NPC Police Chopper (GTA III - VC - LCS)

Remember the old GTA III police chopper? Not the controllable Police Maverick. Not a simple vehicle replacement. The real NPC chopper: the one that appeared when the wanted level got serious, followed the player from above, used its searchlight, fired from the sky and felt like one of the most mysterious police vehicles of the RenderWare era.

This mod brings that classic GTA III-style police chopper behavior into GTA San Andreas through a custom internal system called HELI_CLASSIC.

The chopper does not use San Andreas' native CHeli physics as its main behavior. It is not just a reskinned Polmav. It runs through its own classic-style subsystem made to recreate the feeling of the old GTA III / Vice City / LCS NPC police helicopter inside SA.

Features:
GTA III-style NPC police chopper for GTA San Andreas;
Custom HELI_CLASSIC system;
Does not replace the native Police Maverick as the main helicopter;
Classic police pursuit behavior;
Appears during wanted levels;
Two choppers can appear at 6 stars;
Searchlight / spotlight system;
Front white light;
Rear blinking red light;
Rotor blur;
Rotor dust near the ground;
Bullet attacks from the helicopter;
Muzzle flash;
Custom rotor sounds;
Custom bullet sounds;
Police radio / chatter audio;
Damage from guns and RPGs;
Shot down behavior inspired by GTA III;
Reward/crime behavior when destroyed;
Integration with wanted/police presence;
Native identity layer so HUD/radar/police-related mods can recognize it as a police helicopter;
Optional model variants based on GTA III, Vice City and Liberty City Stories styles.

The goal of this mod is nostalgia: to make the classic unreachable NPC chopper feel like it always belonged in San Andreas.

Requirements:
GTA San Andreas PC 1.0 recommended
ASI Loader required
Direct installation is recommended
ModLoader installation is not recommended for this package

Important: This mod is not a simple DFF/TXD vehicle replacement. It uses an ASI plugin, custom configuration, audio files, data files and special runtime logic. Please read the included Readme files before installing or editing anything.

Credits:
Mod author: Johnzi
HELI_CLASSIC system, porting, implementation, configuration and packaging: Johnzi
Original GTA III / Vice City / Liberty City Stories / San Andreas games and assets: Rockstar Games

Special thanks:
RE3 team and contributors
GTA San Andreas Reversed community and contributors
Plugin-SDK
Visual Studio
Magic.TXD
Blender
DragonFF