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i just entered a GTA3 MTA server, and got auto-banned just as i did with the Vice City ones, heres a pic of the message i get: once again, i do not have any mods/hacks/trainers. before this, i thought that it was because something was not right with my VC directory, but now i know that everything was fine with my VC install, because i know for sure that i never touched anything inside the GTA3 directory, and i still get this very same problem. to avoid confusion, here is the problem i get: what happens is that the server AUTOMATICALLY bans me when i try to join (not a server admin - but some script on the server or the MTA client itself), probably because it detects what it thinks is a hack on my PC. we know that i dont have any mods and that my GTA3 and VC directories are fine, so this problem lies elsewhere. can someone help me figure this out please? i want to play MTAVC again, but i get banned from all of the major VC servers the moment i connect to them. thankfully PARTYSERVER GTA3 works for me, as thats where i play most of the time. btw, here is a thread with someone who seems to be having the exact same problem as me: http://forum.mtavc.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... =superbike

imo, by far the biggest turn off's from MTA are the frequent crashes, and lack of direction in gameplay. many turn away from the game the instant they realize how buggy it is and how often it crashes, and many quickly get bored of the gameplay because it is not exciting enough (running around the map and shooting people with no point or objective). BLUE will definately diminish both of these issues and players will be easier to attract. and if BLUE gets released for San Andreas soon after the PC launch of the game, there will definately be a huge increase in players, because 1) the game is new and fresh, and 2) MTA: SA is polished because of the years of development that went into that core.

tuesday or thursday? EDIT: woooo! 200th post!! EDIT2: 20:00 (8:00 PM) GMT? that is 12:00 noon pacific time (GMT- according to this site. i will be in school . oh well whatever.

damn, someone should of told me about it

ok, thanks KungFu, i will pm you my IP once i figure out what the problem is and fixed it. i think the server banned me automatically, so it must be something on my machine that is causing it to go off. so if you unban me before this issue is resolved, the same thing will probably happen - the server will auto-ban me again when i try to join. right now i am looking for help into what might cause this to happen, even after ive reinstalled VC.

i have never installed any mods for vice city. i enter PARTYSERVER Vice City, and when the client opens, it says "Banned: Superbike" i wonder, wtf?? so i try another server, some canadian one (forgot what its called). this time the client loads and i dont get banned/kicked, but when i press start game, and on the loading screen it freezes. then i get banned automatically from that one too and it says "Banned: Suspected Trainer Usage" i think to myself, ive been banned automatically from 2 servers, so it must be a problem with the VC install, not the servers. so i check everything out in my VC directory, and all seems perfectly fine. today i reinstall Vice City, enter PARTYSERVER, and get the same message again (banned: Superbike). can someone tell me what the problem could be please? and can someone tell me how to contact the PARTYSERVER VC admin to unban me once this issue is resolved? thanks

well, my SA died on my PS2 a few days ago too . it worked fine for a couple of weeks, but started getting DRE's, more and more frequently, and now i get one after just a few minutes of play. i took very good care of my SA too, but somehow it has a couple of very small scratches toward the outside of the disc. i have a SCHP-30001 V4 PS2, which is a few years old. this is the first time ive heard that the problem was caused by a lack of oil in the laser mechanism. please post the site where you got this, it might just fix my problem. until now i was pretty much out of ideas.. i just cleaned the PS2 out: cleaned out all the dust with compressed air, rubbed the laser off with alcohol, messed with the white gear that adjusts the positition of the laser, and still, my SA gets DRE's after just several minutes of play.

all pics are working here. oh, and thank you for the spoiler! how do you take those pics? video-in on your video card?

any of you guys done any stunts on with the bicycles yet? i found a skate-park type place in los santos close to the house, so far i can only do some weak flips. what stunts can you do on it and how do you do them?

well then that is good news, i dont glitch but even with the glitches removed, it still seems to me that the stubby would have an advantage over other weapons when the above mentioned strategy is used. i mean isnt it true that after all, so many people use the stubby because of that strategy, rather than because of the glitches?

personally i dont *think* know any glitches in VC. i spawn as robber the majority of the time and i kill people by: getting up close to them, shooting them, waiting for them to get up, and shooting them again before they can move. from my understanding, this is how most successful robber kills work. i think that the stubby has an advantage over other weapons because of the easy "get up close, shoot, wait, and shoot again for the kill" strategy, which is what makes the robber more powerful than other characters. is this considered to be the robber glitch? if so i never knew that . if the player had a chance to get away from the robber after getting shot with the stubby, then i agree, i guess the game would be pretty even.

