GTA San Andreas patch on Steam removes songs and 'breaks save files'

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A new update released for the Steam version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has removed numerous music tracks and allegedly rendered some older save files unusable.

The update went live on Friday and since then players have been reporting issues with the newly patched game.

Although Rockstar did not provide patch notes for the update, GTA fan site Rockstar Nexus has listed the changes it has discovered.

While there are a handful of positive changes including the addition of support for Xinput controllers (like the Xbox 360 controller) and the use of mouse steering by default, other changes that have left fans upset.

Most notable of these is the removal of 17 songs from the game's soundtrack, likely due to licensing reasons.

These are the same 17 songs that do not feature in the recently released Xbox 360 version of the game. They are:

Critical Beatdown
Running Down A Dream
Woman To Woman
You Dropped A Bomb On Me
Yum Yum
Running Away
I Don't Give A f*ck
Express Yourself
Killing in the Name of
Hellraiser
Ring My Bell
Don't Let It Go To Your Head
Express Yourself
Rock Creek Park
Grunt
Soul Power '74
The Payback

As well as this, some users are reporting issues with save files not being read, as well as the removal of some display resolutions. Rather than a direct result of the update, Rockstar Nexus theorises this is the result of Rockstar potentially accidentally basing it on an older version of San Andreas.

San Andreas fans experiencing issues are being directed to the fan-made patch SilentPatch, which fixes the save file and resolution issues but sadly does not reinstate the 17 removed tracks.

Posted: Nov 10, 2014 10:42 am
Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/480699/gta-san-andreas-patch-on-steam-removes-songs-and-breaks-save-files/

Comments

MissPosted: Mon. Nov 10, 2014

I hope they fix all the bugs with the new remastered version on the Xbox 360. I can only handle the repeating songs, cutscene audio cutting off randomly, saving the game not working unless I complete a mission, gun not reloading, etc. Too lazy to type the hundreds of more problems with the game.

RinPosted: Mon. Nov 10, 2014

I have the game on 360, there are a lot of noticeably/annoying glitches.
In southern Los Santos, the frame rate drops dramatically. Sometimes the sound randomly cuts out during a cut scene. Swimming slowly and running out of stamina quickly with it maxed.
I could care less about them removing some songs because it doesn't dramatically change the game play. Overall I'm pretty upset with the remastered version. I even heard they ported the game from mobile devices, like wtf.

ModerzFMPosted: Mon. Nov 10, 2014

I have a GTA San Andreas save that I play time-to-time. Figure I'm going to have to make a backup to play and then when someone sorts this out, I'll resume.

Still pretty weird tho :L

GHOSTIZABOSSPosted: Mon. Nov 10, 2014

Wow that interesting anyway I still love this game