Credit where it's due: 4[903:931:9414] <04&Sylar> Ratzu,
4[903:931:9434] <04&Sylar> Go make guide.
4[903:931:9514] <04&Sylar> "how2mod?"


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Well, let's get started. First of all make sure you have these four things:

WinRAR x86 or x64

Alci's IMG Editor 1.5

San Andreas Mod Installer

A mod you would like to install, here are some good websites for mods:
NFSUDesign
GTA Gaming
The GTA Place

Put the mod you downloaded into a folder (anywhere), you usually would make a folder on the desktop and move the mod inside.

Now that you have what you need, let's get our hands dirty.

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Sections:
Installing Car Mods
Installing Tune-able Cars and Skins
Installing and Optimizing ENB Series

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For Car Mods:

We have two ways to do this, the easy way (with San Andreas Mod Installer) and the hard way (with Alci's IMG Editor 1.5). SAMI has it's advantages, automatic backups and automatic installation, so we're going to be using this, but it only works for car mods, or mods that have a *.sami file included, most mods don't. We're going to be doing this with SAMI, because doing more work to accomplish the same thing is a waste of time.

Assuming you've already downloaded a mod, and SAMI, we're just going to start from the point where you start SAMI (Always start SAMI as an administrator).
You should see the following screen:

Click on "Install a mod"
The following screen should appear, tick folder (#1), and then click browse (#2), to browse for your mod (The folder I mentioned earlier).

Select the folder where the mod is located

Click OK
Then click "Continue", the following screen should appear:

You generally disregard the information on this screen, so click "Continue".

On the next screen, name the mod and select the car you want it to replace.
IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE THAT IF THE MOD IS A TWO DOOR VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE YOU REPLACE IS A TWO DOOR VEHICLE, AND SO ON.
If you don't, all I can say is: OPCOEDSSSSS :DDDD
On the next screen, simply click "Install."
Enjoy your car mod :>

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For Everything Else (Including tune-able car mods and skins):

Well, here is when it gets a little bit harder, not too hard, but you have to think about what you're doing.

First of all, head over to you GTA SA folder then go to the models folder. Back up gta3.img.

Copy it, and paste it somewhere else.

After you've done this, open Alci's IMG Editor 1.5 (ALWAYS RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR) click open (Folder), and browse to your gta3.img (Not the backup), open it. You should see the following:

Click "Import (remove if exists)" (Green arrow pointing downward)
And browse for your mod's folder, then select ALL the DFF and TXD files inside of the mod's folder.

Then click "Open."
You should see the items you've imported in green text.

Then click Rebuild (Gear).

Wait for the archive to rebuild completely, and close Alci's IMG Editor.
The mod should be installed correctly.

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ENB Series:

As I promised here is the guide to installing ENB, for those who can't quite figure it out.

First things first, get ENB Series.

After it's done downloading, open it with WinRAR.

After you've done so, open your GTA SA folder, and drag them into there (you only need to drag in d3d9.dll and enbseries.ini).

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This next part is optional, but if you don't do it, ENB series will not only lag you to hell, but it'll also look like shit while it is lagging you to hell.

Open enbseries.ini, and replace the text inside with the following:
[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=0
InitProxyFunctions=0
ProxyLibrary=
[GLOBAL]
UseEffect=0
AlternativeDepth=0
AllowAntialias=1
BugFixMode=0
SkipShaderOptimization=0
QuadVertexBuffer=1
EnableShaders_3_0=1
UseMRTRendering=0
AdditionalConfigFile=
[EFFECT]
EnableBloom=0
EnableOcclusion=0
EnableReflection=1
EnableMotionBlur=0
EnableWater=0
EnableShadow=1
DepthBias=50
EnableDepthOfField=0
[INPUT]
KeyUseEffect=123
KeyBloom=120
KeyOcclusion=121
KeyReflection=122
KeyCombination=16
KeyScreenshot=44
KeyShadow=119
KeyWater=118
KeyShowFPS=106
[REFLECTION]
ReflectionPower=40
ChromePower=5
UseCurrentFrameReflection=1
ReflectionQuality=0
ReflectionSourceSpecular=10
ReflectionSourceTFactor=40
UseAdditiveReflection=1
ReflectionDepthBias=32
UseLowResReflection=0
ReflectionSinglePass=1
UseEnvBump=1
EnvBumpAmount=160
EnvBumpOffset=100
ReflectionFlip=1
[BLOOM]
BloomPowerDay=18
BloomFadeTime=1500
BloomConstantDay=1
BloomQuality=0
BloomScreenLevelDay=90
BloomCurveDay=4
BloomPowerNight=35
BloomConstantNight=10
BloomCurveNight=7
BloomScreenLevelNight=100
BloomAdaptationScreenLevel=80
BloomAdaptationMultiplier=20
BloomAllowOversaturation=1
BloomMaxLimit=20
[SSAO]
UseFilter=1
OcclusionQuality=0
FilterQuality=0
DarkeningLevel=25
BrighteningLevel=35
IlluminationLevel=15
AdditiveIlluminationLevel=15
UseAmbientOcclusion=1
UseIndirectLighting=1
FadeDistance=35
UseForAlphaTest=1
UseForAlphaBlend=1
UseIndirectLightning=1
[COLORCORRECTION]
DarkeningAmountDay=-40
ScreenLevelDay=60
ScreenLevelNight=20
DarkeningAmountNight=-40
GammaCurveDay=3
GammaCurveNight=2
ColorSaturationDay=-1
ColorSaturationNight=-1
UsePaletteTexture=1
[WATER]
UseWaterDeep=1
WaterDeepness=125
WaterQuality=0
[SHADOW]
ShadowFadeStart=880
ShadowFadeEnd=1000
ShadowAmountDay=50
ShadowAmountNight=35
ShadowScreenLevelDay=60
ShadowScreenLevelNight=20
ShadowQuality=2
UseShadowFilter=1
FilterQuality=2
ShadowBlurRange=27
[ENGINE]
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=1
MaxAnisotropy=16
ForceDisplayRefreshRate=0
DisplayRefreshRateHz=60
[MOTIONBLUR]
MotionBlurQuality=2
MotionBlurVelocity=70
MotionBlurRotation=70
[PERPIXELLIGHTING]
SpecularColorMin=0
SpecularColorMax=100
SpecularColorMultiplier=100
SpecularGlossinessMin=0
SpecularGlossinessMax=50
SpecularGlossinessMultiplier=100
[DEPTHOFFIELD]
DOFQuality=0
DOFNumberOfPasses=2
DOFBlurinessRange=100
DOFFocusRange=1000
[PLUGIN]
WeatherMod=0

