GTA San Andreas on PC

GTA San Andreas Skimmer missing on Windows 11 24H2

Single player: after the Windows 11 24H2 update, the Skimmer seaplane is gone from its usual places. SilentPatch's author traced it to a 20-year-old bug in the game and published two fixes.

Steps

1. Single player: update SilentPatch

   SilentPatch's page lists this fix: the Skimmer spawns again on Windows 11 24H2. It works with the 1.0, Steam and Rockstar Launcher copies.

   Careful: Single player only. Before you play MTA, MTA asks you to delete every .asi file from the GTA and MTA folders. Its own example is SilentPatch's file.

   ASI plugins or a game-folder DLL block MTA →

   Source: SilentPatch page, SilentPatch author blog, MTA help

2. Or fix one line yourself

   The author's steps without mods: in the game folder, open data\vehicles.ide with Notepad. Find the line that starts with 460, skimmer and replace it with the new line shown on the author's page. The new line only adds four values at the end: -1, 0.7, 0.7, -1. Save the file.

   Careful: Copy vehicles.ide somewhere safe first, so you can put it back.

   Source: SilentPatch author blog

3. Not in the GTA copy MTA uses

   Do not change vehicles.ide in the GTA folder that MTA uses. MTA's anti-cheat guide lists data/vehicles.ide among the files it checks, and by default you cannot join a server with changed GTA data files.

   Using GTA mods with MTA →

   Source: MTA wiki

See also: Using GTA mods with MTA

Playing MTA, not single player? Use the MTA steps above, or search the Fix tool for your message.

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