Definitely, anyone will not mind saying that "GTA: San Andreas" is one of the best games in the entire series. In general, it can be considered one of the best in its genre. After all, the game was released in the distant and "bearded" year 2004, and it is played to this day. Of course, the merit of not only developers is here, although they must be thanked first of all, but there is also the merit of modders. After all, there are mods for almost any GTA, and a thousand mods for GTA: San Andreas. This allows players to spend time playing the game, even after passing it.
This article will discuss how to install a skin on GTA: San Andreas that will modify the main character. We will analyze in detail where it can be found, how to download a file and what to do with this file next.
Where to get skins, and what you need to install
So, before telling how to set the skin on "GTA: San Andreas", you must first explain that there are such situations that in order to carry out the installation, you must first download special programs that will help to do this. Right now we’ll talk about where to get them and what they are called. And also talk about where to get the skins themselves.
Skins for "GTA: San Andreas" can be found on millions of sites, but, unfortunately, this does not mean that you have to immediately download it, because in this way you expose your computer to a virus infection. In order not to rant, you should go straight to the point and name a couple of sites where you can download mods for skins with one hundred percent certainty that they are clean. These sites are: LibertyCity and GTAViceCity. These two sites are painfully similar to each other, but it’s only to their benefit, it will be easier to understand the interface, but their content is different, which will expand the search circle.
Well, now let's talk about which program is needed in order to install the skin itself. And we need only Crazy IMG Edition.
So, get acquainted with the sites, download and install the program and get ready. Now we will take a closer look at how to set the skin on GTA: San Andreas.
First installation method
Just want to say that this method is the easiest. And skins installed in this way can be downloaded from GTAViceCity. The fact is that skins are loaded with an automatic installer there, now we will figure out how to do it and what to do.
Log in to the site. Immediately pay attention to the sidebar on the left, there, in the reverse order, all games from the GTA series will be listed. Due to the fact that we are analyzing how to set the skin on GTA: San Andreas, we scroll to the bottom of this page. Next, pay attention to the "Files" section, it lists all the mods by category. Since we need skins, we follow the link "Skins".
Now in the central area of the site, scrolling down the page and flipping it at the very bottom, you can select the skin you like. Click on it and you will be redirected to the download page. Click on the large "Download" button, wait a couple of seconds, and the archive with the skin will be downloaded to your computer.
Now you just have to open it and double-click on the file with the exe extension. The installer will start, specify the path to the game directory in it and click "Install." After a few seconds, the mod will be installed, and you can start the modified game.
Second installation method
Now let's look at the installation when GTA: San Andreas mods for skins are downloaded from LibertyCity website. The fact is that the installation will be different.
Since the sites are very similar, we won’t tell how to find and download the skin files, but immediately proceed to install them.
After downloading the skin, save it to your computer and remember its location. Now open the Crazy IMG Editor program that was mentioned earlier. In the program window, click on "File" and select "Open." Now in the window, lay the path to the gta3 file, which is located in the game directory in the Models folder. Highlight the file and click "Open."
Now select "Edit" and there click on "Add with replacement." In the window, lay the path to the downloaded files and, having selected them, click "Open". Now the files are added. You just have to click on "File" and select "Rebuild Archive". Agree with all the messages and wait for the build. At the end, you will be notified, and you can close the program and start the game - the skin is installed.