This page is for the original 2005 PC release. For the remaster, see Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition. For the 2014 Microsoft Store re-release, see Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 10 Year Anniversary.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Rockstar North |
macOS (OS X) |
TransGaming |
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Rockstar Games |
Japan |
Capcom |
Russia |
1C-SoftClub |
Brazil |
Tech Dealer |
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RenderWare |
Windows |
June 1, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) (Cider) |
November 12, 2010 |
Metacritic |
93 |
IGDB |
93 |
Monetization |
One-time game purchase |
Modes |
Singleplayer |
Pacing |
Real-time |
Perspectives |
Third-person |
Controls |
Direct control |
Genres |
Action, Open world, Gambling/casino, Shooter, TPS |
Vehicles |
Automobile, Bicycle, Bus, Flight, Helicopter, Hovercraft, Motorcycle, Off-roading, Street racing, Tank, Train, Transport, Truck |
Art styles |
Realistic |
Themes |
Contemporary, North America |
Series |
Grand Theft Auto |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a singleplayer third-person action, open world, gambling/casino, shooter and TPS game in the Grand Theft Auto series.
The PC version allows importing music files for playback in a custom radio station. Rockstar Games has removed some music tracks from the game due to expired licenses. Downgrade to restore.
Many visual features from the original PlayStation 2 version of the game are either simplified, missing, or broken in the PC version, and exceeding 30 FPS introduces various timing issues, including game-breaking ones. There are mods available to restore these features back into the PC version; see Restorations/backports.
General information
- GTAForums - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Discussion
- Grand Theft Wiki
- GTA Network - A large network of fansites dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series
- Steam Community Discussions (Windows)
- Steam Community Discussions (OS X)
Availability
- If the Steam version is detected, the Rockstar Launcher can launch the game through Steam instead.
- Given for free to anyone who purchased The Definitive Edition on the Rockstar Store before June 30, 2022.
- Delisted from Steam on October 13, 2021.
Version differences
- This game has seen multiple revisions since its initial v1.0 release: v1.01 ("No More Hot Coffee" patch), v2.00 ("Second Edition" re-prints), v3.0 (initial Steam version), and "NewSteam r1/2" (latest Steam revisions).[7].
- The Second Edition re-prints and Rockstar Games Launcher version have anti-modding measures to prevent major modifications to the game.[8][9]
- Steam and Rockstar Games Launcher versions lack some radio songs that were present in the retail release.[10] To restore them, see Downgrading.
- The v1.0 release is most recommended for modding, consider downgrading if planning to mod.
Monetization
Microtransactions
Essential improvements
Downgrading
- Any save game created previously must be converted. See here for instructions.
- Downgrading restores all removed licensed songs from the game for the latest Steam and Rockstar Games Launcher versions and removes modding prevention checks from the Second Edition and Rockstar Games Launcher versions.
- US executable that is provided misses French, German and Italian localization support. See here for restoration.
Use San Andreas Downgrader[2]
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- Download the San Andreas Downgrader that matches with the version that is currently installed.
- Extract the contents of
SA DOWNGRADER.rar (Steam and Rockstar Games Launcher) or SAv2to1.rar (retail Second Edition) to <path-to-game> .
- Run
install.bat to start the downgrading process. The tool will automatically close its command prompt window and remove patch files afterwards.
- Launch the game from the newly created
gta-sa.exe v1.0 executable. It is advised to not use the original executable leftover after downgrading, especially for the Rockstar Games Launcher version as it has problems with the modified files and can undo file changes unless it's launched with -scOfflineOnly parameter.
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Game doesn't start after downgrading
SilentPatch
- Limited support for the latest Steam (December 9, 2014 update) and Rockstar Games Launcher versions. Consider downgrading to take full advantage of the mod.
- Fixes many of the bugs introduced in the PC version like bugged sun flare, rotor blades, road reflections and some timing issues.[12]
- Adds new features to the game like FLAC codec support.[13]
ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix
- Fixes aspect ratio, HUD and FOV for widescreen and ultrawidescreen monitors.
