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True Definitive Edition for GTA San Andreas.md

True Definitive Edition for GTA San Andreas (20th Anniversary)

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How Come?

So...Why is it a true one? Everyone might have seen other packs or whatever. Well this one is a simple "plug in and play". Everything has been tested by me doing the entire story from beginning to end including the side missions. The main proper reason for creating and uploading this is being tired of constant people and youtubers claiming like they did a modpack only to leave you out to install 500 mods that may or not be compatible with everything and then leave you to find out the issues...And above all that..They dont even TEST their packs. PLEASE READ EVERYTHING DOWN BELOW.

What does it include?

I probably wouldn't be listing the entire accurate list because i made this pack a while ago for myself only, prioritizing a complete pack that keeps the vanilla experience intact without goofy changes and that don't make sense. However i did make adjustments for my likings, so if you don't like something..you're free to modify or remove stuff. But what i can list, are these. :

  • ESSENTIALS (Framerate Vigilante, Silentpatch, Widescreen Fix, RunDLL32 Fix)
  • Achievement System ( pretty obvious what it does. You can remove it if you dont like it within the modloader folder )
  • Character Fixes and Systems ( Fixed Facial Animations, Original Peds Vary, Ped Funcs, Ped Skills, Proper Player Retex 3.0 )
  • ECG - VehicleTXD
  • General Fixes ( Clever Trams, Flying Stuff, Full Stream Radar, GinputSA, Improved Streaming, Mixsets, NoDEP, Ps2timecyc, Real Traffic Fix, Skygrad )
  • Graphics ( Project 2DFX, SkyGFX *NOTE: I put 4 presets. They all include PS2 atmosphere. First one is completely ps2 accurate, 2nd one is the same but with ps2's blur, 3rd and 4th is same story but they are more vibrant slightly. I think it looks better. PRESS F10 to change )
  • Map Improvements ( HD Underwater -> pretty much more vegetation for underwater, Iluminated Vinewood sign, Improved Night Windows, Lighthouse & Pyramid Fix, Lit Gant Bridge, Lit Ocean Docks Bridge, LS Lit Church, Missing Lampposts Fix, LS Night Windows, Project Immerse-Yourself, reLIT - San Andreas, Tags with fat cap -> basically HD graffitis and Welcome To Las Venturas mod )
  • Mobile Hands
  • Model Extras ( NOTE : Keep first two options related to peds to False, as it interferes with Urbanize mod making some peds completely white otherwise. Other than that, turned off some optional stuff )
  • Optional Script Improvements ( Amazing Screenshot Press Alt+V , Dynamic Tram Signs Makes San Fierro Trams show their destination or area they're traveling , Faster Clothes change, GPS Redux waypoint basically , Reload Mod *manually able to press reload by "R" *
  • Proper Fixes ( Huge chunk of fixes )
  • Proper Vehicles Retex
  • Revamped Vehicles Project
  • RichPresence (if you use discord its gonna show a more detailed status of your in game stuff)
  • Rosa Project Evolved ( a huge pack of textures made by Jessica aiming to overhaul and remake the textures of the entirety of San Andreas while being faithful to the original. It gets frequent updates on Patreon, also NOTE, this is the free version only, so not leaking done in case anyone starts to have weird thoughts or something
  • Sounds ( Uncompressed SFX pack -> Basically just makes sounds better )
  • UI Fixes ( Atmosphere Interface Pack, Loadscreens 4k, Proper Radar ) NOTE: I did not include mobile fonts because i think they look bad. so therefore the text for areas you're traveling in are still the original resolution. I dont mind them, but if you want them HD, you can install the mod for it then.
  • Urbanize ( Amazing mod made by Junior aiming to bring more life to the state of San Andreas )
  • Vegetation Improvements ( Improved and Fixed Original Vegetation, Original HQ palms ) !! !! - VehDeform 1.3c ( A revolutionary mod for San Andreas that brings deformation physics kind of like GTA 4. NOTE : This mod is still a work in progress on creator's patreon, so yea, this is the free version as well, i disabled most of the deformation in the cfg file so only cars are able to deform, not bikes not plantes. Just to assure another layer of compatibility and everything being fine and stable. Mod is likely to get updated in the future so check it out. You can disable it or remove it if you dont like it )
  • VehFuncs
  • Weapons and Effects ( Effectloader, IMFX, NeXtGen Remaster Weapons )
  • Wind Project ( Makes foliage around San Andreas move around in the wind, like palm tress and stuff like that )

Also added Interaction Menu for ability to quickly put on glasses or whatever without having to go all the way back to the safehouse. Go to CLEO Folder to change your keybind to your liking.

