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MultiTheftAuto Development Continues

Posted by michael on from the run-and-gun dept.

MultiTheftAuto Team writes "Today, MultiTheftAuto have released the first information about their new core technology that will be deployed in future versions of MultiTheftAuto. The new core technology, codenamed 'blue', offers many of the features that have been requested by the software's users over the last year and a half, these include: Support for boats, support for firing from vehicles, support for drive-bys, and support for planes. As well as supporting all these features, the new core will introduce a revolutionary new way of writing modifications for Vice City, combining the existing methods with a fully integrated C++ add-on system, giving anyone who wishes to the ability to create complex and exciting mods, far beyond the possibilities of 'traditional' methods."

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  1. GReeaaaaaat game! by FiReaNGeL · · Score: 2, Insightful

    GTA:Vice City was one of the best game I ever played (the 80`s soundtrack is amazing :) What`s better than cruising in an old car, uzi in hand on the beat of Michael Jackson?) and I appreciate efforts that aim at extending his life.

    But with GTA:San Andreas around the corner, is it worth it?

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    1. Re:GReeaaaaaat game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Of course it's worth it! It shows how the present system of game pricing is utterly messed up - bargain bin games are worth much more than new ones, since they already have final-version patches and cool mods you get a better and longer game. As a bonus they generally have lower system requirements too.
      Summary: Yes, the irony makes it worth it.

  2. c++ add ons by Mia'cova · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I've never been a fan of c++ add-ons. You can't build a newbie-friendly community when your mods are potentially unsafe. Unreal, for example, allows c++ add-ons but it's considered very poor form. The big MSU contest bans entries with native code. These days I don't see c++ as a pro. When I see that I think of it more as a "no scripting language" con. I'd hate to see mods begin to bundle in other software, for example. I'd just much rather keep things in a safe sandbox. I certainly don't have the time or desire to review source code before playing a mod.

  3. Re:Sweet by Lord+Kano · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can play on GameSpy for free. The All Seeing Eye makes you pay if you want to play for longer than 3 weeks.

    LK

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  4. Re:/me re-reads the snippet again by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's pretty sad that the submission is ostensibly from the team themselves and yet they couldn't bother to explain themselves in said story submission. Makes you think they don't know their ass from... hey, what's that in the ground over there?

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  5. Re:Questions by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 2, Insightful
    A)MultiTheftAuto is software that lets you play multiplayer GTA3 and GTAVC.

    B)See A.

    C)Not unless you saw it posted on a news site that covered the game...oh wait....

    D)Its not down, and what makes you think they purchased a slashvertisement? This is a VERY grassroots project that unlocked the multiplayer code from the original games and turned them into something that EVERYBODY who played them wanted.

    Stop being so negative in your comments when you don't really know anything about what your posting on.

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  6. Re:PC Ports! by TomHandy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't get it, are you making some sort of assumption that a PC version of San Andreas isn't coming out? Because I'm almost positive that Rockstar already said it will be (I believe something like May 2005, with the Xbox version do in March 2005). The only reason I can possibly understand your post would be if there was some reason to believe that a PC version was NEVER coming out.

  7. What about just plain old *driving*?! by timothy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't want to assault any prostitutes. I don't want to run down taxi drivers. I'd prefer drugs be legal than remain so expensive by dint of law that people *kill* other people to get them (and the money they produce). If it weren't already true, it would seem a ludicrous contrivance ...

    However, I enjoy driving. So could someone please make a mod which is just fun, even if dangerous in real life, driving about? :)

    Oh, and make it run on Linux, too.

    timothy

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  8. Re:Why do we care? by CodeMaster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because I have just noticed it (and have been playing GTA:VC for quite a while now...) and it really rocks!

    Why can't we say kudos to something that is not completely OS and shareable and hackable etc... These guys did a great job, the game is rock solid, and the gameplay really rocks.

    Kudos.

    get a free ipod! This really works... Only 2 more GMail invites left!...

  9. Re:Almost excited by Erik+Hollensbe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I just don't get the "violent games are bad" argument.

    Is anyone getting hurt? Perhaps they are hurting themselves buying better and faster computers and internet connections, but that's about it. I'd rather have my friends and family play violent video games than go to war anytime. I don't think I've seen anyone physically hurt playing violent video games, but I have seen people hurt gambling - yet that's more popular than video games by a large margin.

    Please spare me the "0.001% of all video gamers dress in black trenchcoats and assualt high schools" argument, thanks.