craig3000 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Called a 360. Put the disc in and it plays like a dream. Costs less and most my mates have it so i can easily chat to them. do you really really think people would be here on this forum with a gaming PC is they thought the same as you LOL i used to be just like you then i opened my eyes, some people like modding and tweaking they prefer it and its usually cheaper its why there here so go away and stop trolling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Vice Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Wow, that made my day too! It increased, well: 10FPS! Thanks!!! Finally someone saw the effect. Dude, i find the changed grafics pretty tolerable. How do you think? Yeah, they're pretty good, just the sun looks like it got out of battery Before I got from 15-25FPS, not it's from 20-40FPS. GTANet | Red Dead Network | black lives matter | stop Asian hate | trans lives = human lives the beginning is moments ago, the end is moments away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_russki Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) Called a 360. Put the disc in and it plays like a dream. Costs less and most my mates have it so i can easily chat to them. See your point. Hassle-free gaming is so much more fun. I wish I had a next-gen console too, but i don't, so i have to waste my time finding solutions to unexpected problems. I would never do it if it wasn't GTA4. PC has some advantages though. Like a mouse support and modding. It makes it a blast. When i drive a 50 ton undestructable Super GT at a speed of 500 mph shooting UZI that has a fire power of a jet fighter's 30 mm cannon, some crazy sh*t begins to happen. Real hell is unleashed. If you saw a man flying half a mile in the air after you shoot at him, you'd wish u had GTA4 for PC Edited January 12, 2009 by red_russki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_russki Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Wow, that made my day too! It increased, well: 10FPS! Thanks!!! Finally someone saw the effect. Dude, i find the changed grafics pretty tolerable. How do you think? Yeah, they're pretty good, just the sun looks like it got out of battery Before I got from 15-25FPS, not it's from 20-40FPS. Man, helping you was a pleasure. It is actually the first time i posted on a game forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstrogiy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Спасибо, попробую этот хак. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_russki Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ñïàñèáî, ïîïðîáóþ ýòîò õàê. Áðàòàí, íà playground.ru íåõèëûé ôîðóì ïî ãòà4. ÿ òàì íàäûáàë ýòîò ôàéë. åñëè ÷òî, ïîøåðñòè è òàì Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampage13 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ok i got it working, but no fps increase for me, i guess i need another cpu! amd4000+ single core 8800gts 640 average fps 15-20 but in crazy gunfights with police 11 fps average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremist5150 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Totally bogus, this guy will break your computer. Hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babarian225 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 F-ing NOb Head!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremist5150 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 F-ing NOb Head!!! Exactly! Is it possible to tar and feather this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_russki Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) F-ing NOb Head!!! Exactly! Is it possible to tar and feather this guy? U guys should take it easer. What is beyond your understanding seems strange and dangerous. I told u it worked perfect FOR ME. Noone is making nobody do nothing. It's just a piece of advice that DOES already work for some ppl Edited January 12, 2009 by red_russki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chngdman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Don't let them discourage you Red_Russki - You know you are helping people. And I know you are as well. I think maybe the best step in there, and the only I can vouch for since I know the files, is the visualsettings.dat file - that is a good tweak, at a cost to graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaphonic Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 If it's breaking your computer then you don't known what you're doing. Just replace the the downloaded "visualsettings.dat" with the original and your game should load as before. If you have overwritten the original here is a link to it: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B3OHI5HM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_russki Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Don't let them discourage you Red_Russki - You know you are helping people. And I know you are as well. Thanks, but don't worry. No problem there. They are OK folks. If there were no ppl who sh*t in your nirvana, it would be a lot more boring world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstrogiy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ñïàñèáî, ïîïðîáóþ ýòîò õàê. Áðàòàí, íà playground.ru íåõèëûé ôîðóì ïî ãòà4. ÿ òàì íàäûáàë ýòîò ôàéë. åñëè ÷òî, ïîøåðñòè è òàì Áðàòàí, íà playground.ru íåõèëûé ôîðóì ïî ãòà4. ÿ òàì íàäûáàë ýòîò ôàéë. åñëè ÷òî, ïîøåðñòè è òàì ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chngdman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Could not help but see your sig, dstrogiy It is slower to run this game on resolutions below 1024x768 on any capable machine to run it. At 800x600, you are essentially forcing the game to fight over what - and what parts of what - to render. Get your res up. Ignore this if you are below system reqs, but for the most part, the game runs better and better the higher you go until you meet your cards' limits. Try your tex on low and your res higher. then bump that tex back up - I think normal maps are what slow you, guessing only by those settings and while assuming a low end card at fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I told u it worked perfect FOR ME. Some ppl dont like this, they want everybody to post how r* f*cked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How-To-Improve-GTA-IV Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Do you really need Magic for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo1508 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Wow, this file sucks. This is basicly making the graphics crap. with no AA even at 1920x1080 the graphics are already crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chngdman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Do you really need Magic for this? I will make a quick easy to install package for those who want to try this mod. BRB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 with no AA even at 1920x1080 the graphics are already crap No, GTA 4 looks good, if you cant play it all maxed its your fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chngdman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 @red_russki: I have packaged your visualSettings.dat into a package anyone can install without issues. You can replace your other link with this one, and remove the stuff about magic files, as there is no need for them with this mod. My package patches filelist.pak with Aru's empty file, applies the files.txt fix, and installs the new visualSettings.dat. Here is the download link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/3171452/perf...ncemod.zip.html (right click/copy link location to paste into your info/tips