MTA:SA fix

Where MTA keeps screenshots, logs and settings

Everything is inside the MTA installation folder: screenshots in screenshots, logs in MTA\logs, and settings in MTA\config\coreconfig.xml.

Steps

Try one step, then check whether the problem is still there. Follow any "only if" line before changing a setting.

1. Find the MTA folder

   Right-click your MTA shortcut and choose Open file location. The usual place is C:\Program Files (x86)\MTA San Andreas 1.6.

2. Screenshots

   Press F12, or type screenshot in the console, to take one. MTA saves it in the screenshots folder inside the MTA folder, as a PNG named mta-screen_ followed by the date and time.

3. Logs

   Open MTA, then logs. It holds console.log (the text of the F8 console), logfile.txt, clientscript.log and CEGUI.log. core.log sits one level up, in the MTA folder.

4. Settings and key binds

   MTA, then config, holds coreconfig.xml. It stores MTA's settings and binds.

5. Crash dumps

   MTA has a dumps folder next to logs and config. When MTA crashes, copy the text of the crash window first: that is what support and the Fix tool can read.

Other problems like this

• Keys do nothing or do the wrong thing in MTA
• Mouse does not move the camera in MTA:SA
• Low FPS or an FPS cap in MTA:SA
• Controller or gamepad not working in MTA
• Voice chat in MTA:SA does not work
• Screen resolution is missing or wrong in MTA
• MTA settings are not saved

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