problem MTA

[szymzi]

Hello,

I have a problem with MTA San Andreas 1.6. The launcher does not start at all.

When I open MTA, the blue loading circle appears next to the mouse cursor for a moment, then nothing happens. In Task Manager, the MTA process appears for a short moment and then disappears.

The problem started after an MTA update. Before that, MTA was working normally. After the update, MTA asked me to restart, and since then it has not opened anymore.

What I already tried:

• reinstalled MTA completely
• deleted the MTA installation folder manually
• installed MTA again from the official website
• checked Windows Defender protection history, nothing was blocked
• uninstalled Avast/AVG
• checked Event Viewer, but I cannot find any clear “Application Error” related to MTA
• GTA San Andreas itself starts normally
• I also bought GTA SA on Steam and tried with a fresh copied installation
• tried running MTA as administrator and without administrator mode
• checked compatibility settings, compatibility mode is disabled
• checked DxDiag, no DirectX or GPU problems found

My system:
Windows 11 25H2
Build 26200.8457
Laptop: Dell G15 5515
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU / AMD Radeon integrated graphics
RAM: 16 GB
DirectX 12

There are no MTA logs created, or I cannot find them. The MTA folder seems complete, including core.dll, netc.dll, cgui.dll and CEF files.

Does anyone know what could cause MTA to close immediately after starting, without showing any error window?

[JhonWarlon]

I have exactly the same. Waiting for a way to solve it. 

[J4cobLIVEmain]

Guys, post it on GitHub so they see just like me https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue/issues/4922

So far I heard many other people got it, and mta devs don't care on Discord, and forums are dead anyway (only people advertise here or show off some scripts and they barely get any attention) so yeah

[Fullton]

They are not going to fix this, you should have understood that when they stopped fighting cheaters.
All they gonna reply "WE DO NOT HAVE MAN POWER"
It seems like this multiplayer is about to follow SAMP steps into decay

Edited July 2 by Fullton

[Ki3lon95]

I got same problem, any solution?

[flâneur]

Solved it on my machine, posting the fix in case it's the same for you.

 

Setup: Windows 11 25H2 (build 26200.8655), Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 4060 Ti. Symptom was identical: MTA launcher opens, spins one CPU core for ~10-15s, then vanishes with no window and no error (exit code 0xC0000409, no crash dump).

 

Fix that worked: uninstall Virtual Desktop (the VR "Virtual Desktop Streamer"). After removing it, the current MTA build launches to the main menu and connects to servers normally.

 

Notes if you want to try it:

- It's specifically a full uninstall. Just disabling Virtual Desktop's display adapter in Device Manager did NOT help, you have to uninstall it so its service and driver are gone.

- Don't have Virtual Desktop? Then this exact cause isn't yours, but the pattern is the same: it's a regression on recent Windows (24H2/25H2) where some virtual-display/streaming driver trips the current client. The older official build r23409 launches regardless, if you can find that installer, it's a stopgap (but only joins servers whose minclientversion is at or below it).

- If you use Virtual Desktop for VR, the catch is you currently have to choose: Virtual Desktop installed for VR, or MTA working. Reinstalling VD re-breaks MTA until this is fixed upstream.

 

Tracked on GitHub here, please add your Windows build number and whether you have Virtual Desktop installed, more datapoints help the devs pin it: https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue/issues/4953

 

[cemazet]

same problem, any issue? 

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