[TUT] Guitar Hero III: PC - BLANK BACKGROUND

**Zeruth** · Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 8

Ok, i found this on the internet a while ago, cant find it anymore, but i thought it would be worth it to spread the word for those of us, who dont have the best graphics card - here goes

For those who are skeptical in the actual use of this look at the screenies below, i had the fps included in the shot

WARNINGS:
1. This requires you to rename and replace Guitar Hero III files, and as so, i accept no responsibillity for "the ruining" of your game

THE PROCEDURE:
This works for any stage, but in this tutorial, i am going to show you how to replace the practice stage with a blank one

1. go to your GHIII folder (default C:\Program Files\Aspyr\Guitar Hero III)
2. go to the DATA\ZONES\ directory
3. BACKUP z_soundcheck.pak.xen to somewhere safe (CUT)
4. copy z_viewer.pak.xen to somewhere else
5. rename the copied z_viewer.pak.xen to z_soundcheck.pak.xen
6. move the NEW z_soundcheck.pak.xen to the DATA\ZONES\ folder
and ur done

NOW TEST IT
for this, we only did the practice stage SO.......
1. open up GHIII
2. go to training -> practice
3. choose a song and play

NOTE: the little yellow number is the framerate (for those of you who dont know...)

This is before

And This is after

**freeqaz** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 541

Nice black background tutorial.
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**DamageInc** · Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 181

ouch 6 frames..
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**Zeruth** · Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 8

i really think they shouldve added more options for graphics, my gfx card only has 256m, but still, i think i should be able to play GH III at full speed when i can play Fable at 1024 x 768 at max settings with no problem

**MaXKilleR** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 771

All that's left is getting rid of the card check it does at the begining. I want to play it on my laptop but I got an intel X3100 (which is way better than some other cards this game works on) but it doesnt even start. It gives me a message that it doesn't support my video card.

**freeqaz** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 541

**Zeruth** · Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 8

im gonna try to make tis post so that it isnt against the rules, but here goes

There definately isnt a way to start this cd without the disc *cough cough*
and they definately dont work for me *cough cough*
they dont remove checks *cough cough*

and another thing, its about as easy to remove that check as making a no-cd crack, actually, its just like a no-cd crack, only i guess it would be called a no-gfx crack but oh well

**MaXKilleR** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 771

**freeqaz** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 541

**Zeruth** · Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 8

since u own the game, gamecopyworld.com is the place to go....

note: backup the original executable for future updates

**MaXKilleR** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 771

Torrents is my home town. I found it there a day (or so) after the update was released.

**Waffler** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 87

There is a program on the net which can emulate a graphics card but doesn't act like it. It should pass the graphics card test

**MaXKilleR** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 771

**MaXKilleR** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 771

Game crashed when I disabled the msg in the gh3.exe so i guess it was there for a reason.

I managed to get it working with 3d-analyze and I'll post a tut soon, but I'm getting 17fps which is not playable in. Your tut doesn't work (I guess they fixed that in v1.0) so now I'm trying to find a way to get the background black. The options in 3d-analyze mess-up the notes too so its not an option.

**freeqaz** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 541