It is highly recommended to make a backup of the gta3.img and gta.dat files, so in case of an accidental destruction they can be restored without having to reinstall the game.
The steps to do this are below.īasically the only tool needed is an IMG archive editor that allows to do the necessary modifications (creating archives, adding and renaming files). The second method involves renaming the files in the archive (without rebuilding it) and the size will not be changed. I recommend keeping the patch if you have space for it since it is very small and you will need to use it if you reinstall the game and want to mod it. And that's it, once it is done you can mod your San Andreas normally. Just run this patch and type the path to your san andreas folder. It can easily be found by searching gta sa downgrader or you can use this link. A downgrader will change your San Andreas version from 2.0 to 1.0. However, removing the old files won't work, because that would change the file's size, thus still crashing the game. img file to get the files required for the map to show up in game. img file and put the map files in it, then use the gta.dat file in the game's install directory to have the map access this new. If you had modded it and it was bigger or smaller than the size programmed into the exe, then the game would automatically crash. Version 2.0 of GTA: San Andreas was released due to the Hot Coffee mod, it removed the script for the Hot Coffee scenes, as well as adding code to the game's exe (executable binary file that contains the game's program code) that checked the file size of the gta3.img file at start up.
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