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L.A. Noire

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L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire cover
Developers
Team Bondi
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Release dates
Windows November 8, 2011
L.A. Noire on Wikipedia

Key points

Poor PC port[1][2][3][4]
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS but this can be removed with Widescreen Fixer. Removing the cap works fine at 60 FPS but for higher frame rates it may cause some physics and driving problems.[5]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Requires latest Rockstar Games Social Club client.
Windows
Amazon.com
Requires online activation
Requires latest Rockstar Games Social Club client.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Requires online activation
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. is also available.
Windows
GamersGate
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Requires online activation
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. is also available.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
Official website
Requires online activation
DRM Download, see details below
Windows
Steam
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
All versions require Rockstar Games Social Club for activation and online features.
Online features require a Rockstar Games Social Club account.
All versions use GameShield IronWrap DRM. Rockstar have not disclosed details of how many machine activations are allowed nor any other restrictions.[6]

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch_2617_0_0_0.exe is the latest version. Manual installation is required when using the retail version on Windows 8 and later or if the automatic update fails.[7]
The Rockstar Games Social Club client should update automatically; the latest version can be downloaded from Rockstar Support.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/110800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/110800/pfx/[Note 1]

L.A. Noire Save Game Manager

L.A. Noire Save Game Manager is a utility developed by ReanimationXP. It's a program which allows the manual creation of save points during a mission. This allows one to create save games during a mission, and to reload part-way through a mission. This allows one to attempt different dialogue options without restarting the mission completely.[8]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Issues unresolved

Corrupt License File

When starting the game, a social club "Corrupt License File" error message is displayed and the game refuses to start. I have found a fix that might work, after many hours of research I found out that the only reason my game has been doing this is because L.A Noire was not installed in program files in local disk C with Rockstar Games Social Club. So if your files are saved away from local disk C Try moving them there and try it out.

GPU compatibility

Following graphics cards are known to have problems with L.A. Noire:

  • Any graphics card with less than 256 MB per GPU
  • ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024 MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB AGP Pro
  • Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 512 MB AGP Pro

Unable to install game to FAT32 partition

Installation of the game may not work on partitions formatted using FAT32. This problem occurs in Steam when the progress of the download indefinitely "suspends" around the 90% point. Recommended course of action is to relocate your installation to an NTFS partition.

Social Club Auto-Login doesn't work

As of the 1.1.6.8 update of Social Club client the game can no longer auto-login and prompts the user to enter login credentials each startup[9][10]

Issues fixed

Freezing Title Screen

L.A. Noire for Windows is known to freeze at the title screen during the synchronization process, or immediately after, when the camera moves away from the L.A. Noire neon sign. There are several possible reasons for this. Some of the most common are:

  • Anti-Virus Related Issues where game files are misrecognized as malware.[11]
  • .NET Framework 3.5 or C++ runtime libraries are not properly installed or configured.[12]
  • Firewall prevents game from making a connection to the internet.
  • Compatibility options are set incorrectly on Steam.
Instructions
Instructions

Game Freezes on 64-bit Windows 7

On 64-bit Windows 7, the game might freeze as soon as the synchronization (refresh) symbol shows up, which appears right after the Team Bondi logo. This is due to the game being incompatible with the current version of the .NET Framework 3.5 installed into your system. This is also the main reason why the associated .NET Framework installer provided with the game won't install.

Instructions

Slowdown, lag, or frame-rate issues

Instructions

Crash-to-desktop on Windows 8

Instructions

Missing Main Menu

The main menu might disappear in the Steam version of L.A. Noire. To solve it, try the following:

Verify Steam Files

Instructions

Adding Compatibility Settings to executable

Instructions

Nvidia Video Driver crashes

Instructions

Black border around game

This is caused by the display's overscan handling. See the Overscan entry for solutions, the linked article lists solutions for AMD, Intel and Nvidia chipsets.

USB Controller Problems

With certain controllers connected to the PC (e.g. Wheel or Flight pedals) a bug can occur whereby even with controller set to disabled in the game menus the game still tries to accept controller input for some game controls and ignores keyboard input. Most notably this occurs when trying to drive cars. You will be unable to drive forward or reverse as long as the problem controller is plugged in to the personal computer.

Instructions

Issues with Rockstar Games Social Club

There are many issues that users have experienced with the Rockstar Games Social Club DRM that the game uses, below are a list of issues specifically related to Rockstar Games Social Club and potential solutions.

Social Club won't launch

Instructions

Error Patching: Error Binary Patching File

Instructions

Social Club stuck on "Checking for updates"

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD Ex
Cutscenes Bink Video

Launch parameters

You can supply launch parameters to L.A. Noire for example in a situation were you're running into compatibility problems, or if you're having serious performance issues. These may help you debug the issue, and thus resolve the problem.

To input launch parameters you have to open the launcher of the game, access the Options menu. There you can write the parameters into the Command Line field of the launcher. You might have to start the game manually using LANLauncher.exe located inside the installation folder to see the launcher. It's noteworthy that Steam always starts the game using LANLauncher.exe.

Command Notes
-windowed Run game in a window.
-ignorefocus Don't pause the game if you Alt-Tab or click out of its window.
-mousefree Allow mouse outside the game window (requires windowed mode).
-str Enable single threaded renderer, which may improve performance or compatibility on some systems.
-npd Disable the 'D3D_PUREDEVICE' flag from device creation. May help if you have graphics compatibility issues.
-nosound Disable all sound.
-L Change the language - use English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, e.g. -L french
-joysticktype Force a specific directinput controller type. Can be used to try different controller button layouts if your controller isn't specifically supported.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Dual Core 2.2 GHz
AMD Dual Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 3000
512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 compatible

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>/110800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (110800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References