Ok so ive searched(google and this site), watched youtube videos to see what i was doing wrong if anything....and as far as i can tell im not. 
So ive completely uninstalled gta_sa and am going to try again with your help 
ive got version 2 
1) downloaded the downgrade 
2) downloaded cleo3 
3) installed cleo (correctly???)<---still unsure 
4) installed cs files in cleo folder 
5) game loads fine...cleo files not recognized 
is there a reason for it to do this? is it common 
hopefully i can hear back from you guys asap... 
i tried with a fresh install...absolutely no mods and it still wont work