GTA4 - Same vehicles spawning with vehicle mod - Help?

closeratio · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:32

As per the title, after modding GTAIV this afternoon with the impressive IcEnhancer mod, I decided to add a few vehicles, and found a sort of pack that included more than enough cars. (linky)

Now that I've imported these vehicles, the only vehicle that ever spawns (apart from police cars and taxis) are Escalades

I actually got the SMPA60 error at the same time which I thought might be responsible but after fixing that, I still only get Escalades spawning. I haven't started a new game yet (as I'm told that can sometimes fix things) but I'd rather not at this point, being about half way through.

If anyone else has had this problem and knows how to sort it out, I'd appreciate the help. I get the feeling it's something to do with the loading scripts but that's just a guess as I don't really know the inner workings of GTA4 that well

Thanks

masonkian · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:35

i have the same problem

asim18 · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:46

I've got the same issue. The only cars I see are either the same one I'm driving or a taxi. So if I fire up the trainer and spawn myself a Lamborghini, all other cars in the world are either a Lambo or a taxi. A bit annoying.

I think it has to do with memory. These modded cars usually have a much bigger memory footprint and I think the amount of memory allocated to loading/storing different cars at one time is limited by the engine.

I could be completely wrong though.

[TW]Fox · 12 Aug 2011 at 18:25

Out of interest how does the Escalade handle? Mine all fall over, even driven normally

grudas · 12 Aug 2011 at 18:28

did you update the handling file?

Mr. May · 12 Aug 2011 at 21:08

[TW]Fox;19816616 said:
Out of interest how does the Escalade handle? Mine all fall over, even driven normally

download the handling editor and mod the file

also you'll need to look for the taxi bug fix on line and that should mix the traffic back up again as i run my mod with not a single stock car and is a must for the game to work properly

closeratio · 13 Aug 2011 at 00:13

[TW]Fox;19816616 said:
Out of interest how does the Escalade handle? Mine all fall over, even driven normally

It handles pretty well actually, better than the stock 4x4, there's not as much roll and it seems to stick to the road a bit better. Shortly before I got the SMPA error it was spawning only Panameras, and they handled pretty well too. They might not be 'realistic' in terms of handling, but it's certainly more fun.

Mr. May said:
... also you'll need to look for the taxi bug fix on line and that should mix the traffic back up again...

So you're saying the bug with the taxis is what's causing the same cars to spawn? I've come across people suggesting that the 'Traffic Control System' script be downloaded in order to fix the taxi bug, I'll download that and see what happens.

closeratio · 13 Aug 2011 at 01:55

After installing a number of different scripts which claim to do the same thing (spawn different vehicles), I'm having very little success. The third one I installed did work a bit (link, for anyone else who wants to try, you do have to register to get it though), to the point where I was getting different cars spawning every so often, but it was nowhere near as varied as it usually is. I get the feeling this is the best I'm going to get for the time being, but it is a bit disappointing given that my rig isn't particularly limited in terms of memory or speed.

Any other help or suggestions would have course be appreciated.