San Andreas Ambient Sounds (SAAS)

San Andreas Ambient Sounds is a modification that aims to "revitalize" the surrounding world of the state by adding background sounds. For instance, in the port of Los Santos, you will hear barge horns, seagull cries, and the noise of working port cranes. In the forests, birds will sing, at train stations, announcements of arriving trains will sound, and near airports, you can hear the sounds of taking off airplanes. At night in rural areas, the chirping of crickets can be heard, while during the day, nearby farms are filled with the mooing of cows and the clucking of hens.

On one hand, this is a commendable attempt to breathe a bit more life into San Andreas, but on the other hand, some may find it quite pathetic, as neither barges in the port of Los Santos nor cows on farms can be found, no matter how hard you try. However, installing other modifications can somewhat smooth out these inconsistencies.

For it to work, you need to have the CLEO library installed (the current version was tested on version 4.3) and the MoreOpcodes plugin by DK22Pac. The modification is guaranteed to work only on version 1.0 US EXE.

Installation is simple — unpack the archive contents into the CLEO folder.

A list of game zones where sounds are played is available in the ini file. An incomplete version is provided below:

hidden text;Mont Chilliad

;global quietness (proportional to height)

;Port in SF

;shopping mall (LS)

;commerce center in Market (LS)

;dance club in Idlewood (LS)

;dance club in Queens (SF)

;Union Train Station (LS)

;Train Station Linder (LV)

;Train Station Yellow Bell (LV)

;Hi-Tech buildings in Foster Valley — SF

;Factory in Blueberry

;Easter Bay Chemicals (next to San Fierro Airport)

;Abandon deposit between Flint county and Red Count

;Sherman Dam (Tierra Robada)

;Sherman Dam (Tierra Robada)

;Freeway Tunnel South San Fierro

;Freeway Tunnel North San Fierro

;Tunnel 1 Whetstone

;Tunnel 2 Whetstone

;Tunnel south Airport Los Santos

;Tunnel under Verdant Bluffs (LS)

;Tunnel North-West Los Santos (part 1)

;Tunnel North-West Los Santos (part 2)

;Tunnel Entrance San Fierro near Airport

;Tunnel Tierra Robada (very north of San Fierro)

;Bell Church North San Fierro

;Bell Church Los Santos

;Bell Church Las Venturas

;Bell of the small Church in Las Venturas

;Grove and neighborhood area — Day

;Grove and neighborhood area — Night

;Los Santos People speaking

;San Fierro People speaking

;Las Venturas People speaking

;bayside Day (west Tierra Robada)

;Airport LS

;Airport SF

;Airport LV

;Los Santos North-East — Day

;Los Santos North-East — Night

;rich part of north Los Santos

;Verdant Bluffs (LS)

;all north part of Las Venturas

;Train station in Doherty (SF)

;Market Train Station (LS)

;little traffic reduction in south-east(Doherty)SF

;little traffic reduction in Rodeo Drive (LS)

;Park ( San Fierro)

;Hashbury Park ( San Fierro)

;Park Glen (east Los Santos)

;Cemetery Los Santos

;Tennis Club (LS)

;clothes shop near Doherty

;beach in Whetstone near Angel Pine — part 1

;beach in Whetstone near Angel Pine — part 2

;small pond nearby LS Airport

;small pond nearby Avispa (SF)

;small beach in Red County (near Panopticon)

;San Fierro bay (north)

;bayside (west Tierra Robada)

;Ocean docks (LS)

;north outer water

;south outer water

;forest Back o Beyond Night

;shady creek Night

;shore atmosphere for west SF

;north suburbia SF Day and Night

;center-north suburbia SF traffic reduction

;shopping mall at very north-east LV

;Fort Carson Day

;Fort Carson Night

;Los Santos Background Crowd

;Hotel Visage

;Casino 4 Dragons

;Casino Camel's Toe

;West part of LS (slightly reduces traffic noise)

;Central part of LV (Strip nearby)

;bayside Day (west Tierra Robada)

;bayside Night(west Tierra Robada)

For each zone, settings can be adjusted, with the main three being:

- turnOffRadio=1 ;Set to 1 for better enjoyment of ambient sound — automatic radio off in the car;

- engineLowVol=1 ;They are irritating anyway, keep it 1 — muffling engine sound level;

- globalVolume=1.0 ;Anything between 0.0 and 1.0 — Your preference — overall sound level from the mod.

A topic for bug reports is available on GTAForums. Some report that through indirect signs (turning off the radio in the car), they can conclude that the mod is running, but the sounds themselves are not heard in the game. If you encounter such a problem, ensure you have the codecs for playing mp3 files installed and that the volume in Windows is not set to zero.