Kent747

you have to be connected to a server first then you can change your game settings. Kent

man i had that full screened not knowing what it was.

the MTAMA addon functions through the admin console, as such, we cant really seperate them.... without seperating the admin text completely as well... don't worry though, we've got stuff in teh works

I wouldn't forsee MTA becomming an MMORPG anytime in the near future, there are serious limitations with the engine for kind of design. (we are already pushing VC to its extremes w/ just 32 players)

i watched the vid.... looks like when you put the install cd in it automates the install process (woudln't be hard to write this program especially if you know exactly how the pc is configured) not a bad idea..

this error message is given if your handling.cfg file has been modified, you'll need to install a fresh copy of vice city.

ermm.... if you have another game running in the background it is using some of you're video ram as well... its logical to assume that running 2 games could test the limits of your cards abilities. Kent

I think a resounding Fuck you is in order we make this mod for the public yes, this stated, the vast majority of players don't want people like you editing hte game, so we'll do everything to stop it. Feel like we've done a disservice to you? Fine, don't play it, It doesn't affect my self worth at all

lol i've seen that bug in game before... he was shooting out of it though, so i snuck up behind him and dropped a grenade and walked off.. lol he couldnt' run out.. very funny

don't forget, a good section of the MTA team is made up of hackers. MTA is a giant hack in itself. We don't haev time, nor the desire to sit down with destructive people like those. we know our security issues, and we have taken mild steps against it. We are working on future things, but we are still more concerned with MTA itself. These "hackers" who think using a hex editor is legitimate hacking, really have nothing to offer us. And they are only hurting development.

sigh... the reason we view such things as cheating is quite simple.. it affects the gameplay in an unplanned way for other gamers... Right now, there is no way to guarantee other mods are being used by the other people playing MTA. This causes huge problems in multi play. the cardinal rule of multiplayer programming is... if it affects gameplay make sure its synced. In situations of map mods, we can't guarantee everyone is using the same one, as such we consider map mods cheating. I dont hear people complaining that games like Counterstrike and BF1942 have taken measures to verify that the map data is consistent among all players. I know this brings up the issue, "why not sync the maps and have others able to download them." this goes back to the fundamental difference between MTA and other multiplayer games. CS and BF1942 were designed as multiplayer games, maps are individual files here. in VC its not a simple matter, and we can't focus our efforts into integrating a util to edit the .img .txd (whatever) files of every other player. We are much more focused on gameplay, and stability. Sorry for the inconvenience, but you have to look at it this way. We are VERY early in development. we release beta's to find bugs and ways to correct them. but the experiment goes wrong when you start throwing in other variables such as map mods (which could cause crashes). and we are left trying to find where they originated. it makes our life harder as developers, and affects teh quality of our future releases. Kent

heh whats wrong w/ quick format?

its possible but I wouldn't say practical... A mac address refers to a hardware string that identifies your network card... the number is stored on a chip and every network card has a unique string.. here's the problem with that... There are several ways of spoofing your MAC address.. one of them is a simple util. that will change it for WinXP computers... another option is for those behind a router.. most routers (mine included) have MAC spoofing option (my linksys calls it MAC address cloning.) I believe the option is for those houses who must register their MAC with their isp.. can get a router (and get more people online, without having to buy more ip addresses).. Anyways, thats too much info, but basic rundown is its too easy to fake a MAC address or even get a new network card Kent

no.. VC cant handle a city full of peds... we've looked at other options (i.e. a radius method) but that brings its own problems, that we do not want to look into... we'd rather just work on making gamemodes and improving overall gameplay. Kent

those weapons aren't included in our .scm its something loaded on demand. wasn't good enough for online use.. succesfully tested doesn't always mean its functional much easier to do in GTA3 which will probably have a more limited playing space, however some people like the open feel.. hard for us to make that call at this point, wait till we have gamemodes. we are researching alternative anti=cheat methods we cannot discuss this now, stay tuned. been talked about, no final decisions yet. Aeron is developing a mIrc script that interfaces with the admin panel, this will enable server admins to script their own gamemodes until we can get something better, it will be released eventually, once everything is encrypted. (got to protcet our admin protocol) Kent

nah you can do that w/ .scm

the VC engine cant handle it... its not gonna happen, sorry guys

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Death, im sorry you feel that you are in such a position. But I'm not going to stop you. I never had a problem w/ you or your clan. The problem is when people like you confuse the game with the community itself. I can not speak for Bump's actions, but he does have that authority.. I will talk to him and hear his side of the issue. But regarldess, I can not make you play our game... And it's unfortunate to see people upset and leave over things based in the community. Like i said before its a game, and we develop it for the gameplay, the community builds itself. Do what you want. But you do have firends here. Leaving is your own choice and it wont affect the development of hte mod, or the community itself, you are your own man here. Kent

if his computer can't even ping http://www.mtavc.com then it sounds like a problem w/ his DNS tell him to contact his ISP. otherwise check his internet settings, stuff like that... try http://64.246.50.5 didn't seem to load the approprate page for me but thats the ip i got wheni tried to ping http://www.mtavc.com

shouldn't.

i just right clicked save target as then change from html to wmv.

good video

MTA only, yeah replays wont work, so you'll have to get other people involved Kent

meh