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GTA3 and Vice City now Online Multiplayer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the helluva-a-hack dept.

glengineer writes "A deep bow and an "I'm not worthy" to Kent Simon, at the University of Kentucky, Ed Lyons in London, and Chris McArthur in Canada who have made the dream come true for GTA fanatics like me - GTA3 and Vice City online multiplayer! Now I can streetrace and play Liberty City Survivor with real people, not just use the "crazy pedestrians" cheat. Rockstar would be nuts not to hire these guys. So, anyone up for a deathmatch? Meet me at the Malibu Club in Vice, or the construction site on Staunton Island."

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  1. GTA online by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    GTA online won't work. it's far too easy to die in GTA to some bastard in a fast car, unless you've got a rocketlauncher you arn't going to stop that little kid who repeatedly runs you over outside the hospital.

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  2. GTA 4 by xtracto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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?

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    1. Re:GTA 4 by shawb · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I wonder if precious features such as multiplayer will get rarer

      Not really. Right now multiplayer seems to be the easiest way to implement anti-piracy measures.

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  3. Hire? by foxtrot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Rockstar would be nuts not to hire these guys.

    Or, given the current US corporate attitude,

    "Rockstar would be nuts not to sue these guys."

  4. Your attitude always stuns me by CMiYC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously people, learn some fucking

    When I visited Eastern Europe this past fall, I learned the truth to a myth. The rest of the world doesn't know anymore about the United States than the United States knows about the rest of the world. Turns out, Europeans are pretty "me-centric" too. Many of them only know about the immediately specific area around them. I was amazed at how hypocritical this type of attitude is.

    I also found that after I introduced myself, nobody cared what specific-city (or state) I was from. I was, "the American dude."

    1. Re:Your attitude always stuns me by Erwos · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "HOWEVER: People in the USA have the education and the financial resources to go out and make friends... but they choose not to."

      Travelling to the other coast of the US is like travelling from Spain to Russia. Americans don't get out of the country too much because they already have way more country to explore than your average European does.

      You are also forgetting that the current exchange rates make it a much better option for Europeans to come to the US than vica versa. When the dollar rises a bit, and the cost of travel becomes cheaper, I would expect to see more foriegn travel.

      "With the advent of Sea and Air travel it was considered an ideal to go visit distance places..."

      This was "ideal" was most likely invented by the travel industry. Different people and cultures have different priorities, often influenced by geographical factors.

      -Erwos

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  5. Re:Any chance of litigation? by k98sven · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can't imagine that what they've done doesnt break some copyright law somewhere

    They're not circumventing a copyright-protection device, so they're not violating the DMCA.

    Possibly, they could be violating the End-User License Agreement on the game, if it includes an anti-reverse-engineering clause. Although it's anyone's guess as to if they'd be able to enforce it.

    what are the odds Rockstar sues?

    "Very, very, small" Seems like a good guess to me.
    Why would they?

    1) These guys don't have any money.
    2) They're not making any money off it.
    3) Rockstar isn't losing any money off it, more likely the opposite.

    Doesn't seem like they'd get much in damages. Hardly enough to outweigh the lawyer costs and PR damages.

    Besides, there are only upsides to people doing this stuff. It extends the life of the game and generates more interest and sales. Game developers know this. The general trend in the last 10 years has been towards accomodizing people who want to mod games, not sueing them.

    It's not like this is a trademark issue, where you have to go after people or you risk losing it.