Beta Items and Weapons in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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This subpage documents removed, unused and changed items and weapons during the development of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Removed Items/Weapons

Adrenaline Pills

Adrenaline Pills were intended to make a return from GTA III and GTA Vice City. The pickup model adrenaline.dff can still be found in the game files. It has been "redesigned" (removed circular model from the pills) to match the look of the GTA San Andreas pickup items.

While the item has been removed, the code for the Adrenaline Pills effect is still kept in-game, although only enabled through cheat codes.

Adrenaline Pills formerly had spawn points in all three cities, except countryside areas according to the official strategy guide:

• 2 locations in Los Santos.
  • At the rooftop of Carson General Hospital in Jefferson.
  • At the Yacht Harbor's ferris wheel in Santa Maria Beach.
• 2 locations in San Fierro.
  • In the doorway of the San Fierro City Hall.
  • Outside the arena in Foster Valley.
• 5 locations in Las Venturas.
  • Behind packing crates at the K.A.C.C. Military Aviation Fuel Depot, intended as assistance for the shootout in Up, Up and Away!
  • In the corner of The Clown's Pocket building.
  • Middle of an alleyway in Pilgrim.
  • Rooftop of The High Roller casino.
  • In the corner of Last Dime Motel, slightly hidden in flowers.

Unused Adrenaline Pills pickup.

Los Santos locations - Official strategy guide, page 14.

San Fierro locations - Official strategy guide, page 83.

Las Venturas locations - Official strategy guide, page 228.

Health Pickups

Similarly to previous titles, Health pickups were meant to be found in normal gameplay. It is highly suggested that Health pickups were scrapped in favor of the various ways to replenish health (restaurants, vending machines and street vendors). In the final version, the Health pickups are only spawned during missions and gang warfares.

Up to 51 Health pickup locations were disabled. Their coordinates are found in the initial.sc script file.

