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Multi Theft Auto Update Released

Posted by simoniker on from the many-vercetti-simulator dept.

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.

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  1. pretty stable by Dreadlord · · Score: 5, Informative

    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!

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    1. Re:pretty stable by Directrix1 · · Score: 1

      This has been out for at least a few months now hasn't it?

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    2. Re:pretty stable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      The mod? The first version for Vice City came out in August. The GTA3 mod has been out since at least March.

  2. hmm... by ddd2k · · Score: 1

    does this mean convicts get lan parties now?

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  3. Re:Whats the point? by cbirdsong64 · · Score: 1

    I imagine Rockstar has people already working on a GTA multiplayer mode.

  4. I hope the crashes are fixed by Micro$will · · Score: 1

    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.

    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 :D), or races.

  5. Kewl Kiddy Koders by kyz · · Score: 1

    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.

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  6. Re:Whats the point? by Jay+Cornwall · · Score: 1

    Vice City wasn't all about being 'the ultimate badass in town'. That's just about the most boring way to play the game, and certainly leaves little room for multiplayer gaming. The fun in Vice City is in setting up incredibly stupid stunts, spending hours trying to pull them off and then recording it to show your mates when you finally manage it. Having your mates online with you opens up no end of possibilities for crazy multi-person stunts. :D

    e.g. the 5 PCJ bikes up two vertically-stacked packers leaping over a bridge we managed on Saturday... ;)