[WIP|IV/EFLC] The Disaster of Tony Prince (Enhanced Artworks, HUD, Radar Blips, Atmosphere & Audio)

[iiCriminnaaL]

     As everybody knows, in contrast to standard GTA IV and TLAD, TBOGT doesn't only have a very different atmosphere that somewhat feels weird in Liberty City, but it suffers from being too much lighthearted, goofy, and colorful, in addition to a couple of more annoyances. Overused pink, a lot of rainbow colors, unbearable soundtrack, mission scoring stats' menu appearing on screen after each mission, you name it.

 

     So, in short, the main purpose of this modification is to enhance your gameplay's experience by giving TBOGT a closer feel to GTA IV and TLAD. Sure, each one of the three is vastly different from the other two. I'm just intending to tone the goofiness down, and get rid of a few annoyances. I can't touch the story nor the characters, but I've made several changes revolving around the artworks, HUD and radar blips, as well as a few touches to the weathers' color filters, namely getting rid of the pink sunrises and sunsets. Not to mention that I reverted Electro-Choc radio station back to its original version from the vanilla game, which also applies to the colors of the Rotterdam Tower's lights, from pink to the original blue textures, disabled the mission scoring stats' menu from appearing on screen, replaced the song "Kid Conga" with "A Guy Called Gerald" from GTA San Andreas and "No Security" with an extended version of "Pjanoo", and re-colored the golden Uzi to silver. In addition to the minor refines, namely: re-skinning the textures of Roman Bellic's suit and pants so they will differ from his wedding outfit, and changing the Vice President badge of Johnny Klebitz to President.

 

DOWNLOAD: Dropbox, Google Drive

 

In order to replace and add the archived files, you'll have to use a file modding tool such as OpenIV or SparkIV.

 

Preview:

• Opening (might be outdated in some aspects)
• In-Game (might be outdated in some aspects)
• Pause Menu (might be outdated in some aspects)

 

Things I'm looking forward to implement:

• Changing the color of the wanted stars.
• Changing the colors of the pause menu's main items.
• Changing the color of the items of the game's opening menu section in EFLC's opening.
• Bringing back the original style of the loading bar.
• Disabling the mission percentage scoring stats in the player's stats.

Edited October 17, 2021 by iiCriminnaaL

[iiCriminnaaL]

 

(kinda outdated)

 

 

 

 

Opening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-Game

 

 

 

 

(check the link above for some more pictures)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pause Menu

 

 

(check the link above for some more pictures)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2020 by iiCriminnaaL 49

[iiCriminnaaL]

Nvm.

Edited May 7, 2019 by iiCriminnaaL 49

[Ash_735]

Removed M_M_Gaymid and M_Y_GayYoung from pedgrp.dat. So anybody who doesn't want them to spawn in streets won't have them. (not a hard step to make though, but I included it anyway)

...And the point of this is? Are you that offended that GAY people spawn outside the GAY NIGHTCLUB?

[iiCriminnaaL]

 

Removed M_M_Gaymid and M_Y_GayYoung from pedgrp.dat. So anybody who doesn't want them to spawn in streets won't have them. (not a hard step to make though, but I included it anyway)

...And the point of this is? Are you that offended that GAY people spawn outside the GAY NIGHTCLUB?

 

I just don't like to see them

 

I'm not really interested in TBoGT. But for some reason I like to decrease the club theme in it.

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Updated:

Changed the colors of the Cage Fighter, Drug War and Base Jump blip backgrounds from black to light blue, so it'll be similar to TLaD's style with Road Rash and Gang War blip backgrounds, just with a fitting color to TBoGT's theme as light blue, rather than TLaD's red color. There's a copy with the background of those three blips of TBoGT with red color too, included.

Edited May 5, 2018 by Kane49

[B Dawg]

The key you provided for file access was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on MediaFire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or MediaFire.

[iiCriminnaaL]

The key you provided for file access was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on MediaFire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or MediaFire.

Thanks for informing me.

Uploaded it with dropbox. It should work now.

[B Dawg]

The download text still seems to link to Mediafire, and I can't get the full dropbox link out of it.

[iiCriminnaaL]

The download text still seems to link to Mediafire, and I can't get the full dropbox link out of it.

Yeah, that's weird, lol. It was kept with MediaFire because I replaced the link in the exact same line of the post. Added it with some other way, it links to DropBox now. Hope it works for everybody now.

Edited May 4, 2018 by Kane49

[iiCriminnaaL]

Updated.

- Replaced the game's timecycle and visualSettings with IV's.

- HUD has been totally enhanced, from text colors, to marker colors, to the style of the game's titles, to the removal of the screen's rainbow and black bow, and more.

- Restored TLaD's pump shotgun to TBoGT.

- Replaced Joni's artwork with an artwork of Rocco Pelosi.

 

Preview screenshots have been added as well.

