GTA SA Modding Guide - Absolute Essentials

[@catsmackaroo]

Episode 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4DWeqilhLOSaKc Looks like there's a superior crash logger now: www.mixmods.com.br/2021/06/crashinfo.html It's unfortunate this came out a few days after this video's release, but oh well. Use this as well as SCRLog to have the best crash logging available. Also apparently people can't load their saves when they use Community Map Fixes. You should start new game once you've installed all the mods you want, because you can run into other issues from not doing so (during playthroughs).

[@lucidmonkey7015]

After doing everything in your video, my game crashes halfway through loading, maybe I missed someone addressing it but do you have any clue on how to fix it from doing that?

[@fusionproductions1773]

SA Community Map Fixes Github link is not working for me

[@spydawyda1]

@@fusionproductions1773 same

[@ventiom]

@@lucidmonkey7015 then u did something wrong

[@lucidmonkey7015]

@@ventiom No actually, it was the map community fixes mod.

[@parajay6575]

I'm a 10+ year san andreas solo and multiplayer veteran and this might be the most complete modding video tutorial I've seen (yes I know this was uploaded almost a year ago but still )

[@khalilgumi]

Hey which servers do you play

[@heroofwither8908]

​@@khalilgumibro asked 1 year ago and still have no answer.. WE NEED JUSTICE FOR KHALILGUMI

[@Dimacheee]

ik@@heroofwither8908

[@khalilgumi]

@@heroofwither8908 😅

[@heroofwither8908]

@@khalilgumi xd

[@ArmiaKhairy]

I've started modding GTA SA back in 2009 maybe, It was more tedious since there wasn't any good mod selectors back then, but I now see it's far more easier, I will relive my good ol' days with modding GTA SA. the worst thing back then it was I had to manually edit the .img files myself

[@catsmackaroo]

Back when I didnt know modloader existed i manually edited img files... can confirm, pain in the ass!

[@christianarias6109]

thanks a lot, I've been trying to mod gta sa so I can show my dad the game.

[@hategravity4374]

🤣gl

[@Ceelker]

Found this from Internet Rob. Time to make a better experience than Defective Edition.

[@DaWhiteHowhard]

Calling The Definitive Edition "Defective Edition" is just corny af.

[@quickpointz7746]

@@DaWhiteHowhard it is tho

[@quickpointz7746]

@@DaWhiteHowhard corny ass fallout player

[@quickpointz7746]

@@DaWhiteHowhard corny ass name

[@DaWhiteHowhard]

@@quickpointz7746 Glad im not the only one who thinks of that.

[@FalB27]

When Catsmackaroo just decides to make another modding tutorial but you already know the game well enough to not need it love you dude lmao

[@GambinoTheGoat]

but stills watches again

[@ventiom]

Great tutorial for even veteran modders, mixmods is a gift from god.

[@richardlu6750]

Thank you for talking about open limit adjuster, mixsets and priorities. I had no idea how to use those when following Rob’s GTA SA’s modding video

[@catlayingonmywindow9508]

It is quite late to comment this, but I thought that it might be useful to other people who followed this guide. To anybody downloading the Community Map Fixes, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!! That causes all the crashing that everybody is experiencing. You could do all the steps right, but the thing is that this map fix mod crashes your game. Just skip it and continue doing everything else like normally. Otherwise, your game will either crash or freeze. Edit: You have to use the mod without project 2dfx as that's what's crashing the game. Community map fixes causes problems when project 2dfx is installed, so remove project2dfx to use the modpack.

[@X45Saucr]

do u want me to repost this comment so that everyone will know?

[@catlayingonmywindow9508]

@@X45Saucr you can if you want

[@Miercontent]

whats your discord i need your help

[@crunch6614]

This video is exactly what I've been looking for. I'd given up on trying to mod the game for like a year or two and recently wanted to give it another shot. Every video on the subject never explain ANYTHING and it's so frustrating for a noob like myself who is interested in learning. Thank you, so much man. I'm subscribed, cheers!

