VC Released Maxo's Vehicle Loader

[ALMOST610]

 

I don't use a launcher, i don't even know where i can get it.

download

i play without the launcher and it works fine, no black screen.

FYI, The Download for the launcher is amongst the clutter of releases to download MVL.

 

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.98 - 0.32MB, uploaded on Nov 12 2012, downloaded 135 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.97c - 0.275MB, uploaded on Oct 25 2012, downloaded 332 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.97b - 0.269MB, uploaded on Oct 21 2012, downloaded 171 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.97a - 0.267MB, uploaded on Oct 21 2012, downloaded 52 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.97 - 0.267MB, uploaded on Oct 18 2012, downloaded 112 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.96e - 0.258MB, uploaded on Oct 15 2012, downloaded 103 times

Download Launcher for generating XMLs - 0.023MB, uploaded on Oct 10 2012, downloaded 129 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.96d - 0.248MB, uploaded on Oct 10 2012, downloaded 91 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.96c - 0.19MB, uploaded on Sep 03 2012, downloaded 369 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.96b - 0.188MB, uploaded on Apr 05 2012, downloaded 1466 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.96a - 0.188MB, uploaded on Apr 04 2012, downloaded 216 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.96 - 0.188MB, uploaded on Aug 24 2011, downloaded 1826 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.95 - 0.18MB, uploaded on Aug 22 2011, downloaded 383 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.94a - 0.174MB, uploaded on Aug 21 2011, downloaded 294 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.94 - 0.17MB, uploaded on Aug 18 2011, downloaded 325 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.93 - 0.163MB, uploaded on Jun 09 2011, downloaded 1097 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.92 - 0.156MB, uploaded on Jun 06 2011, downloaded 400 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.91 - 0.154MB, uploaded on Jun 06 2011, downloaded 353 times

Download Maxo's Vehicle Loader 0.9 - 0.149MB, uploaded on May 31 2011, downloaded 673 times

 

I'm sure this will be a snapshot in time, with those download figures.

[maxorator]

 

What exactly do you mean? Black screen or the not black edges?

 

The edges are a side effect of antialias, which the latest build automatically sets if it's started with a launcher.

Black screen after i start the game. I can do everything, but i can't see anything because of that black screen. I don't use a launcher, i don't even know where i can get it.

Did you enable any settings via globalm.xml?

[ThirteenAG]

Did you enable any settings via globalm.xml?

Yes, all of them enabled. It worked fine with build before.

[maxorator]

Did you enable any settings via globalm.xml?

Yes, all of them enabled. It worked fine with build before.

Can you test disabling windowed mode or the "fixframewait" and see if it still happens then?

[ThirteenAG]

Can you test disabling windowed mode or the "fixframewait" and see if it still happens then?

Same thing, without fixframewait or without globalm.xml at all. But, like i said, i used one of previous builds before, with all globalm.xml setting enabled and it worked fine. I suggested you to make a hook in another dll back then.

[ALMOST610]

Is anyone willing to give this a test, I am not on my Vice City PC so I cant see how it works, I know that people dont know all the field numbers like for vehicle sounds and that but I am planning on adding the actual sounds so you can hear each sample then pick the one you want, and other cool things to help you build an XML from scratch.

 

(It is still a WIP)

 

Edit: Updated it so you can turn "Gang ID" & "Max Passengers" on if you wish to.

Edit: Updated it so you can turn "Carcols" on and off, also made a popup windows with all of Vice City's CarCols.

Edit: Added a Popup Window with all the Vehicle Engine sounds so you can listen to them, and it also has the data to enter for each one.

Edit: Added a Popup Window with the Vice City wheels and there ID Numbers to pick from.

 

http://almost610.dmon.com/blog/mvl_xml_builder/2012-11-17-2

Edited November 18, 2012 by ALMOST610

[GamerShotgun]

About the shadows... I've noticed that in cutscenes, VC has real time character shadows, which would be a really cool thing to get. Is there any way to enable that while playing?

[bahraini_carguy]

i have problem when i add new car while the game running, i get these problem:

Error in GetFilesInZip: InFile_Open - Could not open archive file.

Error in InitZipMod: Could not find all necessary files in archive.

Error in InitVehicles: Could not load vehicle from.

but when i close the game and open it again i have no problem with the new car and it's load the car.

