How to Downgrade EVERY Version of GTA San Andreas to v1.0

[@TJGM]

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[@hollyfut]

but i can launch the gta-sa.exe without steam i dont know what you mean?? with this version i have no mouse issues

[@Lucas_Fidalgo]

I have tried some other downgraders before, this is the only one that worked

[@ilhamkhan9725]

no downgrader ever worked but this one did, love you bro

[@kallmeronaldshorts2059]

Tysm bro, this rlly helped me out alot. Other youtubers tutorials never works but I finally found someone who's actually legit. Again, thank you so much.

[@UsmanRaja-xi6us]

bro you launched gta on steam

[@duskcypher8894]

I've been using your guides to help me mod San Andreas on Linux. You've been very helpful. Thankyou

[@realkaibr]

I appreciate all the work you have done for mod configs and modding in general! Keep up the good work man!

[@TJGM]

Thank you!

[@maximo579]

THANK YOU!!!!!!! i checked every video on youtube but no one did actually solve it!! now i can finally mod my gta.

[@no_one0099]

Yeeeee! One of my favourite gta sa content creater with useful contents❤

[@TJGM]

A lot of useful stuff this week 👀

[@no_one0099]

@@TJGM cant wait for them!! 😇

[@JanoschNr1]

@@TJGM Wdym? This is the first since 5 months

[@imjustselva]

Finally you have released a new video!!!

[@1--y]

It's only been 9 days since his last video lmao

[@TJGM]

6 more videos coming out over the next 3 days.

[@imjustselva]

@@1--y doesnt matter lol

[@verceti]

​@@TJGM sheesh

[@TJGM]

@@LeandroDoAmaralMatiasDaSilva Send me a message on Discord, link is in the description.

[@andru4everr]

I wanted to add mods to the game, I didn't know you need to downgrade gta sa to do that, i was struggling to use this mod to select missions, thanks a lot man.

[@Ubeogesh]

There is a problem with the downgrader on Linux (Steam Deck). Files in audio\streams don't match the case of Steam's files, for example its "cutscene" instead of "CUTSCENE". On Linux this makes both files coexist, and it causes inability to start a new game (initial cutscene freezes). There are 3 files with this issue: cr, ds and cutscene. For anyone having this issue, delete these original steam files and rename the provided files to uppercase.

[@NumaanTahir]

Oh my god you are a lifesaver. I was struggling to get it running since it kept freezing at Francis intl airport and wouldn't let me exit. These instructions right here helped me get the game running on my steam deck. Thank you. You're a legend.

[@Lee_183]

holy poop this is actually working!! tysm for the guide

[@Yoreless]

Thank you so much bro, I appreciate you. You saved my childhood game and my joy.

[@PGmuan27]

the actual goat guider of gta san andreas

[@ArielCarrasco]

Amazing video! Thanks for this!

[@3Z_GD]

Thanks bro this help me so much and save my time ❤

[@sanchayrocks4935]

I appreciate your work man!!

[@chainz983]

Also a reminder that after installing and downgrading the game, delete the old desktop icon steam put there make a new one from the exe you provided from the downgrader. Otherwise your game will crash

[@someloser830]

steps on how to do that?

[@seifmagdi_]

Thanks for the downgrade man! It really helped me because my DVD version of the game is the exact same as yours I am assuming :P (Sweden here).

[@marko-gj1uj]

Fun fact: Hoodlum version has a video in files.

[@ruleset]

I remember my first san andreas copy on pc, it was a cracked version and I will never forget it was hoodlum, it came on a cd my father bought on a flea market, it was a long, long time ago, it even had a print of gta sa over it lol :D I never had issues with that version, my pc was an intel celeron 2.6ghz with some agp gpu that I don't even remember and probably 2gb of ddr ram, everything worked flawlessly, even samp, don't even remember having crashes, my pc was bad though, but as kid low fps wasn't an obstacle to having fun

[@tgdboi]

Will you be doing this tutorial for III and VC including the modding guide? Your videos have helped me a lot!

