Liberty Vehicle Services CE

Description

This mod creates many services related to vehicles in GTA IV. Among them are selling cars in Dealer shops and Showrooms, registration of the bought or stolen cars, simple tuning, ownership, fuel system (for cars, boats and helicopters) and map blips for underground stations (both stations themselves and entrances). All parts of this mod are toggleable so you can enable only those which you want.

IT'S AN OPEN BETA, SO IT MAY HAVE SOME BUGS!!!

YOU CAN ATTUNE MANY OF THE PARAMETERS IN THE /scripts/LibertyVehicleServicesCE.ini FILE

Source code and documentation are available on GitHub:

Liberty vehicle services

Installation instructions

copy /scripts folder into you GTA IV folder (where .exe file exists)

OPTIONAL copy /plugins folder there too if you need compatibility with LCP mod - with it you can preserve the Licence plate of your vehicle, change its appearance and symbols (known limitation - my mod doesn't save the initial plate number created by the game/LCP and regenerate a new one, but preserves this one then)

OPTIONAL copy /update folder there too if you want vehicle names to be presented with the Manufacturer names (e.g. Albany Esperanto Taxi instead of Roman's Taxi)

OPTIONAL download optional dashboard archive and unzip it into you GTA IV folder too if you want to use dashboards. Then go to LibertyVehicleServicesCE.ini, find EnableDashboard=false and change it to EnableDashboard=true

Main features

This mod has been tested with Niko and Luis, but I find TLaD tedious and boring (and I hate bikes) so I haven't tested it with Johny, but the mod should work with his campaign too.

The main idea was to create a mod which can give your opportunities to spend your money on, and vehicles is the best solution for a game like GTA. That's why cars may be pricy, all services require money and it may be hard to even register a stolen car at the very beginning of Niko's story due to lack of money. But almost everything may be attuned in the .ini file so you can make most of the services free or much cheaper if you want.

GARAGE - TUNING

- Adds two garages in the game - Bruice's and Bohan Chase point. Both allow you to repair and recolour you car and add 'extras'. They are ingame variations (like Roofs, Spoilers and some more depending on the model) - my mod doesn't add anything new, only takes the existing within the game. Some of them may collide, look strange or depend on each other. This is the game limitation, my idea was to use only ingame options, not to create complex tuning system like nitros. To enter the garage you have to enter the point and sound horn.

DEALERS

- Adds five dealers - Grotti, AutoErotiCar and Westdyke (showrooms), S&P and Paulie's (dealers). You can buy any vehicle in the store, choose its colour and extra(s). Dealers provide different types of vehicles and take predominately those generated by the game.

OWNERSHIP (Thanks HurrdyDurr for the idea)

- You can make a vehicle as owned which won't disappear by a restart. The mod keeps its position, model, colours, extras, damage (but only its 'health', not its dents or scratches) and licence plate (if LCP is active). Buying a vehicle in a dealer's store registers it automatically and you may insure it - if destroyed an insured car can be restored for a much lesser price. Stolen cars can be registered at Stevie's in Bohan (inner yard behind the gate with 'No parking' on it) - THIS POINT IS NOT MARKED ON THE MAP. At Stevie's you can insure your car, restore destroyed or deliver disappered (with full tank if Fuel system is active), change the licence plate (if LCP is installed).

Known limitation - the vehicles are stored by the mod separately, not in the game saves, so when you restart your game owned vehicles stay where they were. But thanks to that you can delete the mod safely.

FUEL SYSTEM

- Working fuel system with Gas stations (support cars/bikes/helicopters/boats). When fuel is low the car starts working badly and when there is no fuel it stops working (use Stevie's service to refuel your owned vehicle). Consumption is not that high and petrol is not pricy, for example, with the full tank you can complete all 10 Roman's taxi missions without refueling. Moreover it includes 'mission prot