September 1, 2005

This is a sub-page of Proto:Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Missions

Debug Menu#

Debug features are enabled by holding down L, R, Down and X on the initial loading screen.

During gameplay:

• R, Down and Circle brings up the main debug menu.
• When in the debug menu, R and Up toggles the HUD on or off.
• L, R, Down and Square triggers the Weapon Cheat.
• L, R, Down and Triangle triggers the Player Cheat (armor, health and money).
• L and Down to toggle Cheat Mode on or off.
• L and Circle for "Writing coordinates to file..".
• L and Select to toggle traffic on or off.
• Hold L and press Left/Right to spawn vehicles.
• Hold R and Triangle and press Left/Right to cycle through Toni's outfits.

Otherwise, the menu works mostly the same as covered here. USJ Editor still crashes the game, but coordinates will properly display.

Some entries in the Character Viewer cause the game to crash.

General#

To do: Get an image of the HUD.

• The animated menu icon was different.

• The in-game and HUD fonts are different. The location font was wider, and the money used the Pricedown font.
• Meanwhile in missions, the specific timers, damage meters etc. use the Pricedown font.
• The custom soundtracks option is missing from the audio options.
• The credits are a simple placeholder, just consisting of "ALL - THE TEAM".

Graphics#

• The logo on the load screens had a white dropshadow. Some minor adjustments to the art can also be seen, such as the stripes on the tie here.

Proto	Final

• The splash screens between islands received minor edits. Common change between all three being the added empty space in the letter 'a'.
• Changed the upper case D into a lower case one. Also changed the little black rectangle on the lower left into a white one.

Proto	Final

• The 'POLICE' decal was redrawn.

Proto	Final

• The license plates and the taxi sign were slightly adjusted.

Proto	Final

• The radio icons for K-Jah and Rise FM have not yet been finalized.

Proto	Final

Proto	Final

• The icon for Liberty Jam is much closer to final than what it was in the July 26 build, but not quite there yet. The final lacks the white outline and the "The".

Jul 26	Sep 1	Final

Audio#

• Pickup sounds are reused directly from Vice City.
• The Radio audio now matches the final.
• Though given the short placeholder credits, you cannot actually hear it in-game, but the music for the end credits (FINALE.AT3) is a different song. The final game would use an extended looping version of the main theme.

MoCap Cutscenes#

To do: Move to a sub-page, eventually Should this be merged with Missions?

In general, lighting for the MoCap cutscenes hasn't been quite finalized yet. A few feature unfinished or changed scenery and most have some changes to camera angles and framing.

Biker Heat#

Besides the different camera angles, more props were added and the curtains changed.

Map#

• The text from this canopy in Chinatown, at the end point of the mission Slacker, was erased.

Proto	Final

• Ma Cipriani's restaurant had a sign above the entrance.

Proto	Final

• The Big Shot Casino has a simpler sign out front and is lacking the signage above the front door.

Proto	Final

Vehicles#

• The Manchez now matches its final design, but has a different paintjob and like its final counterpart, has no alternate colors.

Proto	Final

• The Jizz livery was changed to Kevin Clone, except it looks different to the final game's appearance.

Proto	Final

• If spawned through the debug menu, the Hunter and Maverick have placeholder names.

Hunter	Maverick

GXT Differences#

Changes made to the ENGLISH.GXT file, this section covers the MAIN bank, while mission specific changes are covered on the Missions page.

Strings Added in Final#

These strings are absent in the prototype.

Changed Strings#

Instead of having their own bank, the placeholder credits are stored here.

Removed From Final#

Presumably there were plans to include 8 races on each island at some point.