MTA 2.3 troubles

[[DKR]silverfang]

Major problem with MTA:DM 2.3

Right I have recently downgraded from Vista to XP (At Bloody Last)...

I have reinstalled GTA:SA and MTA:DM 2.3, I can play GTA:SA fine (it works as it did before but faster!!) but now MTA won't run on my PC, it comes up with the 'stop playing with yourself' screen then the whole screen goes black for a second or two then returns to the desktop.

Anyone know of any solutions, or why this might be happening?

Thanks Silverfang

[Gamesnert]

I don't know if you tried this one?

Crash after MTA splash screen

MTA crashes after the 'Stop playing with yourself' logo. Both single player and the MTA: Race ran fine before.

Try downloading the latest DirectX Runtime files from Microsoft. Also check in Task Manager, if gta_sa.exe process isn't already running.

If you run at any substandard resolutions (e.g. 960x720), try to change your resolution to a commonly supported one (e.g. 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024) by launching Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in normal mode, setting the new resolution and exiting.

[Mr.Hankey]

or maybe:

Halt after MTA splash screen

* Nothing happens after the 'Stop playing with yourself' splash screen

If you use nVidia GeForce, try turning off nView Desktop Manager before starting MTA.

Also try deleting GTA San Andreas settings file ("gta_sa.set") in "Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files" folder

[[DKR]silverfang]

Cheers, but none of these suggestions seem to work...

Any other suggestions?

EDIT: I'm not entirily sure that I downloaded the correct directX run times, if someone would give me a link that'd be super...

EDIT2: Also I get the same thing happening when I try and run MTA race... If that helps at all...

Thanks again..

EDIT3: Thanks for the help guys, it's all sorted now, just a simple mistake... Cheers again...