Ref Number	Description	Location
pickup_health[0]	In the middle of the train tracks at the Yellow Bell Station in Las Venturas. (X: 1433, Y: 2634 , Z: 11)
pickup_health[1]	In a dumpster next to the church to the northeast of The Emerald Isle in Las Venturas. (X: 2257, Y: 2530, Z: 11)
pickup_health[2]	Behind the 7th Heaven rainbow sign at the Old Venturas Strip in Las Venturas. (X: 2418, Y: 2119, Z: 24)
pickup_health[3]	Behind the church in The Camel's Toe in Las Venturas. (X: 2458, Y: 1293, Z: 11)
pickup_health[4]	Inside the castle in entrance of the Come-A-Lot casino in Las Venturas. (X: 2098, Y: 1161, Z: 12)
pickup_health[5]	Underneath the parking lot covering at the Last Dime Motel in Las Venturas. (X: 1913, Y: 702, Z: 11)
pickup_health[6]	Under the bridge over the storm drain to the east of Ganton in Los Santos. (X: 2624, Y: -1600, Z: 10)
pickup_health[7]	Near the pump house near Linden Station in Las Venturas. Developer note suggests this pickup was previously placed on Playa del Seville in Los Santos. (X: 2891, Y: 2102, Z: 11.6)
pickup_health[8]	Behind the northeasternmost apartment building of Las Colinas in Los Santos. (X: 2791, Y: -1096, Z: 31)
pickup_health[9]	Behind conteiners near the Willowfield Junkyard in Los Santos. (X: 2062, Y: -1966, Z: 13)
pickup_health[10]	At the Sayonara Restaurant in Verdant Bluffs in Los Santos. (X: 1574, Y: -1888, Z: 14)
pickup_health[11]	Alleyway behind the Roboi's Food Mart in Commerce, Los Santos. (X: 1339, Y: -1841, Z: 14)
pickup_health[12]	Building staircase in Las Colinas, Los Santos. (X: 2250, Y: -1060, Z: 56)
pickup_health[13]	Garage behind the $5 Store in Market, Los Santos. (X: 1099, Y: -1335, Z: 13)
pickup_health[14]	Behind the TransFender garage in Temple, Los Santos. (X: 1014, Y: -1006, Z: 32)
pickup_health[15]	At the Los Santos Lighthouse in Santa Maria Beach, Los Santos. (X: 153, Y: -1965, Z: 4)
pickup_health[16]	Helipad next to the control tower of the Los Santos International Airport (X: 1750, Y: -2273, Z: 26.7)
pickup_health[17]	Backyard of a house in Ocean Flats in San Fierro. (X: -2661, Y: -198, Z: 4)
pickup_health[18]	Backyard of a house in Palisades in San Fierro. (X: -2871, Y: 835, Z: 40)
pickup_health[19]	In front of the construction site in Garcia. (X: -2314, Y: -128, Z: 35)
pickup_health[20]	Behind the containers in the northwestern portion of the Loco Syndicate Crack Factory. (X: -2155, Y: -83, Z: 35)
pickup_health[21]	NRG-500 Challenge starting point in Easter Basin, San Fierro. (X: -1699, Y: 76, Z: 4)
pickup_health[22]	Inside a wooden crate in the aircraft carrier in Easter Basin, San Fierro. (X: -1398.3, Y: 502.5, Z: 10.8)
pickup_health[23]	Calton Heights Safehouse entrance in San Fierro. (X: -2098, Y: 901, Z: 77)
pickup_health[24]	Underground parking lot of Easter Bay Airport in San Fierro. (X: -1451, Y: -116, Z: 6)
pickup_health[25]	Behind a guard booth in the underground parking lot in Downtown San Fierro, an extended area no longer present in the final version. (X: -1968, Y: 410, Z: 24)
pickup_health[26]	Top of Mount Chiliad in Whetstone. (X: -2307, Y: -1602, Z: 484)
pickup_health[27]	Inside the warehouse at the Angel Pine Junkyard in Whetstone. (X: -1831, Y: -1623, Z: 23)
pickup_health[28]	Whetstone Rest Stop. (X: -1550, Y: -2739, Z: 49)
pickup_health[29]	Inside a garage in Angel Pine in Whetstone. (X: -2153, Y: -2549, Z: 31)
pickup_health[30]	Northeastern section of the FleischBerg factory in Blueberry, Red County (X: 112, Y: -224, Z: 2)
pickup_health[31]	On top of a tree stump (either removed or moved) in The Panopticon in Red County. (X: -590, Y: -202, Z: 81)
pickup_health[32]	Doorway to the bunker at Area 69 in Bone County. (X: 144, Y: 1875, Z: 18)
pickup_health[33]	South side of the Lil' Probe'Inn in Bone County. (X: -87, Y: 1366, Z: 10)
pickup_health[34]	Beach in Bayside, Tierra Robada. (X: -2019, Y: 2357, Z: 7)
pickup_health[35]	Entrance to a tepee at the Tee Pee Motel (referred to as the Wigwam Motel by developer notes). (X: -837, Y: 2761.5, Z: 46)
pickup_health[36]	At the base of the watertower in El Quebrados, Tierra Robada. (X: -1466, Y: 2639, Z: 56)
pickup_health[37]	Bayside Lighthouse in Tierra Robada. (X: -2386, Y: 2216, Z: 5)
pickup_health[38]	At the small cave in Hunter Quarry, Bone County. (X: 492, Y: 781, Z: -22)
pickup_health[39]	Pecker's Feed & Seed warehouse building in Las Payasadas, Bone County. (X: -322, Y: 2673, Z: 63)
pickup_health[40]	Entrance to the gym inside Madd Dogg's Crib in Los Santos. (X: 1245.9, Y: -775.9, Z: 1084)
pickup_health[41]	Balcony of the unnamed Chateau Marmont Hotel-inspired building on Temple Drive in Los Santos. (X: 934.2, Y: -935, Z: 57.7)
pickup_health[42]	Inside the Atrium in Los Santos. (X: 1722.3, Y: -1640.5, Z: 20.2)
pickup_health[43]	All Saints General Hospital in Market, Los Santos. (X: 1173.2, Y: -1324.4, Z: 15.4)
pickup_health[44]	El Corona houses in Los Santos, listed as a convenient item for Andy Duthie's Los Desperados mission. (X: 1877.5, Y: -1982.6, Z: 13.4)
pickup_health[45]	County General Hospital in Jefferson, Los Santos. (X: 2033.5, Y: -1404.7, Z: 17.8)
pickup_health[46]	Crippen Memorial Hospital in Montgomery, Red County. (X: 1254.6, Y: 327.7, Z: 20.25)
pickup_health[47]	San Fierro Medical Center in Santa Flora, San Fierro. (X: -2653.4, Y: 610.2, Z: 14.75)
pickup_health[48]	Las Venturas Hospital in Las Venturas. (X: 1581.2, Y: 1776.4, Z: 10.9)
pickup_health[49]	Inside Area 69 in Bone County. (X: 263.45, Y: 1816.14, Z: 1)
pickup_health[50]	Inside Madd Dogg's Crib, where a pool is now located. (X: 1278.6, Y: -773.8, Z: 1083.1)

