[WIP|BETA|SA] GTA: Underground - Mod Discussion

[Boywond]

Hi, I was reading this topic for a while and I was wondering if you are gonna replace vegetation in LC with SA one? Because LC's looks a bit off from VC/SA.

[nkjellman]

It will be possible as I attempt to crack that, yes.

 

I am currently making a format for a weather.dat file, which could contain the arrays for each weather zone.

Well that sounds very great! I look forward to your progress.

 

But I also have a few questions as well.

1. Do you think you will be able to control how frequently certain weather types are in different areas? I have a feeling that will need to be addressed too. We wouldn't want to have sand storms occuring outside the desert.

2. By any chance, can the heat haze effects be removed in LC? It doesn't make sense to have it there.

3. I have the draw distance mod on my game. Parts of SA don't render as far. It's a bug on the normal game, and I was wondering if it could be fixed in the mod. I was also hoping that you could implment the draw distance mod into the mod as well. SA has terrible draw distance, even for its time. It was better in III and VC. Also the mod I have doesn't change it for different weather types.

4. Not exactly related to the weather, butdo you think you will be able to add the yellow closest airport runway blips to the LC and VC that appear when you fly a plane?

5. Also need exactly related to weather, but I feel like VC's seabed needs to be raised as it doesn't line up with the map. I think you guys forgot to raise it when you raised the map to SA's sea level.

[nkjellman]

Remove post.

Edited September 11, 2016 by nkjellman

[lekon]

There are all the cities of all gta games. So, why you guys don't try to make a system so we can play as every charecter of all gta like cj, tommy etc. that would be great if you make that modification. I know character switch ain't a dream no more. you can make it. all you need is hope and try.

[dkluin]

It will be possible to control the heat haze effect aswell. And yes, modifying the weather arrays is a thing too.

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All I need to do is write the weather.dat file loader and everything can be changed. Adding new weather types is not yet possible but with a file loader I can define the pool sizes based on how many weather IDs are defined.

 

Just like how SA uses hardcoded zones to define "THEMAP" and "SAN_AND", UG uses a hardcoded zone called "WET_M" which would define weather ID 0.

 

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Today I decided to make another GTA UG video.

 

Things I want to reveal (might have some small lag because of me constantly calling functions in ASI to update weather ID, no, the ZON file isnt constantly loaded, it's defined in gta.dat :3)

 

-New vehicles

-The new safehouses

-The wanted system

-Vehicle special features

-Gang war timer

 

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One thing I figured out is that weather zones are responsible for ambient gunshots. And, some other special things.

 

I should patch those and later on, a flag parameter would assign these properties to weather IDs.

Edited September 12, 2016 by dkluin

[dkluin]

 

I cannot provide accurate reasons at this moment.

An inaccurate reason would be good enough for me. Anything to maybe get me in the ballpark of the problem and I may be able to find a fix.

 

An inaccurate reason:

 

Don't use Steam version.

[Daddy Stalin]

There is an inside track in vcs, im sure its in vc too

 

it can be used to bet like in SA map

 

big image:

 

 

[asahendrix]

 

 

I cannot provide accurate reasons at this moment.

An inaccurate reason would be good enough for me. Anything to maybe get me in the ballpark of the problem and I may be able to find a fix.

 

An inaccurate reason:

 

Don't use Steam version.

 

How do I know if it is a steam version? I bought the game several years ago on PC, but lost it so I downloaded it. Don't know if it is a steam version or not.

[zanesix]

If you downloaded it from Steam it's the steam version.

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danny add mta suport pleas im want ugmp refifed

Let me add more stupid requests.

 

 

culd u add ped interaction danny?.

Ped interaction sounds good...

[asahendrix]

If you downloaded it from Steam it's the steam version.

I did not download it from steam. My question better put: Is there someway to check if the version I have is a steam version? (I'm assuming we're not talking about the 1.0 exe, as I already have that)

 

Also, I was just tinkering around and I figured out that if I turn my internet and antivirus off and start the game after the computer has restarted then I can play long enough to get to other islands by jetpack. However, it seems I have about a 20 minute window before the game randomly crashes (no matter what I'm doing). In order to play it again for another 20 minutes I have to restart my computer. Is that giving any modders clarity on my issue?

[dkluin]

There is an inside track in vcs, im sure its in vc too

 

it can be used to bet like in SA map

 

big image:

 

 

Why would you place a VCSPCE screenshot while you could just place a GTA VC screenshot instead?

