Patch 1.0.5.0 Wish List

[Drunk Russian 9]

- Solve the cheating online. I know this is hard, because no matter how many patches and updates you apply, sooner or later hackers will be able to crack the game again and make all their sh*tty trainers work. So, a good solution, that I already posted, is something like:

Or just incorporate dedicated servers like every modern game out there.

[Samul]

Hmm... DX10 would be worth it... New guns Like the flame thrower or the classic chainsaw (ehehheheh) katanas, Chainguns, Electric gun like in gta 2, PhysX support to break sh*t, more gore dismemberments etc, Silencers!!!, Planes... and for god sakes I want BMX's in there skateparks... RPG elements like New combat moves... working out to be bigger and stronger.

[heat84]

They need to fix grenade throwing. It's completely screwed up. Make it work like the previous 3 GTA's. Apparently the difference is that in the previous GTA's they were thrown over handed but in GTAIV they're thrown under handed. When I was on the roof in the "Liquidating The Assets" mission, and wanted to drop a grenade to kill the guys that were standing below me, I had to aim UP IN THE f*ckING AIR to even get it close. I could only get it close enough to knock them down with its shock wave. In the previous GTA's I would've just been able to drop it straight down, but you can't do that in GTAIV. When I tried, it would hit the 6 inch ledge and I'd have run out of the way. Its not just that instance. I've had a hell of a hell of a time throwing grenades where I wanted them to go throughout the game. I was killed a few times. If by some miracle they do fix it, I'll be done with the game by then. But I really wanted to complain.

[Gibbo3771]

1. Okay whatever... Like a DVD makes game run slower...

2. Pffft....MODS suck in MP

3. I gained FPS...

4. No probs...

5. Whatever i use a keyboard and a mouse

 

No new patch needed if u ask me...

so your game works then? stfu and leave something useful rather than "LOL!, mine works and yours dont, ill add a useless post too show that a patch is not needed becuase MINE works!"

[ThatsCool]

For the next patch i want less lags

it lags on my pc sometimes even on the lowest settings...

Also a frame limiter like that one from san andreas woul be nice

Edited April 7, 2009 by ThatsCool

[LiBertyB]

the only thing i want is for the ereadication of the micro stutter/memorly leak. i cant enjoy the fecking game because of this sh*t, PLZ,PLZ,PLZ SORT IT OUT ASAP!

[[VcG]Adam]

simple one... for it run propperly on a dual core machine like it says on the back of the retail box.

[Prophet11]

more goddarn fps!

 

[Lollercoaster]

How about making the game run on non-super computers?

 

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[Chris1508]

CAN AN ADMIN PLEASE STICKY THIS, IF YOU WANT ROCKSTAR TO READ WHAT WE WANT YOU WOULD STICKY THIS!!!!!! GAWD!!!

[CzarnyIV]

Are Rockstar * ever reply on this subject? Because I do not think so ...

But on the subject. Please Rockstar, has done more to optimize to the fourth, better shadows and texture and, above all, listen the opinion players, and to apply it!

 

P.S Sorry for my bad english...

[JohnZS]

This would probably be the worst feature suggestion ever, but the thought struck me the other day....that since GTA IV is a CPU limited game as oppose to a GPU limited game, perhaps R* might want to try and implement Physx support for those with Physx accelerators or nVidia 8/9/GT200 based GPU's?

 

It is just a random thought... I cannot see it happening, but since Physx is now also supported on the Nintendo Wii and the Sony Playstation 3 (They now have a Physx licence), it would make sense for R* to develop some sort of support for the Physx API as it is now a cross platform technology.

 

John

[Peter]

Are Rockstar * ever reply on this subject? Because I do not think so ...

Why would they reply to this topic? While I see a number of reasons to not reply, I can't see any to actually do reply.

 

Over ninety percent of the posts in this topic either ramble about allowing cheats (which is truly idiotic, why exactly are they called cheats again?), graphic problems which only occur on specific systems or simply repeat things said in the past by other people. Like in former patches, future ones will most likely include fixes for graphic-related problems, and there are loads of other topics which explain the actual bugs into way more detail than this topic does.

 

Allowing the hoster to select whether cheating is allowed or not could be a solution, however, has one large downside. The yes/no switch would probably be a single variable; pretty much an open door to any cheat-maker. This would most likely apply to player- and ranked matches as well. Creating a failsafe system for cheats to be blocked only under certain circumstances is next to impossible, it'd either be everything or nothing.