- Adds adjustable FOV and HUD/subtitles scaling.
Installing ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix[15]
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- Downgrading and ASI Loader required.
- Download ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix.
- Extract the contents of
GTASA.WidescreenFix.zip to <path-to-game> .
- Optionally, a download for high quality textures for HUD and loading screens is available. To install these, download on the same page Widescreen Frontend and copy the
models folder from GTASA.WidescreenFrontend.zip to <path-to-game> , replacing the stock files when prompted (or use the modloader)
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Skip intro videos
Use Improved Fast Loader[16]
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Notes
- ASI Loader required. Can use alongside SilentPatch.
- Offers the ability to load the last used savegame automatically and disable the loading screen, which can speed up loading times considerably.
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Launch the game with -skip parameter
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Notes
- Only works for 1.01 and 2.0 versions.
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Game data
- Default configuration/saves folder path can be customized.
Configuration file(s) location
- Configuration file is encrypted, although it can still be modified.
Save game data location
Fixing incompatible save game data
- Save games created with the v2.0 executable and newer will refuse to load with previous versions.
- Saves made with original 1.0 scripts will fail to load when used with Hot Coffee patched ones, and vice versa. This can be fixed by converting them.
Install SilentPatch[17]
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Notes
- Makes newer versions of the game compatible again with save files created with an older version of the game.
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Convert the save files[citation needed]
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- Go to GTASnP.
- Upload the save from save game data location.
- Expand the Modifications section.
- At Downgrade Version, select the desired version (e.g. downgraded game requires "Script/SCM" version v1, for Steam & Rockstar Games Launcher choose v2).
- Select the preferred download slot below to download the save.
- After downloading, place the save back from where it was uploaded on.
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Portable GTA
- Downgrading and ASI Loader required.
- This mod moves the user files from
%USERPROFILE%\Documents
to <path-to-game>
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Installing Portable GTA
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- Download Portable GTA.
- Rename the file extension from
portablegta.dll to portablegta.asi .
- Move
portablegta.asi into <path-to-game>\scripts\ .
- Launch the game and then quit to desktop, then delete the contents inside
<path-to-game>\userfiles\ .
- Copy/move all user files from
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\ into the Portable GTA's <path-to-game>\userfiles\ .
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System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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- Uses Rockstar Social Club's save game and settings cloud sync function.
Video
- Game normally renders stretched image when using a widescreen resolution. In-game widescreen option uses correct aspect-ratio but cuts view (Vert-).
- SilentPatch restores 5:4 and 16:9 resolutions back to v1.0, but does not fix the stretching.[23]
Use SAMP FOV Changer[citation needed]
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- Download the latest version of SAMP FOV Changer here.
- Place the downloaded
fov.asi into <path-to-game>\scripts\ .
- Launch the game, then quit to desktop.
- Open the newly generated
fov.cfg in <path-to-game>\scripts\ with a text editor to customize FOV.
Notes
- Downgrading and ASI Loader required.
- Zooming with sniper rifle and camera won't work properly.[citation needed]
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- The game does not use anisotropic filtering by default.
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
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- Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation is recommended.
- Go to the installation folder and rename
SpecialK32.dll to dinput8.dll .
- Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
- Open
<path-to-game>\dinput8.ini .
- Change
RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate] .
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Input
GInput
- Adds full XInput and DualShock 3 controller support with relevant controller prompts.
- Supports pressure sensitive buttons and SIXAXIS accelerometers.
- Restores haptic feedback present on the console versions.
- Features various tweaks such as controller sensitivity, axis inversion, and controller layout from Grand Theft Auto IV.
Installing GInput[26]
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- Download GInputSA here.
- Extract the contents of
GInputSA_*.zip , and copy the models folder, GInputSA.asi , and GInputSA.ini files into <path-to-game>\scripts\ .
- Open
GInputSA.ini with a text editor and configure the desired settings.
Notes
- Downgrading and ASI Loader required.
