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[III-IV] Various GTA Downgraders


Igor Bogdanoff
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Looks like they finally rolled out the patch with the 3 removed radio stations officially. Fixed the localization error too lol

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Igor Bogdanoff

sadly i dont currently have enough time to dick around it. maybe next week

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SSeymourSkinner
On 9/29/2019 at 4:12 AM, Sam Lake said:

GTA 3

RGSC to v1

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears (it just blinks really)

4) Install SilentPatch and/or Cleo (to get rid of insert CD2 message)

5) Launch via GTA3.exe and not RGSC launcher

Download LINK

 

GTA VC

RGSC to v1

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears

4) Install SilentPatch and/or Cleo (to get rid of insert CD2 message)

5) Launch via GTA-vc.exe and not RGSC launcher

Download LINK


GTA SA

RGSC/Steam to v1

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears

4) It's recommended to install SilentPatch to get rid of compatibility issues like mouse not working.

5) Launch via GTA-sa.exe and not RGSC launcher, or via Steam

Download LINK

 

v2 to v1 (not exactly tested :O )

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears

4) It's recommended to install SilentPatch to get rid of compatibility issues like mouse not working.

5) Launch via GTA-sa.exe

Download LINK

 

Recommended mods for these 3 games:

 

 

 

GTA IV Complete Edition Radio Downgrader (RGL/Steam)

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears

5) Launch via Steam

Note: Rockstar Game launcher doesnt allow booting game with modified files no matter what. There is lame workaround that you boot game in offline mode - aka you pull out internet cable/turn off wifi and then run game, after it launches, you can connect back in the internet cable/turn on wifi and enjoy game with original soundtrack and accomplishments. It is also recommended to disable automatic updates in Rockstar Game Launcher for GTA IV

Download link

 

Hotfix

(extract to common\text)

 

Recommended mod:

 

GTA3/VC steam downgrader?
Just get 1.0 exe :D

 

  Hide contents

old and not working, only for archival purposes

 

GTA IV - STEAM ONLY!

Cut radio to pre-cut radio

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears

4) play

Download LINK

 

GTA EFLC - STEAM ONLY!

Cut radio to pre-cut radio

1) Download

2) extract to GTA directory

3) run install.bat and wait untill window disappears

4) play

Download LINK

 

Hello there! I wanted to specifically ask about the GTA IV CE radio downgrader, which I was very satisfied with earlier this year to restore all music tracks, while the EFLC stations were absent. However, on today (June 3 2020), Rockstar patched in Vice City FM, Self-Actualization FM, and RamJam FM. I feel like this update broke some stations for me, for example some original songs have returned (I noticed "Droppin' Science" on The Classics, and "Touch Too Much" on Liberty Rock Radio), while stations like The Journey remain altered. Maybe I did not look hard enough, but after driving a car into a Pay and Spray over and over to hear different tracks, not every song appeared. To make matters worse, I think Vladivostok FM was broken for me; the station plays DJ Paul's mix, but Ruslana's mix brings nothing but commercials and station IDs playing yet no actual music playing (just Seryoga's "Liberty City: The Invasion" once but that was it). 

 

I do not want to rush you at all and I understand the patch just came out, but maybe you can please update this downgrader to accommodate for all stations plus the EFLC ones (to my knowledge, only VC FM had tracks removed), perhaps this will fix the stations and ensure every song plays? Maybe Rockstar will release a patch soon but I doubt they even know this problem exists; I do not know if it is just me or others notice issues as well. They've been paying some attention to this game recently and I have a tiny bit of hope for them (too bad they never fixed optimization issues...). Thank you so much!