[@vokajor9043]

Everytime I mess something with the mods I find my way here. Thank you for the great guide!

[@kooldogkid149]

As someone with a lot of exp modding GTA San Andreas. This is extremely helpful for beginners. Although funny enough, it’s installed on program files (x86) and never had a issue, and never had anti-virus act out with mods. But still good to know nonetheless.

[@meinzainhun125]

my game crashes when i put imvehft is there a fix my game crashes at 50 percent in the loading scrreen

[@mariguanol9]

@@meinzainhun125 same bro and i dont know how to fix it

[@JJ_-fp9sj]

I was not expecting that comment about the ENB at the end. wonderful video, guided me perfectly through the process as a total beginner, wonderful job.

[@Dragonforce973735]

I am impressed at your ground-up explanation of everything. Good work man!

[@nay8101]

Thanks for the content, currently replaying Modded San Andreas, wouldn’t of been able to do it without you content! 👍🏻

[@ama-gii]

hey catsmackaroo, i'm new to the san andreas mod community and i understood everything - your montage, voice, mic quality, organization, everything is clean man! big props, you're a marvellous person bruhbruh. ps : i can't seem to find the "Community map fixes" anywhere since the github shit is dead. i saw your reply on an another comment and idk if i should dl another map fixes pack. thanks again for those awesome guides man

[@ama-gii]

i just stumbled on to your steamcommunity post where you said you had no clues how to find an alternative link or mirror ((:

[@manetstrang]

This is the most detailed and greatest tutorial video for setting up GTA San Andreas, really help me thanks man

[@FurtherAM]

Love this guy... helped me get on GTA 4 online.. helped me getting online with GTA san andreas! you are my hero man! i cant thank you enough!

[@rabrac8753]

Easy enough for a modding noob like me, thanks. Waiting for the future videos in this series :))

[@silentsneasel7965]

When i load the game after doing these steps, the loading bar gets full and the music keeps playing but the game freezes. Has anyone else found this?

[@Miercontent]

same issue

[@Miercontent]

i need help with that

[@jouby3109]

tried a good 2 hours, just trying to get the game to run at 60 fps without CJ dying to climbing over a 2ft wall. This shit helped immensely, thank you

[@imsupi]

what the f

[@concord15]

I know im super late, but thanks! Bro we got the same setting config!!!!!!!! I also set my sens to three bars and shift for sprint and space for jump!

[@Astro.-yc6lb]

Absolute legend bro, thank you

[@concord15]

ur welcone

[@GabeTheBabe7000]

I do the same, keeping the games on a different drive on a games folder is very helpful since keeping something on the programs files drive it will always ask for admin perms or pass and modding can be slower so keeping games on a different drive is very helpful

[@TatoAV]

I can't recommend that you follow this guide, the downgrader linked doesn't result in the necessary 13.7mb executable, instead it is a smaller one that doesn't work and will not recognize any mods, I needed to watch a different, more updated guide for it which provided a file that was double in size. The part about the essentials is way too rushed and it was a headache to setup, I ended up needing to follow a different, better guide. Finally I couldn't get the community fixes mod to work, I recommend you skip that part at least as it is outdated and if you follow the setup guide the mod creators give step by step, installing even the optionals, you may still end up like me, needing to delete it for the game to load (gets stuck in loading screen)

[@santosimonedelorenzo518]

This video really explained every single shit and it's very effective. I had another modded GTA SA before but I couldn't do much like adding cars etc. I tried modding GTA: Sa like this way like multiple times but it crashes. That was until I decided to watch all the video and BAM! everything worked fine. Thanks a lot. But I have installed a mod (first person mod) and I have added a car (didn't replace but added) the problem is that everytime I am in an added car and I get into first person everything crashes.

[@santosimonedelorenzo518]

Where could I ask for someone to help me and someone to send my full log file?