[LightVelox]

 

 

 

 

danny add mta suport pleas im want ugmp refifed

Let me add more stupid requests.

 

 

culd u add ped interaction danny?.

Ped interaction sounds good...

 

it can't be done since DKLUIN can't add more "ped.ifp"s to the game

and changing animations that already exist in the game would be... meh...

maybe he could add some people taking a pee on the bathrooms :v

[Ghost38]

There are all the cities of all gta games. So, why you guys don't try to make a system so we can play as every charecter of all gta like cj, tommy etc. that would be great if you make that modification. I know character switch ain't a dream no more. you can make it. all you need is hope and try.

Just type "changeperspective" as a cheat

Edited September 12, 2016 by Ghost38

[deboa]

what a wonderful mod, but my game freezes after saving in Vice city.

Edited September 12, 2016 by deboa

[FairladyZ]

Well, a crashlog would be helpful for that.

[dkluin]

Currently the save file format has been modified.

 

A new block for weather zones would be added which would store the weather zones.

 

A CZone array of 128 elements is used, which means that there can be a maximum of 128 weather.zon entries.

[Ash_735]

Why would you place a VCSPCE screenshot while you could just place a GTA VC screenshot instead?

Maybe he was playing VCS when he noticed it and took the screenshot there instead of quitting out and loading up another game to take a screenshot from that instead?

 

But yeah, Inside Track was there in VC too, apparently the interior was left on ps2 but unfinished, which was later used as one of the SA ones.

[dkluin]

I guess I can use the interior from VC PS2 and add it in then. Should do the trick.

[Daddy Stalin]

 

There is an inside track in vcs, im sure its in vc too

 

it can be used to bet like in SA map

 

big image:

 

 

Why would you place a VCSPCE screenshot while you could just place a GTA VC screenshot instead?

 

oh, ill find it by myself and post it

 

i found the screenshot on google images

 

the betting places could have own minimap icon :idea:

Edited September 13, 2016 by Flusak1235

[Rachel Amber]

I guess I can use the interior from VC PS2 and add it in then. Should do the trick.

yes good idea do it

[Pieeer]

 

[Daddy Stalin]

 

 

There is an inside track in vcs, im sure its in vc too

 

it can be used to bet like in SA map

 

big image:

 

 

Why would you place a VCSPCE screenshot while you could just place a GTA VC screenshot instead?

 

oh, ill find it by myself and post it

 

i found the screenshot on google images

 

the betting places could have own minimap icon :idea:

 

yep, its in vice city too, this one screenshoted by me

 

 

Edited September 13, 2016 by Flusak1235

[Spartan_112]

 

Хехе, музон) Good job, dude.

Edited September 13, 2016 by Spartan_112

[Daddy Stalin]

 

 

 

 

There is an inside track in vcs, im sure its in vc too

 

it can be used to bet like in SA map

 

big image:

 

 

Why would you place a VCSPCE screenshot while you could just place a GTA VC screenshot instead?

 

oh, ill find it by myself and post it

 

i found the screenshot on google images

 

the betting places could have own minimap icon :idea:

 

yep, its in vice city too, this one screenshoted by me

 

 

 

 

 

 

location:

 

pink means to look that was to see the building

 

red means the road where it is

 

map:

 

Edited September 13, 2016 by Flusak1235

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danny add mta suport pleas im want ugmp refifed

Let me add more stupid requests.

 

 

 

culd u add ped interaction danny?.

Ped interaction sounds good...

 

it can't be done since DKLUIN can't add more "ped.ifp"s to the game

and changing animations that already exist in the game would be... meh...

maybe he could add some people taking a pee on the bathrooms :v

Tbh thats pretty bad idea, and yes, i know, that it won't happend...

[dkluin]

I guess I have to do this:

 

The focus for GTA UG's release is going back to Snapshot 3.

 

Spartan did a new vehicle, the III Cheetah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He also did a Linerunner.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2016 by dkluin

[asahendrix]

Well, a crashlog would be helpful for that.

http://pastebin.com/zfnf0qVy

[dkluin]

No crash log.

 

Donneh no fix.

[nkjellman]

I guess I have to do this:

 

The focus for GTA UG's release is going back to Snapshot 3.

 

Spartan did a new vehicle, the III Cheetah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He also did a Linerunner.

 

 

 

 

That sounds understandable. But out of curiosity, why not add patches containing bug fixes? Like the tunnel traffic fix for example.