Description

This is an in-game visual editor that lets you tweak timecycle .xml files and visualsettings.dat while the game is running.

What it can do

Time Cycles:

live-edit Global and Urban regions separately (copy edits between them)
tweak values for different hours of the day
compare changes live (before and after)
export clean xmls: keeps original structure and unknown extra values intact (custom files and hidden parameters pass through safely, they just won’t be editable)

Visual Settings:
live-edit visual parameters
compare changes live (before and after)
preserve original order and unsupported extra entries (hidden custom parameters are safely preserved but remain uneditable)

How to Setup
IMPORTANT: This tool is strictly for Single Player use only. Do NOT use it in GTA Online under any circumstances, or you will risk an account ban.

Drop the .asi into your GTA 5 Enhanced main directory.
Press F9 in-game to open the menu.

On its first start, the tool creates an ATE folder inside your Windows Documents directory. Inside this folder, you will find the ATE.ini config file, an Imports folder, and an Exports folder. These paths can be changed later in the settings, but do not choose a folder inside the main GTA 5 Enhanced game directory.

Drop the xmls or visualsettings.dat you want to edit into that Imports folder. You can add files to the Imports folder while the tool is running.

Load them in-game, do your tweaks, and export them. Changed parameters are highlighted in orange and marked with a small star.
You’ll find your finished files in the Exports folder.

Right now, there is no automatic region detection. Recommendation: Use the tool to teleport to URBAN or GLOBAL first, just to be sure your location matches the editor.

Requirements
GTA 5 Enhanced
ScriptHookV by Alexander Blade

Compatibility

This build was made and tested specifically for GTA 5 Enhanced version 1.0.1013.34.
Because this tool relies on heavy live memory hooking, a Rockstar update will likely break some runtime features. If that happens, I’ll look into it and push an update.

Future Updates

This first release focuses on base timecycles and visualsettings.dat. Other categories are already working internally but need more testing before I unleash them:

the 4 timecycle mods files
watertune
vfxlightningsettings
carcols for siren light settings
additional weather files
more GTA visual files if they can be edited safely in real time

Those parts are not in the first release because I want them properly tested before shipping them, and right now I am the only tester.

💡 Others also downloaded: Map Editor XML to Menyoo Converter, Codewalker API V1.0.30, Modworks – GTA V Modding Utility V0.1.122.

Author: Koukol

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