Huggat Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Today when I started GTA4, it froze a very short time after I started (about 1 min into the game). I ended via task manager and restarted, as the CPU load stayed at about 50%. After this the game won't work anymore. When I click start from the Social club it first looks ok. The b/w background with the floating dudes appears together with some music. However, after about 4 screens the music suddenly stops, but the screens keep looping. And keeps looping forever - it does not continue to the the mission loading screen. What to do??? System specs: Laptop HP DV7 2080eo 2.2 GHz AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-75 4 GB memory ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 1GB No mods, Vista and latest patches Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacarla Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Did you download the game or is that a legal copy? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059729756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggat Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Did you download the game or is that a legal copy? It's a legal copy. Edited January 10, 2010 by Huggat Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059729794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacarla Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Then try changing the compatibility mode for the game. Did you launch the game from the Launch.exe? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059729800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggat Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Then try changing the compatibility mode for the game. Did you launch the game from the Launch.exe? What do you mean by "compatibility mode"? I run it from "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Rockstar Games Social Club\RGSCLauncher.exe" Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059730170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacarla Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Right click on the .exe file and go to properties. There you'll find a tab named compatibility. Change the OS inside it. Also, try using xliveless and launch the game from the LaunchGTAIV.exe. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059730196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Turn off vsync. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059730320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggat Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them and report back. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059730353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggat Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 I tried all suggestions, but with no apparent result. However, now after a weeks break off this game, it suddenly started working, but from the start! In the saved games folder I see that there are two users, one called "user invalid". I also installed xlivelsss. Does xliveless make you start from scratch, or something else? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059738412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 xliveless changes the savegame dir. Consult the xliveless readme. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059739344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggat Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 xliveless changes the savegame dir. Consult the xliveless readme. Yeah, I found that out, so now everything is ok again Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/437875-game-gets-stuck-at-starting-load-screen/#findComment-1059739697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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