What game modes and features does Multi Theft Auto offer?

Multi Theft Auto (MTA) is a multiplayer mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that offers several built-in game modes plus a scripting system and map editor for creating custom content. According to the official site, the available modes include roleplay, race, deathmatch, stealth, and zombies, with the scripting system and map editor letting players build modes nobody has thought of yet.

Built-in game modes

The official site describes the following modes:

• Roleplay — supported by a "powerful user interface system that makes otherwise complex tasks easy."
• Race — lets you race "hundreds of tracks around San Andreas."
• Deathmatch — the site lists this among the popular modes (alongside roleplay, race, and zombies).
• Stealth — described as "ever-popular," for sneaking up on people in the dark.
• Zombies — listed among the modes the mod supports.

The site's summary line names the range directly: "Roleplay, race, deathmatch, zombies, and more."

Custom content: scripting and map editor

If none of the built-in modes fits, MTA provides two tools for making your own:

• Scripting system — described as "easy," for building game modes or features that don't exist yet.
• Map editor — for creating custom maps.

The site frames this as the answer to "Want something else nobody else has thought of? Make it with our easy scripting system or map editor."

Synchronization

MTA claims "the best GTA synchronization out there," and says it's "getting better all the time." The site gives a concrete example of what this enables: "Want to shoot someone's limbs one by one? MTA makes that possible!" This matters for any mode where precise reproduction of other players' actions affects gameplay.

Community and support

• Forum — for support with playing MTA, help with scripting problems, or general chat.
• Download site — a separate site for downloading game modes and maps created by community members.

Open source

Multi Theft Auto is open source, which the site says means "anyone can contribute to making Multi Theft Auto even better."

Quick reference

If you want a ready-made mode, pick from roleplay, race, deathmatch, stealth, or zombies. If you want something original, the scripting system and map editor are the path — and the community download site is where to find what others have already built.