- Works with DsHidMini, but requires to drop DsHidMini's xinput1_3.dll into the game directory.[27]
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Audio
- Newer versions of the game, such as the current ones on Steam and Rockstar Games Launcher, have had several licensed music tracks removed.[10] Downgrade to a previous version to restore them.
- To enable EAX on Vista or newer, see DirectSound hardware path.
- Restores uncompressed versions of vanilla sound effects to the game.
Localizations
Add more localizations to the in-game language option
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
Issues unresolved
Save game corruption glitches
- Some save corrupting glitches can be worked around with an online repair tool or a savegame editor.[32]
- Even though virtually every major bug has been addressed by mods such as SilentPatch, there's no guarantee that some of the rarest ones will not occur.[33][34]
German Steam version doesn't work on OS X
- The German Steam version for OS X doesn't launch.[35]
Timing-related issues
- Playing above 30 FPS causes timing-related issues.
Relevant issues
- Game-breaking bugs and glitches
- Some missions such as Amphibious Assault or Driving School missions[36] or Mike Toreno (on entering the airport) are unbeatable or incredibly difficult.
- Some cutscenes display black screen: Cleaning The Hood (after entering Crack Den building) or Cesar Vialpando (after entering to tune shop) or during robbery of betting shop (after leaving the place [+ indestructible doors by detonator with unlocked framerate]), and Vertical Bird (after entering the ship; to be more precise, the game crashes).
- Physics bugs
- Vehicles & bicycles handle like brakes are always on, decelerate almost immediately, wobbly rear ends, and seem feathered whenever in-air.
- Turning sirens on or off is much harder due to shortened timing of pressing the assigned key to do so.
- Inability to dive underwater.
- Gameplay absurdities
- The camera during stunt jumps can lock up at any moment and would never go back to normal state.
- Aiming while walking is silly.[37]
- Spray cans and fire extinguishers become lethal.[38]
- Inability to walk while aiming a rifle/desert eagle.[38]
- Climbing walls results in sudden deaths.[39]
- Vehicles and/or pedestrians move extremely fast.
- Crashes when listening to User Radio (fixed in patch 1.01).[40]
- Cutscenes not ending (black screen - described above).[38]
- Weird audio pitching when panning the camera.[41]
Turn on the in-game frame limiter[42]
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Notes
- Locks the framerate to 25 FPS by default. Use SilentPatch to increase the limit to 30 FPS.
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Use Framerate Vigilante[43][44]
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Notes
- Contains fixes for many framerate related issues.
- By using this mod and limiting the game to 60 FPS, game-breaking bugs are avoidable and the game is mostly beatable from start to finish.
- Does not fix all of the issues.
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Visual C++ Runtime Error when using mods
Can't learn new moves from the gym
Issues fixed
Vegetation disappears in the distance
Tweak draw distance[citation needed]
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- Download Project2DFX.
- Extract archive contents to
<path-to-game>\scripts\ .
Notes:
- ASI Loader required.
- It is also possible to make the vegetation disappear in further distances by opening
SALodLights.ini with a text editor and increase the number in VegetationDrawDistance (value is measured in meters).
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Missing or broken features and bugs
Examples
- Broken reflections, lighting, transparency
- Streaming memory bug, incorrectly rendered pedestrians
- Missing moon phases
- Gym persistently reports to have been worked out enough
- Rare game crashes when standing near escalators
Pressing Alt+Tab ↹ crashes the game
Broken Alt+F4 function
User tracks don't play on modern systems
Game crashes on multi-monitor systems
Cannot find 800x600x32 video mode error
Lens flare is too thin and barely visible with AMD/Intel graphics cards
Broken reflections when anti-aliasing is enabled (Windows 10 and newer)
Error on startup due to a DirectX 9.0 prompt (Windows 8 and newer)
Loading older save file starts a new game
- Attempting to load v1.0 saves on v2.0 (and newer) will fail and a new game will start instead.
