Modders are Fixing GTA IV's Awful PC Port

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  • Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
  • 15 years later and GTA IV is getting some substantial updates from the modding community. With just 3 mods, you can fix a huge number of issues that were present in the PC version of the game, so let's take a look!
    Special thanks to Ash_735 for helping me with this video!
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    FusionFix:
    github.com/ThirteenAG/GTAIV.E...
    Console Visuals:
    gtaforums.com/topic/989098-co...
    Various Fixes:
    gtaforums.com/topic/975211-va...
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    Chapters:
    00:00 - Introduction
    01:14 - Depth of Field/Definition
    02:47 - Volumetric Lighting
    03:00 - Object Fading
    03:24 - Rain Effects
    04:00 - Vehicle Shadows
    04:14 - Vehicle Reflections
    04:33 - Fixed Lights
    04:48 - The Ballad of Gay Tony Vehicle Lights
    04:59 - Weapon Spread
    05:57 - Menu Options
    Music:
    Track #1: Grand Theft Auto: IV - Soviet Connection (Chapters: Introduction, Depth of Field/Definition, Volumetric Lighting, Object Fading, Rain Effects, Vehicle Shadows, Vehicle Reflections, Fixed Lights, Weapon Spread, Menu Options)
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  • @TJGM
    @TJGM  10 місяців тому +123

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    • @meowxgamingstuff
      @meowxgamingstuff 10 місяців тому

      There's a visual bug when using the fusion fix. Rain seems to appear inside interiors too. Can you please check?

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому +2

      @@meowxgamingstuff This is actually caused by a trainer I was using. Hopefully it gets fixed in the future, but the trainer basically breaks the restored rain effects and causes them to appear inside as well.

    • @meowxgamingstuff
      @meowxgamingstuff 10 місяців тому

      @@TJGM But bro I am not using any trainer, still the rain appearing inside interiors. I hope it gets a fix soon.

    • @jarliskalaskinowski8230
      @jarliskalaskinowski8230 10 місяців тому

      @@meowxgamingstuff This rain bug is caused by Liberty's Legacy and/or ScriptHook

    • @zombie-2358
      @zombie-2358 10 місяців тому +2

      Lol this may be a weird suggestion, but you can do a similar video for Driv3r since the PC port of the game was similar to GTA 4's PC release. Many graphical bugs and errors that were not on the consoles. I made a mod which fixes and recovers most console stuff for the PC version of Driv3r. The mod is called Driv3r Definitive Edition.

  • @folev_333
    @folev_333 10 місяців тому +1120

    It's sad how a billion dollar company just don't want to do this itself, but the modder guy in his house can. A weird world we live jn😊

    • @korontos9038
      @korontos9038 10 місяців тому +144

      why would they waste their time actually doing something instead of dropping the 3859202th dlc of gta online

    • @musicalhistory4392
      @musicalhistory4392 10 місяців тому +55

      The worst part is in a similar case in the 3d GTAs they attacked and forced them to take down the mods and then releases an even buggier version. One can only hope they never decide to rerelease GTA 4.

    • @pilotpr0jekt883
      @pilotpr0jekt883 10 місяців тому +21

      One does for joy, one does for money.

    • @LMFPlaya
      @LMFPlaya 10 місяців тому +14

      They'll only do it if it can make them $$$

    • @LMFPlaya
      @LMFPlaya 10 місяців тому +13

      @@justchill5628 It's not entitlement when you're rightfully complaining about something that SHOULD be there in the 1st place. Rockstar's PC port of GTA 4 sucks ass and they can't be bothered to fix a game that's 15 years old now but will gladly sell you new ports of old games for outdated consoles.

  • @Miltypooh2001
    @Miltypooh2001 10 місяців тому +495

    Crazy how modders are more capable of fixing games than a billion dollar company

    • @DiLL-PiCKLe02
      @DiLL-PiCKLe02 10 місяців тому +68

      because these people are doing it out of passion & love, by the community for the community. not for money

    • @spicychad55
      @spicychad55 10 місяців тому +33

      rockstar should just open source their old games if they dont wanna fix it!

    • @pedinhu18
      @pedinhu18 10 місяців тому +6

      Because the modders have more passion for what they do than present-day Rockstar.

    • @Redblood_669
      @Redblood_669 10 місяців тому +4

      @@pedinhu18I mean gta 6 is taking super long to release so that tells me rockstar is either working it to perfection or just pushing back the release date to stall

    • @MrGTAWalkthrough
      @MrGTAWalkthrough 10 місяців тому +14

      It's not because the companies can't. They just don't care

  • @atul1991ful
    @atul1991ful 10 місяців тому +258

    the rain looks surprisingly great with this. great video, hope to see more on modding to fix games or make more vanilla+ improvements.

