III WIP Grand Theft Auto IV: Renderware Edition

[hamx23 148]

 

Are you bored of 2001 GTA 3 atmosphere and you want it to be refreshed? Or maybe you just want a remaster as befits a 2019 year? Your dreams have just came true.

 

And here it comes, another project from HamX & Sasuu. We have learned a lot making mods to GTA 3D universe, so now we were able to start creating something different, something better and something much more interesting. This time, we are recreating GTA IV atmosphere in good old GTA 3, pushing the renderware engine to its limits by replacing almost everything in the game. Map comes from GTA 3 XBOX (it's much more detailed than PC one) and it already has almost every GTA Liberty City Stories iOS high quality textures. I decided to replace original roads with GTA 5 variant to make the game atmosphere a little "darker" like it was in GTA 4. About the cars, we are converting them from GTA 4 and GTA 5 (non-hi versions). Weapons came from GTA 5. To make graphics closer to GTA 4, we used SkyGFX. And we couldn't forget about hud similar to GTA 4 which was made by ThirteenAG. Hope you enjoy this, we are putting a lot of work into this and hope for good reception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HamX - idea of the project, supervision
Sasuu - help with almost everything

 

 

GTA IV/V cars

 

Spoiler

 

This is car list that we have replaced so far:

 

 

original car - replaced for

Banshee - Banshee [IV]

Blista - Dilettante [IV]

Bus - School Bus [V Prison Bus edited]

Cabbie - Cabby [IV]

Cheetah - Cheetah Classic [V]

Corpse - rusty Voodoo [V]

Diablo Stallion - tuned Tornado [V]

Esperanto - Virgo [V]

Idaho - Faction [V]

Kuruma - Roman's Taxi [IV]

Landstalker - Cavalcade [V]

Mafia Sentinel - Sentinel with extra tuning parts [IV]

Manana - rusty Voodoo [V]

Mule - Mule [IV]
Perennial - Stainer [IV taxi edited]

Pony - Boxville [V]

Sentinel - Sentinel [IV]

Stallion - Stallion [IV]

Taxi - Taxi [IV]

Yankee - Blista Compact [V]

 

update 21.08.2019

Yardie Lobo - Buccaneer [V]

Yakuza Stinger - Huntley [V]

Stretch - Emperor Stretch [V]

Dodo - Mammatus [V]

Rhino - APC [TBoGT/V]

Triad Fish Van - Pony with Belly Up livery [IV]

Moonbeam - Moonbeam [IV]

Bobcat - Bobcat [IV]

Cartel Cruiser - Cavalcade FXT [IV]

Patriot - Patriot [IV]

Rumpo - Speedo [IV]

Flatbed - Yankee open [TLaD]

Stinger - Feltzer [V]

added as new - Vigero rusty (Claude's car) [IV]

 

update 9.11.2019

Ambulance - Ambulance [V]
Barracks - NOoSE van [IV]
BF Injection - Sultan RS [IV]
Borgnine Taxi - Taxi variant 2 [IV]

Coach - Rental Bus [V]
Enforcer - Police cruiser variant 2 [IV]
Firetruck - Firetruck [V]

Hoods Rumpo - Rancher [IV]
Linerunner - Phantom [IV]
Mr Wongs - Speedo Custom [V]

Panlantic - 8F Drafter [V]

Securicar - Stockade edit [V]
Toyz - Speedo Clown [V]

 

 

GTA III XBOX map

GTA LCS textures
GTA LCS/III XB particles

GTA IV/V vegetation

GTA IV roads

GTA IV fonts

GTA IV radiostations

 

Spoiler

 

This is list of radio stations from GTA IV which replaced original GTA III ones:

 

original radio station - replaced for

Head Radio - Vladivostok FM
Double Clef FM - Liberty Rock Radio
K-JAH - Tuff Gong
Rise FM - Electro-Choc
Lips 106 - K109
Game Radio - The Beat 102.7
MSX FM - The Classics 104.1

Flashback - LCHC
Chatterbox FM - Integrity 2.0

 

 

GTA IV menu & loading screens

SkyGFX config

PS2 animations (more realistic and smoother)

new timecycle

 

 

Spoiler

 

Stuff from GTA III : HD UNIVERSE REPLACEMENT (GTA IV textures) - bibidibabidibu

Rebalanced main.scm - xSapphirePlayz

GTA IV sounds - xSapphirePlayz

CLEO + scripts (full list coming soon)

