Multi-player Grand Theft Auto Mod Readied for Beta

Multi-player Grand Theft Auto Mod Readied for Beta

December 26, 2006
For a few years now, some members of the GTA mod community have been pulling together an online multiplayer version of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series.

According to the Multi Theft Auto site, the ambitious, unofficial PC mod is nearly ready for public beta. From the video included with this story, it appears that the MTA mod will feature deathmatch and capture the flag modes.

Should we expect controversy? Hey, it's GTA and modders. You do the math...



UPDATE: True confession time... GP does not follow the GTA scene closely. So we're grateful to a number of readers who have commented that there is also another PC multiplayer mod, San Andreas Multiplayer.

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[...] Game Politics brought to my attention a trailer for a Grand Theft Auto multiplayer game, created by GTA modders. The GTA mod community’s other accomplishments include unlocking a hidden sex simulator in GTA: San Andreas and using the game’s engine to create a parody of anti-game lawyer Jack Thompson. [...]
lol @ the shameless sa-mp advertising

wait until both products release before you say one is even remotely better than the other, thanks
I just imagined a lan party where everyone is running around in the city as a player. You would need one hell of a sever but hey good times.
I predict a Counter Strike esque rise to fame.
@ Foxman

You mean endless commercials, bundleware, rehash releases, combo-packs and GOTY awards? Oh, and the fact that it (like HL1/CS) will run on even the crappiest system of today?


Fact is that NO ONE had ever heard of Darwinia* until it got STEAM'ed, through which 99.9% of CS gamers (and others) get all their news.
It's fairly obvious that all but 3 or so of the replies are from the same person. If not, it may as well be.

BTW, all hail SA-MP! Horrible sync, rich abundance of cheaters, and admins who are egocentric jackasses. The whole of this thread sure knows which mod is the best.

*rolls eyes*
MTA what's that? Only played and always will play SA-MP. OMG SA-MP RULEZ. Do I get a cookie now?
SA-MP pwns MTA double time!
SA-MP rocks the world!
WWW.SA-MP.COM
[url=http://www.sa-mp.com/]SA-MP[/url] is already rocking, and with their 0.2 version coming out soon (which contains way more possibilities then MTA), MTA got no chance at all.
SA-MP (http://www.sa-mp.com/) which is a similar but much more advanced multiplayer mod for gta san andreas has been released for like half a year now, are you guys living in stone age or the uninformed age?
San Andreas Multiplayer has been around since June now, featuring full Deathmatch, a powerfull scripting engine, awesome sync, creating unlimited possibilities for the gamemode designers. With over 350 servers around, and thousands of players online, combined with an active forum, IRC channels and communities around a number of large servers, I'd say SA-MP is worth far more then MTA, especially with the release of SA-MP 0.2 coming up, which features far more possibilities :)
Whooperthepoop! SA-MP rocks way more!
SA-MP is way much better. Its alreay released some months ago.
Check it out www.sa-mp.com!
And they already got a racemod, anyway deathmatch? take a look at www.sa-mp.com!
Yes! finally you're able to get out of your vehicle! but this time not in San Andreas! No no no, we dont like SP (thats why your actually able to change your weapons!) but in your own created world!
Sa-mp 4 LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not following the GTA world closely, I'll cop to total ignorance on SA-MP...

But I will add an update to the story about it. Thx for bringing it to my attention...
Cheers for adding a mention for SA:MP, much appreciated.

- Luke, SA:MP Team
Let me beat a dead horse a little bit more:

sa-mp rulez to teh max WFFBBQ MTA is teh sukz. ROFLCOPTER.

no.. really.. I'm certain GP missed it the first 30 times.
I like MTA.

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
MTA rly sucks dude
SA-MP is much & much better!

SA-MP PWND!
my god, too many "SA-MP PwNz U nOoBz"

...MTA looks lke the GTA I've been dreaming. I mean, I had a dream about a GTAMMO but thats cause...well I was sick. But damn!
@-Jes-

I've always figured it just started out as a Half Life mod, then spread through word of mouth alone.
Probably should've just said that in the first place, I don't know much about Counter Strike.
SA-MP all the way for me! Way more fun then MTA and way more possibilities. www.sa-mp.com
MTA?

sa-mp rules!
So it's a game that lets you kill other people instead of just AIs? ALERT THE INTERNET! THIS IS THE MOST ORIGINAL THING EVER!
Or, if one doesn't feel like waiting for MTA, SA-MP has had a public beta ready for months now...
I really need to get some sort of gaming machine so I can play this...what the world needs more of...Free on-line explode 'em up.
find nintendo ds at http://the-games-center.info...

Everything you need to know about grand theft auto san andreas...
MTA, lol, what is that? SA:MP is already out and is awesome.
oh yeah, Rockstar should have handled this themselves. These mods don't check cd keys so you can go on with a burned copy.
Can you perhaps tell me step by step how I must go about to play SA-MP online, please, I cant seem to get it right.
Thank you
Thys

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Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
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