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1 hour ago, Sam Lake said:

sadly i dont currently have enough time to dick around it. maybe next week

Take your time man no worries

5 minutes ago, SSeymourSkinner said:

Hello there! I wanted to specifically ask about the GTA IV CE radio downgrader, which I was very satisfied with earlier this year to restore all music tracks, while the EFLC stations were absent. However, on today (June 3 2020), Rockstar patched in Vice City FM, Self-Actualization FM, and RamJam FM. I feel like this update broke some stations for me, for example some original songs have returned (I noticed "Droppin' Science" on The Classics, and "Touch Too Much" on Liberty Rock Radio), while stations like The Journey remain altered. Maybe I did not look hard enough, but after driving a car into a Pay and Spray over and over to hear different tracks, not every song appeared. To make matters worse, I think Vladivostok FM was broken for me; the station plays DJ Paul's mix, but Ruslana's mix brings nothing but commercials and station IDs playing yet no actual music playing (just Seryoga's "Liberty City: The Invasion" once but that was it). 

 

I do not want to rush you at all and I understand the patch just came out, but maybe you can please update this downgrader to accommodate for all stations plus the EFLC ones (to my knowledge, only VC FM had tracks removed), perhaps this will fix the stations and ensure every song plays? Maybe Rockstar will release a patch soon but I doubt they even know this problem exists; I do not know if it is just me or others notice issues as well. They've been paying some attention to this game recently and I have a tiny bit of hope for them (too bad they never fixed optimization issues...). Thank you so much!

Do you still have the radio downgrader installed? You may have to reinstall the game and leave it stock until the new downgrader is out

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SSeymourSkinner
9 minutes ago, CJ's Jetpack said:

Take your time man no worries

Do you still have the radio downgrader installed? You may have to reinstall the game and leave it stock until the new downgrader is out

Yes, and my stupid self decided to run the program with this current edition of the game only for the game to crash, so I am having Steam reinstall the game and fix the files. Yeah I am okay with not playing the game for a while until the downgrader is updated, or Rockstar fixes the game themselves. Again, I'm not sure if I am the only one experiencing these weird glitches or others are as well 

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SSeymourSkinner
2 hours ago, CJ's Jetpack said:

Take your time man no worries

Do you still have the radio downgrader installed? You may have to reinstall the game and leave it stock until the new downgrader is out

Update: I rebooted the game right now, and radio stations seem to work again (albeit with the expired tracks removed and the new Vladivostok FM put in place). 

 

I'm okay with waiting until the music downgrader is updated to this current version of the game (it does not work anymore after EFLC stations were added), please let me know when an update is released but I'll keep checking this forum regularly because I much prefer the original soundtrack. Thank you and thank you, Sam Luke 

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Igor Bogdanoff

current state of downgrader:

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vc fm

ad ends

no music

engine only goes brrr

and crash

current state of rockstar games:
play in japanese language

wanna know name of song on vcfm (or other eflc stations)

zit doesnt know, prolly cuz of weirdly disabled tlad and tbogt dlcs on this language

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On 6/10/2020 at 11:59 AM, Sam Lake said:

current state of downgrader:

current state of rockstar games:
play in japanese language

wanna know name of song on vcfm (or other eflc stations)

zit doesnt know, prolly cuz of weirdly disabled tlad and tbogt dlcs on this language

So does this mean with the current build of GTA IV it is impossible to restore all of the original radio stations?

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Igor Bogdanoff

show me eflc radio stations on patch 8

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Why would I want to listen to those? Good songs on original stations > EFLC poopsauce

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Ralph Pendelbury
On 6/25/2020 at 11:26 AM, Sam Lake said:

show me eflc radio stations on patch 8

This link: https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Radio_Stations_in_GTA_IV#Vice_City_FM  has a list of the songs in GTA IV, TBoGT and TLaD. Is that it you want?

 

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/04/26/here-are-the-grand-theft-auto-iv-songs-removed-today.aspx  and this link has all the removed songs from that infamous patch. RamJam, Self Actualization and Vice City FM were removed from GTAIV Complete Edition, Rockstar recently put them back in the game. 10th Anniversary versions with removed songs.  

 

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Lucky4LeafClover

Hey Sam Lake!

Any news on how the downgrader is coming along for the most recent Steam version of GTA IV? Just checking in to see how it's working as I'm holding off another playthrough until I can get the old songs back in (kinda wish R* didn't patch things sometimes but readding the 3 EFLC stations isn't too bad in my books).

