GTAT/SA-MP doesn't work
From DevDracoBlue
I was helping some guys to get sa-mp to work. Most of them had other Modifications installed or used SA 2.0.
[edit] Playing samp with Windows Vista
1) Install San Andreas as usual. 2) After installation, navigate to the folder you installed SA:MP (default: c:\program files\rockstar games\gta san andreas\) 3) Right click on gtasa.exe and go to "Properties". 4) Click the "Compatibility" tab, change the compatibility option to "Windows 98 / Me", click OK. 5) Download and install SA:MP as normal. 6) Install the browser fix for SA:MP (click here, directions are in that thread) 7) Play!
Bold text Hi i tried to open SA-MP v0.2.X today and just i open some server and nothing open..... I wait minutes and minutes... And then i try again .... Again that please help help help......Insert non-formatted text herehelp....
Step 1:
Go to My Documents/GTA San Andreas User Files and then delete gta_sa.set
2.
reinstall GTA and reinstall Sa:mp v0.2.X or other version.. i tried that too doesnt work////,
[edit] Reason why San Andreas crashs after the San Andreas Logo
This has been reported very often by users, which forgot to put there DVD into the DVD drive before connecting. Whenever you want to launch SA-MP, be sure your DVD is in correct drive!
[edit] If you see only VINEWOOD sign
You can't play San Andreas Multiplayer if you have installed one of these two version. Get you an original 1.0 gta_sa.exe to play online.
[edit] San Andreas V1.1 and V2.0 is not supported!
You can't player San Andreas Multiplayer if you have installed one of these two version. Get you an original 1.0 gta_sa.exe to play online.This is very hard, because, you have original gta and you dont have 1.0. Downgrade it!
[edit] If it says 'INVALID CHARACTERS' while connecting!
This happens if you use invalid characters (don't know which this are), but the most common problem is, that the maxcharacter value is transgressed. The playername must have a maximum length of 16 characters only. Allowed letters are 'A-Z', 'a-z' '0-9' and '_', spaces or any other letters arent working
[edit] If it says 'Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:xxxx' ... and nothing happens!
This can happen, if the server is already offline. Just test another server. Also verify that you allowed gta_sa.exe and samp.exe through your firewalls.
[edit] If normal game loads! No SA-MP is there?
Be sure you start sa-mp.exe. If you did this, reinstall SA-MP and select your GTA-Directory as INSTALL-Folder, everything else will not work. Sa-mp.exe must be located where gta_sa.exe is after installation.
[edit] 'samp' isn't a supported protcol
This is NOT a standard feature of SA-MP yet. Please download this url-extension to get support for samp-urls like samp://81.169.180.114:7777 for example.
[edit] If samp://-links won't work in board
samp://-links aren't supported by the Boardsoftware yet. Use a service like tinyurl.com and put in your samp://81.169.180.114:7777 , it will return something like http://tinyurl.com/gw6nd and this is accepted by the board!
[edit] Mods are not supported!
No. They will make your game buggy and crashing while playing with guys, who don't have the mods installed. Handling.cfg-modifications are ignored by sa-mp-client.
[edit] Bad files, make the client crash!
This is how your SA-Directory SHOULD look like. Delete all evil d3d9.dlls and other dynamic link libraries!
Directory: ReadMe 04.04.2006 00:06:49 Directory: anim 04.04.2006 00:07:21 Directory: audio 04.04.2006 00:07:21 Directory: data 04.04.2006 00:10:45 Directory: models 04.04.2006 00:12:15 Directory: movies 04.04.2006 00:12:20 Directory: samp 10.05.2006 15:15:55 Directory: text 01.05.2006 15:33:03 File: USERDATA.DAT 1 KB 10.05.2006 14:06:42 File: eax.dll 184 KB 06.01.2004 09:43:26 File: gta_sa.exe 14049 KB 07.06.2005 23:52:26 File: ogg.dll 36 KB 15.11.2003 16:54:18 File: rcon.exe 48 KB 24.03.2006 18:04:50 File: samp-license.txt 2 KB 04.04.2006 16:21:37 File: samp.dll 688 KB 09.05.2006 14:46:14 File: samp.exe 362 KB 08.05.2006 14:00:42 File: samp.saa 3722 KB 06.05.2006 18:33:40 File: samp_debug.exe 144 KB 05.04.2006 15:55:56 File: stream.ini 1 KB 18.05.2004 19:19:04 File: vorbis.dll 1036 KB 16.11.2003 09:48:00 File: vorbisFile.dll 64 KB 16.11.2003 09:48:30
[edit] Connect to your own server
If you have a router you can't connect via your internet ip. Use 127.0.0.1:7777 instead!
[edit] Connection rejected
This happens, if you have two GTA San Andreas versions. You have to set sa-mp to the right GTA SA folder, or just delete the other version.
