ESRB Attempts to Shut Down Modding, Modding Strikes Back
Modders attempt to merge GTA3 and GTAVC with San Andreas
The inevitable modding project for combining games from the GTA3 series into one using the San Andreas engine has taken off. A group producing a mod known as GTA:LVS aim upon merging Liberty City from GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas all into one, and then allowing the player to travel between each of these. Whilst the mod is still very much a work in progress, the first screenshots are present from Liberty City and given sufficient time the project could have the same success as GTA: Liberty City's port of GTA3 into the Vice City engine. Some members from the GTA: Liberty City team also expressed an interest in attempting to achieve a port to the San Andreas engine.
Vice City Multiplayer - First Release
The Vice City Multiplayer project started by the San Andreas Multiplayer team as a prerequisite to their SA-MP development has proven to be far more productive than their first estimates were. VC-MP has been described as far from final, but the team believe that this release is an enjoyable release to play and should provide some commonly demanded features for the community that other mods do not have.
• Vehicles and Players are accurately synchronised with few differences from one client to another.
• Server administrators have the ability to customize parked cars and player spawns with an INI file, other options such as enabling/disabling friendly fire and the ability to limit the playing area make gameplay more enjoyable.
• An installer and launcher makes getting in-game easy.
• Despite best efforts, a few crashes still occur.
• Finding servers is not always easy, but those with an IRC client can use #vc-mp-servers to find online servers.