    • @meowxgamingstuff
      @meowxgamingstuff 10 місяців тому +2

      Rains also appears inside interiors when using this mod. : (

    • @atul1991ful
      @atul1991ful 10 місяців тому +6

      @@meowxgamingstuff ah that's unfortunate, hope that gets fixed

    • @meowxgamingstuff
      @meowxgamingstuff 10 місяців тому +2

      @@atul1991ful yeah

    • @Parallellines0451
      @Parallellines0451 10 місяців тому +8

      @@meowxgamingstuff Do you have scripthook installed? It breaks rain occlusion and splash particles for some reason, it has nothing to do with the shaders.

    • @meowxgamingstuff
      @meowxgamingstuff 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Parallellines0451 Yes, I have scripthook installed. Is not it mandatory to have for mods to load?

  • @blakegriplingph
    @blakegriplingph 10 місяців тому +343

    Most of the performance issues have been mitigated using DXVK iirc.

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому +71

      Oh really? I'll have to check it out, thanks for the heads up!

    • @blakegriplingph
      @blakegriplingph 10 місяців тому +49

      @@TJGM RandomGamingInHD has a video about it.

    • @MagicAl5F4781
      @MagicAl5F4781 10 місяців тому +35

      It depends. I've tried so many versions of it but I always get worse FPS with DXVK. Instead I use a D3D9 wrapper to keep the game in the original DirectX 9 but with fewer glitches. Without a wrapper the game will always crash if I change graphics settings but with a wrapper it's more stable.

    • @Name_cannot_be_blank
      @Name_cannot_be_blank 10 місяців тому +26

      @@MagicAl5F4781it compiles shaders in runtime, so if the game stutters a lot, it will go away after a while of playing

    • @nitrosodium
      @nitrosodium 10 місяців тому +17

      ​@@TJGMdepends, it may work for GPUs that are *high* like rtx 3060, or *famous* like gtx 1050. On my anonymous MX150 it's compatible in theory but it performs bad. Anyway all the info you need is in "Anton Shabunin's blog - How to fix choppiness in GTAIV"

  • @MasonPayneJericho
    @MasonPayneJericho 10 місяців тому +104

    Modders are really going strong in this year!
    First the ACUnityFixes, then the Mafia 2 Final Cut and now this!
    God bless them! 🙏

    • @S2nppy
      @S2nppy 10 місяців тому +3

      yeahhh final cut was such a good mod and all these mods for gta 4 now are amazing!

    • @SoyNeh
      @SoyNeh 10 місяців тому +1

      Can you elaborate on AC Unity? Does the fixes work on online mode?
      Was thinking about playing with a friend for the first time, before they kill off the servers lol

    • @MasonPayneJericho
      @MasonPayneJericho 10 місяців тому +3

      @@SoyNeh Well, on the mod's Nexus site, it reads: "Also, seems to work OK in Multiplayer but not tested very extensively."
      Personally, I can't say, because the truth is, I've never played Unity. My PC was very weak, when it came out (back then I couldn't continue the series after Revelations) and I didn't return to the AC franchise until '19.
      But after I'm done with Odyssey (probably around late autumn), I'm gonna play it to the fullest!
      I'm really grateful to the modders that I'll be able to experience this game as it should've been come out in the first place!

    • @SoyNeh
      @SoyNeh 10 місяців тому +3

      @@MasonPayneJericho Oh great, I'll have to check it out then
      But yeah same as you. Was blown away by the idea of playing AC with friends but my toaster couldn't handle it. Now is time to catch up!

    • @user-xh3nm8oe2l
      @user-xh3nm8oe2l 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@SoyNehunity coop missions are really good especially if you're into its stealth mechanics

  • @supersnow17
    @supersnow17 10 місяців тому +98

    This, this right here is why I play mainly on PC these days. Even if a PC port is trash, 9 times out of 10 there are community made fixes that fix, and or improve the experience. Thank god for the modding community and thank god for people like you bringing light to these mods. EDIT: I have been using these mods since I saw this video and they work just fine. Made me fall in love with the game all over again.

    • @possibly_ben
      @possibly_ben 10 місяців тому +3

      the only problem about it is when there's a bunch of small mods that fix things that end up clashing with your qol mods, so you can either have fix without qol mod, or qol mod without fix

    • @ParodieHecker-mobile
      @ParodieHecker-mobile 10 місяців тому

      ​@@possibly_benWhat are QOL mods?

