Getting Started

Building OpenRW

See Building

Running

rwgame

This is the game binary. Before running the game a config file is needed, by default the game will look for ~/.config/OpenRW/openrw.ini, which should look like:

[game]
path=/opt/games/Grand Theft Auto 3/        ; Game data path

[input]
invert_y=0                                 ; Invert camera Y

Eventually the game will write this for you, but currently it must be done by hand.

The path must point to the directory where "gta3.exe" is located. This must be an existing installation of the game. See this guide to find out how to extract the necessary data from your game discs if you don't have an existing installation.

• Options:
  • -w n, -h n sets initial window size
  • --newgame starts a new game automatically
• Controls:
  • W/A/S/D: Move
  • Shift: Sprint
  • Space: Jump
  • F: Enter/Exit Vehicle
  • Mouse Wheel: Cycle weapons
  • Mouse 1: Fire Weapon

rwviewer

This is a Qt tool for opening the game data. It currently supports looking at objects and their models, and a primitive world viewer. It needs more work to be useful for looking inside archives and viewing textures.

Editing OpenRW

If you would like to contribute features or fixes to OpenRW, please read the Contributing and Development pages for more information.