Hello.
2019 is nearing to an end, so here is our traditional "A year in Recap" post for you. Below you can find the summary of what has happened this year - along with the current status of an entry (where applicable) and other things that might be interesting to you.
? 2019 in Recap
Late January, we have refreshed our Forum Rules - we gave them a new look and rephrased a bunch of paragraphs to make them more clear and easier to follow.
In May, we have decided to drop support for Windows XP and Vista in our future releases. These operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft and only a handful of our players still use them. We have advised our players to upgrade their PCs to newer Windows versions. While Windows 7 support will be soon ended by Microsoft as well, we still intend to support it in MTA:SA for a while.
In July, we have opened an User Guides section on our forums, which aims to provide our users with quality guides and tutorials for various MTA-related topics. We are still looking into improving this concept.
On 31st of August, we have released Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas 1.5.7. This release was focused on performance improvements, minor scripting additions and bugfixes. It is still the current release and, as mentioned above, is the last main release for Windows XP and Vista.
On the same day, we have asked you guys to help us re-design our community website. The work on the new community is currently on hold however.
Later in September, Rockstar Games has released GTA: San Andreas for free on their launcher app (for a limited time). We have added support for it in MTA:SA shortly after.
26th of October marked the 15th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas original release on PS2. While it was not the game we started with, it was the game that allowed us to make MTA the successful mod it is today.
? A bunch of interesting MTA:SA-related YouTube videos from this year
MTA SA: SAPDFR Online Gameplay 171 (Flaming in the Cold) - server SAPDFR.org, video by Armor23OnPatrol
[DM] NeiT ft. Gteatero ft. nX_ - Demons Skills 3 - video by GercszTV
FBX replace per element feature - concept and video by CrosRoad95
[MTA SA] Let's play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - server ex-zone.ru, video by TEDERIs
MTA:SA - Legend Mercy Tactics - video by TheGam3r23
MTA:SA Hydra Stunts 2019 [SW]Supa Innovation - video by SupaHotFire
? Current player counts and version fragmentation statistics
Type
Amount of players
Date / Time
Recent peak number of concurrent unique players
31808 players
2019.12.15 (at 17.30 GMT)
Highest recorded number of concurrent unique players
34653 players
2018.02.03 (at 17.30 GMT)
Recent number of daily unique players
132450 players
2019.12.21 (Saturday)
Highest recorded number of daily unique players
185818 players
2018.02.03 (Saturday)
Recent number of monthly unique players
531728 players
November, 2019
Highest recorded number of monthly unique players
805903 players
January, 2018
Player counts were lower than the ones from last year, but they're still large. Again, it's great to see that so many players are still interested in GTA:SA even though it's over 15 years old now!
MTA:SA Version or series
Percentage of players using that version or series as of 22nd of December, 2019
1.6.0 (old-alpha)
0.1%
1.5.7
97.80%
1.5.6
1.20%
1.5.5 (and older)
0.70%
1.4.x
0.1%
1.3.x
0.1%
The latest stable version is the most popular one - and that's good.
? Status updates
Not much to say at the moment. Things have slowed down a bit, but we are working towards the next release.
That's it for now.
Happy Holidays and best wishes to all of you in 2020! ??
-- MTA Team