Convert the affected save file[citation needed]
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Mouse fails to work
Intro movies not playing on modern systems
Windows 8 and newer: enable DXMaximizedWindowedMode shim[50][citation needed]
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Intro movies not playing and broken Alt+Tab ↹
Accidental activation of cheat codes
- Unlike III and VC, SA uses a sophisticated hashing mechanism to recognize the input of cheats. Unfortunately, this mechanism is faulty - leading to cheats sometimes being triggered by WASD keys commonly used for movement, among many others. Unwanted activation of cheats can ruin normal gameplay and speedrun experience.[51][52][53]
Sound issues on modern systems
Downgrade the EAX United dll to version 3.066 or 3.065[55]
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Update to version 1.01[56]
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Map/texture/models issues
- The game has a huge amount of visual issues, some from the original release, some from the PC port. The community has made an effort to fix most of the issues.
Device selection window opens at launch
- If running more than one monitor, the game will display a message to configure the resolution every time the game is launched.
Multi monitor issues on left and right side of the screen
Freezes randomly when starting up or loading the game
Game doesn't start and gets stuck in task manager
Access violation DEP crash
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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OpenGL |
2.0 |
OS X only. |
Shader Model support |
1.1, 2.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Modifications
- Downgrading and ASI Loader are required for modding.
- GTAInside - Very popular and long running GTA modding site with a huge catalog of mods.
- MixMods - Brazilian modding community.
- GameModding - Mod site with many mods available for many games; similar to NexusMods.
- GTA Garage Mod Database
- GTA-All - Newer website with lots of high-quality mods available.
- GTA San Andreas Land - Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Modifications Land.
- LibertyCity - Russian modding community.
Utilities
- The mods/tools in this section may be required by other mods.
ASI Loader
- Required for many script-based mods and fixes. Most mods include some ASI loader, however, avoid overwriting this one as it is more up-to-date than the ones supplied by the mods.
- Does not work on old versions of Windows (XP and Vista) due to missing DLL files.[citation needed]
Install Ultimate ASI Loader[58]
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- Download Ultimate ASI Loader here, then extract the contents of
Ultimate ASI Loader.zip into <path-to-game> .
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- May be required for easier mod installation.
Install Link2012's Mod Loader[57]
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- Download the latest release
- Extract the contents of
modloader.zip to the game folder.
- Read the
README.txt for instructions on manual mod installation.
Notes
- ASI Loader required.
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- CLEO may be required for some script-based mods.
Install CLEO[57]
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- Download the latest release.
- Extract the contents of
CLEO4.zip to the game folder.
Notes
- ASI Loader required.
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- An addition for CLEO. May be required by some mods.
- Another new addition for CLEO.
- Includes useful fixes such as: CLEO and CLEO+, SilentPatch,, Modloader, Widescreen Fix, CrashInfo, RepairGTA, etc.
- An automatic tool to fix various issues when modding the game.
- An tool to give info on what mod caused the game to crash.
- Has similar function to Open Limit Adjuster but for guns and vehicles, however both are compatible with each other.
Restorations/backports
- The mods in this section feature PS2 restorations, 10 Year Anniversary backports and general restorations of lost features.
- A list of various PS2 restoration mods.
- A list of various 10 Year Anniversary backporting mods.
- Alternative set of radar icons that are faithful to the original art instead can be found here.
- Restores PS2 and Xbox graphics to the PC version, with some extras of the 10 Year Anniversary release.
- Recommended to be used with PS2 Timecyc.
- Backports higher quality tattoo's from the 10 Year Anniversary release.
- Backports higher quality GUI textures from the 10 Year Anniversary release.
- In some missions, gangs would damage your car. This mod restores this feature to the freeroam.
- Restores the Menu UI as seen on the console version.
- Restores the Mulholland Safehouse from the beta version.
- Restores the Crack Palace Safehouse from the beta version.
- Restores objects throughout the map that was seen in the beta version.
- Restores the newspaper side-mission from the beta version.
- Restores the icons for Jetpack and Phone from the beta version.
- Backports weapon wheel feature from Definitive Edition release.
- Recommended to be used with: Radio wheel.
- Backports sea-life from Definitive Edition
- Backports sidewalk weeds from Definitive Edition.
- Backports the GPS feature from Definitive Edition.
