======================================================================= === G R A N D T H E F T A U T O I V : S A N A N D R E A S === ----------------------------- B E T A 3 ----------------------------======================================================================= San Andreas on RAGE Engine +++++++++++++++++++++++ + Version Information + +++++++++++++++++++++++ Mod version:

Launcher version: Release date: +++++++++++++++ + Description + +++++++++++++++ GTA IV: San Andreas is a total conversion mod for Grand Theft Auto IV, which wil l bring back the good old San Andreas map into GTA IV, using the powerful RAGE E ngine. In this new third beta, new features are added, including, but not limited to mu ltiplayer, races, gang wars, improved Setup and Launcher, improved graphics, map , vehicles, sounds, peds, shaders, collision materials, timecycle... Plenty improved stuff to check out! +++++++++++++++++++++++ + System Requirements + +++++++++++++++++++++++ Please read the following system requirements before downloading and installing the mod. To check if your computer meets the specified requirements, we recommend using F litskikker InfoTool. http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Flitskikker-InfoTool.shtml > GTA Requirements You must have one of the following versions of GTA IV or EFLC installed to install the mod: GTA IV: 0.6.0, 1.0.7.0 GTA EFLC: 1.0.0.0, 1.0.1.0, 1.0.2.0, 1.0.3.0, 1.0.4.0, 1.0.0.4, 1. 1.1.0.0, 1.1.1.0, 1.1.2.0 0.5.4 (Public BETA 3 Release) 0.5.6.1 August 1st, 2012

For the best performance, GTA IV 1.0.7.0 is recommended. If you are installing the mod on GTA EFLC, only The Ballad Of Gay Tony i s supported due to its additional features. > Minimal System Requirements Your computer must meet the following requirements to run the game with the mod on lowest settings: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor @ 2.4 GHz

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor @ 2.8 GHz 2 GB RAM 4,2 GB free space (GTA IV) 6 GB free space (GTA EFLC) + Additional free space for installation and installed a

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT with 256 MB VRAM ATI Radeon HD 2600 with 256 MB VRAM Intel not supported DirectX: Version 9.0c OS: Windows XP with Service Pack 3 Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 Windows 7 > Recommended System Requirements Your computer must meet the following requirements to run the game with the mod on high/very high settings: Processor: Memory: Hard Disk: dd-ons Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 with 1 GB VRAM ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1 GB VRAM Intel not supported DirectX: Version 9.0c OS: Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 > Software Requirements Your computer must have the following software installed to run the game with the mod: .NET Framework 2.0 (included with installation) .NET Framework 4.0 (included with installation) Primary Interoperability Assemblies 2010 (included with installation) Visual C++ 2010 Redistributables (included with installation) ++++++++++++++++++ + How to Install + ++++++++++++++++++ Follow the following steps to install GTA IV: San Andreas: 1. Run IVSASetup.exe. A window will show up. Follow its instructions to proceed. 2. Let Setup prepare your GTA folder. Setup can copy the required files from an existing GTA IV or EFLC folder to a desired new folder, dedicated to the mod. If you have already copied your GTA IV or EFLC folder, Setup can prepare that one by removing all the unneeded files. The copy operation may take several minutes. 3. Let Setup backup your save games. Intel Core i5 Processor @ 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 Processor @ 3.0 GHz 4 GB RAM 6 GB free space (GTA IV) 7 GB free space (GTA EFLC) + Additional free space for installation and installed a

Your save games need to be removed to play GTA IV: San Andreas. Setup ca n create backups of them. Choose which save games you want to backup and the destination folder. Please note, that you don't have to remove your Local AppData save games if you plan to install XLiveLess, and vice versa. 4. Proceed with the Setup by following the steps of the mod installer. The real mod installer (InstallShield) will take it from here. Follow it s simple steps to install the mod. You can select what compontents to install during this step, choose Cust om component selection to do so. 5. Wait until the mod is installed. After you've been through all the required steps, Setup will copy all th e mod files to the prepared directory. This may take a minute or so. 6. Play! After the mod is installed, you can directly play GTA IV: San Andreas by checking the option in the installer. To start the mod otherwise, please read the section "How to Play" below. +++++++++++++++ + How to Play + +++++++++++++++ To run GTA IV: San Andreas, simply use the shortcuts on the desktop or in the St art Menu. If these don't exist, run IVSALauncher.exe in the installation folder. The launcher application will automatically check for updates. You can also use the launcher to install add-ons and adjust the options. Click the Play button, select a game type (single player, multiplayer) and the g ame will launch. Happy playing! +++++++++++ + Hotkeys + +++++++++++ Several keys, other than the default game keys, have special actions assigned: M F7 F3 - Toggle Radar/SA HUD - Show Video Editor - Enable Simple Native Trainer (if installed). Further actions for SNT are: Num 4, 8, 6, 2 - Browse through menu Num 5 - Accept Num 0 - Back F4 - Toggle trainer menu (For more information for SNT, please refer to its own manual.)