A FEW THINGS TO ADDRESS :

Q: Why didn't you add radar zoom or ImVehFT or some other mod?

A: Because RadarZoom completely sucks..It crashes your game when you try to do side-missions, like i said...i properly test my modpacks..ImVehFT caused bugs by turning fallen vehicle parts into green. As for the rest..i either didn't discover them yet or changed too much from the vanilla experience.

Q: Why did you make it into a "Plug and play" modpack instead of listing the mods manually like the rest of us? You're an A$$Hole!!

A: Because not everybody has the time and skills to do this. Yes i did it myself. But not everyone. and there's countless hours put into the testing because most youtubers or self proclaimed "Defintive Editions" "modpack" creators dont adress all aspects and scenarios and dont PROPERLY Test their packs. I have same kind of modpacks for GTA 3 and GTA Vice City. How did i test them? I did the entire game 100%. Thats how. I want people and the general player to have the ability to just get a simple install and play experience. No hassle. So no, drop your ego and face it, nobody wants to waste 500 hours when hes a casual gamer.

Q: Will This get Updated if theres anything?

A: Yes.

Q: the download link is not working anymore, reupload?

A: Sure, as the file itself is pretty large i only uploaded it on google drive for now.

Q: You included the wrong widescreen HAHA, Why the loading bar looks weird? Why this why that?

A: Because i did some necessary changes to avoid the FOV bug...so basically newest widescreen fix has some bugs related to entering interiors or exiting. Door disappears. Other than that, should be flawless. Even so, i dont think its really a big thing. Complain to the mod creator. If there's anything else, let me know that i might have missed. i think i adressed everything so far.

!! !! !! ONE THING TO NOTE. I included VehDeform, Urbanize and ModelExtras after i have finished everything. in THEORY, they should all be stable and run just fine. But if there is any issue, investigate those or just remove them entirely. !! !! !!

DOWNLOAD : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F9u-PLP9LMUgUzQhvzg7L8BroWvHnnQ5/view?usp=sharing

NOTE: You need to aquire the game legally or by yourself, so for legal and copyright reasons some of the files will NOT be included. But just paste your downgraded 1.0 exe file of GTA SA and done. After you've done that, drag with your click the exe file into the "largeaddress.exe", this makes the game use 4GB of RAM making it more stable to handle more mods.

I will reply frequently when i can to this post, so if theres any question, ask.

A few screenshots

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Update 1 :

  • Reintroduced RadarZoom due to sub-missions crash fix. Press "T" to zoom out of the radar like in GTAIV.
  • Updated RichPresence.

Update 1.1 :

  • Fixed LS police cruiser siren lights and improved siren light intensity.
  • Optimized modloader priorities
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Sekenx commented Aug 9, 2025

Hey man,
I loaded into the game from a new save, and noticed that there are a lot of artificial artifacts, mostly on signs or cars at a distance as I moved. It's like black lines that phase in and out and move until you get close and then it stops.
I tested with low draw distance and high and it's the same issue, any idea how to fix it?

You mean flickering? Thats a thing due to z-fighting and i think maybe mipmapping as well, cant remember if original game had it but perhaps due to RoSA texture pack. But cars? i aint heard that before, can u post a recording or something if possible?