[@rudrakshasingh3889]

loading gets stuck after half bar, then the game crashes, i tried searching the mixmods crash page but it said about some .col file and i dont get it.... pls help

[@witiji]

same

[@adlinaufal9103]

Same

[@beedykh2235]

It would've been very helpful if you showed us how the game finally looks after all this work.

[@Lucas_Fidalgo]

Yeah I was wanting to see everything working as well

[@sailor3168]

If i study with that passion i would've been the first guy on my school

[@dumkorph]

If your game doesn't launch with Community Map Fixes, do not forget to install IMG archives: mega.nz/file/8I8g1Tra#ee25hFw-X52Y11DOoDZzqCixvV-dTAgivBO9hzrGd6M Install them and the game will launch fine

[@Plagueis66]

Thanks!

[@FurtherAM]

great tutorial man worked for me.. i kept it more simple tho.. just doing what you said.. get all mods first test them... then get your ENB... trying to get gta V mod... bring really new new graphics like gta 5

[@DrSpaceman42]

Good stuff man it’s surprisingly hard to find a good explanation in English on these things

[@paxamericana8728]

After playing GTA SA on my ps2 for months I finally broke. Spent 7 on G2A and I'm taking the dive into modding this broken pc port. Hopefully I didn't just spend 7 on a massive chore lmao. If this guide wasn't here I'd be lost thanks a bunch... wish me luck

[@SpookySkeletons]

Did all like in the video: Get the Error: "Hit limit COL Files". Despite having the Limiter installed, that in its .ini says "COL Files: Unlimeted"

[@anonymouse1001]

thank you so much for making this tutorial, this is the most detailed modding tutorial ive seen yet. sadly, gta: ug was shut down but i found a website that hosts it and i will post a reddit thread of a guy that still has it if yall want it! 😁

[@nickolas78gr24]

Nice video, goes in depth in all essentials.

[@Lorago]

You're the fucking GOAT dude! I can tell you've worked with Code/Development just by the way you explain things so clearly.

[@Ayman-kz2db]

Could u please help after I downloaded the essentials and ran my game it freezes at the Francis Int Airport screen

[@jurkii9032]

Same here

[@Ayman-kz2db]

its a project props error

[@Ayman-kz2db]

download an earlier version and it should work

[@davekeller8216]

Idk bro, but you're the most underrated youtuber on the platform Straight to the point and explicit details New sub

[@vaneyglas344]

*Dude "SA Community Map Fix" is a good mod but unfortunately many mods don't support this mod. I've lowered the priority but it still crashes. Examples such as Pre-lighting Fixes Pack. Well Unfortunately I had to Remove it from Modloader :(* yes simply I don't want to play with mods that make good roads with buildings that are bright like divine light Hey btw nice vid bro :) At first I couldn't mod in this game, (Y I know I'm stupid) but hey ur vid is so gud :)

[@catsmackaroo]

Community Map Fixes already has pre lighting fixes, which could be why its crashing. I dont have issues crashing whatsoever with it, so idk why people do... very weird

[@semosemo3827]

if you still have archive of "SA Community Map Fix" can you upload it because link is down?

[@tacoblude8208]

Bro thanks so much, I was ready to give up on pc San Andreas

[@spzyder]

rs dont ever stop uploading you goated asl

[@krishbhutani]

Thanks a lot man because of you i can now install mods which I coulnd't install and my gta sa is now way better I just installed GTA V graphics mod and a Forza Horizon 3 Speedometer its sick and also engine on/off mod the gameplay is smooth even after mods (my pc-i3 6th gen 4gb Ram 500gb HDD 2gb integrated graphics) it just took me an hour to completely learn how to add mods Thanks

[@YxnEugh]

!!! IF YOU CANT OPEN A SAVE FILE AFTER INSTALLING MAP FIXES !!! - go to the map fixes page and look at requirements and install them (ignore the ones you already have) the main one that fixed the issue for me was SA.PCArchivesPatch so make sure to install it

[@GreenSabre187]

thats a good info, your comment should be pinned im gonna try that now to see if it works

[@estidfelipelozanoreyes5682]

Awesome! A tiny rectification: .cs file extension doesn't stand for "custom scripts" but "c-sharp" (C#) that is a programming language.