post) Readme (included in zip): For GTA Forums, C/O red_russki, packed by chngdman, mod credit unknown, simple graphical and ambient pedestriansound config edit for testing and better performance of GTA IV.This is being packaged for those who want to test this out for themselves quickly with minimal modding knowledge.Preface:Any file named with a ".orig." in the title is the ORIGINAL file for the game. This is important because if youwant to undo the changes this mod makes, you will be deleting the files of the same name and removing ".orig" fromthe file names. For example, files.orig.txt replaces the new files.txt you got here and is back to normal. More onthis later.Installation:To install the mod, first right click the GTA IV folder (the one with all the game files in it gtaiv.exe etc) anduncheck read-only, apply to all files and subfolders.All you do after this has completed is highlight everything inside of the COPY folder, right click and copy, thenpaste right into the GTA IV folder you just gave write privilages to (you cant overwrite read-only files).You will be asked if you are sure you want to overwrite files, "yes to all".The performance mod is now installed and ready to play.Back in Time:If you feel this is not a good fix for you, or you are unhappy with the results, simply refer back to this mod archiveor this readme itself (file list at the bottom) and begin removing all the "new" files (normal names) you got here, andrenaming their ".orig" to the file you just deleted. So, if you delete files.txt, as stated before installation, justrename files.orig.txt to files.txt. Same for each of the other files.Viola, back to normal.File List:GTA IV\files.txtGTA IV\common\data\visualSettings.datGTA IV\pc\data\filelist.pak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstrogiy Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 It is slower to run this game on resolutions below 1024x768 on any capable machine to run it. At 800x600, you are essentially forcing the game to fight over what - and what parts of what - to render. Get your res up. Ignore this if you are below system reqs, but for the most part, the game runs better and better the higher you go until you meet your cards' limits. Try your tex on low and your res higher. then bump that tex back up - I think normal maps are what slow you, guessing only by those settings and while assuming a low end card at fault. Well, I'm kinda right in the bottom of min specs, in 1024*768 it's slower. Low textures don't add any fps, but look ugly. Low fps (it's still playable =) - it's probably the proccesor's fault. BTW, the hack didn't make any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacMaan Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 @red_russki: I have packaged your visualSettings.dat into a package anyone can install without issues. You can replace your other link with this one, andremove the stuff about magic files, as there is no need for them with this mod. n1 man makes it easier for us lazy people I'll give it a shot in the morning. If i can be arsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rud Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 thanks for that easy package chngdman. This tweak didn't make any noticeable difference on my computer for FPS, hopefully it works for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK47-Maximus Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Ok i got it working, but no fps increase for me, i guess i need another cpu!amd4000+ single core 8800gts 640 average fps 15-20 but in crazy gunfights with police 11 fps average *Points and laughs at your CPU* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo1508 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 with no AA even at 1920x1080 the graphics are already crap No, GTA 4 looks good, if you cant play it all maxed its your fault. hahah if you say so, you must be one of our local 10 yr old fanboys I play all my games in 1080p (1920x1080) 100hz The difference between no aa and forcing 4/8 x is absolutley amazing. the change in picture quality is huge. Try it with any of your other games that all support aa. Playing with textures on high means nothing without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 The difference between no aa and forcing 4/8 x is absolutley amazing. the change in picture quality is huge. Try it with any of your other games that all support aa. Playing with textures on high means nothing without it. I know , what i mean is that even w/o AA GTA 4 looks good at all max GFX settings imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo1508 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 An optomized PC version with aa implemented (not even including the removal of bloatware and ded server support + anticheat) the game WOULD have been the biggest thing since doom master levels. At the moment it simply feels like broken software, which is unfortunate. I hope they fix it, but i think its unlikely. Its got about 2 months left on my hd, if its not fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_russki Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 @red_russki: I have packaged your visualSettings.dat into a package anyone can install without issues. You can replace your other link with this one, andremove the stuff about magic files, as there is no need for them with this mod. My package patches filelist.pak with Aru's empty file, applies the files.txt fix, and installs the new visualSettings.dat. Here is the download link: http://www.ziddu.com/download/3171452/perf...ncemod.zip.html (right click/copy link location to paste into your info/tips post) Readme (included in zip): For GTA Forums, C/O red_russki, packed by chngdman, mod credit unknown, simple graphical and ambient pedestriansound config edit for testing and better performance of GTA IV.This is being packaged for those who want to test this out for themselves quickly with minimal modding knowledge.Preface:Any file named with a ".orig." in the title is the ORIGINAL file for the game. This is important because if youwant to undo the changes this mod makes, you will be deleting the files of the same name and removing ".orig" fromthe file names. For example, files.orig.txt replaces the new files.txt you got here and is back to normal. More onthis later.Installation:To install the mod, first right click the GTA IV folder (the one with all the game files in it gtaiv.exe etc) anduncheck read-only, apply to all files and subfolders.All you do after this has completed is highlight everything inside of the COPY folder, right click and copy, thenpaste right into the GTA IV folder you just gave write privilages to (you cant overwrite read-only files).You will be asked if you are sure you want to overwrite files, "yes to all".The performance mod is now installed and ready to play.Back in Time:If you feel this is not a good fix for you, or you are unhappy with the results, simply refer back to this mod archiveor this readme itself (file list at the bottom) and begin removing all the "new" files (normal names) you got here, andrenaming their ".orig" to the file you just deleted. So, if you delete files.txt, as stated before installation, justrename files.orig.txt to files.txt. Same for each of the other files.Viola, back to normal.File List:GTA IV\files.txtGTA IV\common\data\visualSettings.datGTA IV\pc\data\filelist.pak Man, thanks, i made a reference to ur post at the end of my first post. thank you for the effort. If i did smth wrong (magic or other cr*p) that's because i looked for ready solutions not going too deep into technical issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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