Template:Infobox game/row/winporterWarnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Key points
- Shares many similarities with Grand Theft Auto IV in terms of its engine and performance.
- Extensive modding community, along with Grand Theft Auto IV.
- Ability to import your music for your own custom radio station.
- Reports indicate this title is a poor port.
General information
- Rockstar Games's Official Grand Theft Auto site
- Grand Theft Wiki
- GTA Modding - A wiki hosting mod information for the GTA series.
- GTAForums - Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Discussion
- GTA Network - A huge network of fansites all dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
- All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM.
- Online features require Rockstar Games Social Club.
Essential improvements
Patches
Title Update 1.1.2.0 ("Patch 2") updates the game to the latest version. The Steam version is already patched.
Recoil Fix
- By default, recoil/bullet spread is only enabled when playing with a controller. This results in 100% accuracy when using a keyboard and mouse.
- Not recommended to use in Multiplayer
ColAccel
- Heavily decreases loading times
- If editing .IMG archives you need to delete
colCache.dat
and let it get re-created
XliveLess
- Remove the need to use Games for Windows - LIVE for the game to launch.
- Offers an alternative exe to prevent anti piracy measures (e.g.: drunken camera, etc...)
- In-built asi-loader
- Disable access to the multiplayer.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
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%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\XLive
must also be backed up as the save data is bound to the Games for Windows - LIVE profile.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game key map settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
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Localizations
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Network
- Social Club website stat tracking and leaderboards have been shut down. All other online features are unaffected.[1]
- Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
53, 80, 3074 |
UDP |
53, 88, 3074 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
Crashing
- When starting the game, you may be notified that the file WMVCore.dll is missing. If you're running the game via Steam, this notification may not appear and the game will simply crash after prompting for Social Club login information. Install Windows Media Player to fix.
Game does not launch
In most cases, the issue stems to either Games for Windows Live or SecuROM failing. There are two possible fixes:
Method 1
Method 2
"SecuLauncher: Failed to start application [2000]"
There are two potential fixes:
Method 1
Method 2
ATI Radeon Water Fix
There is a problem where the water loses its features and details after a while.
To fix this issue do this:
Cannot Change the Graphics Settings
There are reports that certain video cards with more than 2 GB of video memory may be causing GTA IV to believe the system is under specification even though the computer is powerful enough to run the game with higher settings.
A possible fix:
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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32-bit |
64-bit |
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Middleware
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Physics |
Euphoria, Bullet |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Modifications
- It is strongly recommended to make a backup of any files modifications may replace or amend in the event of corruption.
XLiveLess
- XLiveLess enables modding.
- XLiveLess disables all multiplayer functionality to prevent cheating.
System requirements
Windows |
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Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3, Vista SP1 |
Vista SP1 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz AMD Phenom X3 2.1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1.5 GB |
2.5 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
16 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia Geforce 7900 ATI X1900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia Geforce 8600 ATI Radeon 3870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
5.1 Channel Audio Card | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12220/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References