- Restores 9 CJ voice lines when stealth killing from the beta version.
- Restores 20 Rifa gang tags in San Fierro from the beta version.
- Recommended to be used with: Collectibles on Radar.
- Restores functional Car Washes from the beta version.
Fixes
- The mods in this section fix various aspects of the game.
- Requires Mod Loader and SkyGfx with
buildingPipe=PS2
enabled.
- Features almost 4,000 fixes while optimizing performance and adding a few extra features from PlayStation, PC, and Xbox versions. In general, it should not cause any performance issues, even on lower end hardware. See the mod page for exhaustive details of its features.
- Replaces/includes SA Optimized Map, LOD Vegetation, Better Leftovers Fix, Map Textures Fix, PS2 Map + Fixes, Xbox Map Features, Grass Color Fix, Vertex Color Fixes + Improvements + 2dfx effects, ORG Patch, Project Lumos, Proper Radar, Neons and Shadows, Restored Mailboxes, Fix Textures Pack, Mugetsuga's Fixes and Unofficial Patch.
- Fixes streaming issues by pre-loading types of assets (customizable) and keeping them in memory. Might improve performance.
- Fixes gradient banding from the sky gradient.
- Restores taxi lighting signs.
- Fixes vehicles not using their correct light textures at night.
- Restores train headlights at night.
- Fixes the bug where the radar takes a long time to load when moving too fast, flying, etc.
- Changes the white lampposts bulbs to orange ones instead, as it should be.
- Fixes the Las Venturas pyramid's broken 2DFX.
- Fixes a bug where pedestrians do an ATM animation instead of sitting on chairs with tables.
- Redone all the 2DFX in Jizzy's club.
- Fixes a lot of various issues with vehicle textures and models.
- Fixes the bug where pedestrians will drop their hands and walk while aiming at them after a while.
- Replaces the Micro SMG the SWATS carry to a more fitting MP5.
- Fixes motorcycles flipping in the air
- Fixes broken escalator physics (or rather, makes them actually work in the first place).
- Fixes and majorly improves traffic AI.
- } Recommended to be used with: Cars Divert and Horns Divert.
- Various fixes for various bollards present in various places.
- Fixes the issue where trees are capable of bleeding if you shoot them.
- Fixes the issue where only one cop attacks while having 1 star wanted level.
- Fixes the bug where driven cars will dissapear.
- Fixes broken transparency on chains.
- Allows to see body changes during a workout without having to leave the gym.
- Fixes a weird shadow that shouldn't be there in El Corona.
- Adds the ability to make the food visible when eating.
- Fixes black roads when playing on low graphics.
- Fixes the game spawning normal sheriff instead of a desert one in the desert area.
- Fixes a wrongly placed parked car spawn.
- Fixes an issue where the game would sometimes just make a plane disappear before the explosion during a collision.
- Fixes the spread of the gun shots.
Improvements and additions
- The mods in this section improve the various aspects of the game, even if they were only partially or not at all present in the game.
- Allows to extensively tweak a lot of gameplay mechanics, visuals and more, totaling at more than 250 features available.
- Due to the nature of being able to tweak any feature separately, it can be made compatible with any mod.
- Adds the ability to switch to first person camera.
- Recommended to be used with First Person Fixed Weapon Anims.
- Adds the ability to give more commands to the gang.
- Recommanded to be used with PedSkills.
- Adds the ability to break Vending Machines.
- Recommended to be used with: Peds Buy Food
- Adds the ability to manually reload weapons.
- Adds animation for crashing into cars.
- For optional realism, use: Losing health in crashes or Car Crash Inertia with Health & Armor to survive crashes.
- Adds animation and sound for pulling the car's handbrake.
- Adds animation honking the horn.
- Adds animated wheels to train.
- Makes the reloading animation for guns more realistic, along with adding reload to shotgun.
- Taxis will now pick up passengers, similar to LCS
- Recommended to be used with: Traffic & Travel.
- Adds the ability to manually configure the aiming sensitivity.
- Recolors the map and adds more details.
- Restores beta dialogues missions.