Micro SMG (Uz-1)

The Micro SMG model from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, also known as the Uzi 9mm/Uz-1, was intended to make a return in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The only leftover of this weapon model in the final game lies in the Big Smoke's Crack Palace interior, where it is attached to the hands of Big Smoke's statue as part of a single model.

Promotional screenshot of the mission Drive-By, featuring Micro SMGs instead of Tec-9s.

Promotional screenshot featuring dual-wielded Micro SMGs.

The Micro SMG statue attachment (not a separate model) found at Big Smoke's Crack Palace.

A second returning SMG class weapon from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the Mac 10, was renamed during development as the new "Micro SMG". Developer notes for the weapon pickup locations (on the uncompiled initial.sc file) refer to the existing "Micro SMG" in the final version as the Mac 10, as well as in-game dialogue for Nines and AK's and an unused dialogue for Photo Opportunity, confirming the replacement of the weapon. The HUD icon for the existing "Micro SMG" resembles the Mac 10 rather than its Uzi Pistol-inspired design.

The replaced Micro SMG in the final version, referred to as the Mac 10 in developer notes.

The HUD icon for the Micro SMG in the final version, resembling the Mac 10.

Spade

Main article: Spade

The Spade was a melee weapon similar to the Shovel, which had a single defined spawn point in the San Andreas map at some point in development. In the final version, the Spade is still present as a cutscene prop used in High Noon. Developer notes indicates that both the Shovel and Spade were separate weapons.

The original spawn point of the Spade is mentioned in the developer notes in the uncompiled initial.sc script file accidentally left in The Definitive Edition:

CREATE_PICKUP SHOVEL PICKUP_ON_STREET_SLOW 637.0 832.0 -43.0		pickup_weapon[132]			// - Spade // in front of the packing crate/mud

The cutscene prop model "csspade".

Original spawn point in the Hunter Quarry, replaced with a regular Shovel.

Screwdriver

Main article: Screwdriver

The Screwdriver was a melee weapon intended to return from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and had defined spawn points in the San Andreas map at some point in development.

The texture image used for the Screwdriver is still present in the gun_melee texture image shared between multiple melee weapons, reused from GTA Vice City.

The two original spawn points of the Screwdriver are mentioned in the developer notes in the uncompiled initial.sc script file accidentally left in The Definitive Edition:

CREATE_PICKUP_WITH_AMMO TEARGAS PICKUP_ON_STREET_SLOW 10 2213.0 -2283.0 15.0 		pickup_weapon[46]					  //	- Screwdriver //Ocean Docks freight train terminal

CREATE_PICKUP Gun_dildo2 PICKUP_ON_STREET_SLOW -2401.0 2360.0 5.0	pickup_weapon[130]					// - screwdriver //behind the skip

Spawn point in Ocean Docks, Los Santos, replaced with a Tear Gas (Reproduction using the GTA Vice City model).

