Just a little out of the way hole in the wall place with great coffee and a guy who knows everything about driving fast. His advice can come in handy. He has some missions for you, and knows where to find the really fast cars...when you need them.

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Dale's place takes advantage of the view offered where Morello's "Bunker" once stood.  It is one of three places in the mod that are live (no load)  Along with Bertone's garage and The China Town Garage. Dale's is a Collection Point and Mission Hub

I still can't make models to save my life, so this is my basic erector set construction (cheeseburger modding)

1, In progress


Finished Product*


















* there are still a few glitches I have to smooth out but it won't take long. Most of the ones you see in the pictures are already corrected (gaps, Cash register too low, bar tender merging with the bar)

DC||ED no longer loads in my computer with the latest update on my PC. The Intro graphic shows and then nothing?

Any Ideas? I use it for traffic (pedestrian and car) door locks and a few other things

Any Idea how I can get this back on the job?

Hello Again. Well as the seasons turn I find myself in a semi retired state with time on my hands, time to futz about with the game that has given me decades of entertainment, hopefully there is some life in the old boy still.  Me and the game. Lets breath some life into this game that simply will not go away   Oh at Btw...I'm back

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!:- Michael Corleone Godfather 3

But I do not return reluctantly.  I realize that for the most part interest in this game has long past, but for me, since I bought it decades ago, it has been an ever present joy for me because of its adaptability.  And now that I have reached a ripe old age and consider myself semi-retired I have a little more time to play with it again.

So I will continue to build off the bones of the erstwhile Capoletti Mod 2

The premise is much the same. In a Godfatheresque vein when the Saliery family and Morello Family it left a vacuum for control of Lost Heaven. Declared an open city by the New York commission each of the five families sent a faction to Lost Heaven to take control. Along with these five Families, there is one home grown family, the Capoletti family who are backed by Don Cicci in Sicily, Giving the relatively small city (compared to New York) of Lost Heaven 6 Families vying for control of the city

While each family has rackets all over town, they are headquartered in one area

• Maranella (The Strongest Family) Is in New Ark
• Picolli (an ally and subservient to Maranella) is in Hoboken
• Manucci who is on good terms with the Capoletti are In Downtown
• Salucci Has Little Italy and China Town, this family is Isolated, and brooks no aggression
• Bocolli  Is in The works Quarters  and is angry that the Capoletti Control The Docks

There will be two ways you can play this,  travel around town to all the places and pick up racket money, as well as the area guys in the el Stations. A look for people who need help
Or you can Play the mission based game and end the other 5 families

I have added a lot of new places to the game and opened up (either walk in or load to) all the regular places

Here are a few videos to get you started

I got an invite quite some time ago by Bruski, couldn't find it forever, and when I finally did, the register system didn't work,


 




But here I am....lets have some fun  

Has anyone else not seen this. I have been playing the game for ten years, and cruising youtube for a few, when I ran across this I was floored.


 


 




The inspiration for the Gallery was about 300 miles away from the developers in Vienna


 




http://youtu.be/GuTGBXbnxlQ

http://youtu.be/wstfNbqsXSU


 




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Just walked into my local discount store (Target) to buy some cat food. I thought I'd peruse the software aisle, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniture sleigh and eight tiny.....erÃâà I mean LA Noire PC DVD (not even focacan steam, straight load to my computer)


 




Apparently they just released it last week for the PC.Ãâà  So.....I got it, and I am installing it as we speak.....I'll let you know how it goes

Hey Mike,


 




I have a building request, please


 




I am looking for a small, hovel apartment like Carlos in the Bon Apetite Mission.Ãâà  I really like the stairs in that mission too, but the apartment has to be be bigger (more rooms the smallish size of the rooms are good) . I would like a kitchen, a bathroom,Ãâà 2 bedrooms, a common room, an entry wayÃâà and I would like windows on two sides.


 




This is going to be for the 1922 version of Capoletti the small apartment of Tomas Capoletti and his small familyÃâà


 




(I will probably use it twice, and decorate it differently)


 




I was going to use that mission...again, but then saw your offer to make buildings so I thought I'd ask you. I am not all that great at model building


 




Let me me know if that is something you could do....if you are otherwise engaged, I completely understand


 


 




Thanks


 




Matteo

Here is a list of what I call "Matteo Mods" individual little game changers I have made over the years

 

1. Free N Easy - My first mod so named because I wanted a mod where everything was free. I got tired of driving around to places to accomplish game saving, healing, car repair et al so I used the objective key to accomplish this all in one stroke (inspired by Askay, and his freeitaly mod, which first used the key for a purpose) This was also the first appearance of my Car Hopping Tommy Gun that no one liked, and a day to night switch using Ralph's Door in the Saliery Garage (which is Open) and a few other things


 


2. Car Cheat Mod Replaces mission one, and gives you the ability to steal all cars from the beginning of the game.



3. K/G Mod A simple file swap with audio files that were already in the game, that make MOST of the people of Lost Heaven Kinder and Gentler


 

4. Villa Mod 2.0 Have the Villa as your very own in freeride. Transferred the setting to daytime (sunset) and there is a party going on. In Version 2.0 you can drive right in.


