GTA3 patch has been released!

digitalwanderer · Jun 27, 2002, 09:29 PM

Just saw over on Warp2Search in this story that they've released a patch for GTA3! You can download it from the previous links, or go straight to Take2's download page to pick it up.

I'm downloading it now, I'll report as soon as possible.

Zardon · Jun 27, 2002, 09:39 PM

what a GREAT game !!!!

Renegade[CSR] · Jun 27, 2002, 10:08 PM

Never played it. To many bad things being said about it. What does this patch address/fix?

Zardon · Jun 27, 2002, 10:32 PM

yes I also heard alot of bad things about it, and when my friend installed it to play, I was stunned by just how GOOD the game looks and plays, runs perfectly smooth at 1024x768 all settings maxxed out on the 8500.

game plays great as well, which is something quite rare.

peroni · Jun 27, 2002, 10:32 PM

this is the changelog

- Exception error after blue Rockstar load screen fixed.

- Error loading saved games fixed.

- Mouse sensitivity now saved with other settings (no changes made to existing settings).

- Option for user to play audio files directly from hard disk. Copy the contents of the PLAY discs Audio directory into your installed Grand Theft Auto III Audio directory. Grand Theft Auto III still requires the presence of the PLAY disc when started. This may give better performance on some machines (though worse on others).

- All protection checks (apart from needing PLAY disc to start) removed. Grand Theft Auto III still checks for the presence of the PLAY disc when initially started, and plays audio from the PLAY disc if not found on the hard disk (see above).

Anybody tried it yet?

UberLord · Jun 27, 2002, 10:48 PM

Sounds like they used SafeShit^H^H^H^HDisc to protect the CD and then discovered how crap it was due to customer complaints.

Hopefully Bethesda will do the same when they release the Morrowind patch

bloodpollution · Jun 28, 2002, 07:16 AM

Does anyone know of any sites for skins etc and I was also thinking about this at work. The radio stations are hilarious but after hearing them for probably over 20 hrs now ive heard it all. DOes anyone know if there are any downloable radio additions cause i think it would be an excellent idea. Also I think the patch is missing something vital. When using the mp3 radio all you have to do is place shortcuts or the mp3s in the mp3s folder. I wish they changed it to do a shuffle feature on it because the songs are always played in order and quite frankly that is shit

Cheers

UberLord · Jun 28, 2002, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bloodpollution
I wish they changed it to do a shuffle feature on it because the songs are always played in order and quite frankly that is shit

When you change radio station it starts on a random track of the station. Radio station changes everytime you jack a new car. Im never bored with the PS2 version audio - and I kinda like all the stations.

But being able to add more stuff would be kinad cool

Zardon · Jun 28, 2002, 03:21 PM

yes a very cool idea, I also have heard everthing on the radio, to add to it would be a superb idea, maybe they will release a pack for the game in the future, new missions etc.

digitalwanderer · Jun 28, 2002, 04:16 PM

Go to Pete's page here and follow his tips, it helps a lot!

Also, if'n you don't like the music why don't you just put your own in? There's an "mp3" sub-directory in the GTAiii folder and any MP3's you put in there will be on your very own custom radio station called "MP3".

I'm alternating 'tween the Violent Femmes and the Wiggles me ownself....

bloodpollution · Jun 28, 2002, 05:46 PM

erm, i havent said i dont like them. I have simply said I want a patch to shuffle the mp3 radio station (eg the sub folder mp3, my mp3s). I havent said i dont like them at all but now, after playing it for hours on end i want some new chat stuff so what i said was .... well just read my previous message it will answer this

digitalwanderer · Jun 28, 2002, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bloodpollution
erm, i havent said i dont like them. I have simply said I want a patch to shuffle the mp3 radio station (eg the sub folder mp3, my mp3s). I havent said i dont like them at all but now, after playing it for hours on end i want some new chat stuff so what i said was .... well just read my previous message it will answer this

My bad dude, I should have read you're post more thoroughly. Why not write a quick .bat file to rename the songs in your MP3 directory from time to time to shuffle the order?

bloodpollution · Jun 29, 2002, 09:34 AM

good suggestion dude ha man never thought of this. Ive been too hyped playing the game. Ive sucessfully used a patch to change all vehicle names to their most likely real world name is and thats kinda cool. Ive also downloaded some new skins but had to go to work so not used em yet. One is the cop car but a nypd car instead. oh and a heavy armoured beast ha ha. I got a patch to add police realism (npcs get arrested as well ha ha) i havent done the no cd yet (i normally do for speed) but just not been bothered to get it ....yet.

