MTA:SA error code

MTA:SA error CC23

MTA waited for the server and got no answer in time.

Code

CC23

Where you see it

A dialog from MTA itself

MTA's own wording

Connection timeout

Family

CC codes

What it means

A timeout usually means the server is down or too far away, or the connection is blocked before it reaches the server. MTA's own timeout page also lists a few hexadecimal values that appear with this message.

MTA's own client shows a CC code when something fails before or during a connection: the address, the nickname, a module it could not load, or the connection itself. MTA's own documentation gives this code as Connection timeout.

How to fix it

Work down the list and stop when it is solved.

Longer version, with a source on every step: CC23 / CD08: connection timed out.

1. Try the connection again

   Close MTA, open it again and connect once more. A single failed attempt can come from a restart on the server or a short break in your own connection.

2. Check your own connection

   Open a web page on the same computer. If other things are also failing, fix the connection first. A working website does not prove a game server is reachable, but a broken one explains a lot.

3. Install the current MTA update

   Close MTA and run the current installer from multitheftauto.com. Several connection codes are simply an old client meeting a newer server.

4. Check your log if it keeps happening

   Paste the message, or MTA's core.log, into the Fix tool on this site. It runs on your own computer and points at the matching steps.

Other CC codes

• CC20MTA refused the nickname you tried to connect with.
• CC21The address you asked MTA to connect to is not a valid host.
• CC22MTA could not open a connection to that server.
• CC24The client and the server did not agree on the encryption or protocol used for the connection.
• CC25The server closed the connection.
• CC26The connection to the server was lost.
• CC27That server has banned you.
• CC28The server disconnected you.
• CC29The connection to the server dropped.
• CC30The server refused the connection.
• CC31MTA could not load the mod it needs for that server.
• CC32The server's answer was not what MTA expected (second form).
• CC33The server's answer was not what MTA expected, and MTA kept the payload it received.
• CC34The networking library on your client and on the server are different versions.
• CC40MTA loaded a module that is not the one it expected.

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