Iron Man IV script mod - Possible problems and possible solutions :)

In this post i wanna show some possible problems that you can have with Iron Man IV script and some possible solutions.

First of all, if the script don't work, you did something wrong or have wrong or incompatible software (Crack, patch version, ASI loader, scripthook version, etc.), the script works fine if everything is ok, and it's not hard to make it happen, basically a fresh install of the game "patched" to 1.0.4.0 in a computer with .Net framework 4.0 and running the game as administrator will be enough.

Download last version (v1.1) here

If version 1.0 results in "Error in script 'Iron Man IV'", try the prerelease of version 1.1 here.

Also you can download this Test Version of the script to see if it will work fine, in this version i did some extra checks and removed XNA XBox 360 control support that can be making game crash for some people.


Make sure that you have the following packages installed:

http://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/download/details.aspx?id=17851
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
and maybe:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

Make sure that you can load .Net Scripthook scripts or you will not be able to run this mod :(


Possible problems

• Game crash at loading screen.

This can happen if you:

Is using wrong ScriptHook.dll version, the default DLL that goes with script its to be used with GTA with patch 1.0.6.0 or later, or with EFLC, if you wanna run the script in the GTA with patch 1.0.4.0 or lower you  need to copy the DLL from folder "DLL for 1.0.4.0" and overwrite the default one in the GTAIV.exe folder.

Didn't copied file Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll, this file is loaded by script with xbox 360 control support, so if its missing game will crash at loading screen when script is loaded.

• Error in script 'Iron Man IV':

Try the command reloadscripts, press " to see the scripthook console window.

This error can happen if you don't copy all files from Scripts folder:

to Scritps folder in GTAIV.exe folder.

This error can happen too if another script mod is deleting one of the Iron Man IV objects, in this case i recommend to remove all other scripts and test only with Iron Man IV to make sure that this is the reason or not.

Sometimes this error can happen randomly at game startup, in this case try using the scripthook console command reloadscripts, press " to see the console window then type the command.

• Game crash at first screen (black screen):

Some users had this issue and was related to incompatible ScriptHookDotNet.asi file, so they tryed other sources and worked.

Another thing that you can try is use CCleaner to clean windows registry issues, this helped one of the users, game was crashing at loading screen and all was properly installed, so he did this registry clean and the problem was fixed :)

I hope that this info can help you solve your Iron Man IV problems :)


Check the new armors post :)

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[Script] Chainsaw for GTA iV

Chainsaw gun in GTA Vice City was a bad ass gun, why don't have something similar in GTA IV?

Download: Main link (mirror1)

You will be able to equip an chainsaw and have some GTA Vice City killing style.

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[TUT] Cool "3D" target HUD

Today i wanna show how you can use some game features to create an cool "3D" target HUD to use in your scripts, this is an preview of what I'm talking about:

Download the sample script here.

The idea consists in draw checkpoints/coronas around the target, we will use the native function DRAW_CHECKPOINT to draw the checkpoints.

Download the sample project here, let's use this project as the base for this tutorial.

We will need the following objects to make this code work:

here we will store the possible targets

this will be the interval of the targets search

this object will give offset positions around the target

this is just an variable to help us create an rotation effect for the target HUD, we will increase it and apply to the Y value of the targetAux object rotation

this will set the actual target so we can kid with it :)


When the script loads we should create the object, choose an model with small volume to avoid collisions with other things, we also set this object to be invisible, without collisions and with freezeposition set to true, the wait(500) it's an single delay to avoid script crash at first start, because when game finishes loading the object creation can fail:

Ok, first let's search for the possible targets, in the tick let's check if the timer variable (timeWaitSearchTargets) it's less than zero, then we will reset it to 300 and search for the targets, so each 300 ms we will update the targets list:

Now we will reset the actual target to nothing and run the targets list to see what vehicle is close enough to the aim, we will do it only if user is pressing Aim key and if the targets list exists:

I'm using this method to find the targets.