Edited November 17, 2012 by ToyGT_one

[maxorator]

 

About the shadows... I've noticed that in cutscenes, VC has real time character shadows, which would be a really cool thing to get. Is there any way to enable that while playing?

Those shadows have some issues, but maybe I can make them work properly for vehicles. Here's the first attempt:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows.mkv

 

 

i have problem when i add new car while the game running, i get these problem:

Error in GetFilesInZip: InFile_Open - Could not open archive file.

Error in InitZipMod: Could not find all necessary files in archive.

Error in InitVehicles: Could not load vehicle from.

but when i close the game and open it again i have no problem with the new car and it's load the car.

Found the problem, will be fixed in the next release.

 

Edit: new shadow video:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows2.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows3.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows4.mkv

Edited November 17, 2012 by maxorator

[ALMOST610]

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows2.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows3.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows4.mkv

I cant play these video files, they open with Windows Live Movie Maker and just have a black screen and say there is an error.

[maxorator]

 

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows2.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows3.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows4.mkv

I cant play these video files, they open with Windows Live Movie Maker and just have a black screen and say there is an error.

I hardly see any other video formats than MKV these days. Even my not very new TV plays this format natively. Where have you been living?

 

Use something like VLC or any other proper media player (hint: WMP is not one of them).

[ThirteenAG]

Edit: new shadow video:

Part 3 looks pretty good. BTW, did you figured, what causing the black screen to me?

[ALMOST610]

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows2.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows3.mkv

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows4.mkv

I cant play these video files, they open with Windows Live Movie Maker and just have a black screen and say there is an error.

I hardly see any other video formats than MKV these days. Even my not very new TV plays this format natively. Where have you been living?

 

Use something like VLC or any other proper media player (hint: WMP is not one of them).

This computer has a fresh install of windows, the only things I have put on it are Firefox, Vice City, Paint.Net, 7z and PSpad.

[maxorator]

 

Edit: new shadow video:

Part 3 looks pretty good. BTW, did you figured, what causing the black screen to me?

Can't tell for sure at the moment, when the next test version causes the same thing, maybe I could let you test it with some features disabled.

 

 

This computer has a fresh install of windows, the only things I have put on it are Firefox, Vice City, Paint.Net, 7z and PSpad.

Get VLC then.

 

Turned up the shadow resolution a bit:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle-shadow-hires.mkv

[ALMOST610]

Edit: new shadow video:

Part 3 looks pretty good. BTW, did you figured, what causing the black screen to me?

Can't tell for sure at the moment, when the next test version causes the same thing, maybe I could let you test it with some features disabled.

 

 

This computer has a fresh install of windows, the only things I have put on it are Firefox, Vice City, Paint.Net, 7z and PSpad.

Get VLC then.

 

Turned up the shadow resolution a bit:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle-shadow-hires.mkv

Got the Vids working, that last one is awesome but perhaps the shadow is just a little too perfect, do you think this could be implemented game wide or would that be a bit too demanding on the memory?

 

Also if not game wide atleast all vehicles and peds.

[maxorator]

 

Got the Vids working, that last one is awesome but perhaps the shadow is just a little too perfect, do you think this could be implemented game wide or would that be a bit too demanding on the memory?

 

Also if not game wide atleast all vehicles and peds.

This shadow system is really only suitable for planes/helis. I'll show you why:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle-shadows-car.mkv

 

As you can see, all shadows are created as if the vehicle and the surface weren't close to each other.

 

And yeah, that shadow detail is when the shadow texture is 4096x4096, which only works properly on high-end systems.

Edited November 18, 2012 by maxorator

[ALMOST610]

Got the Vids working, that last one is awesome but perhaps the shadow is just a little too perfect, do you think this could be implemented game wide or would that be a bit too demanding on the memory?

 

Also if not game wide atleast all vehicles and peds.

This shadow system is really only suitable for planes/helis. I'll show you why:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle-shadows-car.mkv

Yeah that does look awful, how would buildings look as they dont move?

 

Also does the shadow position move as the day goes by and the sun would move?

[maxorator]

Got the Vids working, that last one is awesome but perhaps the shadow is just a little too perfect, do you think this could be implemented game wide or would that be a bit too demanding on the memory?

 

Also if not game wide atleast all vehicles and peds.

