Tag: grand theft auto IV

The gang at GTAFORUMS.Com Have been working hard to keep the forums under control and prevent the angry few from destroying the place and Grand Theft Auto’s good name. For the most of us, we got the game working just fine. A few people here and there had bad issues with Grand Theft Auto iv. The fourth installment of GTA.  A large amount of people complain about bad frame rates aka FPS (means Frames per seconds). But the worst issue is missing textures and or cars not showing damage. The cars not showing damage typically happens to people using ATI brand Video cards. The missing textures  happens to people using Nvidia video cards. The slow frame rate, well it leaves no one out.

From a Member of Rockstar’s Torronto group, we received a warm comfort of support

Here is the original post His name is Rockstar Toronto   lol

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 mouthoff@rockstargames.com.

Thanks,
Rockstar Games

UPDATE – Since this thread is already getting so long we are asking everyone to post in this newly setup forum:
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showforum=233

This way we can better keep track of issues and have things be better organized.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not blaming people for their gaming discomforts. Really though, the majority of people having issues had mismatched components. Wrong voltage on of processor, cards that where better for a later version of PCI Express slot. Memory sticks that performed at a higher  rate than the processors max. Some where just people who are brand new to overclocking  to play a game that will stress all video cards. Really you do not want that much stress on an overclocked card/processor.

A few people found redemption in  blackviper’s site, and others found the new  180.84 drivers to work fine. the trick was, uninstall current drivers, install new one, and delete settings file. Bif boom Bam , brand new again.

There is much hope in the patch. They are waiting on Microsoft to verify the patch.  Microsoft works at it’s own pace. I see it no sooner than the 20th. I do however hope the patch adds features.