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EVERYONE seems to be confused about the people on the roof. who are they? are they peds? are they other players? both, sort of. When you join a server, you become one of those people on the roof. You are then teleported to the other roof, where you choose your team. Another way to think about it: you are an evil, mind-taking over alien thing. Those players on the roof are your hosts. You join the server, and you take over the mind of your host. Then, by magic, you're transported on top of a building, where you get to choose which kind of other mind-stealing alien things you want to be friends with. (a.k.a. choosing your team) simple as dat (at least I THINK that's correct... I'm 85% certain that's how it works.) If blokker is around, could you confirm that for me?

You don't know what ports do?! dang it! I was hoping you'd know! ('cause I sure as hell don't)... I just said ports because... um.. they must be important! otherwise they wouldn't have such funny names. heeheehee! port.

Sorry milky... Use alt-tab to switch back to the MTA program. Click on 'send game request'. switch back, and it should go.

Ya... cars like to blow up without setting on fire, or exploding

THE PORT! Did you remember to include the port number?

well, sorry if I was a little condescending, but you never know who might need this info/who won't understand the simplest thing Case in point: Red Hat Linux... I spent so many hours combing through FAQ's, only to find that it was the simplest thing I was doing wrong (I never did install it though... I ended up going with Mandrake 9.1)

'course, now people are asking for 0.4 (that's right. ALREADY.), so looks like it's gonna be the same mess all over again

try different nicks... I think 32 is the maximum number of characters for a nick. There may also be a minimum, which would explain things. I've had problems with GGM's nick system too... make sure your name doesn't start with a number

you're downloading the manual by mistake!

There seems to be an error in the installer... for me, it would put \Desktop at the end. All the files are supposed to be in the same folder as gta3.exe

well, perhaps you should run a normal server instead of a dedicated one... Start menu Run... cmd ipconfig both of you'll have different ip addresses... make sure you use the right ones. Not sure what else I can say... I don't really know much about LANs.

MY GOD! Pathetic. Simply. Pathetic. THE ONLY REASON MTA WAS RUSHED, was because everyone was all "where's MTA!? I want MTA! Give me MTA!" And now, some of the same people say that the MTA team should have taken more time!

I've got a wee FAQ that might help... https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157

EVERYONE seems to be confused about the people on the roof. who are they? are they peds? are they other players? both, sort of. When you join a server, you become one of those people on the roof. You are then teleported to the other roof, where you choose your team. Another way to think about it: you are an evil, mind-taking over alien thing. Those players on the roof are your hosts. You join the server, and you take over the mind of your host. Then, by magic, you're transported on top of a building, where you get to choose which kind of other mind-stealing alien things you want to be friends with. (a.k.a. choosing your team) simple as dat (at least I THINK that's correct... I'm 85% certain that's how it works.)

All of those people on the roof are the people who you become!!!!! when you join a server, you become one of those people on the roof. you are then teleported to the roof where you choose your team. Those aren't players on the roof at all. I wrote a fancy-schmancy FAQ that might just help: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157

All that roof stuff: (not sure if this is 100% correct, but it seems right) Those people on the roof, are the players that will appear... here: you connect to server. then YOU become one of those people on the roof. you're teleported over to the other roof, where you pick your teams. I wrote a fancy-shmancy FAQ thing that might help: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157

see the little icons to the left? select one. NOW click refresh... you have to select the icon, otherwise ASE doesn't know which game you want servers for