 

I also wanted to change the colors of the pause menu's options and wanted level stars, and also to replace the loading bar's shining stars with the regular style of IV and TLaD, but for some reason I cannot manage to do those stuff. They have nothing to do with hud.dat nor hudColor.dat as well, no matter what changes were done to them. The loading bar's stars are present in hud.wtd, but they don't work the same way IV's and TLaD's loading bar does. I couldn't reach anything related to the wanted stars nor the options of the pause menu neither, as I mentioned.

 

I'll update the mod whenever I manage to reach them.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Kane49

[LeBron.]

"The Ballad of Straight Tony" would've been a better name imo

[iiCriminnaaL]

"The Ballad of Straight Tony" would've been a better name imo

That's what I thought. But that name is already used right here.

[LeBron.]

 

"The Ballad of Straight Tony" would've been a better name imo

That's what I thought. But that name is already used right here.

 

Woah, didn't even know about that. Crazy to think I came up with the exact same idea as somebody did 3 years ago.

[Rented]

 

There's an extra folder which includes a little modification to the pedgrp.dat that disables gay pedestrians from spawning outside their respective club.

...what?

When you feel the gay energy get stronger so you make a mod to avoid the temptations

[iiCriminnaaL]

Updated:

- This mod is known as The Ballad of Luis Lopez now. Titles of 'The Ballad of Gay Tony' have been replaced. (in the offline section only)

- Replaced the secondary artwork of Tony Prince with an artwork of Timur. (secondary artworks show when switching from TLaD to TBoGT)

 

Uploaded new preview screenshots. Now they're full pictures, unlike the previous ones, which were focused on limited parts, excluding the other ones.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Kane49

[Ash_735]

I can just feel the insecurity radiating.

[Reameb]

 

 

There's an extra folder which includes a little modification to the pedgrp.dat that disables gay pedestrians from spawning outside their respective club.

...what?

When you feel the gay energy get stronger so you make a mod to avoid the temptations

You can run but never escape from it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[iiCriminnaaL]

I don't know what got you guys to turn a GTA mod's conversation into a real life lecture about homosexuality. Chill out, lol.

 

You either like to use the mod or not, but you gotta respect the others' opinions.

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Updated:

- Remade the main artwork of Luis, again.

- Changed the rank badge of Johnny Klebitz' uniform to President, as the only missions which he appears in happen after arresting Billy. He appears in the game's intro as well, but I believe it's just an easter egg to remember TLaD and keep it in the players' mind, just like Niko's appearance in Alderney during TLaD's intro, while he was still in Broker in story wise, back then. And either way, the rank's badge isn't noticeable during the game's intro.

- Recolored some unfitting colored uniforms of The Lost's bikers, and added the MC's patch on ones that're missing it.

Edited May 2, 2018 by Kane49

[Wakka387]

OHHH EEMMMM GEEEEE TONY HAS THE GAY, LETS REMOVE HIM!


Joking for those who dont get sarcasm

[B Dawg]

The overabundance of pink colors were always an unfitting eyesore to Liberty City. Even Vice City wasn't that pink (had a lighter shade of it that wasn't an eyesore and wasn't also present in the timecycle). Nothing to do with homosexuality

 

The only questionable edit is the removal of gay dudes outside the clubs lol. Loading screen changes just bring more variety.

Edited May 2, 2018 by B Dawg

[Jinx.]

Tony is as important in TBoGT as The Lost in TLAD. They are not the main protagonists but that doesn't mean they are irrelevant. If you changed the name, then change TLAD's title aswell. It doesn't make any sense this way. You probably changed it because it had the "gay" word.

 

I don't think the whole pink atmosphere is gay. The atmospheres in IV and its DLC isn't related to LC, but to the story itself. TBoGT is about the nightclubs and high life, ofcourse it's pink, but it's not related to gay people at all. I don't see anything wrong with removing them from their club either, as Hercules is a gay club, after all. It makes sense to have them there, especially lore wise.

 

I like what you did with the hud, though. It reminds me of the BETA hud, which had the orange lifebar aswell. The other stuff about the Lost is cool, too. Just as a suggestion for later, I think editing TBoGT's timecyc to be less pink-ish would be a great idea; that would fit with Luis' life, drug dealing and working for Maisonette 9.

[iiCriminnaaL]

Tony is as important in TBoGT as The Lost in TLAD. They are not the main protagonists but that doesn't mean they are irrelevant. If you changed the name, then change TLAD's title aswell. It doesn't make any sense this way. You probably changed it because it had the "gay" word.

 

I don't think the whole pink atmosphere is gay. The atmospheres in IV and its DLC isn't related to LC, but to the story itself. TBoGT is about the nightclubs and high life, ofcourse it's pink, but it's not related to gay people at all. I don't see anything wrong with removing them from their club either, as Hercules is a gay club, after all. It makes sense to have them there, especially lore wise.

 

I like what you did with the hud, though. It reminds me of the BETA hud, which had the orange lifebar aswell. The other stuff about the Lost is cool, too. Just as a suggestion for later, I think editing TBoGT's timecyc to be less pink-ish would be a great idea; that would fit with Luis' life, drug dealing and working for Maisonette 9.

