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[Acer Iconia A500] abalsor:
Its that day finally... Downloaded this morning , and started playing... its like going back in time... the controls are not to bad, but i can see the six axis app being a great help...

GTA3 Market link

anyone else playing?? what do you think?? any cheats for all weapons yet???
[Acer Iconia A500] speeddaddy:
Dead link :(
[Acer Iconia A500] no-success:
the link works fine for me... but shouldn't this thread be in the themes and apps forum?
[Acer Iconia A500] cydetrakd:
i couldn't figure out how to play using the sixaxis app but what controllers are compatible?
[Acer Iconia A500] dnail:
the link is working, but I can't download because it is saying that none of my devices are compatible with the game. The A500 is in the list of compatibles devices.

Does anybody known how to resolve this?
[Acer Iconia A500] cradve:
I was using the Thor rom and couldn't get the game because it kept saying my device was incompatible. I switched over to the Honeylicious rom, the game downloaded fine and it runs without a problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] dnail:
I'm on stock 3.2 unrooted. Any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] abalsor:
Not sure why you wouldnt be able to get it on stock 3.2... Im on a rooted 3.2 and it dled without any issue...
[Acer Iconia A500] RonShallPerish:
I'm still running stock 3.2 and it downloaded with no problems for me.
[Acer Iconia A500] brutalpanda:
me too, market says my acer iconia is incompatible when I checked just now. I remember that it was still compatible a couple of days ago when it was released. I should have downloaded it then.

Any reason for rockstar to remove a500 in the compatible list?
[Acer Iconia A500] bbarou:
It happenned to me also. I was on Lightspeed 1.7 , I switched to Honeylicious and same problem.
[Acer Iconia A500] castafiore:
It works very well on the Acer tab a500. Don't know why it's not available on the Market.

Hopefully, the apk is available elsewhere...
[Acer Iconia A500] Nacktmulle:
works well with my iconia (lightspeed 1.0.7) and xbox 360 controller
[Acer Iconia A500] bbarou:
Where did you get it from?

Is it available for you in the market or did you get it from other sources?

I'd hate to go to the tpb when i'm willing to pay.
[Acer Iconia A500] Edenprime:
Same here, no GTA III : 10th AE for me. A501 from frys.com. 3.0.1 on board. It shows in Tegra Zone, but after redirecting to Market it says it cannot be found or sth like that.
[Acer Iconia A500] castafiore:
Brutalpanda,

As everybody knows, they're other places than the Android Market to get apps for android devices on internet...
[Acer Iconia A500] Jigga0o7:
This was a very poor decision by RS Games. I bought the game on December 15 much like many other people on here probably did. I still have the game installed and everything runs well, but I would now be forced to backup the apk in order to make sure I can reinstall it later if I were to switch roms or whatever. Hopefully they bring support back soon, would be nice being able to download future updates.
[Acer Iconia A500] nstong:
I a company makes it harder (and really in this case impossible) for me to purchase something from, how could I feel guilty for obtaining it surreptitiously?

p.s. pirate bay is wholly unnecessary

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=grand+theft+auto+iii+.apk

I believe I went with the third link, but first looks the same
[Acer Iconia A500] bbarou:
Ok enough with the BS.

I got it, it runs fine on my Iconia.

I don't know what incompatibilty there is, but I've been trying for three days to get it from the android market. three days!

I flashed several different roms on my device including asus and motorola based ones! I even unsuccessfully tried to change my build.prop.

Nobody can say I didn't try.

I got it from a famous link site, I should have started there, i would have played the game the whole week-end instead of flashing roms.

Nicely done Rockstar.
[Acer Iconia A500] Jigga0o7:
Which is exactly why I changed my rating from a five to a two.

"I currently have the game installed in my Acer Iconia Tab A500 and everything works perfectly. It seems that Rockstar Games has decided to remove support for my device at least for the interim and I don't really appreciate that. It works very well for my particular device and Rockstar Games is now shooting itself in the foot since some people with unofficially supported yet capable devices will be unable to obtain the game legitimately which means their only option will be piracy."
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] clewis:
Yes, GTA 3 is available for Are Xperia Play, it seems it got added to the release list right at the last second, you can download is here https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rockstar.gta3.

Edit - There has been a few cases that version 1.1 will not boot correctly on the Xperia play so if you have it on your play dont update till it gets fixed.

Answer to most question's

- Was it in the list release? - Yes, it was added day 1.

- Does it support Xperia Controls - Yes

- Any Control Problems - All controls work fine most of the time but some controls can be strange and hard to figure out. Hopefully an update fixes this.

- How does the Game Play - the game runs good at almost all times, from time to time i do see some random slow down but 95% time it's fine

- Issues and Bugs - Draw Radius can mess up, Random slow down time to time, Control issues & Crashing with v1.1.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NeoandGeo:
Some of the reviews say it works with Xperia Play controls. Wonder if touchpads are included?

