Channel Update - May 2018 - Next video| FPS script status (Patreon)

Hello folks!

Here is an update for you.

~~ Videos

~Next video -> GTA V - Beta weapons [Part 2]

Why did I decide to make the second part of GTA V beta weapons? Well, turns out it is a "lost" video. I mean, it was almost done a year ago, but eventually I forgot about its existence. Originally, it was going to be the first part of beta weapons, but due to the fact that a former(?) GTA developer released a lot of GTA V HUD mockups, I decided to talk about them instead. I think, I wrote about it a year ago.

But anyways, I decided to improve this "lost" video with some new finds. I hope, SWEGTA will be able to voice me new lines soon.

~GTA 3 - FPS script showcase

It is happening and we are currently finishing the FPS script. The FPS feature looks almost the same as I showed you in the video, but now you can freely move Claude and freely shot your gun. Here is a teaser:

https://youtu.be/hneNiL5G-BA

Right now we are trying to enhance it as well as fix animations. I think, we will be able to release it during this summer. So yeah, expect the video soon.

~~ Thoughts and behind the scenes

~GTA 3 - beta mission restored

I think you already know about leaked GTA 3 mission sources. You can find there very old and "rusty" mission source file from "Luigi's girls" mission. What is more interesting, this "source" was untouched since the beta stage of the game... Guess what, I was able to fix it and play this mission. It has several changes as well as very early cutscene:

I might make a video about it. 

~GTA magazines

I finally started sorting my GTA magazines by dates and I noticed that I have a lot of non-English magazines with early GTA information. I am going to find more people, who will be able to look through them and see if there is something interesting inside. 

Previously people found that there was a mission in GTA 3 where you had to burn a restaurant down. It seems, it was cut from the final game. The information appeared at least in two German magazines.

Speaking of magazines, some of you may already know that I tried to find PowerStation magazine issue #69. Why do I need it? Well, this issue has a lot of pre 9/11 GTA 3 screenshots. Someone shared one screenshot from it and here it is:

As you can see, GTA 3 had a weird face statue in Staunton, but, for some reason, it was cut. You can also see it in Bradygames guide, but very briefly. This magazine is a true gem and that's why I am trying to find it. 

Fun fact, having 44 English GTA 3 magazines, I can say for sure that only ~5 of them are worth reading and analyzing. Yeah...

Do you know what is a real bum? I had a dude, who offered me to scan PowerStation mag, but he disappeared. While I was looking for another dude on Twitter, someone bought this magazine on eBay.

It seems someone stalks me as he bought two magazines from my post. But that's not the funniest part. Someone paid about $40 for them. THis person is insane. Too expensive.

~Youtube censorship

Remember my video about Japanese exclusive changes in Vice City? Sadly, Russian version of this video received "18+" flag and was demonetized. 

Thankfully, after my appeal, they gave me monetization back, but didn't lift the flag. It means YT won't promote this video anymore. 

The sad thing is, English version might receive the same sh*t in the future. It makes me wonder what did I do wrong. I mean, I tried to censor it, but it didn't help me much. What if the reason is gore... or scenes with Candy? Right now I am considering to abandon "GTA SA - Japanese changes" video, because, well, this video might receive 18+ flag & demonetization as well, so there is no point for me to waste my time on it. :(

~Website backups

I noticed that a lot of old GTA news websites are slowly disappearing. I decided to backup some of these websites (or at least interesting news) for preservation purpose. While doing this boring thing, I made some notes for myself. Totally worth it.

~Flash backups

I also started backing up official GTA Flash animations and I noticed that GTA SA Flash animation has a hidden intro section. You can take a look at it here.

http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/intro.swf

~To sum the things up

As you can see, I am doing a lot of behind the scenes stuff. I hope, it was interesting for you to know what I am doing. Stay tuned for more.

Cheers!