[OFFICIAL RELEASE]IV to SA Map Mod by Vans

[vans123]

This projecy can be called as many ways, but it has a simple objective, this one is to take GTA IV map into SA Game engine.Reasons?
1-IV is a such bad optimized crap, spawning lods like a mad bitch and struggling pretty descent riggs when you run other games in awsome quality!
2-IV is boring, after storyline just left to date with friends and this ends once game is at 100%, then just boring trainers, while SA Has gyms,girlfriends,tunning,races,parachuting,underwater(diving), alot of clothes,haircuts,tattoos...etc.
3-Alot of people dont even care about buying IV couse is a crap and i understand that, i can run it in Max sets and even that i feel like i screwed my money

Rwils79 started the project, doing a little very little part from broker, then i started helped him, with the time we started doing alot from broker but for life issues he left the mod and im alone now, i started doing Algonquin progress couse i lost broker but later recovered it from my mate rwils79 who had a backup.

At the start i just converted buildings but i realized the mod would need everything R* did with his map and i had to learn every technique:
-Prelightning(normal and Pro Way)
-Dynamic collisions
-Object.dat Editing and creation
-Shadows and Dynamic shadows creation
-2DFX editing and creation
-Scripting or inteligent lighs(the one SA use in area 51)
-Programmed moving Objects
-Collision materials edition
-Cull zone edition and creation
-Water.dat creation from 0
-Limit breaking and metods to Fool SA engine
-.IDE Flag system
-LOD Placing and parenting system
-Vehicle converting
-Rigging of Player parts and PEDS
-Path Making(still trying to find a way to make succesful car paths)
-Alot more...

I had to learn all of this to can be able to do a such awsome map!
With the time the project started to be known by people and they started to request videos or pictures then i uploaded the first video and with progress i started to post more of them
here i post them if you never saw or heard about the project:
GTA IV to GTA SA made by Vans123 and Rwils79.wmv
The First video showing the start from the Mod
GTA IV to GTA SA Official Mod Update v.2.wmv
Here i started to learn alot of more techniques of map modding so could prelight interiors
GTA IV to SA Official Trailer
The third one showed an awsome trailer from Broker with all those shadows and stuff
GTA IV to SA Liberty Preview
Fourth one showing new lightning stuff i learnt and showing the full island of happyness completed
GTA IV to SA Map June Update
Fifth one doing a final show of all progress i did and saying the release was so near
GTA IV to SA Alpha Release.wmv
The Release date got delayed but finally did this video releasing the first Alpha from the Mod

At the end alot of people helped me and included that inside the read me which includes this credits:
Developers:
-Vans123/Lostedx/HeroBioYui---->Main Developer/Leader
-Rwils79/Ryan Wilson----------->Main Map Converter/Founder of the Project
Thanks to:(Credits)
-Masterod---------------------->Characters Help
-Phantasmagorias--------------->Effects/Awsome textures
-ZAZ--------------------------->Awsome scripting help/A god from scripting
-ROKAS/TXDEDITOR--------------->Player Textures

Thanks! Guys for downloading the mod! im proud of it and really hope you like it and respect it dont stealing anything from it
My meshes have bugs i left for indentifying them

Thanks and well this is my introduction to this awsome forum, its my first post and im proud the main admin invited me to it

[Tom]

Wow, amazing mod. Congrats on all your hard work paying off dude. Its awesome. 

[Kooz]

Awesome mod, one of the betters, good job, i think it took much time!

[Flat Face]

Thanks for coming over and posting mate

Sorry to Streem for deleting your topic, I wanted to get vans to make his own topic so people could get their questions about the mod answered.

[Radioaktive]

awesome work, must have taken forever 

[FTO]

You know what I mean.

THIS RAPES

Really great mod.Can't wait for the final.

[vans123]

Well yeh it cost me my left ball but finally managed to fix every bugg from it and have a clean release

the map has holes of course couse is an alpha version and I can't finish a holy big city with over 1 million buildings in less than 9 months....THAT'S to be a NOLIFER! xD

thanks for your warn welcome and ask any doupt you have and I will try to answer it or any problem you have

[JustCaus3]

Is it possible to use Dannyes MAIN SCM in this mod, to save and load positions and spawn cars and such?

[FTO]

Is it possible to use Dannyes MAIN SCM in this mod, to save and load positions and spawn cars and such?

I'm using the one for VC2SA in this.

[Flat Face]

http://www.gtastunting.net/forums/index.php?topic=47463.0

[FloW]

will be there IV timecyc converted for this mod?

[A maid]

will be there IV timecyc converted for this mod?

An SA skybox would look good if it fades just like IV

[Plani]

Amazing work dude

[KillaMarci]

Awesome job man I wouldn't convert the cars tho cuz then it would just look like the original GTA4

[Shifftee]

Awesome job man I wouldn't convert the cars tho cuz then it would just look like the original GTA4

Thought just the same.