 

As for the suggestions made in this topic; most of them have been listed in the first post. A lot of them are about graphic problems, cheating, tiny useless changes no one would use or features so big they'd earn their own version of GTA. After skipping all these suggestions only a few remain, some of which being made impossible by Microsoft (L&D on PC, Live-related problems) or by Take Two (releasing development-/modification tools). Understandable? Absolutely. I count about five likely feature requests in the first post of this topic.

[thaCURSEDpie]

This would probably be the worst feature suggestion ever, but the thought struck me the other day....that since GTA IV is a CPU limited game as oppose to a GPU limited game, perhaps R* might want to try and implement Physx support for those with Physx accelerators or nVidia 8/9/GT200 based GPU's?

 

It is just a random thought... I cannot see it happening, but since Physx is now also supported on the Nintendo Wii and the Sony Playstation 3 (They now have a Physx licence), it would make sense for R* to develop some sort of support for the Physx API as it is now a cross platform technology.

 

John

I thought the Wii uses an Ati videocard, and the PhysX technology is Nvidia's... Strange.

 

On topic:

They're probably working on it, and they'll suddenly release it (like they did with 1.0.3.0).

[craig3000]

This would probably be the worst feature suggestion ever, but the thought struck me the other day....that since GTA IV is a CPU limited game as oppose to a GPU limited game, perhaps R* might want to try and implement Physx support for those with Physx accelerators or nVidia 8/9/GT200 based GPU's?

 

It is just a random thought... I cannot see it happening, but since Physx is now also supported on the Nintendo Wii and the Sony Playstation 3 (They now have a Physx licence), it would make sense for R* to develop some sort of support for the Physx API as it is now a cross platform technology.

 

John

Yeah one big problem there GTA 4 doesn't use the physx engine for its physics

 

if they had then yes it could have been GPU accelerated

 

although i dont think you understand the concept of the physx engine, if it were implemented in GTA4 i dont think it would do much considering, you only have explosions, crumpled cars and falling lamposts in GTA4

 

RAGE engine is the main engine

then you have Euphoria controlling the A.I

[pigs18]

I expect to see better FPS on 1.0.4.0 patch.

 

sh*t, FPS is lower than before. I think increased map loading time is one of the reason.

 

I'm looking forward to next patch, soon.

 

[P33t]

Beside the possibilty to use car turn indicators I want to see in 1.0.4.0., that the money in Team-Deathmatch is counted equal for every team member.

 

Not like that:

- Team 1 - 150$

Johnny - 100$

James - 50$

 

but fair, everybody gets something from every kill:

- Team 1 - 150$

Johnny, 75$

James, 75$

 

 

[Chris1508]

I want the flashing textures to go while drving, the rest is alright and a proper anti cheat system. STICKY THIS THREAD ADMINS OR DO YOU GIVE A f*ckING sh*t?

[RobJohnB95]

This Is Just A Few Things I Think GTA IV Needs For The PC Version.

One Thing Is I Think All Games On The Pc Should Be Allowed To Have More Custom Content Than Console Versions.

 

-A Customised Island, Where You Can Create Weapons, Land, Scenery, Effects, Animations, All Things Into The Mind Of GTA IV

 

Forget Modding For A Bit, I've Been Doing It On Ace Games For A Long Time Now And It's Not As Fun As It Used To Be To Be Honest, Now There's Copyright Rumours And Protection On These Newer Games.

 

Now Listen, Modding And Cheating Are Differant Things, Used For Differant Reasons.

There Are Some Modders That Enjoy Modding Games To Make It Perform Smoother And Better Such As My Self And Probably A Few People On The Gta Community Forums.

 

For Once I Say Forget All That, Why Not Have Rockstar Build A Small Patch In The Corner Of The Map For Us To Build, Shape Our Own Island, And Add Buildings And Scenery To It.

 

Even Having the Ability To Modify And Recrop/Model Buildings And Change Textures Of Your Island, Weapons And Scenery All Together.

 

Alot Of This Is Still Possible Through Modding On MP Even With The Recant Patch Requiring The Neccessary Origional Files, Though A Noob Could Find The Method Within Seconds.

