Using Handling Lines in SA-MP 0.3d (Revised)

You know those days when you feel like a complete dumbass? This is definitely one of those days.

Before making my previous tutorial with the same post title, I had struggled with the 'Click-Freeze' bug which almost everyone else has encountered as well. In the tutorial I included some things I thought might fix it...but I overlooked one big important detail, and pretty much ruined the entire post.

When trying to fix the bug myself, I reinstalled SAMP and Sobeit several times trying to figure out, including different versions of both programs; however when I actually did fix it, I had been screwing around so much that I completely forgot what I did to fix it.  Anyway the gist of this entire post is that the solution comes with the different versions of SA-MP..

So here it is, the revised and guarenteed-to-work tutorial!:

Step 1:
Download and install the latest version of the Mod_Sobeit cheat client. All new and updated versions of the mod can be found at this web address:
http://code.google.com/p/m0d-s0beit-sa/

Step 2:
Download and install the R1 version of the SA-MP 0.3d client.  You can download this specific version here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/MEAwc4gS/SA-MP_03d_R1.html?
or in the Download section of this blog.

Step 3:

Open your GTA San Andreas directory and open the 'mod_sa.ini' file. This can be accomplished by right clicking on the Windows start button (Win7 = Blue circle on task bar), and clicking 'Open Windows Explorer'. From there, find the folder you installed GTA Into. By default, this will be:

C:\Program Files (xxx)\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas.

Step 4:

Once you've opened the mod_sa.ini file, click 'Edit' on the top taskbar, and click the 'Find' function.  In the find box, copy and paste the following:

patch[] = "Custom handling.cfg (data/handling.two)"

Look for the two 0's found on the right side of that line:

&0 0

Simply change the second 0 to a 1:

&0 1

Before you save the file, use the 'Find' function again and search for the following line:

i_have_edited_the_ini_file =

Make sure that after the = sign, is the word True.

i_have_edited_the_ini_file = true 

Now save and close the file.

Step 5:

Open your data file in the GTA Directory (\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\Data), and find the 'HANDLING.TWO' file. Open this file with notepad, as you would the regular Handling.cfg file, and add all of your custom handling lines to the .two file instead.  When your done, save the file and go enjoy SA-MP with your crazy custom lines!

Switchfoot

First new post in the Music section!

Switchfoot is an alternative / light rock group formed in 1996, who produce a lot of.. 'release' music, you might say. The type of songs you'd find at the end, or at the peak of a deeply emotional movie (which they often are used for). Well, unfortunately for how gay that may sound, those songs of theirs are actually quite catchy, and even though still being produced in the 21st century, its feel is quite like something out of the 90's; which I find rather hard not to enjoy.

Another thing to note, and probably one of the reasons I wasn't turned away from this band, is that even though they may indeed be called a Christian rock group, they preach none of it. Personally I don't have a strong standing with religion, and don't really want to be preached about it while listening to music; fortunately Switchfoot does a good job with leaving the scripts out of the lyrics, but instead focusing on the pictures that we can all paint and enjoy: the message and meaning.

So here's a few good ones from Switchfoot, be sure to check them out if your into the light rock genre.

Music & Automotives

Hey, I've been debating on removing the current navigation bar ^ and the quick links that are on it, to replace them with much more generalized ones. 2 new ones that I'm thinking of including would be Music & Entertainment, and Automotives.

 Music & Entertainment: -One of my most time consuming pastimes is browsing the web and Youtube for rare, underrated, or simply awesome music. Whether it be Hard, Oldschool, Newschool Rap & Hiphop, Light rock or Punk rock even Pop, the genre doesn't really matter; what matters is that it's easy to please the ears, or does major lyrical justice. I have quite a large music collection and an expanding list on the web, so I may be more inclined to locating it all hear and creating a sort of..small-time music headquarters for those that share similar taste.

 Automotives: -This is something that I will soon find myself getting back into. Being an addict to all things drifting, and a constant observer of Rally, naturally the point will come when I start wasting my money on figuring all this stuff out in the field; However, my biggest twist to this is that aside from the bright future and high paying jobs that are promised to accompany several years in school, I have no intention to go. Any and all things Automotive are much like anything else I've really got into, I prefer to mingle around and figure as much as I can out on my own. So in months to come when I'm settled down and have started bringing income again, I will probably be tearing my car apart and getting it back in running order. Anything useful that I would learn from experience or online would be shared here, for anyone else following a similar path to make use of.

 Basically posting all of this crap on here would make a good Journal / Notebook which everyone could see, debate, comment on etc, and changing the Navbar would of course separate the goods from the crap. 

