Dutch - INFO Grand Theft Auto IV PC *update*

[Mr. BlueZone]

Grand Theft Auto IV is een verkoopsucces op de Playstation 3 en Xbox 360. De vorige delen zijn na de consolerelease ook op de pc verschenen, en volgens de Maleisische editie van PC Gamer zal GTA IV binnenkort dezelfde weg bewandelen.

De eerste twee delen van de Grand Theft Auto-serie werden in eerste instantie voor de pc uitgebracht. Het derde deel verscheen eerst als timed exclusive voor de Playstation 2, en kwam later ook voor de pc uit. Opvolgers Vice City en San Andreas volgden deze route eveneens. Na de lovende recensies van GTA IV, het eerste deel dat primair voor de huidige generatie spelcomputers is ontworpen, kijken pc-gamers uit naar een versie van dit spel voor hun platform. Volgens de juli-uitgave van PC Gamer Malaysia zullen deze gamers niet lang te hoeven wachten.

Het Maleisische blad meldt zonder omhaal dat Grand Theft Auto IV 'soon on pc' zal verschijnen. Aangezien de volledige tekst van het artikel nog niet op het internet is gepubliceerd, is het onduidelijk of het magazine een primeur heeft of slechts afgaat op geruchten. Toen we Rockstar om een reactie vroegen, werd het nieuws afgedaan als gerucht. Dat er een pc-versie van het spel zal komen, is echter zeer waarschijnlijk en de vraag lijkt dus nog altijd niet of, maar wanneer deel vier de overstap naar de pc zal maken.

Update, Inmiddels, zoals uit de reacties blijkt, is bekend dat het artikel ingaat op geruchten en geen primeur bevat.



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[honkbal95]

ik heb ergens gelezen dat de release datum iets van 30 october is

[NeMeSiS]

Eindelijk, kan ik eindelijk wat doen aan dat popup effect van constant verdwijnende/verschijnende auto's als je je omdraait. -.-'
(Probeer het eens als je geen auto hebt en je staat op een snelweg. Zolang je naar de aankomende auto's (Waar ze vandaan moeten komen zeg maar) kijkt zal er daar geeneen spawnen, als je dan even een rondje draait staan er opeens 3 als je weer terugdraait. )

[Reflax]

kan niet wachten op de pc versie, ga hem zeker kopen

[honkbal95]

Originally Posted by ReFlaX

kan niet wachten op de pc versie, ga hem zeker kopen

wie niet

ik ga hem ook weer helemaal volmodden net zoals in gta sa meschien

[Reflax]

Originally Posted by honkbal95

wie niet

ik ga hem ook weer helemaal volmodden net zoals in gta sa meschien

idd
kga me gelijk inverdieping in het modden ;P

[StevenW]

Hell yeah. Ik ga hem zeker kopen zodra ie in de winkel is! *mompelt iets over usenet...*

[Mr. BlueZone]

De PC bezitters hebben er even op moeten wachten, maar vandaag zijn de eerste details en screesnhots vrijgegeven van Grand Theft Auto IV. Lucky bastards (like me) die zowel een console als een PC hebben kunnen zich opmaken voor een licht aangepaste versie.

Zo zal er een replay editor inzitten die de speler de mogelijkheid geeft om de laatste dertig seconden op te slaan. Vervolgens kan er met wat regisseurs-werk een erg intense clip van gemaakt worden. Online werd er ook het een en ander aangepast. Wat zeker nodig was. Het aantal spelers zal verhoogd worden en er zullen meer server filters beschikbaar zijn.

Ten slotte zal de grafische engine een flinke opknapbeurt krijgen. De resolutie zal bijvoorbeeld verhoogd worden naar 2560x1600. Er komen meer realistische licht effecten en een hogere graad van karakter- en omgeving details. Op 21 oktober wordt Liberty City weer wat gamers rijker!

Gamer.nl

[StevenW]

@ BlueZone; aanvulling op je post:
het aantal spelers in de multiplayer zal in ieder geval boven de 16 player zijn in de GTA:IV multiplayer.

Ben benieuwd .