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Igor Bogdanoff

im still waiting for Parik's tool to edit dat files

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CarlTheGamer438

Hello! Basically, I downgraded the Steam version of GTA San Andreas, renamed the "gta-sa.exe" file into "gta_sa.exe" just for SA-MP, and it still crashes. Any solution to this issue? Thank you!

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Igor Bogdanoff

would be nice if you send image of the error, say if sa itself crashes or samp and also if sa works (if samp doesnt)

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CarlTheGamer438
45 minutes ago, Sam Lake said:

would be nice if you send image of the error, say if sa itself crashes or samp and also if sa works (if samp doesnt)

Oh yeah, I forgot. Sorry about that!

San Andreas works perfectly fine for me.

https://imgur.com/a/TPlTNhJ

I observed one thing last night: After downgrading and installing SA-MP without any other mods installed, it gives me an error with the requirement of DirectX 9.0. After installing the ASI Loader and SilentPatch (I don't know if I needed CLEO for this one, I have it installed in my main downgraded folder), SA-MP crashes, again.

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grammar mistake
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Igor Bogdanoff

try downloading and installing dx9 then and maybe without silentpatch

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429

 

although it should work fine.

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CarlTheGamer438

Did both. Gave me the same error, weird...

Even with compatibility mode turned on, it crashes.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just got to fix it. I don't exactly know what I did in the files, but I did it. Thanks for the help anyways!

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Igor Bogdanoff

its literally few posts above

On 6/28/2020 at 7:15 PM, Sam Lake said:

im still waiting for Parik's tool to edit dat files

 

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Ralph Pendelbury

I appreciate just the fact you're working on it. No problem waiting, don't wanna have to use my old, outdated GTA IV to play the game but i'll do if Rockstar keeps being a bitch and excising songs from the game. If this goes on we'll have a mute radio ingame by 2030. Bleargh! 🤮

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So I just figured out that if you use the Radio Downgrader the game will open but the save files will get corrupted somehow? And when I paste back the original radio files, it loads my saves without any problems. sh*t, I want to just play the damn game like we're supposed to, why does Rockstar has to make everything so difficult OMG...

 

Any idea how to fix this? I doubt there's any fix but hey there's no harm in asking.

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Ralph Pendelbury
20 hours ago, silvinax said:

So I just figured out that if you use the Radio Downgrader the game will open but the save files will get corrupted somehow? And when I paste back the original radio files, it loads my saves without any problems. sh*t, I want to just play the damn game like we're supposed to, why does Rockstar has to make everything so difficult OMG...

 

Any idea how to fix this? I doubt there's any fix but hey there's no harm in asking.

Links above are for the older version of GTA IV Complete Edition, they won't work any longer on current version. Let's wait for the downgrader update, it's gonna be worth it! 

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Hey, is it possible for Radio Downgrade to GTA IV CE to also support songs added after the patch cutting out songs? I mean, Radio Downgrader would restore cut songs but not remove new ones.

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I recently tried installing SAMP and it was not working with this current San Andreas downgrader. Any thoughts on what could fix this? I've gotten SAMP to work while using other downgraders. I'm using the Steam version for the record.

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Igor Bogdanoff

have you renamed gta-sa.exe to gta_sa.exe?
It would be nice if you took a pic of the error. some guy above had some crashing with samp too, but got it fixed somehow.

Does single player game work fine?

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23 hours ago, Sam Lake said:

have you renamed gta-sa.exe to gta_sa.exe?
It would be nice if you took a pic of the error. some guy above had some crashing with samp too, but got it fixed somehow.

Does single player game work fine?

Renaming the file seems to be my issue, didn't think to check that. Thanks!

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ViceGuy1997

Hi, Sam Lake! Thanks for all your work. Looking forward to new release for IV CE.

And i'm only wondering - is it even possible to separate IV and EFLC music how it was in pre-CE versions? Or they are mashed up forever?

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Igor Bogdanoff

seperate prolly not, maybe remove dlc songs from everywhere.

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