[@xentis9305]

Hello everyone, if anyone was wondering this video rly works, i downloaded gta sa from crack and everything was ok but there were minor bugs - it came out my version is not 1.0 so i used the instructions given for the CD version and its working so far

[@JonathanWhite462]

Nice and simple. Thanks a bunch!

[@crusty9392]

Does your Downgrader contain the 1.0 HOODLUM EXE required for modding in your guide, or is it just the base 1.0? I've been trying to find a solution for my crashes mod-wise, and almost all of them have been CLEO related. I've been told that this EXE can fix these issues regarding CLEO, so I just wanted to make sure that I'm not making any possible errors along my journey to modding GTA SA.

[@TJGM]

It's the correct exe for modding. Use the downgrader here and you won't get any crashes related to having the wrong exe.

[@karban5096]

Thanks man, it worked:)

[@indianscammer8909]

love how when you say like the video the like button flashes, and only when you say it

[@opheliabatiste6172]

You know what? You're the best man. thank you very much.

[@michuXYZ]

You a goat 🥹 For some reason all these tutorials neglect RGL version and ignore it or say "meh it's the same as steam, just do the same thing" but then i find myself in a place where either game is not working or 90% of mods don't work. You a true goat!

[@perfectlyroundcircle]

Can you believe how much Rockstar screwed up, if downgrading videos like these are so popular? "All you had to do, Rockstar, is leave the game as it is!"

[@Moli05]

they can't tho, licenses for music expire

[@perfectlyroundcircle]

@@Moli05 They only have themselves to blame for not making better deals. People paid for the full soundtrack only to have it removed.

[@Moli05]

@@perfectlyroundcircle well yh but no one really cares like only nerds notice this typa stuff and we can fix these things too

[@perfectlyroundcircle]

@@Moli05 A lot of people care.

[@Niranjan35245]

Mfs didn't even leave the game.... Not even available on steam

[@METAKIRBY1000]

HAVE YOU EVER CAME BACK TO YOUR HAPPY PLACE? THIS VIDEO IS MY HAPPYPLACE

[@cholif6538]

love u bro u helped a lot THANK YOU!

[@zekion.]

Finna download this and try it out (gtaforums downgrader didn't work for me) TY man!

[@ADucksOpinion]

this helped alot. ty

[@redvice_]

In your downgrade there is a problem with the K-Rose radio, songs are not played, or if they are played, they are played in an accelerated form. I didn't have any third party mods, I checked it on the clean version with Essentials Pack and your Downgrade. I was able to fix this by installing the original Audio folder, which contains all the uncut songs.

[@Ryos1999]

Could you make a tutorial on how to downgrade GTA 3 and GTA Vice City on their Steam versions please? By the way, sorry for my bad English

[@DamianS2624]

Thank you much this one work for me.

[@GG_MYDAWG]

I love this man

[@mostwantedmiksa]

hmm when i tried to launch it required something called DirectPlay after installing game works just fine. Great video.

[@beforedrrdpr]

can you please explain what is the difference between your downgrader and the downgrader from gta forums (various gta downgraders)?

[@TJGM]

Mine is stock files in a zip archive with the correct .exe. The one on GTAForums uses a compact .exe if I recall.

[@beforedrrdpr]

@@TJGM thanks for the info

[@kevinlin3747]

I have R* launcher version. I followed every step and the game successfully launched at first, I can check menu and settings, but as soon as I clicked "start new game" it just turned into black screen with bgm keeps playing and couldn't close so I had to restart the computer. After I restart the pc the game can't launch anymore. I'm a big gta fan and I've never played SA before, all I want is a playable game without mouse sensitivity and widescreen issues.

[@RGustavo_32]

pirate the game there is no other way probably :(

[@JuniorDjjrMixMods]

Caution with that word because it's a cracker team name, your video can be tagged, I always refer to "EXE 1.0 US". Either way, that or "Compact" serves, practically all mods work on both without problems. I honestly don't like to download setups to downgrade it, I have the retail files from the DVD, it's simpler just copy-paste.