SilentPatch - Silent

Widescreen Fix - ThirteenAG

Classic AXIS - _AG

2dfx - ThirteenAG

Modloader - Link2012

SkyGFX - The Hero

Niko Bellic skin - DimZet
GTA IV HD Radar - DimZet
ReShade config - HectorOConner

 

 

 

Alpha 0.2 stable:

 

Changelog:

 

Spoiler

-replaced radio stations icons for IV variants
-fixed american.gxt ( text file )
-fixed Roman's taxi
-updated wheels.dff and misc.txd ( replaced wheels )
-fixed Faction
-replaced Ambulance livery
-fixed Moonbeam
-fixed Banshee
-fixed Sentinel
-fixed Mafia Sentinel
-fixed Feltzer
-fixed Phantom ( big truck )
-fixed Infernus lines
-fixed all the vehicles' collisions ( MAY PREVENT A LOT OF CRASHES )
-fixed Huntley license plate
-fixed even more collisions
-replaced sounds
-replaced weapons.dat
-replaced Predator for GTA IV variant
-replaced Cheetah for Turismo from GTA IV
-replaced Speedo Custom (Mr Wongs van) for Benson from GTA IV with Mr Wongs Livery
-added GTA IV train
-updated timecycle
-added Asbo ( Opel Corsa ) as new
-added GTA IV roads
-replaced player for Niko Bellic
-increased stream memory

 

Open Beta Test: 

 

 

Discord (report bugs & download):

Edited January 28 by hamx23
added new download link for Open Beta Test

[hamx23 148]

 

[Keith Ward 740]

I personally like what you've done with GTA 3 here, but this project screams "modpack" to me, which aren't appreciated around here...

[hamx23 148]

13 hours ago, Keith Ward said:

I personally like what you've done with GTA 3 here, but this project screams "modpack" to me, which aren't appreciated around here...

Thanks for your opinion. And about the "modpack", I think it's something more. We are changing whole game atmosphere. :)

[Sam Lake 12,171]

i see some original work, or more of an original conversions, But did you get approval of all authors of mod used here?

17 hours ago, hamx23 said:

CLEO + scripts (full list coming soon)

SilentPatch - Silent

Widescreen Fix - ThirteenAG

Classic AXIS - ThirteenAG

2dfx - ThirteenAG

Modloader - Link2012

ENB Series - Boris Vorontsov

SkyGFX - The Hero

these one to be specific

[hamx23 148]

4 minutes ago, George Costanza said:

i see some original work, or more of an original conversions, But did you get approval of all authors of mod used here?

these one to be specific

I always thought these mod was open source and if any of these autor will mind me using his mods in this project, I will surely delete it.

[Sam Lake 12,171]

You should certainly ask mod author for permission. And SilentPatch aint even open source. And classic axis is made by AG not ThirteenAG.

[Davve95 295]

Looks really cool and nice idea. 

You should put the mods created by others by a recommended spoiler or something. Since you need permission to include it into your download

[hamx23 148]

16 minutes ago, Davve95 said:

Looks really cool and nice idea. 

You should put the mods created by others by a recommended spoiler or something. Since you need permission to include it into your download

Thanks for the opinion. I put these mods as spoiler as you adviced.

[AshGamer007 201]

On 8/14/2019 at 5:30 AM, hamx23 said:

Classic AXIS - ThirteenAG

Isn't Classic Axis made by _AG?

[hamx23 148]

6 hours ago, PiashGamer007 said:

Isn't Classic Axis made by _AG?

I always thought AG and ThirteenAG was the same person. Thanks, I'm gonna change the description.

[hamx23 148]

Just added cars list that we have replaced so far

[AshGamer007 201]

Hey are you going to add Statue of Liberty and Rotterdam tower from GTA IV too?

Also add Police car and Enforcer from GTA IV

[hamx23 148]

3 hours ago, PiashGamer007 said:

Hey are you going to add Statue of Liberty and Rotterdam tower from GTA IV too?

Also add Police car and Enforcer from GTA IV

I am planning to add some buildings from GTA IV. And about Police car and Enforcer: Police car is already complete but it's from GTA 5 (Vapid Stainer not the original one) because I had some livery problems with GTA 4 one, and also i'm planning to add Enforcer from GTA 4.

 

Edited August 17, 2019 by hamx23

[Jinx. 7,431]

The graphics look like something out of a 2010 mod. It's a far cry from IV's colors. Please remove ENB and just stick with skygfx and edit the timecyc, because this looks bad. You could get even better results with something like the mobile color filter, edited timecyc values and the neo reflections.

