This page is for the original 2002 PC release. For the remaster, see Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition.
Grand Theft Auto III
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Rockstar North |
| macOS (OS X) |
TransGaming |
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Rockstar Games |
| Japan |
Capcom |
| Russia |
Buka Entertainment |
| Poland |
Cenega |
| Brazil |
Tech Dealer |
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RenderWare |
| Windows |
May 20, 2002 |
| macOS (OS X) (Cider) |
November 12, 2010 |
| Metacritic |
93 |
| Monetization |
One-time game purchase |
| Modes |
Singleplayer |
| Pacing |
Real-time |
| Perspectives |
Third-person |
| Controls |
Direct control |
| Genres |
Action, Open world, Shooter, TPS |
| Vehicles |
Automobile, Bus, Naval/watercraft, Street racing, Tank, Train, Transport, Truck |
| Art styles |
Realistic |
| Themes |
Contemporary, North America |
| Series |
Grand Theft Auto |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
- RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).
General information
- Official manual
- Steam Community Discussions
- GTAForums - Grand Theft Auto III Discussion.
- GTA Network - A huge network of fansites all dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series
Availability
- If the Steam version is detected, the Rockstar launcher can launch the game through Steam instead.[5]
- Given for free to anyone who purchased The Definitive Edition on the Rockstar Store before June 30, 2022.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.1 fixes several bugs and removes SafeDisc DRM. Most digital distribution versions already include this patch.
- Many fixes of this patch have been included in SilentPatch, and the v1.1 executable can cause incompatibility with other fixes and mods so the v1.0 executable is recommended.
Skip intro videos
- Although this mod was made for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, it works on Grand Theft Auto III as well.
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Installing No Intro mod[6]
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- Download the mod here.
- Extract the
movie folder from the archive, then copy this folder to <path-to-game>, replacing the video files. For the German version, create a duplicate of GTAtitles.mpg within the mod's folder and rename the duplicate as GTAtitlesGER.mpg.
- Now launch the game. The blank videos should skip the intro and launch straight into the game.
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SilentPatch
- Fixes numerous bugs and oversights introduced in the PC version, and restores content removed from the French and German versions (e.g. blood, cutting off limbs, obtaining money from corpses, Rampage missions[7]).
- Copying the
AUDIO folder from the "PLAY" disc into <path-to-game> allows the game to be playable without the CD when using SilentPatch.
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Installing SilentPatch[6]
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- Download the
SilentPatchIII.zip and SilentPatchDDraw.zip files here.
- Extract the contents of
SilentPatchIII.zip archive, then copy the models folder and SilentPatchIII.asi into <path-to-game>, overwriting any files in the process.
- Extract the contents of
SilentPatchDDraw.zip archive, then copy ddraw.dll into <path-to-game>.
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ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix
- A v1.0 executable is recommended.
- For multi-monitor support, SilentPatch is required.[8]
- Fixes issues such as broken in-game widescreen presentation and HUD/subtitle scaling in higher resolutions.
- Adds MSAA support for the non-Steam version. Also works as an ASI loader and a D3D8to9 wrapper.
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Installing ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix[6]
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- Download ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix here.
- Extract the
GTA3.WidescreenFix folder from the zip archive, then copy the d3d8.dll file and scripts folder into <path-to-game>.
- (Optional) Download the Widescreen Frontend from the drop down menu where ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix was downloaded from above, then extract the contents of the zip archive and copy them into
<path-to-game>, overwriting any files in the process.
Notes
- The default settings alter the original game's UI and appearance (NoLightSquare removes vehicle's light squares that are intended). For a vanilla look, set the values of the following settings in
GTA3.WidescreenFix.ini:
- Vanilla Widescreen Fix settings (ver.05-16-2020)
; The settings below are used to scale parts of the game UI differently.
; If set to "0.0", original values will be used.
HudWidthScale = 0.0 ; Original value is 1.0.
HudHeightScale = 0.0 ; Original value is 1.0714285.
RadarWidthScale = 0.0 ; Original value is 1.0.
SubtitlesScale = 0.0 ; Original value is 1.0.