Now that we have our target we can draw the checkpoint around it:

How it works:

First we set the targetAux object position to player position, you can use current camera position, but the result its almost the same
Then we set the rotation of this object to be the same of the camera
Now we just need to use the method GetOffsetPosition to detect the position around it and based on this we can define the Offset position around the target:

To get the position above the target:

Bellow target:

on the Left:

on the right Right:

This is an simple idea that works very fine, isn't the best option but works fine :)

You can use lights and coronas too, the result will look better.

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[Script] Iron Man IV - Release post and installation guide :)

This mod allows you to have some Iron Man features like repulsor beam, cannon and flight :)

Download and installation guide:
http://gtaxscripting.blogspot.com/2013/05/iron-man-iv-installation-guide-based-on.html

New armors:
http://gtaxscripting.blogspot.com/2013/05/iron-man-iv-new-armors.html

Features

Different armors with armor selection menu

Super strength melee attacks (Q and R keys)

Minigun/cannon

Darts for silent kill

Mini rockets with multi target lock (up to 10)

Hand repulsor beam

Chest repulsor beam

Flight ability

Also you can have one Ally to help you and flying enemies

Controls

Options Menu:

Number 0 (not numpad0) - Show Options Menu
Left/Right - Switch menu item
Enter - Choose/Toggle menu item

Hold Spacebar (Jump) briefly to toggle Flight Mode ON/OFF
Hold Right Mouse Button (Aim) to aim/Set Targets (Must hold Aim to fire)
Left Mouse Click (Fire) - Fire Weapon
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Switch Weapons
Hold Middle Mouse Button to see Weapon Selection menu, move the mouse to select and release Middle Mouse Button to accept (Crysis Style)
E - Switch to next Weapon

In Flight Mode:

W - Go Forward
S - Go Backward
A/D - Strafe Left/Right
Shift - Go Up
Control - Go Down
B - Hold to be able to rotate camera around player without changing player's rotation

Ground Combat Only:

Q - Powered Kick
R - Powered Uppercut


Xbox 360 Controller

Options Menu:

Hold Left Bumper and Right Bumper together - Show Options Menu
Left/Right on Dpad - Switch menu item
A Button - Choose/Toggle menu item

Hold X Button (Jump) briefly to toggle Flight Mode ON/OFF
Hold Left Trigger (Aim) to aim/Set Targets (Must hold Aim to fire)
Right Trigger - Fire Weapon (Tap for most Weapons, Must hold to fire Minigun)
Dpad Left/Right - Switch Weapons

In Flight Mode:

Left Stick Up - Go Forward
Left Stick Down - Go Backward
Left Stick Left/Right - Strafe Left/Right
Click Left Stick - Go Up
Click Right Stick - Go Down

Ground Combat Only:

Left Bumper - Powered Kick
Right Bumper - Powered Uppercut



Observation for ENB/iCeNhancer users

The repulsor beam effect uses corona to simulate the beam, so the intensity of corona effect must be greater or equal to 2:

[LIGHTSPRITE]
Intensity=2.0

file that has this config: enbseries.ini or iceconfig.ini

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GTA3 Rage Classic - Junkyard car smasher

Today i was kidding with GTA III Rage Classic and decided to create an junkyard car smash feature:

Download:
GTA 4 Mods (mirror1, mirror2)

Controls:

Numpad 4, 6 - rotate crane
Numpad 8, 5 - change crane pitch
Numpad 0 - toggle magnet on/off
Numpad subtract, add - change magnet height above ground


You can leave an vehicle in an place to trigger the automatic mode:

or go to the control place and control the crane and magnet:

you can pick more than one vehicle:

Actually should work only in the GTA 3 Rage Classic mod, I'm planning to extend this to GTA IV/EFLC, but i need to find some models first.

