Silent's ASI Loader 1.

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DESCRIPTION
This is a DLL file which adds ASI plugin loading functionality to San An
dreas.
What makes it better from any other ASI Loaders available?
* Increased compatibility - all current loaders share a flaw, whic
h sometimes results in a plugin loading failure. This loader uses a brand new
loading method developed by NTAuthority, which makes it work all
the time.
* Compatible with 3.0 (Steam) game.
* Loads files located in the game root directory and 'scripts' fol
der (although not all the plugins are guaranteed to work properly when located
in the latter!).
* Has an INI file in which you can toggle on/off plugins loading.
* Has an ability of loading plugins exclusive for specific Executa
ble and/or exclude another plugins from loading on specific Executable.
* Lightweight and fast.
* When an encrypted EXE (like Steam EXE) is used, plugins are load
ed after it gets decrypted - no need to wait in the ASI code.
This loader is also used in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories PC Editi
on and Vigilante Justice Total Conversions.
INSTALLATION
In order to install it, you just need to place both DLL provided files i
nto game directory, overwriting the old files.
USAGE
Basic Plugin Installation:
If you want to add an ASI for all Executable versions you have,
put it either in game root directory or 'scripts' folder.
Various plugins may fail to work properly when running from 'scr
ipts' folder, it is advised to move it to the game directory if plugin fails to
launch properly.
Advanced Plugin Installation:
If you have multiple Executable versions and want to make each o
ne use different ASI plugins, you can create a new folder inside 'scripts' folde
r
with the same name as your Executable (so gta_sa.exe gets gta_sa
folder, my_fancy_exe.exe gets my_fancy_exe folder etc.). Plugins placed in this
folder will be exclusive to specific Executable.
You also can make specific Executables override global settings
and load/ignore all plugins via settings.ini edit. Specific Executable can also
ignore only some of the plugins - see 'advanced_plugin_managemen
t_example' for more info.
CREDITS & LICENSE
Firstly, thanks to NTAuthority for sharing his code snippet, and also fo
r Stanislav "listener" Golovin for sharing his
ASI Loader source, which acted as a base for my version of the tool.
As the following tool is open source (source is NOT included in this pac
kage), it's under the Silent's License.
It means that the source code is for learning purposes, as all source co
de is. You may only use it for your own projects
but NOT to recreate or build on the original work.
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