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Welcome to the Multi Theft Auto wiki. On this wiki you'll find a wealth of information on using Multi Theft Auto.

There are many things you can do to help us improve MTA - create a map, a gamemode, help document scripting functions, write example code, write tutorials or just play MTA and report the bugs you find.

If you have any questions or problems related to scripting, feel free to get in touch with us on Discord.

[ Stop playing with yourself ]

Play

Download Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas 1.6.0

Map Editor

Databases

This section outlines all the Lua capabilites MTA or resources provide.

Resource Catalogue - You must learn these to make proper scripts
Client side scripts
Modules

Developing Multi Theft Auto

Nightly builds

Wiki - How can you help

Finish documentation for Incomplete functions.
Add examples to functions and events.
Review and verify pages that need checking.
Write tutorials to help new people.
Translate wiki pages.

Community

Forum
Community Discord: Official MTA Discord server (Forum post)
Development Discord: Server invite link
MTA Community - Share and download resources.
Twitter - YouTube - Facebook - ModDB

Scripting

Introduction to Scripting
Introduction to Scripting the GUI
Debugging Tutorial - How to find errors in your scripts
Introduction to Resources
- Resource Web Access - How you can write websites with resources
- CEF Tutorial - How you can use the in-game web browser in your resources
- Resource Catalogue
- Meta.xml - Behind every resource is a meta file that defines it
- ACL - Access Control List, this is vital for complex scripts to work
Writing Gamemodes
Script security - How to write safe scripts and not be afraid of cheaters

Forum Links

General Lua Help

Pages designed to aid your understanding of Lua

Reference

Client-side Functions
Client-side Events
Server-side Functions
Server-side Events
Useful Functions
MTA Classes - Detailed descriptions of all MTA custom types
- MTA Elements / Element tree

ID Lists

About Multi Theft Auto
Archive
Press Coverage
Developers

Multi Theft Auto 0.5
Download
Known Issues

Wiki Stats
5,069 Articles
11,209 Pages
39,400 Registered Users

Multi Theft Auto is Open Source.
This means anyone can contribute to making Multi Theft Auto even better!

