Help me PLEASE!!

[Guest]

I installed VC with no mods. When I run the program(MTA) it loads *or i think it does* then it says: multitheftclient.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you had any data unsaved you may have lost it.

I keep doing it and it still does it I really looked forward to it(not the errors of course, the MTA fun I havent even tried and its still fun some how)

Please guys ..

I really want to use MTA! It would be extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely appreciated if you help!!!! MTA was a dream come true - who wants to play against AI players? Please. I use a windows operatin system, Windows XP, and its Vice City the game version. I did download 0.5 version. Please guys. Help me!!

[Jani]

Crash on client startup

This might be causes by being unable to download the welcome message. This should only happen if the MTA site is down, or you aren't connected to the internet. If this is the case, it should try to download it for about 15 seconds - before it gives the crash. It might be possible to fix this by adding "DontGetLatest=1" on the second line of your "mta.ini" in your MTA folder (under "[Main]"). Alternatively, try creating a blank file called "mtaclientwelcome.dat" in your MTA folder - this is probably only relevant if this is the first time you've run the MTA 0.5 client.

Update: We've managed to replicate, confirm and fix this bug. Whenever we release a general patch, this will be fixed. In the meantime, ensure mtaclient.exe can access the internet through your firewall, or for on a LAN you can change the following value in mta.ini .

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You get a crash at the address 652f30 when starting the game

This is caused by having the incorrect GXT file. To fix this, copy all the gxt files from the Grand Theft Auto Vice City\TEXT folder except the "american.gxt" into the Grand Theft Auto Vice City\MTA folder. You should also ensure you game language is set to english.