Grand Theft Auto IV (PC) Patch Released

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Rockstar Games has released a title update for Grand Theft Auto IV. You can download the 54.2MB version 1.0.3.0 update directly from Rockstar.

Click on the headline to read the patch notes.

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GRAPHICS:

• Interior Lights for ATI 1900 series cards:
  • All light sources appear for users with 1900 series ATI cards. (ie. Pool Mini Game)
  • ALT-TAB fixed

• Graphics Settings:
  • Added menu option " OFF " for Reflection quality
  • Added menu option " OFF " for Shadow quality

PERFORMANCE:

• Physics optimizations to improve situations with heavy physics calculations (ie. 32 player races)
• Graphical Performance Optimizations

MULTIPLAYER:

• NAT Type detection
  • Detect if user has a " strict " NAT and displays message for user
• Voice chat is received even if your microphone is turned off

CONTROLS:

• Keyboard / Mouse
  • Remapping restrictions removed
  • Allow Enter, Backspace, and Arrow keys to be remapped by user
  • Allow multiple mouse buttons to be mapped

• Enable/Disable DirectInput in Menu
  • Users can now activate/deactivate Direct Input devices from "Controls" menu.
  • If commandline "-usedirectinput" is active, it will override pause menu setting.

• Use 2 direct input devices simultaneously (ie. Wheel and Gamepad)
  • Users can now use 2 different controllers at once, including 1 XInput and 1 Direct Input device.

• Added more Direct Input / XInput device support
  • Saitek P380/P480/P580/P990
  • Saitek PS1000/PS2700/P3200/P3600
  • Gravis Eliminator Shock gamepad

SECURITY:

• Detect modified files and prevent users from entering multiplayer if found
  • Game will prompt with a message after blocking user with modified data files from entering multiplayer
  • Should prevent multiplayer access from cell phone and GFWL join in progress

VIDEO EDITOR:

• Scroll Bar improved response
  • Tweaked to respond better to keyboard inputs
• Sped up load times for users with many clips

TITLE UPDATE 2 FIXES:

• Return of Hot Dog Stands and other props
  • Missing hot dog vendors, fences, gates, pylons should be present throughout the world.
• Scrolling signboards
  • Activate missing scrolling signboard text (ie. highway signs, Star Junction, Clock Tower Sign)
• ALT-TAB pauses game during cutscenes
  • Cutscenes should now pause and resume correctly after an ALT-TAB task switch. Audio remains in sync.

GENERAL ADDITIONS / FIXES:

• Mismatched MODO/Perseus Clothing
  • Fixed a bug when Niko mixes clothing from Perseus and Modo
• 360 Controller Texture
  • Controller image should be visible in Controller Configuration screen

[Windsong]

Wonder if this fixes the infamous "memory leak" that causes random crashes every 20 min on ati cards.

[Gedd]

◦Remapping restrictions removed
◦Allow multiple mouse buttons to be mapped

False.

Try remapping mouse1 and mouse2 to on foot forward or backward.

[Borys]

I still say that GTA4 on a uber, $3000 PC looks better than Crysis on that same machine.

GTA4 looks astonishing when you think about what is being displayed and calculated on screen (hint: not palmtrees and North Korea soldiers).

[docfate]

Originally Posted by Borys

I still say that GTA4 on a uber, $3000 PC looks better than Crysis on that same machine.

GTA4 looks astonishing when you think about what is being displayed and calculated on screen (hint: not palmtrees and North Korea soldiers).

A $3000 PC better look like Jenna Jameson circa 1993, blow me every hour and fetch me sandviches whenever I so choose.

My $1000 PC ran Fallout3 maxed out. It ran pretty much anything else out there maxed out. Bioshock, UT3 etc.

GTA4 was a pile of crap on it. 3 fps WHEN it ran.

The mb died on it a week ago. I'm in the process of replacing it with a quad core AMD. THAT had better run GTA4 or I shall be vexed.

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Originally Posted by docfate

The mb died on it a week ago. I'm in the process of replacing it with a quad core AMD. THAT had better run GTA4 or I shall be vexed.

I recently upgraded to an AMD Phenom II X4 940/GeForce GTX 285 and GTA IV runs very good now.

[Syl]

Looks like this game is almost in a playable state!

I should be able to play it sometime soon; i hope.