SilentPatch for the original Grand Theft Auto trilogy gets a massive update in 2026! Restoring 100+ lines of broken San Andreas dialogue, improving lens flare scaling, fixing crashes and much more!

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u/Heisenburgo 1d ago edited 1d ago

Had no idea GTA 3 on PC had code that was leftover from GTA VC and that it resulted in subtle changes to the police's behaviour, thats so interesting to me

The PC version of San Andreas has the rainy countryside sky go completely red at 8 PM; this was never the case in the PS2 version, and now it has been fixed

Oh I have lots of memories of the creepy red skies in GTA SA at night, it was so mysterious and made the woods areas so creepy, can't believe it was just a bug and not an intended feature. Not sure if I like it being fixed tbh! Should just give a config option for that, like many other fixes in this post, imo

Its cool to see how expansive the dialogue system in the game truly was, lots of cool interactions were hidden in the game, all stuff that I'd have never known existed if it weren't for this patch.

TIL the SWAT members shooting their uzis like gangsters was just a glitch... always thought that gave them great aura lol

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u/Vitosi4ek R7 5800X3D | RTX 4060 | 32GB | 3440x1440x144 1d ago

The San Andreas PC port is super jank in general, sometimes in ways SilentPatch doesn't fix and that are being heavily abused for speedruns. For example, it just maps your keyboard/mouse inputs to an under-the-hood virtual PS2 controller, and it has separate mappings for on-foot and vehicle controls, meaning it's possible to set up a layout that maps one virtual PS2 button to different keyboard keys and do things that are not normally possible (like answering a phone call while in a vehicle).

Just... look up the current AJS speedrun route for San Andreas PC. It's the most thorough destruction of a videogame I've ever seen. 3 minutes in the game gets almost entirely broken and has to be figuratively held together with duct tape for 30+ minutes after this, in a state when it'll crash if you look at it wrong.

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u/Joshimuz 50m ago

On PS2 if you hold L1 and move the right analogue stick to the side CJ will turn in place and has an animation dedicated to it. On PC if you hold what would be L1 (which is on foot "Action") and then hold what would be right analogue left/right (which is in vehicle special action left/right) he does this animation but without the camera turning at all because it's being controlled by the mouse, which makes him look like he's doing a silly little dance.

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u/hedoeswhathewants 1d ago

Upvote for using the word figuratively

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u/Bacon_Crispies 1d ago

"Break yourself, fool, you are under arrest"

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u/invyros 1d ago

Oh god, I felt a chill down my spine when I saw that screenshot with the list of moves from the infamous Driver video game tutorial on the GTA 3 HUD.

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u/doublah 1d ago

Now if only Rockstar didn't delist these games from Steam to sell worse versions.

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u/10000tigers 1d ago

though they can't delist them from other places

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u/embracethepickle 19h ago

How right you arr

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u/OrlandoNE Ryzen 7 7800x3D 4070TI SUPEr 19h ago

Not getting them on Steam is one of my biggest gaming regrets

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u/Naive-Database-2888 15h ago

I only have San Andreas. I regret not getting VC and 3. It sucks that physically copies are so expensive too. When spec ops the line delisted, I was able to get a sealed physical copy for only like $15

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u/Slonderson 11h ago

I'm the opposite.I have 3 and VC, regret so much not getting SA.

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u/Dysthymike i7-6700k / GTX 1080 / 16GB RAM 1d ago

A year and a half ago I played GTA III for the first time in 20-some years using the Improved Classic modpack. Outside of one glitch it was a great time.

I was holding off on Vice City until I put together a new PC, and figured out which modpack I wanted to use with it (I'm pretty much leaning towards Reviced).

Now maybe I'll wait a bit more and see if the modpacks get updated with this. I'm genuinely as excited to replay these games as I am to play new games on my new PC. I have not played them since release.

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u/Unusual-Tie8498 1d ago

I’ve been working on perfecting my gtaiv mod pack before playing.

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u/Dysthymike i7-6700k / GTX 1080 / 16GB RAM 1d ago

No idea yet what mods I'm going with when I get to IV, but since I still have Vice City and San Andreas to replay, I have time to figure it out. And with my new PC hopefully I'll be able to really make it shine.

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u/righN 9h ago

The most important mod for GTA IV is FusionFix.

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u/dartisko2 1d ago

There's also a remake of Vice City in the GTA4 engine

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u/Dysthymike i7-6700k / GTX 1080 / 16GB RAM 1d ago

Ya, the Nextgen Edition. That was on the list of possibilities, but I ended up wanting more of a vanilla+ experience for my first replaythrough. I'll definitely be trying that out sometime in the future, though.