I know that TBoGT is mostly about the nightclub life, and maybe I was wrong about calling the game’s atmosphere a gay theme. I just meant to get rid of the pink colors decrease the fancy theme for my own taste. And after all, nightclub life isn’t the only thing about TBoGT’s story, there’re Yusuf’s missions, Mori’s and Bulgarin’s. Sure thing that missions of Yusuf and Mori were about paying Tony’s and his clubs’ debts, more or less, but they’re out of the nightclub theme, same with the drug wars, cage fighter, races, base jumps, side-missions. That’s why I thought that changing the atmosphere (including HUD colors, titles, etc) is good. About the game’s title, I changed it because I don’t like seeing a character’s name taking a whole game’s title, and if it will, at least it would be the game’s protagonist. That makes me feel less attached to Tony and the nightclub life in TBoGT, so I can feel better when playing missions of the other mission givers or even the side-missions (except for club management), especially the drug wars.

 

By the way, I didn’t disable gays from spawning in the Hercules, I only prevented them from spawning in streets. That’s what I meant when I said that I removed them from spawning outside of their club. I remember seeing a few gays walking near by Maisonette 9. I won’t disable them from their own club as well, only from streets

 

I already replaced the timecyc with the one from IV. I don’t use it in my game, anyway, I prefer CleanIV timecyc, but I didn’t include it in the mod because it’s a modder’s work, not a default file of R*. But I would think of modifying TBoGT’s timecyc, decreasing the pink color.

Edited May 4, 2018 by Kane49

[Old Man With No Name]

Also you should remove Gay Bernie from GTA IV

Edited May 2, 2018 by GroveStGTAV

[iiCriminnaaL]

Also you should remove Gay Bernie from GTA IV

Don’t go off-topic. Thanks.

[Jinx.]

Yep, Luis' life ain't all about nightclubs. Like I said, he also is drug dealing

 

A question though, didn't they also spawn in IV? Maybe not the same models from TBoGT but still.

[iiCriminnaaL]

Yep, Luis' life ain't all about nightclubs. Like I said, he also is drug dealing

 

A question though, didn't they also spawn in IV? Maybe not the same models from TBoGT but still.

Good question. I actually didn't look into GTA IV's file, but I don't remember seeing them there. Gotta take a look. They do spawn in GTA IV.

 

Removed pedgrp.dat from the mod.

 

I suppose Ash is happy now

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Updated:

- Enhanced Roman Bellic's clothes. I don't see why would he wear the same clothes he wears when going to Masionette 9 in his wedding.

Edited May 4, 2018 by Kane49

[Wakka387]

Im straight but I like pink

[iiCriminnaaL]

Im straight but I like pink

It's not about straight or 'gay'. I liked pink colors in GTA VCS for example, but they seem overused in TBoGT.

 

Doesn't matter.

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Updated:

- Changed the color of the armor bar and ammo numbers to soft blue. (still close to grey)

- Recolored the blip of Tony Prince to a close color of the default one, to fit his character as a nightclub owner. (I noticed that nightclub colors have been a bit of underused in here, this change would be enough)

- Brightened the color of Armando's and Henrique's blips.

- Changed the color of Adriana Lopez' (Luis' mother's) blip from red to green.

Edited May 4, 2018 by Kane49

[iiCriminnaaL]

Updated:

• Replaced the unused orange colors in hudColor.dat with golden colors. Dark- and light golden aren't used though.
• Changed the color of the loading bar and loading mission titles from grey to golden.

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I know what you're wondering about: "Are you turning on your mod's goal?"

Actually, no. A little explanation: The main (the main, not the only) goal of this mod is not dropping the fancy theme. It's about balancing colors and decreasing the nightclub theme.

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Updated: (again)

• Added a bonus addition with the name of 'Fancy radar theme'. It gives TBoGT's radar disk a fancy effect, shining stars, similar to how TLaD's radar disk has a unique effect which fits the game's biker theme.
• Added a bonus addition with the name of 'Normal HUD Colors'. I turns the color of the loading bar, armor bar and ammo numbers to grey.
• Changed the color of mission's waypoints from yellow to pink. It differs from the default pink color as well; slightly darkened and a bit less reddish. Yellow mission waypoint is present in the 'Normal HUD Colors' addition.
• Replaced 'Kid Conga' (Electro-Choc song) with 'A Guy Called Gerald', which is a theme song that has been used in the nightclubs of GTA San Andreas.
• 'No Security' (Electro-Choc song) no longer plays after blowing Bulgarin's plane during 'Departure Time', but an extended version of 'Pjanoo' (which was used in the official trailer of The Ballad of Gay Tony, and also available in the radio station Vladivostok FM) does, instead.
• Corrected some typos in the dialogue subtitles.
• Electro-Choc radio station has been reverted to the original one from GTA IV, which obviously affects Maisonette 9's mainstream.

Edited October 5, 2018 by iiCriminnaaL 49

[Igor Bogdanoff]

Cleaned on OP's request.