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Couldn't you email the file to Bump, who could then upload it to his webspace for you?

Yep (at the bottom of the page): http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=2661

More info: http://www.mtablue.info If your laptop has graphical errors on GTA3, try updating your video drivers. In order to slow Vice City down, try enabling the frame limiter in the options.

If MTA:SA is running on the Blue core, they'll have to "put it on the back burner" until Blue is complete.

I believe this was the thread: https://multitheftauto.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11827

Sounds like you have a crack or a censored version (e.g. Australian or German).

They were pretty good. More GTA3-style than VC. I think the advert needs something more at the end though. The Equinox advert had a legal disclaimer that the guy read out really quickly so that you could barely catch what he said. Reminds me of an episode of Mr. Bean

I like the chat box. It's really crisp and easy to read. I couldn't put my finger on why the screenshots looked so nice at first, then I realised it was because you were using AA.

I don't think kicking is synchronised in the current core (i.e. you see it on your screen but other people don't see it on theirs). It will be synchronised in Blue however: http://www.mtablue.info

So are you saying that it connects to every server except for one? If so, why are you trying so hard to connect to that one server when there are others available?

Well... UT 2003 and UT 2004 were released. I didn't like UT 2003 much but UT 2004 was just like the original only with extra features and better graphics (some of the old favourite maps were updated for 2004 as well as the re-inclusion of Assault mode) so that probably contributed to its demise. Or it could be that Epic has taken the master offline because the game is old (that's what Sierra did with Tribes 2). You could try something like Gamespy Arcade to see if people are still playing it.

Have you tried connecting to lots of servers (i.e. more than 2)? The fact that you can connect to one means that connecting to others should not be a problem. I suspect that the second server was probably just offline at the time. P.S. By "our server" I presume you mean the official servers.

I meant total conversions.

This is a brilliant idea. I'd definitely play it. I'm surprised that no-one's thought of it before actually.

The team don't give release dates due to problems in the past. It's called 0.5.5 now, not 0.5.1 btw.

Yeah, you can play GTA3 / Vice on Win 98. I don't see why they should spend extra time making it work on a 7-year old OS that hardly anyone uses any more.

I thought Shell was only for executable files. I think you'd need the ShellExecute API call to do that (if I recall correctly - it's a long time since I last programmed).

Just use the Shell command to fire up IE with the address of the site - e.g. "iexplore.exe http://www.mtavc.com" If you want to fire up the user's default browser (not necessarily IE), it's slightly more complicated. I'd read the location of the default browser from within the registry, but there may be an easier way via an API call.

What was the problem?

To expand on what Talidan said, some versions of GTA have been censored to remove certain elements. Such censored versions are incompatible with MTA and you will need to obtain an uncensored exe file (e.g. American) in order to play (don't ask for one here). Either that or you already have a 1.0 no-CD crack installed for GTA3 which obviously changes the exe so that the patch installer doesn't recognise it as the original 1.0 executable.

I get that rattling sound too when I get blue screens. I think it's the hard disk grinding to a halt. I noticed that you have an ATI graphics card. There is a problem that causes blue screens with older sets of ATI drivers. Try updating to the latest versions and see if it makes a difference.

MTA only works on XP and 2000. If you try running it on older operating systems you will find that players tend to remain fixed in one spot and you can't interact with them which makes the game completely unplayable.

Sounds like you need more RAM in order to do so.

This is unlikely to be an issue in Blue if they plan to sync all animations. I used to get that but it was because I was pressing RMB to activate the car scanner whilst entering, which also happens to be the passenger key.

It's weird but lag seems to crash the game. It's probably something to do with desync. I never ever crash when playing on a LAN. That would explain why it crashes more when you raise the resolution.