MTA:SA launcher code

MTA:SA error CL13

The installation path contains characters MTA cannot work with.

Code

CL13

Where you see it

The MTA launcher, before the game opens

MTA's own wording

Unsupported path characters

Family

CL codes

What it means

CL codes come from MTA's launcher, before the game starts: installing an update, finding GTA, loading MTA's own files or starting gta_sa.exe. MTA's own documentation gives this code as Unsupported path characters.

How to fix it

Work down the list and stop when it is solved.

1. Install into a simple path

   Use a folder such as C:\Games\MTA San Andreas, with plain letters, numbers and spaces only.

2. Copy the whole message first

   Write down every line MTA shows, not only the code. The rest of the message often names the file, the server or the reason, and that is what tells you which step below applies.

3. Repair your MTA installation

   Run the current installer from multitheftauto.com over your existing installation. It replaces MTA's own files without touching your settings.

Other CL codes

• CL01An installation step failed while MTA was setting itself up.
• CL02MTA could not copy its update files into place.
• CL03The installation is incomplete.
• CL04MTA could not restart itself to finish what it was doing.
• CL05MTA is already running.
• CL06MTA is asking whether it may close the copy that is already running.
• CL07MTA is offering to roll back to its previous state.
• CL08MTA is offering to reset GTA's settings.
• CL09MTA could not delete a file it wanted to replace.
• CL10GTA is already running.
• CL11MTA could not close the GTA that is already running.
• CL12MTA cannot find GTA's registry entries, so it does not know where the game is.
• CL14This is an old Steam version of GTA that MTA cannot use.
• CL15There is a semicolon in the path to GTA or MTA, and the game cannot handle it.
• CL16MTA's own data files are missing.

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