MultiTheftAuto Mod For GTA3 Released

Ryan M. Pamplin writes "There's an announcement on the MultiTheftAuto website that the MTA v0.3b multiplayer mod is out for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 3, a milestone for the community. Servers are popping up everywhere - we can finally play a little GTA against our pals in 3D!" We ran a story on this a little while back, but there's now a downloadable version to tinker with.

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GTA 3

[sebi]

Maybe someone should note that the mod is for GTA3. The original Grand Theft Auto had multiplayer right out of the box. I can't remember if it was LAN only or if internet play was possible as well. But then that was a PC only game, right.

I wonder if precious features such as multiplayer will get rarer, now that many hit titles are ported from various consoles to proper computers. In this case the game was released with the unfinished multiplayer code and some dedicated people are getting it to work. Why did the original programmers give up at what appears to be more than half way through?

Re:Any word on Vice City?

[Zuph]

Vice City is based on the GTA3 engine...shouldn't be too hard... Vice city just hasn't been out long enough.

Ugh

[Anonymous Coward]

From MTA's forum:

Before we let u enter our forums. There are some rules u need to know.

Do not ask for release date : it is done when it is done

Keep it in English

If we need beta testers we will let u know

Use the search function instead off imidiatly starting a new topic

If u have agreed to the above, click here, otherwise, click the back button in ur browser!

I'm no English usage nazi, and I know English isn't a first language to some people, but the "u" and "ur" usage, and general typos doesn't inspire the greatest confidence in the authors of this mod, and seems pretty immature to boot (unless you're using SMS/text messaging where it's actually hard to "type" fast, so shortening your message is acceptable).

Re:Ugh tsarkon reports: flight control systems

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm very, very certain that in a Boeing flight control computer, the source code doesn't say:

/* this chunk of code below is the fucking pussy shit for ur aileron. this is fuckin brain damaged shit and some fucker needs to fix it. Someone needs to fix this imidiatly [sic]. And to the PHB boss, im not telling you shit, fag, itz done when its done. */

Being professional, clean, well documented, writing things that are easier to read and idiomatic if it serves no purpose not to be is far more important that you might think it is [see FreeBSD sources, not Linux, for an example of this in the public domain].

Also, if you ever tried their software it is unusable. The fact they would release it in such a state is ridiculous. The fact that it ends up on Slashdot is sad.

Screen Shots? Real World Experiences?

[Jubii]

Can we get some real in-game screens? How about your experiences with the mod? I know you guys are out there and are playing. Share some info!

I'd really like to hear how it's working out for others before I reinstall my GTA3 and download this mod. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Early adopters, speak up!