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

GTA3

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.
Format:

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

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

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.

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.
Format:

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

Name

Name of zone

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

The map.zon can be viewed through KEd but it can be only edited by hand.

Vice City

Info.zon

The info.zon, with the help of the main.scm, controls which pedestrian and vehicles spawn in that specific zone.
Format:

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

Name

Name of zone

Type

Type of zone (always 2)

X1, Y1, Z1

The bottom left corner of the zone

X2, Y2, Z2

The top right corner of the zone

Island

The island number (always 1)

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.

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.
Format:

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

Name

Name of zone

Type

Type of zone (always 3)

X1, Y1, Z1

The bottom left corner of the zone

X2, Y2, Z2

The top right corner of the zone

Island

The island number (either 1 or 2)

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.

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.
Format:

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

Name

Name and text of zone used from the .gxt file

Type

Type of zone (either 0 or 1)

X1, Y1, Z1

The bottom left corner of the zone

X2, Y2, Z2

The top right corner of the zone

Island

The island number (always 1)

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.

San Andreas

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.
Format:

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

Name

Name of zone

Type

Type of zone (always 0)

X1, Y1, Z1

The bottom left corner of the zone

X2, Y2, Z2

The top right corner of the zone

Island

The island number (always 1)

Text

Text of the zone used from the .gxt file

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.

Map.zon

The map.zon is not used in San Andreas.

References

Map File Definitions