; Fixes vehicle lights coronas size. (0|1).
SmallerVehicleCorona = 0
; Remove vehicle light square. (0|1).
NoLightSquare = 0
; Makes radar size the same as in GTA IV (0|1).
IVRadarScaling = 0
; Replaces text shadow with outline (0|1|2).
ReplaceTextShadowWithOutline = 0
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- Adds a world map to the menu, like the one present in later installments of GTA.
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Menu Map
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- Download the Menu Map here.
- Extract the contents of
MenuMapIII.zip archive into <path-to-game>.
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Uncensored Patch
- Removes censored content that is visible on other versions of the game (ie. radio station missing a song, cut dialogue).
- Comes with a free v1.0 executable.
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Uncensored Patch
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- Download the Uncensored Patch here.
- Extract the contents of
gtaiii_uncensored_patch_6467a.7z archive, then copy the audio, data and TEXT folders into <path-to-game>, overwriting any files in the process.
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- Fixes the launch bug when sprinting off of slopes at high FPS
- Only works with 1.0
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Configuration file is encrypted.
Save game data location
Portable GTA
- Requires a v1.0 executable and an ASI loader (included in ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix).
- Also works with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and San Andreas.
- Moves the user files folder to
<path-to-game>, allowing a downgraded game to be fully portable.
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Using Portable GTA[9]
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- Download the mod here, then rename the file extension from
portablegta.dll to portablegta.asi.
- Place the
portablegta.asi file into <path-to-game>\scripts\.
- Run the game, exit to desktop, and then delete the contents inside
<path-to-game>\userfiles\.
- Copy everything from
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\GTA3 User Files\ into <path-to-game>\userfiles\.
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| System |
Native |
Notes |
| OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
| Steam Cloud |
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Video
- Only 16:9 aspect-ratio is supported as other resolutions are stretched, however, the in-game Widescreen setting causes issues such as stretched HUD, cuts off parts of the image (Vert-), and misaligned mouse aiming. Use ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix for proper widescreen support.
Input
- The game has two control styles: Standard accommodates keyboard and mouse controls, while Classic is based on the console versions.
GInput
- Adds full XInput and DualShock 3 controller support with relevant controller prompts.
- Supports pressure sensitive buttons and SIXAXIS accelerometers.
- Restores haptic feedback from console versions.
- Five controller presets, based on console versions and Grand Theft Auto IV.
- Removes the ability to use mouse and keyboard input with controller input simultaneously.
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Installing GInput
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- Works with DsHidMini driver, but requires drop DsHIdMini's xinput1_3.dll into the game directory.[14]
- Download GInputIII here.
- Extract the contents of
GInputIII_*.zip, and copy models, GInputIII.asi, and GInputIII.ini into <path-to-game>.
- Open
GInputIII.ini with a text editor and configure the desired settings.
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Controller presets
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- Edit the
ControlSet=* in section [Pad1] in GInputIII.ini.
- Numbers of control presets edited:
- 1 - Classic preset
- 2 - Classic 2 preset
- 3 - Classic 3 preset
- 4 - Analog style preset
- 5 - GTA IV styled preset
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Audio
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EAX / DirectSound wrapper fix
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- Copy the Mss32.dll from the v1.0 archive to
<path-to-game>. This fix is from the GTA Garage website, created by Verokster. Audio is fixed by Mss32.dll making the game to look for dsound.dll in the game root first, allowing for wrappers like Creative ALchemy or DSOAL to be used to restore EAX functionality.
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Simplified Chinese |
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Fan translation available here. |
| Croatian |
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Fan translation (older version) available here. Fan translation (newer version) available here. |
| Czech |
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Fan translation available here. |
| French |
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| German |
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| Hungarian |
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1) Fan translation by Pety available here.
2) Fan translation by .:i2k:. available here. |
| Hungarian |
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Fan dub by HotRod Online Team & Mozgi-Studio and/or fan translations by .:i2k:., Pety and m.David (Pety fixed) are available here. |
| Italian |
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| Japanese |
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1) Most likely restores the Japanese PS2 version of the translation. Here is a guide on how to do it. The translation can be downloaded from the same link.
