Load Failed! Save game not compatible with this version of GTA

[smithy02 0]

I played GTA San Andreas a while ago and got pretty far in the game. I recently moved and lost the disc and had to go buy another, now when I try to load from my old game it says "Load Failed. Save game not compatible with this version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Restarting Now."

Can anyone help me figure out what version I have and if there is a way to find out what version I need to be compatible with my saved game? Until this I didn't even know there were different versions. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[Huckleberry Pie 47]

You might be running version 2.0; it isn't open to modding unless if you downgrade. Check the main menu if it has 2.0 written somewhere.

[smithy02 0]

You might be running version 2.0; it isn't open to modding unless if you downgrade. Check the main menu if it has 2.0 written somewhere.

By main menu you mean the menu that comes up when you are playing and press start right? and I just did that but didn't see anything anywhere that said 2.0. Is there nothing that says on the case or the disc or another way to tell?

[Damjan 11]

Nope, but you can give a try at it ; i dont think you can mess up the game.

The link is a downgrader from 2.0 to 1.0.

[smithy02 0]

alright I will try that, and this may be a stupid question, but my game is on the ps2, how do I downgrade it using that link? sorry, I don't know much about this stuff

[Huckleberry Pie 47]

alright I will try that, and this may be a stupid question, but my game is on the ps2, how do I downgrade it using that link? sorry, I don't know much about this stuff

Why didn't you tell us? It wouldn't be of any use if you're on a console.

[smithy02 0]

haha sorry sorry, I guess I should have said that I'm playing on a ps2. Any suggestions for that then? or do I need to just go to a video game store and buy a bunch of pre owned ones and hope I get lucky?

[WRX22B1998 23]

If you look at the code numbers for the games, there's 2 or more versions of san andreas im guessing.

see here

[smithy02 0]

If you look at the code numbers for the games, there's 2 or more versions of san andreas im guessing.

see here

ok, I found that number on my disc. it is SLUS 20946GH. Looks like that was the first version out if I'm reading this correctly... meaning the one I originally played on was version 2?? I don't think I remember seeing Greatest Hits or Special Edition on the old one.

So I just looked on ebay to see if I could find any differences between the ones selling on there and my game. I noticed that on my disc on the bottom it is red where it says PlayStation2 and there are ones on ebay that are black in that spot. I'm hoping that could be the difference between versions. Does anyone know the meaning of the color difference?

[WRX22B1998 23]

ask the ebay seller what the code number is of the GTA they are selling. it should say it somewhere on the ebay page, if not then they will tell you.