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− | + | By creating a file called "<code>commandline.txt</code>" and saving it to your root game folder /GTAIV/ (where GTAIV.exe and LaunchGTAIV.exe are found), you can alter the way your game runs. If you are using Steam, go to the game's properties in the library view, select 'Set Launch Options' and enter the commands separated by spaces. | |
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!Command Line !! What it does !! Example Usage | !Command Line !! What it does !! Example Usage | ||
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|help || lists the commands and usage but doesn't look as snazzy as this || <code>-help</code> | |help || lists the commands and usage but doesn't look as snazzy as this || <code>-help</code> | ||
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+ | ====Fixing Memory Leaks==== | ||
+ | There exist a series of tweaks by Rockstar to resolve some memory leaks. If you encounter stutter and other performance issues after running the game for a while, consider trying one of these in your commandline.txt file, depending on the texture quality you have selected in the game settings: | ||
+ | * Low textures, <code>-memrestrict 209715200</code> | ||
+ | * Medium textures, <code>-memrestrict 314572800</code> | ||
+ | * High textures, <code>-memrestrict 629145600</code> | ||
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+ | ===No Intro Fix=== | ||
+ | [http://www.mediafire.com/?3tk3a90qvbnyvsl No Intro Fix] | ||
==Save Game Data== | ==Save Game Data== |
Revision as of 22:11, 12 May 2012
USES GFWL
Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is an open world action-adventure game published by Rockstar Games. Two DLC sets have been released so far: The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
The game was written primarily for consoles and the PC port is not of a high quality. However, for those who can get it running, there are many mods availible, some of which provide spectacular game and graphic improvements and alterations.
Patches
It is useful to know that, when patching, you only need to install the version you need, rather than all previous patches beforehand.
Non-Steam Version
Tweaks
Command Line
By creating a file called "commandline.txt
" and saving it to your root game folder /GTAIV/ (where GTAIV.exe and LaunchGTAIV.exe are found), you can alter the way your game runs. If you are using Steam, go to the game's properties in the library view, select 'Set Launch Options' and enter the commands separated by spaces.
The table below describes the majority of commands usable in the game's command line file.
Command Line | What it does | Example Usage |
---|---|---|
width | sets the horizontal resolution | -width 1280
|
height | sets the vertical resolution | -height 720
|
texturequality | changes texture quality low/med/high (0-2) | -texturequality 1
|
shadowdensity | adjusts shadows thrown up by car lights (0-16) | -shadowdensity 3
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renderquality | adjusts the render quality of the game (0- 4) | -renderquality 3
|
viewdistance | adjusts the view distance (0-99) | -viewdistance 25
|
detailquality | adjusts the detail distance (0-99) | -detailquality 30
|
norestrictions | removes memory restrictions on graphic settings | -norestrictions
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novblank | removes good ole v-sync | -novblank
|
safemode | runs GTA 4 with everything set to as low as you can go | -safemode
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fullscreen | runs GTA 4 fullscreen | -fullscreen
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windowed | runs GTA 4 windowed | -windowed
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availablevidmem | allocates some system ram as additional vram | -availablevidmem 1.5
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percentvidmem | how much vram of your gpu GTA 4 can use, 1.0 will be all of it and 0.5 will be half | -percentvidmem 0.5
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frameLimit | limits your framerate to the refresh rate | -frameLimit 1
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refreshrate | adjusts the refresh rate (oddly enough) be careful do not set a refresh rate your monitor can't do | -refreshrate 60
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fullspecaudio | enable high-end cpu audio | -fullspecaudio
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minspecaudio | enable low-end cpu audio | -minspecaudio
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noprecache | turns precache off | -noprecache
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nomemrestrict | turns all memory restrictions off | -nomemrestrict
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benchmark | starts the in game benchmark and then quits the game | -benchmark
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help | lists the commands and usage but doesn't look as snazzy as this | -help
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Fixing Memory Leaks
There exist a series of tweaks by Rockstar to resolve some memory leaks. If you encounter stutter and other performance issues after running the game for a while, consider trying one of these in your commandline.txt file, depending on the texture quality you have selected in the game settings:
- Low textures,
-memrestrict 209715200
- Medium textures,
-memrestrict 314572800
- High textures,
-memrestrict 629145600
No Intro Fix
Save Game Data
Issues and Fixes
ATI Rain Effects Glitch
There is a problem with ATI 69xx (6950, 6970, 6990) cards and drivers at the moment. (And there has been for some time.) The rain shader in GTA IV causes spontaneous red, green, sometimes white starbursts while it is raining. Don't worry! These aren't really artifacts, but a shader bug.
There is a quick workaround. It involves disabling the lighting shader on rain.
- Open your GTA folder (Usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto IV\GTA IV)
- Navigate to common\data\visualSettings.dat and open it with your favorite text editing software.
- Scroll down to line 20 or so under "#Values for rain GPU particle effect" and change "rain.UseLitShader 1.0" to "rain.UseLitShader 0"
- Play your game!
System Requirements
Mac/Linux
It is possible to run GTA IV on *nix systems via Wine. It is suggested that you run the game using Wineskin.
XLiveLess
Due to current limitations, GFWL will not work (Wine is not yet fully compatible with .NET 3.5), so an XLiveLess fix must be applied to the game for it to work.
- Download the XLiveLess
xlive.dll
file: xlive.dll 0.999-beta7 29 May 2010 - Place xlive.dll in the root game folder:
- For Steam users, this is
/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Grand Theft Auto IV/GTAIV
- Otherwise, it should be something like
/Program Files/Grand Theft Auto IV/GTAIV
- For Steam users, this is
- Ensure that you run
LaunchGTAIV.exe
rather thanGTAIV.exe
when starting the game, or you will encounter anti-piracy game effects