Guest Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 I just recently purchased GTA SA after reading about this. After installing and downloading everything I would need...it turns out that I have v3.0. Is there a downgrader available and if not what can I do besides purchasing an older copy of the game? My wife would kill me... If for some reason your method is not something they would like for you to post here...feel free to email me: [email protected]....Thanks for any help anyone can provide!
norby89 Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 try this: http://forum.mtavc.com/viewtopic.php?t=15151 although I've never heard of a version 3.0
Ravenheart Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 If the downgrader doesn't work, you can always ask one of your friends that plays MTA to send you his gtasa.exe.
Guest Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 I got GTA:SAN from Direct2Drive and is 3.0 and the converter dosen't work for it, so do I have to get a different .exe?
MTA Team jhxp Posted January 5, 2008 MTA Team Posted January 5, 2008 Maybe contact Talidan (the converter author) about it.
Guest Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 It would just be easier to download a new Exe. Not that anyone can give you a link here or anything, Even though.. I've never heard of a 3.0.
Guest Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 I also purchased GTA:SA from Direct2Drive.com It too also is version 3.0, and Ive been to countless forums for a downgrade or rollback. Because it seems (after doing some research) that any version higher than 1.0 (after that Hot Coffee mod was released to the public) they blocked out all modifications from being entered into the new version of the game. And I know its because the "gta_sa.exe" is encrypted. I haven't tested switching the .exe files yet to play MTA (which im going to now)... but if switching the .exe files is going to work, I found a website on where to download those and some trainers. PM me for Link. Hope that helps. If anyone has any other information on downgrading or rolling back version (IE: Version 3.0 > 1.0 etc) feedback is appreciated. Thanks. ~Shikai EDIT: -- Well I downloaded the "GTA: San Andreas v1.0 [ALL] Crash Fix Patch" (Google it) Which is basically just a .exe file That allowed me to play MTA. Havent tried modding yet. Well I'll keep you informed.
Guest Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Hey some of the veteran MTASA players might remember me as Smigmee, I used to play way back right before player names were added, my system blew and now im back and running. I bought GTA:SA on steam and got myself a v1.00 of gta_sa.exe. Sadly this did not do the trick, upon clicking on MTA start up I get a brief loading screen then gta_sa.exe tries to open but closes before it is even able to get itself running. I then found the exact version that was suggested above "GTA: San Andreas v1.0 [ALL] Crash Fix Patch" and im back in action baby!!!! Let me just say that you guys have done some amazing work. MTA is looking and feeling amazing. ...and to think it was already amazing when I last played See you in game!!! Cheers
Scarface Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 If the downgrader doesn't work, you can always ask one of your friends that plays MTA to send you his gtasa.exe. There is no way that will work! In each version there are many changes in the files, an example from v1-2 is that the gta3.img didnt exist, the gta_sa.exe is what open's all the files needed, so if you have v3 and you try to use it it would absolutely not work, you cant make it work when its trying to open files that are non existent in the game, i would suggest you download the whole game from somewhere.
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