GTA IV trouble...

Hey everyone,

Happy new years.
GTA IV won't run on my computer. Every time I try to start the game, I get the MSDOS window then an error message saying "GTA FATAL ERROR: RMN20"

No idea what that means. There's nothing on the DOS window either...
I tried running it in XP Service Pack 2, and regularly in Vista. Neither works. I'm running Vista home basic.

Any ideas what might be wrong?

 

No one use Google these days ;(

Do you have SP1 installed on Vista ?

and for XP, let me guess... RMN40 ?

 

I don't think I have SP1 installed... How do I install it?

 

Control panel > Windows update

 

After that, do I go under GTAIV.exe Properties and select run as SP1, or can I just run it regularly?

 

No need to make any changes to the shortcut after you apply the patch. Just double click the icon in the desktop and it should run just fine (well performance should be an issue due to your system specs but at least it will run )

 

Feel free to tell a fellow Vostro guy how many frames you get while playing GTA

 

Also make sure you have all you're drivers up to date. Video card, Sound card, etc.

And make sure you start out using low settings for the game, then inch then up till you get a good ratio of FPS/Playability.

 

OK, so I installed SP1 for Vista, and then when I run the game now, I get the an error message saying RMN40... Do I need to install SP3?

 

I guess you got that error on XP. You need SP3 on XP in order to run it.
http://www.rockstargames.com/support/gta4pc/docs/GTA%20IV%20Error%20Codes.doc

 

Lol. Here's me. Specs in sig. Roughly similar to a Vostro's. I run:

960 x 600
Textures, low
Rendering, low

View distance, 10
Detail distance, 10
Traffic density, 20
Shadow density, 0

My video card and processor seem capable of rendering frames in the high 20's. Unfortunately, that is the preloaded benchmark with the motorcycle chase. In the real game I get lots of pauses and hiccups because of my relatively slow hard drive. I also get bad FPS during sunrise/sunset and during rain.

There's my GTA experience.

As for the OP, there is a fix around the web for XPSP2, but I haven't looked into it; I just know it involves registry editing. Best to update to SP3.

I just hope Saint's Row 2 fares better when it comes out Monday.

 

Well, I got to run it. With everything on lowest (and I mean, everything[/] on lowest[/b]) I get 20FPS tops, but the game is EXTREMELY buggy. I deem it UNPLAYABLE. Returning the game tomorrow.

 

Do you use DOX 180.84 Drivers? I forgot to mention that. Also, you should patch the game. I managed to get through the game.

 

GTA IV is a bad port. It runs poorly and has lots of bugs. You can try the 180.84 driver (http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=137 -- make sure to pick the right one based on your OS and architecture) to see if that helps things.

 

GTA IV's coding is poorly designed, im playing it at medium/high settings and i get like 25-30 fps. I can get better fps on Crysis than GTA IV

 

*sigh* gtaiv is known to be finnicky, and requires xp sp3 or vista sp1.

seeing as you were running xp sp2 and vista without sp1, this is a clear, documented issue.

that said, i dont blame you for wanting to return it. its horrible. much better on the consoles (not that the consoles are better, just that rockstar literally didn't give a flying hoot about PC gamers this round)

 

True true. I think GTA should be able to run better than Crysis considering it looks nowhere near as good. I can run Crysis on medium with an average of 22 FPS, so I should be able to run GTA well.... But Rockstar F-ed up.

I don't think I have that driver, but oh well. I honestly doubt updating driver and patching it will improve its performance to a tolerable level.

 

I keep forgetting my disc in my desktop so I haven't played very much here on my notebook.

I know on my notebook its gonna be something like:
1680x1050 (screen is 1920x1200)
Medium
High
35
35
35
Shadows (don't care)

I'm gonna be scraping by on about 30fps, need a better CPU.

My desktop is:
medium
high
100
100
35
100

and at about 45fps

 

wow i didnt realize the 7811 could run this so well

 

Turn off physX, reboot and you'll get an extra 7 or so fps. Not like a lot of games support it.

start>>programs>>nvidia corp.>>physiX control panel, settings tab

 

thanks alot ranger +rep

 

Cool, thanx. This is probably going to be the last set where you have to go outside the normal NV control panel the current set of GTA IV NV beta drivers have it already in the normal graphics control panel.