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 Menu Editor here. Extract the files, start the program, and read the ReadMe. When everything is done correctly, the "Menu Screens" should show legible texts. Select 04. FEH_DIS. In "Menu Items", select FEDS_TB. Click the "Add" button. Select the duplicate FEDS_TB 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 of FED_TRA to 40 and Y-position to 303. In the "Alignment" drop-down box, select "Left". In the Menu Item Text drop-down box, choose FED_TRA and click "Apply".

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Set the Y-position of FET_DEF 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:

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See also German tutorial.