Spawn point in Bayside, Tierra Robada, replaced with a short Dildo (Reproduction using the GTA Vice City model).

Hammer

Main article: Hammer

The Hammer was a melee weapon intended to return from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and had defined spawn points in the San Andreas map at some point in development.

The texture image used for the Screwdriver is still present in the gun_melee texture image shared between multiple melee weapons, reused from GTA Vice City.

The two original spawn points of the Screwdriver are mentioned in the developer notes in the uncompiled initial.sc script file accidentally left in The Definitive Edition:

CREATE_PICKUP_WITH_AMMO MOLOTOV PICKUP_ON_STREET_SLOW 10 2197.0 -2475.0 14.0 pickup_weapon[61]	//	- Hammer //Ocean docks, under industrial looking building

CREATE_PICKUP_WITH_AMMO  GRENADE PICKUP_ON_STREET_SLOW 20 2441.0 -1013.0 54.0 pickup_weapon[67]	//	- Hammer//in yard of Las Colinas shack

CREATE_PICKUP chnsaw PICKUP_ON_STREET_SLOW -2083.0 298.0 42.0  	 	 pickup_weapon[89]			 //	- Hammer //Unfinished roadway in King's

Spawn point in Ocean Docks, Los Santos, replaced with Molotov Cocktails (Reproduction using the GTA Vice City model).

Spawn point in Las Colinas, Los Santos, replaced with Grenades (Reproduction using the GTA Vice City model).

Spawn point in Doherty, San Fierro, replaced with a Chainsaw (Reproduction using the GTA Vice City model).

Old Removed Weapons

Rockstar North reused Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's default.ide data file for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The former game's items and weapons are left unused by the developers (marked with a #) in the bottom of the file. Most of these items were not intended to return, except for the aforementioned Screwdriver and the Hammer.

# OLD REMOVED WEAPON MODELS
#332, screwdriver, screwdriver, null, 1, 50, 0
#337, hammer, hammer, null, 1, 50, 0
#338, cleaver, cleaver, null, 1, 50, 0
#339, machete, machete, null, 1, 50, 0
#351, buddyshot, buddyshot, buddy, 1, 50, 0
#353, tec9, tec9, colt45, 1, 30, 0
#355, ingramsl, ingramsl, colt45, 1, 50, 0
#358, laser, laser, rifle, 1, 50, 0
#361, M60, M60, m60, 1, 50, 0
#365, fingers, fingers, null, 1, 50, 0
#366, minigun2, minigun, null, 1, 50, 0

Note: "fingers" refers to GTA III's middle finger feature, previously disabled in GTA Vice City. "minigun2" refers to the rotatable part of the Minigun in GTA Vice City (as a separate model).

Unused Items/Weapons

Skateboard

Aside from the Jetpack and Parachute, a third locomotion item was planned for the game – the Skateboard.

The Skateboard item.

HUD icon for the Skateboard.

This item originally occupied the melee weapon slot, and is listed as a disabled melee class weapon in \data\default.ide (line 40).

...
339, katana, katana, null, 1, 50, 0
#340, skateboard, skateboard, null, 1, 50, 0
341, chnsaw, chnsaw, chainsaw, 1, 50, 0

According to unused texts for the mission Madd Dogg's Rhymes (\american.gxt\STRAP2), a Skateboard tutorial was intended to take place upon leaving Madd Dogg's Crib with the rhymes book in hands, and the item-vehicle was originally used to escape the mansion:

[STP2_34] To use the skateboard pick it up and select it from the weapons inventory items. Press ~k~~PED_ANSWER_PHONE~ whilst over it to pick it up if your inventory is full.
[STP2_38] To use the skateboard, select the it from your weapons inventory. Use the movement controls to steer the skateboard. Tapping ~k~~PED_SPRINT~ helps you pick up speed and ~k~~PED_JUMPING~ makes you jump.

