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.
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.
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. !! !! !!
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.
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
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.