How to Mod in GTA San Andreas?

 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

A mod or modification is the alteration of content from a video game in order to make it operate in a manner different from its original version. Mods can be created for any genre of game but are especially popular in first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games.

Make a backup of Gtasa folder before modding.

 To insert any mod in GTASA just follow these steps:

Step 1:
 Download the IMG Editor Editor.

 

Step 2: 
 Download any mod and open its folder. You will find two files there. A .dff and a .txd file.

Step 3:   
Open the img editor and select file>open and then select the gta3.img file located in the Models folder of the Gtasa folder.

 Go to Edit>find and type the name of the mod like hydra.dff and hit enter. When the file is found Right Click on it and select replace. A new window will appear. Select the .dff file from the mod folder which you downloaded and Click on open.

Step 4:  
Again go to Edit>find and type the name of the second mod file like hydra.txd and press enter. When the file is found select the .txd file from the mod folder which you downloaded and select open.

Now you have inserted the downloaded mod.

If the mod which you downloaded is corrupt, and you haven’t made a backup, don’t worry.

Open Any local disk and click on Organise option in the upper left corner and select Folder and Search options.Go to the view tab and select “Show hidden files, folders and drives” and then click on OK.

Now, Go to the following location:

C:\Users\Your user name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\GTASA\models

Delete the gta3.img file and all the mods you have added will be changed to the original mods.

Now open GTA San Andreas and play.