[@eldrixxx]

Help, I followed this perfectly but it's telling me that I've reached the limit of .COL files, and I' m not sure how to fix it

[@SpookySkeletons]

same issue, found a fix?=

[@lndeptt]

my game crashes when i make new game or play on saved file

[@owenngantung5009]

Whenever I open the GTA SA, the loading bar stops and crash and shows another page saying "Problem : Hit Limit of COL Files" I dont really know how to fix it, if you could reply that'd be a great help!

[@SpookySkeletons]

found a fix?

[@Jesuskcj]

I got to say it, this is a good modding guide is quite useful. For the second part can you show how to add weapons, peds, cars without replacing?

[@catsmackaroo]

ye das da plan. forgot about peds tho, will add that to it!

[@Plagueis66]

Perfect explanation, you got the best tutorials out there. Appreciate you dawg

[@Justachamp772]

Thanks Man! I say make and look for more SA mods and comparison then go even back with Vice City. Still great job man now from 1 year it will take a 1hour you are amazing keep up the good work!!!

[@GodzillaTheAvenger]

In just 0.50 secs I learned how to better my gta sa than i been in last 10 yrs... better late then never huh😂🥂

[@bipulgamer07]

There's some problem with the downgrader. Everything else is greatly explained. Thanks mate!

[@WillieCWoody]

Hey Modders..!! First of al... Absolutely great Vid, and Thanx. Best one I've seen to date... Period.!! So..., I Mod myself, and I could really use some Help....!!! I'm in the process of reworking GTA SA Big Gangster Mod, which is a Mod originally by Jeansowaty that adds a ton of additional gangs to the game. So far I got 27 or 28 gangs in addition to the original 8. LS is done, LV mostly done, and still working on LV, SF and the Desert. The Gameplay it's self is "hell on wheels", most of the skins are high quality HD models from different artists... "Yeah.., they're Artists", that I made teams of, and it's just not possible to get boared with the game anymore..... AT ALL... This was made for Marathon Gaming!!! For example, I got the West Side Ballas splitting from the Ballas Gang, and are in conflict with East Side Ballas, Front Yard, and Rollin Heights Ballas, with support from the Vagos, all separately. The San Andreas Bikers being attacked by the "Evil" Lost MC, Dirty Fam Cop.. gonna add more dirty and clean cops, Temple in conflict with The Lost MC, The LV Mafia trying to move in on The Red Dragon Casino, speaking of Red Dragon.., The Red Dragon Tong LS in conflict with LS Rifas on one side, and Grape Ballas on the other, me constanly being followed by LS Vice by use of the Undercover Patrol 2.0 Mod. And with the addition of Global wars, Ex Gang Wars, and the Driveby Mod, you get drivebys, and gangs taking over the turfs of other gangs, which you are sometimes called upon to participate in. At times gangs that you're cool with will turn on you and try to expand their turfs. The Triads territory has been divided by The Mountain Clouds, The White Lotus Tong, The Black Dragon Clan, and The Red Dragon Tong. And to that, I've added Take Money and Run Mod. I plan to add the Yakuza, a branch of the Mafia, the Vagos, and more. really I've seen a great many of AWSOME and AMAZING versions of SA, but nothing like this. IT'S MAAADD...!! MADE FOR MARATHONS!!. ✋👿 PROBLEM IS.... I CAN'T GET THE ACCURSED THING STABLE....!!!!!! Ok.., let met first stop biting down on my bottom lip in extreme anger and frustration.... Ok..., I'm back. So that's where you all come in😁 People who love the game, and would like to participate in helping to make one of the greatest Mods for any game ever, and not because I say, but because it really is, you'd have to play it, should hit me up. You can find me on FB.. excusee me.., META, on Big Gangster Mod Advanced. The page is stilllll a work in progress, so it's nothing spectacular...yet. You can have the game as is so far for free, especially those who help, otherwise, I wouldn't want to release a version that's NonFunc. So..., look me, and hit me up.