[@TJGM]

Agreed about setups. They always seem to have issues, so I've just included the necessary files to downgrade to 1.0 in a .zip instead. Thanks for the heads up regarding the team name, hopefully it causes no issues.

[@clonador59]

U are my hero !

[@kh3t3b]

download link isn't working, plz help asap

[@maazaijaz9578]

thanks! It worked🤓

[@alexandermeneses5688]

yo you are a life saver, thanks

[@redox_xd]

Hy bro I downloaded it from a CD and it doesn't have that gta_sa.exe file after being installed?

[@agirvids]

Thank you for this video

[@redvice_]

What is the difference between your downgrade version and the one on the gtadowngraders site?

[@nimishsrivastava2607]

Thanks bro it works

[@anf_8310_ab]

1:38 I thought savegame editors exist for solving this issue.

[@TJGM]

They do, but the goal of this video isn't to show people how to make their saves compatible. :P Not sure if they work with every version as well, so I don't want to cover it for all versions.

[@WrappedInPlasticine]

If you are running the R* launcher version and are exp'd enough with windows ie: you know what you are doing, you can add a "take ownership" entry to your context menu and.... well....take ownership over the GTA SA folder (or any folder on your system. This will give you the administrative ownership over the GTA SA folder, making it so you don't have to move the folder. You can add this menu entry via registry edits or you can install WinAero Tweaker (only for Windows 10/11). This is the recommended method for novices or lazy fools like me😅. Alternatively, you can just take ownership over the entire games folder that R* installs the games to and then you can mod all of your R* games without any issue. Note: I am not a representative or owner of WinAero Tweaker, I am just a windows power user and love tweaking Windows and helping novices with their computers. You can add a Take Ownership menu entry via reg edits or .reg files but I wouldn't suggest that if you don't know what you are doing, this is why I recommended this app.

[@karlgaming-h7x]

i had a question stuck in my mind... i cant play gta (sa-mp) if the gta sa i installed is latest?

[@TJGM]

As far as I'm aware, no. SAMP is designed with v1.0 in mind.

[@ny_xu]

I have downgraded my game and now i cant turn the camera with my mouse

[@fpsfort-455]

the best downgrader out there

[@vainestvirus5915]

So, I guess that the Downgrader works specifically for gta sa, but how we return gta 3 and vc to the first version? by using the same tool or isn't necesary?

[@klausschwab11]

Can this method be done on the Steam Deck/Linux? If so do I use the same programs? I have noticed recently that San Andreas plays beautifully with zero hiccups on the Steam Deck and wanted to mod the game on there instead of my PC.

[@jetfire931]

Done this for the steam version and it seems to crash when i attempt to get in a car 🤔 might be something to do with CLEO. Also, do you know any mods to help with controller support on this version? Playing on steam deck

[@TJGM]

This sounds like an audio issue, it's likely Steam updated your game after you downgraded, restoring the new audio files with missing music. Just use the downgrader on your game again.

[@jetfire931]

@@TJGM Come to think of it, I did have that issue where I had to change the audio files name, so that they were all CAPs. Might have caused a slight mix up with the originals doing that, so I'll alter it in the download section before moving them into the main folder. Thanks

[@jetfire931]

@@TJGM Think I figured it out: Because I installed this Essential Pack and Cleo separately, I had 2 Cleo's running at the same time, causing a conflict (one unpacked as "cleo" and the other "CLEO" so that's how they were able to co-exist and get mixed up) but so far, the problems havs been eliminated since deleting one of them :)

[@krzysztofanton379]

on a fresh install with the downgrader - no mods - the game crashes when a vehicle explodes

[@kirby5666]

Hi, I have the rockstar version and did everything as you did but the game closes when I try to load a save and when I reopen, the mouse click doesn't work on the menu, I have Windows 11 and thanks for your help

[@TJGM]

I cover this in the video. Watch it fully. Saves from newer versions don't work and the mouse is broken in v1.0, you need to mod.

[@VishnooChandra]

Please make downgrading guides for gta iii & vc as well.

