There's no modloader.log after starting the game

Mod Loader didn't load. Check three things: modloader.asi sits right next to gta_sa.exe (not in an extra folder from "Extract All"); your ASI loader is in place; and the game isn't inside C:\Program Files.

Inside modloader there's a .data folder. Can I delete it?

No: .data is Mod Loader itself (its plugins and settings). Your mods go next to it, each in its own folder.

A mod doesn't show up in the game

Make sure its folder is directly inside modloader, not inside another folder of the same name, and that no other mod replaces the same car or place. modloader.log lists every mod it loaded.

The game won't start: "Bad Image" error on vorbisFile.dll

That's your ASI loader being blocked by Windows 11's Smart App Control, not Mod Loader. The fix takes two minutes: the ASI loader guide.

There's no modloader.log after starting the game

Mod Loader didn't load. Check three things: modloader.asi sits right next to gta_sa.exe (not in an extra folder from "Extract All"); your ASI loader is in place; and the game isn't inside C:\Program Files.

Inside modloader there's a .data folder. Can I delete it?

No: .data is Mod Loader itself (its plugins and settings). Your mods go next to it, each in its own folder.

A mod doesn't show up in the game

Make sure its folder is directly inside modloader, not inside another folder of the same name, and that no other mod replaces the same car or place. modloader.log lists every mod it loaded.

The game won't start: "Bad Image" error on vorbisFile.dll

That's your ASI loader being blocked by Windows 11's Smart App Control, not Mod Loader. The fix takes two minutes: the ASI loader guide.

Install guide

How to install Mod Loader in GTA San Andreas

The way to install car, map and most other mods without touching the game's own files. One file and one folder into your game folder, about three minutes. By LINK/2012.

Download Mod Loader0.3.7 · 2.5 MB zip · LINK/2012's official GitHub

About 3 minutes
Free
Only copies files

Before you start

What it does

Without Mod Loader, a car mod means opening the game's archive (models\gta3.img) and replacing files inside it, and undoing that is hard. With Mod Loader, every mod sits in its own folder inside a modloader folder, and the game loads it from there as if it were part of the game. To remove a mod, you delete its folder. It also passes CLEO scripts (.cs) found in mod folders to CLEO.

LiorMods mods that need it

Needs an ASI loader first. Keep your game outside C:\Program Files: Mod Loader writes its log and settings into its own folder, and Windows doesn't let programs write there.

Already have modloader.asi and a modloader folder in your game folder? You have it. Skip to "Check it works".

Install

1Download Mod Loader 0.3.7 with this link: modloader.zip, from LINK/2012's official GitHub (about 2.5 MB).
2Open the zip (double-click it), don't use "Extract All": that adds an extra folder around everything, and Mod Loader then sits one folder too deep. Inside are modloader.asi, a modloader folder and two readme files.
3Select modloader.asi and the modloader folder (click one, Ctrl+click the other) and copy them (Ctrl+C).
4Paste them into your game folder, next to gta_sa.exe (Ctrl+V). The readme files are optional.
5Start the game once and quit. Mod Loader sets itself up and writes its log.

To install a mod with it, copy the mod's folder into modloader: for example modloader\Kia Picanto 2024 (LiorMods). One folder per mod, directly inside modloader.

Why 0.3.7 and not the newer 0.3.10 (August 2026)? Every LiorMods mod is built and tested on 0.3.7. The new version will probably work, but we haven't tested our mods on it yet.

Check it works

After the first start, modloader\modloader.log exists. It opens with Mod Loader 0.3.7 and Game version: GTA SA 1.0 US.
In the game, Options has a new Mod Configuration menu.
Each mod you add shows up in modloader.log by its folder name.

Uninstall

First move your mods out of the modloader folder (each one is a folder inside it). Then delete modloader.asi and the modloader folder.

Troubleshooting

Next: CLEO Still stuck? Write to us