Something is wrong with the MOTD thing

[Hunter:VCK]

when i try to connect to certain servers or open MTA at all without the DontGetLastest=1 thingy it crashes. If the update server down or something

[darkdreamingdan]

then, add the dontgetlatest=1 thingy

[Hunter:VCK]

But if i want to connect to certain servers then the client crashes.

[Mike]

The admins of these servers have setup the MOTD incorrectly, so you can't download it - because of a bug this crashes the client.

It'll be fixed in the next release.

[Hunter:VCK]

This still doesnt fix the problem. Its when i open the client that it crashes.

[Ransom]

Did you check here? http://forum.mtavc.com/viewtopic.php?t=11098

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 .

DontGetLatest=1 

[Hunter:VCK]

Yes, i already tried that.

[XcR]

have you tried reinstalling?

[Hunter:VCK]

Yes, I've also tried reinstalling.