MTA:SA fix

MSVCR, VCRUNTIME or core.dll cannot load

When the error names a missing Microsoft runtime, install the matching official redistributable.

Codes on this page: CL24, CL26

Steps

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

1. Use the missing DLL name to choose the runtime

   For a named MSVCR120/MSVCP120 or VCRUNTIME140/MSVCP140 error, open the official MTA runtime guide and follow its Microsoft Visual C++ package links. A core.dll load failure without that detail may have another cause.

2. Install or repair the Microsoft package

   Use the Microsoft installer linked by that guide and complete its Install or Repair action. Restart if the installer requests it, then retry MTA.

   Careful: Do not download individual runtime DLLs from DLL download sites.

3. Check a game-folder graphics mod only if present

   Only if that third-party graphics mod exists in your GTA installation.

   Only if you installed a graphics mod that adds d3d9.dll beside GTA’s executable, back up that mod and disable it using its removal instructions before retrying. Leave Windows system DLLs alone.

Other problems like this

• CL29: client integrity warning at launch
• Another MTA or GTA instance is already running
• MTA data files or core.dll are missing
• D3DX9 DLL is missing
• CC50: Direct3D9 could not initialize
• CL02: MTA cannot copy update files
• CL22: MTA could not start GTA:SA
• GTA executable or a required GTA file is missing

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