Silent Patch + Controller Support (VC)

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

For the respective GTA III and GTA SA discussions, please use the following 2 links:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/12100/discussions/0/34096318964714852/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/12120/discussions/0/34096318964479523/


What is Silent Patch?

Silent Patch is an unofficial patch that fixes all the remaining issues with this game whilst bringing back features that were only found in the console releases as well. In my opinion: it's now a necessity for any player and ultimately gives you the best GTA VC experience possible. A changelog for it can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/12110/discussions/0/34096318964657113/#c34096318964672978


How do I install Silent Patch?

To install it: simply go to link 1, expand the box below the "Silent Patch" heading and click the "Download" button, and then in the same section click the "Download DDraw Component" button there as well. After that, unzip the Silent Patch file and then drag and drop its "SilentPatchVC.asi" file AND "data" folder into your game's main folder. Lastly, unzip the Silent Patch DDraw file this time and then drag and drop its .dll file into your game's main folder.

1. https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/gta-vc/#silentpatch


Original Soundtrack

These files come directly from my Steam copy of Vice City. Anyone that bought Vice City on Steam prior to 2012 like me has the full soundtrack on Steam. All you need to do is replace your files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto Vice City\Audio\ with the files contained in the .zip file that you can download from the link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/loxtve11ociovga/Original%20Vice%20City%20soundtrack%20.zip?dl=1 ".


Controller support?

Simply expand the box below the "Ginput" heading from link 1 and click the "Download" button. The contents should go into your game's main folder.

1. https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/gta-vc/#ginput


Some extra information on frame limiter bugs and crashing!

• GTA III, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas should all have the in-game frame limiter (Options --> Display Setup --> Advanced) enabled, otherwise you'll run into odd bugs. In GTA III and GTA: Vice City specifically, you'll notice physics-related bugs and cars aceelerating/braking incredibly fast. So do yourself a favour and enable the frame limiter which will lock your game to 30 FPS.

• Although this is often recommended for San Andreas... if your game crashes a lot (often when vehicles explode), I recommend setting the game's .exe file (gta_vc.exe) to Windows 2000 compatibility mode. You can do this by right-clicking the file and select "Properties". From there click on the Compatibility tab and then tick the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and choose "Windows 2000" from the drop-down bar below this. Finally, click "Apply" and then "OK".


Who do I thank?

Silent - for his Silent Patch and GInput. He can be found on Steam and the gtaforums.
The rest of the modding community - for keeping Vice City alive all this time.


Thank you.

[Brottweiler]

Автор сообщения: -3xA'Lu©κy

Автор сообщения: Brottweiler

No, is downgrading required?

For GInput to correctly work, yes.

Ah. I didn't see any info about it in the readme, so I assumed it would work. I read now about how to downgrade so I will look into it.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Links are updated to include the newest silent patch build.

New bug fixes:
•Made the game select metric/imperial units basing on system locale settings. This can be overridden from the INI file

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

The new "corona" update for GTA: Vice City has been made available to all Vice City players. And with it, comes several new features:

•Sirens of emergency vehicles have received correct corona placements, so they now actually match models!
•Sirens of FBI vehicles in both GTA III and Vice City have been improved
•A glitch that allowed vehicles without any extras to spawn (i.e. lightless taxis) has now been addressed
•Fix for all submachine guns sounding the same when any of them are used to perform a drive-by
•Fixed corona lines rendering on non-NVIDIA graphics cards.
•extra6 can now be picked by the game when a random extra is to be picked
•Fix for light glows not showing under pickups/fire has been redone from scratch

[SuperFrodo]

So I don't know how relevant this is or if you guys can even help out with it, but I have a retail boxed copy of Vice City on CDs that I'm trying to run with silent patch and through trouble shooting have found that as long as the "SilentPatchVC.asi" file is in my directory, the game will freeze on the "Grand Theft Auto Vice City" screen after the game's intro, and I can tell it's going to stay frozen when I hear my DVD drive stop spinning.

But while Silent Patch is the only thing crashing my game, the other mods often shown alongside SP (ginput, widescreen fix) are having issues too. Widescreen fix does what it says on the tin, but every time I hit escape I get to see "Rockstar Presents" for a second, and Ginput straight up doesn't work at all.

I've reinstalled my game, restarted my PC, tried running the game in compatability modes for XPsp3 and ME, as well as admin, and tried deleting the "gta_vc.set" file (doing so fixed GTA:SA so maybe it would work here too), but so far no change. I'm also running on Windows 10.

[pisau]

Классно

[荔枝啊栗子]

Автор сообщения: Lounger, The Creator

Автор сообщения: Wersuz

Hey dude i like this game very much but i cant play it because of y-axis problem this is so anoying please help me

I also have this problem.
If I set Mouse Sensitivity in VC to low, the horizontal axis is fine, but vertical is waay too fast. Any fix for this?

it seems that you can only try to get used of it

[Silent]

Автор сообщения: 荔枝

it seems that you can only try to get used of it

That is fixed by SilentPatch for years now.

[Timotheeee1]

Автор сообщения: Silent

Автор сообщения: 荔枝

it seems that you can only try to get used of it

That is fixed by SilentPatch for years now.

I'm using the definitive edition (mod pack) and the vertical sens is about twice as high as the horizontal sens regardless of what settings I use. please fix or just add a separate slider for vertical sens.

[Delta_Assault]

Автор сообщения: -3xA'Lu©κy

The new "corona" update for GTA: Vice City has been made available to all Vice City players.

Well this was unfortunate timing...

[MrEWhite]

Автор сообщения: Timotheeee1

Автор сообщения: Silent

That is fixed by SilentPatch for years now.

I'm using the definitive edition (mod pack) and the vertical sens is about twice as high as the horizontal sens regardless of what settings I use. please fix or just add a separate slider for vertical sens.

Just install the latest SilentPatch.

[Timotheeee1]

Автор сообщения: MrEWhite

Автор сообщения: Timotheeee1

I'm using the definitive edition (mod pack) and the vertical sens is about twice as high as the horizontal sens regardless of what settings I use. please fix or just add a separate slider for vertical sens.

Just install the latest SilentPatch.

thanks it worked. the other problem I had is that when I go into a vehicle the mouse sensitivity is extremely low until I get out again. is there a way to fix it ?

[Silent]

Автор сообщения: Timotheeee1

Автор сообщения: MrEWhite

Just install the latest SilentPatch.

thanks it worked. the other problem I had is that when I go into a vehicle the mouse sensitivity is extremely low until I get out again. is there a way to fix it ?

I'll have to look into that as it sounds like it could be a valid issue.

[Timotheeee1]

Автор сообщения: Silent

Автор сообщения: Timotheeee1

thanks it worked. the other problem I had is that when I go into a vehicle the mouse sensitivity is extremely low until I get out again. is there a way to fix it ?

I'll have to look into that as it sounds like it could be a valid issue.

in my case the sens in vehicles is about 2.42 times lower than on foot. try making them match if you can.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Автор сообщения: Delta_Assault

Автор сообщения: -3xA'Lu©κy

The new "corona" update for GTA: Vice City has been made available to all Vice City players.

Well this was unfortunate timing...

Автор сообщения: Delta_Assault

Автор сообщения: -3xA'Lu©κy

The new "corona" update for GTA: Vice City has been made available to all Vice City players.

Well this was unfortunate timing...

Lol. Guess I made a huge faux pas on my part.

[LazyFitPerson]

Downloaded and added the patch. it worked for GTA 3, but nothing is working for Vice City or SA. Any advice???