GTA IV PC Discussion

[TDU 505]

My game runs fine!

Loving it!

Can play whilst logged on!

But at a rather low 35-40FPS :(

[S71NG3R]

New info from Rockstar.

 

Source: GTAForums.com

 

 

Rockstar Toronto

Rockstar Games

Technical Support

 

Hey guys,

 

We've been reading the forums and understand that several of you are experiencing difficulties with Grand Theft Auto IV PC, and we are committed to doing everything we can to help resolve these troubles. We are working on a number of solutions, outlined below, and over the next few days we will be responding to questions posed on this forum in an effort to get your game up and running as quickly as possible. Please continue to check the list below for updates.

 

Driver News

We’re pleased to announce that in co-operation with Nvidia a new driver has been released that improves performance and fixes a major issue with 7900 series cards. If you haven’t gotten the driver yet download it here: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html

 

ATI has also agreed to officially release Catalyst 8.12 which will release on Dec 10th from http://game.amd.com. Expect significant performance improvements when using this new driver.

 

Patch Is On The Way

We are working on making a patch available in the next few days. Since Grand Theft Auto IV is a Games For Windows – Live game the patch must be certified by Microsoft before release. The patch is already at Microsoft and we expect a speedy approval.

The patch contains a variety of fixes including:

 

-A fix to the crash after legal screen that some German customers were reporting.

-Numerous improvements to the video editor: Smarter naming of videos, improved rendering quality, better fx during replays

-Fix to bowling while using certain sensitive mice

-Fix for ATI 1900 shadows

-Overall savings to memory

-Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors

-Multiplayer character settings are preserved

-Support for DirectInput controllers. Note: The current hack way of supporting these controllers may not work with the improved functionality. So we recommend you remove the hack before upgrading to the patch.

 

Issues with power management software have also been fixed (slow speed, double speed issues). Even after the patch comes out setting power management software to maximum performance is recommended. We’ve seen cases where power management software does not detect the game is running and puts the CPU in green mode.

 

Besides the patch we’ve also improved the way the Social Club handles data this should have greatly reduced or eliminated the Mma10 error. If you are still receiving this error after logging in and out of Social Club we would like to know as much info as you can about it.

 

Information Needed For Troubleshooting

We want everyone to experience Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC the way it was intended. To that end, we will continue to monitor the forums for any and all issues users are having, and respond whenever possible. We would greatly appreciate it if people with unresolved problems could post some information about their PC configuration in this thread for us. Please include the following information:

 

-Where exactly in the game you experienced the issue (start screen, while playing the game, etc.)

-What version of the game you have (retail, steam, other online store)

-What is your OS

-Benchmark info or DxDiag is also helpful

 

 

Rockstar Games Social Club Application Info

Due to the high volume of new Social Club users, some users may have experienced periods of time where they are unable to log into their Social Club account using the Rockstar Games Social Club application. If you are unable to log in using the Rockstar Games Social Club application, please skip the login process by clicking "Skip Login" or run in offline mode by clicking "Start in Offline Mode". This is meant as a temporary solution to allow users to play GTA IV PC, so please continue to periodically retry your login as we are working hard to promptly address any lapses in service.

 

A small number of users have reported the Rockstar Games Social Club application encountering a fatal error, preventing them from playing GTA IV PC. One possible solution is to uninstall the .NET Framework (from Add/Remove Programs) and reinstall it by downloading it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en. If you continue to run into fatal errors in the Rockstar Games Social Club application, please contact Rockstar Games support.

 

Thank you for your patience as we continue to work around the clock to resolve these issues. Support updates will continue to be posted at www.rockstargames.com/support as soon as they are available, and we will update this thread with any new information as well. Please send any inquiries about non-support issues to [email protected].

 

Thanks,

Rockstar Games

[TDU 505]

Alright, everytime i load up GTAIV, my controls keeps resetting to default! That really annoys me and anyone know what to do?

 

Oh, and may i ask how to add ingame friends to a list or something?

[S71NG3R]

Alright, everytime i load up GTAIV, my controls keeps resetting to default! That really annoys me and anyone know what to do?

 

Oh, and may i ask how to add ingame friends to a list or something?

 

Are you signed into Windows LIVE as this is used to add friends? You need to know your friends LIVE name so you can add them. You have to select friends from the LIVE menu.

 

Sorry I can't help with the controls not saving as I've not had this problem. But I do know GTAIV uses your LIVE account for save games so maybe your settings are linked to your LIVE profile too.

[Iced_Bullet]

Somehow I managaed to get it running on everything FULL without any lag :S

 

I'm guessing it's because I havn't strained it with high action shoointg or something ...

 

For anyone who wants to remove the graphics limitation, create a text file called commandline.txt with:

 

-norestrictions -nomemrestrict

 

in C:\Program Files)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV

[TDU 505]

Whats "graphics limitations"?

[Iced_Bullet]

When it doesn't let you select a higher Texture Quality.

[SLRRR]

But you can change that with this:

 

Create a .text file

 

type this: -availablevidmem * (* example if you type 2.0 you get around 500 mb)

 

Save the file to c/Program Files/Rockstar Games/Grand Theft Auto IV

 

Name: commandline

 

 

 

Now you change the graphiqs settings to the max (but you need to have more than 500mb)

 

It doesnt give you a performance boost, so dont get mad if you're fps slows down

[S71NG3R]

IGN interview with Rockstar over the PC problems: http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/936/936304p1.html

[me™]

You have a AMD 5200+ the same as me I set everything to medium and left everything else default. Also turning off the video editor function helps a lot. I got 10-20FPS boost.

 

I have it all at medium or sometimes quite low. I also have the video editor switched off. I still struggle to get over 20fps. I did a benchmark and these are the results:

 

Statistics

Average FPS: 19.47

Duration: 37.30 sec

CPU Usage: 97%

System memory usage: 68%

Video memory usage: 88%

 

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1152 x 864 (75 Hz)

Texture Quality: Medium

Render Quality: Medium

View Distance: 44

Detail Distance: 28

 

Hardware

Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Basic

Service Pack 1

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Video Driver version: 180.48

Audio Adapter: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+

 

LOOK AT THE CPU USAGE! 97%! That's what kills my fps, I can put the graphics up and down and the fps doesn't change at all.

 

To get a benchmark, just add -benchmark as a command line and run the game, it plays a video then dumps these results in a text file in documents\rockstar games\GTA IV\benchmarks

Remember to remove the command line again if you want the play the game!

[S71NG3R]

Yes I get the same the CPU is at 97% I have a 260GTX GPU and run the same FPS as you so yes it's my CPU that's killing my FPS.

 

Average 17FPS for me.

[Iced_Bullet]

Benchmark test: :D

 

Probably would die after 60 mins of playing. I tested for 40mins y'day and it didn't crash.

Statistics
Average FPS: 41.68
Duration: 37.02 sec
CPU Usage: 77%
System memory usage: 64%
Video memory usage: 98%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (75 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Very High
View Distance: 100
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium 
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM))
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz

File ID: Benchmark.cli