BEGINit 1,135 Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) It's 1987. Vice City. A whole year has passed since Tommy Vercetti removed Diaz and Sonny Foreli thus becoming a new drug lord. But this story is not about him. Flint Casie - a new mobster from Liberty City - comes to this city in pursue of a mystery. His brother was killed here in Vice yet his rest in peace was ruined by an unknown party who completely destroyed his funeral. By coming here Flint expects find out who's behind it. Unfortunately, he will soon enough realise that things here are not done so easy. Coming soon... Coming soon... Leaders: BEGINit Speccy Story/writers: BEGINit Speccy Braindawg Coding: BEGINit Speccy Silent Vrockwave Map & Character Design: Braindawg Speccy Sal_Leone Kalvin Podbyrin Frank.S Mega Turbocharger Blue Vehicle modelling: Speccy Leonazix Stierlitz Daitojo97 -Anti- Blue Tchuck FacFerc Deadman2 Togemax TheMadeMan Spartan_112 Soundtrack & SFX Keith Ward BEGINit Blue Braindawg Speccy Miscellaneous: BEGINit Frank.S Speccy Kalvin Help & Contributions ClaudX Cpt. Rookie DeltaCJ Ivan1997GTA DK22Pac WillzyyyGTA Ermaccer Surya926 PLAYABLE DEMO DOWNLOAD!!! WARNING! This is a Playable Demo of a WIP mod. This is not a final release! This Demo contains: 22 story missions, 4 side missions, 1 collectable, car purchase, bike purchase, clothes purchase, other script tweaks (approximately 25-30% of script) Various map changes like new areas, roads, interiors, etc. (approx 50-60% of map changes) New cars, peds, pickups (approx. 99% of changes) New loading screens, menu, intro, radar, hud, etc. INSTALLATION: Get a fresh copy of GTA Vice City Install Shine o' Vice to the game directory Overwrite everything if asks. Play the game! Feedback and bug reports much appreciated! FAQs Q: Is it compatible with a Steam version of GTA Vice City? A: No, it is not. The game is most likely to crash during the loading screen or may not launch at all. To fix that you need to find Non- steam gta-vc.exe v1.0 Q: Is this mod compatible with other mods? A: It is highly recommended that you do not use any other mods with Shine o' Vice. Some other modifications may cause game breaking bugs so please, make sure that the bug is not related to other modifications (remove those first) before reporting it. Q: When I play the game I have no audio. When I go to audio options, it says "No Audio Hardvare Found". How come? A: This installation does not contain audio files. Make sure that your game has audio files inside the audio folder. If you do have all the proper audio files, it may be your gta.exe problem. Q: When I start the game, I can hear the intro sounds and music, but the video is not displayed? How come? A: Right-clik on gta-vc.exe->Compatibility-> Check Disable Desktop Composition Q: When I play the game my mouse seem to not work. How come? A: Right-clik on gta-vc.exe->Compatibility->Check Disable Visual Themes (or alternatively run the game in Win95 or XP compatibility mode). Q: When I try to launch the game I get an error message that says "The program failed to initialise properly". What the hell? A: Try installing the latest DirectX version to your computer. If it doesn't help, try updating the C++Redistributable on your computer. Q: Everything works fine, but when I try loading savegames or restart the game, it crashes. How come? A: Try Right-clik on gta-vc.exe->Compatibility-> Check Disable display scaling on high DPI settings. It's a long shot, but might work. Q: Everything works fine, bet the longer my playing session the more unstable it looks. To be more precise, car geometry goes nuts! What's that? A: A bug that we are aware of and trying to fix. For now just reload the game (preferably turning it off and on again) and everything should be just fine. Q: I tend to run into some random bugs: a texture error here, a random crash there etc.? How come? A: GTA Shine o' Vice is still in WIP state. We are working on finishing the mod and fixing all the bugs so there would be none in final release. Untill then, bug reports are appreciated. Edited April 12, 2019 by BEGINit 95 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braindawg 1,633 Posted August 28, 2013 Like I said via PM, I'm also making the protagonist and weapons as well as peds. So sit tight. If you want this mod to be done right, wait for me to finish my work. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolleroz 231 Posted August 28, 2013 Wow I really hope you don't give up on this, I remember one of your previous mods loooong time ago and the video was amazing, unfortunely you lost it in HDD crash or something. The selling drugs feature really got me pumped, I always wanted to create a mod for VC to sell drugs since there's nothing to do after main story, but never had enough coding skills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommzy2 48 Posted August 28, 2013 mod sounds awesome, vice city needs another story, one that isn't short :@ anyways, we want some screens and footage! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank.s 833 Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) Here's a tip BEGINit: If the mod doesn't use cleo or certain controller buttons then it can be ported to mobile. (eg. the action button isn't always available on-screen on mobile What's your thoughts on this being released for mobile VC as well? If you are ok with it being ported but have no mobile device and if no-one else does it then i might as well. Edited September 3, 2013 by Frank.s 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolleroz 231 Posted August 28, 2013 BEGINit, you should consider posting a topic in III Modelling section to get someone to help you writing exactly what you need, that way you'll be able to find the right person faster. I'd really like to help you myself but the only thing I can do in 3dsmax is just converting guns from SA/IV to VC/III. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,528 Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) Holy f*ck. 70-80 missions and you all made them by yourself? Insane. I never had enough patience to even code 10 missions from scratch. EDIT: Come to think of, are you working on it snce like 2009? Otherwise looks like your patience is nearing infinity EDIT2: (eg. the action button isn't always available on-screen on mobile) I'm pretty sure it's called out by a Mobile-exclusive opcode. So, should be usable. Edited August 28, 2013 by SilentPL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted August 28, 2013 ^^yeah I believe it's being developed since 2009. Got ups and downs. lolleroz was right it's the one which was almost lost because of hdd crash. Started it over from an early backup I had on other PC. Some time later I managed piss myself off because my idea of non linear game became too complex. So got rid of the idea and started again. Not to mention that for some time I was developing it at the same time with Perils of Liberty City and Frosted Winter bug search. Thank God I've not started anything on SA...yet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,528 Posted August 28, 2013 Then I'm seriously impressed by your patience and creativity (after all, missions DO need a plot). My TC pretty much died due to lack of both of these 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted August 28, 2013 Thanks for a good word. I just don't like to leave unfinished business Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zmudziak32 340 Posted August 28, 2013 Good to hear, about new story in Vice City. Keep going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SatournFan 716 Posted August 29, 2013 Man, you never stop impressing. First a great mod for III, now a great mod for Vice City. I'm gonna wait for the release, good luck with finishing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elMarcoPL 134 Posted August 29, 2013 Your mods are really entertaining and long in case of story, so this one is worth of waiting. Good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Node 221 Posted August 29, 2013 Sounds interesting, keep up the good work! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted September 18, 2013 Sorry. for no updates. Unfortunately I wont have an internet connection for quite some time. Im writing fro another pc in a public library. Cant get used to the keyboard d. Anyways, scripting continues Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) Due to low response of my help requests (I bet everyone plays GTA5) and some real world issues my enthusiasm slowly drops. Nevertheless scipting continues (slow progress). Edited September 28, 2013 by BEGINit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,528 Posted September 28, 2013 Due to low response of my help requests Where? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted September 29, 2013 "If someone could lend some help with modeling it would help me a lot to finish this mod as soon as possible. Please " also on modelling requests topic also waiting responses fom MinnieMan TripleAS and lolleroz for about a month now regarding the help they offered Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tadzik 300 Posted October 19, 2013 I hope this will be compatible with Vice Cry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elMarcoPL 134 Posted October 19, 2013 I hope it will get released anyway. I have never played a great TC mod with new storyline for Vice City. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tadzik 300 Posted October 19, 2013 It would be great if BEGINit will make mission mod like this of Frosted Winter for new SOL when it'll be released Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tadzik 300 Posted March 22, 2014 I see you were online, are you still working on this mod? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) At this point Im waiting for some models so I could continue coding and fulfill my vision. Or something Edited March 27, 2014 by BEGINit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CharlesVercetti 386 Posted March 29, 2014 Just continue the coding. Project is awesome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent 15,528 Posted March 29, 2014 Indeed, if it's about ped models, placeholders ftw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gummy 3,415 Posted March 29, 2014 I hope you make something like those suicide bombers in Frosted Winter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerkоv 91 Posted April 1, 2014 Anything new, BEGINit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted April 13, 2014 I have to say that I've got so many things to do in life, that moding gta is probably the slowest process of them all. Nevertheless, its happening. Now the bad news is that I'm pretty much at the point where the process is halted due to the lack of my envisioned models. I scripted everything by taking into account the idea of having a few new buildings, interiors and dynamic objects. Unfortunately, I cannot model well (I'm not going to learn, it would take considerable amount of time). Furthermore, almost every attempt to find someone, who could make those models for me failed (either people encounter various technical problems or simply disappear). So yeah, I'm basically having the game where there's nothing to do script wise because scripting is like 90% done. The last 10% is incomplete and waiting for the new models to be adjusted to. Umm... Did all this make any sense? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tadzik 300 Posted April 13, 2014 Maybe you can ask HackMan128 for help with mapping/modeling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEGINit 1,135 Posted April 13, 2014 I just checked my inbox to make sure. I asked HackMan128 some time ago, but there was no response 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
