Rudolf Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 Ok, here we go: My personal minimum specs list: 800 mhz or more Geforce 2 mx (or a card equal to that) or better 256 mb RAM or more 40x cd-rom or faster Harddisk with 5400 rpm or more A cpu which is maintained. If you think anything should be changed to this just give a me a sign. Current list: (Every number under a problem is a different solution! ) This is the offcial patch from Rockstar:Supposed to fix the following problems: -Exception error after blue Rockstar load screen fixed. -Error loading saved games fixed. -Mouse sensitivity now saved with other settings. -Option for user to play audio files directly from harddisk. Grand Theft Auto III still requires the presence of the PLAY disc when started. This may give better performance on some machines. -All protection checks (apart from needing PLAY disc to start) removed. Grand Theft Auto III still checks for the presence of the PLAY disc when initially started, and plays audio from the PLAY disc if not found on the hard disk. If you wanna try the patch, get it here. If you're not really sure and want to see which effects it had for everyone (who already tried the patch), then check out this poll here. Performance boost(lockups/fps) Get it here. you have to copy all the audiofiles from cd2 to your harddrive and then overwrite some of the audiofiles with the ones included in this patch . This removes the radios which use a lot of memory(don't use this patch if you've got 384mb of ram or more) You get a ddhelp.dll internal error when you run gta3. 1.Try updating drivers. 2.If you use an onboard soundcard, disable it. I can't move/use keys in the game! 1.Not sure 'bout this one.. try changing from classic to standard controls.. No fire/explosions. 1.Turn on frame sync and turn off frame limiter.Download and install the nvidia 28.32 drivers. Graphics are drawn only randomly..smoke , and light graphics are only there half, and sometimes i can't see leaves and newspapers! 1.Problem is caused by the Savage card if you use that one. There is nothing you can do so far but getting a better card. Missing graphics: I can't see parts of buildings and cars and ppl are missing! 1.Set draw distance to full and delete the set file in the gta3userfiles folder. 2.This sounds similar to a problem some get with xp.The cure for that is putting the frame limiter on.Even though you have 98 it might be worth giving it a try. If that doesn't work you could try redownloading and reinstalling your video drivers. Also check your graphics are on full control panel>system>performance>graphics. It takes at least a minute to load a savegame.(and you meet the adviced specs) 1.I fixed this by doing as follows: Start up gta3. When you are in the menu, quit. Now start gta3 up again. Now load your savegame. 2.Deal with it because sometimes it will go away by itself. Really! GTA3 will startup but minimizes and goes back to windows, but leaves the prog running. 1.Make sure you have closed all progs before running gta3. Close all progs which aren't needed if they are running after gta3 went back to win. If needed uninstall them. 2.Make sure you got enough Harddisk space left.(Believe 800 mb was required) Very dense fog continuesly. 1.Get this patch here Go!Only for ati-users! 2.Look into this helpfile. Go! 3.If you are getting no textures or an incredibly dense fog in the game with an NVIDIA video card, you need to enable Fog Table Emulation. Right Click on an empty area of the desktop Left Click on Properties, Click on the Settings Tab,Click on Advanced Properties Click on the GeForce Tab (it will have the same name as you video card) Click on the Additional Properties, Click on the Direct3D Setting Tab Place a Check Mark next to Enable For Table Emulation, click Apply Click OK and keep clicking OK until all those windows are closed. Then try the game again. I get yellow blocks instead of text in xp! Get this patch here. No blood/use hookers/steal money 1.Get this patch here. (Please note that i am NOT linking to any sort of warez, but a patch that enables blood display graphics in GTA3) Can't load savegames. 1.Try this patchhere, note that the official v1.1 patch is required. Look for gta3 patches and make sure you'll choose the right version. The version of your gta3 can be viewed in the gta3 menu in one of the corners. 2.Try the official patch 1.1.(At your own risk..) 3.Install the 28.32 detonator drivers. It seems that gta3 will load only with these drivers sometimes. GTA3 freezes at character screen at startup. 1.In win ME Open Control Panel then open "Multimedia", tap on the "Sound" or "Audio" menu. IN xp: Control panel >> sounds and audio devices >> audio At the top selection you can choose several options for your soundcard by pressing the "peak down" button. Choose the "Wave...." option. On default it stands on " Game compitable unit" or something like that. Now close all windows and try to play GTA3 again. GTA3 will load till R* Logo.. then nothing. 1.Try the official patch 1.1 (At your own risk..) 2.Get all latest updates like vidcard drivers,sound drivers,bios updates,win updates.. 3.Renaming all files in the movie-directory in your gta3 folder except for the logo-one. 4.click on Start/run, type dxdiag,on tab "sounds" ,enable full hardware acceleration, if it was already on full hardware acceleration, disable it completely, so basically : turn on hardware accelerator if it was off and vica versa. 5.Go to your GTA3 User Files' folder, delete file 'gta3.set'. Low fps and or lagging gameplay 1.Go to display setup. Set resolution to lowest (640x480x16). Turn off frame limiter.Turn off frame sync. Trails off. 2.Run these five fixes: 3d Analyzer Go! High fpsv5 Go! GTA3 Advanced options for gta3 version 1.0 :Go! GTA3 Advanced options for gta3 version 1.1 :Go! 3.Close all running progs that are of no use. 4.Set 3d sound off and your driver to Miles sound. 