Thoughts? Ponder them while listening to this Ambient HipHop beat,

Drift Competitions - 2012

Hey! It's that time of the year again when the drift competitions start up. Even this post is a little too late for Round 1 action.

Round 1's of Formula-D, D1GP and Drift Muscle have already passed. This is just a reminder to stay tuned on all channels and keep watching for new videos!

Formula-D has a little more to speak about though, as it's the only big North American competition which I'm used to seeing. So far this year in Round 1 the drifting has been very..sketchy. Aside from Justin Pawlak, Daigo Saito and Daijiro Yoshihara dominating the comeptition, the rest of the pack have been struggling not only in Open Practice, but the battles themselves. Other than a good few, most of the battles were won or lost by accident or spinout. My personal favorite was the battle between Dai and Dai in the Final 4 battles, where they were both extremely tight nit, but Daijiro got the edge and won. Gotta give props to Daigo Saito though, for first going to Indonesia and winning last year, and now coming to the US with a new car and a beast of an engine (2JZ @ 1200hp, similar to what you would find in an 8 second Supra), and still coming in third in the first round. He will definitely put out some more good battles in the following rounds, as I'm hoping so will some of the amateurs who showed off some major talent in Practice and in competition, but unfortunately all ended up with busted fenders.

Stay tuned to Formula-D on the Justin.TV DriftStream: http://www.justin.tv/driftstream

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D1GP has been it's usual self, a lot of more shiny cars doing extremely clean twin drifting and putting on one hell of a show. Can't pick on any one driver as I haven't payed as much attention to it this year, but it's always a nice sight to see some of the classic stable cars of the D1GP still going at it almost completely unchanged; like the Team Orange Subaru's, Tezuka and Nomukens R34's. D1GP still really sets the level when it comes to professional drifting, amazing stuff.
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Drift Muscle is obviously a great addition in the drifting world. With several levels of competition, there's a little something for everyone. Though video is much harder to come by, what you actually do get to see is a nice change from regular competitions, being much more rugged and feeling a lot more 'real' you could say. The only English titled video I've been able to see so far has been that of the 'challenge' class, with about 15 cars competing and as I've said, some pretty sketchy drifting, but still a lot of fun to watch.

So just remember to check up on or tune into these drift competitions, post a comment on what you think, who your routing for or w/e!, and obviously most importantly, just enjoy drifting.

8 Years Later - GTA:SA

Ever since I picked up the first copy in 2004, GTA:San Andreas has been nothing but pure entertainment. Come 2006, with the first release of SA-MP, the game took a refreshing backtrack, giving almost the same amount of enjoyment as when it appeared the shelves. Playing with friends had never been better.

Although still missing the warm vibrant environment of Vice City, San Andreas came to grow a bit on us all...and it still is! As in January of this year, SA-MP reached it's highest ever online player count, with 40,000 users online at the same time. Even though most of anyone that was drifting around 2007 or earlier is gone, the games community still seems to expand. Just makes me wonder how much longer will this last? Obviously GTA:IV didn't work as well as planned, so lets hope V sparks off something that will burn as long as SA.

(probably the gayest sounding post on this blog)

Yacht upload suspended.

Just a notice; I've delayed the release of the yacht mod for a small while longer.

Reasons:
-There are still some issues that should be given more trial & error for fixing or polishing.
-The boat still lacks detail. After searching the web for pictures of similar yachts, I've found quite a few important things that are missing (I hadn't used any references for this model, so I missed some stuff).
-A few areas of the boat need to be reshaped. This is again due to newly referenced realistic details :P
-Been a bit busier than usual.

Soundgarden - Live to Rise

Here's the awaited, full version of Soundgardens new single "Live to Rise", which will be heard in the upcoming 'Avengers' movie.



What do you think? Still carries a good Soundgarden sound so far as I can hear.

Lyrics:

What if all you understand,
Could fit into the center of our hand,
Then you found it wasn't you,
Who held the sum of everything you knew,

We're insane but not alone,
You hold on,
And their gone,

Like the sun we will live to rise,
Like the sun we will live and die,
And then ignite again,
Like the sun we will live to rise again,

What if the one thing that I missed,
Was everything I need to pass the test,
And if I fail what happens then,
Can I still count on you as a friend,
We're insane but not alone,
You hold on,
And their gone,

Like the sun we will live to rise,
Like the sun we will live and die,
And then ignite again,
Like the sun we will live to rise again,
(Again x3)

Warm My Face,
Warm Your Face,
Warm My Face,
Warm Your Face,
Warm My Face,
Warm Your Face,

Like the sun we will live to rise,
Like the sun we will live and die,
And then ignite again,

Like the sun we will live to rise,
Like the sun we will live and die,
And then ignite again,
Like the sun we will live to rise again,
Again