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-[[File:Mtalogo.png|left|100px|link=http://wiki.multitheftauto.com/]]'''Welcome to the [[Multi Theft Auto]] wiki.''' On this wiki you'll find a wealth of information on using Multi Theft Auto.
+'''Welcome to the [[Multi Theft Auto]] wiki.''' On this wiki you'll find a wealth of information on using Multi Theft Auto.
 There are many [[How you can help|things you can do to help us]] improve MTA - create a map, a gamemode, help document scripting functions, write example code, write tutorials or just play MTA and report the bugs you find.
+If you have any questions or problems related to scripting, feel free to get in touch with us on [[Places To Chat#Scripting Help|Discord]].
-If you have any questions or problems related to scripting, feel free to get in touch with us on our [[IRC Channel]].
+<span style="margin-top: 1em; display: block;">[ Stop playing with yourself ]</span>
-<br/><br/>[ Stop playing with yourself ]
 </div>
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+</div>
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 <div style="float:right; width: 32px;">[[File:Input-gaming.png‎|link=]]</div>
 <h3>Play</h3>
-<div style="background: #FFEEAA; border: 1px solid #FFCD19;">
+<div class="downloadmta" style="background: #FFEEAA; border: 1px solid #FFCD19;">
-[[File:Go-down.png|link=http://mtasa.com/]] ''' [http://mtasa.com/ Download Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas {{Current Version|full}}]'''</div>
+[[File:Go-down.png|link=https://multitheftauto.com/]] ''' [https://multitheftauto.com/ Download Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas {{Current Version|full}}]'''</div>
+* [[Where to buy GTASA]]
 * [[Client Manual]]
-* [[Changes_in_{{padleft:|3|{{Current Version|full}}}}| Changes in {{padleft:|3|{{Current Version|full}}}}]]
+<!-- * [[Changes_in_{{padleft:|3|{{Current Version|full}}}}|Changes in {{padleft:|3|{{Current Version|full}}}}]] -->
-* [[Changes_in_{{padleft:|5|{{Current Version|full}}}}| Changes in {{padleft:|5|{{Current Version|full}}}}]]
+* [[Changes_in_{{padleft:|5|{{Current Version|full}}}}|Changes in {{padleft:|5|{{Current Version|full}}}}]]
 * [[Known_Issues_-_FAQ|Known Issues]]
-* [[Upgrading_from_MTA:Race|Migrating from MTA:Race to MTA:SA {{padleft:|3|{{Current Version|full}}}}]]
 * [[Server Manual]]
 * [[Map manager|Map Manager]]
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 *[[Resource:Editor#FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
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 <h3>Developing Multi Theft Auto</h3>
-[[File:Go-down.png|link=http://nightly.mtasa.com/]] [http://nightly.mtasa.com/ Nightly builds]
+[[File:Go-down.png|link=https://nightly.mtasa.com/]] [https://nightly.mtasa.com/ Nightly builds]
 * [[Compiling_MTASA|Compiling MTASA on Windows]]
-* [[Building_MTASA_Server_on_Mac_OS_X|Compiling MTASA on Mac OS X]]
+<!--* [[Building_MTASA_Server_on_Mac_OS_X|Compiling MTASA on Mac OS X]]-->
 * [[Building_MTASA_Server_on_GNU_Linux|Compiling MTASA on GNU/Linux]]
 * [[Coding guidelines]]
-* [http://code.google.com/p/mtasa-blue Google Code SVN]
+* [https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue Main GitHub repository]
 * [[Roadmap]]
-* [http://bugs.mtasa.com/ Bugtracker]
+* [https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue/issues Bugtracker]
 * [[Branches]]
+*[[Forks|Forks and anti cheat]]
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 <div style="float:right; width: 32px;">[[File:Internet-group-chat.png‎|link=]]</div>
 <h3>Community</h3>
-* [http://forum.multitheftauto.com/ Forum]
+* [https://forum.multitheftauto.com/ Forum]
-* IRC: [irc://irc.multitheftauto.com/mta irc.multitheftauto.com #mta]
+* Community Discord: [https://discord.com/invite/mtasa Official MTA Discord server] ([https://forum.multitheftauto.com/topic/95008-multi-theft-autos-official-discord-server/ Forum post])
-* [http://community.mtasa.com/ MTA Community] - Share and download resources.
+* Development Discord: [https://discord.com/invite/GNN6PRtTnu Server invite link]
-* [http://twitter.com/#!/MTAQA/ Twitter] - [http://www.youtube.com/user/MTAQA Youtube] - [http://plus.google.com/102014133442331779727/ Google+] - [http://www.moddb.com/mods/multi-theft-auto-san-andreas ModDB]
+* [https://community.multitheftauto.com/ MTA Community] - Share and download resources.
+* [https://twitter.com/MTAQA Twitter] - [https://www.youtube.com/user/MTAQA YouTube] - [https://www.facebook.com/multitheftauto Facebook] - [https://www.moddb.com/mods/multi-theft-auto-san-andreas ModDB]
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 * [[Resources|Introduction to Resources]]
 ** [[Resource Web Access]] - How you can write websites with resources
+** [[CEF_Tutorial|CEF Tutorial]] - How you can use the in-game web browser in your resources
 ** [[:Category:Resource|Resource Catalogue]]
 ** [[Meta.xml]] - Behind every resource is a meta file that defines it
 ** [[ACL]] - Access Control List, this is vital for complex scripts to work
 * [[Writing_Gamemodes|Writing Gamemodes]]
-* [[Useful_Functions|Useful functions]]
+* [[Script security]] - How to write safe scripts and not be afraid of cheaters
-* [http://forum.mtasa.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=29363 Offline Wiki Copies]
+Forum Links
+* [https://forum.multitheftauto.com/forum/71-scripting/ Scripting Sub-Forum], [https://forum.multitheftauto.com/forum/123-tutorials/ Scripting Tutorials Sub-Forum]
+* [https://forum.multitheftauto.com/topic/24702-mtasa-wiki-offline-copies-online-mirrors/ Offline Wiki Copies]
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 <h3>General Lua Help</h3>
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 **[http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/#index Internal Lua functions reference]
 *[http://lua-users.org/wiki/TutorialDirectory Lua Wiki]
-*[http://nixstaller.berlios.de/manual/0.2/nixstaller_9.html A general guide to Lua from Nixstaller]
+*[http://nixstaller.sourceforge.net/manual/0.5.1/nixstaller_10.html A general guide to Lua from Nixstaller]
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 <h3>Reference</h3>
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 * [[Server Scripting Functions|Server-side Functions]]
 * [[Server Scripting Events|Server-side Events]]
+* [[Useful Functions]]
 <!-- Incomplete * [[Module functions|Server-side external module scripting functions list]] -->
 * [[MTA Classes]] - Detailed descriptions of all MTA custom types
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 *[[Interior IDs]]
 *[[Material IDs]]
+*[[Ped voices|Ped Voices]]
 *[[Projectiles]]
 *[[Radar Blips]]
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 *[[Vehicle Upgrades]]
 *[[Vehicle variants|Vehicle Variants]]
+*[[Vehicle component manipulation]]
 *[[Weapons|Weapons]]
 *[[Weather]]
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+<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;>
+<div style="margin-right: 5em;">
+'''About [[Multi Theft Auto]]''' <br>
+[[Archive]] <br>
+[[Press Coverage]] <br>
+[https://github.com/multitheftauto/mtasa-blue/graphs/contributors Developers]
+</div>
+<div style="margin-right: 5em;">
+'''Multi Theft Auto 0.5''' <br>
+[[Archive#Multi_Theft_Auto_0.5|Download]] <br>
+[[MTA 0.5r2 Known Issues|Known Issues]]
+</div>
+<div style="margin-right: 5em;">
+'''Wiki Stats''' <br>
+{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} Articles <br>
+{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} Pages <br>
+{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} Registered Users <br>
+</div>
+<div>
+[[File:Osi symbol.png|75px|link=https://opensource.org/|left]]
 '''Multi Theft Auto''' is '''Open Source'''.
 <br/>This means anyone can contribute to making Multi Theft Auto even better!
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-  <li>'''About [[Multi Theft Auto]]'''</li>
-  <li>[[Archive]]</li>
-  <li>[[Press Coverage]]</li>
-  <li>[http://code.google.com/p/mtasa-blue/people/list Developers]</li>
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-  <li>'''Multi Theft Auto 0.5'''</li>
-  <li>[[Archive#Multi_Theft_Auto_0.5|Download]]</li>
-  <li>[[MTA 0.5r2 Known Issues|Known Issues]]</li>
-</ul>
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-  <li>'''Wiki Stats'''</li>
-  <li>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} Articles</li>
-  <li>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} Pages</li>
-  <li>{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} Registered Users</li>
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