0r!on53e17 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Oh my god..... i have this same problem, but i had the game running for such a long time, then it started messing up after not playing it for about a few weeks, then i found out i could fix it by uninstalling ATI then uninstall the game, reinstall ATI then reinstall the game, i ran the game perfectly, quit the game, tried to run it the next day, didnt work, then just recently i did the same thing again. Didnt work. Im getting really upset at this game, anybody know how to do it? My specs are: Microsoft XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 AMD Athlon Dual core Processor 4850e 2.51GHz, 3.25 GB of RAM Graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 4350, I could run the game perfectly without lowering any graphics after installing, i could run vanilla graphics without lowering, so thats good. My DxDiag is here: http://rapidshare.com/files/327747581/DxDiag.txt Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacarla Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 What is that error code you're getting? We might be able to help you based on that. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0r!on53e17 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 It just says GTA 4 has encountered an error and needs to close. I have uninstalled it, and im waiting for further orders, its midnight here at the moment, ill check before i go to sleep, but other then that, i probably wont answer until morning. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) I have the same issue. A crash after ten to fifteen minutes, always in a car [edit: whoops, not anymore!], in both multi and singleplayer. I had some stuttering, so I switched off the clip recording and solved that issue, but this remains. There's no error code- just an application crash. I'm running Vista, quad-core, GTX260... so fairly different from the OP. EDIT: I should mention, I'm running a Steam copy. Edited December 30, 2009 by r10k Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) When does it crash exactly? Edited December 30, 2009 by mkey82 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) For me, so far pretty much anywhere outside, seemingly randomly. EDIT: A couple of links by other guys with the same/similar issue. My doesn't look like a normal DEP shutdown, but... http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1392552 This one is pretty much spot on what's happening to me, though- http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm...threadid=108145 Edited December 30, 2009 by r10k Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Have you tried memrestrict? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Yep. I've tried every solution I can find, or think of (such as the obvious- stopping background tasks, compatibility settings, etc). On a side note, sorry 0r!on53e17 for hijacking the thread Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0r!on53e17 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Its alright r10k, My crash happens when i try starting it, ill click on the short cut, screen goes black, then crashes to desktop with the GTA 4 has encountered an error... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059711799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Possible fix here... http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/show...d.php?t=1086853 I played for hours tonight, before another crash. As mentioned on the Steam thread, I think this one was memory leak related. Hard to tell for sure, but things seem better. Hey Rockstar, how about tightening up those leaks? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059713594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Just replying to myself here- the crashes are back. I guess I just had a good run before, for no apparent reason. Ideas welcome again Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059714996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
refzem Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I have the same problem, sort of. I have GtA IV Pc, none steam version. I can start Social Club, but when I press play, a black screen appears, followed by " GTA IV has stopped working ". I have tried pretty much anything. Including,but not only ; updating video drivers. Updating social club. Updating gta iv, patch etc. Fixing Microsoft .NET something. Reinstalling and fixing DirectX. I 've done that + alot of other things but it is not working. I've contacted rockstar games, but they obviously haven't replied to me. At this point I am reaaaallly close to giving up. I have been trying to install this piece of sh*t game for about a week now. Im thinking of downloading a pirate copy of the game, since I've heard they actually work better than the once you purchase. Perhaps someone can reply to this post and link a working Torrent of GTA IV for pc ? I only want to play the singleplayer mode so MP crack is not needed. Perhaps this is illegal, but I do not really care . Since I bought the game but it does not work, I honestly dont care about this being illegal or not. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Try using cleanmem, there is a guide in the FAQ, sometimes it helps. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
refzem Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 hmm I dont really feel like downloading more software to get this game to work.. feels like it should just work when you buy the damn game , well.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OysterBarron Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 try turning off shadows and see how it goes? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I'd make some effort, refzem. If it's a problem with your system (which it could be, since it's a pretty unique error), working through this kind of stuff will hopefully uncover it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
refzem Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 @ oysterbarron how can I turn off the shadows when I cant even start up the game? I cannot enter any options menus or anything...... @r10k From what I've been reading this is not really a unique error but wth.. What exactly does this cleanmem do? I do not want any keyloggers, virus , trojans etc.... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OysterBarron Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 soz that was a reply to another issue f*ck knows why i posted it in here! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0r!on53e17 Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 Well, ive been trying everything and im really starting to get upset, i hope someone finds a fix, because this game was great. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059715745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
refzem Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Well, ive been trying everything and im really starting to get upset, i hope someone finds a fix, because this game was great. I haven't ever played GTA IV! I own a legit version , bought from a f*cking game store. Now thats just f*cking sad! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059716044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh4d0wzz Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 to dig this up again, did you or did you not try the mexfix and did it work ? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059732384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r10k Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 What exactly does this cleanmem do? I do not want any keyloggers, virus , trojans etc.... Sorry, missed your question before. I'm not sure exactly (not using it myself) but I'm pretty sure you'd be safe from that kind of thing. If in doubt, grab something like Avast and check your download. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059732403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Yeah, avast is known to throw zero to none false positives. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059732638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0r!on53e17 Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Anybody find a fix for this error? I've been told it could be another game which may mess up for display settings, and a lot of other things, but what i find funny is how every gamer/computer person thing like me, thinks that they can tell someone else to reformat and reinstall their OS at any time, i have a lot of games on here, which is a bugger to reinstall them all. But anyways, i have uninstalled quite a few games, and i haven't installed GTA 4 for so long, making an attempt, i shall give an update soon. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059870853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0r!on53e17 Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Well, it seems to be working, and i have no idea what i have done, It must have been another game messing around, like i should have said, i had mass effect, dragon age origins, a few other games, and also, to mention, it stopped working after i got a new lcd screen, but yet, so its working, just a note, everybody keep digging up info, so we can help some others. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059873277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos70 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Well, it seems to be working, and i have no idea what i have done, It must have been another game messing around, like i should have said, i had mass effect, dragon age origins, a few other games, and also, to mention, it stopped working after i got a new lcd screen, but yet, so its working, just a note, everybody keep digging up info, so we can help some others. well this is going to sound funny but my GTA 4 was crashing a few weeks ago so one night it crashed and i seen this window open saying java has had to close and it Crashed GTA 4 so i uninstall this java that was running in the back ground now my game Dont crash . java Sun Microsystems that was what it was Edited April 16, 2010 by Carlos70 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059877787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samcharles Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Well, it seems to be working, and i have no idea what i have done, It must have been another game messing around, like i should have said, i had mass effect, dragon age origins, a few other games, and also, to mention, it stopped working after i got a new lcd screen, but yet, so its working, just a note, everybody keep digging up info, so we can help some others. well this is going to sound funny but my GTA 4 was crashing a few weeks ago so one night it crashed and i seen this window open saying java has had to close and it Crashed GTA 4 so i uninstall this java that was running in the back ground now my game Dont crash . java Sun Microsystems that was what it was Just to confirm I've had the same crash happen. A couple times it would go blackscreen like it was going to crash; but it didn't crash the game. Then java popped up and said it needed to close. I'm going to try uninstalling and reinstalling java to see if it fixes the problem. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059896967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuggerT Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I have the same issue. A crash after ten to fifteen minutes Same thing here with Windows XP Prof. SP3. I couldn't find a solution so far. The game keeps crashing after 5-10 minutes. If somebody has an idea how to fix it please give me a hint . grtz BuggerT Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059923516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Have you tried memrestrict ? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/436801-gta-4-has-encountered-an-error-and-needs-to-close/#findComment-1059923979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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