[Frank.s]

Scripting Update: Racing(hopefully)
I've learnt more basic sco scripting, my first aim is to make a race, Cesar's Los Santos race.
In the original San Andreas mission "High Stakes Low Rider" CJ follows Cesar to a group of cars and then it's a race to the pier.

My work so far:
Re-scripted the startup speech and on-screen text in Scolcl. (IVSA's "aw sh*t here we go again" beginning speech and text script is made with scotoolbox)
Made a red marker using 3dsmax+ gims + openiv + g.i.m.p and placed it outside Cesars house. (IV uses arrows to start missions, the built in IV cylinder-shaped markers are only pink or orange)
Added Cesar Vialpando radar icon to blips.wtd and placed it outside Cesars.
Scripted the first part of the mission, drive a lowrider into the marker to start (shows a message if you're not in a lowrider car).
Created a car with a ped in it, currently setting the ped to Cesar and car to Savanna.
Camera cuts to show Cesar driving his car out of his driveway at the start of the mission using a "carrec" so i converted the carrec to IVSA and made the car follow it with camera.

Comments/Suggestions/Constructive criticism appreciated (if constructive criticism's even possible when i'm just copying what SA does).
I encourage anyone who knows sco scripting to join IVSA, there are plenty of things to do.



@Alber2, good work, also i agree add dirt grain.
@Garju, cool pics, that rocket looks like Max Payne's bullet-camera thingy.

This post has been edited by Frank.s on Sunday, Apr 8 2012, 23:06

[Garju67]

Nice work Frank .
Can u make a video of it ?

[Tomix23]

QUOTE (Frank.s @ Sunday, Apr 8 2012, 22:53)

Scripting Update: Racing(hopefully) I've learnt more basic sco scripting, my first aim is to make a race, Cesar's Los Santos race. In the original San Andreas mission "High Stakes Low Rider" CJ follows Cesar to a group of cars and then it's a race to the pier. My work so far: Re-scripted the startup speech and on-screen text in Scolcl. (IVSA's "aw sh*t here we go again" beginning speech and text script is made with scotoolbox) Made a red marker using 3dsmax+ gims + openiv + g.i.m.p and placed it outside Cesars house. (IV uses arrows to start missions, the built in IV cylinder-shaped markers are only pink or orange) Added Cesar Vialpando radar icon to blips.wtd and placed it outside Cesars. Scripted the first part of the mission, drive a lowrider into the marker to start (shows a message if you're not in a lowrider car). Created a car with a ped in it, currently setting the ped to Cesar and car to Savanna. Camera cuts to show Cesar driving his car out of his driveway at the start of the mission using a "carrec" so i converted the carrec to IVSA and made the car follow it with camera. Comments/Suggestions/Constructive criticism appreciated (if constructive criticism's even possible when i'm just copying what SA does). I encourage anyone who knows sco scripting to join IVSA, there are plenty of things to do. @Alber2, good work, also i agree add dirt grain. @Garju, cool pics, that rocket looks like Max Payne's bullet-camera thingy.

Frank you are a genius Great job, hope to see more updates

[gtasadude]

Amazing Frank, if I had a working PC and knew how to script I'd help you . It sounds extremely difficult, but I may teach myself how over the next few weeks. What programming languages and/or tools would I need to learn?

I'm seriously considering teaching myself to program, and if I stick with it I'd help you script if you like

This post has been edited by gtasadude on Sunday, Apr 8 2012, 23:35

[ShakingASS]

Fantastic.

[Alber2gt]

Franks you already genius awersome work!!!!!!!!!!! With this thing its possible do missions.
And thank you.

This post has been edited by Alber2gt on Monday, Apr 9 2012, 09:13

[cornflakes4u]

@Frank.s: Absolutely brilliant!

[terreur69]

amazing frank , you arrive has create a race with sco scripts ?

[JF-Mir2]

QUOTE (ShakingASS @ Monday, Apr 9 2012, 07:42)

Fantastic.

I think you mean Frank-tastic! Well done Frank! This would surely be a HUGE improvement for IV: SA.

[jani201]

EDIT: Finally i got this awesome mod working, now need to figure out the smp40 or whatever it was again

Edit2: ok, i get into the map but i cant move anywhere or the game will crash. why?

This post has been edited by jani201 on Monday, Apr 9 2012, 11:00

[flitskikker]

Looks awesome, Frank!
Maybe you can create the marker more like SA, i.e. another higher marker inside so it will be more red. Or maybe one can copy it directly from SA.
I'm very curious for the rest of your progress.

[Garju67]

[jani201]

ok, i get into the map but i cant move anywhere or the game will crash. why?

im using This savegame, spawned like shown here. then i walk any direction like 5 GTA IV meters and game crashes.

Edit: Oh and im using beta 2.

Edit 2: Installed to unmodded GTA IV patch 1.0.7.0. wouldve been 1.0.4.0 but it doesn't start up for me.

[Garju67]

Don't use savegames .

[jani201]

QUOTE (Garju67 @ Monday, Apr 9 2012, 11:20)

Don't use savegames .

i have tried to start a new game, but:

CODE

Instant crash, nothing else in all cases.

in the side note: i got russian text and i want english, do i need to reinstall whole thing?

This post has been edited by jani201 on Monday, Apr 9 2012, 11:29

[gtasadude]

You are crashing precisely because you are using save games. The script and many other files are different, so they will crash the game when you try to load them. Backup your saves and then remove them from the saves folder. And yes if you installed the Russian version of the mod you will need to reinstall. You can't start a new game before the game has loaded, as it will always search for your latest autosave on startup. This is why you need to remove them.

This issue gave me an idea. Why not code a plugin for IVSA which reads the savegames folder from a different location? Xliveless can create its own directory, so it must be possible. The setup would choose the default location of the original savegames folder, then ask if the original savegames are located in a different location. The setup would then ignore the savegames but copy the 'ControlMap' to the new location (My Documents\Rockstar Games\IVSA). IVSA would read and write save files/changes to controls to the new location.

Great idea in theory, programming it is the hard part. Thoughts?

This post has been edited by gtasadude on Monday, Apr 9 2012, 13:25

[jaysteels]

does this work with patch 1?

[MERCYOVTHEDEVIL]

QUOTE (Garju67 @ Monday, Apr 9 2012, 10:59)

I love the SAPD skins but I think the cars should be reskinned or replaced to the original... (each in its own county if possible)
And the timecyc is just beautiful and the draw distance is also perfect...
Good job ivsa team!

This post has been edited by MERCYOVTHEDEVIL on Monday, Apr 9 2012, 22:24

[Blaster_nl]

QUOTE (MERCYOVTHEDEVIL @ Monday, Apr 9 2012, 20:27)

QUOTE (Garju67 @ Monday, Apr 9 2012, 10:59) I love the SAPD skins but I think the cars should be reskinned or replaced to the original... (each in its own county if possible) And the timecyc is just beautiful and the draw distance is also perfect... Good job ices team!

ices??

It's MINE.

Priority is other vehicles, the reskins are good for now.

QUOTE

(each in its own county if possible)

Not possible.

[GTARandom]

Mr. Ice has left the building so it's my too