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 A Problem with GTA.dat file

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Posted: Wednesday, Jun 27 2012, 12:14
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Hello everyone, I have made this topic for soliving a problem I have with the "gta.dat" file. I have downloaded 2 mods: The "Statue of Liberty mod" from here and the "CEA Speedway mod" from here.

Now the problem is that they both want to replace the gta.dat file. I have put all the other files in the correct places, so now if I replace SOL mod's file then the statue of liberty works without problems and if I replace the CEA Speedway's gta.dat file, then the racetrack works without problems. But both of them don't appear at the same time.

This is what was written in the GTA.dat file of the Statue of Liberty mod:

#
# Load IDEs first, then the models and after that the IPLs
#

IMG DATA\PATHS\CARREC.IMG
IMG DATA\SCRIPT\SCRIPT.IMG
IMG MODELS\CUTSCENE.IMG

SPLASH loadsc2

#
# Object types
#
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\vegepart.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\barriers.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\dynamic.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\dynamic2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\multiobj.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\procobj.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAwn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAhills.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFs.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFse.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFe.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFw.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasN.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasS.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasE.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasW.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegaxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryN.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countN2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryS.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryE.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryW.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\counxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SL\slbb.IDE <<<<< SOL mod's IDE line
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_LA.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_SF.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_veg.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_cont.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelmap.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelxre.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int1.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_intb.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int3.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int4.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int5.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\savehous.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\stadint.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\seabed.IDE

# interiors
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\props.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\props2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\propext.IDE

# vehicle upgrade models
IDE DATA\MAPS\veh_mods\veh_mods.IDE

# txd parents
IDE DATA\TXDCUT.IDE

# have to load map.zon before any of the IPLs
IPL DATA\MAP.ZON
# IPL DATA\NAVIG.ZON
IPL DATA\INFO.ZON

#
# Scene information
#

SPLASH loadsc2

IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAwn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAhills.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFs.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFse.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFe.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasN.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasS.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasE.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasW.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryN.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countN2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countrys.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryE.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryW.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SL\slbb.IPL <<<< SOL mod's IPL Line

# interiors
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_LA.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_SF.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_veg.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_cont.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int1.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_intb.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int3.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int4.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int5.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\stadint.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\savehous.IPL

# level design
IPL DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelmap.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\leveldes\seabed.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths2.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths3.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths4.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths5.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\cull.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\tunnels.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluSF.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluveg.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluLA.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluint.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\audiozon.ipl

#
# Interiors
#
SPLASH loadsc4

____________________________________________________________________________

And this is what was written in the GTA.dat file of the CEA Speedway mod:

# CEA SPEEDWAY's GTA.DAT, ParoXum.
# Load IDEs first, then the models and after that the IPLs
#

IMG DATA\PATHS\CARREC.IMG
IMG DATA\SCRIPT\SCRIPT.IMG
IMG MODELS\CUTSCENE.IMG

SPLASH loadsc2

#
# Object types
#
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\vegepart.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\barriers.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\dynamic.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\dynamic2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\multiobj.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\procobj.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAwn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAhills.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFs.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFse.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFe.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFw.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasN.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasS.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasE.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasW.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegaxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryN.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countN2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryS.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryE.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryW.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\counxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_LA.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_SF.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_veg.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_cont.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelmap.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelxre.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int1.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_intb.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int3.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int4.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int5.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\savehous.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\stadint.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\seabed.IDE
IDE data\maps\spdw\spdw.IDE <<<<<<< This is the Speedway mod's IDE line

# interiors
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\props.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\props2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\propext.IDE

# vehicle upgrade models
IDE DATA\MAPS\veh_mods\veh_mods.IDE

# txd parents
IDE DATA\TXDCUT.IDE

# have to load map.zon before any of the IPLs
IPL DATA\MAP.ZON
# IPL DATA\NAVIG.ZON
IPL DATA\INFO.ZON

#
# Scene information
#

SPLASH loadsc2

IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAwn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAhills.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFs.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFse.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFe.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasN.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasS.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasE.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasW.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryN.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countN2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countrys.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryE.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryW.IPL
IPL data\maps\spdw\spdw.IPL <<<<<<< This is the Speedway mod's IPL line


# interiors
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_LA.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_SF.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_veg.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_cont.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int1.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_intb.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int3.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int4.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int5.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\stadint.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\savehous.IPL

# level design
IPL DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelmap.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\leveldes\seabed.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths2.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths3.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths4.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths5.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\cull.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\tunnels.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluSF.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluveg.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluLA.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluint.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\audiozon.ipl

#
# Interiors
#
SPLASH loadsc4


____________________________________________________________________________

I had even tried to merge both the files and made it like this:

# CEA SPEEDWAY's GTA.DAT, ParoXum.
# Load IDEs first, then the models and after that the IPLs
#

IMG DATA\PATHS\CARREC.IMG
IMG DATA\SCRIPT\SCRIPT.IMG
IMG MODELS\CUTSCENE.IMG

SPLASH loadsc2

#
# Object types
#
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\vegepart.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\barriers.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\dynamic.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\dynamic2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\multiobj.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\generic\procobj.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAwn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAhills.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\LA\LAxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFn.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFs.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFse.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFe.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFw.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SF\SFxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasN.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasS.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasE.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasW.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegaxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryN.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countN2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryS.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryE.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\countryW.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\country\counxref.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\SL\slbb.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_LA.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_SF.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_veg.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\int_cont.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelmap.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelxre.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int1.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_intb.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int3.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int4.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int5.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\savehous.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\stadint.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\leveldes\seabed.IDE
IDE data\maps\spdw\spdw.IDE

# interiors
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\props.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\props2.IDE
IDE DATA\MAPS\interior\propext.IDE

# vehicle upgrade models
IDE DATA\MAPS\veh_mods\veh_mods.IDE

# txd parents
IDE DATA\TXDCUT.IDE

# have to load map.zon before any of the IPLs
IPL DATA\MAP.ZON
# IPL DATA\NAVIG.ZON
IPL DATA\INFO.ZON

#
# Scene information
#

SPLASH loadsc2

IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAn2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAs2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAe2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAwn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAw2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\LA\LAhills.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFn.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFs.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFse.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFe.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SF\SFw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasN.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasS.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasE.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\vegas\vegasW.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryN.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countN2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countrys.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryE.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\country\countryW.IPL
IPL data\maps\spdw\spdw.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\SL\slbb.IPL


# interiors
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_LA.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_SF.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_veg.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\int_cont.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int1.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int2.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_intb.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int3.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int4.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\gen_int5.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\stadint.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\interior\savehous.IPL

# level design
IPL DATA\MAPS\leveldes\levelmap.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\leveldes\seabed.IPL
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths2.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths3.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths4.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\paths5.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\cull.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\tunnels.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluSF.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluveg.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluLA.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\occluint.ipl
IPL DATA\MAPS\audiozon.ipl

#
# Interiors
#
SPLASH loadsc4

____________________________________________________________________________

^^But still it didn't work.

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me figure this out and make it possible to run both the Statue of Liberty mod and the CEA Speedway mod at the same time...




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