The track in the southeastern section of the mansion is appropriately named cunte_skatetrak (Countryside East Skate Track) in the files.

If the player somehow manages to spawn the Skateboard (without swapping its model with an existing weapon), the weapon will not be available on the inventory, nor will function as a melee weapon. The locomotion functionality was never fully implemented in the game.

Gift Boxes

Two gift boxes internally named gun_boxbig and gun_boxwee ("Wee" is a Scottish term for small – Rockstar North is from Scotland). Similarly to other gift items, these boxes were intended to be gifted to girlfriends to boost their relationship status.

Both items are labelled as "gift type weapons" in the default.ide file:

# gift type weapons
321, gun_dildo1, gun_dildo1, null, 1, 50, 0
322, gun_dildo2, gun_dildo2, null, 1, 50, 0
323, gun_vibe1, gun_vibe1, null, 1, 50, 0
324, gun_vibe2, gun_vibe2, null, 1, 50, 0
325, flowera, flowera, null, 1, 30, 0
326, gun_cane, gun_cane, null, 1, 50, 0
327, gun_boxwee, gun_boxwee, colt45, 1, 50, 0
328, gun_boxbig, gun_boxbig, null, 1, 50, 0

The gun_boxwee item.

The gun_boxbig item.

If the player somehow manages to spawn the gift boxes (without swapping its model with an existing weapon), the weapon will be available on the inventory, although will not function as a melee weapon (does not appear on CJ's hands) or a gift.

A third box WATCH_PICKUP can be found in the gta_int.img file, intended to be seen on pedestrians hands inside a building interior (implied the two removed De Koch stores).

Flowers

Main article: Flowers

The Flowers are an example of a gift-type item which can also be selected and used as a weapon in the final release.

The model used for the Flowers is internally named "Flower A" ("flowera"), suggesting that there may have been an alternative flower model. In fact, the HUD icon shows a flower bouquet rather than simply a bunch of flowers.

There are two unused models for Flowers in the game files, listed along the weapon models.

• A duplicate of the existing model internally named "stalks" which features no HUD icon.
• A duplicate of the existing model without the flower details, internally named "Flower B" ("flowerb") and reusing the existing HUD icon. This supports the hypothesis that different Flower items were intended for the game.

The "stalks" item (duplicate of existing "flowera" model).

The "flowerb" item.

Unused HUD icon for "flowerb" (duplicate of existing "flowert" texture image).

Changed Items/Weapons

HUD Icons

Main article: Beta Content in GTA San Andreas/Textures

Old HUD Icons

Almost every weapon icon seen in the official strategy guide by BradyGames is different from the final version.

Camera

Spray Can

Night Vision

Knife

Micro SMG

Tec-9

SMG

AK-47

M4

Shotgun

Combat Shotgun

Rifle

Sniper Rifle

Rocket Launcher

Cellphone HUD Icon

Unused HUD icon for the "Cellphone" item.

Unused Cellphone HUD icon.

Jetpack HUD Icon

Unused Jetpack inventory slot and HUD icon, shared with the Night Vision and Thermal Vision goggles. \data\weapons.dat (line 144).

Unused Jetpack HUD icon.

$ NIGHTVISION		USE			70.0 100.0	368	-1		11	goggles		0	 0		0.0   -0.0  -0.0    1  0	1.0	 1.0 	10 99 11	14 99 15   0	0
$ INFRARED			USE			70.0 100.0	369	-1		11	goggles		0	 0		0.0   -0.0  -0.0    1  0	1.0	 1.0 	10 99 11	14 99 15   0	0
#$ JETPACK			USE			25.0 25.0	370	-1		9	null		1	 0		0.0   0.0   0.13    1  0	1.0	 1.0 	 0 10  3  	 0 10  3  99	0

Spray Can

The Spray Can used a different texture. The old texture can still be found inside texture container file for the item.

Official strategy guide, page 22.

Restored texture.

