Made a quick video demonstration.



It's that time of the year again! But a snow modification isn't just for November to January, it can be forever! I've noticed we lack official tutorials for installing the snow modifications so I've taken the liberty of finally creating a basic one so everyone can enjoy having the snow modification without having a massive amount of technical knowledge. We'll start with the download links.

SnowFX modification download link (automatic installer)
http://www.gtainside.com/sanandreas/...-snowfx-v1-01/

CLEO download link (automatic installer)
http://www.gamemodding.net/en/gta-sa...44-cleo-3.html

WinRAR download link
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0


I've done my best to find automatic install packages so you guys can pretty much click a button and sit back and relax without having fear your game will corrupt or the modification won't be installed properly, but PLEASE make sure to BACKUP your WHOLE GTA SA directory before installing this modification; there's always a possibility something can go wrong.

We'll start with the CLEO installation, a lot of people think 'CLEO' itself is some sort of 'hack' that script kiddies use on SAMP servers to spawn vehicles and what not, it sort of is and it sort of isn't. As long as you know have any malicious .cs files installed, it's completely harmless and you will not be banned for using it. Many modifications such as the 'First Person' modification require CLEO and as we know modifications such as FPV aren't malicious at all.

To install CLEO, click the download link above, hit 'Download' within the big green button and wait the required thirty seconds if you're not registered. Once it's finished, you'll need to open the .zip file and unpack it, you can find a tutorial on how to do that here. Once you have unpacked the .zip file, double click the .exe inside, it should be named '23265-cleo-3-gtasa.exe'. You can follow the steps below on how to install it.




Note: Make sure to click 'Custom Installation' and UNTICK the promotional files, failing to do so will install promotional content which is most likely adware/spyware and I will NOT be held responsible for that. After you have installed it succesfully, you'll get a message saying so within the application, you can close the application now. Congratulations, you've just installed CLEO. Moving onto SnowFX.

Now, the SnowFX modification has been around since 2008, that's a lot of years, so there's bound to be some incompatibility with some modifications, however, I've personally never had an issue with it. It does replace some if not all vegetation mods, but the beauty with SnowFX is it doesn't replace vehicle modifications unlike a lot of other snow modifications and that's what makes it beautiful. You can find the download link above, hit 'download' when you reach the page, wait the required amount of time and then select 'Start Download' if it does not do it automatically.

This time, SnowFX will come in a .rar file, therefore you'll have to download and install WinRAR via the link supplied above if you don't already have it. Once downloaded, open the .rar file and once again unpack it as normal. Inside you should have several files, only focus on the README and SnowFX-Setup for now, first, have a read through the 'ReadMe.txt' and it'll give you some information on how to actually install SnowFX and what it's all about, once you're ready, close the .txt file and Right Click > SnowFX-Setup-v101.exe > Run as An Administrator and authorise any prompt that follows afterwards. You should be greeted with a splash screen, it can take anywhere from ten seconds to a few minutes to boot up. You can view below on how to install it.


Also, SnowFX is quite sensitive to memory usage and other applications and can throw a 'not enough memory available' error quite frequently, so it's best to close SAMP, GTASA and any other programs/applications/games which take up a sizeable amount of memory usage.



It's literally as quick as that, remember, if you select 'Run GTA:San Andreas' it'll open the Singleplayer version and not the Multiplayer version. Congratulations, you have now installed the SnowFX modification for GTA. You can find any extra information below.

To enable the modification use. CTRL + NUMPAD+ which will cycle through levels, the more you press it is the more intense the snow will become. Please be advised using high levels will possibly make you lag.


Note:
- SnowFX is known to replace vegetation modifications so be careful with installing it as it may overwrite some modifications.
- The SnowFX snowbox only follows you for a certain radius, it doesn't actually snow everywhere so remember this if you're video editing.
- This modification replaces some textures, such as Grove Street textures and Pay and Spray textures, be warned these may be overwritten.
- This modification should work for all computers, regardless of specifications as it was created during 2008. The higher levels of snow however, may cause serious lag and that's why I only recommend level one - two for those with low spec PCs.