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GTA IV Patch Out Now

13 Dec, 2008, 2:10 pm IST | by Avinash Bali |

As you already know by now Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC is a bit of a technical mess - head over to our review for more on that.


Anyway Rockstar acknowledged those issues and began working on a patch that’s released today and will automatically update the game through Games for Windows Live. Here’s what the patch brings to the table:
  • A fix to the crash after legal screen that some German customers were reporting.
  • Numerous improvements to the video editor: Smarter naming of videos, improved rendering quality, better FX during replays
  • Fix to bowling while using certain sensitive mice
  • Fix for ATI 1900 shadows
  • Overall savings to memory
  • Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors
  • Multiplayer character settings are preserved
  • Support for DirectInput controllers. Note: The current hack way of supporting these controllers may not work with the improved functionality. So we recommend you remove the hack before upgrading to the patch.
Issues with power management software have also been fixed (slow speed, double speed issues). Even after the patch comes out setting power management software to maximum performance is recommended. We’ve seen cases where power management software does not detect the game is running and puts the CPU in green mode.

Besides the patch we’ve also improved the way the Social Club handles data this should have greatly reduced or eliminated the MMA10 error. If you are still receiving this error after logging in and out of Social Club we would like to know as much info as you can about it.


If you happen to try the patch out before we do let us know how it worked out for you.

Tags: Grand Theft Auto

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