I deleted the folder completely and unzipped again, added the folder to exception in Malwarebytes to prevent it from moving GameHack files and tried again, same issues with the flickering, I've uploaded the video here, it's about 2 minutes long:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bvP-BnZD2IMdSfTe_U68e7TU9HVdT1Lc?usp=sharing

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 9, 2025

Hey man,
I loaded into the game from a new save, and noticed that there are a lot of artificial artifacts, mostly on signs or cars at a distance as I moved. It's like black lines that phase in and out and move until you get close and then it stops.
I tested with low draw distance and high and it's the same issue, any idea how to fix it?

You mean flickering? Thats a thing due to z-fighting and i think maybe mipmapping as well, cant remember if original game had it but perhaps due to RoSA texture pack. But cars? i aint heard that before, can u post a recording or something if possible?

I deleted the folder completely and unzipped again, added the folder to exception in Malwarebytes to prevent it from moving GameHack files and tried again, same issues with the flickering, I've uploaded the video here, it's about 2 minutes long:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bvP-BnZD2IMdSfTe_U68e7TU9HVdT1Lc?usp=sharing

Wow that seems severe on your end. I tested same exact scenario look at mine here : https://streamable.com/37fswb
Try updating your drivers and updating your stuff i guess. see the redist stuff too.

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bippu2gs commented Aug 15, 2025

Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

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Sekenx commented Aug 15, 2025

Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

Check your game files and make sure modloader, cleo folders etc. are present. Especially the asi files, mixsets too. This is usually what happens if your Anti Virus has detected gamehack files and removed them.

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ArminoPrime commented Aug 15, 2025

Hello. Thank you for the modlist. I am having Cleo errors during the first Ryder mission. After eating the game crashes Unhandled exception at 0x0047CE49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49): 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000540. If i use SCRLog the game does not crash. Crash happens 50% of the time. Similar crash happens at the end of Sweet Girls mission backtrace is always =>0x0047CE49 _ZN14CRunningScript23ProcessCommands300To399Ei+0xd49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49). This crash also does not happen all the time. Do these crashes happen because the modlist is very heavy or something is wrong with my installation.

Thank you!

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bippu2gs commented Aug 15, 2025 •
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Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

Check your game files and make sure modloader, cleo folders etc. are present. Especially the asi files, mixsets too. This is usually what happens if your Anti Virus has detected gamehack files and removed them.

got it to work. just dragged gta_sa.exe over largeaddress and did the cmd prompt thing to make the gta_sa.exe.bak file might wanna include that in your things to do when installing your pack @MOnkeMan5009.

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 15, 2025

Hello. Thank you for the modlist. I am having Cleo errors during the first Ryder mission. After eating the game crashes Unhandled exception at 0x0047CE49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49): 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000540. If i use SCRLog the game does not crash. Crash happens 50% of the time. Similar crash happens at the end of Sweet Girls mission backtrace is always =>0x0047CE49 _ZN14CRunningScript23ProcessCommands300To399Ei+0xd49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49). This crash also does not happen all the time. Do these crashes happen because the modlist is very heavy or something is wrong with my installation.

Thank you!

Hey, so i just started out a new game and played the said missions multiple times. I did not get a crash for the specific moments and those missions. Although as it usually is with these games, especially when you mod them, random crashes may occur, so can't guarantee no crashes would ever occur but they should be very rare if anything and a restart should do it. But if you're experiencing very specific crashes let me know, for me it all went smooth. Try reinstalling and making sure you have the right exe there i guess. Did you add any other mods besides that?

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 15, 2025

Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

Check your game files and make sure modloader, cleo folders etc. are present. Especially the asi files, mixsets too. This is usually what happens if your Anti Virus has detected gamehack files and removed them.

wheres mixsets

Modloader - General Fixes - Mixsets

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 15, 2025

Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

Check your game files and make sure modloader, cleo folders etc. are present. Especially the asi files, mixsets too. This is usually what happens if your Anti Virus has detected gamehack files and removed them.

got it to work. just dragged gta_sa.exe over largeaddress and did the cmd prompt thing to make the gta_sa.exe.bak file might wanna include that in your things to do when installing your pack @MOnkeMan5009. only issue im having now is the game is capped at 30fps

edit: just kidding i dont think its frame capped at 30. maybe i just cant run past 30? shouldnt be the case i have a really decent computer.

