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Do you have MTA:SA Race v1.1.1 specifically? Go to http://www.mtasa.com/dl-archive.html to download the latest. If still no luck, make sure your firewall allows MTA:SA to access the internet, and try clicking on "Refresh". Remember, it takes some time before all the servers are loaded (scanned).

LOL, I totally forgot to try the Map Editor, and that actually worked on Vista! See... it's because the Client.dll file for it is not as buggy as the one for the race mod. Trick: Try to let the Map Editor's CLIENT.DLL file take over the race one. Launch MTA and start a server, it should start - the map editor! But without giving the "Could not load race mod" error message. I am going to send an e-mail to the MTA Staff that Vista can run MTA:SA if the Client.dll file is debugged. That should help them a little, I hope.

But, once you launch the server, you will get "Could not load race mod"! It really wants back the "Client.dll" file, but it has some issues with Vista. I started this thread so that people can experiment, contribute, and to see what other clues they can dig up. All that needs to be fixed is the "Could not load race mod" under Vista. It seems that all the MTA Staff has to do is to debug this "Client.dll" file, and send us a patched version for us that works with Vista.

Try seeing if San Andreas single player works first. Remember you can only run 1 intance of San Andreas in the background. Also, you need SA v1.0. If still no luck, uninstall/reinstall both San Andreas and MTA:SA.

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I made a thread like this before and it got deleted for some reason I don't know (guess someone is jealous???) If there are any problems, criticisms/controversies of my post-writing, please PM my so I can edit out problematic posts. This time I am gonna backup this entire thread in Microsoft Office 2007 as a [.doc] file and/or save it using the "Save" button right next to "Preview/Submit"! Hmm... it turns out to be that I tried to force a sticky by putting "[sOLUTION]" before my subject. Before we begin, the problem with MTA:SA on Vista is because of the "Client.dll" file. There are some DLL script contents inside that doesn't support Vista. Removing it, allows MTA to work. If it is not removed, you will get an "Exception Processing Message" and that "MTA has encountered an unrecoverable error". Also, a crash log will be posted in "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\MTA\core.log" Now let's take a look below: Congratualations, you have managed to get to the server browsing screens. Now what happens if you launch a server, or do a "Quick Connect"?

Well you can: 1. Set up two partitions on your primary hard drive and install Windows XP. 2. Buy a secondary hard drive and install XP, then dual-boot into it. 3. Virtualize XP using Microsoft's Virtual PC/Server. However, I got MTA working on Vista. All I need to do is to debug the Client.dll file using Visual Studio 2005's C++

Race runs on Vista. The servers is what don't run. Go and copy and paste this file http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-f ... ml?msvcp71 into "C:\Windows\System32" folder. Reinstall the game and the "MTA Center Login" should work. You are now able to send error reports to the MTA Staff.

Delete the "Client.dll" file and you will only manage to get to the server screens.

Check to see if the game runs fine in single player first. If it does, then uninstall/reinstall MTASA.

Refreshing only works unless the status says "Idle". If you don't have super-fast DSL/cable modem (probably dial-up?), it will take a while for the servers to be loaded.

Just wait a while and all the "unscanned" servers will come up with their usual names. Try refreshing if it doesn't help. Built-in firewalls like Windows Firewall might be blocking it. Did you click on "Unblock" when it ask you to? You can go into Control Panel -> Windows Firewall, and make adjustments to blocked programs there.

Assuming you cracked for the purposing of playing without a CD, all you do is to reinstall the game and the original .exe will be restored back into the San Andreas folder. But remember that downgrading v1.01 using the utility is useless as explained above. v2.00 is what has to be downgraded.

Just let it wait for a while. It will eventually list all of them. If not, then the servers are obviously gone because of nobody playing or the makers deleting them until the next day. Try do a "Refresh".