Grand Theft Auto 4

[Delvis]

quick Q can I use my own mp3s?

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C:\Users\Muffin\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\User Music

Yes =P

It might lag the game a little though.

 

[Inazuma]

quick Q can I use my own mp3s?

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C:\Users\Muffin\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\User Music

^vista docs and seetings for xp

You don't need to actually put your full music files in there. You can just put shortcuts to them in and save disk space

 

[Skeeter]

You don't need to actually put your full music files in there. You can just put shortcuts to them in and save disk space

What would happen if I put a shortcut to my whole Media drive?

Or does it need to be shortcuts to each file?

 

[.:MBK:.]

i use folder shortcuts at the album level, no idea how far above the files you can get before it has a fit though

 

[Muffin`]

yep cheers, bloody adverts!

I just use winamp and global keys tbh

 

[izzy eckerslike]

you can't hook up trailers. Was actually quite disappointed by this. I used to love driving around with a massive vehicle. Bus is the next best thing, but it hasn't got the same characteristics.

Have you tried the massive firetruck ? it's almost indestructible & when you turn on the hoses you can aim with your mouse & knock people off their feet

 

[Blackhawk47]

yep cheers, bloody adverts!

I just use winamp and global keys tbh

go into audio settings and you can change it from radio to just playing mp3 in order or what have you

 

[Thunderbolt]

That's drunk mode, it only activates randomly if the game detects it is not a legit copy!

So there's no reason for me not to buy it then cheers

 

[IcE-ColD]

Could anyone post some setting they use if they have a 4870. The settings i used on the first island seemed to work fine but now if it rains and I'm on the second island the game runs noticably slower. Hopefully the new drivers coming out will have some sort of improvement on this game.

Thanks

 

[yantorsen]

Can anyone explain this...

I had my Q6600 at 3GHz, and was getting about 15FPS average, I just set it back to stock, and now I'm getting nearly 40FPS average!

 

[alex24]

Can anyone explain this...

I had my Q6600 at 3GHz, and was getting about 15FPS average, I just set it back to stock, and now I'm getting nearly 40FPS average!

Change anything else? Sometimes GTA can be screwy until you restart too.

 

[yantorsen]

Change anything else? Sometimes GTA can be screwy until you restart too.

Nope, not changed a thing, I'd been running GTA with my CPU at 3GHz for a few weeks as well. I got a BSOD this afternoon whilst listening to music, which was odd, I've never had a BSOD on this PC since I got the OC stable about a year ago. So I just reset the OC and now everything runs better

 

[yantorsen]

Before reseting OC:

Statistics
Average FPS: 17.95
Duration: 37.50 sec
CPU Usage: 78%
System memory usage: 60%
Video memory usage: 67%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1440 x 900 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli



After Resetting OC:

Statistics
Average FPS: 26.92
Duration: 37.22 sec
CPU Usage: 78%
System memory usage: 70%
Video memory usage: 100%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 27
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

File ID: Benchmark.cli


without shadows:

Statistics
Average FPS: 32.63
Duration: 37.02 sec
CPU Usage: 79%
System memory usage: 73%
Video memory usage: 98%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 27
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

File ID: Benchmark.cli


In game performance is only about 2-3 FPS less

 

[Eatchipz]

How does GTA 4 run these days? I remember when it first came it out it was sorta awful from what i heard is it any different? System is in Sig

 

[TheOtherOption]

Came back to this after leaving it alone for a week or two and am now getting the silly "serious error - out of video memory please restart" ... Had a look around on teh web but didn't find something that fixed it at the time and haven't played it since

Am going to have to fix it or re-install as I was really enjoying the game!

 

[Craig R]

How does GTA 4 run these days? I remember when it first came it out it was sorta awful from what i heard is it any different? System is in Sig

Still no second patch released so pretty much the same.

 

[mrk]

You need to drop some settings to not get the vid mem error, if you're going above available vid ram - even with the increasing vidram switch.

 

[TheOtherOption]

Where does one go to change the video settings outside the game ?

 

[izzy eckerslike]

Have a drive of a fire engine, it plows thru other vehicles like a tank & turns them over, use the water cannon to knock police & pedestrians off their feet, once the police are after you it's almost impossible to stop you as you can just ram them off the road & providing you don't pull up you won't get dragged out of the cab

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

Use it to smash up a car till it explodes. Its amazing how damaged the cars can get.