 


5. Uptown Mod Turns China Town into an Italian Quarter. People, Buildings, Music and Decorations. Includes a Bar for Tommy's crew that was scheduled for Capo Mod 5 but now scrapped from it.



6. Boxing Mod replace the tutorial with a boxing ring and a variety of Opponents from a super badass to a little girl...who can kick your butt 



 
Along with Various other Capo Mods and The Capoletti Mod I am Currently Working On



 


 

Giuseppe âââ¬ÃâClutch Handâââ¬

Every time I see the picture of Salvatore Maranazano, victor of the Castellammarese Wars and and Capo Di Tutti Capo for a few months until Luciano dropped him, I don't see the hardened mob guy. The picture makes him look like a mild mannered fop. Then I ran across this other picture that is purported to also be Maranzno, but it doesn't look "real"  I know photography in the 20's had advanced, because we have very good pictures of all the other guys.....so what do you think?  Same Guy


 







 




Same mouth, same hooded eyes, same mark on the forehead..


 




Different hairline, the nose looks different (though that may be an angle)


 




The new picture, looks like a friggin mob boss to me.


 


 




So would the real Salvatore Maranzano please stand up?


 







 




Eh...never mind, take a rest. (After Luciano's friends had their meeting)


 




Side question, in the movie "Mobsters" with Christian Slater as Luciano they kept Masseria's story intact, but they changed Maranzano's name to Faranzano and changed the way he was killed....any one have a clue as to why they made that change?

Modern scholars believe that its seeds were planted in the upheaval of Sicilyâââ‰â¢s transition out of feudalism in 1812 and its later annexation by mainland Italy in 1860. Under feudalism, the nobility owned most of the land and enforced law and order through their private armies. After 1812, the feudal barons steadily sold off or rented their lands to private citizens. Primogeniture was abolished, land could no longer be seized to settle debts, and one fifth of the land was to become private property of the peasants. After Italy annexed Sicily in 1860, it redistributed a large share of public and church land to private citizens. The result was a huge boom in landowners: from 2,000 in 1812 to 20,000 by 1861. The nobles also released their private armies to let the state take over the task of law enforcement. However, the authorities were incapable of properly enforcing property rights and contracts, largely due to their inexperience with free market capitalism. Lack of manpower was also a problem: there were often less than 350 active policemen for the entire island. Some towns did not have any permanent police force, only visited every few months by some troops to collect malcontents, leaving criminals to operate with impunity from the law in the interim.With more property owners came more disputes that needed settling, contracts that needed enforcing, and properties that needed protecting. Because the authorities were undermanned and unreliable, property owners turned to extralegal arbitrators and protectors. These extralegal protectors would eventually organize themselves into the first Mafia clans.




Banditry was a growing problem at the time. Rising food prices, the loss of public and church lands, and the loss of feudal common rights pushed many desperate peasants to banditry. In response, local elites in countryside towns recruited young men into âââ¬Ãâcompanies-at-armsâââ¬

Matteo's Boxing Mod


Part of Capoletti 2  I made this mod available separate to work in place of the tutorial. A grimy boxing rink. five opponents from a little girl to a badass and 300 health points, beat them all and survive to win the most money.

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Okay, rules.  


 




1. Post a picture, or map or overhead or anything else that will give us a clue where Carmine is holed up (anyone can post)




2. The place must be Mafia Related Some How




3. Post Originally with no clues, then , add new clues each day until someone gets it




4. we will arbitrarily say ten points for a correct guess, and you are in charge of keeping your own score


 




Location 1







 




Looking for the city name : Where in the world is Carmine that Damned Dago?

 




From the beginning it bugged me that they never did anything with this, I tought of doing things with it, but it would clog traffic...Just one of the interesting things that someone thought about, made part of the main map, then never really did anything with it.

CiÃÆò che sta accadendo un sito dedicato alla Sicilia gli uomini d'onore. Ma nessun post in italiano. Come sbagliato!


 




Qui ̮̬ il primo

I have done almost no work on it as of this point, except an Idea and a Video


 




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Alright, I am experimenting with a new mod Idea and just throwing things on the game and seeing if they work


 




I am thinking of having a San Francisco Mob location so I am playing with the Golden Gate Bridge, which was under construction in the mid 1930's


 




the problem I am having is with a model that is not showing up unless I am right on it, I can't see it from far off


 




This is the close view







 




This is the far view







 




I have the view distance set way back, and removed all the occluders. There is no cache.bin so i did't use UDD


 




Although I tried the same set up in freeride with the same results, UDD applied,


 


 




Any ideas on how to get this thing to show long distance?