Yeah i think you're right, i forgot a default exe might not be large-address'd. Will do. Thanks. As for the framerate, its capped at 60.

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Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

Check your game files and make sure modloader, cleo folders etc. are present. Especially the asi files, mixsets too. This is usually what happens if your Anti Virus has detected gamehack files and removed them.

got it to work. just dragged gta_sa.exe over largeaddress and did the cmd prompt thing to make the gta_sa.exe.bak file might wanna include that in your things to do when installing your pack @MOnkeMan5009. only issue im having now is the game is capped at 30fps
edit: just kidding i dont think its frame capped at 30. maybe i just cant run past 30? shouldnt be the case i have a really decent computer.

Yeah i think you're right, i forgot a default exe might not be large-address'd. Will do. Thanks. As for the framerate, its capped at 60.

are you able to run the game stable 60 fps?

edit: i think my video recording software was causing issues because the game crashed again, i forced closed the recording software (medal) and relaunched the game now its running 60 fps stable??? huh weird.

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 15, 2025

Game launches and loads after starting new game, goes black, and then goes unresponsive in task manager and freezes.

Check your game files and make sure modloader, cleo folders etc. are present. Especially the asi files, mixsets too. This is usually what happens if your Anti Virus has detected gamehack files and removed them.

got it to work. just dragged gta_sa.exe over largeaddress and did the cmd prompt thing to make the gta_sa.exe.bak file might wanna include that in your things to do when installing your pack @MOnkeMan5009. only issue im having now is the game is capped at 30fps
edit: just kidding i dont think its frame capped at 30. maybe i just cant run past 30? shouldnt be the case i have a really decent computer.

Yeah i think you're right, i forgot a default exe might not be large-address'd. Will do. Thanks. As for the framerate, its capped at 60.

are you able to run the game stable 60 fps?

edit: i think my video recording software was causing issues because the game crashed again, i forced closed the recording software (medal) and relaunched the game now its running 60 fps stable??? huh weird.

huh, yeah thats quite odd. i had that happen in GTA V Online when i was messing around with recording or ALT F1 taking screenshots lol. Caused my game to constantly lag no matter what until i restarted.
But yes, i am able to run the game smoothly at 60. Shouldn't take a beast of a PC but perhaps some areas might take a bit of framerate due to the amount of objects layed around, night windows if its night and stuff like that.. But performance should run well. Maybe the game doesn't really like medal, no idea. Never had experience with that software. See if the discord.rpc mod ain't interfering but i doubt it should

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Sekenx commented Aug 16, 2025

Hey man,
I loaded into the game from a new save, and noticed that there are a lot of artificial artifacts, mostly on signs or cars at a distance as I moved. It's like black lines that phase in and out and move until you get close and then it stops.
I tested with low draw distance and high and it's the same issue, any idea how to fix it?

You mean flickering? Thats a thing due to z-fighting and i think maybe mipmapping as well, cant remember if original game had it but perhaps due to RoSA texture pack. But cars? i aint heard that before, can u post a recording or something if possible?

I deleted the folder completely and unzipped again, added the folder to exception in Malwarebytes to prevent it from moving GameHack files and tried again, same issues with the flickering, I've uploaded the video here, it's about 2 minutes long:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bvP-BnZD2IMdSfTe_U68e7TU9HVdT1Lc?usp=sharing

Wow that seems severe on your end. I tested same exact scenario look at mine here : https://streamable.com/37fswb Try updating your drivers and updating your stuff i guess. see the redist stuff too.

Hey man fixed it, turns out the x16 graphics options cause flickering issues.

Changed to 2550x1440x32 and the issue is now fixed.

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ArminoPrime commented Aug 16, 2025

Hello. Thank you for the modlist. I am having Cleo errors during the first Ryder mission. After eating the game crashes Unhandled exception at 0x0047CE49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49): 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000540. If i use SCRLog the game does not crash. Crash happens 50% of the time. Similar crash happens at the end of Sweet Girls mission backtrace is always =>0x0047CE49 _ZN14CRunningScript23ProcessCommands300To399Ei+0xd49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49). This crash also does not happen all the time. Do these crashes happen because the modlist is very heavy or something is wrong with my installation.