It detected the grind itself? If so thats potentially great news for future stunt modes in mta, as after struggling with it for hours i found no reliable way to detect and award bonuses for grinds in VC. well, i didnt get any money for it, and the game never told me it was a grind. what happened was i simply hopped onto the top of the rail with my BMX, and it slid all the way down. what is interesting though, is that i got a cycling upgrade right after landing it. it could be a coincidence that i got it at that point, or it could be that the game does indeed detect grinds.

i have an idea.. maybe everyone, regardless of gang, should spawn with weapons of the same class, that are similar in firepower. the only way to get the more powerful weapons like the stubby, rocket launcher, and that bigass machine gun, would be to find them somewhere on the map and pick them up or to buy them. i mean lets face, the teams arent even the way it is now. im not for reducing the lethality of the shotguns, but i think that everyone should start out with equal firepower. there are clearly some characters that are more powerful than others in the current version 0.4. it is impossible to balance out the game (ie make all of the characters even) by giving the robber a powerful shotgun, the sailor grenades and auto-health to try to compensate, the mexican a long range machine gun to shoot the robber from far away, etc. some characters will always have an edge over others this way. so the only solution is to have everyone start equally, and allow everyone to get equal access to the big guns through pickups and/or purchases.

'most' people? How odd that more have played 0.4 than ever played 0.3 then. yeah, i doubt that most people like version 0.3 more than version 0.4 overall. i just think that they like the spawn wars more in 0.3 than 0.4 solely because of the location. i mean there is like a big statue that you run around and fight near, it is scenic with big houses overlooking the water and a porn studio accross the street, there is a helicotper on the roof, cars outside, and easy access to the first and the second islands via the bridges. but back to the topic, it would be cool if someone made a simple little stubby-wars mod for BLUE where you can only choose the robber w/ shotgun and only spawn on prawn island. it would bring back fun memories .

no way dude, the other location was much funner i cant explain why but i think most people agree with me on this

[quote name=::SKBR:‘IF]man.. an eternal loop: Connecting... Disconnected: Connection timed out. (Delay = 5 sec) Auto Reconnect in 5 Secs, Please Wait Connecting... Disconnected: Connection timed out. (Delay = 5 sec) Auto Reconnect in 5 Secs, Please Wait Connecting... Disconnected: Connection timed out. (Delay = 5 sec) Auto Reconnect in 5 Secs, Please Wait (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( i wanna play.. just this.. well, if you are 100% sure the server you are trying to connect to is up and running, then it must be your connection. do you have a firewall? maybe some ports are blocked that must be open to play MTA (someone smarter can go into more detail about that... i donno which ports are required for MTA).

To make it a bit easier - when you're given your objective, go into the map in the menu, move to where it's icon is and press circle - then it puts a big red marker which is easier to see ive never thought of using it, it helps a lot, thanks

woo! i finally got the game (a couple of days ago) it is HUGE, and the roads are very confusing. i dont know my way around ANY part of town at all. it always takes me 3 full minutes to find my house. not only is the game enormous with unlimited possibilities and tons of stuff to do, but i am really enjoying the storyline (missions). the only negative thing i have about the game so far is that its hard to see the blips on the map as well as different icons. has anyone pulled off any stunts with the BMX yet? i did a grind on a rail in the parking lot of the bike stadium (close to CJ's house). i got a full cycling skill upgrade for that . the only stunt i can do is hop into stuff and have the bike spin (180-360 degrees). what other stunts are possible and how do you do them? btw i have the sickest looking clothes combination - blue jeans, black tank, and b&w truckers hat.

ic. too bad you can only play one island at once . hopefully in blue we can play on all 3 at the same time.

thanks for the reply, it pretty much confirms what i thought. except i think ill mess with different methods of staying on the rail, as its hard for me to quickly switch to joystick after im get on the rail without falling off.

i want that guide too

i think all 3 will be released in the next version. but unfortantely you can only play one at a time .

ive never heard that rumor, and i am certain they will be around for at least until after SA's release on the PC, because they said that they will try to apply BLUE to SA. i hope they're around as long as GTA is around though .

i particularly like the portland map because of all the hills. it is fun driving down from the mafia house at max speed in a sentinel. also, the relatively small map area (portland) allows you to find people quicker, to get from A to B quicker. this will be lost, ofcourse, in the next version where we get to play on all 3 islands of LC (but that is still a good thing ofcourse). dodos also make gta3 more fun, since it requires skill and not everyone can do it. its fun doing dodo duels, or exploring other islands and landing on different stuff. plus, most importantly, you must buy weapons your weapons. you dont start out with a heavy machine gun or shotgun with tons of ammo already in it. you must fight your way to the top (unless it freezes, then you start all over heh). other than that i like the atmosphere of GTA3 more in general. it is a more serious and dark one than in VC, where everything is pink, with bright and shiny colors. it focuses too much on the rockstar lifestyle of the 80s; nice houses, fast italian cars, all of that millionare crap. GTA3 has a dark-blue, sadder, more realistic tone, focusing on the shadowy life of gangsters. and i love the Godfather-style italian mafia, (not so much the Yakuza though). i think i will really like SA's atmosphere when i finally play it. it should depict the grim realities of gangster life really well. besides GTA3 radio music is much cooler, and its talk radio is far funnier than anything in VC. anyways that was going sort of off topic. and i do get bored of MTA:LC somtimes, and i go enjoy VC for a while, but overall i keep coming back to GTA3 in the long run.

you mean that you can set boundaries that players cannot get out of? that would rule, it would open up lots of possiblities to game modes. like turf wars... the fight is only possible inside the turf you are trying to overtake .