    • @possibly_ben
      @possibly_ben 10 місяців тому

      @@ParodieHecker-mobile quality of life

    • @matteodelapaz1698
      @matteodelapaz1698 10 місяців тому

      I hope SR2 gets the same treatment

    • @justinportillo3996
      @justinportillo3996 10 місяців тому +1

      @@possibly_benyeah like the kotor 1 restoration cut content mod and the community patch mod. Can’t use both of them so you have pick and choose

  • @CoreMaster111
    @CoreMaster111 10 місяців тому +35

    It seems to me that most of these issues came with updates and with new GPU drivers etc. As when I originally played this on my ATi HD4850 and later on HD 6950 I absolutely had no dark shadows under cars, no massive pop-in and I had rain looking just as it did on console.

    • @lopwidth7343
      @lopwidth7343 9 місяців тому +3

      Yeah. I don’t remember these issues either. It must be the updates coming years after release pr usual with many games

  • @DiseasedMorale
    @DiseasedMorale 10 місяців тому +32

    I can't believe there have been so many issues that Ive never seen before. It's amazing to see what modders can do to fix the games we love.

  • @limpa756
    @limpa756 9 місяців тому +5

    Modding this game is a fucking nightmare, they're all so scattered about. I wish someone would make a guide, say something like the viva new vegas guide for fallout. Just someone that truly knows what they're talking about regarding the game and modding.

  • @rangyus
    @rangyus 10 місяців тому +52

    "the performance has and always will be an issue" *instantly stops watching and breaks into tears*

    • @DGCastell
      @DGCastell 10 місяців тому +2

      i know i felt the same, but one can only hope.

    • @GeneralVeki
      @GeneralVeki 9 місяців тому +1

      you know about dxvk right 💀

    • @LikeAGroove
      @LikeAGroove 9 місяців тому

      Search up "gta iv dxvk"

    • @geoffdb8118
      @geoffdb8118 9 місяців тому

      ​@@DGCastelldude look up dxvk it vastly improved the graphics

  • @Spoggi99YT
    @Spoggi99YT 10 місяців тому +38

    Great video! Just to add to this, I would recommend using the radio downgrader in order to restore the full radio soundtrack (many songs were removed due to licensing with thw release of the Complete Edition, especially Vladivostok FM).

    • @LazyBoi357
      @LazyBoi357 6 місяців тому

      Really? Where can I find this radio downgrader thing?

  • @FlameDragon72
    @FlameDragon72 10 місяців тому +10

    As someone who just got my first PC, I found GTA 4 to be better on PC than Xbox etc but these EXACT issues annoyed me. It's great to see modders getting to work on these

  • @robin_be
    @robin_be 10 місяців тому +27

    love your videos! they're clear, to the point without unecessary narration, and just overall good. thanks for making these :D

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому +3

      Thank you! It means a lot.

    • @danill4381
      @danill4381 10 місяців тому

      damn and i just bought the xbox 360 version of gta 4. It was on sale and for 10 dollars i was able to get it with the manual, map, and disk@@TJGM

  • @simonhoel2704
    @simonhoel2704 10 місяців тому +6

    for old games on a desktop you can often run them at 4x the resolution.
    basically fixes any anialiasing or weird pixel highlights.
    best part is that for many configurations it won't even effect performance.
    besides letting you turn anti aliasing off.

  • @PanKoxu
    @PanKoxu 10 місяців тому +19

    This game still looks beautiful after all these years.

    • @Targoon_Music
      @Targoon_Music 10 місяців тому +7

      fr
      it has the most character and distinguished atmosphere among all gta games

    • @PanKoxu
      @PanKoxu 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Targoon_MusicGTA 3 and GTA 4 have the best atmosphere

    • @deadwine511
      @deadwine511 10 місяців тому

      @@PanKoxu no wonder those two are my favorite games, shame rockstar decided to butcher the remake 🤡

    • @Gu12herme
      @Gu12herme 10 місяців тому

      Remaster, not a remake@@deadwine511

    • @PanKoxu
      @PanKoxu 10 місяців тому +1

      @@deadwine511 yeah same. They are also my favorites. Currently im getting the platinum trophy for original version of GTA 3 (PS2) on PS5 since i already platinumed the whole remastered trilogy

  • @cm4363
    @cm4363 10 місяців тому +4

    having a built-in fps limiter is going to be insanely helpful for a lot of people. having only a vsync option sucked since even the lowest refresh rate monitors are usually 60hz today, meaning that for missions like the final one where you have to spam space to climb into the helicopter, you still need to press it TWICE as fast as intended.

  • @meowxgamingstuff
    @meowxgamingstuff 10 місяців тому +17

    Your videos always fun to watch, lots of things to learn! The console visuals making me play this game again. Thanks a lot.

