

Launch the game using the newly created gta-sa.exe executable.The tool will delete the files you don't need anymore and the command prompt window will close automatically after it finishes downgrading the game. Run the "install.bat" file and let the downgrader do its work.Extract the contents of the zip archive you just downloaded and place the files into the root of your Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas folder.Download the San Andreas Downgrader that matches with the version of San Andreas that you have installed.How to use the New San Andreas DowngraderThanks to this set of new downgrader tools by Sam Lake from the GTA Forums, downgrading San Andreas, whether it's the retail Second Edition or the digital re-releases on Steam and RGL, has become much easier and efficient to get the game moddable and install fixes afterwards! Mediocre controller support for XInput-based controllers was added for the Steam and RGL versions while non-existent in the retail releases.Widescreen support, as with III and Vice City, is implemented very poorly, all while still missing 5:4 resolutions in the Steam and RGL versions.Save game incompatibilities with previous releases and caused by later updates in the Steam version for certain regions (e.g.broken Armor bonus for completing the Vigilante mission that doesn't work, which is also present in the Second Edition release)

The Steam and RGL versions are outright ignores many major bugfixes from previous retail releases in place of a whooping two minor fixes while introducing other bugs (e.g.The Steam and RGL versions are missing 1/10 of the game's licensed soundtrack thanks to expired licenses and Rockstar not willing to get them renewed.

