Guide on how to run the open.mp client on Linux

warning

You DO NOT get a working GUI, this must be executed in a Wine prefix via command line arguments.

Tested on:

• Lutris: wine-ge 8-26 32-bit prefix
• Bottles: soda-9.0-1

How to:

1. Ensure you have a Wine prefix created with GTA San Andreas installed.
2. Download the open.mp launcher and install it inside the Wine prefix.
3. Download the SA-MP client and install it in the same Wine Prefix.
4. Download the omp-client.dll and copy it to the AppData\Local\mp.open.launcher\omp\ folder of the main user in your prefix.

Finally, you can execute the open.mp launcher through the Wine prefixes CLI or write it to a .bat script for easy launching.

Sample launch command

Z:\path\to\omp-launcher.exe -h server.ip -p port -n user.name -g Z:\home\yourname\path\to\gta-san-andreas\install\

tip

You can run omp-launcher.exe with the --help flag to get more info about the flags, in case the example above isn't enough.

Troubleshooting

Issue	Supposed fix
Game crashes when pausing	There is a missing font, fix by installing allfonts through winetricks.
Not displaying the login prompt on a server	Try toggling on/off the "Prefer system libraries" setting in lutris.
Black box appears and the game does not load	You may be missing launch parameters on the CLI. Please review your launch command.