MTA:SA launcher code

MTA:SA error CL21

A file in the GTA folder is in MTA's way.

Code

CL21

Where you see it

The MTA launcher, before the game opens

MTA's own wording

Conflicting GTA-directory file

Family

CL codes

What it means

A d3d9.dll, an ASI loader or another mod file in the game folder stops MTA starting.

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 Conflicting GTA-directory file.

How to fix it

Work down the list and stop when it is solved.

Longer version, with a source on every step: ASI plugins or a game-folder DLL block MTA.

1. Remove mod files from the GTA folder

   Look for d3d9.dll, dinput8.dll, an ASI loader and any .asi files in the GTA folder and move them somewhere else. Keep them if you want single player mods; MTA needs the folder clean.

2. Use a clean GTA: San Andreas

   MTA needs an unmodified GTA installation. If mods, an ASI loader or a replaced gta_sa.exe are in the game folder, reinstall GTA into a fresh folder and let MTA use that copy.

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.
• CL13The installation path contains characters MTA cannot work with.
• 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.

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