Thank you!

Hello. Probleem was caused San Andreas Ambient Sound mod, i was missing Newopcodes cleo plugin. Now the modlist is working very well. Thank you for your hard work.

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Lethality5001 commented Aug 16, 2025

Hello. Thank you for the modlist. I am having Cleo errors during the first Ryder mission. After eating the game crashes Unhandled exception at 0x0047CE49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49): 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000540. If i use SCRLog the game does not crash. Crash happens 50% of the time. Similar crash happens at the end of Sweet Girls mission backtrace is always =>0x0047CE49 _ZN14CRunningScript23ProcessCommands300To399Ei+0xd49 in gta_sa.exe (+0x7ce49). This crash also does not happen all the time. Do these crashes happen because the modlist is very heavy or something is wrong with my installation.
Thank you!

Hello. Probleem was caused San Andreas Ambient Sound mod, i was missing Newopcodes cleo plugin. Now the modlist is working very well. Thank you for your hard work.

wasnt that included in the zip file itself? all the files for that?

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ArminoPrime commented Aug 16, 2025

Correct. I thought that Cleo+ could cover the newopcodes plugin function. Game runs fine without newopcodes plugin, but it crashes in certain part of cutscenes. Later i forgot about it and it was driving me crazy what was causing those random 50% crashes in certain part of cutscenes. Gta Sa modding is quite difficult for rookies like me. So i really appreciate this modlist, modders and testers. Thank you.

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sa8896200-cyber commented Aug 17, 2025

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sa8896200-cyber commented Aug 17, 2025 •
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sa8896200-cyber commented Aug 17, 2025

help me boss

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 17, 2025

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Hi, weird situation, have you tried reinstalling those visual runtime libraries? maybe some are missing? could be worth a shot

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sa8896200-cyber commented Aug 17, 2025

Yes, I reloaded the latest version and it doesn't work.

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MOnkeMan5009 commented Aug 17, 2025

Yes, I reloaded the latest version and it doesn't work.

Do you have any log files saved? Should say if there is a problem with the mods, it should create a log file.
its already included but for the sake of it, here it is manually : https://www.mixmods.com.br/2022/09/crashinfo/
Also, disable antivirus or make exception for this game

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jazeel19 commented Sep 14, 2025

this shi is so good i appreciate u bro

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DankestFke commented Oct 19, 2025 •
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Can't even run gta sa in the first place, so crashlist doesnt output any update. All the steps are done.
Downgraded with TGJM Downgrader. It works fine before pasting the file into the game directory.

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Hey, dude, you mentioned you had something similar to this for GTA VC and III, can I have them?

Also, ModelExtras causes a lot of crashing for me after reaching San Fierro and ESPECIALLY during Las Venturas missions. And when loading, the loading bar starts off screen for some reason, minor issue, but would help if you provided a fix. If you need to reach me out, DM me on Discord. Tag: tausiftaha12

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Lethality5001 commented Oct 21, 2025

Hey, dude, you mentioned you had something similar to this for GTA VC and III, can I have them?

Also, ModelExtras causes a lot of crashing for me after reaching San Fierro and ESPECIALLY during Las Venturas missions. And when loading, the loading bar starts off screen for some reason, minor issue, but would help if you provided a fix. If you need to reach me out, DM me on Discord. Tag: tausiftaha12

try removing modelextras for a while, its a WIP by some modder but he has a discord server where he updates his stuff see if he perhaps might fixed it or if its actually from modelextras

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jeri22 commented Nov 16, 2025

where is the .exe file?

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Sekenx commented Nov 17, 2025

where is the .exe file?

The guide tells you that you should already own the game, so downgrade it as mentioned and then move the exe into the mod folder where it should be

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marlborosexxk commented Nov 30, 2025

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i have the exact same problem, been looking for a solution for hours but nothing works. its genuinely stressful

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the player's motorbike headlights don't work when driving it, there is a way to fix it?

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