With the release of the much anticipated GTAIV comes the onslaught of ignorant hysteria from commercially driven TV shows. Most current affairs and America news channels know they can get some good news happening by concerning parents or the average civilian with fears of terrorism or violence or what not. What most people forget is that GTA is actually a parody of life (and more interestingly of the Western stereotypical life - sex, guns and cars). Of course people would hate being tagged with that stereotype. Enough food for thought, here's a parody of a parody to quench your thirst for humour. But I'm not here to complain about the complainers today or even defend GTA. I am here however to express my disappointment in having to wait until October for the game to come out on PC. Shooting games are meant for PCs anyway. For those of us still stuck with GTA San Andreas and having finished the missions, explored every corner, perhaps sprayed all 100 tags, or collected all the horse shoes, there's nothing really much left of the game - is there? Untrue.
What you need, my friend, is to check out GTA SA Multiplayer!
Wait a minute! I don't remember a multiplayer feature in San Andreas! Well there originally wasn't any. The good thing about San Andreas Multiplayer (SAMP) is that you don't need to buy anything extra. You just install this program next to your existing GTA SA folder, find a server (there are plenty), then play. There are plenty of stunt maps, one of which I loved I can't find any more :( but it had ridiculous changes to the game with highways roads to the sky, floating platforms with more stunt props, you gotta see it to believe it.
obviously CJ's out, you can play as any character the server allows
the best part is that it's free for all. You can do what ever you want,unless the admin kicks you out for breaking any rules they might have haha
as you can see there are plenty of places to play.The internet tab will take ages to load.
Try official ones if you can't wait and remember to save
stuff to your favourites so you don't have to find it again later.
Stupid idiot with the hydra, they kept guarding the airportthis morning making sure noone else got another. I wouldn't
mind having an aerial dog fight with the cheat.
Quick Wrap-up
Maps are the same thing, additional changes such as stunt roads and props are sent by the server. And as always play responsibly (by not lagging! argh). Oh and btw, some of the screenshots have windows in the background; the game IS fullscreen, I was just dodgy with the screenshot pasting :D
Game Help
In the game go to the console, type /help or /commands to see what you can do!
To reset the character in the game, hit F4 and /kill to choose and respawn.
Note that going into the map does not stop the game play
San Andreas Multiplayer Mod (Windows) (site|download-client|server-files)
A simple problem that you might face is it doesn't work lol. To fix that common error, find your "gta_sa.exe" in your GTA SA installation folder and open it's properties then get to Compatibility. Choose "Windows 98/ME" then OK and try again.
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