Silent 15,756 Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) 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 Mod Loader version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/brr07g4jqo5x4rk/iii_aircraft_1.1.zip?dl=1 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 August 12 by Silent 59 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kalvin 11,087 Posted July 29, 2013 Haha, 12 years for an actually legit helicopter/plane mod for GTA3! Great job for finding/making this, Silent 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAKid667 10,862 Posted July 29, 2013 Haha, this is amazing, I just saw it on GTAGarage and checked out the youtube vids, well done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garju67 78 Posted July 29, 2013 Is it me or no download links are available atm ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Kostelecky 435 Posted July 29, 2013 No download yet. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 29, 2013 Hey, it's marked as WIP for a reason 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garju67 78 Posted July 29, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 29, 2013 That one wasn't left in III, but it was pretty easy to implement, so: Skimmer! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dani5ooo 36 Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) 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 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 29, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FalconKing 1,196 Posted July 29, 2013 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? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMateczko 3,325 Posted July 29, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMateczko 3,325 Posted July 30, 2013 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 30, 2013 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMateczko 3,325 Posted July 30, 2013 They said there's no ceiling limit in III. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtaloconbest98 13 Posted July 30, 2013 Nice mod.Can you make heli's gun too?It would be great to shoot down people with the Police Chopper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 30, 2013 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! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dani5ooo 36 Posted July 30, 2013 Your progress is looking good. I loled at the 12242$ Stunt Bonus at the end of the video. ^^ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Kostelecky 435 Posted July 31, 2013 Very nice work with the audio. This is coming along very nicely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nkjellman 1,703 Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 31, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandomIII 0 Posted July 31, 2013 What is your heli ID? Because 155 and 159 fly when going backward and acts weird while shift (horn) is pressed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 31, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FalconKing 1,196 Posted July 31, 2013 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). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 31, 2013 New rotors! I didn't plan to make them look that good 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garju67 78 Posted July 31, 2013 Nice, hope you'll be able to add those rotors to VCS PCE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,756 Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nkjellman 1,703 Posted August 1, 2013 What about the other PS2 features removed from PC and Xbox. Why are they gone? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Kostelecky 435 Posted August 1, 2013 Damn Silent, you NAILED it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