The first two and additional keys can be set at the tab Options in the GTA IV: S an Andreas Launcher.

+++++++++++++++++++ + Troubleshooting + +++++++++++++++++++ If you encounter problems installating or playing GTA IV: San Andreas, please se arch your question below and find the answer. If your question isn't listed (usually), please refer to the support forums at G TAForums.com: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=494121 Portions of this FAQ are courtesy of Deadly Target and SonofUgly. ---------> DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLATION RELATED QUESTIONS: Q: Can my PC run it? A: Please review the system requirements at the top of this document. To check which hardware and software your pc contains, we recommended to use Flitskikker InfoTool. It's a free, multilingual tool which can be downloaded from: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Flitskikker-InfoTool.shtml Q: I have both GTA IV and GTA EFLC. To which one should I install the mod? A: If you want extra features like parachutes and nitro, you should install the mod on GTA EFLC. However, some compatibility issues may occur. If you want the mod most stable , you should install the mod on GTA IV. Q: Should I make a full backup of my GTA folder? A: No. The Setup can copy the required files from your GTA folder to a new folde r. The mod will be installed to this new folder. If you've already made a backup, you can select the option in the Setup to st rip an existing folder. Q: Is the mod compatible with some sort of medicine I'm using? A: Yes. > DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLATION RELATED ISSUES: Q: I get a File I/O error during the installation. A: Along with the error message, the concerned file is mentioned. Remove the Rea d Only property for this file. Q: I get CRC errors during the real mod installation. A: Some of the installation files are corrupted. Download the mod again and make sure everything is complete. Q: The Setup is asking me for an installation disc. A: Probably, some of the installation files are corrupted. Download the mod agai n and make sure everything is complete. Q: The Patcher fails to patch one or more files. A: The source folder needs to be a fully original IV or EFLC (with the latest pa tch is highly recommended). Otherwise, some of the files that need to be patched are different from the o riginal.

If the Patcher fails at your installation, please send the .log files from th e installation folder to Flitskikker by PM. > GAME RELATED QUESTIONS: Q: Are there peds and traffic? A: Traffic: Yes. Peds were not yet possible in this release. Q: Does the mod use cars from GTA IV or GTA San Andreas? A: The San Andreas vehicles are used, however, some vehicles are not yet replace d. If you GTA IV vehicles, you can restore those manually. Q: How do I get a car? A: Search around for parked cars, steal one from the roads or use the Simple Nat ive Trainer, if installed. Q: Can I do missions or mini games? A: Not by default. There may be add-ons featuring missions and/or mini games lat er on. Q: Is the map placed next to Liberty City? A: No. Liberty City is replaced by the San Andreas map. Q: Can I play multiplayer? A: You can play the official multiplayer by starting the Multiplayer game type. Then use your phone to launch the multiplayer. Please note, that this requires DSound and GFWL Protection Disabler and a leg it copy of GTA. "Drugged" copies and XLiveLess won't work. Q: Are there any interiors? A: There are a few. For example, CJ's mom's house, Area 51 and the dam. Q: Can I go under water? A: No. Q: Will there be higher resolution textures? A: No. Q: Can I mod the game further with GTA IV: San Andreas installed? A: In theory it's possible, but not recommended. Installing feature patches may fail because of differently edited files. > GAME RELATED ISSUES: Q: The game crashes on startup or as soon the loading screens go away or in game (general crashes). A: This can have several causes. Here are some things you could try: - Make sure to start the game using the GTA IV: San Andreas Launcher (IVSALau ncher.exe). - Try launching the game again. Perhaps it now works. - Remove your savegames. These are in either My Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames or X:\User s\<name>\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames). - Ensure the game language is set to English. - Install the latest .NET Framework. - If you are using XLiveLess, try using a different version.

