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>>>>>>|Real Effects Pack for GTA3, created by 1TUFSS (2008)|<<<<<<
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This is a complete overhaul of most of the particle effects in GTA 3. Most of the textures are completely new. Others are reworked originals.
I've modified the effects files for a more realistic appearance.

R* deliberately made the standard effects in GTA3 very simple and low-res to improve performance on the sort of hardware we were dealing with eight years ago. 
Times have changed... The goal of this mod is to max out GTA3's graphics engine while retaining a good framerate. Most of the textures have been redone
for maximum performance with minimal lag.

This mod replaces these files:

- particle.cfg
- particle.txd
- comsky3.txd
- sub_villas.txd
- compark.txd
- comartgaly.txd
- submonument.txd
- casinogarden.txd

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**ATTENTION!**
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This release is a response to the people who have been telling me about the laggy smoke effects. This release was originally going to be 1.0a, because it was a fix
for the smoke. Now that I've been working on some of the effects for the next release, I thought they may as well be thrown in, to test the waters a little.


Effects are the same as 1.0 - EXCEPT FOR THESE DIFFERENCES:

- Tyre smoke is now much less intense, doesn't last as long, is smaller and generally lags less.
- Some glitches with the smoke have been fixed - some of the tyre smoke was very dark, now it's brighter.
- Murder scene chalk markings (the outlines of dead people) are now more realistic - some of them can now be found worn out, and they aren't as thick.
- Minor improvements to wheel-dirt effects.
- Reflections have been slightly improved for more realistic sky-lighting effects.
- Some more textures are now compressed for better performance while maintaining their detail.
- Some of the water in LC was still the old low-res texture - you can blame the fact that GTA3 uses about 5 or 6 TXD's for its water. The water at the Francis International
  Airport subway monument (yes, the one with the statue wearing the orange hat) still had the old water, as did Kenji's Casino Garden - it's gone now.
- Fire hydrant water spray is now a light blue colour.


Coming in version 1.2:

- San Andreas-style sparks (they change colour from yellow to orange as they cool down).
- New pager font (replaces the shitty low-res one). It may only support English, I may try to get Spanish/French in, but I'm not promising anything here.
- Better explosion effects.


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>>>>>>|INSTALLATION|<<<<<<
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1. Put 'particle.cfg' into your GTA3/data folder.
2. Put 'particle.txd' into your GTA3/models folder.
3. Open 'txd.img' inside your GTA3/models folder, and find and delete these files:

- comsky3.txd
- sub_villas.txd
- compark.txd
- comartgaly.txd
- submonument.txd
- casinogarden.txd

Now add the TXDs inside the 'TXD' folder of this mod. This step isn't absolutely necessary, but you've gotta do it if you want ALL the water
in Liberty City looking good.


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>>>>>>|Problems?|<<<<<<
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Just fire off an e-mail to screamin202@hotmail.com. Be sure to put in a subject that will catch my eye, otherwise it may end up in the spam folder.

Please don't re-release this mod without my permission. As of 16/12/08 my mods are allowed to be hosted on GTAGarage, CodeNameGTA.net and TheGTAPlace.