GTA:SA Won't load (Steam/Windows 7)

[Tools]

My GTA:SA won't load. Steam verified the game content to be fully correct, and everything should be fine but it isn't.

Neither the steam version 3.0 or the no-cd cracked version 1.0 works.

With the steam 3.0 version, the screen flashes black, the windows 7 theme gives me a message saying it's gone to low settings, the screen flashes black again and then nothing happens.
With the no-cd 1.0 version, nothing happens.

[B]Edit:[/B]

Verified data once more, said 1 file was corrupted. I let it redownload and now when I start it, it loads for a little time, then nothing happens.

[Poodle]

Are your video drivers up to date?

It's such an old game, maybe Windows 7 doesn't support it?

[Tools]

Tried all the compatability modes avalible, none of them worked.

Sorth of went "fuck it" and ended up downloading another copy off the web. Annoys me when a pirated version works better than the real deal. :mad:

[B]Edit:[/B]

Deleted it from steam. I can't be bothered trying to get it to work, and shortcut-mode works just as good as the original.

[Poodle]

[QUOTE=Tools;21332346]Tried all the compatability modes avalible, none of them worked.

Sorth of went "fuck it" and ended up downloading another copy off the web. Annoys me when a pirated version works better than the real deal. :mad:

[B]Edit:[/B]

Deleted it from steam. I can't be bothered trying to get it to work, and shortcut-mode works just as good as the original.[/QUOTE]

You could contact Steam requesting a refund since it won't work on your computer.

[subenji]

delete gta_sa.set in your Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files folder.

[editline]12:03AM[/editline]

Oh seems I'm too late.
That file contains info on your system hardware. A graphics driver update can invalidate that data, but SA was never programmed for that eventuality.
If the file doesn't exist, SA scans your system again and creates a new one.

Nothing to do with a pirated vs legit copy.

[TicTac]

It works with Windows 7. I have it retail.

[scorpion8754]

I've had a lot of problems with San Andreas with Win7, I gave up on it eventually

[aydin690]

I also couldn't get gta:sa to work on windows7 professional 64bit.

[Tools]

So apparently the pirated version didn't work either, not even when using multiple no-cd versions (US/EU)

I can't believe so many people can have problems with it, and that there's nothing to be done about it.

I'll try deleting the gta_sa.set file when I get home though.

[aydin690]

[QUOTE=Tools;21342511]I can't believe so many people can have problems with it, and that there's nothing to be done about it.
[/QUOTE]

So what? Do you expect companies to update their old game forever?

[Tools]

[QUOTE=aydin690;21342702]So what? Do you expect companies to update their old game forever?[/QUOTE]

To support an operation system atleast, yes.

[TINCAN]

in a weeks time you'll regret buying it off steam due to lack of mods

[Randomasse]

I got Windows 7 and it works fine for me.