Rifle Class Skills

Unused weapon skill upgrades for the Rifle and Sniper Rifle found in \data\weapons.dat (line 122-128).

################
#$ COUNTRYRIFLE		INSTANT_HIT	50.0 100.0	357	-1		6	sniper		1	 75		0.7  -0.05  0.2		0  0	0.75 1.0 	 6 17  7	 6 17  7  99	A018
$ COUNTRYRIFLE		INSTANT_HIT	55.0 100.0	357	-1		6	sniper		1	 75		0.7  -0.05  0.2		1  300	1.0	 1.2 	 6 17  7	 6 17  7  99	A008
#$ COUNTRYRIFLE		INSTANT_HIT	60.0 100.0	357	-1		6	sniper		1	 75		0.7  -0.05  0.2		2  999	1.25 1.3 	 6 17  7	 6 17  7  99	A038

#$ SNIPERRIFLE		INSTANT_HIT	40.0 100.0	358	-1		6	sniper		1	 125	0.7  -0.05  0.2 	0  0	0.75 1.0 	 6 17  7	6  17  7  99	A014
$ SNIPERRIFLE		INSTANT_HIT	50.0 100.0	358	-1		6	sniper		1	 125	0.7  -0.05  0.2 	1  300	1.0	 1.0 	 6 17  7	6  17  7  99	A014
#$ SNIPERRIFLE		INSTANT_HIT	60.0 100.0	358	-1		6	sniper		1	 125	0.7  -0.05  0.2 	2  999	1.25 1.0 	 6 17  7	6  17  7  99	A014
################

The Hitman skills for the Rifle class weapons can only be achieved though cheat codes, although it has no effect on the weapon itself.

Hitman skill for the Rifle achieved through cheats.

Display-Only Props

Main article: Beta Content in GTA San Andreas/Props

Six items from Rockstar North's Manhunt were ported by prop artist Campbell-John Dick to be used as props (all using his cj_ prefix in the file names).

The default position of these props, alongside the fact that they are stored in the interior props directory (gta_int.img) suggests these are unused display-only weapon models for Ammu-Nation, meant to be placed near the other existing Manhunt ammo boxes found normally inside the store (Morrice Ammunition and Brian's Nails). A painkiller model from Manhunt was originally intended to be held by pedestrians inside interiors (evidenced by the shared pick_up.txd used by fast food interior items).

All of these props are left unused in-game and none of these items uses their original Manhunt textures.

The interior display props spawned in their default positions.

cj_psg1 (Unused Manhunt item – Heavy Sniper)

cj_pistol_ammo (Manhunt item – Pistol Ammo)

cj_sawnoff and cj_sawnoff2 (Manhunt item – Sawn Off Shotgun)

pain_killer (Manhunt item – Painkillers)

cj_m16 (Manhunt item – Assault Rifle. A copy of this model can be found in the cutscene.img as "csm16", used during Stowaway cutscene.

cj_bbat_nails (Manhunt item – Baseball Bat with Spikes).

cj_mp5k (A MP5K, different from the unused GTA Vice City weapon model).

Leftovers

Grand Theft Auto III Leftovers

Various pickups and 3D icons used in GTA III gameplay, left unused in-game.

Objective arrow.

Hidden Package.

Import/Export bonus icon.

Textureless Land Mine model.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Leftovers

Main article: Hidden Packages in GTA San Andreas

Hidden Package pickup model with a working corona and rotating animation. A replica of this model is used for the Tiki Theater building.

The Definitive Edition source leaks reveal that the hidden packages were located by driving a Newsvan which emitted a sound that would get more intense the closer the player got to said packages. Most of the package coordinates are incredibly outdated, with some being floating high in the air, or clipping into the ground, and two specific packages being next to each other in the Los Santos Storm Drain Tunnel, implying that these were most likely used for testing early in development.

Trivia

• A recolored version of the unused "camerapickup" item from Grand Theft Auto III is reused as the Snapshots collectible pickup in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.