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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 guide on StrategyWiki
L.A. Noire on Wikipedia

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. Use Widescreen Fixer for 60 FPS.
People have reported having troubles running the game with Windows 10.[1] It can be fix using this link Original Steam Post. Or an in-dept version, going through each step, with this link Elaborated Steam Post

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Windows
Amazon.com
Requires online activation
Windows
Amazon.com
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
GamersGate
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Requires online activation
The Complete Edition is also available.
Windows
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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
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
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.
All versions use GameShield IronWrap DRM. Rockstar have not disclosed details of how many machine activations are allowed nor any other restrictions.[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
DLC Bundle
Windows

Version differences

The Complete Edition is the base game and DLC bundle

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.[3]
The Rockstar Games Social Club client should update automatically; the latest version can be downloaded from Rockstar Games Social Club page.

L.A. Noire Save Game Manager

Allows the manual creation of save points during a mission and to reload part-way through a mission. This allows one to attempt different dialogue options without restarting the mission completely.

Game data

External settings
External settings

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

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Display settings
Display settings
In-Game graphics settings
In-Game graphics settings

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Input settings

Controls settings
Controls settings
Remap settings
Remap settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
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.[citation needed]

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.

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.[4]
  • .NET Framework 3.5 or C++ runtime libraries are not properly installed or configured.[5]
  • 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

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 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.
Instructions

Unable to reposition the window using mouse

Instructions

Issues with Rockstar Games Social Club

For a list of issues check Rockstar Games Social Club page

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

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.

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

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
The game has issues with any graphics card with less than 256 MB VRAM per GPU or ATI Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 3870, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT[citation needed]

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