
Take-Two hasn't reached out for a comment, nor Rockstar Games. Vice Cry is a FULLY ORIGINAL mod, not using ANY converted assets. It also said that modders can do what they want, just as long as they "don't touch" "GTA Online." But one mod, "Vice Cry," which its creators claim is using assets they created themselves, was still taken down despite the aforementioned agreement. There was, however, a critical part of the deal: Take-Two will allow "GTA" mods as long as they're not reusing or porting any pre-existing assets from older games. But with these recent takedowns, it is now alleged that Take-Two changed the terms of the deal without informing the community. The savegames are located in My Documents\GTA3 User Files\.Initially, Ash mentioned some sort of agreement between Take-Two, Rockstar Games, and the modding community, which allowed all parties to co-exist.

Usually they are 100% completed so if you don't want to finish the game, you download one of them.

These mods are usually made by several modders.ĭescription: savegames are simply the savegames of other players. The total conversions usually replaces Liberty City with a brand new city including also new game features or new missions. Most of them are located into common\data folder.ĭescription: a Total Conversion (TC) refers to any mod that changes almost the whole game. GTA includes a lot of text files that can be edited simply with any text editor. Some examples of simple mods are the editing of the handling.dat or new car colors for carcols.dat. The new maps can be made using GTA3 original objects and combining them, or creating new 3D objects with some 3D modelling programs.ĭescription: the mods simply called mods usually edits some texts files. Tools: Moo Mapper, MEd, 3D Studio Max, ZModeler.ĭescription: a map mod refers to any mod that adds new objects to GTA3 map, creating a whole new zone. 3D models includes new cars, bikes, boats, airplanes, helicopters, but also new buildings, new player models or new weapons.

The texture mods that edits the vehicles are called car skins or paintjobs.ĭescription: a new model refers to any mod that edits the 3D model of a object. Some examples of texture mods are: new clothes, billboards, high quality roads, new interiors, new skins etc. Here I'll show you the mods categories you may find for San Andreas:ĭescription: a texture mod refers to any mod that doesn't edit the 3D model, but only the images of which it's composed. There are several types of mods for Grand Theft Auto, some easier than others. Mod means modification, so a mod is something that changes the original game.