It won't let me download it on my CM7 Rom. Haha. Any way around this and force it?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ZeRoWaR:
I will download it and try it out ;)

over 400mb.....

wow
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] metcard:
It works and performance isn't bad. It does slow down here and there and overall frame rate seems about the same or maybe slightly better than the original PS2 version.

I haven't played it for very long though and haven't really stressed it out much.

All controls work including touchpads but they are not optimised. you can't auto aim or lock onto an enemy so shooting/hitting someone can be tricky.

Also, it seems to use less battery than FPSE and FIFA12.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] WayneT37:
Majority of the Controls arent working for me , I have an R800i, for some reason when I hop into a car its stuck on turning left, but walking and running is grand. Dpad works on the slide out controls , no analog functionality and the only action button that works is O and that just takes me to the menu.

Other than that though game loads and works fine, the touch screen controls all work.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] SenorSillyPants:
Followed the link and it shows:

Any reason why that should be? Looks like other Xperia owners are getting it just fine.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
It's letting me download on my Xperia PLAY R800a... I'll tell ya how it works shortly (maybe even make a video)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NeoandGeo:
Custom ROM? I am on CM7, and it's not letting me download it.:mad:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
I miss this game.. I'll wait for TLR's video..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] clewis:
downloading on r800i rooted stock rom ill give my feedback when its done.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] boxkillor:
Well, thx doom for powering my device up to 1.6 ghz. Now it goes flawlessy. Fairly bad that there is no TP support. Okay tbh the right does something: i guess it switches to first person. Awkward though.

Sent from my toilet.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TheCraig:
Actually works on my Xperia play R800i, Pretty cool.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] diohellfire:
apparently is not available for South America because the market says it is not compatible with my device.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
"This app is compatible with your Xperia Play."

There's some lag spikes, adn some of the controls are broken, can't use the slider(analog) thing, for example I can't look right or left inside the car. Sometimes it won't react to anything.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TheAugust:
IT WORKS!! (r800x stock verizon rom)

The game doesn't show up in the launcher, but it does use Xperia Play's controls. D-pad for movement and steering, the left touchpad changes radio stations or weapons, right trigger is sprint our accelerate, left trigger is jump our brake, triangle is e-brake, circle is enter/exit vehicle. Swiping across the screen is needed for camera control, where as the right touchpad does nothing (as far as I know).

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way of reassigning the hardware button configurations at this time, but it's useable. I hope that gets patched along with the lack of inclusion in the Play launcher.

The game runs great, even on my stock Verizon kernal and rom! It runs with very little slow down, and doesn't impact the game whatsoever. I imagine an overclocked Play would be buttery smooth, but this doesn't affect my enjoyment at all.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] eros78:
Just finished playing a couple of missions and it runs well. Some of the creature features that you may be used to like changing to the radio station of choice maybe missing. The analogs do not work but all the other buttons do. I would love to see this with full Xperia support but still playable up to this point.

Edit: aaaaahhhh ****! Swipe the radio station to change it. Game FM is the business. Sean P!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] nabgangsta:
My xperia also says not compatible r800i 2.3.4 rooted locked bootloader :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NeoandGeo:
I wonder if it is looking at 2.3.4 on your device and 2.3.7 on my device and refusing to be compatible?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
...and we have vidja!! ... I even wrote an impression article for you all!

[YOUTUBE]oL-up5XaaG0[/YOUTUBE]

(Impressions) Grand Theft Auto III released on Android… with unannounced Xperia PLAY Optimization?!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] wired84:
Why have we got three threads all about this? Getting annoying trying to keep up and confirm that it does work with the controller but not the touchpads
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
How to shot from inside the car?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NeoandGeo:
Damnit, Rockstar. Fix your compatibility flag system so I can give you my money!

I've sent them emails from all of my email accounts telling them this. Hopefully they will get the picture.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DeadlyDazza:
Installs near 15mb to God damn phone memory only :-!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] creepinhell:
Not quite right,i managed to move it to sd card with app2sd.i have stock rom 2.3.4 rooted and locked.

As far as i remember,i did a small modification on my phone using adb to allow movin more application to sd card,and i do remember i found the tutorial in here "xda".
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DeadlyDazza:
That's odd, I'm on stock 2.3.4 rooted, locked. Also adb push to location 2.

Apps to SD shows gta3 as phone only, not movable.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] denverxperia:
There is a tutorial here on XDA Xperia forums I believe that shows how to edit a line of "code" even if your phone is not rooted. Then you can move to SD card via the standard Application Management section of your Play.

