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Grand Theft Auto IV
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Developers
Rockstar North
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Engines
RAGE
Release dates
Windows December 2, 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2003
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Grand Theft Auto: iFruit 2013
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 10 Year Anniversary 2014
Grand Theft Auto V 2015
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Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (series)

Key points

Shares many similarities with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City in terms of its engine and performance.
Extensive modding community, along with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.
Reports indicate this title is a poor port.[1][2]

General information

Rockstar Games's Official Grand Theft Auto site
Rockstar Support
Grand Theft Wiki
GTA Modding - A wiki hosting mod information for the GTA series.
GTAForums - Grand Theft Auto IV 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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Amazon.com
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Requires online activation
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Amazon.com
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Requires online activation
Complete Edition
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Requires online activation
"Complete Edition" only
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
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Requires online activation
Steam key.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Green Man Gaming
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Requires online activation
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Requires online activation
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Retail
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Requires online activation
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM.
Online features require Rockstar Games Social Club.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Since 1.0.6.0 patch Rockstar Social Club is no longer required to run the game.[3]

Downgrade to 1.0.4.0

Some mods work only with this version. This version is also claimed to improve game performance[4]
Multiplayer won't work with older versions
Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12210/pfx/[Note 1]
Configuration files are encrypted. For an alternative, see Command Line.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12210/pfx/[Note 1]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\XLive must also be backed up as the save data is bound to the Games for Windows - LIVE profile.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.

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Mouse

Recoil seems to be inexistant with the mouse whereas it works properly with a gamepad. This makes the game much easier and shooting less realistic with a mouse over a gamepad.[5] This is fixable with the Bullet Spread/Recoil Fix mod.

DirectInput Controller support

There are two ways of enabling it

Instructions

PS3 Controller Buttons

If using a PS2/PS3 controller, you might want to change the Xbox 360 buttons to the PS2/PS3 buttons. In order to do so, follow the instructions below.

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian

Network

Social Club website stat tracking and leaderboards have been shut down. All other online features are unaffected.[6]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

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

Game uses Games for Windows - LIVE. Make sure you are running latest version and refer to the concerning page if you have further problems

Fatal error RMN20 upon attempted launch

Instructions

Stuttering

Instructions

Stuttering

Instructions

Game minimizes after clicking start

Instructions

Game will load with minimal graphic settings and won't let you change them

For some video cards the game will run but won't let you change the graphics settings to anything better. In order to force the game to allow the changes, load the .exe with the extra parameter: -norestrictions. If running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, run the game in compatibility mode for Windows Vista (SP2)[citation needed].
Instructions

AMD Radeon water fix

There is a problem where the water loses its features and details after a while. Follow the instructions below to resolve this.

Instructions

Algonquin Bridge lag issue

Instructions

Invisible fonts glitch

An invisible fonts glitch may occur which involves game menu text disappearing, follow the instructions below to resolve it.
Instructions

2GB+ VRAM is wrongly recognized

Instructions

Other information

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.

Custom music

Grand Theft Auto IV allows users to play their own music on a custom radio station, Independence FM. Simply place any MP3, WMA, or M4A (audio file) in the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\User Music folder, and tune into the station in-game. If the music library is on an external HDD, a shortcut placed in the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\User Music folder will work too!

Command Line

By creating a file called commandline.txt and saving it to your root installation folder you can alter the way your game runs. If you are using Steam; go to the game in your library, right-click and click Properties, select Set Launch Options... and enter the commands separated by spaces.

The table below describes the majority of commands usable in the command line file.

Command Line Definition 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
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
novblank removes good ole v-sync -novblank
safemode runs GTA 4 with everything set to as low as you can go -safemode
fullscreen runs GTA 4 fullscreen -fullscreen
windowed runs GTA 4 windowed -windowed
availablevidmem allocates some system ram as additional vram -availablevidmem 1.5
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
frameLimit limits your frame rate to the refresh rate -frameLimit 1
refreshrate adjusts the refresh rate (oddly enough) be careful do not set a refresh rate your monitor can't do -refreshrate 60
fullspecaudio enable high-end cpu audio -fullspecaudio
minspecaudio enable low-end cpu audio -minspecaudio
noprecache turns precache off -noprecache
nomemrestrict turns all memory restrictions off -nomemrestrict
benchmark starts the in game benchmark and then quits the game -benchmark
help lists the commands and usage but doesn't look as snazzy as this -help

Performance improvement

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista SP1
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4 GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI X1900
GeForce 7900
256 MB of VRAM
Online play requires log-in to Games for Windows - LIVE.

Notes

  1. 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>/12210/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12210) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References