Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/Unused Textures

This is a sub-page of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Some textures that aren't used at all in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Early CJ Head

Inside Player.Img, there exists an odd-looking and very early CJ head.

OG Loc?

Quite possibly OG Loc picking up soap in the first picture, and having "his rhymes stolen" in the second. Freddy, whom OG Loc had sexual relations with in prison, makes reference to Jefferey "dropping the soap" while in prison during the mission OG Loc, which makes these images even stranger as Freddy has nothing close to the skin tone on the arm holding Loc down. Wherever these odd pictures would be used is very unclear. Within the same file is a blank picture named blkdot.

Unused HUD Icons

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  Unused Jetpack HUD icon.

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  The Skateboard HUD icon.

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  The Cellphone HUD icon.

Several HUD icons that are never used for various reasons. The Jetpack icon is the most notable; since the game will automatically equip you with a suitable weapon when you have the Jetpack on, you wouldn't see this icon anyway. While the game doesn't reckon on you being unarmed when wearing the Jetpack, the icon never gets displayed in any case.

There's also the HUD icon for the equally unused skateboard. One curious HUD icon you never see is the Cellphone. Every 3D GTA game has a HUD icon for the Cellphone, but the phone is never considered an item or weapon in the same context as other world objects that you can pick up and interact with.

Pedestrian Interaction Icons

At one point, talking to people would show these comic-esque bubbles. The bubbles shown stand for Good/Bad, Agree/Disagree, and within the same .txd file, D-Pad Up/Left (and would likely be flipped to show Right).

Unused Radar Icons

A set of unused radar icons for:

• The Boatyard, possibly a leftover from Vice City.
• The fire station. Icons for the hospital and police station are used during Wear Flowers in Your Hair.
• The impound garage, meant to be introduced as a game mechanic during the cut mission Impounded.
• MC Strap, an early name for OG Loc. His missions and any models related to him are also named accordingly (STRAP1, STRAP2 and so on).
• Enemy Attack, presumably for when your territory is under attack from another gang. The Ballas and Vagos (the only gangs that can attack your turfs in the final game) have their own icons.
• Icons for the San Fierro Rifa and Varrios Los Aztecas, two gangs that you can't take over territory from and who can't take them over from you.
• An unused icon for Mike Toreno. A grey 'T' for Toreno's Ranch is used instead.

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  Boatyard

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  Fire

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  Impound

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  MC Strap

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  Enemy Attack

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  Gang B

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  Gang N

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  TORENO

Unused Rifa Spray Tag

An additional spray tag for the San Fiero Rifa. Spray tags are limited to Los Santos so this one goes unused. Also of note is the "spelling error" is shared by several SF-related things, such as the SF tattoo and the Rifa's group in pedgrp.dat.

Early Spray Can Texture

The early texture for the spray can seen in some pre-release screencaps is present in the files.

(Source: Vadim M)

Unused Race Tournament Renders

In the file LD_RACE.txd, there are 13 unused images for various race tournaments (with one of them being a simple placeholder). The most interesting part about this is that the renders actually feature an early version of the in-game map!

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(Source: Vadim M)

Unused Vehicle Textures

Dashound Bus

Download Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Dashound TXD file) File: GTASADach.rar (17.4 KB) (info)

dach.txd is a TXD file for the Dashound, which wouldn't appear until Grand Theft Auto V. A separate texture contains the logo, while this one is present among the tuned car paintings. It has the damaged window texture of Vice City, along with the early San Andreas plate. No model of the bus has been found yet.

Tram

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The mysterious Tram in San Fierro has some unused textures of its own. The texture for its body has the logo of "POWELL AND MASON STS.", and finally the signs texture has some for extra locations but only "GARCIA" is used.

Legend

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  Color 2 in-game.

Paintjobs for the Legend 566, the Elegy's early name. Paintjob 3 is similar to the final's but with yellow and blue colors, Paintjob 2 is completely unique, and Paintjob 1 is a duplicate of the final version.

Dune

There is an earlier wheel texture present in dune.txd. It will not show up properly on the final game's Dune wheel.

Vice City Leftovers

For some reason, Vice City screen pictures are present among the San Andreas files, properly converted. This includes the intro pictures (seen here), splash screens shown while loading new parts of the city (a third splash is present but empty), and the "Welcome to VICE CITY" card shown while exiting the game.