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Revision as of 20:50, 26 April 2018

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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City cover
Developers
Rockstar North
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Engines
RAGE
Release dates
Windows April 13, 2010
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City guide on StrategyWiki
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
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: iFruit 2013
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 10 Year Anniversary 2014
Grand Theft Auto V 2015
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 2021
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (series)

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.

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Requires online activation
Windows
Amazon.com
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Requires online activation
Windows
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Requires online activation
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Requires online activation
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Requires online activation
Windows
Steam
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Requires online activation
Windows
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM DRM.[Note 1]
Online features require Rockstar Games Social Club.

Essential improvements

Patches

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

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

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.

XLiveLess

Built-in ASI loader
Remove Games for Windows - LIVE service.
Savefiles folder changes to: %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames\
Disable access to the multiplayer to prevent cheating.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Settings\SETTINGS_EFLC.CFG
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12220/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12220/pfx/[Note 2]
%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

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Input settings

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

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Ukrainian

Network

Social Club website stat tracking and leaderboards have been shut down. All other online features are unaffected.[3]
Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

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

3D modes State GG3D Notes
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

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

Update LaunchEFLC.exe[4]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\EFLC
  2. Rename LaunchEFLC.exe to LaunchEFLC.exe.old.
  3. Download the updated LaunchEFLC.exe file and extract the contents to <path-to-game>\EFLC
  4. Run LaunchEFLC.exe.

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

Install Visual C++ Redistributable 2005 and .NET 3.5[5]

Game doesn't get past Social Club window

Reinstall Games for Windows Live[citation needed]

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:
Replace the water shaders[citation needed]
  1. Download the fixed shader: http://www.mediafire.com/?e0d69i8af8gz5l9
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\EFLC
  3. Go to common\shaders\win32_30_atidx10\ and rename waterTex.fxc to waterTex.fxc.org
  4. Place your downloaded waterTex.fxc in the same folder.
  5. Go to common\shaders\win32_30_low_ati\ and rename waterTex.fxc to waterTex.fxc.org
  6. Place your downloaded waterTex.fxc in the same folder.
  7. 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

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[6]
  1. 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

Notes

For the Steam version, use the -nomemrestrict -norestrictions parameters.

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Euphoria, Bullet
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.9r

Modifications

It is strongly recommended to make a backup of any files modifications may replace or amend in the event of corruption.

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 Radeon X1900
Nvidia GeForce 7900
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) 5.1 Channel Audio Card

Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, local profile support unknown.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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