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The official guide on installing mods and GTA Vice City
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CONTENTS
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1. Intro
2. GTA VC Installation Guide
2.1. Intro
2.2. Installation Guide
3. Installing VCM mods
3.1. Intro
3.2. Tips
3.3. The Step By Step Tutorial
4. Installing IMG Mods
4.1. Intro
4.2. Tips
4.3. The step By Step Tutorial
5. Installing other types of mods
6. Installing Multi Theft Auto
6.1. Intro
6.2. Installation Guide


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(1) Introduction
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- What Is a Mod?
A mod is the short term for modification. There are endless amount of mods for
vice city. Once you finish the game, you feel bored and have nothing else to do
so modding is the best option for killing vice city bordom. Modding is very
simple, its just replacing a file/s or is as simple as clicking a button.
Modding is very popular for vice city, and vice city would'nt be fun enough
without
the mods.

- What you will learn.
You will be learning how to install modifications and aslo learning what they do
to make the game more fun and realistic.

- What types of mods are there?
* VCM Mods
* IMG Mods
* File Replacement mods
* Automatic, button click installing mods
* Skins
* Patches

These all are the types of mods you can find but there are many more also.
Skins are amazingly simple to install, just put them in the vice city skins
folder and go to options - Player Skin Setup and use your skin. Patches fix
certain errors in your game and also do many other things also.

- What errors you may encounter when using a mod

Well, the most common and the only error I have is the 'unhandled exception'
error, i basically call it the UE. When the error occurs, the game freezes and
stops, you will get a very known and anoying noise from the erro
r. And when you ALT - TAB to see what the error is, you find that
there is an extra window named unhandled exception in the bottom start bar.

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(2) GTA Vice City Installation Guide
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(2.1.) [Intro]

Installing GTA VC is fairly easy, just clicking on a few buttons and
waiting for it to install. Well if your opinion is different and you
are having problems installing this game then this is the guide for
you.

(2.2.) [Installation Guide]

1. Buy the Game, do NOT download it

2. Insert the install disc from the two discs you get access to, run
the setup.

3. Fill in all the details and the things asked

4. Agree to the terms and conditions

5. Start the installation, the installation takes on average about five
minutes, well to me it does but I can assure you it does not take
hours and hours like some other games do.

6. In the middle of the installation you will be asked to insert the
disc with the audio files in, thats the PLAY disc, eject and insert and
re eject ( Only if you did not know yourself)

7. When the installation finishes, go to programs - start - rockstar
games - play GTA vice city and play the game!

CONGRATS, you have installed vice city, you are so talented ! (I know
what you're thinking, i killed the joke)

(2.3.) [Frequently occured error and questions]

1. - How can i play GTA vice city without the disc, is it possible?

Its possible but illegal, if I tell you then this FAQ would be rejected,
go find out yourself, google it or something.

2. - I get an unfinished setup error after the setup!

This problem occurs to me sometime when i try install is well, just
ignore the error, the error should say something like 'The installation is
not finished - setup error' or something. At the same time you will
also get an error saying 'Warning - The wrong volume is in the drive'.

Ignore these errors and try to start the game, if the game does not
start or another error comes then I am not the person to ask. But the
game worked perfectly for me though after the error came.

3. - What the heck, Audio files disc?

This means you did not read the installation guide at all or did not
read it completely. The audio disc means the PLAY disc, keep this in
mind and don't ask it again.

4. I have downloaded vice city, are there any downfalls?

YES:
1. No radio stations
2. No proper mods
3. Sometimes not ability to use trainers
4. Cheats may not work
5. The game will keep freezing somewhere
6. Won't have access to all features
7. May not let you save your game
and many many more...

Seriously if you are thinking of dowloading this game from a filesharing
network or anywhere else then please think again, the law is now after
anyone who downloads music or software for free illegally. It is fine
if you do not care but i am just waring you.
My reccomendation is to buy the game, you will get more features
and the game will run properly.
You may also look at the advantages list:

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(3) Installing VCM Mods
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(3.1.) [Intro]
VCM mod installing is the easiest way of installing vehicle and some
other type of mods, all you do is move the mod to a specific
folder, go to the manager and click on install, it couldn't be even
simpler. But there are some drawbacks but not many.
Make sure you have the Dmagic Wheel mod and it is already
installed. It should already come with the tool,
if it isnt there then download the mod in another website or go to
www.freewebtown.com/gtaworld/wheelmod.zip
. The dmagic wheel mod is important for download vcm vehicle
mods, if you do not then you will experience errors
and unhandled exceptions.

(3.2.) [Tips]
* If you have a problem like an unhandled exception in the game
, and you know you have properly installed the
Dmagic Wheel Mod then the mod you are trying to install
is probably or possibly corrupted. Try find the manual
install of the mod and use the IMG tool for manual installation.

* If you know how to use both tools but prefer using the
VCM Manager then simple turn the dff and txd files
into one vcm file. You can do that by using the vcm packager
found at www.codenamevice.co.uk or some
other GTA websites based on vice city.

* Installing while the game is running will not work, close or
quit the game before you install the mods.

{*} You can also contribute tips for this guide by sending
me an email, please tell me which tool the tips is
for or if it is for both tools. All sensible contributions will be
added to this guide.

(3.3.) [Here is the step by step tutorial]:

1. First download the file
2. When finished downloading, start the setup and install
the manager
3. Then (on the programs menu) click the 'mod manager'
4. When you have clicked it you will be asked to show the
destination
of the vice city folder,
which is: C: Program files > Rockstar Games > Grand theft auto vice city
5. When you have done so, the manager will show up and you are now
ready to install your mods.
If you still don't know where to go to download mods then
go to the link
'Game mod links'
(warning: you can only install mods that are in VCM format
with this
manager, if you have
downloaded a mod in a TXD or DFF format then visit the link
'IMG tutorial'
6. When you have downloaded a mod you want to install,
extract the mod into:
C: Program files > vcmm > mods > vcm
7. if you extracted it properly then the mod should show
up on the
manager and all you have to
do is click the mod and click install
If you get an unhandled exception then it means that
you didn't install
Dmagic wheel mod or the
mod does not suit the original vehicle

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The VCM Manager can only install vehicle mods and very
little of others.
If you want to install other
types of mods then use the IMG tutorial.
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