2) Another translation is also available, here is a guide on how to set it up. |
| Polish |
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Local retail only. Patch for the digital release can be downloaded here. |
| Portuguese |
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Fan translation available here. |
| Brazilian Portuguese |
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1) Fan translation by GTA Central / GameVicio / Tribo Gamer / Central de Traduções available here.
2) Alternative translation by Hellwings e Cia is available here. |
| Russian |
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Retail only. Patch for the digital release is available here. |
| Russian |
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1) Fan dub by GTA: Правильный перевод is available here,
2) Fan dub by WuzVoice is available here |
| Slovak |
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Fan translation available here. |
| Spanish |
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Game is officially translated to Spanish, but an improved fan translation by Clan Dlan is also available here. |
| Turkish |
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Fan translation by CriminaL277, here. |
| Ukrainian |
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Fan translation available here. |
Network
- Dedicated multiplayer maps can be restored with a mod
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Multiplayer mods
- Downgrading the game to the 1.0 version is required to run both mods.
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GTA Connected
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Notes
- It supports JavaScript, Squirrel and Lua scripting languages.
- It supports P2P sync method.
- Windows XP/Wine support.
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Liberty Unleashed
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Notes
- Abandoned by the developers, no new updates available since 2016/06/14.
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VR support
| 3D modes |
State |
GG3D |
Notes |
| iZ3D |
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| vorpX |
| G3D
User created game profile, requires D3D8to9, read more in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Timing-related issues
- An unlocked or incorrect frame rate cap can result in timing issues.
Related issues
- The menu text selections become invisible when 2000 FPS is exceeded (fixed with SilentPatch).
- Loading a save game crashes the game randomly.
- M16 gun will transform into a machine gun, firing the full magazine in less than a second (capping the game to 60 FPS using Framerate Vigilante and Framelimiter on solves this issue).
- Some audio cuts off too soon, mostly pedestrian dialogue; the higher the FPS, the sooner it cuts. Capping the game to 60 FPS using Framerate Vigilante seems to allow the highest frame rate without this issue.[18]
- The firetruck can't shoot water since the effects are broken, thus rendering firefighter side missions impossible (capping the game to 60 FPS using Framerate Vigilante and Framelimiter on solves this issue).
- When walking downhill or down the stairs, player will often get flung and lose health (fixed with ZPatch (version 1.0 only)).
- Moving the camera with the mouse while on foot can become impossible.
- Vehicle traction and friction are non-existent.
- Vehicles lose momentum much faster, as soon as player lets go of the throttle key.
- Some cars are not able to reverse.
- After dying, the game is likely to freeze on a white screen.
- Turning sirens on or off is much harder due to the shortened time window available to press the assigned button (dependent on the FPS).
- Flamethrower's fire particle effects are broken (capping the game to 60 FPS using Framerate Vigilante and Framelimiter on solves this issue).
- Pager messages reveal faster.
- Replays play faster.
- Making stunt-jumps breaks the game; the camera won't exit the in-game cinematic, while the in-game clock goes into slow motion.
- Pushing cars on foot becomes very easy.
- Vehicles will often lay down, freezing in place and becoming stuck.
Solution
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Turn on in-game frame limiter[citation needed]
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Notes
- No timing-related bugs.
- Game is capped at 30 FPS.
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Use Framerate Vigilante[19][20]
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Notes
- Contains fixes for many framerate related issues.
- By limiting the game to 60 FPS and using Framerate Vigilante, it's possible to achieve good, playable gameplay.
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Missing or broken features and bugs
- The PC version is known for missing/broken features present in the console versions of the game, especially the PlayStation 2 version.
Relevant issues
- Bad lighting, reflections and shadow mapping
- Purple Nines gang is missing
Mouse sensitivity resets after restart
Low violence gameplay with some keyboard layouts
- Includes ar-EG, de-AT, en-AU, es-ES, fr-CA, qu-PE, se-FI, sr-SP, zh-HK[23]
The game asking for the CD, even when all files are copied from the disc or was installed via Steam
Game refuses to start
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Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed]
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).
