Guides

Get your game ready for mods

Step-by-step guides for the tools almost every GTA San Andreas mod runs on. A few minutes each. On a fresh game, do them in this order and skip what you already have.

In this order

All of it is for GTA San Andreas PC, version 1.0 US, the version nearly every mod is made for. Copies from Steam or the Rockstar Launcher need a downgrade to 1.0 first. Back up your game folder before you start: if anything goes wrong, you put it back.

1
ASI Loader
About 2 minutes
Lets the game load plugins. Mod Loader, CLEO, SilentPatch and MoonLoader all need it.
LiorMods mods that need it: Azrieli Center · Kia Picanto 2024 Autotel · Kia Ceed SW 2022 · Kia Picanto 2024 · K-YOU
2
SilentPatch
RecommendedAbout 2 minutes
Fixes hundreds of the game's bugs and makes it behave on modern PCs. Doesn't change how it looks or plays.
3
Mod Loader
About 3 minutes
Every mod in its own folder, no game files replaced. Removing a mod is deleting its folder.
LiorMods mods that need it: Azrieli Center · Kia Picanto 2024 Autotel · Kia Ceed SW 2022 · Kia Picanto 2024
4
CLEO
About 3 minutes
Runs script mods (.cs files): traffic, new missions, tools. Azrieli Center's life runs on it.
LiorMods mods that need it: Azrieli Center
5
MoonLoader
For K-YOUAbout 3 minutes
Runs mods written in Lua. K-YOU runs on it.
LiorMods mods that need it: K-YOU

Get your game ready for mods

In this order

ASI Loader

SilentPatch

Mod Loader

CLEO

MoonLoader

Which mod needs what