There is some serious potential for this game and what i would love is to transform all main key buildings into famously known buildings across the world. Its a bit of a mission but wouldnt that be so cool. One guy has made sloppy joes into Burger King ha ha.

God the possibilities man, well, are endless.

Luk · Jun 29, 2002, 01:40 PM

@digitalwanderer: thanks for the link, i had extremly problems with GTA 3, because i got never more that 15 fps

Now I can play with 30 fps and more ...

digitalwanderer · Jun 29, 2002, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Luk
@digitalwanderer: thanks for the link, i had extremly problems with GTA 3, because i got never more that 15 fps

Now I can play with 30 fps and more ...

Thank you Luk! I haven't done much around here on a practical level yet, it's nice to hear that I was useful to someone and actually helped 'em fix something a bit.

I've been feeling more like a color commentator/cheerleader since going nVidia, they just ain't got the problems like ATI. (<sigh> I miss my old ATI cards, there's just something more satisfying about 'em.)

UberLord · Jun 29, 2002, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
I've been feeling more like a color commentator/cheerleader since going nVidia, they just ain't got the problems like ATI.

You mean they're *gasp* worse! *gasp*

shuki · Jun 29, 2002, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bloodpollution
good suggestion dude ha man never thought of this. Ive been too hyped playing the game. Ive sucessfully used a patch to change all vehicle names to their most likely real world name is and thats kinda cool. Ive also downloaded some new skins but had to go to work so not used em yet. One is the cop car but a nypd car instead. oh and a heavy armoured beast ha ha. I got a patch to add police realism (npcs get arrested as well ha ha) i havent done the no cd yet (i normally do for speed) but just not been bothered to get it ....yet.

There is some serious potential for this game and what i would love is to transform all main key buildings into famously known buildings across the world. Its a bit of a mission but wouldnt that be so cool. One guy has made sloppy joes into Burger King ha ha.

God the possibilities man, well, are endless.

where'd you snatch the skins from? and the police realism add-on? the whole shabang?

kennix · Jun 30, 2002, 07:32 AM

"copy protection" haha rotfl whoa that felt good

w|red · Jul 1, 2002, 07:11 AM

I might try it out later, I kinda gave up on GTA3 after awhile.

Jaxon · Jul 1, 2002, 07:24 AM

This new patch will only work if it can find the origional .exe file, so if your using a fixed.exe than it won't patch anything. If your using XP than you'll need the compatability patch (Q306676_W_XP_SP1) from microsoft before the game will run anything like smoothly. I'm on patch #3. This game is far too resourse heavy, I have a reasonable system and still the game performs bad.

Jun 27, 2002, 09:29 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	GTA3 patch has been released! Just saw over on Warp2Search in this story that they've released a patch for GTA3! You can download it from the previous links, or go straight to Take2's download page to pick it up. I'm downloading it now, I'll report as soon as possible. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jun 27, 2002, 10:32 PM	#5
peroni DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 591 Rep Power: 0	this is the changelog - Exception error after blue Rockstar load screen fixed. - Error loading saved games fixed. - Mouse sensitivity now saved with other settings (no changes made to existing settings). - Option for user to play audio files directly from hard disk. Copy the contents of the PLAY discs Audio directory into your installed Grand Theft Auto III Audio directory. Grand Theft Auto III still requires the presence of the PLAY disc when started. This may give better performance on some machines (though worse on others). - All protection checks (apart from needing PLAY disc to start) removed. Grand Theft Auto III still checks for the presence of the PLAY disc when initially started, and plays audio from the PLAY disc if not found on the hard disk (see above). Anybody tried it yet? __________________ Gaming Rig 3DMark2k1 PCMark2k2 The Server 3Dmark2k1 PCMark2k2 Notebook 3Dmark2k1 PCMark2k2