I think I was searching on how to clear up space or something or maybe delete the stupid games that I don't want that come with the play
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] :
Anyone figured out how to do taxi or ambulance missions as i cant the button?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] plotinus:
I've downloaded and it's awesome! I used the tutorial to enable any app to sd, afterwards I rooted the phone and installed move2sd enabler, then I make a partition on my sd of 2Gb and installed link2sd. Right know I have around 50+ apps and 200mb free. Maybe you guys can try that
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] :
Found out.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
in adb enter

"pm setInstallLocation 2"

and you'll be able to move it to your SD card
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T3mpr1x:
Care to share which button it is? It's poor etiquette (read: rude!) to reply to a thread saying simply "Found it/fixed/got it."

Oh and anyway, this game is showing it is not compatible with my Verizon Xperia PLAY... :( I've contacted Rockstar but they gave me the generic "ensure your device is on our compatibility list, and if it's freezing try these basic steps..."
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] :
Yea also want to know this.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
So comparing the game running on the Xperia Play and my friend's Droid X2 (tegra2) there are some noticeable differences in graphics quality.

The Droid X2 had extra lighting effects, such as car headlights and brakes lights, siren lights and character and car shadows that are not present on the Xperia Play version. Also the rain effects on the Droid X2 are done much better.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RottenFoxBreath:
You can replace the gta3.set file in sdcard/Android/data/com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3, with the one attached here., by unzipping, and placing it in that location.

and it will put all those effects back in the game., traffic lights, better weather effects, better day/night effects, headlights, taillights, reversing lights, character lighting, etc.

The only downside is, the screen is slightly offset to the right, and if you go into the map, you can't back out as the bottom right corner area of the screen(if the pad is out), or the position of the "home" icon are missing, aren't there, so you can't go back to the game.

Maybe someone can edit it to fix it.

If you aren't happy with the file, and the way the screen looks, just go into the game options, and restore defaults for controls, etc, and it'll switch everything off, to the way it was, with no extra effects.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CoconutWillie:
Alright, so with some random editing in notepad, i managed to get all the effects to work with a centered hud.

Shadow effects, blood and lighting is all there.

Unfortunately, there are problems with the menus i can't seem to fix.

*Update*

After a few more revisions everything seems to be working well, effects, lighting, text, etc. There seems to be no problem.

Here is the edited set file: View attachment gta3settings.7z
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] YokA92:
can u share the original gta3.set ? The screen resolution is poor.

Thx
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RottenFoxBreath:
just go into the settings, and return them to default, it does the same thing, as placing the original .set file back.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Hotcooler:
Not sure if it changes all the settings back though, played around with config changes and resoring it, lighting seem to stay the same. What changes for sure is the effects and resolution (game by default definately runs sub-native resolution) Some shots :

We really need someone to make a settings editor for this thing :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] themchammerfacewithashake:
is it just me or can no one else find GTA III on the market? I already bought it but I can't find it at all on the market.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
How do you edit .set file? When i open it with notepad all I see some random symbols
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neptune:
Btw I think you can close the map by swiping right to left all the way to edge
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CoconutWillie:
I started with Notepad and worked my way up to UltraEdit copying and pasting a bunch of lines from the Tegra 2 set file.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
*edit*

Don't matter lol
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DeadlyDazza:
I think emailing Rockstar via there market contact is needed here.

We didn't pay for their game to have to be messing with files just to get game to run as we all know it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CapNM77:
Not compatible in SoCal was last week very strange.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] wska:
With some extra features, the game doesnt give lower FPS rate ?? Or every body is having the same FPS rate :O ?!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Techdread:
hold square and then hold the left touchpad to shoot left, right to shoot right.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jajabinx35:
Updated GTA III, now no longer working. AVOID THE UPDATE EVERYONE!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
Indeed, game stucks after few minutes.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] metcard:
Yep. Phone locked up and shutdown after a few mins of playing.:mad:

Had to remove battery to reboot.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
How to downgrade?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] rogeriskira:
I also updated.. Worst mistake I made. The update freezes the game one minute into gameplay every time. I've been looking for a version 1.0 download but no luck. Is sharing that pirating? I mean you still have to download the data through there servers. :/
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] MilkyJoePD:
Will the original apk not be in the phone somewhere after updating?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
Can't find it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
hmm I think I actually made a titanium backup the other day :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
if you have your a big G i only bloody paid for it today so the most i have played of it is 1 dam street only turned ******* 1 corner.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] number2301:
I've just restored from a titanium backup and it's working fine, does anyone know if the rockstar servers do some kind of authentication before letting people download?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] prof_kerfuffle:
I cant upload the apk as it may be considered against the rules but its a 4shared link and its called "GTA III 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY (1.0).apk"

I paid for the game on the market and it froze like everyone else's so I figured its OK to download.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neptune:
Just tried it for ten minutes after updating and it worked fine. Finished a mission and drove around for a bit too.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] daymo:
I basically did the same......
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TheVicious:
I'm download this 1.0 apk. When I'm install it i lose all data and saves!!! Undelete programs doesn't work!!! Rockstar what have You done???