before you start: I reccomend HIGHLY that you make a clean install of GTA3!!!!!!! okay... here we go! first, go to http://www.udpsoft.com/eye get the ASE program, and install it. now, go to http://www.multitheftauto.com, and get MTA Install mta into the SAME FOLDER as gta3.exe... otherwise it won't work. good so far? okay... open up launcher.exe from the GTA3 folder... (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA III\launcher.exe) select GTA3 MTA GTA3 will start up, and the MTA program will go. close 'em both up. Now, we need to set up ASE, so that it works with MTA. Open up ASE, and answer all of the wiz's questions... Up until the point where it gets to listing the games. First check the installed programs list, for GTA3: MTA (not MTA... I took 10 minutes before I realized that G comes before M) If GTA3: MTA is there (which it wasn't for me), then under 'program location' click browse... Find mta.exe (should be at C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA III\mta.exe), and select it. Make sure that 'Visible in filter list' is checked, and go next If GTA3: MTA isn't there, then look under 'Not Installed', for GTA3: MTA, then do the same thing as above. ****If GTA3: MTA is not in either list (remember, it starts with a G), then make sure you have the latest version of ASE, then post in the forum for help**** Alright... you're juuuust about there. Click on GTA3:MTA in the sidebar on the left. Click the little refresh button on the toolbar. Servers should start popping up. Double click on a server, and the MTA program will start. Now that you have the MTA program started, start GTA3, and click 'start game' 'start multi theft auto' wait for it to load, and use Alt-Tab to switch back to the MTA program. Click 'connect to server'. Wait. Hopefully, messages like this will pop up: Welcome to MTA Version 0.3 (Build 5291127-G) Connecting to server Waiting for request Assigned ID: 1 Gametype: DM Connection found, ping received If only something like this pops up: Welcome to MTA Version 0.3 (Build 5291127-G) Connecting to server Waiting for request then try a different server, or disconnect and reconnect. I'm assuming that everything is working okay, and you get the first messages. Now, if you switch to GTA3, you'll see...!!!! credits. frack. switch back to MTA, and click 'send game request'. a message should say "sending game request" switch back to GTA3, and wait about 30 seconds... if the credits don't stop, and you don't appear, then try a different server, or disconnect/reconnect, or try 'sending a game request' again. Before you do any of these things though, I've got a quick thing at the bottom of this... FAQ?... it's very important, and you might be able to tell what's wrong. (actually, it's not at the bottom. it's just a little ways up... you can find it by looking for lots of *******'s....) Alright. Assuming you got it all going, and you appeared on a rooftop, walk to the MAFIA SIDE. *****Do not go to the Diablo side! apparently (though it has not been a problem for me) there is a bug that causes problems if you are diablo***** Now. you should appear, all nice and dandy. hop in a car, and have fun but wait a second... where are the other players? you look on the radar, and see a tight cluster of blips, but go there, and you don't see anyone! alright... a lot of you won't have this problem. But it happened to me, and it seems to be an annoying lack-of-feature thing... MTA doesn't tell you if you've been disconnected. It just sits there going "oh.. look at that. I just disconnected. how sad. I best not alert my master to this. I'll simply stop that little orange button from blinking." ************************************************************* oh ya.. that possible answer for the credits not going? Right here. ************************************************************* so what do you do? switch back to the MTA program, and check the little thing next to 'connection status'. If it's orange, and doesn't blink every once in a while, then disconnect and reconnect, or find a different server. If it's blinking... well, disconnect and reconnect, or find a different server. If it's white... then disconnect and reconnect, or find a different server. (I forget exactly what white means... I think it was that there never was a connection in the first place... I'll get back to you on that one (actually, I won't... I'm a lazy slob.... I'm supposed to be doing schoolwork right now), but for now, just go with the good ol' "disconnect and reconnect, or find a different server" method ) Okay... it should work now. Post in this topic if you need me to change anything, or if you find a new fix... it doesn't really help much to ask for answers to your problems, as I don't know much more than what I've written. oh ya... some of the stuff here might be wrong, but it's just a quick FAQ, so don't quote me on it. Have fun!

oops um... ya.. that's where the players come from. when you join the server, you become one of those people on the roof, then you're teleported to a different roof, where you choose your team. If they are the only people you can see in the game, then check your MTA prog thingy... the little orange icon in the corner to be presice. If it's flashing two different colors of orange, then you're properly connected. otherwise, just try a different server, or disconnect and reconnect

well, other games have less to actually download... MTA is a big user of bandwith

I can get mafia going... what happened to those who chose mafia?

OOOH... it's GTA3: MTA... not MTA. whoops

well, the cars are both damaged, it's just you can't tell... (no smoke, no falling off parts, etc...)

i give it a spifftactular 7 thumbs up.

K... I installed MTA, connected to a server. shibby. fun. of course, I was only using the server that was filled-in by default... I then installed ASE... install went well, everything nice, then it gets to the part of the first-time config wizard, where you select the games ASE is to be able to show. No MTA. Poop. Is there a way to add a new game to the list? Or do I have to install ASE and then MTA? oh ya... one more thing: kill everyone you can find on the server... it's kinda boring to have everyone milling around...