ZONE

Introduction

A zone is an area in the game used to show the text of the zone being entered, to load islands, and to create locations to spawn specific vehicles and pedestrians. It is controlled by .zon files.

Structure

All the .zon files start with a section identifier and ends with the keyword "end", both in a single line.

Example:

zone
...
end

Format

The basic format for a .zon file for GTA3 and Vice City is:

Name, Type, X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2, Island

And for San Andreas:

Name, Type, X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2, Island, Text

Name

Name and text of zone used from the .gxt file

Type

Type of zone

X1, Y1, Z1

The bottom left corner of the zone

X2, Y2, Z2

The top right corner of the zone

Island

The island number

Text

Text of the zone used from the .gxt file

GTA3

Island number 1: Portland
Island number 2: Staunton
Island number 3: Shoreside Vale

Gta3.zon

The gta3.zon controls the text of the zone that shows up in the game as you enter a new zone. The main.scm uses this to check if you are in the zone. The gta3.zon can be viewed through KEd but it can be only edited by hand. The main.scm uses this file so you cannot just delete the lines in the file to prevent the zone’s text from popping up in the game without editing the main.scm. This zone is type 0, 1 or 2 and uses island number 1, 2, or 3.

Map.zon

The map.zon controls the loading of an entire island as you travel from one island to another. It tells the game where to load. The map.zon can be viewed through KEd but it can be only edited by hand. This zone is type 3 and uses island number 1, 2, or 3.

Vice City

Island number 1: Vice City Beach
Island number 2: Vice City Mainland

Info.zon

The info.zon, with the help of the main.scm, controls which pedestrian and vehicles spawn in that specific zone. The info.zon can be viewed through KEd but it can be only edited by hand. The main.scm uses this file so you cannot just delete the lines in the file without editing the main.scm. This zone is type 2 and uses island number 1.

Map.zon

The map.zon controls the loading of an entire island as you travel from one island to another. It tells the game where to load. The map.zon can be viewed through KEd but it can be only edited by hand. You can make the loading of the islands by deleting the entire section. This zone is type 3 and uses island number 1 or 2.

Navig.zon

The navig.zon controls the text of the zone that shows up in the game as you enter a new zone. The main.scm uses this to check if you are in the zone. The navig.zon can be viewed through KEd but it can be only edited by hand. The main.scm uses this file so you cannot just delete the lines in the file to prevent the zone’s text from popping up in the game without editing the main.scm. This zone is type 0 or 1 and uses island number 1.

San Andreas

Island number 1: Los Santos
Island number 2: San Fierro
Island number 3: Las Venturas

Navig.zon

The navig.zon controls the text of the zone that shows up in the game as you enter a new zone. It also controls which pedestrian and vehicles spawn in that specific zone, with the help of the main.scm. The main.scm uses this file so you cannot just delete the lines in the file to prevent the zone’s text from popping up in the game without editing the main.scm. This zone is type 0 and uses island number 1.

Map.zon

The map.zon is currently known to control which police to spawn in the game. This zone is type 3 and uses island number 1, 2, or 3.

References

Map File Definitions