Wysłane z mojego R800i za pomocą Tapatalk
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
Rockstar knows this problem, here's the link:

http://support.rockstargames.com/en...i-issues-on-xperia-play-after-the-first-patch

I believe in next update we're getting official support for xperia play
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] metcard:
Game appears to have been patched.

Updated and played for about 5 minutes and it did not crash/lock up my sexplay. :cool:

Good work RockStar.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
Yes, 1.2 version was released, game also appears in Xperia Games app.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] coldfusion182:
Do you guys think that v1.0 had better performance? I do..., 1.2 feels very choppy
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] daymo:
1.2 crashes for me..... Back to 1.0!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] T-N-Z:
Agreed, also after I installed 1.2 something corrupted my savegames, now I have to start all over again. :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] PHOENIXROSE:
SAme for me 1.2 still not working crashed after about 2 mins of playing :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] metcard:
It crashes on me when using Chainfire3D drivers, but works fine stock.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] s.west.2112:
Download issues

Whenever I try to download the extra content it says that I have no connection even though I have 2 bars of WiFi.

HELLLLLP!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cosvel:
Great game.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] MilkyJoePD:
My files have gone after unlocking my bootloader. It's wanting to download them again.

Where will they be on the SD card, and if they're still there how do I play without downloading the files again?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RossettiX:
Any ideas why the game lags on my Play ? It's completely unplayable, because framerate drops awfully when I'm driving and the game loading drawing the city.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] benoitb85:
Because the devs didn't work long enough on the port.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Bob's Your Uncle:
Of course I can't speak for developers, but I think this is only partially true.

We should be happy we got the game after all, remember when they first said this would be only released for dual core devices?

I agree though that the game slow downs horribly, especially when driving/car chases are going on. Yet, it is still playable although one has to be a big GTA fan to swallow the frame rate issues.

I suspect it has more to do with our lovely device being not powerful enough to run this game fluently than the devs not working long enough on the port.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] typikal82:
1.0 is a better version than 1.2 for the Xperia Play, it's far less laggy and smoother on the frame rate. The save files are saved in your /Android/data/ com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3/ folder

They changed the save file location in 1.2. In 1.0 the save file is the /Android/data/ com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3/GTA3sf9.b file

I dont know what or where the save file is in 1.2.

i do know the modified gta.set file that enables lights works in 1.2 by placing it in the files/GTA3 folder, eventhough there is no .set file in there to begin with.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] XVicarious:
I bought this on my Transformer and because I have CM7 on my Play I can't download it :(

I did get the apk from my Transformer but NONE of the Xperia Play controls work. I get a decent FPS. Some controls worked when I was on FXP50, but now on FXP52, none work :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Growling Clover:
So, is it the developers fault that this is so laggy that it's unplayable or is it my device?

Just need to know if the GTA3 XPlay dream still has hope

brought to you by the XDA app on my badass Android toy
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] projectmayhem22:
Have the controls been fixed yet? I don't want to buy the game until they have been.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] typikal82:
I'd say yes it is because the 1.0 version is less buggy than the 1.2 version.

What's wrong with the controls? Every function is in the game.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NeoandGeo:
Finally was able to purchase this for my XPlay with CM7 on it, downloading now. How badly is 1.2 borked?

Pretty bad. Runs very badly even with an OC of 1.5ghz. The only controls that work for the Xperia pad are directions, and circle will take you to the menu. Has potential though. When they work it out, it will be the best $5 I ever spent on a mobile device. :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] tekken179:
Game works good for me most of the time, its a pain trying to shoot out of vehicles , wish you could customise controls :-P
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] coldfusion182:
I have my thoughts divided with this game, in part im really grateful with Rockstar for bringing one of the best videogames of all time to Android, especially to the xperia play, on the other hand I'm really dissapointed with the performance of the game, the fact that this is a single core phone is not a excuse for such a sorry performance, Rockstar is not known for doing quality ports... anyone remember GTA4 PC port? people with pcs that make a PS3 / Xbox 360 cry were struggling to get that game running at a decent framerate, it is only a matter of comparing the PS2 hardware with the xperia play hardware to make yourself think that they did a lousy job... the ps2 is not dual core, nor the PCs that were available when GTA3 was released, so I think there is still room for improvement, hopefully.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] typikal82:
I find that odd because both 1.0 and 1.2 versions of GTA3 support the all the buttons on my Xperia Play.

O is to get in and out of cars, it never backs me out of the actual game.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] NeoandGeo:
What ROM are you using? CM7 is completely screwed for whatever reason on this game. I was lucky to even be able to buy the game. It says not compatible 99% of the time, and I checked out of the blue one day and it said compatible so I snagged it.

We need to all do our part and give 1 star reviews. Worked to get Zyngas ass in gear on making WWF playable on Android devices.