gta 4 problem!

[richie1913]

I have been having problems like that you had with gta with a few games,so I ran the in xp mode under compatability and they work fine now,smooth as butter even with advanced settings.

 

[Crispy]

Download patch 1.0.6.0: Rockstar Games - Help - GTA IV Title Update 1.0.6.0 \ 1.0.5.1 \ 1.0.4.2

Here is the detailed information of what is being addressed with this update/patch:
GTA IV Title Update 1.0.6.0 \ 1.0.5.1 \ 1.0.4.2

Rockstar Games Social Club

• Remove Rockstar Games Social Club application
• Separate RGSC application no longer required to launch game
• Social Club login now occurs during the launch process

Shadows

• A new, less memory-intensive, and better-looking scalable shadow solution has been implemented
• Enhanced Night Shadows added with user-selectable level of detail (replaces Shadow Density)

Performance

• Rendering optimizations have been made to improve performance, particularly when enabling shadows
• User-configurable graphics settings have been added for shadow control
• Improved memory management

Benchmarking

• New system-intensive benchmarks have been added under the Graphics menu
• User gameplay captures can be used for benchmarking using the command line

Multiplayer

• Enhanced security to isolate users from cheaters and hackers

Episodic Content

• Provide in-game support to purchase "The Lost and Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony" (Not available in Russian/Japanese Versions)

Bug Fixes

• Vehicle shadows re-enabled between 8pm and 6am
• Fix floating street textures
• Pedestrians in vehicles appear further out from the player to allow for long range sniping
• The Moon has been implemented with simulated lunar phases
• Fixed garbled text in Japanese Multiplayer menus
• "RESC 10" error fix for specific hardware configurations

 

[Heroxoot]

Mine runs smoother but I get texture issues now. :/

 

[Crispy]

Can you show us a screen shot of whats going on?

 

[jr26]

Post patch I was having a lot of issues to the point the game was nearly un-playable when previously I could run all high settings with no issues. I tried all the command lines and tweaks and crap but nothing worked. What for the most part fixed it for me was installing the 1.0.4.0 patch to my steam version then re-installing a downloaded version of the 1.0.6.0 patch instead of the steam update. After that performance is back up to a playable level. Still some crap rockstar needs to fix but its much more playable again on high settings.

Maybe in 5 years we'll finally be able to truly enjoy the game maxed out

 

[Heroxoot]

Can you show us a screen shot of whats going on?

Nope. It goes away too fast. I have pics of my cellphone. The best that I could capture is shadowing not showing on certain angles, like lights. Not really much to worry about on that. But when I enter an area far off from where I had been it starts and sometimes lags. I think its slow loading but I continue to find out why.

 

[Crispy]

The reason why it is loading slow is because RGSC logs in at start up,

Rockstar Games Social Club

• Remove Rockstar Games Social Club application
• Separate RGSC application no longer required to launch game
• Social Club login now occurs during the launch process

 

[pedala]

After installing the patch: Fatall error WS10

 

[Crispy]

After installing the patch: Fatall error WS10

Uninstall "Games for windows Live" and reinstall it.