If your GTA-4 does not start, crashes, or crashes constantly, then our article can help you, where we will tell you about all the errors that the game knocks out, as well as tell you how to optimize it in order to achieve the highest FPS.
A small review on GTA-4
Almost all the games from Rockstar Games deserved the highest praise and loyal love of fans. This happened with GTA-4 - the story of the Serbian immigrant Nico Belik, who decided to seek his fortune in the "City of Freedom" - Liberty City, the prototype of which is New York. The plot, frankly, can not boast of any innovations in the presentation or exciting twists, but Rockstar managed to tell a good story with catchy characters and his philosophy. The gameplay from the time of San-Andreas has undergone impressive changes for the better: physics and animation have become more realistic, shooting is more dynamic, and the number of entertaining things in my free time from the passage of the main line is just off scale. We can take work from our friends, work as a policeman, have fun with friends in bowling or billiards, have an affair with a girl, visit an Internet cafe and more. Of course, no one will bother you to arrange uniform lawlessness in the streets, scaring people away, stealing cars and fighting with cops. In general, GTA-4 turned out to be a wonderful game that is able to colorize the gray tones of a boring evening. Needless to say, the presence of an exciting multiplayer and 2 exciting DLC? But from pleasant to sad: if you are constantly “harassed” by errors in launching the game, then read the article below, where we will talk about their solution. So, why doesn’t GTA-4 start?
Errors in GTA-4 and ways to solve them
It so happened that for the PC the game came out highly non-optimized, which gave rise to endless errors, bugs and other flaws, forcing developers to release as many as 7 patches. Unfortunately, sometimes even they are not enough for a comfortable game. If you are wondering why GTA 4 does not start , then read our article. Perhaps she will help you. So, we will analyze in order all the errors that players face.
- If you encounter a critical error DD3D10 D3D Error, then just try restarting your computer.
- DD3D50 - make sure your video card supports DirectX-9.
- DD3D60 - make sure you have Shader Model 3 or higher support.
- AE10 Insufficient Memory to Start Game - try it close unnecessary applications, then re-enter the game.
- TEXP60 - try updating DirectX libraries or video card drivers.
- If your "GTA-4" does not start, knocking out the RESC10 Out of video memory error , restart the computer / reinstall the game.
- RMN20 Windows Vista - Make sure you have Service Pack-1 and above installed.
- RMN30 Windows XP 64 / Server 2003 - Make sure you have Service Pack-2 and higher installed.
- RMN40 Windows XP - you need to install Service Pack-3.
- If it is not possible to create textures, a TEXP110 D3D Error error occurs. Her solution would be to restart the game.
- DWIN20 - the error crashes when a conflict occurs when accessing the RAM memory. Try restarting the game.
- DD3D10 / 30 - Try restarting the computer.
- DD3D20 - try updating DirectX libraries or reinstalling the game.
- DD3D70 / GPUP10 / TEXP20 / TEXP30 / TEXP80 - errors occur when a D3D device conflicts. Try restarting your computer.
- DD3D40 - video card conflict. Try updating the drivers to the latest version.
- DD3D80 - if "GTA-4" does not start due to this error, just try restarting the game / restarting the computer.
- STRB10 - an error occurs when uninstalling a file. Try restarting your computer.
- RMN10 / STRM10 / STRM20 - an error occurs when a file read conflict. Try restarting your computer.
- VOIC10 - error associated with voice chat conflict. Try restarting the game.
- BA10 / EA10 - Errors occur when the virtual memory is full . Try restarting your computer.
- TEXP60 - occurs when a color rendering error occurs. Try installing the latest drivers for your video card.
- TEXP70 - occurs when depth rendering error. See paragraph above.
"GTA-4" does not start on Windows-7/8
This mistake is quite common among players, but its solution is quite simple. If you play on Windows-7, then before installing the game, try to make changes to the registry. How? Follow the algorithm: Start => Search => regedit => "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Windows" => "CSDVersion", change its value from "0" to "100" => Reboot => Install GTA-4 = > We return the changed values back to "0". If this method does not help, then try the second method, which will be similar to solving the problem of Windows-8 owners (why "GTA-4" does not start on Windows-8): put compatibility with Windows XP SP3 in the program’s properties (service pack 3) .
Game optimization
We already wrote earlier that the game port turned out to be too crooked, which is why GTA-4 optimization is at a deplorable level. Nevertheless, it can be slightly improved in terms of performance in order to remove some bugs and increase FPS by 10-20 units. So, try the following steps:
- First, update the drivers for all the programs that the game uses (Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, DirectX, video card drivers, etc.).
- In the root of the game, create a text file called commandline.txt. You can write a lot of commands in it, which you will find on the Internet, but it’s recommended to write the following: -availablevidmem 2 (number 2 - for video cards with 256 MB of video memory, “3” - 512, “4” - 1024, and so on), which increases the available video memory, which can solve the problem with texture fading; -noprecache (allows you to disable pre-caching files); -nomemrestrict (allows you to disable the memory limit, although the performance does not rise too high); -norestrictions (allows you to open hidden settings); -novblank (allows you to disable vertical synchronization); -minspecaudio (the game starts with minimal sound quality, which significantly reduces the load on the processor). Each command is written on a new line and with a "-" in front of it.
- If you have a weak PC, then try to "rummage around" in the graphic settings. First off, turn off shadows and reflections, because they consume a lot of resources. Secondly, try lowering the quality of the textures. If after these actions you still experience slowdowns, reduce the depth of detail, the density of autotraffic and the viewing distance, which also "eat" the order of resources, albeit not as much as the settings for shadows and reflections. Another setting item that can increase FPS by 5-10 units is the "Record clips", which must be disabled.
- If you have a licensed copy of the game, then it will automatically update to the latest version. If you have a pirated copy, install the 4th patch, where the best optimization is observed.
- Disable unnecessary applications when entering the game: browser, Skype, antivirus and more. This will reduce the load on the processor and RAM memory.
If all of the above methods do not help, then perhaps you will have to upgrade your computer.
Steam game launch
The first thing you need to know is that GTA-4 can be activated on Steam only if you purchase it directly on Steam. If you bought the game at retail or in other online stores, you will have to play through GFWL. There are cases that some gamers do not start the "GTA-4" STIM version, but the reasons for this in most cases coincide with the errors described above. If problems arise directly with the Steam service, then just try restarting it or contact support. Finally, we clarify that even when buying a game in Steam, you still have to install Rockstar Social Club to launch the game.
Finally
Rockstar Games is not too loyal to PC players, as their policies regarding this platform may indicate (delayed release of PC versions for half a year or a year or its complete disregard, poor optimization, etc.). So if your "GTA-4" does not start, then do not rush to be disappointed, because almost all errors have their own solutions, which you could see above. Know one thing: GTA-4 is one of the greatest games in the last 5-10 years, which is sure to give you long hours of fun.