[@thegeekone5396]

Dude thank you so much, it helped really well, if you will follow the guides, result will be perfect

[@BuddaDrifts]

im near the begining where were testing for the first time and i click the save or even new game and it loads to 99.999999 % and always freezes

[@joseenriquejoson1994]

I had that problem

[@itzwaleedyt9677]

@@joseenriquejoson1994 i am getting problem after the new game is fully loaded and about start scene where it shows the city name (b4 cj gets to arport scene) it stucks there... can you help me?

[@joseenriquejoson1994]

@@itzwaleedyt9677 I'm sorry, but I don't know

[@smlfandom333]

A very nicely explained video. This channel deserves way more subs than it has.

[@pieterrivo3928]

dude the sa community map fixes the link is broken please take a look and yeah nice video

[@notkornel]

Thanks man, helped me a lot, absolute life saver!

[@cannedbeverage7687]

13:00 What you've shown here is a mod menu. A trainer is a separate program that modifies the game (usually to give cheat-like effects, such as unlimited money, health, etc). All these mods that call themselves trainers are in fact not trainers. Now, don't get me wrong here, I'm not bashing these mod menus, I in fact highly advise anyone and everyone to use them over the real .exe trainers, as they are 99% of the time cleaner and better than the real trainers. I just wanted to clear up a misconception.

[@wazirssiblings3600]

Look hmmmmmm mod menu is like if u download a mod it has a menu right and trainers are basickly a menu for cheats other known as cheat menu soooo yeah .

[@cannedbeverage7687]

@@wazirssiblings3600 Trainers can only be separate programs, if it's a plugin for the game it's a mod menu. "Game trainers are *programs* made to modify the memory of a computer game..." - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainer_(games)

[@ceasarcruz8312]

same fuckin difference...

[@brandnewhope1807]

For the cracked players, the downgrade part is unessecery. Just download the Essential Pack then it's good to go. If it cracks after download the mods into your game then it's because of the mods

[@frog6054]

Really? I got San Andreas steamrip so I don't need to downgrade it?

[@brandnewhope1807]

@@frog6054 I suppose so since i don't play steam version ; )

[@chrisbriault7234]

I had already modded my gta sa, and I wanted to add another mod for the tag locations. It’s been awhile since I have modded, and I screwed it up. My game wouldn’t load. Had to uninstall it, and when I installed it again it would load but then close and I remembered it did that because it can’t play on modern pc’s so here I am ready to learn again 👍

[@PRIMESPROUTS]

i love this kind of video

[@stash2823]

Bro you are a legend , thank you so much this tutorial ❤️

[@user-yv9bh9tc9p]

pls if y'all know somebody who made this but in spanish, i'd appreciate if you share it to me EDIT: this video is one of the most complete in the whole community, even the russian one xd

[@Jon-ub3km]

hi, thanks for making the video, its very helpful, but after I followed your steps and installed community map fixes but my game crashes at the loading screen, do you have a fix?

[@ayfull.mp3]

same here

[@mykyta1235]

like ABSOLUTELY amazing content. Totally underrated content always hidden behind a ton of a garbage.

[@FurtherAM]

idk what is outdated but this doesnt work anymore sadly... still enjoy your help with the ENBs that saved me hours of hell getting the V graphics mod to work.. I had to use another more updated tutorial to mod

[@uchihaitachi5513]

thank you so much now i understand how modding works in gta sa best tutorial for begginners who start modding cant thank you enough buddies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@witiji]

Like other people, my game crashed at half loading screen. It happends to me but without modloader and _essentials. Maybe the problem is the vanilla game. I tried with another original GTA San Andreas that I have (no downgrade needed) and it worked. Idk try with a clean GTA SA without the downgrader.

