MTA:SA launcher code

MTA:SA error CL31

A GTA file could not be opened.

Code

CL31

Where you see it

The MTA launcher, before the game opens

MTA's own wording

GTA file-opening failure

Family

CL codes

What it means

Another program holding the file, or a damaged game installation, are the usual cases.

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 GTA file-opening failure.

How to fix it

Work down the list and stop when it is solved.

Longer version, with a source on every step: CL31: a GTA file could not be opened.

1. Close anything using the game files

   Close other GTA tools, mod managers and file editors, then start MTA again.

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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