SilentPatchIII 1.1 build 2 + DDraw build 3

GTA III is a great game, but it has some glitches that make it less enjoyable to play. People often point out the missing headlight crowns, but the game also has an infamous "purple nine" glitch.
This little plugin fixes both of these problems and also corrects some other minor things.

SilentPatch fixes:

• The mouse will no longer wander out of the game, allowing you to play on multi-monitor installations without problems;
• The game now runs a little better at high FPS. It will no longer freeze during fades, although there are still problems with car physics, gravity and sounds. Therefore, it is recommended to continue playing withenabledframe limiter;
• Reflections on wet roads are displayed correctly again (same as with Road Reflections Fix)
• All texts now have correct shadows (depending on the selected resolution, without the fix they appeared thinner, etc.);
• Headlight crowns are now displayed correctly (as they are on PS2, XBOX and PC Steam versions). This headlight fix is ​​probably the best, since it duplicates the fix from the Steam EXE and thus there are NO bugs (as with other fixes, where the headlights can be seen through the car, etc.);
• Fixed a glitch with "purple nines";
• Rhino caused by a cheat code will no longer remain on the map forever;
• Blista can now be lifted by the Car Crusher crane - in exchange, it will no longer be able to lift Coach;
• Shooting the M16 in first person now correctly increases the statistics of the bullets fired (so you won't be able to beat Accuracy greater than 100%);
• The destination mark now scales correctly to fit the resolution;
• Text related to garages and rampage missions are now correctly scaled to fit the resolution;
• In 1.0, the armor cheat is now TORTOISE - as in 1.1 and Steam versions;
• In 1.0, the BOOOOORING cheat now works correctly - as in 1.1 and Steam versions.

DDraw fixes some game problems that cannot be solved by SilentPatchIII.asi due to the fact that ASI files are loaded relatively late in the game.

DDraw corrections:

• If the settings file is missing, the game will now adjust to your resolution instead of 640x480x16
• The DirectPlay dependency has been removed - this should improve compatibility with Windows 8 and newer
• The game will no longer crash on startup if Data Execution Prevention is enabled for all applications
• Error I can't find enough free video memory, which appeared on some computers, has been removed
• The path to the User Files folder is now reached differently, with the hope of increasing the compatibility and prospects of the game

Installation is very simple. The patches will take effect automatically.


Supported game versions:

• GTA III 1.0 (all versions)
• GTA III 1.1 (all versions, including Steam)