[@Mordecai_Fitness]

me personally i enjoy playing this game sometimes even tho i am more into bodybuilding now and modding it is more fun, i have the game recieved free on rockstar games launcher from the promotion in 2021 but i got a cracked version of it because the downgrader simply doesnt work and i knew how to get it cracked anyways (version 1.0) got silent patch, mega punch mod and some more stuff and having fun rn

[@TJGM]

Just to clarify for anyone reading this, the downgrader in this version works for every version of the game, including the Rockstar Games Launcher version.

[@Mordecai_Fitness]

wow u responded quick@@TJGM i got what ur saying but i preffered the cracked version instead, already downgraded + easier to set up

[@TJGM]

@@Mordecai_Fitness The downgraded version (like the one in this video) is cracked, that's what the hoodlum EXE is.

[@eazzymoneyyy9271]

Trying this on steam deck! I’ve followed the steps in the video but unfortunately the game freezes on the “international airport” screen when starting a new game ):

[@AlryFireBlade]

Did all you said to downgrade my Steam Version. Even did the renaming and deleting the gta-sa.exe Now GTA SA doesnt work at all. Even after a reinstall -,-

[@DeusVult-q3f]

I cannot downgrade anymore GTA SA via downgrader, because Rockstar Nexus is shut down, so now I don't know how to install manually skygfx, project 2dfx, and etc...

[@TJGM]

Follow this video and watch my modding guide then...

[@CarCrasher730]

so is this similar to that San Andreas Downgrader from gtaforums? Cause by the files it seems to do exactly the same thing as that downgrader.

[@IrrationalGamer]

Thanks but how do I know which version do I have?"

[@uros.u.novakovic]

Why is your Downgrader different from the one posted on PCGW? The one on PCGW has a .bat file used to downgrade the files, but the .exe that I get afterwards is not the 13mb one that is present in your Downgrader.

[@j1sas181]

Hello, why are the controls messed up in this version? i cant rotate my camera at all and also widescreen doesnt work

[@perrybro6105]

i recently bought the definitive edition on steam, and when i went to load into it, it forces me to launch it through the rockstar launcher. I , downloaded the launcher and was able to copy all of it over into the steam files however it didnt ask me to replace the files, it just simply copied them over. when i went to check for your way on the rockstar launcher, it doesnt show up in the settings. it appears as a steam game. Any help you could give me?

[@huzunikkj]

can you please make a guide for gta 3? i really wanted to revamp the map system, as it doesnt even have a fullscreen map option, just the minimap

[@freshtechtips]

Is this downgrader file the same as the one in your modding gta sa playlist?

[@TJGM]

No, it's updated. My old modding guide is outdated and will be replaced this week starting tomorrow.

[@hollyfut]

why you wouldnt reccomend starting in administrator mode? But much more important my mouse not working in VC and with a different exe it worked in san andres i cant remember anymore how i did it please write me and help pleaaassee

[@847los]

What if you bought gta sa from rockstar games launcher but it says to play it on steam, which downgrading version should i do??. I can only see gta sa properties using steam and not on rockstar games launcher. help Anyone?

[@raffaelveneh6085]

Good video sir, but may i know where the user file location? I tried to put some audio to user track file but i can't find the user file location

[@fabbe_boi9670]

thank you it works!

[@chickengamer3474]

Can u do a Guide for pirated versions stuck at 1.1

[@thekingofspoons1027]

Excellent help here - but this also seems to have made it so that my radio doesn't work? A couple of channels only have ads or endless silence where a song should be; is there a fix for this?

[@Sinyan1985]

Hey, thanks for the guide. the Downgrader doesn't seem to be working for me. First sign is that it didn't ask me to replace any files, then whne i went onto the exe it said error 505 and couldn't get to nexus

[@TJGM]

@@Sinyan1985 Join my Discord and share a screenshot of your game folder and the error.

[@dragonweavez5658]

I followed the steps to downgrade my RGL version of SA. Even got through most of your modding tutorial playlist too and have some mods of my own now installed. One problem, I can't save my game. Get an error about checking the save directory. Any idea why?