 

Actually, a lot of stuff feels used for the sake of being used. What's the point of V roads? It does not contribute to the "darker atmosphere" at all, when the colors still look vibrant as hell. There is also zero reasons to use V weapons, when you could use IV ones, or Max Payne 3 ones if you want them to be in better quality.

 

About the textures, please avoid the mobile LCS ones, or just use whatever looks good, because those ones look pretty bad, too. It'd be a better idea to use stuff from IV, since "IV Render Edition".

[hamx23 148]

3 minutes ago, Jinx. said:

The graphics look like something out of a 2010 mod. It's a far cry from IV's colors. Please remove ENB and just stick with skygfx and edit the timecyc, because this looks bad. You could get even better results with something like the mobile color filter, edited timecyc values and the neo reflections.

 

Actually, a lot of stuff feels used for the sake of being used. What's the point of V roads? It does not contribute to the "darker atmosphere" at all, when the colors still look vibrant as hell. There is also zero reasons to use V weapons, when you could use IV ones, or Max Payne 3 ones if you want them to be in better quality.

 

About the textures, please avoid the mobile LCS ones, or just use whatever looks good, because those ones look pretty bad, too. It'd be a better idea to use stuff from IV, since "IV Render Edition".

Thanks you for your opinion and advices. We used ENB series to improve colors because SkyGFX wasn't enough. I will be trying to configure it better and remove ENB. And I'm also planning to change timecyc. About the weapons, this is a part of our old project and we decided to use it temporarly.

And the textures - I'm planning to port GTA 4 ones but it will be a lot of work with it, so temporarly they are from LCS (better quality). I really like the roads but I will consider changing them.

[AshGamer007 201]

I think you should have used GTA IV police car. Because this is GTA IV mod after all

Edited August 17, 2019 by PiashGamer007

[hamx23 148]

1 minute ago, PiashGamer007 said:

I think you should have used GTA IV police car. Because this GTA IV mod after all

Yes it is, but like I said I had problems with it. When I solve the problem, I will convert it.

[hamx23 148]

I guess using good SkyGFX config and timecycle was a great idea.

[Edgrd 546]

i like the idea of this , but why not the road textures from GTAIV's LC ? surely it would look better , no ?

[hamx23 148]

On 8/18/2019 at 6:38 AM, Edgrd said:

i like the idea of this , but why not the road textures from GTAIV's LC ? surely it would look better , no ?

I will consider changing roads of course. Gonna see which variant looks better ingame.

[AshGamer007 201]

How about replacing Silent's III Aircraft mod Aircrafts with GTA IV one

[hamx23 148]

8 minutes ago, PiashGamer007 said:

How about replacing Silent's III Aircraft mod Aircrafts with GTA IV one

I was thinking about it and I think i'm gonna do this

[universetwisters 32,157]

7 hours ago, hamx23 said:

I will consider changing roads of course. Gonna see which variant looks better ingame.

 

How can you make a mod that references IV and not even think to include IV assets for the road lmao

[hamx23 148]

58 minutes ago, universetwisters said:

 

How can you make a mod that references IV and not even think to include IV assets for the road lmao

GTA IV roads textures are really hard to edit to make them fit into GTA 3, and what's more, in my opinion, GTA 5 variant fit much more into the project atmosphere. Maybe I will change the roads when at least all the Portland textures will be replaced.

Edited August 19, 2019 by hamx23

[universetwisters 32,157]

4 minutes ago, hamx23 said:

GTA IV roads textures are really hard to edit to make them fit into GTA 3, and what's more, in my opinion, they fit much more into the project atmosphere. Maybe I will change the roads when at least all the Portland textures will be replaced.

 

So are V road textures easier?

[hamx23 148]

1 minute ago, universetwisters said:

 

So are V road textures easier?

Paradoxically, yes. 

[hamx23 148]

I have some good news.
User bibidibabidibu proposed me to crossover my conversion with his "GTA III HD Universe Replacement" which was never finished and I suppose it never will be. For now, we mixed his HD GTA 4 textures GTA III XBOX map and it looks amazing. That made our work a lot easier. We still need to improve timecycle to make the graphics even more beautiful. Check first post for new screensots.

[AshGamer007 201]

Are you going use more assets from III Universal Replacement mod?

Also are you going to add sound,peds and weapons from GTA IV too?

37 minutes ago, PiashGamer007 said:

 

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by PiashGamer007
Can't remove quote on mobile lol

[hamx23 148]

16 minutes ago, PiashGamer007 said:

Are you going use more assets from III Universal Replacement mod?

Also are you going to add sounds and peds from GTA IV too?

 

Still thinking about more assets.
And about the sounds, yes, I'm planning to add GTA IV variants.