clickbile101 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hi guys, I haven't played GTA3, Vice City, or San Andreas in a long time, but now that I've beaten GTA IV on my 360 I thought I'd load them up and see the evolution of the series in 3D. San Andreas works perfectly fine, but both GTA3 and Vice City give me the same problem: the intros run perfectly, but once the intros end - or I push a key to skip the intro - it freezes and nothing loads. I have to alt-tab out of the game and terminate the application. I've stopped [email protected], stopped my virus protection from running, and stopped all unnecessary processes. I've tried using a no-CD crack and it doesn't help. All of my drivers are up-to-date, and I'm confused because San Andreas works totally fine, but GTA3/VC don't. Any advice? Link to post Share on other sites
Girish 3,822 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Try deleting the set file from their respective User Files folder. Also, try running them in Windows 98 compatibility mode. Link to post Share on other sites
clickbile101 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 I forgot to mention those two steps, but I've already done both. >_< Link to post Share on other sites
Girish 3,822 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 What are your system specifications? Link to post Share on other sites
gtamodder 8 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you mod them? Link to post Share on other sites
clickbile101 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 No mods. 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium D, two nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX cards in SLI configuration (yes, I've tried turning off SLI and running with just one), 2 GB RAM, Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi sound card. I've really got no idea what's going on here 0_o Link to post Share on other sites
gtamodder 8 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 If you are running Vista, try disabling the User Account Control. I had the same, where SA Would work when it was enabled, but Vice City or III Wouldn't. I had to disable it, reboot, delete gta_vc.set (Documents\GTA Vice City User Files), and Documents\GTA3 User Files\gta3.set. You may need to delete both of the .set files, after disabling the User Account Control. Link to post Share on other sites
clickbile101 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm running XP with SP2. I tried running both games as an Administrator but I had the same problem... thanks for all the help so far everyone... Link to post Share on other sites
The Kirbster 1 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Um, try going to the "Properties Menu" of gta-vc.exe and the GTA III Exe file. If the box that has "Read Only" is checked, uncheck it and see if it loads. Link to post Share on other sites
clickbile101 0 Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Read-Only's not checked, nor is hidden. Archive is checked. Link to post Share on other sites
Ceres071706 1 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 everytime i read a problem like this, my first advice usually is reinstalling the game.. Link to post Share on other sites
clickbile101 0 Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Tried as well. I'm honestly at my wit's end here. Link to post Share on other sites
