Grand Theft Minecart

Over the past week, we have been quite busy with the recent map update for Minesantos and several other bug fixes. Most of these fixes were too small for an announcement of their own so they will be posted together with this announcement along with several other things. Lets begin, shall we.


The most obvious of the changes that we have pushed over the past week is the Minesantos map update. This map update was the single largest map update in GTM history offering a complete re haul several underdeveloped areas of the GTM map. These areas include the Highway warps, Trailerpark, Militarybase, Moria, Mountaintop, Bridge and much of the surrounding terrain!
Don't worry Sanktburg (GTM4) players. We didn't forget about you . You guys are next.


Shout out to @FredPlayzMC for making this awesome video for the players during the server maintenance.





Both premium and non-premium houses in and around the effected areas also received a complete renovation. Renovating these houses without effecting player data was a serious technical challenge for both the Build Team and the staff members involved in the update.

This update took a whopping 8 hours of non-stop work to complete over the countless hours spent by the build team to actually rebuild the effected areas. Needless to say, a big shout out to the senior team members involved with the update and as well as the Build team members. This project was a massive undertaking which could not have been accomplished with out the amazing cooperative efforts of countless staff and team members.


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It's been a while since our last patch update. We've been having internal discussions about exciting future content we have been planning. We want to get this planning of new features correct, and feedback from our QA team is extremely vital in testing content before it reaches the live networks.

If you would like to apply for QA, please read over the application format and post an application here:
https://grandtheftmc.net/forums/qa-team-applications.47/

Now on with the patch notes !

[New Spawn]
The Build Team have been working on the new spawn for several weeks now. We've iterated multiple design layouts through different branches of our teams and feel like we've nailed the layout of the new Spawn for Minesantos and Sanktburg!


When players first log into the server, all the most important buildings and NPCs are directly in front of them. Scenery no longer obstructs view of points of interests, and larger buildings have signs or features that make them stand out. This new spawn has been strategic been laid out to avoid confusion and help guide newer players.

Please leave comments below about the Spawn and if/what you like about it! Your feedback is always appreciated .

[Vote Shop]
We've made drastic changes to Voting rewards. This feature has been planned for months and development was extremely particular about the use cases for our senior staff team. Voting becomes less useful to the player as they progress through the server, and new users are almost always inclined to vote because of the huge starting bonus it gives you.