Development Oversights

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In-Game Television Programs#

The watchable videos in-game have a number of differences in them, indicating that they were recorded in earlier builds.

Higgins Helitour Commercial#

Tunnel#

In Video	Final

• The billboards weren't finished, so a low-quality placeholder with the Rockstar logo and "TEMP" written on the sides of it was used instead.
• Channelizer cones were once present.
• The Maverick has a slightly different model, where the rear doors are closed and it only has two blades instead of four.
• The pedestrian that can be seen is the M_Y_Porient_01 who walks with a bag of which only textures remain in the files.

Bus#

• A removed bus can be seen in the beginning of the ad.

I'm Rich#

Banshee

In Video	Final

• There is now one stripe instead of two.
• The rearview mirror and the car's brand logo were added.

Super GT

In Video	Final

• On the back, the car name and brand were completely removed and added a different logo instead.

Unknown Car

• In the background is a car that looks different from the others. Judging by the body frame and tires, it may have been an early version of the Landstalker.

In Video	Final

• Leftwood was changed to Westdyke and the text was made bolder in the final.
• Light posts were added to the ledges.
• A railing was added.
• More posters were added inside the interior.
• Tree and the boxes were removed.

Waning with the Stars Commercial#

In Video	Final

• The hospital interior is slightly different from its final look, it had way less props and generally looks unfinished, but the biggest detail here is the transparent windows on the roof of this interior.

www.love-meet.net Commercial#

In Video	Final

• The picture for "HumpPleaseRupert" was changed completely.

LCPD Recruitment Commercial#

In Video	Final

• Lights and benches weren't present.
• The cobblestone walkway was originally a reddish-brown color. Additionally, at the end of the walkway, there was a runoff drain.
• The pillars on the side were removed and taller pillars were added at each end of the walkway.

• For just a single frame, a removed variant of the NOOSE officers can be seen.
• Graffiti on the wall was completely different.

VIG Insurance Commercial#

In Video	Final

• Parking garage was incomplete and missing interior walls and exterior pillars.
• Retaining wall and fence along parking garage were not present.
• Two over-hanging signs for southbound traffic, while only one is present in the final build.
• Guardrails separating north/southbound traffic were not present.
• Foreground stoplight model had a hanging street sign.
• The second stoplight in the background was once present.

In Video	Final

• The first floor of the first building on right has been completely reworked - scaffolding is now present, stoplight has been removed, two bushes have been remodeled, payphone has been removed.
• Scaffolding has been added to the building on the right one block down.
• Some billboards were missing.
• The Cavalcade was lacking badge on the hood.

A History of Liberty City (Part One)#

In Video	Final

• The bridge was removed in the final.
• Lots of props were removed from this place in the final.
• Road texture was different.
• Instead of "Ether" there was blank billboard.

America's Next Top Hooker Commercial#

In Video	Final

• A cut barbershop can be seen in the background.
• Hooker model was different.
• Sidewalk had different texture.
• Various props changes, some were added and some were removed.

In Video	Final

• Bucky Sligo's house is noticeably more cleaner and brightly lit.

Weazel News Commercial#

• The wooden bat can be seen being wielded by the NPC's.

Super Classy Touch Limo#

In Video	Final

• Stretch windows were not tinted.
• Instead of FlyUS there was Plummet ad.
• Under the Plummet ad, there was placeholder text for news.
• The Pharaoh shop was called Snifher. The textures of this shop still refers to its early name (same for Plummet).
• Genic ad was replaced with Pharaoh one.
• Cluckin' Bell lacking various details, and it seems like interior was meant to be visible from outside.
• Some of the props was removed from this place in the final.

Early Design Leftovers#

Drusilla's Restaurant#

In most of the pictures in the game, Drusilla's restaurant looks a little different, apparently originally the cutscene interior could be seen from the outside.

Early Design	Final Look

Russian Clothing Store#

There is a texture for a billboard of what appears to be the Binco store from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in the files. The area depicted in it is the Russian Clothing Store in the final game.

Early Design	Final Look

Liquor Store#

There is a liquor store sign in Hove Beach that has a different texture at night, revealing the store's early name - Crazy Ivan's.

Early Design	Final Look

Contender Ad#

Advertisements for this vehicle in the game vary, in Northwood a sign is used where this vehicle is called E109, while in the Francis International Airport the vehicle is called the Contender, which is the correct name for it.

Early Design	Final Look

Tom Goldberg#

The photo of Tom Goldberg in the Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster building on the PC version references his early appearance, while the consoles use his final appearance.

Early Design	Final Look

Plummet#

Only on the PC version of TLAD, there is a leftover of Plummet company ad that does not appear anywhere else (both IV and TBoGT as well as console versions).

TLAD	IV