Plane handling in action on GTAIV

[[DRuG]NikT]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.... all we need now is for the dff plugins to evolve for IV, and we can change the model, too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGJdGkqfMlQ

HANDLING.DAT
add flag: "IS_PLANE" to "fbi".
copy plane-handling: "fighter" and rename it "fbi".
copy flying-handling: "fighter" and rename it "fbi".
VEHICLES:IDE
change Type "car" to "plane"

[Capsinurass]

Yeah just tested it, it works!!! sweeet

only hard thing is that (by default) you have to use ctrl to fly up and shift to fly down

EDIT: its a fucking bitch to fly like srsly hard.... and OMFG hight limit!!!!!!! srsly >:(

EDIT2: ok sooo after awhile you get use to it.. but its still not that easy!

[[DRuG]NikT]

Fucking awesome - this is why the GTA3 dodo was so popular - took a lot of practice to fly.

Caps - I'd be very interested in packaging this as a mod tonight, where we document it and package the docs as a mod.

One of the things we could also experiment with, is different vehicles having this technique applied to them, even, perhaps, seeing what happens if we substitute in a dff model and rename... perhaps using this technique, the Androm (plane at the airport that auto-flies) may not crash the game when it has it's flags set to IS_PLANE??

[DRuG]NikT tries not to get too excited just yet... but dude.. this is a breakthrough... after everything everyone said... technically GTAIV does have planes - I can't wait to compare the engine to previous versions.

[Capsinurass]

yeah thats what i was thinking if we can change the model we could have ourselves a real plane mod, is there a IMG tool out for gta4 yet or will the old ones for SA work?

EDIT: i found one

EDIT2: i was playing around with handling config and now no cars spawn anywere, its and empty city!

EDIT3: ahha umm it wasnt in the handling it was beacuse i had the IMG editing tool open while i was playing

EDIT4: well i have changed the configs to both the dodo and androm and it dont seem to make much diffrence in how it handles :S

[[DRuG]Shane0]

yeah thats what i was thinking if we can change the model we could have ourselves a real plane mod, is there a IMG tool out for gta4 yet or will the old ones for SA work?

EDIT: i found one

EDIT2: i was playing around with handling config and now no cars spawn anywere, its and empty city!

EDIT3: ahha umm it wasnt in the handling it was beacuse i had the IMG editing tool open while i was playing

EDIT4: well i have changed the configs to both the dodo and androm and it dont seem to make much diffrence in how it handles :S

Whats the imgtool for gta 4 ?

[Capsinurass]

its called SparkIV it works pritty well (http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=384933)

lets you decompile scripts and recompile them

[[DRuG]Shane0]

its called SparkIV it works pritty well (http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=384933)

lets you decompile scripts and recompile them

Thanks will download that and have a little play around.

[Capsinurass]

Remember to back up the file if your going to change anything!!

PS- ill post more detailed instructions of how to get cars to fly like planes, i hope it can be done easyly with any vehicle.