[@izanaaa33]

i've had this problem where some radio stations only play commercials after i downgrade to 1.0 (downgrading from RGL version). Do you know the fix?

[@barracudaboi790]

For some reason the GTA SA on my laptop (Acer Predator Helios 16 2023) just won't run no matter how many fixes and mods I try to apply on it.

[@REALG31]

brother my game crashes althrough its a steam version and downgraded to 1.0 when i use headshot aim bot why ?

[@harshpreet5613]

i think its bc the game doesnt let the aim bot to work i assume

[@Saharov_Channel]

I specially unpacked a copy of the game from Steam, unzipped it with the replacement of files, the result is the same Steam, only now the mouse does not work and support for my extension is gone, I did not see where the downgrade is here ....

[@TJGM]

If your mouse isn't working then the game is downgraded, it's an issue with 1.0. What else are you expecting to happen? You need to mod your game if you're going to downgrade, which I say in this video.

[@DjPorkchop73]

Hey chief, I have my Xbox controller hooked up to my PC and am trying to play the unmodded, not downgraded Steam version of GTA SA. However, the lag is horrible. The beach dancing and the car meet missions are impossible. All other missions are extremely difficult as well due to the lag involved but not as bad as those two. Question is, will modding fix this issue at all? I am hard wired, not bluetooth and it is a quality cable too, not Walmart ONN junk. And I have way more than enough Graphics and Ram and CPU for sure. I appreciate any and all thoughts on this.

[@TJGM]

Are you locking the frame rate with frame limiter? Also mini games are bugged in vanilla San Andreas, the longer your PC is on the more out of sync they become, so you need to restart your PC (full restart, not just shutdown), that could also be part of the issue.

[@DjPorkchop73]

@@TJGM I have done nothing at all to the game as of yet. It is 100% bone stock straight from Steam as we speak. All I did was hooked a controller up, thought my old self was going to play it flawless and learned a very fast lesson and shut it off as it is totally unplayable as is. I have modded many things in my life but this game is not one of them. If I said I knew at all what you were referring (frame limiter) to I would be 100% telling you a lie and I really hate to get the party started with a lie my friend. Suffice to say, I am just an old fella who would love to play the game as it was back on the console way back when. Nothing fancy by any means. If I could accomplish that 1 thing alone, I would be the happiest camper you ever met. 🙂 I hope all is well your way and I thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to reply to me..

[@DjPorkchop73]

@@TJGM And I did forget to add, My Xbox controller is a 2nd gen (?? I'm not sure I'm a Sony guy). I have heard that will cause issues and I need to go back to a 360 controller wired. Just what I was told. After watching your vids, I am more compelled to listen to what you have to say more so than anyone else.

[@Austin-bc1yh]

@@DjPorkchop73 downgrade to 1.0 and follow the 1st part of his modding guide and install silent patch. Once all of the initial setup is done you can get a mod for controller support and its 10x better than any native support. You need to use frame limiter to limit the game to 30 fps otherwise some physics problems can occur with swimming, climbing, and cars. Climbing at high smooth frame rates can cause instant death of cj because of how falling is calculated with frames and minigames are locked to low frames as it is so running high can lead to synch issues with the audio and timings

[@lj9949]

hello sir , just wanna ask . do you have link where to download Grand Theft Auto San Andreas?

[@deanerp]

bro i had uninstalled rockstar games files on my gta san andreas but i moved the gta san andreas folder to folder without the admin approval, is it safe to delete it?

[@KemikSüleyman]

I have an issue. I want to install stars and stripes mod. I made your instructions, downgraded gta sa and added stars and stripes mod. But when I ran gta_ss.exe file (mod file) it was running downgraded version. I can not run modded version.

[@rziavnoxy]

When I launch the game with _ in its name, the game launchs but i be unable to click anything, only thing I can do is quit the game. Could you please answer me why?

[@novideoscorp]

Thanks, just finally downgraded, yet i am still confused about why so many gta sa downgraders ive searched on google are broken or either look so sketchy, even yours looked sketchy especially with 1.3gb+ of memory, hope it doesnt have spyware or bitcoin miners or that one virus that destroys my whole system and i have to reset everything... If Hopefully that doesnt happen, then i must also ask if there are any mods that i must install with SAMP, like essentials? would they interfere with samp?

