View source for Trails in Vice City

This is a tutorial on how to enable the '''"trails" option in [[Vice City]]'''. This option is available to toggle in the console versions but is absent in the PC version. Trails is a visual effect that adds motion blur, enhances particle effects, and adds an orange glow to the atmosphere. There are multiple ways on how to enable this option.

== VC Menu Editor ==
Download the [http://www.steve-m.com/downloads/tools/menueditor/ Menu Editor] by {{U|steve-m}}. Extract the files, start the program, and read the accompanying ReadMe. When everything is done correctly, the "Menu Screens" should show legible texts. Select <code>04. FEH_DIS</code>. In "Menu Items", select <code>FEDS_TB</code>. Click the "Add" button. Select the duplicate <code>FEDS_TB</code> item and go to the "Associated Function" drop-down box and choose 009. In the "Target Menu" input box, set to 4. Set the X-position to 40 and the Y-position to 303. In the "Alignment" drop-down box, select "Left". In the "Menu Item Text" drop-down box, choose <code>FED_TRA</code> and click "Apply".

[[File:VCMenuEditor.png]]

Set the Y-position of <code>FET_DEF</code> to 328 and click "Apply". Set the Y-position of FEDS_TB to 353 and click "Apply". Finally, click "Save Menu" button. Close the program and start the game. If everything is donw correctly, you should see this:

[[File:VTrails.jpg|450px]]

Note: If you use the original protected gta-vc.exe, you must start a new game. This is necessary, because the protected exe have trigger that disables all traffic and pedestrians after you load save file; this happens if any byte of exe file was changed. Use a cracked exe instead.

See also:
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20071014035610/http://gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=171536 Tutorial on GTAForums] &ndash; by Pagnell, retrieved from archive.org
* [http://www.gtainside.com/en/download.php?do=download&id=2464 German tutorial] &ndash; @GTAInside.com.
* [http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=535831 Vice City Trails] &ndash; ASI plugin which enables this feature without the need of altering the Executable file manually.

== DexX's tool ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070222131233/http://gregval.phpwebhosting.com/uploads/dexxspec.zip Control various hardcoded and extra graphical settings] &ndash; by {{U|DexX}}, retrieved from archive.org
Open the <code>spec.ini</code> file and set the "Trails" setting to 1. This tools disables the functionality of the trails menu option if added through the Menu Editor.

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