Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Problem

[unreal360]

Hi everybody! i have a problem with gta:sa. i installed it (legally) completely, it even starts, but everything but the people models appear. The sound is fine, the backgrounds are fine, the cars are fine. but not the people models. cj, the pedestrains and other characters dont appear. they are just yellow or blue or something.i run it on 800x600 resolution with high details on a p4 1.8 ghz, 256 mb ram, radeon 8500 128 mb card. (i know, slow system). i tried lowering the settings, changing the resolution, disabling effects etc, but no avail. plz help!

thanx in advance!

[fdjc4]

try updating your graphics card driver and even updating the game, there could be a patch for it that may help you

[unreal360]

thanx fdjc4, i'll try that!

[unreal360]

hi everybody, i tried updating my drivers and the game, but no avail! please help. by the way, i checked the gta san andreas program file in my directory and it is 4.69gb, so i dont think anything is missing.
thanx in advance

[unreal360]

and another thing, i tried reinstalling it and then tweaking the settings, but nothin happend.
plz help.
thanx in advance

[unreal360]

hello? mg doctors, anyone? please help me, thats why i posted my problem here...........

[skinyme]

yeh ive got the recomended setting for the game and everything and ive run defrag but it still laggs ive also upgraded my drivers but still laggs

[unreal360]

do u have any problems with the character's model? i do, if u know a solution please help me......i posted my prob here a very long time ago and i still didn't get help!

[unreal360]

plz help me! i posted my problem here a long time ago, still the megagames people haven't helped me! this room is supposed to be an emergency room.

[unreal360]

thanx a lot shambles! i was little bugged bcause nobody replied 4 a long time. i'll try what u said and i will reply about the results!!

[unreal360]

i tried changing the resolution but nothing happend, and i never run games in 16 bit always in 32 bit. and this problem isnt mentioned in my readme. (v 1.00)

[unreal360]

do try to find a solution, if needed see my pc spec's posted in a previous post. meanwhile i'll try doing some stuff with the tweaking!! thanx 4 replying!!
p.s. nice of u 2 post so much stuff for my info
cheers!

[unreal360]

as for the video troubleshooting:
1. i think my pc meets the requirements
2. i'll try terminating some background tasks
3. i have directX 9.0c
4. i updated my drivers completely
5. i always run on 32 bit true color
6. my monitor is displayed as "Plug and Play Monitor On Radeon 8500 Series"

cheers!

[unreal360]

i tried running it at 800x600 in 16 bit, but no avail. and the "heat haze" effect appears great on my card. i have the latest drivers too...... let's try something else!
cheers m8!

[unreal360]

thanx 4 replying and i'll try the official 4.9 drivers and is it necessary that i download the omega drivers of catalyst 4.9? u mentioned that u had this problem 2 right? so how did u solve it?
anyway thanx again!

[unreal360]

i downloaded the omega drivers for catalyst 4.9 and now the game doesn't even start! i click on it and nothing happens! i tried reinstalling it but still the same problem persists. i will try 2 download the original 4.9 catalyst drivers (from ati) and tell u wat happend.

[unreal360]

i uninstalled the omega stuff and the official 4.9 catalyst drivers completely (used driver cleaner pro) because gta wasn't working, and installed the latest official catalyst 5.12. now, the prob is that gta doesn't launch (still) but all my other games work fine. i even played half life 2! i really don't noe wat happend so do tell me a solution. thanx!
p.s. after installing the drivers, it said "Zero Display Service Error", but still hl2 and other stuff works fine.....

[unreal360]

hi! sorry couldn't reply 4 a long time, my connection broke down. anyway, the problem is fixed!! here's wat i did:
1. i downloaded and installed the catalyst 5.12 drivers (official not omega)
2. i downloaded some "all crash fix" fixed exe from gamecopyworld and.....
it ran properly! no probs at all!! but, there was this registry entry provided which i had 2 do. i opened the registry file given with the download with notepad and edited the location of the gta save file with the path on my hard drive. then it worked! it even works without the registry edit, but it doesn't find a save file.
well, thats my fix for missng models

special thanks to shambles 4 helpin me.
cheers!!

[monroespcmonk]

I Just Bought This Game And Came Home Went To Install It And About 3/4 The Way Threw With Install It Pops Up And Says Please Insert Disk 3 Audio\streams\aa File Missing Well I Tried To Check The File My Self And The Streams Folder Is Empty So I Took The Game Back And Got A New One Came Home Again And It Does It Again And It Is Empty Again Can Some One Help I Need These Files I Can Not Finish The Install Thanks