how do u mod please help

[tec-9]

help me i just got vice city for pc today and i try to mod it and i have absolutly no clue wat im diong i have this thing called win zip and i download all the thing i want to mod but i dont know how to make it on the game help me before i go crazy/mess up my computer

[NotTheFace]

you should get a readme with any mod you download, init it should say what tools you need (pretty much all tools can be found on the gtagaming.com vice city tools )

and it should also have a step by step guide how to install the mod

[tec-9]

ok can someone please explain step by step wat to do and what do you have to download like wat tools 1. get on gtagaming.com 2. go to vice city mods 3. pick out mod u want then down load it but how do u put it on the game WHAT ARE THE REST OF THE STEPS PLEASE HELP

[NotTheFace]

1. with manual car mods you will need an img tool (http://www.gtagaming.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=62) and a text editor (microsoft notepad)

2. open the file named 'gta3.img' in the models folder of you vc directory using the img tool.

3. find the txd and dff files for the mod you will be putting on, they will be called the name of a car (infernus.dff, infernus.txd).

4. find the files in gta3.img called the same as the ones for the mod (infernus.dff, infernus.txd) and extract them from img using the img tool and keep them somewhere safe (for backup incase something goes wrong).

5. then delete the dff and txd from gta3.img.

6. replace the files you have just deleted with the modded ones.

7. also with the modded files there should be a readme, in this readme you should find 2 or 3 bits of code.

handling file code
should look some thing like this:

INFERNUS 1600.0 2.0 4.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 -0.3 70 0.95 0.80 0.52 5 240.0 29.0 4 P 11.0 0.52 0 30.0 1.8 0.19 0.37 0.72 95000 0.25 -0.17 0.5 0.4 1208182 1 1

carcols file code
should look something like this

infernus, 2,2, 11,11, 12,12, 35,35, 36,36

and defult.ide file code
should look something like this

141, infernus, infernus, car, INFERNUS, INFERNS, null, executive, 7, 6, 0, 237, 0.74

8. open the 'handling.cfg' file in the data folder of you vc directory using notepad or any text editor.

copy the code from the readme under handling.cfg file code and paste it over the top of the the line of code for the car you are replacing. (look for the car name)

9. open carcols.dat in the data folder of your vc directory using notepad etc

again copy the code from the readme (the mod will still work if the carcols file code isnt included) and paste it over the top of the original cars code (also look for the name of the car)

10. then do the same for the defult.ide (dont mix this up with the defult.dat file)
in the data folder of your vc directory.

copy the code from the readme and past it over the top of the original cars code.
(becuse this code starts with a number its easyist to look for the number first aswell and the name of the car)

11. if the car you downloaded also contains a 'col' file (infernus.col) then you will need collision file editor (http://www.gtagaming.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=154) .

open the collision file editor, then open the file vehicle.col in your vc directory/models/col this will show lots of cars names. select the one you will be replacing (infurnus) and extract the col into a safe place (incase something goes wrong)
and then replace the col with the new one.

and there you have it youv just installed a car :Peace:

but if the car youv downloaded is in 'vcm' format then its easy. you will need vice city mod manager (http://www.gtagaming.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=86) . which you will need to install. then past the vcm file (name of you mod.vcm) into c:/program files/vcmm/mods/vcm

then load up the mod manager and activate the mod aswell as the 'dmagic1 wheel mod' so the mod will work (as long as this is active you can put more mods on with out activating it again)

and the cars installed.

unless you know where they are always found it might be trickey trying to find the car :D so put one in the garage before you do (thats what i do)

im nakered now, back to bed :o

hope that helped

[tec-9]

every time i try to delete somthing it says "dir file error! it might be in use... exiting..." why does it say this and how can i delete stuff because when i try this will not let me

[NotTheFace]

make sure you dont have the game open for a start.

and make sure that gta3.img isnt readonly, you can check/change this by right clicking on the gta3.img going to properties and unchecking the box "readonly" under the 'general' tab in the 'attributes' row.

[tec-9]

ok it was readonly and i unchecked that but it still says the same thing and by saying vice city isnt open do you mean playing its not playing sorry for causing u so much trouble i dont know wat the problem is could i just replace the file insted of deleting it and adding another one in its place?

[NotTheFace]

if there is a replace option on the img tool you have (i use a different one). how ever you do it just make sure there isnt two of the same file in the img or the mod wont work

make sure you dont have any tools/programs that might be using the gta3.img. (vice city, moo mapper, any other txd tools/ img tools)

[tec-9]

well i tried to replace the m4 files with the new ones and when i tried to play vice city when it says loading game this thing pops up and says vice city has caused error in vicecity.exe or somthing like thatand now it wont work and the only way to get it to work is to delete the m4 files i replaced and add the new modded files in but i cant because this this img tool will not delete and now my vice city wont work but if it would just delete all my problems would be solved vice city would work and i could mod easily

[NotTheFace]

i cant think of any other reason why it wont delete :confuse:

try another img tool

i use imged (http://www.gtagaming.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=149)

its a long shot but it might do something :D

[Llama]

http://www.gta-mods.net/files/fileinfo.php?id=222

here, use that, that should fix the problem

[tec-9]

ok i can finnaly delete things but one hopefully last problem how do you add items because in the readme it says delete m4 dff and m4 txd from the img tool and then add the ones you just downloaded how do you add the new files?!please help

[Nite]

Originally posted by tec-9
ok i can finnaly delete things but one hopefully last problem how do you add items because in the readme it says delete m4 dff and m4 txd from the img tool and then add the ones you just downloaded how do you add the new files?!please help

use the IMG Tool HERE (http://www.gtagaming.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1105) to replace DFF and TXD files from gta3.img or any other IMG file located in the Models folder of your GTA San Andreas folder

[NotTheFace]

just look for an option 'add' or 'replace' etc.

[tec-9]

ok now i can add the file but there is another problem when i start vice city and load the game it says loading please wait then there is a beeping noise and my computer messes up any ideas on how to fix this it did that before and all i did was uninsall then reinstall but that doesnt work now it used to say vice city has caused error in vice.exe or something like that what is going on?

[NotTheFace]

it might just be the mod messing things up just you might have to give up on that mod, there are so many that mess up, its annoying i know but you'll just have to live with it. try installing a few more and if you keep getting the same problem than its not the mod.

[787_G]

are the mods only for pc or can they be used in consols.

[tec-9]

well now i can mod and vice city works fine exept that i cant load my old game saves? but i dont care now i can mod and have thank you for your help if it wasnt for you i would not have been able to mod thank you