samp problem

[Sjomp]

I got a problem with my samp since a few days.
I got a new laptop with windows 8.1
It worked the first few days I had this laptop but now it's fucked up.

So the problem is:
When I click the connect button to start it takes like 2 minutes before it actually goes to the loading screen.
I can do anything I want during this 2 minutes it just doesn't start anything but then after 2 minutes the loading screen pops up and it works fine.
If I start the game on single player it works fine.

I already tried the most standard things like reinstall the game and fresh install of samp.
Deleting the gta san andreas user files thing.
I tried to play with compatibility settings of samp and gta san andreas and that only causes samp crashes.

Does anyone have an idea of something that might work?

[CarlJohnson]

What version of samp do you have ? R1 or R2 ?

[Sjomp]

I downloaded the newest versions so R2

[CarlJohnson]

Idk why but R2 seems to be little buggy since even I am facing problems like crashing when using fps increaser etc.

Edit: Just gone through SAMP Forums and found that R2 is a steam version in which instead of adding things they removed them which is resulting in many crashes etc and many other problems.
You can get non- R2 version from here : http://files.sa-mp.com/sa-mp-0.3z-R1-install.exe

[Sjomp]

Thanks but it didn't help

[CarlJohnson]

Have you tried updating your directx version and video card drivers ? If yes, and it doesnt help then try selecting run as admin in both samp and gtasa properties.

[Sjomp]

both doesn't fix it

[Wizzer]

1. Be sure your drivers are up to date,
2. Remove your gtasa.set file from Documents/GTA San Andreas User Files,
3. Download less porn.
Maybe these could help..

[Xero]

when you uninstall samp do you delete the appdata and the registry files that come with it?

%appdata%

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\samp
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAMP
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\samp

I think that's all them

[Sjomp]

when you uninstall samp do you delete the appdata and the registry files that come with it?

%appdata%

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\samp
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAMP
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\samp

I think that's all them

that didn't work

[Xero]

maybe an update screwed it up, check your update history and uninstall them since the time the problem happened?

have you tried reinstalling to a different directory, like "GTA San Andreas 2"

[Sjomp]

yeah i tried to install it into another map but it didn't work
the weird thing is when it starts normally after 2 minutes it just works fine then

[Emily]

Mine used to do this with numerous mods installed. Instead of starting it would open gta_sa.exe (appears in task manager) and would never start. Had to end task and restart numerous times for it to eventually hit the loading screen.

[Sjomp]

Well mine appears in task manager as a backgroundproces and after that 2 minutes it will go normally and start
And I got a mod free game

[Ethan]

have you tried adding SAMP as an exception in your firewall.. I dont know but maybe the firewall is not allowing SAMP to open, but then eventually will. I had to add as an exception to both public and private networks