GTA3 Multiplayer

Kent767 writes "I'm on the development team for a GTA3 mod, called multi-theft auto. This mod makes GTA3 multiplayer over LAN or internet. Very shortly version 0.3b will be released (this is our first version which supports over 2 players). Dedicated Servers can run on Win32 machines, and a Linux version is in production. 2 of the game modes supported will be DM (Deathmatch) and CTW (Capture the Whoopie) which is a lot like capture the flag, only with a Mr. Whoopie truck." Making a great game even better! Hooray!

Comments

Real nice

[b3h]

Gone are the days that a few maps were released and it was considered a mod. Modders these days are releasing really useful features, and in some cases entire new games. Nice work, guys!

Re:I would like to coin a new phrase

[TheKey]

Uhm. It's not like this mod is a commercial product. It's free. They're just getting the word out about a great project.

Re:Is this strickly legal?

[j3110]

Exactly... I'm greatly thrilled that someone did this. The developers can get on with real work like Vice City, and the old game will still sell because of it's multiplayer support. I would be thrilled if I were a Rockstar investor as well. Charge people to make their own game... that's the way to do it :)

Re:Is this strickly legal?

[dont_chase_windmills]

Take a look at Half Life... That came would not be the most popular PC game of all time had Counter-Strike not been developed... And it was made completely by independent programmers, separate from Valve, Sierra, and Gearbox... I'm surprised nobody mentioned Half Life, which has the best mod-community of any game... ever. Mike

Re:I hope the next GTA..

[UnknownQ]

The only problem with this is that everybody will be a vigilante blowing everybody else up. No one will want to do something as boring as live a normal life in a virtual world (they can do that at their very own home) that the virtual people do so very well. I think stepping outside and getting blown away by six rocket launchers with screams of "DIE N00B!" would not be very fun at all.

The only way to make this work is to make running a more or less normal life atractive (Sims anyone?) or at least create a more or less decent ratio of virtual people to real people in an uncrowded city.