This shadow system is really only suitable for planes/helis. I'll show you why:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle-shadows-car.mkv

Yeah that does look awful, how would buildings look as they dont move?

 

Also does the shadow position move as the day goes by and the sun would move?

Movement is not what causes this, it happens because some parts that are close to the ground are not close to the center of the vehicle. On buildings this would also look awful, but I guess it would look okay on peds since only a very small part in the center of the model touches the ground for peds.

[ural]

Tried to change the position of the emergency lights on the standard car(police), not on MVL cars

I copied the contents sample_global.hml into globalv.hml

 

Changed the coordinates x, y, z but in the game no changes, may need to add something?

Not understand..

[maxorator]

 

Tried to change the position of the emergency lights on the standard car(police), not on MVL cars

I copied the contents sample_global.hml into globalv.hml

 

Changed the coordinates x, y, z but in the game no changes, may need to add something?

Not understand..

There's a bug. Will be fixed in the next release.

 

Player shadow:

http://maxorator.com/v/player_shadow.mkv

Edited November 18, 2012 by maxorator

[ALMOST610]

 

Tried to change the position of the emergency lights on the standard car(police), not on MVL cars

I copied the contents sample_global.hml into globalv.hml

 

Changed the coordinates x, y, z but in the game no changes, may need to add something?

Not understand..

There's a bug. Will be fixed in the next release.

 

Player shadow:

http://maxorator.com/v/player_shadow.mkv

That Player shadow reminds me of playing Driver 2. Still awesome, will it be able to render weapons and other things that you are holding?

[bahraini_carguy]

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows4.mkv

where can i get this helicopter?

 

anyway keep up working

[maxorator]

 

That Player shadow reminds me of playing Driver 2. Still awesome, will it be able to render weapons and other things that you are holding?

Perhaps, but it requires some extra work.

 

 

http://maxorator.com/v/vehicle_shadows4.mkv

where can i get this helicopter?

 

anyway keep up working          

Got it from MW_29 for testing weapon sounds.

 

Anyhow, here's the current test version:

http://maxorator.com/v/vehmod_wscript.7z

 

Sample globalm.xml:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?><miscdata>   <internal>       <windowed>true</windowed>       <resizable>true</resizable>       <usemenus>true</usemenus>       <fixframewait>true</fixframewait>       <menuonrestore>false</menuonrestore>       <rtshadowonplanes>true</rtshadowonplanes>       <rtshadowonplayer>true</rtshadowonplayer>       <antialias>max</antialias>   </internal></miscdata>

 

 

"menuonrestore" means whether it jumps to menu when you restore the window. "rtshadowonplanes" makes planes and helis have real time shadows, "rtshadowonplayer" makes the player have one. "antialias" can either be "on", "off" or "max" ("on" uses max/2 antialias level).

 

Alt+Enter to get full screen size.

[bahraini_carguy]

 

some cookies for you .

Edited November 18, 2012 by ToyGT_one

[maxorator]

Updated the file. Fixed some effects not showing up on the extra view and crash when you start a new game, die or get busted while extra view is open.

[DK22Pac]

Does this kind of shadows project on the walls (as in SA)?

[maxorator]

 

Does this kind of shadows project on the walls (as in SA)?

Yes, it projects on all buildings:

 

[bahraini_carguy]

i use the updated file but when i start the game and after the intro it become in windowed mode (this is normal) the screen of the menu should load but it isn't.

 

[GamerShotgun]

Wow! Your progress on implementing things in this mod is just incredible!

 

So I guess there's no way to get shadows working properly on cars? As far as I remember though, there weren't any car shadows in the cutscenes of VC either, so yeah.

 

I hope I'm not getting on your nerves with my requests and such. You are truly doing an awesome work to bring back VC's full glory!

[maxorator]

 

i use the updated file but when i start the game and after the intro it become in windowed mode (this is normal) the screen of the menu should load but it isn't.

What happens? Does the screen stay black?

 

Wow! Your progress on implementing things in this mod is just incredible!

 

So I guess there's no way to get shadows working properly on cars? As far as I remember though, there weren't any car shadows in the cutscenes of VC either, so yeah.

 

I hope I'm not getting on your nerves with my requests and such. You are truly doing an awesome work to bring back VC's full glory!

Yeah, I'm afraid vehicles will have to stay without proper shadows. And thanks.