Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto	1997
Grand Theft Auto 2	1999
Grand Theft Auto III	2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	2003
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	2005
Grand Theft Auto IV	2008
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City	2010
Grand Theft Auto V	2015

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.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Gamesplanet
Games Republic
GameStop
Green Man Gaming
Steam

All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM DRM.

Online features require Rockstar Games Social Club.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Patch 3 updates the game to the latest version (see Patch notes for changes). The Steam version is already patched. The previous version, Title Update 1.1.2.0 ("Patch 2"), is also available (may be required for some mods).

Recoil Fix[edit]

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

Install the Bullet Spread/Recoil Fix script^[1]

Requires an ASI Loader.

Requires Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013.

ColAccel[edit]

Greatly reduces loading times

If editing .IMG archives you need to delete colCache.dat and let it get re-created

Place ColAccel script in <path-to-game>^[2]

Requires an ASI Loader.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Settings\SETTINGS_EFLC.CFG

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames\<user-id>\

%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[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Pressing `V` will change camera angle and field of view slightly.
Windowed		Launch the game with `-windowed` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA can be forced through the NVIDIA Control Panel/AMD Control Center. For SMAA download the SMAA injector and put contents of the d3d9 folder into `<path-to-game>`
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[3]

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supports XInput and DirectInput devices.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can only switch between pre-set layouts.
Controller sensitivity		Called Aim Sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation, Download
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Fan translation, Download
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian				Fan translation, Download

Network[edit]

Social Club website stat tracking and leaderboards have been shut down. All other online features are unaffected.^[4]

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	53, 80, 3074
UDP (outbound)	53, 88, 3074

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	GG3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Headsets	Native	Notes
HTC Vive
Oculus Rift

Issues fixed[edit]

Crashing[edit]

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[edit]

Update LaunchEFLC.exe^[5]

Go to <path-to-game>\EFLC
Rename LaunchEFLC.exe to LaunchEFLC.exe.old.
Download the updated LaunchEFLC.exe file and extract the contents to <path-to-game>\EFLC
Run LaunchEFLC.exe.

"SecuLauncher: Failed to start application [2000]" error[edit]

Install Visual C++ Redistributable 2005 and .NET 3.5^[6]

Game doesn't get past Social Club window[edit]

Reinstall Games for Windows Live^{[citation needed]}

ATI Radeon Water Fix[edit]

There is a problem where the water loses its features and details after a while. To fix this issue do this:

Replace the water shaders^{[citation needed]}

Download the fixed shader: http://www.mediafire.com/?e0d69i8af8gz5l9
Go to <path-to-game>\EFLC
Navigate to common\shaders\win32_30_atidx10\ and rename waterTex.fxc to waterTex.fxc.org
Place your downloaded waterTex.fxc in the same folder.
Navigate to common\shaders\win32_30_low_ati\ and rename waterTex.fxc to waterTex.fxc.org
Place your downloaded waterTex.fxc in the same folder.
Play your game!

Notes

A lot of the fixes for Grand Theft Auto IV also work for Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, But not all of them. So check first.

Cannot Change the Graphics Settings[edit]

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:

Increase available memory^[7]

Create a text file named commandline.txt in <path-to-game>\EFLC and put the following statement inside it:

-availablevidmem 2.0

2. If that doesn't work, try increasing the number to one of the following.

-availablevidmem 3.0

-availablevidmem 4.0

-availablevidmem 5.0

-availablevidmem 6.0