(WIP) This is where you will find the GTA Community's version of SilentPatch!
If you're not familiar with SilentPatch, basically it fixes a bunch of issues with the 3D GTA Trilogy. This is great for casual players, but it fixes too much to be viable for speedrunning. Some fixes make SP straight-up faster than vanilla, meaning everyone would need to use it to be competitive.
The idea of SpeedrunSilentPatch (SSP) is to create a fork of SilentPatch that fixes issues and adds QoL features, but does not create any time-based advantage for speedruns. This means it is completely optional for veterans, while at the same time lowering the barrier to entry for those new to our community.
A proposed list of changes are below. Ones marked with a ? or ones I'm currently unsure about.
- Remove DMCA music (or tie it to in-game radio slider)
- Watermark (for verification purposes)
- Limit FPS in main menu
- Fix mouse leaving the window during gameplay
- Fix mouse sensitivity not saving on new game
- Fix mouse not working on modern systems (DINPUT)
- Y Sens Fix
- Remove censorship (FR+DE locales etc)
- Allow A or B drives to be used
- Fix text having proper shadows (for III and VC)
- Default to desktop resolution if no set file is present
- Remove DirectPlay requirement
- Obtain path to Set Files differently?
- Black cars fix
- Fix text scaling to resolution
- Fix mission passed text scaling with resolution
- Add 16:9 support on 1.0
- Fix 1.0 homie recruiting replay bug
- Remove EAX/Nvidia splash screens
- Fix NG+ (Katie, Stats etc)
- Fix car explosion crash
- 1 core affinity set automatically
- Fix CPU uptime check for dance minigames
- Allow save compatibility between versions
- Fix default options (steer with mouse etc)
- Fix WASD cheats