- Fully compatible with other mods.
- Improves the Emmet Store by making it more useful.
- Adds over-the-shoulder aiming camera like in most third person shooter games.
- Recommended to use with Weapon Zoom.
- Adds new musics that fits the timeline in HQ, while also restoring the existing ones to HQ.
- Adds LOD corona effect to a game map, making the LOD-world look a lot better.
- Comes with Open Limit Adjuster that allows to increase all kinds of limits and render distances.
- Adds bulletholes in the game.
- Adds more life to NPC interaction.
- Recommanded to be used with Busy Pedestrians: Peds Events Project.
- Adds more objects in the game.
- Improves the fighting in the game. Recommended to be used along with Mixed Fighting Styles.
- Improves the AI.
- Replaces the low-resolution gameplay character models with their high-resolution cutscene counterparts.
- Enables the original code for Good Citizen Bonus.
- Adds actual animation for climbing ladders.
- Allows to free aim while in Driveby mode, similar to future GTA games.
- Adds actual car door collision.
- Makes the animation of opening car doors more natural.
- Adds the ability to customize the graphics manually.
- Recommended to be used with: Real Linear Graphics and Enhanced Classic Graphics.
- Majorly enhances weapon textures and models, aswell as adding a few extras to them.
- Adds better tuning for cars.
- Recommended to be used with: Revamped Vehicles Project and Proper Vehicles Retex.
- Fixes various issues present in the cutscene's animations.
- Alternative versions of the Green Sabre cutscene to avoid an issue with story's logic. Page contains spoilers.
- Scales pickup icons to a more pleasant level.
- Adds the ability to recruit story characters as gangs.
- Adds more radar icons that was previously not visible.
- Adds the ability to enter interiors from mission cutscenes.
- Recommended to be used with: Atmosphere Patch, Project Freedom and EHI Unofficial Patch.
- Adds more variety to street and interior advertising such as shop signs, TV's and more.
- Adds more ambience sounds throughout the game.
- Adds the ability to enter and eat at Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts restaurant.
- Recommended to be used with: More Radar Icons and Food Eating Fix.
- Replaces the original weapon icons with their HD correct colored counterparts.
- Adds the ability to buy food from 24/7 store, making the store more useful.
- Adds actual ragdolls in the game.
- Changes some of the animation to be more smooth and fluid, along with being able to sprint with heavy weapons, similar to Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories.
- Reduces the repetition of peds appearing.
- Recommended to be used with: Original Peds Vary, https://www.mixmods.com.br/2022/07/sa-restore-unused-peds/ Restored Unused Peds] Peds Extender, Beta Gang Skins Added, and LSPD1 Cop multiple new items to add more peds variety.
- Adds an actual animation to open doors.
- Recommended to be used with: More Doors in Interiors and Missing CJ Door Fix.
- Adds the ability to change clothes faster without having to wait for the long changing animation.
- Replaces the original clothes with HD counterparts, aswell as restoring beta clothes.
- Replaces low quality cranes with the ones from Manhunt.
- Uses GTA 3's Liberty City textures for the Saint Mark's Bistro mission in favor of low resolution vanilla textures.
- Uses Max Payne textures for single notes in favor of the vanilla ones which were taken from the bundle texture.
- Makes the church lit at night.
- Adds an animation to the radar prop in the airport, alike to the one in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
HD mods
- These mods increase the texture quality of various aspects of the game that aren't ported from other versions.
Total conversion mods
- Extends and expands the game significantly using as much official content as possible, such as unused content and content from other GTA games. (requires new game)
- Restores a lot of beta content that was cut from the final release.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon XP |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
384 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.6 GB |
4.7 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 6 ATI Radeon X800 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9 compatible |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
5.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT ATI Radeon X1600 Intel GMA X3100 |
- This game will NOT run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-10-24
- Does not appear to use SecuROM DRM after installing the game from the disc, and running SecuROM's removal tool does not return any instance of SecuROM being installed onto the system while the game was installed. Tested on Windows 10 64-bit.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-12-14
- Tested on the "Second Edition" (v2.00), Steam (New Steam r2), and the RGL releases and they downgraded them to the v1.0 release of the game.
