GTA includes a lot of text files that can be edited simply with any text editor. Some examples of simple mods are the editing of the handling.dat or new car colors for carcols.dat. Some maps are made with Simple Native Trainer that allows you to spawn objects and place them to the map.ĭescription: the mods simply called mods usually edits some texts files. The new maps can be made using GTAIV original objects and combining them, or creating new 3D objects with some 3D modelling programs. 3D models includes new cars, bikes, boats, airplanes, helicopters, but also new buildings, new player models or new weapons.ĭescription: a map mod refers to any mod that adds new objects to Liberty City map, creating a whole new zone. The texture mods that edits the vehicles are called car skins or paintjobs.ĭescription: a new model refers to any mod that edits the 3D model of a object.
Some examples of texture mods are: new clothes, billboards, high quality roads, new interiors, new skins etc. Here I'll show you the mods categories you may find for GTAIV:ĭescription: a texture mod refers to any mod that doesn't edit the 3D model, but only the images of which it's composed. There are several types of mods for Grand Theft Auto, some easier than others. Mod means modification, so a mod is something that changes the original game.