Grand Theft Auto IV/Unused Player Features

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Taking Photos

In the audio files, tourists have lines where they ask the player to take a photo for them.

Location	Audio	Subtitles
M_Y_TOURIST_02		Hey-hey, could you take a shot of me over here?
		Hey there, mind snapping a picture of me?
		Yo, you wanna take a picture of a complete stud muffin?
F_Y_TOURIST_01		Hey! I'm sorry, would you take a photo?
		Excuse me, forgive me, but would you mind taking a photo?
		Could you possibly take a picture for me?

In the WeaponInfo.xml file, there is a leftover line of the camera being an object that the game would treat as a weapon that player could use.

	<weapon type="CAMERA"/>

And the final proof of this feature is an unfinished animation where a tourist would pose for a photo. Animation is called turist_pose_loop

Dating GoGetter and Lickingood

On the LoveMeet game website, there are two girls called GoGetter and Lickingood, and according to the text leftovers in american.gxt file, the developers intended for Niko to be able to date them.

• 

  GoGetter

• 

  Lickingood

• 

  GoGetter email text leftover.

• 

  Lickingood email text leftover.

More proofs of this idea is that the e-mail addresses of GoGetter and Lickingood are listed among other important e-mail addresses for the player, while all other addresses from which the player receives nothing special are listed after them.

And finally, the american.gxt file contains the names of these two girls, who were supposed to be contacts in the player's phone, but currently it is impossible to determine which name belonged to whom.

	0x134458C6 = Beth
	0x886042E0 = Laurie

Picking-Up Hookers On-Foot

It seems that the developers wanted to make a little variety in the action of picking up hookers from the streets, and give the player the ability to pick them up not only through vehicle, but also on foot, although vehicle would still be necessary for the further events.

State	Audio	Subtitles
Normal		Sure, we'll need a car.
		Why not? I'm bored, let's get a car.
		Okay, but we will need a ride.
		Okay, but we we're going to need a car.
		Okay, we will need a car thought.
		Sure, let's get a car.
		Okay, I will get us a car.
		Yes, let me find a car.
Angry		Okay, come on, we will need a car.
		Quick! I will need a car.
		~sigh~ Why not? I will need a car.
		Come on then, we need a car!
		Come on!
		Sure, come on! we're gonna need a car thought.
		Okay, sure!
		Sure, let's get a car!

Idle While Aiming

Ambient.dat file has a commented out line related to idle animation while aiming from the pistol. It is in the Player Movement Groups section, meaning that it was made for the player only. This animation seems to be dropped pretty early in development, as it doesn't looped correctly and Niko has no facial animation while this animation playing.

GUN@AIM_IDLES Player, Combat

# MOVE_PLAYER		GUN@AIM_IDLES

(Source: GTAForums Beta Hunt thread)

Fastfoods

Buying Food at tw@

It seems that the developers planned to make tw@ a place where the player could buy food, as evidenced by some unused lines from the food vendors.

Location	Audio	Subtitles
F_Y_FASTFOODHISPANIC		Hi, welcome to tw@.
		Hello, welcome to tw@, you want something to eat?
		Bye, thanks for coming.
		Bye!
F_Y_FASTFOODWHITES		Welcome to tw@, burgers and porn.
		Welcome. Two port on the computer?
		Thanks for coming to tw@.
		Don't forget your freaking tw@ card.
M_Y_FASTFOODBLACK		tw@. Can I help you?
		tw@. Are you ready to get on the information hi-way?
		Thanks for coming to tw@!
		You better not to downloaded any viruses.

It could be assumed that this could have been implemented the same way as a small Burger Shot corner in the bowling alley, since tw@ has a similar corner where nobody is standing, but it has a cash register that the player can rob, and speaking of robbing fastfood places...

Robbing Fastfoods

In the final version of the game, the player can rob laundries, tw@ places and MODO clothing store, but according to several unused lines found in the M_Y_FASTFOODBLACK sound bank, the player could rob fastfoods as well, and thereby cause a reaction from the food vendors in there. The only strange thing is that only this sound bank has several lines of this kind, all other sound banks do not have this, probably the feature was scrapped quite early, so there was no need to record more.

Location	Audio	Subtitles
M_Y_FASTFOODBLACK		Man, this is the last of my guap!
		I just got my check too.
		You can rob no dealers, dog!

Vomiting After Overeating

A feature from Grand Theft Auto San Andreas that supposed to re-appear in IV, but was dropped for whatever reasons, despite the fact that both the animation and the food vendors' lines that would react to such an action from the player remained.

Location	Audio	Subtitles
F_Y_FASTFOODHISPANIC		Ay ombre, that is disgusting!
		Ay mang, now I gotta clean this shit up!
		I ain't serving you no more.
		Ayy, get out of here, man!
		No way! I ain't giving you no more food!
F_Y_FASTFOODWHITES		I can't believe you just did that.
		That is fucking gross.
		Look, at least I do that in private.
		You not a supermodel, you know?
		Hey, don't shoot your viral videos in here!
M_Y_FASTFOODBLACK		That's why I don't eat this shit!
		My dude, you OD'd on that bullshit!
M_Y_FASTFOODWHITES		Take that supermodel shit outside!
		Cool, I see corn!
		Dude, you just harshed on the floor!
		No way, I gotta mop that shit!
		No more for you, sir puke-a-lot!

Buying Cellphones

According to some text leftovers in american.gxt file, the player could have the opportunity to purchase phones, and apparently this was done through the in-game internet, as evidenced by the text leftovers from the addresses of Tinkle phone store.

