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GTAIV iDE Editor

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Version 0.2 BETA
(12/30/2008)
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Created by: CoMPuTer MAsSteR [.:AKA:.] CoMPMStR

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DISCLAMER!
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This program is freeware and can be distributed freely, as long as this file,
Readme.txt, is included and no changes are made to any files distributed with this
file; including this file.

I take no responsibility of any damages caused by using this program!

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Brief Instructions
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This is a program to simplify the ability of modding item definition files in

GTAIV. Item definition files usually define objects and models that are specified
for a specific map area but in this case you can edit pedestrians, vehicles, some
default data, and also those different map areas. The current version supports
editing default.ide, peds.ide, vehicles.ide, and the various map *.ide files.

You might notice from the picture that there is quite a bit of "unknown" data
properties. Since R* tends to copy and paste their data files from the previous
games and comment out or remove what's not being used anymore, the comments in some
of the *.ide files (the ones that have comments) aren't of much use anymore. Over
time I will attempt to figure out what the unknown data properties are but I may
not be able to figure all of it out (that's where you come in :D ). If anyone can
figure out (or already knows) what any of the unknown data properties are (or even
if you notice one of the "known" data properties is incorrect), please let me know
so I can update the program. Many of the fields are just educated guesses based on
what useful comments the files contain and the previous games' definition formats.

NEW in v0.2: Added support for the various map *.ide files. Now when you load the
default.ide file, it will automatically scan for and load the map *.ide files. When
loading, the program will automatically backup all map *.ide files to
"<gta4root>\idemapbak" and set their ReadOnly status to False to allow for instant
editing. This is because the map *.ide files are NOT listed in files.txt, so you
can edit these without worry of invalid file check. If the "idemapbak" folder
already exists, the backup will be skipped so the original files will NOT be
replaced when you rerun the program. Again, there are plenty of unknown data
properties because there are no comments in the map *.ide files. Please be patient
until somebody figures out what each property modifies.

You will need the Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 installed in order for this
program to run at all.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-
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Known Problems
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If you find any, send me an email.

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Contact
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If you have any comments, questions, problems or anything else regarding this
software:
- Email: computermasster[at]gmail[dot]com
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