To all the internet policemen of legality and Sargent Windlord,

I decided to call Rockstar's support number and they actually told me that the download version of the game can't be patched with the 1.1 patch because it does not have the issues present in the CD copy version of the game. I also suspect there aren't any cracks for it out there anyway. So I went ahead and ordered the CD copy, will be getting it in a few business days.

P.S. Good point KazziK2 lol.

So Rockstar "cracked" their own game to make it work without a CD....lol. I think cracking means when a piece of software is modified without permission by someone besides the creator. And Google has not helped since the beginning.

Thanks to the cool guys who tried to help, I might just end up buying the actual CD copy.

Ok, I understand that it's against the rules to assist others in obtaining a cracked gta3.exe. But that does not give Windlord license to wrongly accuse me of getting an illegal copy of the game by downloading a "bunch of files". I have a legal copy.

Anyhow, it looks like I'm gonna have to search all corners of earth to find this exe. Sigh  .

Read carefully, AdTec_224 said that the patch will work for a legitimate gta3.exe file.
If you downloaded GTA3 as a bunch of files (disregarding whether you paid for it or not), your game will be using a cracked exe.
Such an executable file will not be patchable.

If you want to obtain a valid game executable, you should ask in crack/warez related forums, not here.
Distribution of gta executables is forbidden by law.
AdTec_224's advice is the best advice available for anyone. Re-install a legitimate copy of GTA3 and patch the exe to 1.1 using the official patch.

In conclusion, we will not help you get a gta3.exe illegally so look elsewhere and don't post on this forum regarding acquiring the exe anymore.

Note to other users: Posting of links to gta executables are strictly forbidden. Do not do it.

Dear Windlord,

You have no idea how ignorant and misinformed your last statement is.

I said in my opening post that I bought the game legally. Rockstar gives customers different options for obtaining the game. One of those options is to buy the game as a legal download from a variety of legitimate online stores, one such store is www.gamestop.com.

Anyone can confirm this by going to www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3 and clicking on "PC Version Also Available" link and then clicking on "Buy Now".

In conclusion, f**k off this thread and take your ignorant comments elsewhere.

Thank you.

Please dont ask for illegal stuff - Incuding, but not limited to, No-CD cracks, a Download link to GTA3 and any other forms of warez. We do not support it so you wont get any help from us

And that would include Thijn's link since you're still linking to warez sorry.

I see that AdTec_224 removed the links that people have posted, but did not bother to offer any solution/advice.

Can somebody send me a private message with the link to download the no-cd gta3.exe?  Thank you.

Advice i'll give you is to reinstall GTA:III and patch to 1.1 with the official patch located: http://www.thegtaplace.com/downloads/f79-gta3-1-1-patch (patch will ONLY work if you have a legit 1.0 exe)

Thanks for the reply. I bought a download copy from gamestop.com, but the official gta3 1.1 patch does not recognize the gta3.exe in my GTAIII folder. The LU server browser/client does not recognize it either. I need to replace it with a "gta3.exe" that the LU browser/client will recognize.

try download this patched gta3.exe
<- link removed ->
(To download "Save file to your PC:")

Hey Romop5,

I replaced the gta3.exe file with the one you linked for download, and I was able to start the game. However, there is another problem. Now it asks me to insert GTA3 Disc 2. But I don't have any disks because I downloaded my GTA3 copy from gamestop.com. Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks for your help  

mailman

Hello everyone,

Today I tried to run the LU client but it says it does not recognize the gta.exe file in my GTAIII folder. Also tried replacing the gta.exe with the official 1.1 patch but that also does not work because it does not recognize it. I don't have an illegal copy of the game, I actually bought a clean downloable copy from gamestop.com. What else can I try?

Or would anyone be so kind to host a copy of their gta.exe somewhere? Or perhaps email it to me at my email <-- Removed  -->?

Please somebody help          I really want to play this game 

Best regards,

mailman