Jun 27, 2002, 10:48 PM	#6
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	Sounds like they used SafeShit^H^H^H^HDisc to protect the CD and then discovered how crap it was due to customer complaints. Hopefully Bethesda will do the same when they release the Morrowind patch __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Jun 28, 2002, 04:16 PM	Thread Starter #10
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Try these tips. Go to Pete's page here and follow his tips, it helps a lot! Also, if'n you don't like the music why don't you just put your own in? There's an "mp3" sub-directory in the GTAiii folder and any MP3's you put in there will be on your very own custom radio station called "MP3". I'm alternating 'tween the Violent Femmes and the Wiggles me ownself.... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jun 29, 2002, 01:40 PM	#14
Luk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	@digitalwanderer: thanks for the link, i had extremly problems with GTA 3, because i got never more that 15 fps Now I can play with 30 fps and more ... __________________ Best regards, Luk

Jun 27, 2002, 09:39 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	what a GREAT game !!!!

Jun 27, 2002, 10:08 PM	#3
Renegade[CSR] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Undisclosed Renegade Location Posts: 396 Rep Power: 0	Never played it. To many bad things being said about it. What does this patch address/fix?

Jun 28, 2002, 07:16 AM	#7
bloodpollution DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Does anyone know of any sites for skins etc and I was also thinking about this at work. The radio stations are hilarious but after hearing them for probably over 20 hrs now ive heard it all. DOes anyone know if there are any downloable radio additions cause i think it would be an excellent idea. Also I think the patch is missing something vital. When using the mp3 radio all you have to do is place shortcuts or the mp3s in the mp3s folder. I wish they changed it to do a shuffle feature on it because the songs are always played in order and quite frankly that is shit Cheers

Jun 28, 2002, 03:21 PM	#9
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yes a very cool idea, I also have heard everthing on the radio, to add to it would be a superb idea, maybe they will release a pack for the game in the future, new missions etc.

Jun 28, 2002, 05:46 PM	#11
bloodpollution DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	erm, i havent said i dont like them. I have simply said I want a patch to shuffle the mp3 radio station (eg the sub folder mp3, my mp3s). I havent said i dont like them at all but now, after playing it for hours on end i want some new chat stuff so what i said was .... well just read my previous message it will answer this

Jun 29, 2002, 09:34 AM	#13
bloodpollution DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	good suggestion dude ha man never thought of this. Ive been too hyped playing the game. Ive sucessfully used a patch to change all vehicle names to their most likely real world name is and thats kinda cool. Ive also downloaded some new skins but had to go to work so not used em yet. One is the cop car but a nypd car instead. oh and a heavy armoured beast ha ha. I got a patch to add police realism (npcs get arrested as well ha ha) i havent done the no cd yet (i normally do for speed) but just not been bothered to get it ....yet. There is some serious potential for this game and what i would love is to transform all main key buildings into famously known buildings across the world. Its a bit of a mission but wouldnt that be so cool. One guy has made sloppy joes into Burger King ha ha. God the possibilities man, well, are endless.

Jun 30, 2002, 07:32 AM	#18
kennix DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: crackton/ohio Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	protection lol!!!!! "copy protection" haha rotfl whoa that felt good __________________ "i know more about nothing than you will ever know about anything"

Jul 1, 2002, 07:11 AM	#19
w\|red DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: /home Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	I might try it out later, I kinda gave up on GTA3 after awhile. __________________ fjear teh leet hax0r! 10 PRINT "J00 = H4X3D KEKE!" 20 GOTO 10

Jul 1, 2002, 07:24 AM	#20
Jaxon DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: N.W. England Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	This new patch will only work if it can find the origional .exe file, so if your using a fixed.exe than it won't patch anything. If your using XP than you'll need the compatability patch (Q306676_W_XP_SP1) from microsoft before the game will run anything like smoothly. I'm on patch #3. This game is far too resourse heavy, I have a reasonable system and still the game performs bad.