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(Windows 11) Apply the compatibility fixes for the "Cannot find 640x480 video mode" error.[28]
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If the executable is displayed in the "Background processes" section of Task Manager, but does not move to the "Apps" section, close the game and apply the below compatibility fixes for the "Cannot find 640x480 video mode" error. Tested on Windows 11 23H2, but may work for older Windows versions.
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"Cannot find 640x480 video mode" error
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Use the following compatibility fixes[30]
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- Right-click
gta3.exe and select Properties.
- Go to the Compatibility tab and set the following:
- Set Compatibility mode to
Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
- Check the setting for
Run in 640x480 resolution
- Click
Apply to apply these settings and attempt to run the game, then change resolution settings as desired.
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"Game requires at least 12MB of available video memory" error
Vehicles are missing colors
Misaligned mouse aiming
- Using the in-game widescreen setting causes the player's actual aiming sight to be slightly above and to the right of the displayed crosshairs.
Game uses incorrect refresh rate
- The game may default to the lowest supported refresh rate of the monitor.
Steam overlay not working
Other information
API
| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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| macOS (OS X) | |
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This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
Modifications
Downgrading (Rockstar Games Launcher)
- Downgrading the Rockstar Games Launcher version will improve compatibility with other mods that rely on a v1.0 executable.
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How to use III RGSC Downgrader[3]
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- Download the III RGSC Downgrader.
- Extract the contents of
IIIdowngrader.rar to <path-to-game>.
- Run
install.bat to start the downgrading process. The tool will automatically close its command prompt window and remove patch files afterward.
- Launch the game from the newly created
gta3.exe v1.0 executable. It is advised to not use the original executable leftover after downgrading the game as the Rockstar Games Launcher has problems with the modified files and can undo file changes from the downgrader.
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Featured plugins
- CLEO - Popular script extender used by lots of sophisticated mods.
- Mod Loader - Allows the use of mods without replacing core files from the installation folder. Some script-based files may not work if loaded via Mod Loader.
- VBDec - A plugin that, when used in conjunction with Audio Samples, allows for native playback of the original uncompressed .VB audio files from the PlayStation 2 version onto the PC version. The.VB files extracted from the PlayStation 2 version can be found along with Liberty City: The Leftovers Fix.
Featured mods
- Liberty Extended - Adds new game mechanics and changes existing ones, as well as improves the gameplay in general, making it look like more modern GTA.
- Manual Drive-By - Allows to shoot in any direction from a vehicle.
- HD Menu - Replaces the original menu screen with a high-definition one, there is an alternate HD colored screen version.
- Hood Detach - Makes vehicle hood detach once damaged like in future titles.
- Liberty City: The Leftovers Fix - Restores elements from the original PlayStation 2 version such as the 'Under Surveillance' dialogue and missing song from the Double Clef FM radio station.
- Heli & Plane Collision - Fixes the collision of helicopters.
- SkyUI - Restores the menu style from the console version.
- Destroyable Airtrain - Fixes the Airtrain not being destructible.
- Intro Remaster - Replaces the original intro with an entirely remade one in HD.
- Dojo Bodyguards - Restores the cut content bodyguards.
- Gas Station Fix - Restores the gas station fillings from PlayStation 2.
- Audio Restoration Project - Restores uncompressed versions of vanilla sound effects to the game.
- Radar HD Version Replaces the original radar with a high-definition one.
- HD HUD icons - Very faithful recreation of the original PC/Xbox/PS2 map icons and radardisc. Also includes HD icons for the beta map icons.
- Lowered Full-Winged Dodo Path - Makes the Dodo planes more visible in the air.
- Essentials Pack - Includes all the mods that's needed in the game.
- Skin Filter - Smoothes Claude's textures.
- Gangster Walk Fix - Fixes the way NPCs hold heavy weapons.
- Mixsets - Allows to extensively tweak a lot of gameplay mechanics, visuals and more, totaling at more than 40 features available.