}
EBK2
{
	0x37A19080 = We are pleased to inform you that your new Toshi C6000 phone has arrived at our store in South Bohan. At your soonest convenience please come in to pick it up from one of our friendly service staff. Thank you for doing business with us and remember that it is our pleasure to Tinkle in your ear.
	EINTN_2_0 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_1 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_2 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_3 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_4 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_5 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_6 = Hello Customer
	EINTN_2_7 = Hello Customer
	EOUTN_2_0 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_1 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_2 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_3 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_4 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_5 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_6 = Thanks For shopping with us
	EOUTN_2_7 = Thanks For shopping with us
}

	E_ADDRESS_2 = sales@tinkle.com
	E_NAME_2 = Tinkle
	E_SIGNOFF_2 = Tinkle

Buying Drugs

Niko has audio files labeled DRUGS_BUY_##, meaning he was able to buy drugs while freeroaming. Only audio files and line of text remain from this feature.

0xE847D720 = ~s~Press ~PAD_LB~ to buy drugs.

Location	Audio	Subtitles
NIKO_ANGRY_1		Come on, hook me up!
		Sort me out!
		Give me whatever you got.
		Come on, sort me out.
		Quick! Sort me out.
		Don't mess about, hook me up!
		Come on, pal, quick!
		You, sort me out. Quick!
		Quick, let's do this!
		Quick, come on! No fucking around.
NIKO_NORMAL_2		Come on, sort me out.
		Hey, buddy, hook me up.
		You gonna hook me up, pal?
		Hey, can you sort me out?
		Come on, I'm not a cop.
		You look like you've got what I need.
		Can you sort me out?
		Hey, hook me up!
		Let's not fuck about here, hook me up.
		Hook me up, my friend.

Search Bodies for Items

A strange function, which, according by the audio and animations leftovers, belonged to the player. It's unknown what kind of items player could search for in bodies, it only can be assumed that it could be either money or weapons.

There is one important note here, the game still uses these lines, only in the moments when the player robs the cash register, probably the developers reused it in this way, since the name of the audio refers to this very cut feature.

searchped-searchped_intro	searchped-searchped_loop

State	Audio	Subtitles
Normal		I better have that.
		Thanks.
		Forgive me.
		I don't think you'll be needing this.
		Great!
		That's what I was after.
		Thank you very much.
		Give me that.
		Sorry.
		Forgive me.
		I think your material needs are no longer important.
		That's what I was looking for.
		Can I have that a second?
		Give me that.
		Forgive me for this.
Angry		Thanks!
		That's it!
		That's what I wanted!
		Thank you!
		Sorry!
		You have to forgive me!
		Oh, you're too kind!
		Sorry, it's an ugly world.
		Look at it like this, you've gone to a better place!
		There it is!
		Great!
		Sorry!
		You don't need this no more!
		Forgive me!
		Come on, where is that thing?!
		There we are, thank you!

Unused Audio

Drowning and Inhaling

There are only two ways in the game to make Niko lose health in water, either by staying in it for a long time, or by jumping into the water while being in the vehicle, in both cases Niko will not make these noices, perhaps they were made for something else, like swimming underwater?

Drowning	Inhaling

Death Music

By looking at the LOADING.rpf (which for some reason contains not only loading music) there are six songs that would likely fit whenever Niko either dies or is low on health.

DEATH_01

DEATH_02

DEATH_03

DEATH_04

DEATH_05

DEATH_06

More so, in the gps.rpf there is another sound bank called DEATH_MUSIC that contains two audio files for death music. DEATH_DRUMS is similar to previously showcased DEATH_06, while the DEATH_STRINGS sounds very similar to the pause menu music.

DEATH_DRUMS

DEATH_STRINGS

Dodging Bullets in Cover

While in cover and under fire from enemies, Niko could comment on such a situation, in the final version of the game he always remains silent in moments like these.

State	Audio	Subtitle
Normal		Too close.
		Nearly got me.
		Jesus!
		I'm gonna die here!
		This is getting ugly.
		You people are starting to annoy me!
		You really don't like me.
		Shit!
		This is turning nasty.
		What a terrible place to die.
Angry		Damn!
		Fuck this!
		Screw this!
		Come on, can who you all be friends?!
		Oh man!
		I guess we can't be friends!
		Shit!
		This is bullshit!
		You going to have stop doing that!
		Fuck!
		Oh man, fuck this!
		Oh man!

Giving Money to Beggar

In situations where a beggar asks Niko for money, Niko supposed to say appropriate lines depending on player's choice, be it a refusal or agreement of giving money. Similar choice exists in the final version of the game, but in both cases Niko will not say anything to the beggar.

Respond positively (give money)

State	Audio	Subtitle
Normal		Here, my friend.
		Sure, here you go.
		No problem, here.
		Here you go, buddy.
		Okay.
		Get yourself something to eat.
		Get a bite to eat, buddy.
		Here, have this.
		No problem, have this.
		Take this my friend.
Angry		Sure!
		Here you go!
		Get something to eat!
		You might as well have this!
		Somewhere I seem to have a heart.
		Get some food, friend.
		~sigh~ Don't spend it on drugs.
		Look after yourself, friend!

Respond negatively (not giving money)

State	Audio	Subtitle
Normal		Sorry, man.
		Not today, buddy.
		Another time.
		Goodluck with the struggle.
		Sorry friend, not now.
		I don't have any spare.
		Maybe get a job, friend.
		You should give up drinking, friend.
		Give up the drinking and the drugs, friend.
		You need help, friend, not money.
Angry		Not now!
		I have no time for your sub-story.
		Sorry, I'm kinda busy.
		I don't have time just now!
		Do I look like I've got lots of time for you?
		Sorry my friend!
		I'm kinda busy, friend!
		Not now, friend!