The Playable Experience

DESCRIPTION

Ah, good choice sir. You have chosen the Playable Experience, that which impacts least on the game but still allows 
you to ride around in the Ecto-1 with the sirens going full pelt, even if, alas, there are no flashing lights. Still, 
you cant really see them in daylight anyway.

So, to enjoy The Playable Experience, Im afraid that this is going to involve some work on your part.

Yes, I know, I can hear the groans from here, but thats the way it is. I realise that it would be so much easier 
just to click on an .exe file and let the whole thing install itself, but life has so arranged itself that this 
cannot be. Im afraid you will have to brace yourself, keep a stiff upper lip, and read on.

So, for all those who havent given up at the first hurdle and deleted this in a fit of pique (and, to be honest, 
I probably fall within this category  but then, Im institutionally lazy) then you will need the following mod tools: 

   IMG TOOL V2.0
   SAAT GUI FrontEnd 1.0 Mod


INSTRUCTIONS


Stage 1 - The Car

1. Open up the IMG Tool V2.0.   
2. Click on 'File' and then find the file 'gta3' - this is usually found in C:/Program Files/Rockstar Games/
   GTA San Andreas/models.
3. Click on the file and wait whilst the file loads.
4. Feel you're being patronised yet? This is not intentional. It's just better to be absolutely clear about these
   things, you know?
5. Anyway, click on 'Edit' and then 'Find'. Type in 'mrwhoop.txd' (without the '') and then 'Find Next'.
6. Selecting the file, click on 'Commands' and then 'Replace'. From the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Mod by Liam247, select
   'romero.txd' and press 'Open'.  
7. Repeat this process, but instead replace the file 'mrwhoop.dff' with the file in the mod 'romero.dff'.
8. Congratulations! The model of the car is now ingame! It remains only to modify the car's stats (so that it moves
   and acts like Ecto-1 instead of a Mr. Whooppee van). Close the application and move on to Stage 2.

 

Stage 2 - Modifying The Stats

1. Go into the 'data' Folder of the GTA directory (usually found C:/Program Files/Rockstar Games/GTA San Andreas/
   data. 
2. First find the 'handling.cfg' file and open it up with Windows Notepad.
3. Run down the list of cars until you find MrWhoop (the 23rd one down) and replace the entry with the one below: 

MRWHOOP      2500.0    5960.4   2.0    0.0 -0.8 0.2  70  0.75 0.80 0.50 	5 200.0 20.0 15.0 R P 	4.0   0.80 0 30.0  	1.0  0.1   0.0   0.35 -0.15 0.4  0.0		0.2  1.25 10000 	40000020	0			0  1	0

4. Save and close 'handling.cfg'.
5. Now open up the vehicle.ide file with Windows Notepad.
6. Find the entry for the Mr Whooppee van which is no.423 and replace the entry with the one below:

423, 	mrwhoop, 	mrwhoop, 	car, 		MRWHOOP,	ECTO-1,	 	null,	normal,		4, 	0,	0,		-1, 0.68, 0.68,		0

7. Save the close 'vehicles.ide'
8. Now open up the 'carcols.dat' file using Windows Notepad.
9. Find the entry for the Mr Whooppee van (about half-way down) and replace the entry with the one below:

mrwhoop, 1,1

10. Save and close 'carcols.dat.'
11. Voila! You are very nearly finished. It only remains to make the Mr Whooppee van sound like Ecto-1 and insert the
    famous siren and then we're done!



Stage 3 - The Sounds

1. Open up the SAAT GUI FrontEnd 1.0 Mod.
2. Click on File & then 'Set the GTA Directory.' Find the Folder containaing the GTA.exe file (usually 
   C:/Program Files/Rockstar Games/GTA San Andreas)
3. Click on 'SFX' & then on 'GENRL' in order to export the files you will require.
4. Once all the files have been exported, click on 'Bank_073'. Four files will be revealed: Bank_073sound_001 to 
   Bank_073sound_004.
5. Highlight Bank_073sound_001 and then choose 'Actions' in the Menu and then 'Replace'. Find the same file in the 
   mod and click ok.
6. Do this for all the sounds.
7. Click on 'Save' and wait while it creates an archive.
8. If at any time you want to check you've loaded the right sound, then select the sound file and use the inbuilt 
   audio player to play it - that's what it's there for!
9. That's it! Close the application and start up GTA: San Andreas, ready to bust some ghosts!