5.Use the offcial patch 1.1 and copy all data on the gta3 play cd into your gta3 folder. 6.I advice having at least 256 mb RAm or more. Getting more really helps. 7.Tweaking your card.Do this at your own risk. Lockups/freezing. 1.For Voodoo users: The old 1.03.00 Directx 7 one can probably fix Voodoo3 lock ups if u have an intel based system. Get it here And try anything mentioned here. 2.I personally would advice having a descent card, at least a Geforce 2 mx, or higher. That does not mean Voodoo's, TNT-series, and such. 3.Make sure you have all needed driver updates. Especially the Videocard drivers are of GREAT importance!! 4.Overheated fan. Check the heat comingout of your cpu fans. if its hot, you need a better fan. If it's between hot and cold (roomtemperature) there's nothing wrong with the fan. 5.Try deleting the set file in the gta3userfiles folder. 6.Also, try 3d Analyzer, the link is above. GTA3 doesn't recognize your full card memory and gives "12mb memory needed" error 1.The fault seems to be lying in Direct X 8.1.. Click on the Display tab. Search for "Approx", "Total Memory" you should see "Unknown" or "N/A". Running the Direct3D Acceleration test will give you an error something like "step 8 error, no video memory" The solution suggested by a person: (i don't think the netmeeting bit is even necessary, maybe worth skipping) Go into Netmeeting, go to.... Call>Host Meeting then click the "OK" button, then go to Call>Exit. The go to my computer; Go to sharing in these drives (right click and it should be in the menu) and makes sure they all say 'DO NOT SHARE THIS DRIVE', then go back in to DXDIAG and go back to the display screen.. It should now have the memory available and your game should work. GTa3 goes back to desktop when mousebutton is clicked 1.Make sure all useless progs are shut down before starting gta3. 2.If you also experience a big invisble "field" outside your monitor, it might just because your mouse is being used for multiple electronics, like the pc dvd-player. Turn the secondary functions off. D/L FRAPS to see what fps you get.Go! Winzip Go! Winrar Go! Winace Go! If you have found a problem with a possible solution.. post it here![/b] Also, if ya wanna ask anything, post it here as well. Good luck. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmallPichu Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 ddhelp.dll occures when using an incompatible sound card, try updating drivers or (when using onboard) disable it P.S. blood patch for 1.1. ? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-366156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJNeuphoria Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 nice one rudolf, im gonna have an articles category dedicated to trouble shooting on me site with all these as articles Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-366226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 2, 2002 Author Share Posted August 2, 2002 Done. Say DjNeuphoria, what site ya mean..? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 2, 2002 Author Share Posted August 2, 2002 ::Double post:: Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJNeuphoria Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 http://www.mod-search.net === http://www.codenamegta3.co.uk when dns settings have spread Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 2, 2002 Author Share Posted August 2, 2002 Is that an error or has no one registered yet? Can't see total member count.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 2, 2002 Author Share Posted August 2, 2002 Second one is either offline or ya posted a wrong link. BTW the first one looks pretty good. How ya like our forums? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJNeuphoria Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 havnt linked up user accounts to the forums db yet, gonna be doin in a min and i still gotta make me an admin center... oh dear im bleeding Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 2, 2002 Author Share Posted August 2, 2002 Need tha fix a few things there.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAMonke Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 Ooohhhh, somone linked to MY topic. I feel so special Ok maybe not, but anyway, another place is http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo3.htm The old 1.03.00 Directx 7 one can probably fix V3 lock ups if u have an intel based system. But I have an AMD so it didnt work for me Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-367461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollerfink Posted August 3, 2002 Share Posted August 3, 2002 Any ideas how I can solve this one? I recently installed XP (and downloaded the XP patch and the GTA 1.1 patch). I have cordless USB Wingman game controllers. Now GTA3 is unplayable because the guy just spins and circles and won't move, or if playing a saved game he just stands there and won't move. Before my upgrade it was working perfectly. Rockstar lists this as a known problem but their solution is to get rid of the Wingman game controllers, which I definitely don't want to do. Any ideas? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-368232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 3, 2002 Author Share Posted August 3, 2002 Hmm.. i can't suggest anymore then R* did for now.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-368752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panos Posted August 3, 2002 Share Posted August 3, 2002 good job there Rudolf but i didn't see anything about the stuttering problem.. a lot of people are having this problem , you have a solution? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-369283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 3, 2002 Author Share Posted August 3, 2002 You mean stuttering gameplay? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-369590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 3, 2002 Author Share Posted August 3, 2002 Ahum. *BUMP*! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-370397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta3dudeman Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 This might been said somewhere else, but im kinda tired of looking, i just want to fix this problem asap, i have a Geforce 2 32mb card, and the cars, people etc...look way too good and it's making extremely choppy gameplay, sometimes to where it freeze's, how do i tone down the graphics plz, thank you! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsensytised Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 change resolution / colour depth to 640x480x16bit. maybe higher 800x600x16bit but try 640x480 1st. options --> graphics ---> resolution. confirm by hitting enter. ( u dont have to hit just press ) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Elvis Found Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 It would help if i knew WHY THE SAVEGAME FIX NEEDS 1.1!!. and it also says "will not work with any other versions" also im quite a n00b when it comes to patching and all and since this one is a manual one why does it mention SAVEGAME folder when its really user files?, if you can explain this and it fixes ill write a big post saying thank j00 (or you by choice) repeated......PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Elvis Found Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 i also forgot...how can i get the 1.1 patch and why at your own risk if its official? did rockstar fork this one up as much as the game did to many people??? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panos Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 i think he said ''at your own rik" because sometimes the patch does not work as it should be...i recommend you backup your gta3.exe before applying the patch Also, some people are having occasional stutter and slowdown (fast then slow then fast..etc).you can solve the problem by turning frame limiter on, or enable DMA on your hard disk if you have Win 98SE/ME (go to control panel-->system-->device manager--> hard disk Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanco Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Saved games won't load after installing a nocd or enable blood patch, and STILL won't load even after you've put the original, store-bought .exe back: Try erasing one save game manually, under Windows. Then restart GTA3. This worked for me, and I haven't seen it mentioned before. DeanCo-- Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 4, 2002 Author Share Posted August 4, 2002 I said at your own risk because most ppl i have seen using the offcila patch got worse gameplay, or it didn't do a thing. And for some unlucky ppl, gta3 would not even start up anymore. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 4, 2002 Author Share Posted August 4, 2002 If ya wanna see what i mean, check out their poll here. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
/eZ/buffy Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Hmm i got a problem i recently upgraded my computer....... Athlon™ XP 2100+ (1.733 MHz) Palomino™ Asus™ A7V333 Raid. Asus™ GeForce 3 64mb. Crucial™ DDR PC2700 512mb. IBM™ 2x 120GXP UDMA100 123.5GB. IBM™ 2x 120GXP UDMA100 82.3GB. When i install GTA3 and patched..... the menu word's are all blocked out and i'am unable to read them...... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-371999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
/eZ/buffy Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Hmm i got a problem i recently upgraded my computer....... Athlon™ XP 2100+ (1.733 MHz) Palomino™ Asus™ A7V333 Raid. Asus™ GeForce 3 64mb. Crucial™ DDR PC2700 512mb. IBM™ 2x 120GXP UDMA100 123.5GB. IBM™ 2x 120GXP UDMA100 82.3GB. When i install GTA3 and patched..... the menu word's are all blocked out and i'am unable to read them...... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-372002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
/eZ/buffy Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Nevermind a WinXP patch? where ever that is.... okay found it look's dodgy..... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-372032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 4, 2002 Author Share Posted August 4, 2002 Make sure you read the whole list people. Cuz else ya gonna have tha browse the whole forum and that would take a long time. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-372099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootBang Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 i have a voodoo3 and it freezez, but i can't use dx7 from your url because i have windows 2000, any other suggestions? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-376197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 6, 2002 Author Share Posted August 6, 2002 i have a voodoo3 and it freezez, but i can't use dx7 from your url because i have windows 2000, any other suggestions? Contact GTAMonke. He's really into the Voodoo freeze problem, if he can't help ya out, no one else can at the moment. Contact him here via pm. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/44030-helpful-fixes-for-gta-iii/#findComment-376459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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