MTA on Windows 8

[will briggs]

Greetings,

I recently have been running a few compatibility tests on windows 8 and I thought id try MTA and GTA:SA

After a little while, i got an error saying that pthreadVC2.dll was missing to run GTA SA. It is not included in system32 in windows 8

You can download the DLL without any stupid surveys or timers etc from http://windows.willbriggs.co.uk/pthreadVC2.dll

Place the DLL in your system32 and hey presto, SA works on Windows 8

Although this might be a useless threat at the moment, it might help a few people along the line

Cheers

UPDATE : 08/06/12 - After using MTA intensely for over 2 weeks now i have found a few issues - they are listed bellow

- DX issues with FPS - Averaging 8fps - 20 fps on a high spec computer

- Errors with peds and some elements on the map, They appear to be 'Incomplete' and bugged

Thats All

Thanks

Edited June 8, 2012 by Guest

[Chamberlien]

I tested this before was very boring + More lag but it works.

[will briggs]

I tested this before was very boring + More lag but it works.

Well i tested a few times and got the error on more than 1 PC

Thats why i offer a download

[SugarD-x]

Maybe it's time MTA:SA also includes a "tile" for Windows 8 users too.

[will briggs]

Maybe it's time MTA:SA also includes a "tile" for Windows 8 users too.

I agree

[Woovie]

Just installed Win8 Enterprise. Was having this issue and it was on the first Google result page. I suppose a proper solution ( Find what software requires the DLL and install it ) should be done instead of just downloading the .dll

[ccw]

pthreadVC2.dll is included in the MTA/ directory. Try copying it to the GTA install dir to see if that fixes it.

[GrandTheftGamer]

pthreadVC2.dll is included in the MTA/ directory. Try copying it to the GTA install dir to see if that fixes it.

This worked for me.

[ccw]

It's also fixed in latest nightly

https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/?mtasa-1.3-rc-latest