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[Update] AC-130 v1.1

This is the new version of my AC-130 script, not big changes, i don't know what more i can do for this script

What i did:

Performance improvement using new methods to find targets and create the night vision effect
Added XBox 360 controller
Added thermal camera effect
Added more effect for .40 and .105 projectiles
Added option to skip resolution auto detect for users that run at 3860x2160 (downsampling method)
Added new target HUD for Air support mode
Fixed EFLC texture issues
Fixed texture stretch issue
Fixed some bugs

Download: GTA 4 Mods (GTA Garage, Mod DB)

Script will go with two versions:

Default (AC130.net.dll): Requires dll Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll in GTAIV.exe folder (included)
Non XNA (AC130Files\No XNA\AC130.vb): Without XBox 360 controller support.

Why we have two versions? Because in my tests with San Andreas IV the XNA version don't work :(


Controls: Keyboard + mouse:


F7 - Activate AC130 in remote control mode
in this mode, hotkeys are:

Hold middle mouse button and move mouse Up/Down to zoom in/out (change FOV)
1 - Switch to 105mm
2 - Switch to 40mm
3 - Switch to 20mm
Right click - toggle gun
W - Speed up plane
S - Slow down plane
A - turn left
D - turn right
Left click - Shoot with actual gun
C - Change camera when in 105mm gun mode
N - Switch nightvision mode On/OFf (EFLC will have one extra: thermal vision mode, ON/Thermal/Off)

F8 - Activate AC130 in "Air support" mode

In this mode you stay on the ground, aim at the vehicle, ped or ground to set the target,
then press 1 to fire 105mm, 2 to fire 40mm and 3 to fire 20mm gun (burst fire mode)

Controls: XBox 360 controller:

Hold right Trigger and press left Thumb Stick to activate AC130
Hold right Trigger and press right Thumb Stick to activate Air support mode

A - Shoot actual gun
B - Switch gun
X - Switch Nightvision mode
Y - Switch camera for 105 shoots
Left Thumb Stick - Aim
Left Trigger - Turn left
Right Trigger - Turn right
Left Shoulder - Zoom out
Right Shoulder - Zoom in

In Air support mode: Left Thumb Stick: Walk, Right Thumb Stick: Aim

To deactivate the AC130/Air support press left or right Thumb Stick

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[Update] Heli Combat v1.2

Download: GTA 4 Mods (GTA Garage, MOD Db)

News for Heli Combat script:

Added customizable hotkeys, now you can set the keys for:

Shoot - hkShoot=LButton
Switch actual gun - hkSwitchGun=Q
Switch camera - hkSwitchCam=X
Shoot cannon - hkShootCannon=ControlKey
Shoot hellfire - hkShootHellFire=NumPad0
Shoot rocket - hkShootRocket=ShiftKey
Release flares - hkReleaseFlares=E
Show helicopter spawn menu - hkShowSpawnMenu=Subtract
Switch turret camera mode - hkSwitchNightVisionMode=N

Also you can set an custom resolution, for users with very large resolutions like 3840x2160, i didn't tested but i believe that will work:

bForceCustomResolution=1
myWidth=3840
myHeight=2160

Added config for some helicopter models (folder \Scripts\HeliFiles\Helicopters\More helicopters):

AH-1Z Viper
http://www.gta4-mods.com/vehicles/ah-1z-viper-from-battlefield-3-f19524

AH6 Little Bird
http://www.gtainside.com/en/download.php?do=getfile&id=43972&t=1

AH-64 Longbow Apache
http://www.gta4-mods.com/vehicles/ah-64d-longbow-apache-11-f17899

MI-24 Hind
http://www.gtainside.com/en/download.php?do=getfile&id=43647&t=1

Z11W Changhe
http://www.gta4-mods.com/vehicles/changhe-z-11w-f17976

KA-50 Black Shark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802IYvn4A44

Added night vision effect for turret camera (last camera)

Added thermal vision effect, this will work only in EFLC, some Icenhancer/ENB can make this effect don't work properly, but this is not big deal, use night vision if thermal don't works fine :)

Added new HUD with damage and weapon usage bars

Improved cop's cannons

Improved cop's rocket aim, now they will shoot more but dont will cause too much damage like instant car explosion

And fixed some issues...

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