Map Size Thread

[GTAaLEX117]

 

But it would have been nice to have it bigger.

 

I just had to.

 

 

Hope this thread gets back to normal soon though.

[Official General]

But it would have been nice to have it bigger.

 

I just had to.

 

 

Hope this thread gets back to normal soon though.

Well I'm still happy with the size, that's the main thing. It would have been great to have some of that sprawl that's all.

[Eutyphro]

 

I need a cyber hug. No homo...unless your into that kind of thing

Wait, what are you saying ? You are okay with the doin' homo if it someone's kinda thing ?

So now it turns out that what deffpony wanted all along was being homo with us. What a deception.

[œaœa]

I need a cyber hug. No homo...unless your into that kind of thing

TIL deffpony is tolerant of homosexuality.

[Eutyphro]

I actually predicted this in another thread.

 

Lets kiss and make up, stop arguing about trivial sh*t, and get ready for tomorrows circle jerk...

 

 

Deal??

Are you one of them queerosexuals?!?

[ChocoFrosty]

I've just finished comparing the in-game pictures of LC (provided by F4t4l1ty) with the scale that Deffpony used (which I think is the most correct so far), and I obtained this:

 

This is how big the rectangle which includes Michael's house from the gameplay demo is compared to Algonquin.

 

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/AlexXD94/100000.jpg

 

This is how big it is in-game:

 

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/AlexXD94/200000.jpg

 

Since we know that the streets are the same width throughout IV and V, we can make a pretty decent comparison:

 

 

Look at the street widths, the streets in LS, while being the same size with the ones in LC, appear slightly smaller on the map.

All of this, in my opinion, proves that LS should be actually bigger than Deffpony's estimation.

Where could I go about finding that in-game image of IV's map?

[Deffpony]

Ok i have derailed this thread enough, thanks for humoring me guys.

 

Back OT: I wonder how much of the city will have interiors. If there are a decent amount on top of its size then I might never even see the countryside

[GTAaLEX117]

Where could I go about finding that in-game image of IV's map?

The images were provided by F4t4l1ty on page 326.

[Marty892]

Here's an altitude shot of San Andreas:

 

Los Santos alone will be the size of whole SA map easily.

[WolfbackGames]

 

Here's an altitude shot of San Andreas:

 

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz189/z...03-46-37-03.jpg

Los Santos alone will be the size of whole SA map easily.

No it wont.

[Eutyphro]

Los Santos alone will be the size of whole SA map easily.

It won't. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...entry1062793704

[F4t4l1ty]

Where could I go about finding that in-game image of IV's map? 

The images were provided by F4t4l1ty on page 326.

I'll post here whole GTA IV satelite map soon.

 

This screen reminds me observatory screenshot

[Backfire6]

Here's an altitude shot of San Andreas:

 

I didn't realize how tiny SA was until that very moment. o_o

[ChocoFrosty]

Where could I go about finding that in-game image of IV's map? 

The images were provided by F4t4l1ty on page 326.

I'll post here whole GTA IV satelite map soon.

Thanks to both of you!

[œaœa]

 

Gotta say, Rockstar are very good at .lods.

[Marty892]

Comparison:

[ChocoFrosty]

 

Gotta say, Rockstar are very good at .lods.

Wow. Is there a higher resolution you could share (link)?

[œaœa]

 

Gotta say, Rockstar are very good at .lods.

Wow. Is there a higher resolution you could share (link)?

It's pretty ugly at 1080p but here is the link to my album, it has other LC shots in there as well.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

 

[NYC PATROL]

 

 

Gotta say, Rockstar are very good at .lods.

Wow. Is there a higher resolution you could share (link)?

It's pretty ugly at 1080p but here is the link to my album, it has other LC shots in there as well.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

Wow that's a really nice gallery sibs

 

Also the first time I saw San Andreas draw distance like this 2 years ago felt like the day I found out Santa wasn't real lol.

 

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz189/z...03-46-37-03.jpg

[ChocoFrosty]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/9317786...34d19841c_b.jpg

 

Gotta say, Rockstar are very good at .lods.

