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GTA2 multiplayer Questions and Answers

Q: Does GTA2 accept any command line arguments?
A: There is one arg and that is gta2.exe -n , this goes straight to the gta2 network screen

Q: Why do I get a black screen when I start a GTA2 network game?
A: It’s normal for GTA2 to display a black screen while it is loading and waiting for all players to load but if it takes longer than 30 seconds and then GTA2 quits or it says that some players disconnected then something is wrong. This usually means one of the players has some of the ports open but not all of them. It can also happen if a player gets bored of waiting and quits while GTA2 is loading or they have a random connection issue. There are other reasons, sorry I don’t have any easy solution for this problem. Just make sure everyone has all the right ports open and try again.

Q: How can I stop GTA2 from crashing when I start a network game?

A: GTA2 often crashes if you kick a player on the GTA2 network screen and then start the game. It’s a bug, just rehost and start before anyone you need to kick tries to join. GTA2 network code is not very stable and the reasons for all crashes are unknown. If it doesn’t work the first time, just quickly rehost and try again.

Q: Why is my friend running into walls?
A: Maybe he just sucks or maybe the game is out of sync. If the game is out of sync, it’s like you are both playing completely different games. If you have confirmed that the game is out of sync, you will have to quit since there is no way to fix it.

Q: How can I stop the game from going out of sync?
A: You can’t stop it completely but you can reduce the chance of it happening. Use the same GTA2 version as your opponent and make sure you both have identical files. Sync problems can be caused by too many explosions, I try to avoid using vehicle bombs but one or two should be ok. None of the official multiplayer scripts have a policelevel high enough to enable the army/national guard, probably because they always make the game go out of sync. The more players in a game, the more chance of at least one player going out of sync, so it’s best to play with only 2 or 3 players. I think some sync problems are caused by excessive network packet loss, the further away your opponent, the more chance of packet loss and the slower the game will be.

Some custom scripts will go out of sync. Check the GTA2 scripting page for scripting advice.

Q: Why is the game really slow?
A: GTA2 wasn’t made for dialup or high latency connections. Even if both users have broadband the game can be really slow if you are far away from your opponent (Europe vs Australia or USA in GTA2 will be too slow for a fun game). You should close any programs using lots of bandwidth, especially peer to peer programs like bittorrent and if someone is on your LAN, sharing your bandwidth, kick them off or tell them not to download during your game.

Q: How do I send messages?
A: Push F10 to chat in GTA2. What you type is seen in realtime and it disappears when you push enter so give your opponent time to read (unless they are about to kill you). If you are using the default keys then you won’t be able to change weapons with Z and X while the chat bar is up, so you will have to clear your message from the screen by pushing enter.

Q: What does "Game file ‘GTA2.exe’ is different" mean?

A: It means you have a different version of GTA2 than your opponent. I recommend you use the free version but if you have the retail version or some yargh version then you should install the GTA2 Patch Pack .

Q: What does "Style file ‘data\ste.sty’ is different" mean?

A: It means one of your files is different to one of your opponents files. Make sure you have the same files. GTA2 v9.6 can say the style file is different even if it’s identical but I think this only happens if you try to play v9.6 against v10.3.

Q: I’m trying to play multiplayer but I don’t see the options listed in the manual. What’s wrong?
A: The manual is referring to menus within the game that aren’t actually present. All multiplayer setup is done through the GTA2 Manager. Here’s how to set up a multiplayer game, assuming you are the host. Connect to the internet. Send you IP address to whoever you want to join your game (can be gotten by going to Start->Run and typing in winipcfg). Run the GTA2 Manager and click on the Network tab. Click ‘Internet TCP/IP’ in the ‘Protocols Available’ box (leave the ‘Protocol Connection’ box empty, that’s for people who are joining the game). Click the ‘Start Network Game’.