Import and export a WFT with SparkIV

Tools: SparkIV

This tutorial explains how to import and export properly a GTAIV vehicle WFT. Before following this tutorial make sure you have the latest version of ZModeler properly registered.

1. Download the General vehicle textures pack and extract it somewhere (here we'll call the folder "DIR").
2. Run SparkIV, click Open and select the vehicles.img file located in:
pc\models\cdimages\
3. Choose the vehicle you want to export, eg. the Comet, so select comet.wft and comet.wdt and click Export.
4. Export both files in the "DIR" folder where we have the other textures extracted in the first passage.
5. With SparkIV click on comet.wdt and click View, then click Save All Textures
6. Save all the texture in the DIR folder as before.
7. Summarizing: in "DIR" folder you should have the WFT file, all the textures from the general vehicle pack and all the textures extracted from the wdt with SparkIV.
8. Now you can run ZModeler and click Import.
9. Select comet.wft and it will be imported.
10. Here you need some ZModeler skill to modify the file as you want. Don't change the hierarchy tree.'
11. When you finished to modify the model you can export it clicking Export.
12. Save the file where you want, don't replace the original wft file.
13. Run SparkIV again, click Import and select the new WFT.
14. Run the game and you should have your new Comet.

Make a car fly

Tools: Notepad


With this tutorial you can make a car fly like an airplane, check out the following video.

How to make a car fly:

1. Open vehicles.ide file with Notepad and search the name of the car you want to mod into a plane (I chose Turismo).
2. In Turismo's line change car with plane.
3. Save and close the file.
4. Open handling.cfg file and scroll down until you find a line with #$ FIGHTER.
5. Just above this line copy this code:
$ TURISMO 0.5 2.0 0.0 -0.003 0.002 0.10 0.03 -0.002 0.003 0.0020 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.01 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

6. If you chose another car change TURISMO with the name of you car.
7. Play and enjoy.

Find out a very large and long place to lift off, such as airport. The car will not turn in any way so you can go only straight. To lift off take a pretty well speed and press wheelie buttons to lift off. When you are in the air, turn with the arrows and with wheelie buttons. To turn you have to rotate your car with arrows and move with wheelies buttons.

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Change vehicle names

Tools: GXT Editor


This tutorial explains how to change car names, those that appears when you get into a vehicle.
new car name.

1. Run GXT Editor and click File>Open.
2. Go to common\text folder and select your language file.
3. Click Search>File Value (Ctrl+F).
4. Type a vehicle name, e.g. Turismo.
5. Modify the name at the right, then press TAB.
6. Click File>Save and close the program.

SA GXT Editor

Description:
Program to edit the texts of the game, like car names, dialogs, city names, etc.

DOWNLOAD: http://www.gta-modding.com/area/index.php?act=view&id=12 HERE

Farnsworth's Business Mod

Allows Niko to purchase, own, collect income, and hire and fire staff from locations around Liberty City. Also has additional features related to the businesses.

DOWNLOAD:  https://my.owndrive.com/index.php/apps/files/download//Farnsworth%20Business%20complete%20v2.rar (Here)

Complete version 2 changes:

-Robberies added to certain purchasable businesses.
-Ability to hire/fire employees added to all businesses. Some locations will have extra peds, vehicles, etc spawn when employees are hired. Hiring employees also gives a chance to increase income.
-Lunatics added: Certain businesses now have a chance of a lunatic spawning and killing patrons of your business.
-Jobs added: There are now various jobs you can perform around Liberty City, including (paramedic (ambulance driver), food delivery driver, and fuel recovery.


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Previous Changes are as follows:

-businesses still appear as "destination" blips on the map, but are now named (each business is named on the map when moused over)
-when a business is purchased, the blip will change into a tie, signifying ownership of the business
-when the income reaches a certain amount (varies for each property but is usually near the property income cap) the blip will change into a dollar sign. This signifies a high income at that property that should be collected soon.
-most businesses are enterable to allow future updates to add employees and scenarios (different for each type of business)
-SAVING THE GAME will now save all businesses owned and statistics of each property (time owned, current income, etc)

-you can now change which keys are used for purchasing and collecting income in the ini. Change "RControlKey" and/or "RShiftKey" to whichever key you prefer to use (i.e. "O" or "J") and save the ini.


NOTE: The script runs once every 6 seconds, and it is big. If no prompt appears while Niko is under a marker, please wait a few seconds before reporting it as a bug.


PRECAUTIONS: Due to the mod running on play time, I recommend SAVING in a safehouse before quitting the game, as the "Properties owned" file will be written on each save (time,income,owned status). (i.e. If you own a property, play for an hour, then reload without saving, the total play time will not be updated, as well as income, time, and owned status)


INSTALLATION: Place the "businesses.net" and "businesses.ini" files into the "scripts" folder of your root GTA IV directory. DELETE the business.net.dll and business.ini files from the first version of this mod, as they will not overwrite.


Tested on GTA IV V1.0.4 and v1.0.7 using scripthook.net 1.7.1.7, scripthook 0.4 and 0.51, and latest xliveless 0.997.

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MODS:

1. EPM MOD
2. Farnsworth's Business Mod