[ikt]

TrafficLoad

This is a simple traffic loading fix, for people who have modded cars and get the issue of always the same car appearing. It is also a welcome addition for people who wish to have more diverse traffic.


Installation
You will need an asi loader and aru's Scripthook, or something similar. Be sure you GTA IV can load .asi scripts. This script has been tested on 1.0.3.0 (with ScriptHook 0.4.0), 1.0.4.0 (ScriptHook 0.4.0) and 1.0.7.0 (with ScriptHook 0.5.1).
To install this mod, TrafficLoad.asi files in your GTA IV folder. Remove older or other versions! This version is the newest one. If the mod does not load, check ScriptHook.log for possible messages, or the lack thereof. If nothing is loaded, be sure to right click the file and check for any security measurements Windows Vista and Windows 7 apply. Remove those, they prevent the file from getting loaded.


How this mod works and further things you maybe would like to know
This fix randomly loads any car into the memory. After 26 car models are loaded it tells the game to mark ALL cars as unneeded if they exist. This causes the game to unload any cars which aren't on screen anymore. After that, it randomly loads 26 cars again. This process repeats the entire time the game is loaded. Each cycle takes roughly 30 seconds, but you won't notice anything. Just give the script some time to load, after 1 minute after loading a savegame traffic diversity is constant.
Busses and taxis however do not participate in the cycle. They always load no matter what has been chosen, they just load. Busses appear regulary and all taxi variants appear in a good mixture.
This way of loading offers far more diversity than older methods. Cars which aren't loaded normally appear in traffic. Sports cars load sparingly, but they all load. Even the Infernus and Comet load. You won't notice repeating cycles anymore consisting of 30 different cars, all 84 cars (excluding service cars and taxis) are loaded.


Have fun!
- ikt

If problems occur, please reply in this thread:
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=481572
or reply in the download page of this mod GTA4-mods.com


You may freely host, rehost or distribute this mod. If you plan to host the mod, please leave this package as it is. The same thing applies when including this fix in your mod, leave this package as it is. Thank you!
All I ask now is just a mention of the original creator of this if you're using either the last build I made, or edited from the source. Thank you.

Download:
GTA4-mods.com
GTAGarage.com

Source:
Download
Please, if you're reasonable enough to, give some credit if you're releasing stuff based on this. Have fun tweaking it and give a heads up if it's perfect.

Notes:
- source is version with adaptive custom cars, you can use as many custom cars as you like.
Here is the configuration file, save it as trafficload.ini and place it in the same place as the compiled file.

CODE

[Options]     //multipliers in % CustomDensity=0    //0 is false 1 is true PedDensityMultiplier=400 //100 is default, 50 is half, 200 is double, etc. Value has no effect when CustomDensity is 0 CarDensityMultiplier=400 //same as peddensitymultiplier CarsPerCycle=10    //10 [AddedCars] //refer to the readme for more info Enable=0 Amount=2 1=ambulance 2=firetruk

This post has been edited by ikt on Sunday, Jul 29 2012, 12:22

This mod is hosted at GTAGarage.com

Screenshots:

Downloads:
Download TrafficLoad - 2.889MB, uploaded on Oct 03 2011, downloaded 8867 times

Click here to view the mod at GTAGarage

[d0mm2k8]

I think the huge amount of taxis due to the bug is more realistic and true to New York when you're in mid town Algonquin.
It's annoying when in other areas of the city though so these fixes are good to have I suppose.

[ikt]

QUOTE (d0mm2k8 @ Thursday, Jul 14 2011, 21:22)

I think the huge amount of taxis due to the bug is more realistic and true to New York when you're in mid town Algonquin. It's annoying when in other areas of the city though so these fixes are good to have I suppose.

Well, there are plenty of taxis.

[XXLpeanuts]

no download link lol

[thogan2012]

QUOTE (ikt @ Thursday, Jul 14 2011, 16:03)

Hi people, Here's another taxi fix I made myself, because others didn't work the way I wanted them to work. I highly recommend you to check these traffic controlling systems first, because my idea is quite simple and I don't want to steal glory and ideas of others. TrafficFlow V5 made by Mr. Mysterious Taxibugfix made by Scigheras (space for others, reply if you too have made such a thing) My mod simply loads all cars and some trucks into the game at random. After a pool of cars is loaded, the script pauses for a minute and then it randomly picks something again. I divided pools in a few categories, so you will see less cars of one type, but more of the other types. Taxis are always available, and sometimes you will see a lot of them (when the pool with the default cars is loaded), but you will never see a lot of taxis all of one kind, there is always a mixture. Cabbies load too. My game has a few modded cars (about 20 of them) and they all appear in the traffic at times. I have my traffic slider all the way to 100 and I have mods that make more pedestrians and cars load. I tested it: I drove 10 minutes and idled 10 minutes at the intersection near the bridge to Star Junction, the game did not crash. Oh, and before I forget, you'll need plenty of RAM.

Send me a copy please

[ikt]

GTA4-mods.com
Source in first post.

