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[highlight]Manually Installing a car into San Andreas PC v1
This is the most common and popular type of modding, for one of the most popular games of all time.
The basic steps are as follows:
Download and extract the mod, replace the DFF and TXD into gta3.img (If backing up, rename the files you are replacing in gta3.img first, for example, from dumper.dff to dumper_old.dff), replace the lines in handling.cfg, carcols.dat, default.ide, vehicles.ide and carmods.dat (If such replacement files/lines are included in the mod), run the game and test the mod.
So...
- Extract the mod file(s) to a folder...
- Open GTA3.IMG with IMG Tool 2, and find the file you want to replace. Rename it for backup.
- Use the Command/Add option and add the file you extracted in Step 1 to gta3.img.
If the mod has other files such as handling.cfg, carmods.dat, etc...you can simply add those files, but if have previously modified the files then you will need to only replace the required line or your other mods won't work. Open the files in your San Andreas/data folder with Notepad. Replace the lines. If you want to back up the files, copy the one you want to backup to your desktop, rename the one in the data folder (like handlingold.cfg) and move the one on your desktop back to the data folder) Use the regular one for mods.
- Remember to backup the .dat, .cfg, and .ide files if they need modded.
- Copy the lines to the files in the data folder.[/highlight]
