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General information
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- GTA Network - A huge network of fansites all dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] on the original 1999 release. SecuROM DRM on Grand Theft Auto Classics Collection. No DRM in GTA trilogy from Cenega sold in Poland. |
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Official website (unavailable) |
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Was available for free via Rockstars' "Rockstar Classics" series to mailing-list subscribers.[3] |
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Steam (unavailable) |
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- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo is available.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename Movie folder
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\data .
- Delete or rename the
Movie folder.
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Patches
- The latest official patch 1.03 is available at soggi.org.
- FrontendFix is a plugin that enhances and improves GTA2 on modern machines. It features:
- New settings menu based on the PlayStation release of the game. Scaled properly for any resolution.
- Loading screens and pause menu from the Playstation version including menu background music.
- Full mouse support (in game and in menu); ability to control player direction and combat via the mouse.
- Native support for fullscreen, windowed, and borderless windowed mode, 32-bit resolutions, 30 FPS framerate, and multi-5 language support.
- Only compatible with GTA2 version 9.6. Requires ThirteenAG's Widescreen fix.
- Settings, including resolution and controls, can be set by editing the file
<path-to-game>\ufiles\settings.xml
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GTA2 v11.44 (Unofficial)
- Adds Windows 10 support, windowed mode, per-user settings and slightly increase game allowed frame rates (25 FPS > 30 FPS).
- Doesn't include music or the intro movie, but they can be copied over from an original install.
- Intro movie does not play when using ThirteenAG's widescreen patch.
- Not compatible with FrontendFix and many newer mods.
Restore music and intro
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\data on an original install.
- Copy the
GTAudio and Movie folders into <path-to-game>\data for 11.44.
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Glide API
- Not needed if using v11.44.
- Adds support for higher color depth and resolution, and fixes font rendering.
- Not compatible nor recommended to be used with the widescreen fix.
Install nGlide
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- Download and install the latest version of nGlide.
- Download the newest dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe , MS\x86\DDraw.dll and MS\x86\D3DImm.dll into <path-to-game> .
- Configure resolution in nGlide settings.
- Launch
gta2manager.exe and make sure 3DFX Glide is enabled under Screen Mode in the Video tab.
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Game data
External general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
External graphics settings.
Set GTA2 exe to 16-bit color mode
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- Go to
<path-to-game>
- Right-click on
GTA2.exe and choose Properties.
- Go to Compatibility, tick the
Reduce color mode box and from the drop down box, choose 16-bit color and click Apply.
- Inside
GTA2Manager.exe , in the Video tab, choose Windowed.
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Input
External key map settings.
XInput support
GInput[citation needed]
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- Download Ultimate ASI Loader (not the x64 version)
- Copy the
dinput8.dll to <path-to-game>
- Download GInput
- Copy
GInputII.asi and GInputII.ini to <path-to-game>\scripts\ (create the folder if it doesn't exist)
Notes
- Adds support for gamepad controls from the PS1 version of the game including vibration
- Doesn't support the unofficial 11.44 patch
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Audio
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation. |
Italian |
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Polish |
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Retail only. Fan translation available here. |
Russian |
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Retail version, download. |
Spanish |
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Network
External network settings.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
2300-2400, 47624 |
UDP |
2300-2400, 47624 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)
16x16x16 Video Mode error and no resolutions available in GTA2 Manager
- If using ThirteenAG's WS fix, first rename the
ddraw.dll
from ThirteenAG's WS fix to dinput8.dll
and remove wndmode.ini
to make them work together.
Use dgVoodoo 2 wrapper
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- Some machines may still be limited to 1024x768 with dgVoodoo; in this case, set the resolution in the registry directly in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DMA Design Ltd\GTA2\screen .
- Download newest dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe , dgVoodoo.conf , MS\x86\DDraw.dll and MS\x86\D3DImm.dll into <path-to-game> .
- Start
dgVoodooCpl.exe and configure it.
- Go to DirectX tab and uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark.
- Click Apply and OK.
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Globally changing the DPI back to 100%[citation needed]
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- This error may also occur on systems where the current DPI is more than 100%,
- Right-click
GTA2.exe
- Click the Compatibility Tab
- Click the Change High DPI Settings button
- Tick "Override high DPI scaling behavior" and leave the menu set to "Application"
- Click OK and Apply and Ok again.
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Game runs too fast
- The game only locks at 25 FPS (30 when using Enhanced GTA2 or Glide API) using "Frame Rate Limiter" option.
Lock framerate to 60 fps with RivaTuner Statistics Server
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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Glide |
2 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
- The game includes a Debug menu that let's you enable cheats and mess with the game physics
Add a new registry string[8]
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\DMA Design Ltd\GTA2\Debug .
- Create a new DWORD (32-bit) registry key, name it
bob_debug_display and set its value to 1 .
- Now the Debug and Physics menus should appear in
gta2 manager.exe .
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- Adds in-game radar, showing mission blips from gangs, churches, garages, current objectives and markers height levels.
High quality radio music at all times
- For some radio stations, if located far from the area, it switches from a high quality to a low quality version. With the following method, high-quality music will play at all times.
Rename music files
- Go to
<path-to-game>\data\GTAudio
- Copy the files
5.wav 6.wav 7.wav 8.wav 9.wav 10.wav and 11.wav to different folder
- Rename them to
5a.wav 6a.wav 7a.wav 8a.wav 9a.wav 10a.wav and 11a.wav
- Copy them back to the GTAudio folder and overwrite when asked.
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 200 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
65 MB |
400 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
Direct3D-compatible DirectX 6.1 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References