as some amazing games as:

GTA Lviv:

 

GTA Berlin:

 

 

My question is: How did those teams to delete the original San Andreas map to their own cities? I tried to do this with a Map editor, but it's impossible, the game crashes or what I did doesn't work.

And if you create new objects, how did they put the traffic routes and the people?

 

This is a little mod I did with the Map editor:

 

Also I got other questions like:

How do you save your game if you change the city?

How do you create the starting position of the player?

How do you create "portals" to enter into interiors?

 

Well, hope somebody knows how to do this. I use TXDWorkshop and Zmodeler to modify dff's. Does Zmodeler work with buildings? Or do I need something like Sketchup or 3DS Max?

 

Thanks for your help!

 

 

eliminate the map with san andreas map cleaner: link Here

you will have to recreate all the models(unless you choose not to by checking all boxes in 'Objects' tab)

the player start position: change with mission builder/sanny builder in the file main.scm

portals are scripts,you have to learn scripting

dont know if zmodeler works with building, im not a modeler

and the pathes are in gta3.img all the nodes files

 

Thanks a lot! I will try it. I was trying to do simple streets, let's see if I can create new buildings and stuff.

 

I'm going to add a question, how do you modify the .col so I can "crash" into objects that weren't in the original game?

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This question is already answered, I know I need "Sketchup", "3DS MAX", a gta patch for 3ds, and a map editor, but I got a problem! :

 

I have deleted the map with mapcleaner 0.5 (I did the game backup), I replaced the files that are in the 'extra' folder, did everything that was in the Readme. But when I load the game, it crashes. Did I do something wrong?

 

 

 

just be careful!

dont delete the map before you backup EVERYTHING

this tool is very dangerous if you did an awful lot of work... cryani.gif suicidal.gif

lol don't worry, i'm not that stupid

^

 

After you do any change in main.scm file, you aren't able to load saved game, you have to start new game

I go to the main menu, start game, and then new game...

Edited August 13, 2010 by andyyy94

[yair1221]

eliminate the map with san andreas map cleaner: link Here

you will have to recreate all the models(unless you choose not to by checking all boxes in 'Objects' tab)

the player start position: change with mission builder/sanny builder in the file main.scm

portals are scripts,you have to learn scripting

dont know if zmodeler works with building, im not a modeler

and the pathes are in gta3.img all the nodes files

[andyyy94]

Delete this message, I modified the first post, my bad!

Edited August 9, 2010 by andyyy94

[yair1221]

just be careful!

dont delete the map before you backup EVERYTHING

this tool is very dangerous if you did an awful lot of work...

[iLiR]

 

Also I got other questions like:

How do you save your game if you change the city?

How do you create the starting position of the player?

How do you create "portals" to enter into interiors?

Save games and starting positions belongs to scripting, and creating enex or "portals" like you say, belongs to .ipl file.

 

For save game I'm not sure, you can search around, although if you want to change the start position of cj, open main.scm with Sanny Builder 3, and find this line:

 

 

$PLAYER_CHAR = Player.Create(#NULL, 2262.65, 80.1678, 60.7749)

 

Those numbers are XYZ coordinates. So 2262.65 is X, 80.1678 is Y and 60.7749 is Z. These coordinates defines where cj should be. If you're not sure which coordinates to write, open your map with MEd v0.32, take a tree and move it to the desired location, and then you can get your coordinates and write them into main.scm

 

Screenshot

 

And for enex, you can have a look here, so you can understand how they work.

[KarmannGhia]

 

I have deleted the map with mapcleaner 0.5 (I did the game backup), I replaced the files that are in the 'extra' folder, did everything that was in the Readme. But when I load the game, it crashes. Did I do something wrong?

 

After you do any change in main.scm file, you aren't able to load saved game, you have to start new game