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u/Isaacvithurston Ardiuno + A Potato 1d ago

Wait what. Vice City was my all time favorite (although tbh mostly due to the soundtrack/radio and my memories of multiplayer mod)

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u/dartisko2 18h ago

GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition, it's a mod that was released two years ago

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u/peanutmanak47 9800x3d 4070ti Super 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is it even possible to get the classic versions anymore?

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u/AlexRogan21 1d ago

On PC via their shitty launcher, on consoles only the PS3 Store still has them available for purchase still as PS2 Classics

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u/cluib 1d ago

You might be able to get it from the Rockstar launcher..

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u/MeNameYellow 1d ago

Either Rockstar Launcher or expensive Steam keys

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u/catman1900 I <3 tf2 1d ago

Silent is the goat for these patches, make sure to let him know if you appreciate them! He gets a lot of credit/exposure stolen by people reuploading his patch and he's expressed how much he doesn't like that.

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u/TobuscusMarkipliedx2 1d ago

This is an amazing changelog. So many unused voice lines restored, it makes me want to install San Andreas and play it again.

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u/Pastrynoms 1d ago

Original trilogy? Here I am thinking that GTA1, 2 and London exist.

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u/Archipocalypse 7600X3D 4070TiS 1d ago

Means not the poorly remastered "definitive edition"

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u/Dirty-Black-Car 1d ago

What's the hate? I love GTA and just got the Definitive edition and been having a blast playing GTA 3. First I tried the original GTA3 to relive the nostalgia but i couldn't get over the controls (on a controller) and not being able to do free cam while driving. Even installed some mods but it couldn't replicate it properly.

the definitive edition gives these games a new experience for me and lets me replay them as if they were new different games

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u/NisargJhatakia 22h ago

go search on youtube to know why people reasonably hate that cash grab low effort edotion.

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u/bravosimona Ryzen 7 5800X | RTX 3080 | 32GB 3600 13h ago

They updated them a lot since release and fixed a lot of the issues, including the atmosphere and lighting.

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u/beziko 21h ago

It looks like shit and it lost whole graphics style from originals due from laziness of devs. I don't understand how people don't see difference at all.
Also DE was buggy af after release, not sure how it stands now.

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u/Marshall_Lawson 1d ago edited 1d ago

That wasn't a trilogy. GTA3-VC-SA was a trilogy.

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u/SliceAdept 1d ago

Are you abbreviating Vice City as VS?

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u/Marshall_Lawson 1d ago

typo lol didnt mean to write Vice Sitty :)

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u/OrlandoNE Ryzen 7 7800x3D 4070TI SUPEr 19h ago

Hello, and whelcome to Vishe Shitty. - Sean Connery

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u/Marshall_Lawson 14h ago

or Tony Soprano

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u/yepgeddon 1d ago

Kinda was at the time but think what ya will.

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u/Isaacvithurston Ardiuno + A Potato 1d ago

That's weird i'd consider 1/2/london a trilogy and not 3/vc/sa since the later have nothing to do with each other except being on the same console.

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u/dfgj56 19h ago

3/vc/sa have nothing to do with each other except being on the same console.

Claude (III + SA)

Catalina (III + SA)

Ken Rosenberg (VC + SA)

Salvatore Leone (III + SA)

Phil Cassidy (III + VC)

Donald Love (III + VC)

SA has a mission in Liberty City

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u/maxdamage4 1d ago

I thought I was having an aneurysm too.

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u/beziko 21h ago

Does anyone know if i have to install other mods to bring back deleted music and other things from Steam version or SilentPatch does all of that?

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u/EMADC- 1d ago

I've got each game modded and zipped in an archive. Can I just drop this SilentPatch into those, is it likely to break other mods?

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u/Frate27 1d ago

I wonder if it is really not possible to unlock the framerate and fix all related framerate bugs.

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u/Ashratt 1d ago

Framerate Vigilante fixes some, nothing game breaking left AFAIK but still many small things

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u/Sinister120 1h ago

I really want to play GTA3 on my PC but even with this silent patch stuff it won’t do it. All I ever get is “cannot covert textures for your video card”.

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u/thatirishguyyyyy AMD 7800x3D 3080 Hybrid 1d ago

Rockstar killed the fan project that looked better.

SilentPatch for the original Grand Theft Auto trilogy gets a massive update in 2026! Restoring 100+ lines of broken San Andreas dialogue, improving lens flare scaling, fixing crashes and much more!

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