Restores the PS2 graphical effects (motion blur, rain reflections, sun haze) that were removed from the PC version.
Run gta_sa.exe as Administrator. If you see the Rockstar logo and a black screen appears for more than 10 seconds, you have a DEP (Data Execution Prevention) issue. Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance > DEP > Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs only. Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas-Mod-Friendly.7z
So you have downloaded Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas-Mod-Friendly.7z. You have 7-Zip or WinRAR installed. What now? Restores the PS2 graphical effects (motion blur, rain
Inside the extracted folder, you will see: Critical Step: Navigate to the scripts folder (if
Critical Step: Navigate to the scripts folder (if included) or check the root for vorbisFile.dll and vorbisHooked.dll. These are required for *.asi mod loaders. If they aren't there, download Ultimate ASI Loader and drop it in.
This mod combines Vice City and Liberty City maps into San Andreas. The standard Steam version cannot handle the map streaming. The Mod-Friendly.7z version, however, utilizes the open limit adjusters, allowing the 2GB memory space to load all three cities simultaneously.
Once extracted, look inside. You should see a folder structure like this:
/GTA San Andreas/
│ gta_sa.exe (v1.0 Mod Friendly)
│ vorbisFile.dll (hooked for ASI loading)
│ vorbisHooked.dll
│ /modloader/ (Drag your mods here)
│ /CLEO/ (Drop CLEO scripts here)
│ /models/
│ /data/