[Mr. BlueZone]

The official Games For Windows website recommends a suitable computer specification for the playing of Grand Theft Auto IV PC:

Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drive: 18GB free hard disk space
Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader
Drive: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive

Key features: new high resolution textures, new multiplayer modes, enhanced match filtering, built-in gameplay clip recorder and editor with Rockstar Social Club integration, optimised PC controls, enhanced uncompressed audio.

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[Mr. BlueZone]

Say hello to improved textures, longer draw distances, increased distance detail, and uncompressed audio:




Flash HD (45MB) / Flash SD (13MB)

[Mr. BlueZone]

There's a zombie plague spreading through Grand Theft Auto IV's virtual world:

There is a virus sweeping through Grand Theft Auto IV turning many unsuspecting players into Zombies. If you’ve seen the special Zombie-with-yellow-briefs player skin running around during Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer, then you may already know that the virus can be contracted in any and all multiplayer modes and is spread when an unsuspecting player kills someone who has the infection (note that the infected don’t necessarily have to be wearing the Zombie skin, some show no symptoms!). The signs of infection are: access to the zombie skin and having the Achievement “Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie”. With the all-new Viral Infection feature at the Rockstar Social Club, members can now see whether they are currently infected, the number of total global infections and the number of infections in the last 24 hours. Digging deeper, Social Club members can also browse a color-coded world map tracking the spread of the infection worldwide, including breakdown for all 50 US States.

In other news, a Playstation 3 Trophy patch will be released next Monday.

[Mecko]

Release 21st of november

[pOzY]

yeah 21 October, nice!

[Mr. BlueZone]

Er gaan al een tijdje de geruchten dat de PC-versie van GTA IV niet de releasedatum zou halen. Rockstar bevestigde vandaag deze geruchten.

Waarom de game uitgesteld is, is niet duidelijk. Ook is er geen exacte releasedatum aangegeven geworden maar veel grote webwinkels hebben de release verplaatst naar tussen de 2 en 5 december. Met een beetje geluk dus nog net op tijd voor het Sinteklaasfeest.

game-freakz

[Mr. BlueZone]

Vandaag is de PC versie uitgekomen van GTA IV !

download and play the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV via D2D. It comes in at a meek 13.8 gigs (cough).

If you pre-order before it goes live, you get Vice City for free.

[Mr. BlueZone]

Three more Video Editor-made trailers from the Flash 10 hating Social Club TV site:

[Mr. BlueZone]

Grand Theft Auto IV is vanaf vandaag beschikbaar voor de PC en zorgt nu al voor problemen. De game heeft namelijk vastlopers bij het gebruik van bepaalde grafische kaarten.

Het gaat hier om de merken nVIDIA en ATi Radeon. De website PC Games Hardware heeft de game getest met een ATi Radeon HD 4870 met 1,024 MiByte, HD 4850, HD 3870 en HD 3850. De kaarten zijn twee keer getest op een x48 systeem met Windows Vista 64-bit als besturingssysteem en een Catalyst 8.11 WHQL driver. Elke keer loopt de game vast vanaf het beginscherm.

Volgens de website is Rockstar al druk bezig met een patch of een driver update. We kunnen ons dan ook niet voorstellen dat (toekomstige) consumenten van GTA IV met deze grafische kaarten nog lang met dit problemen te kampen zullen hebben. We houden je op de hoogte.

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[Mr. BlueZone]

There are so many issues present in Grand Theft Auto IV PC, that Steam is now offering refunds on a case-by-case basis. If you'd prefer to get things going, this list of error codes may help:

