Grand Theft Auto III Pre-Release Discussion

[Lips10Sixx]

@vercetti386 I really think it would be something closer to PSW Mag or the later Playzone version. 

 

OR this which would be my best bet if anything.  Video should start @16:14

 

 

[super_slav]

On 2/8/2025 at 11:22 PM, vercetti386 said:

But in E3, the game was like having just few months to be released .. would it be really the case ??

These 2 screens the building flickers when you play it, also the LOD of staunton flickers. They try and show as little as possible of it.

[vercetti386]

1 hour ago, super_slav said:

These 2 screens the building flickers when you play it, also the LOD of staunton flickers. They try and show as little as possible of it.

Yes you are absolutely right.

 

I'll take an example of the"Infernus" screenshot, the background buildings seems to be 2D or something.

 

Not the case in the final release.

[super_slav]

4 hours ago, vercetti386 said:

buildings seems to be 2D or something

And the beta blista? is missing its light textures

[TheEmptyProd.]

22 minutes ago, super_slav said:

And the beta blista? is missing its light textures

No. It's just white style

[vercetti386]

12 minutes ago, TheEmptyProd. said:

No. It's just white style

I don't think so ..

 

No van in GTA or Real Life has white tail-lights ..

[Rolf Wiedeke]

Seems to be a fake...

 

[Diego.]

I converted the radios to WAV and it looks like it sounds the same as final.

Obviously the build needs more in-depth analysis but for now, nothing different in terms of radios in that supposed beta build.

Edited February 11 by Diego.

[meatloafsurprise]

The game doesn't load because it is missing an intro movie.  It's possible to skip past this point with the PCSX2 debugger and I can get it to display the loading screen and begin game initializing but it seems to stall at some point.

 

I'm new to the GTA scene (came here when the VC beta was released a week ago), so I'm not sure if this is significant but the ELF isn't stripped....

[MGgames100]

10 hours ago, Frank Whaley is the cool said:

-fake link-

it's just 1.40

[vercetti386]

10 hours ago, Frank Whaley is the cool said:

-fake link-

Is this a real build ?

I'll try to analyse this when i return home. But at least can someone analyse Carcols.dat file, textures, etc .. to check for any differences from Final ?

[MGgames100]

20 minutes ago, vercetti386 said:

Is this a real build ?

I'll try to analyse this when i return home. But at least can someone analyse Carcols.dat file, textures, etc .. to check for any differences from Final ?

there are almost no changes between this supposed beta build and PAL 1.40.

 

Only changes are missing audio from one of Ray's missions and the intro section, which was later split to two files, one for Rockstar logos, one for the game intro. Rest is the same. No carcol changes, no text changes, no texture differences, even the Duran Duran line from Flashback is censored.

Edited February 11 by MGgames100

[vercetti386]

44 minutes ago, MGgames100 said:

there are almost no changes between this supposed beta build and PAL 1.40.

 

Only changes are missing audio from one of Ray's missions and the intro section, which was later split to two files, one for Rockstar logos, one for the game intro. Rest is the same. No carcol changes, no text changes, no texture differences, even the Duran Duran line from Flashback is censored.

Also, it seems to be not a bootable build.

 

So .. fake build .. let's hope that the next leak would be a legit one.

[TheEmptyProd.]

11 minutes ago, vercetti386 said:

Also, it seems to be not a bootable build.

 

So .. fake build .. let's hope that the next leak would be a legit one.

Just because it doesn't work doesn't mean it's a fake. . . . The May LCS Beta Build doesn't work either, for example

[vercetti386]

13 minutes ago, TheEmptyProd. said:

Just because it doesn't work doesn't mean it's a fake. . . . The May LCS Beta Build doesn't work either, for example

@TheEmptyProd. Check @MGgames100 response :

1 hour ago, MGgames100 said:

there are almost no changes between this supposed beta build and PAL 1.40.

 

Only changes are missing audio from one of Ray's missions and the intro section, which was later split to two files, one for Rockstar logos, one for the game intro. Rest is the same. No carcol changes, no text changes, no texture differences, even the Duran Duran line from Flashback is censored.

 

If it is a real beta build, it would definetly have more file changes. At least the carcols for the police car colors and models ..

[_BlackShadow]

10 hours ago, Frank Whaley is the cool said:

-fake link-

Nice try but it's fake as sh*t

[cant remember]

Mm yeah I don't believe the new cop car colors would already be compiled into a build the very next day,

[Spider-Vice]

The person who posted that fake build is a direct duplicate account of @TheEmptyProd., hence them trying to defend it. I'm removing the links, some of the posts, banning the dupe and sending Prod on a long vacation.

 

Very lame. It's just the final build with some fake changes - and also piracy in the end as it's just sharing the final game essentially.

[super_slav]

The chances of a compiled build just before release is small, before 1.40 there was most likely still blue police cars as evidenced by 1.40's intro and the fact that 1.40 still has things they forgot to take out, must have been a really big rush even more than VC. 

[nucleararsenal74]

Hey all, just came to see if anyone from the 01-03 GTA3 board of GameFAQ days is here. I used to be a pretty active member of the GTA3 boards there and was (and still is) a bit obsessed with its mysteries. Back then, the big one was the nature of Ghost Town and Darkel. Some believed that it was a mythical cut 4th island that you would get to via the tunnels in Shoreside (some thought it might be Carcer City). The observatory as well was mysterious due to it being features on a lot of maps but inaccessible.  With GTA SeriesVideo Design Doc Vid (of which I'm skeptical as to its believability), the Dr. Mod videos, and the flurry of hope of a Beta copy, I wanted to check in and hope to follow any developments.

 

Cheers ya'll

 

 

[universetwisters]

1 hour ago, nucleararsenal74 said:

Hey all, just came to see if anyone from the 01-03 GTA3 board of GameFAQ days is here. I used to be a pretty active member of the GTA3 boards there and was (and still is) a bit obsessed with its mysteries. Back then, the big one was the nature of Ghost Town and Darkel. Some believed that it was a mythical cut 4th island that you would get to via the tunnels in Shoreside (some thought it might be Carcer City). The observatory as well was mysterious due to it being features on a lot of maps but inaccessible.  With GTA SeriesVideo Design Doc Vid (of which I'm skeptical as to its believability), the Dr. Mod videos, and the flurry of hope of a Beta copy, I wanted to check in and hope to follow any developments.

 

Cheers ya'll

 

 

Welcome back hoss

 

Sadly there's no beta copies floating around. The III design doc, while limited, is legit. I itemized it here, as well as a recently leaked GTA 3 Online design doc if you wanna give it a read