This post has been edited by ikt on Friday, Jul 15 2011, 09:26

[napoleonic]

I experience random CTD with this, I'm maxing the traffic and using more peds too.... + modified icenhancer enb...

any fix? it's random CTD but unfortunately it happened <5 minutes on gameplay since loading the game

[ikt]

I'll try making something lighter.

Try using one of the other traffic fixes

[napoleonic]

QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 17:57)

I'll try making something lighter. Try using one of the other traffic fixes

I suspect the issue is that I'm using an older scripthook? the newer scripthook crashed my game on load though

This post has been edited by napoleonic on Friday, Jul 15 2011, 13:17

[ikt]

QUOTE (napoleonic @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 14:36)

QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 17:57) I'll try making something lighter. Try using one of the other traffic fixes I suspect the issue is that I'm using an older scripthook? the newer scripthook crashed my game on load though

Nah, it's not you. I'm using an older ScriptHook too and my game seems to crash too. I'm fixing the fix now.

[napoleonic]

QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 21:00)

QUOTE (napoleonic @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 14:36) QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 17:57) I'll try making something lighter. Try using one of the other traffic fixes I suspect the issue is that I'm using an older scripthook? the newer scripthook crashed my game on load though Nah, it's not you. I'm using an older ScriptHook too and my game seems to crash too. I'm fixing the fix now.

so it crash on you too? good I hope you can find the fix soon because your traffic spawner is the most properly working, other fixes are not

good job

[thogan2012]

QUOTE (napoleonic @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 14:20)

QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 21:00) QUOTE (napoleonic @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 14:36) QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 17:57) I'll try making something lighter. Try using one of the other traffic fixes I suspect the issue is that I'm using an older scripthook? the newer scripthook crashed my game on load though Nah, it's not you. I'm using an older ScriptHook too and my game seems to crash too. I'm fixing the fix now. so it crash on you too? good I hope you can find the fix soon because your traffic spawner is the most properly working, other fixes are not good job

Are you using 1.0.4.0? Do you mind sending me your script hook/asi loader and whatever else is needed for this fix to be loaded? All the versions of scripthook/asi loaders that I have tried don't work for me. This fix isn't activating.

[thogan2012]

Okay, I've tried every possible version of aru's scripthook and asi loader that I can find but none of them seem to make this fix work for me. I roam around for 10 minutes and I'm still seeing a ton of taxis and the same 2-3 cars over and over again.

I've placed the trafficload.asi in the GTAIV directory. I've installed dsound.dll, scripthook.dll and scripthookdotnet.asi (when I press the console key I can see that the scripthook is working). But there isn't any message about trafficload.asi being loaded.

[ikt]

Try xliveless

Damn you Notepad for not being able to read my mind and automatically do a repetive task.

[napoleonic]

QUOTE (thogan2012 @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 21:22)

QUOTE (napoleonic @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 14:20) QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 21:00) QUOTE (napoleonic @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 14:36) QUOTE (ikt @ Friday, Jul 15 2011, 17:57) I'll try making something lighter. Try using one of the other traffic fixes I suspect the issue is that I'm using an older scripthook? the newer scripthook crashed my game on load though Nah, it's not you. I'm using an older ScriptHook too and my game seems to crash too. I'm fixing the fix now. so it crash on you too? good I hope you can find the fix soon because your traffic spawner is the most properly working, other fixes are not good job Are you using 1.0.4.0? Do you mind sending me your script hook/asi loader and whatever else is needed for this fix to be loaded? All the versions of scripthook/asi loaders that I have tried don't work for me. This fix isn't activating.

I'm using the old scripthook (for older patches) from the 6.2 trainer

but meh, my game crashes, I think I have to go back to vanilla cars for now...

[ikt]

New version is up, wait for either GTAGarage or GTA4-mods.com to accept the new archive with both versions and a clear readme.

People, I can't thank you enough for your help! Thank you!

[smoot178]

ikt do you have a secondary download link? Approval seems to be taking forever.

[ikt]

QUOTE (smoot178 @ Sunday, Jul 17 2011, 18:05)

ikt do you have a secondary download link? Approval seems to be taking forever.

The gta4-mods.com link is now up.

Might take a long time because I decide to update it because of the feedback on gta4-mods.com Everytime I update it, rechecking is needed probably.

[smoot178]

Any plans for a release that spawns more traffic? Vanilla GTA compared to this has loads more traffic.

I've got 16gb's of RAM to eat, give me moar!

[ikt]

QUOTE (smoot178 @ Monday, Jul 18 2011, 02:55)

Any plans for a release that spawns more traffic?  Vanilla GTA compared to this has loads more traffic. I've got 16gb's of RAM to eat, give me moar!

Try this
Download

It's a very experimental build so it may crash or something. Please report back if there is more traffic, because I don't see the difference between the original v3, this and GTA IV without mods with traffic density up to 100. Besides, there are car crashes everywhere with density set to 100