Grand Theft Auto 2


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Grand Theft Auto	1997
Grand Theft Auto 2	1999
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	2005
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City	2010
Grand Theft Auto: iFruit	2013
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars	2021
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Key points

To play online use GTA2 Game Hunter.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

GTAForums Discussion.

Grand Theft Wiki

GTA Network - A huge network of fansites all dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		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.
Official website (unavailable)		Was available for free via Rockstars' "Rockstar Classics" series to mailing-list subscribers.^[3]
Steam (unavailable)

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is no longer officially available digitally.

Demo is available.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename Movie folder
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\` Delete or rename the `Movie` folder.

Patches[edit]

The latest official patch 1.03 is available at soggi.org.

Enhanced GTA2[edit]

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.

Install GTA2 v11.44

Restore music and intro
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\` on an original install. Copy the `GTAudio` and `Movie` folders into `<path-to-game>\data\` for 11.44.

Glide API[edit]

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
Download and install the latest version of nGlide. Download newest dgVoodoo 2. Extract `MS\x86\DDraw.dll` and `MS\x86\D3DImm.dll` on the same folder where gta2.exe is located. Configure resolution in nGlide settings. Launch gta2manager.exe and make sure 3DFX Glide is enabled under Screen Mode in the Video tab.

Game data[edit]

External general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\DMA Design Ltd\GTA2\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12180/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\player\^{[Note 4]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12180/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

External graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use ThirteenAG's fix. See more info.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use ThirteenAG's fix. See more info.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Might require GTA2 11.44 if it doesn't work with stock version, or see Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Labelled as "Frame Rate Limiter".
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Locked at 25 FPS (30 with Enhanced GTA2 or Glide API)

Windowed[edit]

Set GTA2 exe to 16-bit color mode
Go to `<path-to-game>` Right click on `GTA2.exe` and choose Properties. Go to Compatability, 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.

Input[edit]

External key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		External menus only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

External audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output^[4] May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Functions with GTA2 11.44
EAX support		A3D & EAX.^[5]^[6]
Royalty free music

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Polish				Retail only. Fan translation available here.
Russian				Retail version, download.
Spanish

Network[edit]

External network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		6
Online play		6	To find matches use GTA2 Game Hunter.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

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[edit]

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)[edit]

This is caused by missing DirectPlay

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Enable DirectPlay in Start->Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows Features On or Off->Legacy Components->DirectPlay

16x16x16 Video Mode error and no resolutions available in GTA2 Manager[edit]

If you are using ThirteenAG's WS fix then 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

Download newest dgVoodoo 2.
Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe, dgVoodoo.conf, MS\x86\DDraw.dll and MS\x86\D3DImm.dll on the same folder where gta2.exe is located.
Start dgVoodooCpl.exe and configure it.
Go to DirectX tab and uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark.
Click Apply and OK.

This error may also occur on systems where the current DPI is more than 100%, To workaround without globally changing the DPI back to 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.

Some Machines may still be limited to 1024x768 with DGVoodoo, you can set the resolution in the registry directly in this case at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DMA Design Ltd\GTA2\screen

Set the game to run in 16-bit color mode

Xinput Support on Windows 8[edit]

Use Twin Stick Mod

If you are using ThirteenAG's WS fix then you can use Twin Stick Mod to enable Xinput support
Download newest Twin stick Mod and updated Twin Stick scipt Extract into the Scripts folder

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6.1
DirectDraw
Glide	2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	5.0r
Cutscenes	Bink Video	0.9g

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	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

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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Rockstar Classics - Free Downloads - last accessed on 2022-09-22
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
↑ Grand Theft Auto 2 audio overview - Rockstar Games
↑ GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 UNOFFICIAL FAQ

[notes_safedisc-3] 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]

[HKLM-5] Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-7] 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).

[notes_safedisc_1-1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[notes_safedisc_2-2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] Rockstar Classics - Free Downloads - last accessed on 2022-09-22

[8] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[9] Grand Theft Auto 2 audio overview - Rockstar Games

[10] GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 UNOFFICIAL FAQ

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Developers

	DMA Design
Publishers
	Rockstar Games
Russia	Buka Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	October 22, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Series	Grand Theft Auto