- ↑ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ San Andreas updated on Steam (Updated) - Rockstar Nexus (archived) - last accessed on 2019-07-20
- ↑ Patch incoming? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2019-07-20
- ↑ (False Alarm) Suddenly... Securom DRM listed in requirements! WTF Rockstar? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2019-07-20
- ↑ San Andreas Versions - GTAMods Wiki - last accessed on March 2, 2019
- ↑ San Andreas Versions - last accessed on 2019-10-06
- "Version 2 has the same bug fixes and additions that were introduced in the 1.01 patch. It also checks the size of the 'gta3.img' file, which causes the game to crash if the size is not equal to a predetermined (hardcoded) size."
- ↑ Rockstar Games Launcher just released! Download and obtain GTA San Andreas for free! - GTA Forums - last accessed on 2019-10-06
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 STEAM - last accessed on 2024-05-03
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-08
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 27 - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 23 - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 Verified by User:Silent on 2017-08-16
- All confirmed by the author of the unofficial patch SilentPatch
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on March 31, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-08
- ↑ SilentPatch - GTAForums - last accessed on 2022-11-28
- "Steam/RGL version of the game will not reject 1.0/1.01 saves anymore"
- ↑ [PLUG - last accessed on 2024-05-03
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 139 - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 91 - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [REL]Multi-sampling FIX - GTA Forums - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 22 - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Patch incoming? :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Verified by User:Sandemc on 2024-02-16
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Verified by User:Amethystviper on 2022-10-13
- Tested with a V1 controller connected through USB.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on May 13, 2019
- ↑ Was somebody able to make DS3-mode in GInput work via DSHIDMini yet?
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [GTA - last accessed on 2024-05-03
- ↑ Gaming - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved) - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Language loader - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 85 - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [SA Crashes & Their Causes - GTAForums] - last accessed on 2024-02-16
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 86 - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Problems Launching German Steam Version of San Andreas on Mac – Rockstar Support - last accessed on 2024-05-03
- ↑ Need Help on Alley Oop Driving School - iGrandTheftAuto.com Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Сборки CLEO-скриптов для GTA III, VC, SA (Page 5) / Модификации / SannyBuilder.com Forums
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Do not play GTA SA with high FPS! - - last accessed on 2024-05-03
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 149 - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ San Andreas Versions - GTAModding - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ GTA San Andreas - Crash with Radio EQ option enabled · DSOAL - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ From the Readme, about the frame limiter:
This option allows the game to go faster than 30 [sic] frames per second. Be warned that this will not magically make GRAND THEFT AUTO: San Andreas run better, but rather may make your experience "more variable". We do not recommend unlocking the frame rate. If you have a fast machine, it is far preferable to increase resolution, detail options, anti-aliasing, etc. rather than trying to achieve a higher frame rate by un-locking the Frame Limiter. This will lead to a more variable gameplay experience.
- ↑ GitHub - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ gtaforums.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 SilentPatch - Page 141 - GTAForums
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 173 - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 148 - GTAForums
- ↑ SilentPatch - Page 99 - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ GTA San Andreas black screen during intro - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved) - last accessed on 2024-05-03
- ↑ ESSENTIAL PATCH (Silent Patch) :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ GTA SA - Alternative Cheats - Feat. Badger Goodger - last accessed on 2022-03-28
- ↑ GTA:SA Speedrun Ruined by WASD Cheat (Joshimuz) - last accessed on 2022-03-28
- ↑ Stream Highlights: 03/2022 - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-11-28
- ↑ NEW Fix for Sound Problems - GTA Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Fix for some of the audio problems in GTA:SA - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Rain/Thunderstorm Bug - GTAForums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Verified by User:Amethystviper on 2022-10-13
- Ultimate ASI Loader has been updated more recently compared to Silent ASI Loader and this pre-made package I've created uses the latest release from Github as of writing. The original v1 vorbisFile.dll supplied by CLEO 4 is also included.