If you have questions about the mod or other issues installing the mod or getting it to work, check if your query is responded to here. Otherwise, you can ask for help in the Rainbomizer Discord server.
When I try to start the game, I get a warning message about an ASI error (5, 255, 1450, and maybe more) and/or the file gets deleted and the game plays without any changes.
An anti-virus is blocking the mod from functioning. Allow the anti-virus to keep the file and download it again if needed. Either add an exception for SA.Rainbomizer.asi or disable your anti-virus when playing. See https://youtu.be/DAxsKPIOjDQ?t=22 to learn how to add exceptions to Microsoft/Windows Defender (select "file type" and type "asi").
The Mission Randomizer is enabled but missions aren't random or they don't pass properly upon completion.
This most likely means that you do not have the correct main.scm file. Click here to download a main.scm supported by the mod. Make a backup of your existing file and place the new one in the data/scripts folder of your game installation.
The game is crashing after I activated Experimental Randomizers (such as Particles, Weapon Stats, or Objects).
As noted above, the experimental randomizers are not fully functional and are known to crash or otherwise softlock the game. If you want the smoothest experience, these should all be disabled, and are just there for you to have fun experimenting with if you wish to, but are not suited to a full playthrough.
First you should re-check that you've followed all your steps. Is your game downgraded to V1? If our provided downgrader doesn't work for you, you may wish to find an alternative. Did you download the Ultimate ASI Loader? If so, make sure you did not install the x64 version. If you already have a dinput8.dll file in your SA directory such as for a mouse fix, you can rename the ASI Loader to an alternative such as vorbisFile.dll or d3d8.dll. Again, make sure your anti-viruses and/or Windows Defender are not blocking the mod. If none of this works for you, join our Discord and ask for help in the #support channel.
All of the missions are started at the usual markers that'd start at, such as first marker being the one at Grove Street for Big Smoke. However, the mission the marker starts will be randomized to a different mission that you must complete. This mission will always be the same if RandomizeOnce is enabled and will change each time you start it if not. Each marker has a different random mission linked to it which is determined by a seed that the mod randomly generates or one that you set yourself in the config file. During the course of the random mission, the cities unlocked will correspond to those that are normally unlocked during that mission, and will revert back if you fail or pass. Upon completing the mission, you will be teleported back to where you would have ended the mission that normally started at the marker you originally entered, and the game will progress as if you completed the original mission, meaning completing a randomized mission in place of Big Smoke still unlocks The Johnson House and the next mission (Ryder).
The Ped Randomizer randomizes only the pedestrian's model, which is what they look like. In every other sense, they behave the same as their original model. So while cops for example will look different, they will still chase after you and attempt to bust you if you commit crimes. Gang members have distinguishing characteristics that make them identifiable even when randomized, such as they tend to hang out in groups and they smoke and can carry beer bottles. Enemy gangs will still be antagonised towards you and trigger gang wars when killed, and you can still recruit Grove Street members - they will simply look like different people. When using keyboard and mouse, you can identify if a gang member is friendly or not by aiming at them and seeing if the arrow above their head is pointing up or down. If you dislike randomized gang members or cops, both can be specifically disabled in the config section for Ped Randomizer.
Yes, a system has been implemented where if the currently running script is not one from the original game, the Script Vehicle Randomizer will default to a set of generic patterns guaranteeing the same type of vehicle and number of seats in order ensure compatibility with many different types of mods, even those that may completely change the game's story or add entirely new missions. A notable example is Design Your Own Mission - these generic patterns are used for any custom mission you may play and so should allow you to complete any kind of mission.
Yes, scroll down to the section for CutsceneRandomizer and set UseOnlyNormalCutsceneModels to true. Every ped model is included by default for fun and variety, but only certain models designed for cutscenes can use proper facial animations which is why this occurs.
When I play with Parked Car Randomizer, boats and planes spawn as cars - can I force them to be normal boats or planes?
Yes, set RandomizeToSameType to true in the config under ParkedCarRandomizer and this will ensure randomized fixed spawns always become another vehicle of that type, guaranteeing some kind of random boat at locations for boats and planes in airports.
Yes, Colour Randomizer has many settings in the config to adjust the amount of things randomized. UseMinimalistTextRandomization is ideal if you'd like less colour on the HUD. You can also disable RandomizeWeaponSprites if you don't like the coloured weapon icon. There are also settings for disabling random colours for lights and stars, or if you'd like less variation in light colours but still want random lights, use ConsistentLights. There are also other settings that are disabled by default due to being too unpleasant to look at, but you can try them out if you wish. We offer a lot of customisation for you to try out different things.
This effect is most prevalent in the main menu, so if you find it to be too much there, it likely will not have as much impact for you during gameplay. This is part of a setting in the config - the text will change somewhere between every 1 and 5 seconds by default. If you want to make this longer, increase these values in the config to any whole number you'd like to use.
There is a high chance that anything you want to disable or change can be using the config file. See the Configuration section in the main ReadMe. If there is something you want to change and you don't see it there, you can give us feedback about it on the Rainbomizer Discord.
Yes, they are fully compatible together and every effect works with every stable randomizer. See the Mod Support section in the main ReadMe.
We cannot guarantee compatibility with any other mods, but most that are not Total Conversions should be stable, however if you have frequent crashes or other issues, it is most likely another mod you are combining with the Rainbomizer making it unstable. Total Conversion mods most likely will not function very well as the mod is primarily made for the normal game, however certain randomizers may still work. See the Mod Support section in the main ReadMe.
There are 4 different versions of SA Rainbomizer at this point.
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#1.) Public (v3.2). Available via GitHub repository release.
- Basic, only able to download a random mission.
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#2.) Semi-Public version (v?). Available via pinned messages in #sa in Rainbomizer Discord server. Previously available via GitHub actions artifact.
- Adds TTS and translation support. Requires bass.dll and bass_fx.dll, otherwise the game will crash when it tries to play TTS.
- Adds ability to start a chain/loop of missions by pressing F4.
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#3.) Private, only available to a small group of people. (Debug Build: Oct 17 2022 16:45:49).
- Adds full session support (1-hour countdown timer (replaces in-game clock), original/non-translated subtitles, missions passed/skipped counter, mission URL/link for download, mission name, mission author, and mission created/uploaded/modified date (unsure) text file outputs.
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#4.) Private, only available to Joshimuz. (v?).
Random changes:
- Adds ability to modify the missions passed/skipped counter by pressing function keys.
- The DYOM scripts starts at a random time and weather now in addition to spawn (missions are not affected).
- Added an AutoReset option in the config which will reset the timer if you skip a mission when you haven't passed any missions.
- External subtitles don't print subtitles for non-translated lines.
Changes to the TTS system:
- TTS volume now depends on the in-game audio. I've made it so that the TTS is at 100% volume at 3 in-game SFX bars.
- Each speaker now gets a unique voice unlike before where two speakers could get the same voice. I integrated a system which tries to detect whether the name is male or female and made it choose a voice accordingly.
- TTS drops the name of the speaker from the second time onward.
- Added a swear filter (see
\rainbomizer\data\Swear_Words.txt). It uses regular expressions to replace words in TTS to redacted. The subtitles remain unchanged.