 

Anyway The Point Of This Thread Is Just To Say Really Modders And Cheaters Are Differant People, And That The Developers Can Create Such Tools For Custom Content To Prevent Cheaters, Using Our Leaked Mods.

 

This Pic Is Of Google But I Recognise It, Using The Old EMB Graphic Mod To Improve Game Detail And Graphics Which Was Made For The Godfather , And GTA San Andreas And A Few More I Didnt Own.

 

 

[Lollercoaster]

Reading a text where every new word you write has a capital letter is very straining on the eyes.

[dafour]

Reading a text where every new word you write has a capital letter is very straining on the eyes.

Damn right,its not needed..

 

OT ; Any news yet about the 1.0.4.0?

[Marcin6]

Reading a text where every new word you write has a capital letter is very straining on the eyes.

Damn right,its not needed..

 

OT ; Any news yet about the 1.0.4.0?

Yeah , there be more memory leaks

[LiBertyB]

Any chance that Rockstar could fix the problem with the ddr5 memory conflict? this is whats giving me the most grief

[DutchManticore]

I'm sorry out of timer.. but you're a douchebag.

Seems to me like you should make your own game instead of play GTA IV.

 

Nothing seems right for you.

 

And your argument for modding in multiplayer "I didn't pay to play to game the way YOU guys want me to" is just rediculous.

Rockstar designed a game.. you bought it. If you didn't like 'the way they want you to play it' then why did you friggin buy the game?!

 

Seriously..

[DAPPA_T_A]

 

I thought the Wii uses an Ati videocard, and the PhysX technology is Nvidia's... Strange.

 

It does but Nvidia have designed it so that it can run on normal CPU's rather than GPU's, i read that for the PS3 Physics X uses one of its cell processors, as the PS3 GPU is bases on the 7 series (pre Physics X) and the same goes for the wii. So in theory you wont notice a diffrence in performance on the consoles, just on the PC systems with Nvidia series 8 cards or higher.

[mkey82]

I thought the Wii uses an Ati videocard, and the PhysX technology is Nvidia's... Strange.

 

It does but Nvidia have designed it so that it can run on normal CPU's rather than GPU's, i read that for the PS3 Physics X uses one of its cell processors, as the PS3 GPU is bases on the 7 series (pre Physics X) and the same goes for the wii. So in theory you wont notice a diffrence in performance on the consoles, just on the PC systems with Nvidia series 8 cards or higher.

Physx is software, not hardware enabled. It doesn't depend on Nvidia GPU's.

 

Anyway, my wishes for the upcoming (let's hope so) patch

* increased driver spawn distance

* removed that pesky micro stuttering that the third patch introduced

* ... that's about it, since most of the other stuff is going to be ignored anyway.

[Alle090]

Its funny to see everyone scream out new things and think its so simple.

"I wanna make my own race track", "allow modding but still don't allow it" and so on...

 

 

And about the low FPS issue, It has been more than 70% fixed. Its now possible to run on a low-end system, BUT WITH LOW SETTINGS. The only thing R* can do is to lower the settings in the game script and settings in file (not by in-game menu), and thats gonna influence everyone who got GTA IV.

 

I don't think half of these 'demands' will be fixed or even mention in Patch 4.

 

 

Even though I am suspicious I would like to see any word from Toronto and see what he says.

[Killuminati91]

 

And about the low FPS issue, It has been more than 70% fixed. Its now possible to run on a low-end system, BUT WITH LOW SETTINGS. The only thing R* can do is to lower the settings in the game script and settings in file (not by in-game menu), and thats gonna influence everyone who got GTA IV.

no. performance got worse from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3

[OabAli]

* removed that pesky micro stuttering that the third patch introduced

Yeah, I think the 3rd patch gave my GTA IV some stuttering problems. Happens about every 20 minutes, then I'm forced to Alt+Tab.

 

The game was working fine with the 2nd patch.

[Thoomazu]

And about the low FPS issue, It has been more than 70% fixed. Its now possible to run on a low-end system, BUT WITH LOW SETTINGS. The only thing R* can do is to lower the settings in the game script and settings in file (not by in-game menu), and thats gonna influence everyone who got GTA IV.

In my opinion there is no reason to lower settings. Those people who can't run IV on their computers have to go shop and buy new components to run IV. That's so simple.