0.5.5 is basically not going to be released. They haven't officially cancelled it, but SA is the prority right now, so you'll stick with 0.5 until the SA race mod. I hope i'm wrong though.
You should start with hello world app tutorials, then buy a book to actually go somewhere. Learning hello world apps should give you a little understanding of what C++ is.
Is it possible to delay the release to make it compatible with this patch? Once more noobs come in, they will ask "why can't my version work?". That should be avoided, unless you host the 1.0 exe and let others download it, but I don't think rockstar would like that.
Just so everyone knows, mods WORK on this version.
EDIT:
Here are the game files it contains:
eax.dll (not changed)
gta_sa.exe (it is considerably smaller, 8.7 MB)
ogg.dll (not changed)
stream.ini (not changed)
vorbis.dll (not changed)
vorbisFile.dll (not changed)
main.scm (not changed)
script.img (not changed)
All but one are not changed according to the date and file size.
All progress on what's in it will be made here.
#1 - Anything that hooks onto the EXE (d3d9.dll) will f*ck up the game.
#2 - The menu is now different
#3 - The gta_sa.set will be resetted. So any changes you did before will have to be changed again. And all old gta_sa.set will not be compatible.
#4 - My All In One Mod for San Andreas seems to work perfectly in the game. Haven't tested the "Hot Coffee" part of my mod yet.
#5 - Certain cars stay clean only and certain other cars stay dirty only. Wtf?
#6 - The black roads glitch is still there!
#7 - Dancing is improved. It is now easier to get a good and a few perfect.
#8 - A charred car won't reflect the sun anymore. So it'll look charred.
#9 - Motion blur is improved.
#10 - Escalators still won't make CJ move.
#11 - There are still no phases of the moon.
#12 - Distant cars having no specular lighting is still there!
#13 - MOST MODS STILL WORK IN THE GAME!
#14 - Old saved games still work.
The trick to get a hang of the controls is to use both the WASD style and the arrow style. Most of the time you might have to switch to geta better hang of what you are doing. For aiming, just stand still, or use a weapon like the M4 on hitman status so you can move while shooting.
Just about these version numbers, it looks like 0.5 is jumping to 0.8. Those MTA SA gangwar servers also say the 0.5 version on them too.
Just want to know, since blue is the codename, will the real name be MTA 0.8?
Using blue, they should be able to implement invisible barriers so the server owner can section off to a certain part of the game they want. I've seen that in another thread in the blue section before.