[TUTORIAL] Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Lag fix !

[Justin Knight]

What you will have after using all fixes below:

No sounds, resulting in great FPS increase overall. You can choose not to do it if you want to hear sounds. (See IMPORTANT NOTE at end of post to know how to do it)
Low quality textures resulting in a bit more FPS
Original timecyc with reduced draw distance resulting in great FPS increase
No sand when shooting on ground saving much FPS loss
No gun smoke, no gun flash, no gun shells resulting in a bit more FPS
No small grass and leaves on grounds resulting in more FPS
No moon, no stars, no coronas on headlights or postlamps resulting in a bit more FPS at night
Black mirrors resulting in small FPS increase when you are near mirrors
No motion blur, no heat haze resulting in more FPS on high speeds or hot weather
No clouds (especially no laggy clouds at high altitudes)
No lightning on vehicles making them appear a bit dark resulting in a small FPS increase



Installation Instructions:


1. Get a clean unmodded GTA

MODS = LAGS
Get a clean install of GTA San Andreas without any mods whatsoever. To make sure there are no previous mods left, uninstall your GTA San Andreas, SAMP and remove the main folder as well after uninstalling.
Also delete the gta_sa.set located in My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\ folder (For Windows XP users) OR in Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\ folder (For Windows Vista or Windows 7 users).
Then install a clean GTA San Andreas and SAMP without any mods.
Go to My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\SAMP\ folder (For Windows XP users) OR go to Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\SAMP\ folder (For Windows Vista or Windows 7 users).
There, open the samp.cfg file using Notepad. There will be a line saying fpslimit=<some number>, change it to fpslimit=90 and save the file.
Connect to any server on SAMP. Press Esc while in-game. Go to Options > Display Settings > Advanced.
There, turn Draw Distance to minimum. Turn off Frame Limiter. Set FX Quality to Low. Set Anti-aliasing to No. Set Mip-mapping to No. Reduce Screen Resolution to 800x600x16 (or 640x480x16 if your PC is too slow)
Close the game.


2. Shrink your GTA using GTA Shrinker

Download GTA Shrinker from here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/qr...hrinkerWin.zip
Extract the file anywhere.
Open GTA_Shrinker.exe
Enter your correct GTA San Andreas main directory in first box
Click Shrink button to start shrinking of your gta3.img file
Wait till it is finished
Download TXD Workshop from here: http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=8320
Open TXD Workshop. Click Open IMG button. Navigate to your GTA San Andreas\models folder and open gta3.img. Type tree_hipoly19.dff in search box at bottom-left of screen. Right-click tree_hipoly19.dff in the panel above search box. Choose Replace from the menu. Replace withtree_hipoly19.dff included in this download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/7m...e_hipoly19.dff
Type sniper.txd in search box at bottom-left of screen. Click sniper.txd in the panel above search box. Click SNIPERcrosshair file in middle panel. Click Import button. Replace with SNIPERcrosshair file included in this download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/4s...Rcrosshair.png . ClickSave TXD button. Close TXD Workshop.

3. Use low quality particles and effects

Download these files: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ur...cq/effects.zip (EDIT: Fixed black water texture with exotic water texture)
Extract and copy-paste them to \Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\models\ folder
Overwrite files when asked


4. Use Maximum FPS Timecyc

Download this max FPS timecyc and modded gta_sa.exe required to run it: http://www.solidfiles.com/d/06ed773f...th_max_fps.zip
Extract the files
Copy-paste the downloaded gta_sa.exe to \Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\ main folder. Overwrite when asked.

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Easiest way here



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[Wasi]

lol nice but why did you posted it in graphic discussion?

[Justin Knight]

lol nice but why did you posted it in graphic discussion?

I posted it on "Tutorials" If its on wrong place please move it.

[John Wahl]

No, you posted it in tutorials...In the graphics section. You have to go to the home page > information > tutorials

[Justin Knight]

No, you posted it in tutorials...In the graphics section. You have to go to the home page > information > tutorials

My Bad , Please close this thread.

[Emily Grey]

If you really need to do all this to run a game that came out in 2005 then maybe you should just get a better computer lol

[Cody]

Or you can just get a better computer.

[Neftali™]

I honestly have a gameing Desktop, but I used this tutorial for my netbook and GTA runs FLAWLESSLY on my netbook now because of this tutorial. Thank you.

[Savish.]

Note: Please move this thread to general tutorials
Its not meant to be here in Graphics Section's Tutorials

Thank You

[Paul Walker]

I like this tutorial. Thanks.
Moved to the guide & tutorials section.

[Slice Walshy]

I honestly think that I have posted an Advanced FPS Guide. I have done something to increase FPS before but unfortunately we got a rollback.. But still it's nice to see someone that did this.

[Sam Gideon]

Nice tutorial

[Safo.]

many shitty laggy computers detected

[Bilal.]

not suffering from lag problem really, btw nice tutorial.