Grand Theft Auto 4

[Vern1961]

Re Three Leaf Clover...

It is tough took me about three go's on the PS3, not reached it yet on the PC.

AFAIR and without the Brady guide in front of me the two key things are:
1. Keep moving.
2. Only target the cops identified with a red blob on the radar, possibly over their heads.

A couple of the cellars along the route have health and armour icons.

Watch out for the moving trains in the subway as they will splat you.

There's health in the side passage of the subway where you exit. Get up the stairs quickly, before the cops come through the gate.

I actually got to this stage on my first PS3 attempt but got killed trying to find a getaway vehicle.

If you can do "Snowstorm" (which I think comes before 3LC) then 3LC is definitely easier as Snowstorm was a real step up from the difficulty on previous missions.

 

[Keyser Soze]

thought it was finally done! need the games for window's live update now aarrrggghh

do i need to be connected to the internet to play single player?

i'm sure this has been covered but don't fancy reading all 76 pages.

edit. is it the 180.84 (beta) drivers i should be downloading from nvidia? or is there a special gta iv update or something?

 

[Vern1961]

do i need to be connected to the internet to play single player?

Yes it seems you must be connected to actually save and load your progress via "Live".

76 pages is a lot to wade through. Wondering if it's worth the mods splitting into separate threads for tech issues, gameplay issues (&spoilers) & a general whinging thread?

 

[Ken]

The framerate is bearable now that I've installed the latest nvidia driver for this game but after 10mins or so it turns dog slow and I have to restart the game. Any reason why? I lower the settings during gameplay but it reverts back to the default settings the next time I start up the game.

Statistics
Average FPS: 9.61
Duration: 34.67 sec
CPU Usage: 99%
System memory usage: 90%
Video memory usage: 81%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: SB X-Fi Audio [A000]
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+

File ID: Benchmark.cli

Thanks

 

[izzy eckerslike]

Press V to alternate the view when driving, when you get the inside car view you can drive much faster without skidding around, in fact it's so fast I got motion sickness

 

[Vulcan]

Heat anyone?

Great mission.

 

[alex24]

The framerate is bearable now that I've installed the latest nvidia driver for this game but after 10mins or so it turns dog slow and I have to restart the game. Any reason why? I lower the settings during gameplay but it reverts back to the default settings the next time I start up the game.

Statistics
Average FPS: 9.61
Duration: 34.67 sec
CPU Usage: 99%
System memory usage: 90%
Video memory usage: 81%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: SB X-Fi Audio [A000]
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+

File ID: Benchmark.cli

Thanks

There's supposedly a memory leak problem, so after a while the game will crash completely. Hopefully this will be addressed in the patch (which I read somewhere would surface tomorrow, if I find the link i'll post).

Is that your benchmark for real or after the new drivers and settings? Under 10fps can't be playable can it?

 

[Ken]

There's supposedly a memory leak problem, so after a while the game will crash completely. Hopefully this will be addressed in the patch (which I read somewhere would surface tomorrow, if I find the link i'll post).

Is that your benchmark for real or after the new drivers and settings? Under 10fps can't be playable can it?

Yep, that's my benchmark after installing new driver. Thing is, I ran the benchmark straight after it turned slow so it's probably not reliable. I was probably getting maybe 22-25fps during the first 10 mins. Really do hope it's a memory leak issue like you say and that the patch will fix it.

 

[xb8browney]

don't feed him

He was the guy with the my £1000 spec computer doesnt run WOW and a mouse mat with make it run better :S

 

[Keyser Soze]

just installed the beta drivers and got BSOD after reboot every time so rolled back for now.

might even try playing the game tonight lol

 

[SkeeterUK]

Just fiddled with car lod to make them really low poly etc. Absolutly no effect fps wise. So its not the detail of the cars so we can rule that out on the list of what is causing the fps slowness.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

edit. is it the 180.84 (beta) drivers i should be downloading from nvidia? or is there a special gta iv update or something?

Yes.

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

Heat anyone?

Great mission.

Best GTA mission ever!

 

[LeJosh]

Just fiddled with car lod to make them really low poly etc. Absolutly no effect fps wise. So its not the detail of the cars so we can rule that out on the list of what is causing the fps slowness.

I blame the huge draw distance. The gpu has to render a **** load of stuff. From what I've seen.

 

[yantorsen]

how bad does this game look with the draw distance sliders at 1-5%? and does reducing them even help FPS?

 

[Vanilla]

How do you change weapons in a car?

Second time i've had to try and take down a guy in another car chase and i've been stuck with grenades!! no use if I can't even get close to him!!

 

[SkeeterUK]

Found how to change the car cameras.

It is the vehoff.csv file


Format is as shown below.



VEHICLE rebla FIELD BONNET_FWD POS 0.002625 -5.763062 0.764526 ANGLES -0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 FOV 100.000000

Vehicle CARNAME

FIELD Bonnet View= camera type

POS = Camera position cords

0.002625 = Left and right camera position

-5.763062 = Forward and back adjustments

0.764526 = Height adjustment for camera position up and down.

Angles = not sure not tested yet. Tho the 3 segment of numbers will probably act in direction to POS

FOV = Field of view as in how far u can turn left to right with camera movements i think.

It is possible now to have a fixed camera that follows the car totally as ppl wanted instead of using the mouse to view around when cornering and avoiding slow follow on camera methods. Just alter the bumper cam so its behind the car and above slightly to your desired preference.

Here is a youtube example.

 

[yantorsen]

How do you change weapons in a car?

Second time i've had to try and take down a guy in another car chase and i've been stuck with grenades!! no use if I can't even get close to him!!

A or X I think. (on the box troller)

 

[stude1983]

How do you change weapons in a car?

Second time i've had to try and take down a guy in another car chase and i've been stuck with grenades!! no use if I can't even get close to him!!

if your using the keyboard its Q

 

[FrostedNipple]

I'm chuffed First new game I'll be getting in quite a while. Ordered it to home as i don't want my laptop giving me a bad first impression, I'll let my 4850 at home make me enjoy it good. I won't get home till the 20th though so I've decided i may as well keep it by till 25th. Should be nice getting that installed after being stuffed full of Xmas food £24.46 I got it for, free p+p as well can't wait! Are there cheats out for it yet?