- Reinstall the game and the mod completely. Install patch 1.0.7.0 if you are using GTA IV. - If you are using GTA EFLC, there may be some compatibility issues. Try inst alling the mod on GTA IV. - Check the .log files in the installation folder to see if patching some fil es failed. Q: I get the error message VDS20 when I try to launch the game. A: This can have several causes. Most of the times a restart of the game will wo rk. If not, try installing the latest .NET Framework, using a different version o f XLiveLess, or the suggestions above. Q: I get the error message "Invalid resource detected" when I try to launch the game. A: Most of the times a restart of the game will do. If not, try reinstalling the game and the mod. Q: I get the error message RMN60 when I try to launch the game. A: Copy DFA.dll from a GTA IV installation to your GTA IV: San Andreas installat ion. Q: SecuROM keeps crashing. A: Install the latest patch for GTA or use some sort of medicine. Q: The game crashes as soon the menu should show up. A: Copy pc\textures\select_menu.wtd from a GTA IV installation to your GTA IV: S an Andreas installation. Q: When I start the game, I'm in Liberty City or nowhere and then start falling, why? A: If you have the mod installed on GTA EFLC, you should launch the game using I VSALauncher.exe. If this doesn't help, or if you are using GTA IV, try installing the mod. Q: When the game is loaded I still see Liberty City. Why? A: This is some sort of mod protection. Remove files.txt in the root and filelis t.pak in pc\data. Q: I see lights in the distance, while there aren't roads or lamps. A: They are the distance lights from Liberty City. You can remove those by delet ing distantlights.dat in pc\data\paths. Q: The phone doesn't work! How do I use the video editor? A: The phone is disabled due to the cleaned game script. You can access the vide o editor by pressing F7 while in game. Q: My map disappears after a while. A: This is a known bug. Your computer may be too weak in terms of too little mem ory. One thing you could try is changing the commandline.txt and adding the follow ing: -noprecache -norestrictions -novblank Q: I get a huge FPS drop A: Reinstall GTA IV: San To remove EPM without ipts folder. Please note, that you when entering or exiting a vehicle, how can I fix this? Andreas and deselect EPM so that it won't be installed. reinstalling, remove the "moveDoors" files from the scr will have to remove it again if you install a patch or

an update. Q: I get a huge FPS drop because of the huge draw distance. A: Click the Options tab in the Launcher and change the draw distance setting (a t the bottom) to the lowest value. To do this manually, open pc\data\timecyc.dat and change the value for "farcl ip" to 350. Q: I get a Windows Program Compatibility message about "flash.ocx" when I quit t he launcher. A: Install the latest ActiveX (Internet Explorer) version of Adobe Flash Player. Q: I get an error message when I quit the game. A: The source of this error is currently unknown. However, since it does not aff ect the mod, it will not be fixed with high priority. Q: I've found a bug. A: Congratulations! This is BETA release, so there probably will be bugs. However, there is some lack of motivation so it probably won't get fixed unle ss it's an urgent bug. +++++++++++ + Credits + +++++++++++ > GTA IV: San Andreas (BETA 3) Mod Team Christian Remers (Blaster_nl) riors, Multiplayer, QA Filip Vogle (GTARandom) cripts, Interiors, Multiplayer, QA Martijn van Berkel (Flitskikker) mer, Scripts, Deployment, QA Raul Leon Oliveira Hoehne (EverLost123) Alber M (Alber2gt) Toms Ulriksen (Tomix23) Luis Skinfill (quechus13) nverter Yuri Slavnov (Bzdun) Christopher Smith (cornflakes4u) Nick Kjellman (nkjellman) - Map Converter, Timecycle, Inte - Map, Vehicles and Weapons Converter, S - Graphics Artist, Tools Program Sounds Converter Vehicles Converter Peds Converter Weapons Converter, CJ, Peds Co

- Traffic Paths, Peds Converter - Vehicle Sounds Converter - EFLC Compatibility

> Additional GTA IV: San Andreas (BETA 1) Mod Team Bartomiej Panik (City_Poke912) - Map Converter Jessy Condette (Tanjes) - Map Converter Pier Gonbo (XZS) - Graphics Artist, Trailer Noel Gamo (Mr.NubzZ) - ENB Configuration Juris boli (Jur1z) - Vehicles Converter Kowally George (kowally) - Vehicles Converter Pawe Bajdiuk (pecet) - Vehicles Converter Florian Fischer (Threepwood) - Vehicles Converter, Scripts Chris Niby (monster875.) - Vehicles Converter Lianne Tracy (xxLiannexx) - Vehicles Converter > Additional Work Jacco van Gent (sjaak327) , Scripts AJ Collins (Gamerzworld) Konstantin Khitrin (K^2) (nixolas1) - Radio Stations System, Trainer - Web, Hosting, Scripts - Scripts - Scripts

