MTA Client Crashes

[Hawk_Boy]

Ok I have fixed my problem with GTA-VC and know I seem to have a problem with MTA. Whenever I start up the Client, an error pops up and says " MTAClient has generated errors and windows will shut it down. please Restart the Program.

an error log is being created."

[Quig]

from known issues

Crash on client startup

This might be causes by being unable to download the welcome message. This should only happen if the MTA site is down, or you aren't connected to the internet. If this is the case, it should try to download it for about 15 seconds - before it gives the crash. It might be possible to fix this by adding "DontGetLatest=1" on the second line of your "mta.ini" in your MTA folder (under "[Main]"). Alternatively, try creating a blank file called "mtaclientwelcome.dat" in your MTA folder - this is probably only relevant if this is the first time you've run the MTA 0.5 client.

Update: We've managed to replicate, confirm and fix this bug. Whenever we release a general patch, this will be fixed. In the meantime, ensure mtaclient.exe can access the internet through your firewall, or for on a LAN you can change the following value in mta.ini .

DontGetLatest=1

hope this helps

also try a fresh DL and install