Wow. Is there a higher resolution you could share (link)?

It's pretty ugly at 1080p but here is the link to my album, it has other LC shots in there as well.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

Awesome! That's a pretty amazing gallery.

 

Thanks

[F4t4l1ty]

So here is finished topdown IV map.

 

Nice gallery Sibbs, can I ask you what mods do you use? These trees have the same texture / is it the same mod?

 

better looking trees

 

not so good looking trees

 

[œaœa]

LOL Oh god pay no attention to the old trees. I use icenhancer with enb version 0.163 (it has detailed shadows so thats why the trees look better).

[Choco Taco]

 

I don't see your logic. SA had 3 large cities...and somehow you felt more like in "the middle of nowhere" than in V where you only have one gigantic city and more countryside?

 

 

Since the visibilty was low in SA, you couldn't see the city from the countryside. That gave you a feeling of isolation. GTA V will be similar to this picture you posted - http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz189/z...03-46-37-03.jpg

 

You'll be able to see across the map so you'll always feel connected to the other areas.

 

 

 

Comparison:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4586/sa4k.jpg

 

A fairer comparison:

 

[Eutyphro]

 

A fairer comparison:

No, GTA V Los Santos is not the size of San Fierro like your 'fair' comparison seems to suggest.. It's bigger than San Fierro, Las Venturas and Los Santos combined. But neither is V's Los Santos the size of the total of San Andreas like TheTruthOnly suggests. You guys are both wrong in opposite ways.

 

And choco, you seem to forget how much bigger V is than San Andreas.. So even if there is higher draw distance, it will still feel bigger. And the consoles will probably not have very good draw distance. Not that that is a good thing. Draw distance is actually positive and you make it seem like a bad thing. The huge pop in in San Andreas was the very worst thing about that game.

[Magic_Al]

So here is finished topdown IV map.

Beautiful. Thank you! I've wanted this for years.

[Choco Taco]

No, GTA V Los Santos is not the size of San Fierro like your 'fair' comparison seems to suggest.. It's bigger than San Fierro, Las Venturas and Los Santos combined. But neither is V's Los Santos the size of the total of San Andreas like TheTruthOnly suggests. You guys are both wrong in opposite ways.

 

 

You posted this a little while ago:

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...entry1062794353

 

 

Check the distances along the red lines on my comparison.

[Dale Nixon]

choco taco stay losin

[GTAaLEX117]

 

No, GTA V Los Santos is not the size of San Fierro like your 'fair' comparison seems to suggest.. It's bigger than San Fierro, Las Venturas and Los Santos combined. But neither is V's Los Santos the size of the total of San Andreas like TheTruthOnly suggests. You guys are both wrong in opposite ways.

 

 

You posted this a little while ago:

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...entry1062794353

 

 

Check the distances along the red lines on my comparison.

Edit: Nevermind, I though at first that you used the same method as the one where you compared LC to LS.

 

This is how I got the scale:

 

 

 

Also, regarding the middle of nowhere thing, even if you can technically see LS from every corner thanks to the draw distance, it doesn't mean it's possible thanks to the map architecture:

http://www.igta5.com/images/official-scree...r-alamo-sea.jpg

LS is surrounded by a large wall of hills, plus mountains all around the map, so I think they feeling of being alone in the wild will be even more accentuated.

Edited July 18, 2013 by GTAaLEX117

[Magic_Al]

If great draw distance revealed how small a map really is, I wouldn't have been arguing for years with people who insist Red Dead Redemption is bigger than San Andreas. The whole RDR map is the same size as San Andreas and less than half its area is open, but people think it's twice as big. People will probably think GTAV is twice as big as it is too.

[GTA54life]

If great draw distance revealed how small a map really is, I wouldn't have been arguing for years with people who insist Red Dead Redemption is bigger than San Andreas. The whole RDR map is the same size as San Andreas and less than half its area is open, but people think it's twice as big. People will probably think GTAV is twice as big as it is too.

But it IS