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.

Comments

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.

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!