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"Games have bugs and GTA is no exception": Former Rockstar tech lead shouts out modder behind hundreds of fixes for the original GTA trilogy on PC
The modder recently acknowledged a one-pixel mistake in one weapon icon
Reputable Grand Theft Auto modder Silent has been patching up the PC ports of the original trilogy of GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas for years, and recently earned a tip of the hat from former Rockstar tech lead Obbe Vermeij after open source versions of his corrective mods were released to the public. Silent shared Vermeij's post and responded with a classic modding anecdote: one user pointing out that one in-game weapon sprite is off by a single pixel in GTA 3. They've yet to realize that his position as a senior writer is just a cover up for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a focus on news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.
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