WinXP+GTA3 problems sorted!

[sandmairlines]

if you have gta3, windows xp and an nvidia graphics card, and are getting boxes where the text should be, dont fear, the solution is rite here!

goto http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...P1_x86_ENU.exe and download the patch, its only about 3mb. install it and restart your machine. now run gta3. it should be displaying text properly now.

p.s. i got this from the readme, but no1 ever reads them, so heres the relevant part

Windows XP + nVIDIA based cards (possibly other brands):
We have found a possible problem with Windows XP that manifests itself
as graphical problems both in the game menu and also during game play.
We have traced this problem to be a Windows XP problem.
Technically this problem is solved by the use of a newer version of
d3d8.dll than is shipped on CD with Windows XP. (The version on the
Windows XP CD that has problems is 5.1.26000.0 – versions tested
without error include 5.1.2600.15 and 5.1.2600.29)
Currently the only way we know to update this dll file is to install
the Windows XP Patch: “The Computer Cannot Enter Standby or Hibernate
If a Direct3D-Based Screen Saver Is Running (Q306676)” downloadable
from the following Web Site:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...P1_x86_ENU.exe
This update may in the future be available as part of an official
Windows XP Service Pack, a Windows XP Compatibility Update, or possibly
a DirectX 8.1 update.

if you have any other WinXP+GTA3 problems, try the readme. if that fails, post the problem on here! also post if you have a different hardware/software configuration and this doesnt solve the problem. my hardware is an amd tbird 1.1ghz, 320mb ram, creative geforce3 ti200 64mb and winxp pro.

p.p.s. all you naughty people with deviance version that doesnt save... theres an updated crack... but you dont need it, because youre going to buy the game... arent you?!