RMN20 - Windows Vista: Need to have Service Pack 1 or higher to proceed.
RMN30 - Windows XP 64 / Server 2003: Need to have Service Pack 2 or higher to proceed.
RMN40 - Windows XP: Need to have Service Pack 3 or higher to proceed.
DD3D50 - D3D Error - DirectX 9 video card required
TEXP110 - D3D Error - Failed to create texture - Please restart the game
DWIN20 - D3D Error - Failed to query memory. Please re-start the game.
DD3D10 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DD3D10 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DD3D30 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DWIN30 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DD3D20 - D3D Error - Please re-install the game and/or re-install DirectX
DWIN10 - D3D Error - Please restart the game
DD3D60 - D3D Error - Shader Model 3.0 or higher is required
DD3D70 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
GPUP10 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
TEXP20 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
TEXP30 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
TEXP80 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
DD3D40 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve device capabilities. Please install latest video card driver and/or re-install DirectX
TEXP10 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve device capabilities. Please install latest video card driver and/or re-install DirectX
DD3D80 - D3D reset failed - Please restart the game.
STRB10 - Failed to delete file - Please re-boot your system
RMN10 - Failed to read file - Please re-boot your system
STRM10 - Failed to read file - Please re-boot your system
STRM20 - Failed to read file - Please re-boot your system
BNDL10 - Failed to write file – Please re-boot your system
STBF10 - Failed to write file – Please re-boot your system
VOIC10 - Fatal voice chat error - Please restart the game
RESC10 - Out of video memory - Please re-boot your system
BA10 - Out of virtual memory - Please re-boot your system
EA10 - Out of virtual memory - Please re-boot your system
TEXP60 - Unable to create color render target - Please re-install DirectX and/or install the latest video card driver.
TEXP70 - Unable to create depth render target - Please re-install DirectX and/or install the latest video card driver.
AE10 - Insufficient Memory to Start Game - Please close some applications and restart the game
PC10 - Unable to retrieve D3D Device - Please reboot your machine or reinstall your display driver
TF10 - Unable to write to disk - Please restart the game
WS20 - InitWinSock failed - Please re-boot your system and/or re-install the game
WS30 - InitWinSock failed - Please re-boot your system and/or re-install the game

As for me, I haven't had any further problems since my original post, though there are far too many hoops to jump through to play multiplayer:

1. Load Rockstar Games Social Club Tray App
2. Load Steam, if applicable
3. Load Grand Theft Auto IV
4. Log in to Games For Windows LIVE, if auto-login disabled
5. Press Start
6. Wait for game to begin
7. Press Up Arrow
8. Scroll through in-game phone menu to 'Multiplayer'
9. Hit Enter
10. Select 'LIVE'
11. Hit Enter
12. Select 'Quick Match', 'Custom Match', or create a new game
13. If 'Quick Match' dumped you in a match setup lobby, leave and begin process again
14. Select 'Custom Match'
15. Wait for the piss-poor server browser (putting it kindly) to populate
16. Enter game
17. Play
18. Match ends, all dumped back to the lobby, game cannot continue indefinitely
19. All match settings reset
20. If host, re-enter thirty preferences
21. If player, wait for host to re-enter thirty preferences
22. Play
23. To exit, mess with in-game mobile phone, or hit Escape and select 'Leave' from the 'Game' Menu
24. Now in Single Player once more
25. To exit to desktop, select 'Quit' from the 'Game' Menu

Requesting multiplayer quick launch, front-end menus, stat.

[Mr. BlueZone]

Rockstar compiled a list of possible solutions to user-reported Grand Theft Auto IV PC bugs:

Installation
You must have Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 3 installed PRIOR to installing and running Grand Theft Auto IV PC.
Right-click 'My Computer –> Properties' to see if you have the latest Service Packs installed, and if not check Windows Update and download before trying to install the game.
Installing on a non–English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, or Russian Operating System
There is a known issue with non–English, French, Italian, German, Spanish or Russian operating systems, where unsupported characters will appear on the initial installation screen (this screen then remains present in the background throughout the installation process).
To bypass this issue and install the game:
Select the larger button at the bottom left of the initial installation screen and you will be moved on to a language select screen.
Select either English, French, Italian, German or Spanish and the rest of the installation will continue in that language.
At the end of the installation, the screen containing unsupported characters will appear again. Please select the button at the bottom left of this screen to progress to the Rockstar Games Social Club application.
The game can now be launched normally from the Rockstar Games Social Club application.
Grand Theft Auto IV Error Codes
For further information on error codes encountered during installation or gameplay, please view the GTA IV Error Codes story.
Understanding Grand Theft Auto IV Graphic Settings
The PC version of the game has brand new graphics options not seen on the console. Click here for info on how to tune the graphics to the proper level for your PC.
Drivers
For optimum performance, please ensure the latest drivers are installed for your Video Card.
As of December 3, 2008,
Nvidia - 180.48
ATI - 8.11
Look for new drivers to be released soon.
Owners of Nvidia 7900 Series Cards - There is a bug in the current Nvidia Forceware drivers for 7900 series cards that keeps the game from rendering beyond the far plane as show in the image below. NVidia is working on releasing a new driver as soon as possible.
Users Running 3rd Party Graphics Performance Tuners - There has been a reported issue of textures not loading in. If you are experiencing visuals with missing textures it may be associated with third party graphical performance tuners:

