GTA 4 (PC) on Radeon graphics cards causes crashes

[MattyBoy]

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GTA 4 has officially been released for the PC, but users are already having problems with their ATI graphics cards. With the unpatched retail version we have in our office has neither HD 4870 with 1024 MiByte nor a HD 4850 is running. GTA 4 is also denying to run with an HD 3870 or HD 3850. All four graphics cards were tested on two x48 systems with Windows Vista x64 and the Catalyst 8.11 WHQL. Right after the welcome screen GTA 4 crashes.

It is of course possible that GTA 4 (PC) will run under different conditions (operating system, graphics card, driver, motherboard). But there are reports of users in some forums and in the 3D Center forum that describe similar problems. It also seems like Nvidia cards are also negatively affected; they had to run the exe file several times before GTA 4 started.

Therefor we have to currently keep in touch with AMD and Rockstar and try to find a solution for the problem. Possibly a patch or update a driver can help.

[Rawko]

This is exactly what Rockstar recommends to do.

Issue 1 - Fatal Error MMA10 on saving the game.

Possible Solution 1 - Sign out of the Rockstar Social Club, on starting the game skip the login. This allows the game to start. If you are connected to the Internet, you will be prompted to login to Game For Windows Live (GFWL). If you login to this will save the game without issues.

However if you are not connected to the Internet, GFWL has an offline mode. If you try to save at your safe house, it will advise you to login. From here choose YES and the game will appear to freeze for a second, hold down the Alt and press Tab to go back to your desktop. You will see the option to sign into GFWL Offline mode, do this and then ALT + Tab back into the game. This should allow you to save, although it may take you to the beginning of the game.

Possible Solution 2 - Install. NET Framework 3.5, but also unconfirmed. Net Framework 1.1 may need to be installed first.

Issue 2 - Graphical distortion using an NVIDIA 7900 video card

Solution - Install and use the latest beta driver for the 7 series video cards.
Rockstar explicitly points out that the use of Beta drivers is done at one's own risk

Windows XP (32 bit) - 180.70
Windows XP (64 bit) - 180.60
Windows Vista (32 bit) -180.60
Windows Vista (64 bit) - 180.60


Issue 3 - General crashes / freezes

Solution - Install all the latest updates for Windows. Including service packs (SP3 for XP and SP1 for Vista). Close background applications.

Sometime back we already reported about ATI graphics cards causing GTA 4 to crash. Therefor we have to currently check if an update provided for the Rockstar Social Club solved that particular problem, too.

Rockstar delivered solutions for several problems of the GTA 4 PC version

[kattman]

Update
Rockstar is trying to get all problems of the GTA 4 PC version solved as fast as possible. On the GTA 4 support site of Rockstar Games several issues and their solutions have been listed.

The chart below shows all currently known problems and possible solutions.

RMN20 - Windows Vista: Need to have Service Pack 1 or higher to proceed.
RMN30 - Windows XP 64 / Server 2003: Need to have Service Pack 2 or higher to proceed.
RMN40 - Windows XP: Need to have Service Pack 3 or higher to proceed.
DD3D50 - D3D Error - DirectX 9 video card required
TEXP110 - D3D Error - Failed to create texture - Please restart the game
DWIN20 - D3D Error - Failed to query memory. Please re-start the game.
DD3D10 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DD3D10 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DD3D30 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DWIN30 - D3D Error - Please re-boot your system
DD3D20 - D3D Error - Please re-install the game and/or re-install DirectX
DWIN10 - D3D Error - Please restart the game
DD3D60 - D3D Error - Shader Model 3.0 or higher is required
DD3D70 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
GPUP10 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
TEXP20 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
TEXP30 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
TEXP80 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve D3D Device. Please re-boot your system
DD3D40 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve device capabilities. Please install latest video card driver and/or re-install DirectX
TEXP10 - D3D Error - Unable to retrieve device capabilities. Please install latest video card driver and/or re-install DirectX
DD3D80 - D3D reset failed - Please restart the game.
STRB10 - Failed to delete file - Please re-boot your system
RMN10 - Failed to read file - Please re-boot your system
STRM10 - Failed to read file - Please re-boot your system
STRM20 - Failed to read file - Please re-boot your system
BNDL10 - Failed to write file – Please re-boot your system
STBF10 - Failed to write file – Please re-boot your system
VOIC10 - Fatal voice chat error - Please restart the game
RESC10 - Out of video memory - Please re-boot your system
BA10 - Out of virtual memory - Please re-boot your system
EA10 - Out of virtual memory - Please re-boot your system
TEXP60 - Unable to create color render target - Please re-install DirectX and/or install the latest video card driver.
TEXP70 - Unable to create depth render target - Please re-install DirectX and/or install the latest video card driver.
AE10 - Insufficient Memory to Start Game - Please close some applications and restart the game
PC10 - Unable to retrieve D3D Device - Please reboot your machine or reinstall your display driver
TF10 - Unable to write to disk - Please restart the game
WS20 - InitWinSock failed - Please re-boot your system and/or re-install the game
WS30 - InitWinSock failed - Please re-boot your system and/or re-install the game

[Adripathi]

"The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV, according to complaints circulating on various forums, would present different malfunctions."

A launch uphill for with Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC. Several people, in fact, have found a significant number of bugs, of which only a fraction would be solved. Rockstar claims that the problems are limited to a small band of users, but the errors appear to affect more than one thing: after the graphics software.

The two main errors are identified by the letters RMN40 and MMA10. In the first case, the defect concerns the failure to install Service Pack 3 with Windows XP and Microsoft. NET Framework 3.5 with Windows Vista. The error MMA10, however, depend on no software installation Rockstar Social Club, designed for multiplayer games.

But there are also complaints about the performance and yield of graphics. Some users, albeit with hardware high-level talk of poor performance. Rockstar said that in many cases it is a malfunction of graphics drivers that could be resolved by reinstalling the drivers or the installation of their latest version. In other cases, instead, the software will struggle to load the texture, making the scenarios strip and unnatural.

Rockstar has indicated that it is working on these bugs and will release a software update as soon as possible. To those who have stumbled in these or other malfunctions remind the official site for Rockstar or the Forum of Steam.

GTA IV for PC is available to users in Europe by December 3. This version features improvements in graphics and gameplay compared with their console. It includes an editor for the replay and new features for the multiplayer component.

By editor, the player is able to act on a movie about 30 seconds, changing shots or cutting sequences. The software is constantly the last 30 seconds of the game. In addition, you can join lengths of 30 seconds between them, creating a real trailer to be shared through the official website of the Social Club of Rockstar Games.

[Electro]

I am still facing problems playing this game on my ati video cards? When will be the patch coming for ATI Graphic Card.

[3.141592654]

well i havea radeon b2 512 2600pro agp my computer will run it but it skips like its lagging things dont show up in the game constently running into things u can see cars in mid air where i guess hills and roads are cars and buildings are a blur

[Seadfinder]

probeer bij microsoft even deze dingen te downloaden

Directx jun2010 redist

Dx90 sdk exstra dirext 3d

dat moet wel lukken als goed is is de fout dan weg

ben na computer winkel geweest en vroeg om die fout moet je deze dingen dowloaden.

[Shikhar]

Originally Posted by Seadfinder

probeer bij microsoft even deze dingen te downloaden

Directx jun2010 redist

Dx90 sdk exstra dirext 3d

dat moet wel lukken als goed is is de fout dan weg

ben na computer winkel geweest en vroeg om die fout moet je deze dingen dowloaden.

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