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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Submitted by doombot » Limitless Potential Squandered on Beating Up - December 28, 2006 at 2:43 pm -0500
[...] 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. [...]
Submitted by a - December 26, 2006 at 8:31 pm -0500
lol @ the shameless sa-mp advertising

wait until both products release before you say one is even remotely better than the other, thanks
Submitted by Brokenscope - January 3, 2007 at 12:40 am -0500
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.
Submitted by FoxmanZEO - December 26, 2006 at 6:37 pm -0500
I predict a Counter Strike esque rise to fame.
Submitted by -Jes- - December 26, 2006 at 7:58 pm -0500
@ 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.
Submitted by Dumpster - December 26, 2006 at 10:17 pm -0500
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*
Submitted by Dominator - December 26, 2006 at 10:09 am -0500
MTA what's that? Only played and always will play SA-MP. OMG SA-MP RULEZ. Do I get a cookie now?
Submitted by Biomehanika - December 26, 2006 at 10:09 am -0500
SA-MP pwns MTA double time!
Submitted by Sander - December 26, 2006 at 10:07 am -0500
SA-MP rocks the world!
Submitted by The Metalocalypse - December 26, 2006 at 10:07 am -0500
WWW.SA-MP.COM
Submitted by Bootstrap - December 26, 2006 at 9:59 am -0500
[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.
Submitted by JernejL - December 26, 2006 at 10:00 am -0500
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?
Submitted by Peter - December 26, 2006 at 10:04 am -0500
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 :)
Submitted by Badeend - December 26, 2006 at 10:12 am -0500
Whooperthepoop! SA-MP rocks way more!
Submitted by Jan - December 26, 2006 at 10:14 am -0500
SA-MP is way much better. Its alreay released some months ago.
Check it out www.sa-mp.com!
Submitted by Rowan - December 26, 2006 at 10:25 am -0500
And they already got a racemod, anyway deathmatch? take a look at www.sa-mp.com!
Submitted by eAi - December 26, 2006 at 10:29 am -0500
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!
Submitted by je kanker moeder - December 26, 2006 at 11:59 am -0500
Sa-mp 4 LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by gamepolitics - December 26, 2006 at 12:10 pm -0500
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...
Submitted by Luke - December 26, 2006 at 1:22 pm -0500
Cheers for adding a mention for SA:MP, much appreciated.

- Luke, SA:MP Team
Submitted by BattleChicken - December 26, 2006 at 2:04 pm -0500
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.
Submitted by Daniel27 - December 26, 2006 at 10:26 am -0500
I like MTA.

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
Submitted by Rico - December 26, 2006 at 10:26 am -0500
MTA rly sucks dude
SA-MP is much & much better!

SA-MP PWND!
Submitted by Wacko - December 26, 2006 at 10:31 am -0500
Submitted by finaleve - December 26, 2006 at 3:20 pm -0500
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!
Submitted by FoxmanZEO - December 28, 2006 at 6:55 am -0500
@-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.
Submitted by ScarT - December 26, 2006 at 10:42 am -0500
SA-MP all the way for me! Way more fun then MTA and way more possibilities. www.sa-mp.com
Submitted by Niels - December 26, 2006 at 10:43 am -0500
MTA?

sa-mp rules!
Submitted by point09micron - December 26, 2006 at 10:48 am -0500
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!
Submitted by illspirit - December 26, 2006 at 9:06 am -0500
Or, if one doesn't feel like waiting for MTA, SA-MP has had a public beta ready for months now...
Submitted by Shaded Spriter - December 26, 2006 at 8:52 am -0500
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.
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find nintendo ds at http://the-games-center.info...

Everything you need to know about grand theft auto san andreas...
Submitted by J - July 20, 2007 at 2:07 pm -0500
MTA, lol, what is that? SA:MP is already out and is awesome.
Submitted by J - July 20, 2007 at 2:08 pm -0500
oh yeah, Rockstar should have handled this themselves. These mods don't check cd keys so you can go on with a burned copy.
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Submitted by Thys - October 3, 2007 at 7:42 am -0500
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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