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Ignore the people on the roof (they aren't other players. required for MTA to work though). Disconnect, reconnect, send game request. that fixes a vast number of problems Also, here's a post about what you're saying: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1277

ya... really f--ks things up...

Cut at the last second to allow for an early release. not sure if/when it'll be coming back... it's a big problem, syncing them all.

k then... where do you get stuck/what's the error message?

works most of the time: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1277 Disconnecting and reconnecting tends to fix most problems

Make sure you've downloaded the .NET framework, and all those other annoying 20 meg patches... It might be needed for the installer to work.

Note to you: IN SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS it was said that they were cutting game modes, and anything unfinished, just so they could release it, to stop all the bitching. pretend this has never been released. what would you be doing right now? that's right. Bitching a moaning about how long it's taking. There's no way to please you. I really want mod powers, just so I can ban you...

SOMEONE GO TO USENET RIGHT NOW! FIND ALL THE FLAMERS YOU CAN, AND SIC THEM ON HIM! Why is MTA buggy? because you told them to release it NOW! You bitch either way! I hate you! DIE!!!!!!!!!

MAKE MR. BILL A MOD AGAIN!!!!!

hahaha.. I love it! Make it your first priority MTA team!

Those people are supposed to be there... (no, they are not other players). Just ignore them, and pretend you don't see them.

what exactly is this error? I've never heard of a 'family thing' error...

http://www.udpsoft.com/eye setting it up: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157

in the MTA program's chat box, you can type /in message That's about the only official in-game chat so far.

So, if you go to C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA III\, you'll see the mta.exe file? make sure that you find the mta.exe file there... don't just use the shortcuts. There's a bug in the installer that causes MTA to install into a wrong directory (like... ...\Rockstar Games\GTA III\Desktop) If you're using vice city with MTA, then it won't work... MTA is for GTA3 only so far.

People dissapearing/appearing in nearby locations: it's just lag... it's being worked on for the newer versions. Getting going with MTA, if you can't see anyone: Disconnect, reconnect, and hit 'send game request' Also might help: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157

This might help you: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157 if you're not that computer literate, you might want to wait a while before you try MTA (as in, wait for another version)... a lot of even the more knowledgable people are having trouble with it.

Disconnect, reconnect, and 'send game request'... (I think that's what it was) The people on the roof are supposed to be there... they aren't players though. Just pretend they aren't there

Well, click save if you want to download it (in case you want to run the installer again, without having to re-download it) to your hard drive. Click open if all you need is to run it once, or you're low on hard drive space.

They probably should/will increase the amount of data sent over network games... If there's no worry of lag (10 m/s, I don't think there's anything to worry about as far as network congestion ), they can/will be able to drastically reduce lag.

actually, it isn't in your GTA3 directory... the MTA team forgot to include the manual in the installer the manual is at the MTA download page... nab it there, although I don't think there's much on LAN games. It should be fairly simple (unless you're using a router, because I have no idea how to use MTA with a router, even though I have one). Download the MTA dedicated server, and install it. Run the server, configure it... Now go to your start menu Run... and type cmd. at the prompt that appears, type 'ipconfig' "IP Address" is the one you want... write it down, or remember it... the other computer'll need that number to connect to your server. Run MTA, and get your game going. Now get the other machine to run MTA, and place in the IP address, click connect, and it should go. Sorry if I'm really really really simplifying these instructions... just in case someone comes by who doesn't know a thing about ports, they might be able to use this

Very odd... can you say what the error is? And: does the error only happen when you click refresh?

All-Seeing-Eye. Go here for where to get it, and how to set it up for MTA: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157

One more thing.... STOP FREAKIN' SPAMMING! I DON'T LIKE WADING THROUGH YOUR USELESS MESSAGES TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE!

If your installer is automatically adding: \Desktop, or \Backup, or something like that (so it looks like C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA3\Desktop), then simply remove that part your installer is adding automatically. It's just the installer has a bug that adds \whatever to the install directory.