Saves (GTA VC)

Block 0: Miscellaneous

Offset	Type	Description
0x30	word	Year
0x32	word	Month
0x34	word	Day of week
0x36	word	Day
0x38	word	Hour
0x3A	word	Minutes
0x3C	word	Seconds
0x3E	word	Milliseconds
0x48	float[3]	camera coordinates (x,y,z)
0x54	dword	length (ms) of in-game minute (1000=normal)
0x5C	dword	game hour
0x60	dword	game minute
0x6C	float	game speed (015D)
0x90	dword	current weather
0x98	dword	current weather table offset (between 0 and 63)
0x9C	float	current vehicle camera view (between 0.0 and 5.0)
0xA0	float	current on foot camera view (classic controls only)
0xA4	dword	current interior (04BB)
0xA8	dword	taxi boost jump (0572)
0xB0	dword	sky color (04F9)
0xB4	dword	sky atmosphere (0=normal,1=interior)
0xB8	float	sky atmosphere blue overlay (between 0.0 and 1.0)

Block 3: Garages

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	dword	number of garages (0219)
0x04	dword	free bombs (0=not,1=yes)
0x08	dword	free respray (0335)
0x18	dword	garage type 8 status, see below
0x1C	dword	garage type 9 status
0x20	dword	garage type 10 status
0x24	dword	garage type 22 status
0x2C	[48]	garage car structures, see below
0x7AC	[32]	garage structures, see below

Export garage status:

• 0x01=car 1 collected
• 0x02=car 2 collected
• 0x04=car 3 collected
• 0x08=car 4 collected
• 0x10=car 5 collected
• 0x20=car 6 collected

Add them up to set the garage as car already collected:

1 + 2 = 3, cars 1 and 2 collected
1 + 2 + 20 = 23, cars 1, 2, and 6 are collected

Garage car structure:

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	dword	model ID
0x04	float[3]	x,y,z position
0x10	float[3]	x,y,z vector rotation
0x1C	dword	immunities
0x20	byte	primary color
0x21	byte	secondary color
0x22	byte	current radio station
0x23	byte	variation 1
0x24	byte	variation 2
0x25	byte	bomb type
Each vehicle is 0x28 in size

Garage structure:

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	byte	type
0x01	byte	door status (0=closed,1=opened,2=closing,3=opening)
0x02	byte	max number of cars to store (4=default)
0x19	byte	swing door (03BB)
0x1A	byte	camera follow player (03DA)
0x1C	float[3]	entrance bottom left x,y,z coordinates
0x28	float[4]	rx,ry,rz,rw quaternion rotation
0x38	float	ceiling z coordinate
Each garage is 0xA8 in size

Block 4: Game Logic

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	dword	number of restart taxis (058D)
0x04	[16]	restart taxi locations, see below

Offset	Type	Description
0x0	float[3]	x,y,z coordinates
0xC	float	z angle rotation
Each restart taxi is 0x10 in size

Block 8: Cranes

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	dword	number of cranes
0x08	[8]	crane structure, see below

Offset	Type	Description
0x40	float	current z rotation
Each crane is 0x7C in size

Block 9: Pickups

Offset	Type	Description
0x0	float[3]	x,y,z coordinates
0x18	dword	ammo or asset revenue
0x2E	byte	type
0x2F	byte	has been picked up
Each pickup is 0x34 in size

Block 10: Phone Info

Offset	Type	Description
0x04	dword	number of phones
0x08	[50]	phone structures, see below

Offset	Type	Description
0x0	float[3]	x,y,z coordinates
0x2C	dword	phone status (3=idle,9=ringing,others=leftover GTA III stuff)
Each phone is 0x34 in size

Block 11: Restart Points Buffer

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	string	RST
0x8	float[3]	hospital x,y,z coordinates
0x14	float	hospital z angle
Each point is 0x8 in size
0x88	float[3]	police x,y,z coordinates
0x94	float	police z angle
Each point is 0x8 in size
0x110	float[3]	override x,y,z coordinates
0x11C	float	override z angle

External links

• Very old development topic - retrieved from archive.org
•  GTAForums: Current development topic
•  GTAForums: Savefile Editor - by voodoo48