GTA IV PC patch release update

Posted Dec 8th 2008 5:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Patches

As we reported this past weekend, Rockstar Games team members stated in a IGN Q&A that they are indeed working on a patch for the very buggy PC release of Grand Theft Auto IV. Now a post from a Rockstar Toronto team member on the fan site GTAForums.com has more infomation on the first patch.

The patch itself must go through Microsoft for approval (all games that support Games For Windows Live have to have that extra approval process) but Rockstar does expect that process to move swiftly. Here are some of the fixes they say will be in the patch:

-A fix to the crash after legal screen that some German customers were reporting.
-Numerous improvements to the video editor: Smarter naming of videos, improved rendering quality, better fx during replays
-Fix to bowling while using certain sensitive mice
-Fix for ATI 1900 shadows
-Overall savings to memory
-Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors
-Multiplayer character settings are preserved
-Support for DirectInput controllers.

In addition sign-ups to Rockstar Games Social Club have supposedly been improved which should have cut down or elimiated the MMA10 error that Big Download encountered when we first tried to play the game.

Update: The first patch has now been released.

Tags: games-for-windows-live, grand-theft-auto-4, grand-theft-auto-iv, grand-theft-auto-iv-pc, microsoft, rockstar-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Yes ... I hope the patch correct all these errors
because is impossible playing the game without getting peaced off , i dont how they can make a game for unexisting computers that is just dumb

does anyone know when the patch is gonna be available Posted at 3:04PM on Dec 10th 2008 by Alex

i hope they fix the memory leak and make it so pc's that arnt quad cores can play the game on a frame rate better then 15 fps as i have a pc that can play farcry 2 and crysis and then when i tryed this i get 15 fps its not even worth playing while its like this.

Many Thanks crackrucklesPosted at 9:07PM on Dec 10th 2008 by crackruckles

Is that why I'm so laggy with a single core? Because of the memory leak? I can also play Crysis and stuff, with decent framerate.

AMD Athlon 3500+
1.5GB RAM
HD4850 Posted at 7:22PM on Dec 12th 2008 by Joel

^ try getting a good spec computer, ur hardware suxPosted at 8:22PM on Dec 12th 2008 by Dan

I hate to say this, but if your all getting damn silly framerates, then that's your system. I am playing on these Specs:

AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 4200+
3 GB RAM @800 MHz
nVidia GeForce 8400GS 256MB
and last but not least, Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit with SP 1.

And I run sweet as a nut, even with the red in my video config, which has shocked me, so it is possble to play with a underspec system, I just manage to get the requirements and I can play flawless on here.

Hope this don't upset anyone lolPosted at 8:06AM on Dec 13th 2008 by Rihard S Coates

It can't be our systems. I have:
AMD Athlon dual core 4400+
2 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForrce 8800 GS 512MB
WIn XP 64Bit SP2

And my framerate sucks. It's so lacky it's impossible to play.
Posted at 10:19AM on Dec 13th 2008 by Lene

I'm running:

AMD X2 6000+
Asus Crosshair mobo
3GB Transcend DDR2 800
nVidia Geforce 8600GT

WinXPro SP2 (tried it on SP3, makes no differance)

And the game... it's like I'm watching still pictures...Posted at 12:41PM on Dec 13th 2008 by LeO

These are my system speces
Intel Dual Core 2.13 ghz
3 gigs of ram
Nvidia 9600 GT 512 mb
windows vista 32bit service pack 1

with these specs i should be gettin a far higher frame rate then 7fps??? what the hell is wrong?Posted at 3:26PM on Dec 13th 2008 by burton

Damn it don't fixed blacked out textures... I ve got AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2GB Ram Gigabyte Radeon HD 2600 Pro 512mb/128 bit
OS XP Sp3 game is runing but it have blacked out textures cna anybody help me cause Rockstar couldn't... Posted at 4:00PM on Dec 13th 2008 by bapka1

to fix alot of problems:
change catalyst settings as follows:
All to aplication mannaged
AA can set to 2 or 4 if you can spare the processing power
NO AAA turn off always all games
***** Set mip map to highest setting ********
catalyst AI low settingPosted at 4:31PM on Dec 13th 2008 by trusselo

Specs here are phenom X4 9950 BE (4*2.87ghz)
a measly 2 gb 667 dr2 on mobo m3a78
with hopeleslu outdated ati 1950 pro 512 mb. ati cat 8.12
Game runs good(20-30 fps on 1400*900 settings medium-high.
So i guess the quad core helps alot.
Havent tried the patch yet.Posted at 8:12PM on Dec 16th 2008 by heenezz

thank you trusselo but it still didn't help me...Posted at 9:33AM on Dec 16th 2008 by bapka1

it don't fix texture and the frames are very slow i have
core 2 duo 2.4
2 gb ram 800 mhz
windows xp sp3
hd 3850 512mb/ 256 bit

rockstar sucks

Posted at 10:26PM on Dec 14th 2008 by gerardo

I have the following:

AMD Phenom 9850 Quad Core CPU
2 GB Transend Axe 1066 Ram
Ati 4850 Toxic Edition
Windows Vista Ultimate

I get +/- 40 fps and no hassles. I don't like the whole settings limit red thing?!!! Mine is still in the green!Posted at 8:43AM on Dec 15th 2008 by SGT KUHN

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MA FRAMERATE, PREVIOUSLY, I WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH MA TEXTURES, THERE WERE NO TEXTURES, NO BUILDINGS, NO ROADS, NO NOTHING,. THEN AFTER APPLYING THE PATCH , MY TEXTURES CAME BAK (D)!.
THANKXX FOR THE PATCH ROCKSTART , BUT TRY TO SOLVE THE FRAMERATE ISSUES ROCKSTAR ! . I KNOW U CAN HANDLE THE FRAMERATE ISSUE. I AM HAVING A MAX FRAME OF 22 AND MINIMUM OF 9 AND AVERAGE OF 15 TO 18 . TAT'S ALL. AND MY SPEC.SS ARE

AMD ATHLON 64 3000+
1 GB RAM
ASUS A8V-MX MOTHERBOARD
80 GB HDD
WINFAST A7600 GS AGP 256MB (128-BIT)

TAT'S ALL. IF ANY1 CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THE FRAMERATE ISSUE, TAT EFFORT WILL BE APPRECIATED 2 MUCH . THANKXXX.....Posted at 9:24AM on Dec 16th 2008 by arsalan

well.. when i play the screen starts to shaking and its like im drunk and dizzy... how to fix that problem? anyone knows maybe? thanksPosted at 7:18PM on Jan 24th 2009 by d0mi

i'm having similar frame rate issues myself
i'm running:
amd phenom x4 9600 quad core
8gb ddr 1066 ram
ati radeon hd 4800 - 1gb gddr3
windows vista ultimate 64 bit
etc.
needless to say, this system setup should be overkill, but even after applying the update patch for gta4, and getting the newest video drivers, i'm still having massive framerate issues even with all video settings turned ALL THE WAY DOWN.
This PC can play mass effect, crysis, and call of duty world at war all with the video settings maxed out and it looks fantastic.
If anyone has any fixes for this, I would greatly appreciate it.
ThanksPosted at 6:27PM on Mar 5th 2009 by timatron