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Multi Theft Auto Update Released
Chris McArthur writes "The MTA Team proudly announces the release of the highly-anticipated updated version of Multi Theft Auto:Vice City. MTA:VC 0.2 adds many new features and fixes in its effort to perfect the ultimate unofficial Grand Theft Auto PC online experience, including improved Netcode (up to 50% in some cases), a new chat system, a fully functional scoreboard, 30 additional playable vehicles (making a total of 80), and much more." We've previously covered this intriguing unofficial PC add-on, which has had a few stability problems, but is nonetheless an amazing hack.
Most of the code was in the game to start with...
Ive been lan-ing this like crazy since its release and I can say it's pretty stable right now, and it's lots, lots of fun, highly recommended for those how own the game.
The new cars are awesome, and a great feature that isn't mentioned in the post is player name and health display, really very useful, and I like the new score system.
Bottom line: if you own the game, go and download it ASAP!
The IT section color scheme sucks.
Congratulations on your purchase of a brand new nigger! If handled properly, your nigger will give years of valuable, if reluctant, service.
INSTALLING YOUR NIGGER.
You should install your nigger differently according to whether you have purchased the field or house model. Field niggers work best in a serial configuration, i.e. chained together. Chain your nigger to another nigger immediately on unpacking it, and don't even think about taking that chain off, ever. Many niggers start singing as soon as you put a chain on them. This habit can usually be thrashed out of them if nipped in the bud. House niggers work best as standalone units, but should be hobbled or hamstrung to prevent attempts at escape. At this stage, your nigger can also be given a name. Most owners use the same names over and over, since niggers become confused by too much data. Rufus, Rastus, Remus, Toby, Carslisle, Carlton, Hey-You!-Yes-you!, Yeller, Blackstar, and Sambo are all effective names for your new buck nigger. If your nigger is a ho, it should be called Latrelle, L'Tanya, or Jemima. Some owners call their nigger hoes Latrine for a joke. Pearl, Blossom, and Ivory are also righteous names for nigger hoes. These names go straight over your nigger's head, by the way.
CONFIGURING YOUR NIGGER.
Owing to a design error, your nigger comes equipped with a tongue and vocal chords. Most niggers can master only a few basic human phrases with this apparatus - "muh dick" being the most popular. However, others make barking, yelping, yapping noises and appear to be in some pain, so you should probably call a vet and have him remove your nigger's tongue. Once de-tongued your nigger will be a lot happier - at least, you won't hear it complaining anywhere near as much. Niggers have nothing interesting to say, anyway. Many owners also castrate their niggers for health reasons (yours, mine, and that of women, not the nigger's). This is strongly recommended, and frankly, it's a mystery why this is not done on the boat
HOUSING YOUR NIGGER.
Your nigger can be accommodated in cages with stout iron bars. Make sure, however, that the bars are wide enough to push pieces of nigger food through. The rule of thumb is, four niggers per square yard of cage. So a fifteen foot by thirty foot nigger cage can accommodate two hundred niggers. You can site a nigger cage anywhere, even on soft ground. Don't worry about your nigger fashioning makeshift shovels out of odd pieces of wood and digging an escape tunnel under the bars of the cage. Niggers never invented the shovel before and they're not about to now. In any case, your nigger is certainly too lazy to attempt escape. As long as the free food holds out, your nigger is living better than it did in Africa, so it will stay put. Buck niggers and hoe niggers can be safely accommodated in the same cage, as bucks never attempt sex with black hoes.
FEEDING YOUR NIGGER.
Your Nigger likes fried chicken, corn bread, and watermelon. You should therefore give it none of these things because its lazy ass almost certainly doesn't deserve it. Instead, feed it on porridge with salt, and creek water. Your nigger will supplement its diet with whatever it finds in the fields, other niggers, etc. Experienced nigger owners sometimes push watermelon slices through the bars of the nigger cage at the end of the day as a treat, but only if all niggers have worked well and nothing has been stolen that day. Mike of the Old Ranch Plantation reports that this last one is a killer, since all niggers steal something almost every single day of their lives. He reports he doesn't have to spend much on free watermelon for his niggers as a result. You should never allow your nigger meal breaks while at work, since if it stops work for more than ten minutes it will need to be retrained. You would be surprised how long it takes to teach a nigger to pick cotton. You really would. Coffee beans? Don't ask. You have no idea.
MAKING YOUR NIGGER WORK.
Niggers are very, very averse to work
does this mean convicts get lan parties now?
Great Atrocit
If this mod was really that great, Rockstar Games would already be talking to the MTA team to create a Value-Counter-Strike-like relationship.
I played around with it a while back and it was buggy as hell. I did a search for another multiplayer mod for GTA3 which I believe was the GGM Mod. It was stable, it had NPCs, and best of all you could gain stars, the cops would come, but they wouldn't shoot at you. Yup, you can go crazy and get 6 stars, and you'll be able to pick up as many M16s and Rhinos as you want.
:D), or races.
It was fun, but armored bumper cars gets old after a while. Rockstar needs to get going on an official multiplayer mode with interesting things to do. Maybe a coop mode, or CTF (capture the Faggio
At least it keeps them off the streets, eh?
In my day, all us kiddy coders did with our games was crack the protection and give it to our friends.
Does my bum look big in this?
http://www.emptylogic.com/suprnova/torrents/299/sm b3.torrent
Bittorrent file for an amazing video of Super Mario Bros 3. It's pretty sweet, I'm spreading the .torrent link everywhere that I can.