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Ayy I used to work on MTA wayyyyy back when it started and everyone was figuring it out. With all the reverse-engineering and hacking, coding etc it was actually a bit of an adventure. I started working on a multiplayer GTA myself because I wanted it so bad (ill equipped but determined), and ended up joining with some of the early team. Really proud of everyone getting it together and keeping it going. I remember when we first got shooting working and we were all shooting each other outside that Vice City club that was the default spawn point for a while. I'll always remember the feeling of being the first people that ever played multiplayer GTA... wanting it so bad we manifested it. - Personally I just kept programming and doing random game dev stuff, I released a game made in Unreal Engine using the voxel plugin: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1079300/Goblin_Keep/ I felt incapable of supporting the game after release but I did it for the same reason at MTA, I just wanted to do it. Thanks to the team for keeping this going, who all did a lot more work on it than me 😁

Thank you! ☺️

Hi! I want to make a paintjob system, and I found two examples. What do you think, which one is more performance/fps friendly?  1.: availablePaintJobs = { [480] = { {'remap', 'textures/comet/1.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/comet/2.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/comet/3.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/comet/4.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/r8/r8_4.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/lada4.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/mc13.dds'}, }, [436] = { {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/1.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/2.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/3.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/4.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/5.dds'}, }, [604] = { {'*remap*', 'textures/1.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/2.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/3.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/4.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/5.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/6.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/7.dds'}, }, }; local shaders = {} local elementShaders = {} local textureCache = {} local textureCount = {} local textureSize = 768 function applyShader(texture, img, distance, element) if element then destroyShaderCache(element) end local this = #shaders + 1 shaders[this] = {} shaders[this][1] = dxCreateShader("texturechanger.fx",0,distance,layered) if not textureCount[img] then textureCount[img] = 0 end if textureCount[img] == 0 then textureCache[img] = dxCreateTexture(img) end textureCount[img] = textureCount[img] + 1 shaders[this][2] = textureCache[img] shaders[this][3] = texture if element then if not elementShaders[element] then elementShaders[element] = {shaders[this], img} end end if shaders[this][1] and shaders[this][2] then dxSetShaderValue(shaders[this][1], "TEXTURE", shaders[this][2]) engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shaders[this][1], texture, element) end end function destroyShaderCache(element) if elementShaders[element] then destroyElement(elementShaders[element][1][1]) local old_img = elementShaders[element][2] textureCount[old_img] = textureCount[old_img] - 1 if textureCount[old_img] == 0 then destroyElement(elementShaders[element][1][2]) end elementShaders[element] = nil end end addEvent("destroyShaderCache", true) addEventHandler("destroyShaderCache", root, destroyShaderCache) addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, function() for k,v in ipairs(getElementsByType("vehicle", root, true)) do local pj = tonumber(getElementData(v, "tuning.paintjob")) or 0 if pj > 0 then addVehiclePaintJob(v, getElementModel(v), pj) end end end) function getVehiclePaintJobs(model) if availablePaintJobs[model] then return #availablePaintJobs[model] else return 0 end end function addVehiclePaintJob(veh, model, id) local pj = availablePaintJobs[model] if pj then local pj = pj[id] if pj then applyShader(pj[1], pj[2], 100, veh) end end end addEvent("addVehiclePaintJob", true) addEventHandler("addVehiclePaintJob", root, addVehiclePaintJob) function removeVehiclePaintJob(veh) if veh then destroyShaderCache(veh) end end addEvent("removeVehiclePaintJob", true) addEventHandler("removeVehiclePaintJob", root, removeVehiclePaintJob) addEventHandler("onClientElementDestroy", getRootElement(), function() if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then destroyShaderCache(source) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamIn", getRootElement(), function() if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then local pj = tonumber(getElementData(source, "tuning.paintjob")) or 0 if pj > 0 then addVehiclePaintJob(source, getElementModel(source), pj) end end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamOut", getRootElement(), function() if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then destroyShaderCache(source) end end) or 2.: local modelTextures = { [582] = "template", [445] = "remap", [402] = "remap", [400] = "remapsrt8", [555] = "remap", [416] = "remap", [503] = "remap", [580] = "remap", [558] = "remap", [598] = "remap", [458] = "remap", [589] = "remap", [420] = "face", [566] = "bodykit", [518] = "remap", [561] = "remap", [597] = "r_map", [596] = "remap_taurus", [599] = "remap", } local availableTextures = { [1] = "sprinter/1.dds", [2] = "sprinter/2.dds", [3] = "sprinter/3.dds", [4] = "sprinter/4.dds", [5] = "sprinter/5.dds", [6] = "sprinter/6.dds", [7] = "sprinter/7.dds", [8] = "sprinter/8.dds", [9] = "sprinter/9.dds", [12] = "e60/4.dds", [13] = "e60/5.dds", [14] = "e60/m51.dds", [15] = "e60/m52.dds", [16] = "e60/m53.dds", [17] = "e60/m61.dds", [18] = "e60/m63.dds", [19] = "e60/m62.dds", [20] = "250gto/1.dds", [21] = "250gto/2.dds", [22] = "250gto/3.dds", [23] = "250gto/4.dds", [24] = "ambulance/1.dds", [25] = "amggt/1.dds", [26] = "amggt/2.dds", [27] = "amggt/3.dds", [28] = "amggt/4.dds", [29] = "amggt/5.dds", [30] = "amggt/6.dds", [31] = "audirs4/1.dds", [32] = "audirs4/2.dds", [33] = "audirs4/3.dds", [34] = "audirs4/4.dds", [35] = "audirs4/5.dds", [36] = "audirs4/6.dds", [37] = "audirs4/7.dds", [38] = "bmwm3/1.dds", [39] = "bmwm3/2.dds", [40] = "bmwm3/3.dds", [41] = "copcarpj/1.dds", [42] = "copcarpj/2.dds", [43] = "copcarpj/3.dds", [44] = "e250/1.dds", [45] = "e250/2.dds", [46] = "golf/1.dds", [47] = "golf/2.dds", [48] = "golf/3.dds", [49] = "golf/4.dds", [50] = "golf/5.dds", [51] = "viper/1.dds", [52] = "viper/2.dds", [53] = "viper/3.dds", [54] = "viper/4.dds", [55] = "viper/5.dds", [56] = "viper/6.dds", [57] = "viper/7.dds", [58] = "viper/8.dds", [59] = "nissan240/1.dds", [60] = "nissan240/2.dds", [61] = "nissan240/3.dds", [62] = "nissan240/4.dds", [63] = "nissan240/5.dds", [64] = "nissan240/6.dds", [65] = "nissan240/7.dds", [66] = "nissan240/8.dds", [67] = "grandsrt8/1.dds", [68] = "grandsrt8/2.dds", [69] = "grandsrt8/3.dds", [70] = "tahoe/1.dds", [71] = "tahoe/2.dds", [72] = "tahoe/3.dds", [73] = "tahoe/4.dds", [74] = "taurus/1.dds", [75] = "taurus/2.dds", [76] = "taurus/3.dds", [77] = "suburban/1.dds", [78] = "suburban/2.dds", [79] = "suburban/3.dds", [80] = "polmav/1.dds", [81] = "polmav/2.dds", [82] = "polmav/3.dds", [83] = "polmav/4.dds", [84] = "polmav/5.dds", [85] = "f10/1.dds", [86] = "f10/2.dds", [87] = "e34/1.dds", [88] = "e34/2.dds", [89] = "e34/3.dds", } local paintjobs = { ["template"] = { [582] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} }, ["bodykit"] = { [566] = {85, 86} }, ["face"] = { [420] = {87, 88, 89} }, ["remap"] = { [402] = {10}, [445] = {12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19}, [555] = {20, 21, 22, 23}, [416] = {24}, [503] = {25,26,27,28,29,30}, [580] = {31,32,33,34,35,36,37}, [558] = {38,39,40}, [598] = {41,42,43}, [458] = {44,45}, [589] = {46,47,48,49,50}, [518] = {51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58}, [561] = {59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66}, }, ["remapsrt8"] = { [400] = {67,68,69}, }, ["remap_taurus"] = { [596] = {70,71,72,73}, }, ["r_map"] = { [596] = {80, 81, 82, 83, 84}, [597] = {77,78,79}, }, } local textures = {} local shaders = {} addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(), function () for k, v in pairs(availableTextures) do textures[k] = dxCreateTexture("textures/" .. v, "dxt1") end for k, v in pairs(getElementsByType("vehicle"), getRootElement(), true) do applyTexture(v) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamIn", getRootElement(), function () if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then applyTexture(source) end end) addEventHandler("onClientResourceStop", getResourceRootElement(), function () for k, v in pairs(shaders) do if isElement(v) then destroyElement(v) end end for k, v in pairs(textures) do destroyElement(v) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementDataChange", getRootElement(), function (dataName) if dataName == "vehicle.tuning.Paintjob" then applyTexture(source) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementDestroy", getRootElement(), function () if shaders[source] then if isElement(shaders[source]) then destroyElement(shaders[source]) end shaders[source] = nil end end) function applyTexture(vehicle) local paintjobId = getElementData(vehicle, "vehicle.tuning.Paintjob") or 0 if paintjobId then if paintjobId == 0 then if isElement(shaders[vehicle]) then destroyElement(shaders[vehicle]) end shaders[vehicle] = nil elseif paintjobId > 0 then local model = getElementModel(vehicle) if not isElement(shaders[vehicle]) then shaders[vehicle] = dxCreateShader("texturechanger.fx") end local modelTexture = modelTextures[model] if modelTexture then local paintjob = paintjobs[modelTexture] if paintjob and paintjob[model] then local textureId = paintjob[model][paintjobId] if textureId and shaders[vehicle] then if textures[textureId] then dxSetShaderValue(shaders[vehicle], "gTexture", textures[textureId]) engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shaders[vehicle], modelTexture, vehicle) end end end end end end end function isTextureIdValid(model, textureId) local modelTexture = modelTextures[model] if modelTexture then local paintjob = paintjobs[modelTexture] if paintjob then if paintjob[model] then if paintjob[model][textureId] then return true else return false end else return false end else return false end else return false end end function applyPaintJob(paintjobId, sync) local pedveh = getPedOccupiedVehicle(localPlayer) paintjobId = tonumber(paintjobId) if paintjobId then if isElement(pedveh) then local model = getElementModel(pedveh) if isTextureIdValid(model, paintjobId) or paintjobId == 0 then setElementData(pedveh, "vehicle.tuning.Paintjob", paintjobId, sync) end end end end function getPaintJobCount(model) model = tonumber(model) local modelTexture = modelTextures[model] local paintjob = paintjobs[modelTexture] if model == 467 then return #paintjob[model] - 2 end if model == 500 or model == 438 then return #paintjob[model] - 1 end if model and modelTexture and paintjob and paintjob[model] then return #paintjob[model] end return false end  

Wow, nice man

Hi. Updated the video since I wasn't pleased with the first one 🫠