[jpm1]

hi guys , i always took care of installing 2 doors on 2 doors and 4 doors on 4 doors in order not to get a mess when doing missions . but i was thinking of something . would it be possible to install a 2 doors on a 4 doors and add the flag van (or any other 2 doors flag) . i mean if you'd go and pickup Packie and his buddies for example , will it work , i mean will they say to you to get a 4 doors . i'm talking of a vehicle that wouldn't be used in the original scenario yet

This post has been edited by jpm1 on Friday, May 18 2012, 23:12

[RoadRunner71]

Yes, changing the vehicles.ide file. If you have the vehicles.ide of the car you want to install just past it over the .ide line of the vehicle you want to replace.

[chasez]

I don't get it. where have you seen a documentation where it says which car has 2 or 4 doors?
Dummies in the wft file defines how many doors there are. If there's no other two doors and two passenger seats it means that it's for two people only.

[RoadRunner71]

I asked some time ago that, in other site, for avoiding having crashes in the missions, and that's the answer I got =S

[chasez]

QUOTE (RoadRunner71 @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 14:42)

I asked some time ago that, in other site, for avoiding having crashes in the missions, and that's the answer I got =S

Well that's what I know, I might test it later. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that I'm not.

[jpm1]

testing is obviouly the better way but i post cause i don't have such savegame , and i want to complete my install before starting the storyline

[Dylannn]

Make a second GTA IV with all files.

i have a beta GTA IV. like a double same working. but on one gta iv i try them.
if the mods are good, i put them in my playble GTA IV.

[jpm1]

i know i'll try that later when i've finished my timecyc , my loading screens , my trees ...

[RoadRunner71]

Do you know how to do loading screens?

[chasez]

QUOTE (RoadRunner71 @ Sunday, May 27 2012, 00:51)

Do you know how to do loading screens?

It's very easy

[jpm1]

GTAIV/pc/textures loadingscreens.wtd -> textures . you open with Spark
GTAIV/common/data loadingscreens_pc.dat -> loading screens behaviour . with notepad
if you want to do your own drawnings , search google for vectorization and inkscape (nicely made built-in tutorial)

cheers

[RoadRunner71]

Oh, I'll check it out, I had some pics I took I think would look very nice:)

[jpm1]

inkscape is open source and powerful

[RoadRunner71]

I can do something similar with GIMP, but that another program definitely makes a nice work.

[jpm1]

for testing your loading screens , here's a tip that will save you dozens of hours of testing . start the game in windowed mode , and when the loading screens appear do Alt + Tab then release Tab but keep pushing down Alt . the game loading will take forever

[chasez]

want to check out my no intro mod?

download

take less time to get to main screen. I can't live without this one when I'm testing my mods.

[jpm1]

thanks man what is it an intro patch . i already use ComputMaster one , which takes you to main menu in seconds

[chasez]

QUOTE (jpm1 @ Monday, May 28 2012, 21:04)

thanks man what is it an intro patch . i already use ComputMaster one , which takes you to main menu in seconds

can you show the file?

[jpm1]

http://www.gta4-mods.com/tools/gta-iv-intro-patch-f1862

[chasez]

QUOTE (jpm1 @ Tuesday, May 29 2012, 01:31)

http://www.gta4-mods.com/tools/gta-iv-intro-patch-f1862

Sorry that I have to say this but that mod is a sh*t. He made it incorrectly. I believe that you see some flickering before the main menu with this mod. Try out mine