Ben Kalvin (ManDog) h Loading Screens (Ash_735) (XTREME0235) lmost Borlai (Sleepy93HUN) Nick Kjellman (nkjellman) Jonathan Gustafsson (zzcool) Videos Heron Vinicius (herons2s2) Sani Gad (Beat) Robert Raziz (Garju67) Yurii (yurban) > Setup & Launcher & Patcher Application Martijn van Berkel (Flitskikker)

- Peds Converter, Assistance wit Radio Stations Mixer Vehicles Converter Vehicles Converter Additional Vehicles Converter Additional Vehicles Converter, Trailers Trailers Screenshots Project Oblivion

> Installation & Deployment Martijn van Berkel (Flitskikker) assisted by Christian Remers (Blaster_nl) and AJ Collins (gamerzworld) powered by InstallShield by Flexera Software > Localization We would like to thanks the following people for providing a voluntary t ranslation for GTA IV: San Andreas.

Arabic ( ): Ayman Samy (MasterDevil), Wassim Mohsni (Wass Bulgarian (): (msvu), (hristo Chinese Traditional (): Sam Kong (UltimateGTR), boscoschan, crossday Croatian (hrvatski): Filip Vogle (GTARandom) Czech (etina): suky, sprout, AsSaSs1n3Q, Adsamcik, Tomasrehy Dutch (Nederlands): Martijn van Berkel (Flitskikker) English: Martijn van Berkel (Flitskikker) Finnish (suomi): Antti Rntynen (GtADuuuDe), Jani Kaipainen (janikaipainen), Artsi Linna (roskaposteja1), ardduz French (franais): nine30, Robert Raziz (Garju67), J33SNIP 3, gta67, Niko LN (nikoln9) German (Deutsch): Dominik Schll (DS 17), Kevin Antonow (Per former), Dennis Pajic (countergame) Greek (): (balbog), jimmy1998, geost Hungarian (magyar): Kiss Attila (kisaattila) Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia): Yulius K. (69_black_69), Soeryo Linoewih (soeryolinoewih) Italian (Italiano): Sergio Costa (Nitroussergigno), Mauro Ba racchi (sodierlow), rouven51, Davide V. (FunGt) for www.GTA-Modding.it Korean ( ): setem Norwegian (norsk): Robin Kleppang (Coolstream), Marcus Isda hl (gerrard9099) Polish (polski): Emil Czerwiski (p1mp), Adrian Zdanowicz ( Silent) Portuguese (Brazil): Raul Leon Oliveira Hoehne (EverLost123), Washington A. R. (WarPaz), Matheus Antnio (MegaMario1500), Michel (M ichelFP) Romanian (romn): B. Daniel (AlexGT), Andrei Ganescu (575Andrew) Russian (): Mihail Ryabets (Mike_2594) Serbian (): Luka ubrilo (staricups), Vladimir Vanja Valent (wale Spanish (Espaol): Toms Ulriksen (Tomix23), Jonathan Prez (Jx _Design), SquirlKiller

Swedish (svenska): Thai (): 284, zero2037 Turkish (Trke): ak (Dnz777), GTATurk.com

Alexander Ramn (Azzi3) & Felix (Mixters) darkname50, Macrossunspacy, ThisIsVegas, saravut

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Localization management powered by: Transifex > (BETA 3) Testing Johan Russ (ShakingASS) Jonathan Gustafsson (zzcool) Craig Nates (Darkangelx990) Heron Vinicius (herons2s2) Kevin Antonow (Performer) Jacco van Gent (sjaak327) Andrey Arshinov (stilldre) > Additional (BETA 2) Testing Christopher Smith (cornflakes4u) Jesse van den Heuvel (Exxon) Jason Cowan (jas0nuk) David Durus (J0k3rXXL) Martin Stilqnov Vutov (msvu) Nick Kjellman (nkjellman) Cristiano Cardoso (RayceXtreme) Sebastian Gorgon (Sebianoti) > Additional (BETA 1) Testing Rob Wass (bammargera) Dennis Pajic (countergame) Jannes Schmidt (_Charger_) Dominik Schll (DS 17) Denis Reonja (epiccooler1) Raul Leon Oliveira Hoehne (EverLost123) Christo Steffanov (hristobg) Ben Kalvin (ManDog) Emil Czerwiski (p1mp) Joseph Murphy (roachfingers) Dan (StunterDan) (XTREME0235) > Web Team AJ Collins (gamerzworld) RockstarNexus.com > Special Tools Sergey Mansurov (3Doomer) Yuriy Krivoruchko (GooD-NTS) Martijn van Berkel (Flitskikker) (seggaeman) (UZI-I) > Special thanks to Rockstar Games Rockstar North RAGE Technology Group And all others who we have forgotten to mention for their participation and support.

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