III Released III Aircraft

[Silent 15,228]

III Aircraft

Oh well. For some reason, Rockstar never let us fly with proper aircraft in III-era Liberty City - both GTA III and GTA LCS didn't feature usable helicopters nor planes (although they could be spawned in LCS). However, due to the fact Vice City was developed at around the same time as III, some code got mixed up. Luckily for gamers, one of the mixups was proper helicopters and planes handling!

This modification brings several helicopters and planes from the other GTAs to old good GTA III. They handle almost like their VC/SA counterparts, although they may feature some minor differences. Thanks to III CLEO* they'll also appear spawned on the map in several locations.

* Not available for Steam version.


Featured aircraft list:

• Maverick
• LCPD Maverick
• LC News Maverick
• Hunter (with functional weapons)
• Armadillo
• Dodo (full-winged)
• Skimmer
• Biplane

Screenshots


Maverick


Police Maverick


LCN Maverick


Hunter (with functional weapons)


Armadillo


Dodo


Skimmer


Biplane


Showcase videos

Two videos from testing phase, just to prove I'm not a liar

http://youtu.be/7aEi_Sa2dbk

http://youtu.be/-wgxVklnnn0

And a proper footage:

http://youtu.be/C4A6VlTKUj4

Rotors test:

http://youtu.be/bQGKACEMuJo

Weapons test:

http://youtu.be/XN9gD-3ht-E

Dodo test:

http://youtu.be/NcXtlT6UcsQ


Download

As GTAGarage widget is gone for now:
http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=24533


Supported game versions

• GTA III 1.0
• GTA III 1.1 (planned)
• GTA III 1.1 (Steam, planned) - CLEO features unavailable (no spawned helicopters)

Credits

@Luten - aircraft models Edited May 21, 2016 by Silent

[Kalvin 10,739]

Haha, 12 years for an actually legit helicopter/plane mod for GTA3!

Great job for finding/making this, Silent

[GTAKid667 9,161]

Haha, this is amazing, I just saw it on GTAGarage and checked out the youtube vids, well done

[Garju67 74]

Is it me or no download links are available atm ?

[Craig Kostelecky 428]

No download yet.

[Silent 15,228]

Hey, it's marked as WIP for a reason

[Garju67 74]

Hey, it's marked as WIP for a reason

Sorry, most of your mods are marked as WIP but are released, so that's why I thought this one was too.

[Silent 15,228]

That one wasn't left in III, but it was pretty easy to implement, so:

 

Skimmer!

[Dani5ooo 36]

Nice to see that after so much time someone found a way to make flyable helicopters, planes etc. in GTA 3 working.

 

However, due to the fact Vice City was developed at around the same time as III, some code got mixed up.

If it so, is there a way to make motorbikes like PCJ also available?

Edited July 29, 2013 by Dani5ooo

[Silent 15,228]

If it so, is there a way to make motorbikes like pcj also available?

Unlikely. There's only like one bike-related function left in the EXE. And that's not probably VC function.

 

Also, the code mixup thing is only an assumption. That didn't have to be an actual reason aircraft code is left.

[ToyGT_one 1,166]

This is what i hated in gta 3, no flyable helicopter, no proper plane flying but with this mod i can enjoy flying in III

 

is there any limit's in flying?

[MrMateczko 3,113]

Just give me Hunter and I'm all set.

Time to finally gaze upon the buildings with no ceilings! Without crappy Dodo, or Admin Console!

I think there's no ceiling limit in GTA III.

[Silent 15,228]

 

I think there's no ceiling limit in GTA III.

There is, but the limit is pretty high. Not worth cracking.

 

EDIT:

Damn. Sounds are a bit problematic. We don't want helicopters to use Dodo sound, do we?

Edited July 30, 2013 by SilentPL

[MrMateczko 3,113]

There is, but the limit is pretty high. Not worth cracking.

 

EDIT:

Damn. Sounds are a bit problematic. We don't want helicopters to use Dodo sound, do we?

Damn GrandTheftWiki, lying to us.

 

How about using the empty spaces in sfx.raw? Or this can't be done?

[Silent 15,228]

How about using the empty spaces in sfx.raw? Or this can't be done?

I want to use III sounds, without adding - Escape helicopter for all my helicopters and Dodo for planes.

 

Also, where are they lying?

[MrMateczko 3,113]

They said there's no ceiling limit in III.

[gtaloconbest98 13]

Nice mod.Can you make heli's gun too?It would be great to shoot down people with the Police Chopper

[Silent 15,228]

That took ages, but I've rewritten helicopter audio handling from scratch and it turned out to be pretty nice! Obviously, it's not as natural and complex as VC, but I think it's still very nice

 

Decided to make a longer footage due to that, so enjoy the flight!

 

 

[Dani5ooo 36]

Your progress is looking good. I loled at the 12242$ Stunt Bonus at the end of the video. ^^

[Craig Kostelecky 428]

Very nice work with the audio. This is coming along very nicely.

[nkjellman 1,662]

Interesting. I noticed you have the Skimmer in the water. Does the fully flyable plane id act like a sea plane?

 

I was wondering if you could add a full wing Dodo at the airport.

 

Edit: Also I'd like to see this on GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition. For that, hope you can edit the handling so when you fly sideways it also rotates the heli.

Edited July 31, 2013 by nkjellman

[Silent 15,228]

 

Edit: Also I'd like to see this on GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition. For that, hope you can edit the handling so when you fly sideways it also rotates the heli.

It's an ASI mod, so pretty unlikely. I do more than just editing data files.

 

Fully winged Dodo is planned, no worries.

[RandomIII 0]

What is your heli ID? Because 155 and 159 fly when going backward and acts weird while shift (horn) is pressed.

[Silent 15,228]

What is your heli ID? Because 155 and 159 fly when going backward and acts weird while shift (horn) is pressed.

Yes, these are 2 heli IDs, but the code was buggy and you never could take off. I fixed it.

 

I plan to add more than 2 helicopters though, so I won't stick to these IDs.

[ToyGT_one 1,166]

How about using the empty spaces in sfx.raw? Or this can't be done?

I want to use III sounds, without adding - Escape helicopter for all my helicopters and Dodo for planes.

 

Also, where are they lying?

planes like full winged dodo and Skimmer should have dodo sound and planes like shamal should have air train sound (that big plane).

[Silent 15,228]

New rotors! I didn't plan to make them look that good

 

 

[Garju67 74]

Nice, hope you'll be able to add those rotors to VCS PCE.

[Silent 15,228]

 

Nice, hope you'll be able to add those rotors to VCS PCE.

They've been cut from SA due to possible RenderWare bug. Since the code implies a deliberate cut by Rockstar, something must have happened they COULDN'T fix - RenderWare bug would be one of the reasons (since they didn't have RW source code, a bug in Criterion's binaries couldn't be corrected by them).

Edited July 31, 2013 by SilentPL

[nkjellman 1,662]

What about the other PS2 features removed from PC and Xbox. Why are they gone?

[Craig Kostelecky 428]

Damn Silent, you NAILED it.