Grand Theft Auto: Ready2Play (Full Game, Windows version)

[LuKeStorm]

Ready2Play
Complete package for convenient play without installation. Just extract to desired location and start the launcher to play, Enjoy!

Features
- Windows 7-11 compatible
- GTA + London + 1961 (Windows retail version)
- English/German support
- Singleplayer/Multiplayer
- Improved compatibility and performance
- OpenGL/Direct3D9/Direct3D12 (9on12) renderer
- Fullscreen/Windowed mode
- Borderless Windowed-Fullscreen mode
- Aspect ratio/VSync
- DirectPlay without Windows installation
- Portable (no installation)
- Launcher (English/German)
- Widescreen patch
- CD Audio Emulation (Music/Radio stations)
- No Intro


DOWNLOAD (155MB)
https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1G1TZ5dGH-bNoFi0HC1gvEJEPgnso6Fg7&export=download


Don't hesitate to give feedback, report issues or ask questions

Edited Monday at 11:44 AM by LuKeStorm

[jm-9]

Wow, this is absolutely brilliant @LuKeStorm! GTA 1 and the London games at 30fps finally, rather than the original frame rate of 24fps. And my original save files work too. And, since it's the Windows version, it will be possible to play direct IP multiplayer with it. Thanks so much for this, what a great way to celebrate the 25th anniversary!

Edited Saturday at 10:57 AM by jm-9

[ThermalSmoke]

Nice one, right, beauty! What a way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of GTA, even though I am a day late to the celebration, having all three games remastered on such a day is nothing short of respect. This version may even rival the MAX PACK by Toshiba-3. I have not played all the way through this version of the 2D trilogy, but it all looked good to me from the outside and among the few things I messed around with in-game. I love the CRT filter you added and combined with the aspect ratio option makes for a nostalgic joyride, I am not sure what to think about the other filters. Bilinear, scanline, fast-sharpen, and xbr-lv2-noblend are the only ones I noticed any real differences on. Albeit small, they made a difference in comparison to the other filters on this list where I saw little to no effect at all, although that could just be my laptop acting funny. Something I noticed about London 1969 and 1961 is that both have scores from previous games, I think you may have forgotten to fix that, but it is not really a big deal breaker. There are some suggestions I would like to add to improve the experience, I'll leave the glitch hunting to others or when I eventually get back into the spirit of the game.

 

Quick edit: There's only two languages at the moment, hope to see support for other languages in an update. Also, what does the German flag icon at the upper right do?

HUD needs an update: Don't get me wrong, I like the HUD, it gives off a typical 90's or 2000's vibes just from the way it looks alone. But the background picture looks rushed and somewhat bland along with the very few options you are allowed to choose from. I think the HUD could use a small update for both the options and the picture itself, along with an option to play the game separately with their own unique menus and backgrounds to match the game you choose. Also, for some reason, there's two descriptions missing for the "Vsync" and "Aspect ratio" option when I tried to hover my mouse over them. One option that definitely needs to be included is the "Controls" menu, I know you could just look inside the folders and change the controls from there but a quick click on the HUD instead navigating the folders would be nice. I guess you could also include having the 2D GTA maps as an option, but I'm sure most people know how to do a quick search and find them on Bing or Google so this is not really a priority, although it would be nice.

3DFX & Low Color Mode: This one may be a stretch and probably impossible to include seeing as this is running on the Windows version of 2D GTA games, but it would be nice to play with these options. I know there is not really any real reason to play with these versions and I do not have a good argument to justify their inclusion should they be implemented aside from low color's different graphics and possibly better framerate. I guess that's more up to you as I feel this package is overall solid.

That is all I could really offer as suggestions and from what I have noticed outside the games. I do not want to come off as ungrateful or as whiny for this port, I am not, thanks to your contribution the game runs better and plays better. Not to mention, the multiplayer is much more accessible and less of a headache to set up than the MAX PACK version which required a few you to do some outside programming to even do. So again, you have my and the thanks of everyone in the GTA community.

Edited Saturday at 08:51 PM by ThermalSmoke
Grammar Correction & Tweaks

[LuKeStorm]

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated

London 1969 & 1961 scores from previous games
I will fix with an update

Missing tooltips at "Vsync" and "Aspect ratio" 
Thought that they don't need more explanation. Will I think about adding in the future

"Controls" menu
You can already open the controls via right click on "Play Game". I have also written in the info, I thought that you don't have to go there so often and have decided for this way.
But should be more visible and not an "Easter Egg", good point.

HUD/Design of Launcher
I didn't want to overload it, but I thought about adding some details. Maybe I will change something in the future, but it has no priority. (Is also always a matter of taste)


EDIT
 

2 hours ago, ThermalSmoke said:

There's only two languages at the moment, hope to see support for other languages in an update. Also, what does the German flag icon at the upper right do?

The other languages are already included. But currently you can only select English and German in the launcher. Will be changed with the upcoming update.

German flag icon at the upper right
Changes the language for the launcher to German or English if German is active. (You can switch at any time)

 

Edited Saturday at 09:58 PM by LuKeStorm

[ThermalSmoke]

Glad you found my suggestions useful. The HUD is not a priority obviously, but it could do with a lot more style, but I suppose it is a matter of taste. Was not aware of the fact that the controls menu was hidden in plain sight by right clicking the "play game" text, guess that's what happens when you skim through the "read me" text file, so I take full responsibility for that blunder. Thanks for letting me know what the German icon does, when I talked about different languages in a future update, I meant for the HUD not necessarily in-game as it already came with that in the files in the "settings". Hope to see great strives with for this decompiled or reverse engineered version of the 2D games. You got my support.

[cant remember]

I'm guessing Max Pack is the one to go to for being identical to the original, and this one is the one to go to for gameplay on modern widescreen etc ?

[LuKeStorm]

I would say this windows version here with the improved compatibility is even more recommendable. (gameplay makes no difference)
The widescreen patch here ensures on higher resolutions that the aspect ratio fits (16:9 and 4:3) + texts aren't too small and large. (Works differently than the widescreen patch from ThirteenAG)

News
Small update coming this weekend or even before

Edited 17 hours ago by LuKeStorm