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Some third-party programs wrongly count as modifications. The basic criterion for modification is changing the original game 'content' files, and these programs actually do not touch that files.
Some third-party programs wrongly count as modifications. The basic criterion for modification is changing the original game 'content' files, and these programs actually do not touch that files.


'''[[Trainer]]s''', which is a programs that runs alongside the GTA game and manipulates the game's data stored in memory. These programs can change many different things, ranging from the player's health, armor, weapons, skill and even location; to being able to spawn vehicles, modify the current vehicle (e.g. color, damage etc) and edit vehicles stored in garages; to modifying the time, game speed and weather.
'''[[Trainer|Trainers]]''', which is a programs that runs alongside the GTA game and manipulates the game's data stored in memory. These programs can change many different things, ranging from the player's health, armor, weapons, skill and even location; to being able to spawn vehicles, modify the current vehicle (e.g. color, damage etc) and edit vehicles stored in garages; to modifying the time, game speed and weather.


'''[[Multiplayer]]'''. As all [[PC]] versions of the [[GTA III Era]] games lacks multiplayer capabilities, gamer community start creation of unofficial multiplayer clients & servers. These programs allow to play online with other players on public servers, or offer 'head-to-head' competitions between directly connected players. Types of gameplay provided may differ between different realizations, but usually are versions of FPS-like deathmatch/CTF or rally/street races. Examples are [[Multi Theft Auto]], [[Vice City Multiplayer]] and [http://sa-mp.com SA-MP].  
'''[[Multiplayer]]'''. As all [[PC]] versions of the [[GTA III Era]] games lacks multiplayer capabilities, gamer community start creation of unofficial multiplayer clients & servers. These programs allow to play online with other players on public servers, or offer 'head-to-head' competitions between directly connected players. Types of gameplay provided may differ between different realizations, but usually are versions of FPS-like deathmatch/CTF or rally/street races. Examples are [[Multi Theft Auto]], [[Vice City Multiplayer]] and [[San Andreas Multiplayer]].


'''Enhancers''' are additional programs/libraries which remove or increase certain GTA game engine limits and restrictions, like maximum draw distance and number of objects in scene. Display of these restrictions are well known drops of road texture, delays of LOD textures on buildings when moving fast and traffic unification with current protagonist car driven. Some of enhancers also apply modern shader post-processing effects to game graphics. Noted enhancers are [http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=295783 SA Limit Adjuster] and [http://boris–vorontsov.narod.ru/index_en.html ENBSeries tweakers].
'''Enhancers''' are additional programs/libraries which remove or increase certain GTA game engine limits and restrictions, like maximum draw distance and number of objects in scene. Display of these restrictions are well known drops of road texture, delays of LOD textures on buildings when moving fast and traffic unification with current protagonist car driven. Some of enhancers also apply modern shader post-processing effects to game graphics. Noted enhancers are [http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=295783 SA Limit Adjuster] and [http://boris–vorontsov.narod.ru/index_en.html ENBSeries tweakers].
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