frank_grimes

I have seen people make some impressive maps using race mod. If people have the idea of planning for deathmatch who knows how long it will be until we see an entire city made with race mod.

I guess that Multi Theft Auto is so good it offers features for users of the competition that the competition does not offer.

The reason people are talking about downgrade is because San Andreas was updated to restrict modding after the controversy over a mod awile back. In order to play Multi Theft Auto, you must revert to the original version of San Andreas. This downgrade patching system can be found here: http://forum.mtavc.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... =downgrade . As soon as you do that, you should be able to use Multi Theft Auto normally.

If you are having a hard time choosing between GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas it is really about how much patience you have. I would recommend buying GTA San Andreas because it offers a better offline experience, deathmatch based on Blue Core (the newest thing that is powering MTA) is going to be awesome, and MTA:Race is extremely fun. If you really want a deathmatch style of gaming now, you should go with Vice City. Vice City is good because it does have deathmatch style gameplay. Personally, I think you should just get San Andreas and wait for Deathmatch mod. However, I must warn you no one knows when it is coming out. But, if you like the Vice City style gameplay (1980's, tropical) over San Andreas style gameplay (1990s, California, gangs) then you might be better off with Vice City anyway.

If you are into making your own maps try using cars that have absolutely no durability (some of the race cars/high end cars). I have had one of these cars on fire in single player from hitting the wall once.

I think an idea like this could really set MTA apart. Imagine how it would effect role playing if gangs for example could make a custom skin for a car on their server. This is an idea that should be considered after death match is released. The only problem will be when you are playing in death match and your finely tuned car is stolen or destroyed .

I think Vice City is the best GTA because it has MTA Deathmatch. When Deathmatch comes out for San Andreas I am changing my vote.

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An MTA OS will never happen for several reasons: 1. You need a lot of Windows only files to run GTA alone (I am not even considering MTA here) 2. It takes a long time to create an OS (look at the slow progress of ReactOS) 3. Why would they ever want to stop MTA progress to make an OS that no one really needs Answer to all of the above: They wouldn't!

I hope you realize the developers do not get paid to code this great software. You do not have to pay them a single cent for it either. Therefore, you have no right to complain. I would like for it to come out as well, but negative comments are not what the developers deserve. They deserve our thanks for the good work they have done so far (race and previous versions). Besides, if they rush, you will probably complain the game is too buggy. I rather have a quality product that took a long time to make, myself. As someone who has experimented with coding and realizes how long it takes to get something done when making a program, I know that you never know how long something will take. Trust me, things come up and the expected release date will be way off from what it actually is.

I agree that all the people behind MTA are great and deserve recognition. I am learning Visual Basic on my own and coding is extremely time consuming. The simple programs I have made take a bit of time to make. I can imagine anything with a video game would be even harder by 1000 times at least. I also think that more people need to thank the team instead of telling them they aren't moving fast enough, since they aren't being paid to do this.

My guess is that the requirements for deathmatch will be similar to the requirements of race mod. They are based off of the same thing (Blue Core). Some of the specs may be higher because of the extra features, but they probably will not be much higher.

This is true, but it is possible to have software that does not have very many bugs. I am glad that the MTA team is taking a long time to release this. The longer they take the better the product will be when they release it. We wouldn't want them to release this if syncing were as bas as say SA-MP. The videos and screen shots I have seen of Blue on this site show some very impressive features. I can't wait for it to come out, and I appreciate the time of all the developers.