We recommend that users follow the steps below to resolve this:
Step 1) Go to “Add and Remove Programs” within the Control Panel. Scroll through the list of installed programs and look for any third-party driver performance tuners that may have been installed previously.
Step 1a) If you find any of these performance tuners open the application and reset driver values back to default. This is very important! Do not uninstall this program before you revert the changed values.
Step 1b) Now close the program and uninstall it.
Step 2) Go to “Add and Remove Programs” within the Control Panel. Scroll down the list of programs and remove any program with NVIDIA or ATI in the name.
Step 3) Reboot your machine.
Step 4) Download and install the latest drivers for your graphics card.
Step 5) Run GTA IV
If your textures are still not loading in then you may have residual files from uninstalled drivers left on your machine. In order to fix the former, we recommend that you take the following steps: Step 1) Find a reputable tool that is known to clean files leftover from driver tuners. You can search for these on the Internet.
Step 2) Uninstall your display drivers again.
Step 3) Reboot your machine. While booting up, hold F8 until prompted with Windows Advanced Options menu. Choose to enter Safe Mode. (Newer computers may require you to press F8 multiple times before being prompted).
Step 4) Once in Safe Mode, setup the program found in Step 1 to search for display drivers. Run the appropriate cleaning option. Reopen the tool and make sure that no other display driver files are found.
Step 5) Install the latest drivers that you downloaded earlier.
Step 6) Reboot your machine and load Windows up normally.
Step 7) Play Grand Theft Auto IV.

Owners of ATI Series Cards - If you are experiencing blacked-out textures please ensure your “MipMap Detail Level” is slider is set fully to “Quality” in Catalyst Control Center
Owners of ATI 1900 Series - At present the shadows may flicker and form large triangles in some instances. A patch will be released soon to correct this issue.
SecuROM
For information regarding game activation, revoking a previous activation, and further details and support regarding game components and functionality, please visit the official activation support site.
Games for Windows – LIVE Sign Up
If you don't have a Games for Windows – LIVE account you will want to sign up for one in order to play multiplayer and unlock achievements in the single player game. Sign up for an account here.
For information on how to sign up for Games for Windows – LIVE on a computer which has access to the internet, please view the Walkthrough for Games for Windows LIVE Sign Up.
For information on how to sign up for Games for Windows – LIVE on a computer which does not have access to the internet, please view the Offline Profile Sign-In Walkthrough.
Signing into Games for Windows – LIVE from inside Grand Theft Auto IV - Once you have your account the following guide will walk you through the process of signing in. To view it click here. Games for Windows LIVE support site - For any questions regarding Games for Windows – LIVE, please visit their support site.
Firewall
If you are experiencing firewall issues when connecting to LIVE be sure to have the following ports available:
UDP 88
UDP 3074
TCP 3074
Rockstar Games Social Club Errors
Issue – You see the following message when trying to play GTA IV. Application Failed to Launch. The application you are attempting to launch failed to start. GTA IV may be blocked by Windows Parental Controls/Family Safety. Please make sure you have access to the application before trying to launch it, or contact Rockstar support.
Solution – Make sure you can run GTA IV
1. Double click the Grand Theft Auto IV shortcut
If you see a SecuROM error please visit our SecuROM support page for more info.
If you are running Vista and see an error about Parental Controls make sure Parental Controls are set appropriately.
Copy Protection Q&A For in depth information about the copy protection used by Grand Theft Auto IV, please view the DRM and Copy protection for Grand Theft Auto IV PC FAQ.