- Tri-Pack - Replaces the original vehicles with more HD ones, cars added is incompatible with Aircraft mod.
- Aircrafts III - Adds the ability to fly planes like in the modern titles.
- Interactive Pause Menu Map - Adds the ability to view the map in the pause menu.
- Reload Mod - Adds the ability to reload weapons.
- Achievements System - Adds 29 achievements similar to the PS4 version.
- ParticleEX - Fixes and tweaks particle effects with the ability to use effects from the PlayStation 2, PC, and Xbox versions while retaining their original appearance. Requires an ASI loader.
- Kioski - Adds ability to buy food.
- Ice Cream Sale - Adds the ice cream side mission from Vice City.
- Shadows - Adds proper shadows to the game.
- Liberty City Taxi service - Adds the ability to use taxis like in modern titles.
- HQ Radio - Makes the radio sound be in high quality as long as restoring cut and removed content songs, commercials, lines, etc.
- Passengers - Makes the passengers appear next to drivers.
- Sky Full Of Stars - Adds actual stars in the sky during night time.
- DeadDodo Flight Path Beta - Restores beta DeadDodo flight path.
- Improved Airtrain Flight - Improves the route of the Airtrain.
- Draw Distance Fix - Fixes the draw distance.
- Sit In Boat - Fixes the boat sitting animation.
- Anti-Fall - Adds the ability to stay on top of a moving car without falling.
- Working elevator at a construction site - Adds the ability to use the elevator from the construction site.
- HQ Trees - Replaces the trees in HD.
- HD Train - Makes the train in higher quality along with restoring the PS2 grafitti.
- Mouse Wheel Radio Changer - Adds previous radio station action to mouse wheel.
- Improved Weapon Purchase - Adds the ability to buy weapons from walls like in Vice City.
- Classic Axis: Visual Camera Improvements - Allows camera to be moved around the character or vehicle while "on foot" and "in a vehicle", crouch and aim with weapons like in future GTA titles.
- SA & LCS Vehicle Camera Port - Adds the ability to move camera while on a vehicle like in modern GTA titles.
- Skin and Bones - Adds bone system like in Vice City.
- Breakable Windshields - Adds the ability to break windshields like in future GTA titles.
- Burstable Tyres - Adds the ability to shoot car tires like in future GTA titles.
- GPS Line - Adds GPS that shows a route line to the destination while driving a car.
- Bail Out - Adds the ability to bail out of the car.
- Sharptrails - Removes the blurry "Trails" effect while keeping the original lighting and colors.
- Extended Interiors Universe - Adds more interiors throughout the game, most notably safe houses.
- Less Lethal Leone - Replaces the shotgun leone gang carries with an other weapon that wont insta-kill.
SkyGfx
- Requires a D3D8to9 wrapper (included in ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix) and currently only works with a v1.0 executable.
- Features the ability to restore the visual aesthetics of the RenderWare engine from the console or mobile versions.
- May decrease performance on older and weaker systems.
Total conversions
- GTA III Dark Edition - A total conversion featuring a darker atmosphere to match the tone of the game's setting. No longer in development.[36]
- PS2 Feels III Edition - An off-shoot of Liberty City: The Leftovers Fix which ports many assets and features from the PlayStation 2 version to the PC version. Requires Mod Loader.
- Xbox Version HD - Ports many of the high-quality Xbox assets and effects to the PC version with remastered high-definition textures.
- Grand Theft Auto 3D - A total conversion project that aims to recreate the brighter, cartoony look and feel of the game's alpha and beta stages contrast to the darker and realistic tone from the final version by using a collection of hand-made assets, in-game leftovers, and HD sources. Currently under development with only free-forming gameplay of Portland being accessible. This is not meant for vanilla Grand Theft Auto III gameplay.
- GTA IV: Renderware Edition - A total conversion project that aims to recreate Grand Theft Auto IV into Grand Theft Auto III's engine. Currently under development.