[@razzzero9606]

Same I don't know what to do

[@MrStuniz96]

Sweeet now i can enjoy SA the best way possible😁✌🏻.

[@Flentric]

If you didn't know already, enb's can be loaded by ASI no need for bat.

[@catsmackaroo]

Not a lot of mods are adapted afaik

[@Flentric]

@@catsmackaroo You can load any enb by it, I've tested it.

[@prosperity144]

Cat works soo hard 👍👍good job bud

[@fatherWolt]

DO NOT exclude your downloads folder from Antivirus. IF a mod is flagged and you know it's safe, just exclude the file itself. Anti Virus is there for a reason.

[@emmygraphics5741]

Love this bro it really change my gaming experience

[@redakted808s7]

My game dies as soon as i try load a save file and the log wont tell me anything :( Edit: i found the problem due to another comment it turns out that the Community fixes mod if anyone knows why this crashes my game that would be helpful but im just happy that my gta is now playable :)

[@denciopuds6723]

I followed all your instructions yet mine is still crashing due to Community fixes

[@eldrixxx]

same

[@moelkomie3091]

straight forward and super easy to understand

[@Evil_Time]

i cant do missons any solution?

[@ahnison2230]

"This ENB looks like absolute dogshit, but it does work." all that matters right xD

[@AstronomerKSP]

I found a better alternative to the Map Fixes mod: z-pc-maps-fixes-correcoes-para-o-mapa

[@HeraldOD]

Thanks a bunch, too bad community map fixes is down :(

[@novideoscorp]

Holy Frick this is complicated, thought I only need to listen to a video a couple of times and am good, but this is gonna be homework, hopefully I do it right.

[@funnyvalentine601]

its a good thing that pirating isnt an enforced law because i wasnt able tot get the OG trilogy pre definitive edition since they were taken down from steam when the definitive edition trailer dropped

[@bluegary2470]

Dose anyone know what to do when you try to load the 100%/New save and then there is a error that says "Hit limit of Col files" then crashes .

[@SpookySkeletons]

Same issue a year later, found a fix?

[@strangecloudsgaming3678]

I’m getting a infinite loading screen after i load my save game. How i fix that?

[@anasallham4948]

BRO THE SA Community Map Fixes is not working can you please help me

[@mfm00nxz_osu15]

when i run install.bat it closes in not even a second

[@Ryixxx]

2 year old vid ik, but i recommend making the vanilla copy AFTER installing the essentials mod pack. it fixes some annoying stuff like the mouse not working and stuff like that.

[@Evil_Time]

i cant do missons any solution?

[@victoriaeli8953]

BEST TUTORIAL OUT THERE!

[@10Simon01]

Thank you SO MUCH man. am kinda new to modding gta sa but it looks like its so hard... still thanks

[@insag777]

Hello bro , ah just a quick question , do we need Ultimate ASI Loader after installing Silent's ASI Loader ?

[@achistayblessedgbg]

Bruhhh thanks ive beeen raging cuz my gta crashes when i put modloader now it fixes thank u earn a sub other youtuber is not useful

[@datbowser5712]

25 mins and a second episode yea...aight bro

[@eashub3413]

Very Detailed. Thanks man!

[@lexicillin]

Hi, just to inform you, the GTA SA dowgrader download link is not working, the mega website does not load, but it does load for the v2 to v1 version and the other GTA games. I do have a backup for the file though, so I didn't need to download a new one

[@Darkinad]

great guide, helpful, thank you very much

[@semosemo3827]

SA-Community-Map-Fixes DOWN

[@thebeastballer228]

MAN that's excellent i still didin't try nothing but i like how you explain stuff !!! by the way SA Community Map Fixes: is unavailable.

[@pucek365]

Great tutorial man, thanks very much!

[@tomaz9601]

So good to see a brazilian website in such a great vid like this

[@irakloostranathan33]

?

[@ariqstevann]

i have a problem after installing enb's, it said "cannot find 1536x864x32 video mode". do u guys have any ideas how to fix this problem? Please help me