[@TJGM]

It's 1.3GB because I included original game files in a zip archive, most downgrades compress them further using other tools, but I don't want to force people to download other tools just to open an archive to downgrade. Watch my modding guide, it's on my channel.

[@novideoscorp]

@@TJGM whooowee i looked at the big modding guide you made, its good stuff, but i didn't find if i could have mods while with samp. Well i would like to have the essentials mods you mention in the first guide, but as far as I've watched your guides, i haven't heard a mention if i could pair them up with SAMP. anyways thanks for taking the time to read and answer!

[@TJGM]

@@novideoscorp You can, but ROSA needs some tweaking. I'd recommend reading the ROSA page to get it working with SAMP.

[@Austin-bc1yh]

@@novideoscorp i know that skygfx(ps2 render mod) likes to load 0 textures in samp. Took ages to figure that one out

[@muratthaqi6042]

I was wondering can you upload content about gta vice city android modding i mean can you guys create multiplayer mode for android ?

[@mr-unknown-712]

why didnt changed after follow the steps

[@guykrawinkel4500]

How would I know it's downgraded?

[@RAGESTORM25-z6h]

man i did what u told me and deleted sa user files meaning save data but wevery i time i launch it ti crashes can u help

[@tensorialsum1480]

I downgraded it but it seems my game crashes due to the missing tracks in the radio, what can I do?

[@DBAWESOMESAUCE]

3:25 lmao

[@FrickingRat]

How do l get gta sa in the first place? Because when l go to steam and search gta sa, there’s only the definitive edtion

[@joelthrasher5025]

i have an issue i havent been able to fix and ive been looking for a couple days now, but the problem seems to be with my steam version of the game i have an exe file name of PlayGTASanAndreas and none of the downgraders can detect it, ive tried downloading other exe files to get it to work but if it goes through the downgrade process the downloaded exe wont launch and the launching through steam is like nothing changed

[@TJGM]

No version of San Andreas comes with an exe called "PlaySanAndreas". My downgrader doesn't need to detect an EXE either, it just replaces the EXE that comes with the game.

[@DCGYT]

Can I uninstall from RGL: uninstall.exe title.rgl index.bin version.txt ?

[@bmsee03]

Just a heads up, this downgrader breaks K-Rose (I'm on the Rockstar Games Launcher version idk if it breaks on other versions). It plays advertisements and then either plays nothing or switches to another radio station. As far as I can tell it's the only radio station that isn't working properly.

[@TJGM]

That's strange, the downgrader replaces all radio stations in case Rockstar changes them in the future (they did only a few months ago). Try using the downgrader on your game again and test.

[@bmsee03]

@@TJGM I did it another couple of times and the same thing keeps happening. I tested out a different downgrader and the radio stations worked but the rest of the game wasn't acting right. That specific file might just be corrupted or something I have no idea.

[@TJGM]

@@bmsee03 I'll give it a look when I get home Monday.

[@bmsee03]

@@TJGM Okay, thank you! I've been playing around with it and what I've noticed is that only one of the songs on the station will play (Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man). It'll play the advertisement, and then if that song specifically gets picked it'll work. But if any other song gets picked it won't play anything and will probably force switch to some other station. It's really strange. EDIT: The downgrader doesn't have the original "CO" file in it to downgrade K-Rose back to v1.0 (found in San Andreas\audio\streams). In fact, the downgrader only contains 9 of the 16 files, so only some of the radio stations are actually being downgraded back to normal, not all of them. I reckon this is probably the issue, but I don't have a way of testing it.

[@GINOH_1]

@@TJGM is this problem fixed by now?

[@asser2044]

Is there any more benefits than modding and the restored radio stations ?

[@TJGM]

There's some issues that don't exist on the latest versions, however there's more issues on the 1.0 version without mods than there are on the latest versions. So if you're not going to mod, don't downgrade.