- GTA Forelli Redemption - A total conversion project featuring even new side missions, ambulance mission has been tweaked. The events are taking place in parallel with events of the original GTA 3 story. Giovanni Forelli, 26 years old man, is a son of Sonny Forelli, also a nephew of current Forelli boss Giorgio, which was lucky enough to survive during the destruction of Little Italy. Forelli Family is weak these days, though it still manages to stay in the game. However, a short chain of events gives Forelli a chance to restore their power.
Modding tools
Cheats
https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Cheats_in_GTA_III
System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
95, 98, ME, 2000 | XP |
| Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon 500 MHz
Intel Pentium III 450 MHz | AMD Athlon 1024 MHz
Intel Pentium III 1000 MHz
700 MHz (Steam) |
| System memory (RAM) |
96 MB | 256 MB
128 MB (Steam) |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
700 MB
500 MB (Steam) | |
| Video card (GPU) |
Direct3D compatible
16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB
32 MB (Steam) of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
1.5 GB |
| Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT
Intel GMA X3100 |
| Other |
This game will NOT run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References
- ↑ GTA 3 - Anti-Piracy Measures - Feat. BadgerGoodger - YouTube - last accessed on 2025-12-21
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-10-23
- Confirmed SafeDisc DRM is also in the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy release of Grand Theft Auto III from my own personal copy of this collection. Using Patch v1.1 removed SafeDisc but the game would prompt "Insert Disc 2" to play after the fact. Tested on Windows 10 64-bit.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-12-14
- ↑ Games for Windows – Grand Theft Auto III (archived) - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-09-18
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Verified by User:AmethystViper on May 21, 2018
- ↑ Censorship Wiki – Grand Theft Auto 3 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GTAForums — SilentPatch – Silent's post from March 5, 2015 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on March 31, 2019
- ↑ GTAForums — [GTA|NFS|MP|OTHER] Widescreen Fixes Pack – ThirteenAG's post from April 4, 2015 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2018-05-21
- This fix along with Widescreen Fix allowed the game to be played in windowed/borderless fullscreen mode via this .ini file.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-06-09
- Using DS4Windows together with GInput allowed for DualShock 4 support by tricking the game into thinking it's reading inputs from an XInput controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on June 6, 2018
- ↑ GTAForums — GInput – Silent's post from December 9, 2021 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ SoundBlaster.com – Listening in on Liberty City (archived) - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Tom's Hardware – A prima donna on PC: Creative Labs Audigy 2 § EAX Advanced HD and 6.1 sound in games - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Reddit – /r/GTA3 — GTA 3 at 60 FPS – Johnny_Three-hats' comment from January 18, 2023 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GitHub – GTAmodding / FramerateVigilante - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GTAForums — Framerate Vigilante – finding and fixing framerate related issues - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-06-10
- Used Widescreen Fix's and crosire's D3D8to9 converter and the menu text worked as intented.
- ↑ GTAForums — SilentPatch – Silent's post from April 1, 2016 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GTAForums — SilentPatch – Nick007J's post from December 8, 2016 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GTAForums — SilentPatch – Silent's post from June 19, 2016 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Stack Exchange – Arqade — How to fix "please insert disk into the drive" error with the Steam version of GTA 3? - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GTAForums — Insert disk 2 – Igor Bogdanoff's post from December 29, 2016 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on August 15, 2015
- Used CLEO on a clean install of the retail release with the v1.1 patch applied without any other mods and CD check was bypassed
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions – Launching issues - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions — Can't find 640x480 video mode FIX – Silent's comment from October 2, 2014 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ YouTube – How to fix 'Will not open' or 'Cannot find 640x480 video mode' in GTA III - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions — Grand Theft Auto III requires at least 12 MB of available video memory – help please?! — Silent's comment from October 8, 2014 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ Verified by User:Silent on 2024-10-25
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-06-10
- Without Widescreen Fix, the mouse cursor was misaligned when using the "Standard" controls with the in-game Widescreen setting endabled, and was fixed after installing the plugin.
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2020-11-16
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions – Steam overlay not working - last accessed on 2025-07-07
- ↑ GTAForums — GTA III Dark Edition – AdusPL's post from February 9, 2017 - last accessed on 2025-07-07
