Unused Audio

This is a sub-page of Grand Theft Auto IV.

Sub-Pages#

Unused Pedestrian Audio

Placeholder News Reports#

Only found in the Xbox 360 version, a test traffic update report using a placeholder text to speech voice.

Melee Placeholder Sound#

A placeholder sound for punching.

Cutscene Loading Music#

The gps.rpf contains sound bank called CUTSCENE_LOADING_MUSIC which makes to believe that during cutscene loading time the game supposed to play this music. Oddly enough, these were used in the PS3 version when installing game data.

SHORT_CELLO

SHORT_ORGAN

SHORT_STRINGS

Death Music#

By looking at the LOADING.rpf (which for some reason contains not only loading music) there are six songs that would likely fit whenever Niko either dies or is low on health.

DEATH_01

DEATH_02

DEATH_03

DEATH_04

DEATH_05

DEATH_06

More so, in the gps.rpf there is another sound bank called DEATH_MUSIC that contains two audio files for death music. DEATH_DRUMS is similar to previously showcased DEATH_06, while the DEATH_STRINGS sounds very similar to the pause menu music.

DEATH_DRUMS

DEATH_STRINGS

Unused Player Audio#

Drowning and Inhaling#

There are only two ways in the game to make Niko lose health in water, either by staying in it for a long time, or by jumping into the water while being in the vehicle, in both cases Niko will not make these noices, perhaps they were made for something else, ''like swimming underwater?

Dodging Bullets in Cover#

While in cover and under fire from enemies, Niko could comment on such a situation, in the final version of the game he always remains silent in moments like these.

Voicemails#

There are several variations of Niko's auto-responses in the game files, which of course are not used anywhere by the game. Either these voicemails were related to the phone purchase system, or the player had the ability to call on Niko's phone in some way.

The subtitles for these messages can be found in american.gxt file, but they have slight discrepancies with the audio, apparently the idea was abandoned at some point, so the developers had no need to edit these subtitles.

Giving Money to Beggar#

In situations where a beggar asks Niko for money, Niko supposed to say appropriate lines depending on player's choice, be it a refusal or agreement of giving money. Similar choice exists in the final version of the game, but in both cases Niko will not say anything to the beggar.

Respond positively (give money)

Respond negatively (not giving money)

Fist Fight#

Regular#

During the fist fight, Niko might have had the ability to say various lines, most likely the system worked similar to what pedestrians have, when during a fight they occasionally say various lines.

Attacking Any Gangster#

For the fist fight with thugs, Niko has separate lines that are signed as ATTACK_ANY_GANGSTER, unfortunately all of this goes unused.