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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Version 1.  Retail CD Release and minor patches.

Application Details:

Version: 1.x
License: Retail
URL: http://www.rockstargames.com/s...
Votes: 14
Latest Rating: Platinum
Latest Wine Version Tested: 6.0.1

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Test Results

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What works

The entire game-play, including all missions and side missions.

Adding custom music to the "User Playlist" radio channel also works.

What does not

Occasionally, textures on various objects, including CJ and NPCs, look corrupted, disabling either the Vertex Shader or Pixel Shader rectifies the problem.

Reflective surfaces, like the shiny chrome parts on vehicles, look weird, and you can actually see a sunset picture on the metal when you look closely.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Nothing.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

After upgrading from Wine 0.9.45, the performance of this game is again back to normal, and works flawlessly. Compiled from source. Using the ATI driver 8.40.4. Online mods will not work, but since they are technically separate programs, they shouldn't affect the rating of this game.

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Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 10.x "Buster"Jul 04 20216.0.1N/A Yes NoPlatinumMaksym 
ShowUbuntu 19.04 "Disco" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Sep 13 20194.0.2Yes Yes NoPlatinumFranco 
ShowGentoo Linux x86_64Jun 27 20194.0.1-stagingYes Yes NoPlatinumsbct 
ShowManjaro LinuxApr 02 20194.5Yes Yes NoSilverAlexis Monzón 
ShowFuntoo Linux AMD64Jul 11 20172.10-stagingYes Yes NoGoldAnonymous Anonymous 

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

Common Problems
GTA refuses to open

    Some times gta may fail to start even when you haven't touched (modded) anything. In this case delete the file gta_sa.set inside  the Documents/GTA San Andreas User Files directory and restart the app. You will have to reset your gta sa settings.

    CJ and peds are too dark

      If cj isn't light correctly and appears very dark try disabling glsl. You can disable it using the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D\UseGLSL > "disabled" Or use winetricks/playonlinux

      Slow Play

        If you have problems with slow play, go to your winecfg and disable support for Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader

        Controllers & Keyboards

          Joysticks and joypads will create a conflict with the keyboard keys making the character (CJ) uncontrollable. Disable all controllers before running the game to avoid this issue.

          Load a saved game not work

            Try this: winetricks d3dx9

            Intro videos not work

              In some cases this fix can backfire, doing that your game does not start anymore.Make a backup of your .wine folder or create new wineprefix for test before continuing.

              1) Install the ugly plugins for gstreamer (the name of package depends of your distribuition)
              2) Install the quartz and devenum: winetricks quartz devenum
              3) Install ffdshow: winetricks
              ffdshow (during installation, check the box of MPEG1 and MPEG2)
              4) Test your game.

              If you can not start your game, restore the backup or back to original wineprefix. # 9127

              Fonts Issue

                If you have issues with fonts, try (type in the terminal): winetricks allfonts

                Extracts all audio from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

                this method extracts all audio from GTA San Andreas, includes all music, DJ chatter, ads, �background sounds and cutscenes.

                How to build

                1) Get this archive: http://goo.gl/HRwGV

                2) On terminal extract this archive with: tar xfv radio-free-san-andreas-0.2.tar.bz2

                3) Go to extracted folder: cd radio-free-san-andreas-0.2

                4) Type: ./bootstrap && ./configure

                5) If a problem occurs, install the missing libraries and rerun the command ./configure until it runs without errors.

                6) Build (type it): make


                How to use

                1) Go to src/ folder: cd src/

                2) Create the folder where the files will be stored: mkdir ~/gta_sounds

                3) Type: ./extract [your gta folder]/audio/streams/* [user folder]/gta_sounds ../metadata.conf

                Do not use quotation marks or abbreviations (~), it will cause errors. If your path contains spaces, use a "\ " for a correct interpretation, for example:

                ./extract /home/mrk3004/Games/GTA\ San\ Andreas/audio/streams/* /home/mrk3004/gta_sounds ../metadata.conf

                The first arguments are the files to extract from. Then comes the base directory to put the output files in, and lastly the file to read metadata from.

                audio/streams/* extracts all the musics and sounds. To extract some in specific, follow the table below:

                Filename Station
                audio/streams/aa Police
                audio/streams/adverts Adverts
                audio/streams/ambience Ambience
                audio/streams/beats Beats
                audio/streams/ch Playback FM
                audio/streams/co KROSE
                audio/streams/cr K-DST
                audio/streams/cutscene Cutscene
                audio/streams/ds Bounce FM
                audio/streams/hc SFUR
                audio/streams/mh Radio Los Santos
                audio/streams/mr Radio X
                audio/streams/nj CSR
                audio/streams/re K-JAH
                audio/streams/rg Master Sounds
                audio/streams/tk WCTR


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                Intel video cards issue

                Comments

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                GTA: SA compaitability with wine 8.x
                by Max Tamoian on Friday March 24th 2023, 10:11
                Hello. I am using wine 8.0 and trying to plaay GTA: SA. While in menu, it seems to be good, no bugs, no freezes. But while spawning first time and trying to get back in the hood, fps drops around 10-15. I dont know if this problem relates only to my system or to wine 8.x in general, so I ask: has anyone tested GTA: SA on wine 8.x?

                I have another machine with wine 5.0 on it and it runs pretty good, so I guess the problem is in wine version
                Slow Play
                by Gregor on Sunday February 28th 2021, 13:09
                "If you have problems with slow play, go to your winecfg and disable support for Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader"

                How? There is no such setting in winecfg anymore.
                Another trick for Intro videos not work / GTA San Andreas 1.0
                by Chl on Monday December 7th 2020, 19:44
                On my instance, the intro videos made the game randomly crash. In this case, an efficient trick is to simply remove the movies/*.mpg files.
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