And then save and close.
Activate ENB series with Shift+F12.
Enjoy!

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Feel free to tell me if I did anything wrong or if I should add anything, I'll fix it or add it :>

Andrei?

Name In Game: Ratzu
Age: 14, nearly 15
Nationality: Cuban, parents are Cuban, I was born in the US.
Occupation/Student (If Neither, say so.): Student
What languages do you speak? (If not fluent in one, say so.): Spanish, English.
Do you know any coding languages?: Basic knowledge of PAWN, still learning. Sometimes I can decipher mIRC.
How long have you been a part of SA-MP?: 3 years.
How long have you been a member of the EGC Community?: Almost a month now.
Are you a member of any other EGC Games etc, apart from ECNR? (If none available leave blank):
What can you bring to the ECNR Administration Team?: Activity, patience, good service, and I also promise to always help players when asked for help.
What sets you apart from other players?: Well, this is the only server (the old CRRPG) I've played on since I was like 11, so by now I basically know the rules like the back of my hand, and in most cases, the action that is usually taken when each of them is broken.
Are you willing to put pride & ego aside to benefit ECNR At every turn?: Of course.
What is your reasons for wanting to be an ECNR Administrator?: Well, I've been here for quite a while and I really feel like I should be doing more for the community, helping new players, taking action on players who do not follow the rules, and making the server a more pleasant experience overall.

How Active Are You? Give your approx hours per day, for example:
Monday: 2PM-10PM GMT. Ensure all times are in GMT Format.


Monday: 8PM-3AM GMT (Sometimes I may be able to get on IRC about 5 minutes in the mornings 11AM GMT)
Tuesday: 8PM-3AM GMT (Sometimes I may be able to get on IRC about 5 minutes in the mornings 11AM GMT)
Wednesday: 8PM-3AM GMT (Sometimes I may be able to get on IRC about 5 minutes in the mornings 11AM GMT)
Thursday: 8PM-3AM GMT (Sometimes I may be able to get on IRC about 5 minutes in the mornings 11AM GMT)
Friday: 8PM-7AM GMT (Sometimes I may be able to get on IRC about 5 minutes in the mornings 11AM GMT)
Saturday: 3PM-7AM GMT
Sunday: 7PM-3AM GMT (Every other week I'll get on from about 5PM GMT or so, sometimes earlier, sometimes later)

Also, when you're playing Call of Duty or something of the sort, you don't think "Man, I wish sync was bad so I couldn't shoot the player directly."
And people go all crazy when hitboxes are fucked up, so seriously, you cannot prefer bad sync over an accurate hit system.

EDIT: Holy shit. This could be used to put an end to db on foot. It can be used to determine whether the player who dealt damage was in a vehicle, and prevent the damage from being translated to the player. It could be used to end deathmatching as a whole (if you wanted to go crazy about it). You could determine whether the player who shot was raped, robbed, kidnapped, etc in the time limit, if he was not, the other player simply does not take any damage. Same with cops, if the player is white/yellow, no damage is taken.

I find it baffling that you guys don't want to fix the main problem with SAMP.
If the SAMP Team fixes it in the next version you'll all be like "omg look at the sync" and praise the work of the samp team, because they fixed a problem in their game.
Now we have a solution at hand to put an end to the problem, and you guys reject it because shooting the air rather than the player is fun.

Francis

Shooting someone does take skill, certainly more than praying while you spray the air next to the person.