Breakable Generator

What Are Breakable Objects in GTA San Andreas?

Breakable objects are props that shatter into pieces when hit — the lamp posts, fences, vending machines, windows and barrels you can smash all over San Andreas. Rockstar stores this behavior directly inside the model: a custom RenderWare section (the Breakable plugin) embedded in the DFF file describes every fragment, its geometry, its textures and how it flies apart on impact.

How This Generator Works

Drop any .dff model into the tool and it builds the BreakablePlugin data for you — no 3ds Max, no scripts, everything runs in your browser. Choose how the model gets split into fragments:

• By Material — each material of the mesh becomes one fragment. Ideal for props modeled from distinct parts (a sign: post + panel).
• By Region (Octree) — spatial subdivision cuts the mesh into boxes, great for walls or solid shapes with a single material.
• Connected Components — automatically separates meshes that aren't physically connected.
• Manual Selection — click triangles in the 3D viewport to build fragments exactly the way you want.

Then tune the break physics — fragment velocity, spread and gun-break behavior — and hit Preview Break to watch the object shatter in real time before exporting.

Installing Your Breakable Object

1. Export the DFF with the Breakable section embedded (optionally a COL per fragment).
2. Import the DFF into gta3.img with an IMG editor.
3. Add the generated line to data/object.dat — an object only breaks if it is listed there. Use the Copy object.dat Line button to grab it.

Works with single-player GTA SA and mods built on it. Breakables are a San Andreas feature — GTA III and Vice City use a different system.

Related Tools

COL Creator — generate collision files for your models · COL Viewer — inspect collision spheres, boxes and meshes · Model Editor — edit DFF models and TXD textures in 3D · Model Database — browse 23,000+ GTA objects, filterable by breakable