MTA:SA error code

MTA:SA error CD08

The connection timed out: the server did not answer in time.

Code

CD08

Where you see it

The connection dialog

MTA's own wording

Connection timeout

Family

CD codes

What it means

MTA's own timeout page covers this message. It can be the server, your connection, or something in between; the hexadecimal value MTA sometimes shows with it narrows a few cases.

A CD code appears when a connection to a server fails, is refused, or ends. Most of them carry a second line with the server's own reason. 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 CD codes

• CD01The nickname you connected with is not allowed.
• CD02There is no active connection for MTA to work with.
• CD03The nickname you connected with is not allowed.
• CD04MTA could not find a local server to connect to.
• CD05You were kicked, and the server gave a reason.
• CD06MTA could not connect to a server running on this computer.
• CD07A server running on this computer did not answer in time.
• CD09The connection to the server was lost.
• CD10The client and the server did not agree on encryption or protocol.
• CD11The server closed the connection.
• CD12The connection to the server was lost.
• CD13That server has banned you.
• CD14The server is full.
• CD15The server disconnected you.
• CD16The connection to the server was lost.

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