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them.

  • @imSrslySerious
    @imSrslySerious 9 місяців тому

    Loved the video. Informative and straight to the point. Keep it up!
    Also: Shoutout to all the modders out there who keep, not only GTA IV, but tons of other games out there alive and still fun to play even after years has passed!

  • @saurabhpathakYT
    @saurabhpathakYT 10 місяців тому +11

    Your amazing content is why I subbed you long ago. Your tutorials and videos are the best. Absolutely brilliant! These channels and modders are what keeping games alive and they should be getting more attention. I hope just like gta 4 someone also fixes the awful true crime new york city on PC. Its a good game.

  • @hovhannes11
    @hovhannes11 6 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for covering this mod. Could you additionally showcase a side by side comparison of XBOX 360, PC and PC+FusionFix visuals with console-like settings? I'm sure many people are curious about how faithful FusionFix's console gamma and other improvements are to the original XBOX version.

  • @cydragon2.099
    @cydragon2.099 10 місяців тому +3

    with these 3 mods and as well the GTA IV 1th year anniversary pack (found it through a community post on steam) gives a pretty great experience... now if only there were a way to add in multiplayer on CE

  • @engie1107
    @engie1107 10 місяців тому +9

    Yeah, as others have said, I’ve been able to keep my performance at a nearly locked 60 in this game by using DXVK and turning night shadows off, as well as putting view distance and detail distance to 50. Only transitioning between islands and flying in a helicopter really bring it down now. Would recommend!

    • @ferdirenaldi3303
      @ferdirenaldi3303 10 місяців тому

      Just crank down the night shadow to high, it's more than enough, very high night shadow unoptimised with dxvk.Cuz The night shadow (act as dynamic shadow) illuminate the shadow just nice 4 real. Worth to turn this option to medium or high.... At least better than not at all

    • @engie1107
      @engie1107 10 місяців тому

      @@ferdirenaldi3303 word I’ll give it a shot. I never really noticed a difference between on and off so I just figured they were broken or something.

  • @thetexanhusky
    @thetexanhusky 10 місяців тому +4

    Very nice.
    Unfortunately, one thing that sucks right now is that the mods in question have little to no videos that SHOW how to install them. Telling only gets you so far and people can get stumped pretty easily (I know I get easily stumped). I hope that videos do come out that SHOW how to install these neat mods, because these mods seem like must-haves.

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому +3

      Working on one right now!

    • @Joker71219
      @Joker71219 8 місяців тому +2

      Have you got any article or video , how to install fusion fix mod ? I really need help installing this mod 😔 . I am new to pc games 🎮😢❤

  • @Sum_Yousah
    @Sum_Yousah 9 місяців тому +1

    I'm going to re-install this legendary game and its DLCs so does the order in which you install the mods matter? Can the "Radio Downgrader" (from nexusmods) also be added (if it's not already included in one of these mods?) as well as DXVK on top of it all or will there be compatibility issues? Btw you're doing a great job, keep it up! 👍🏽

  • @Mightbemil
    @Mightbemil 9 місяців тому

    Highly underrated channel I hope u get the viewers u deserve! Btw what accent is that? I just couldn’t guess lmao

  • @imembridibuddha
    @imembridibuddha 10 місяців тому +9

    Truly a Rockstar moment.

  • @edwardecl
    @edwardecl 9 місяців тому +2

    the performance was already fixed with DXVK, converting the API From DirectX to Vulkan gets you a much better frame rate with less stutter.
    So by default on Linux with proton in Steam you are going to have a much better experience than native Windows.

  • @panfilip9963
    @panfilip9963 10 місяців тому +3

    I don't have a very powerful pc, I might say it's even weak, but it runs GTA 5 good on medium/low settings. The PC even checks all the boxes under "recommended settings" for GTA 4, and yet, I can barely play that game. Even on lowest settings, constant frame drops, screen-tearing etc. This is not The Way.

  • @sujay_691_
    @sujay_691_ 10 місяців тому +3

    Plz make a installation guide for these mods showcased

  • @Gypsyx
    @Gypsyx 10 місяців тому +1

    Damn I gotta play through GTA 4 again

  • @stephen3293
    @stephen3293 10 місяців тому +2

    Liked and subbed. Excellent content!

  • @MrVidification
    @MrVidification 4 місяці тому +1

    In a way I quite like a little blur, it gave it atmosphere. The dvd never worked on win 10 or 11,but it's code made it playable via the rockstar launcher. I think rockstar toronto converted it to pc. lighting isn't great in GTA V either, object shadows can move as you walk closer or away from them.

  • @MirelRC
    @MirelRC 10 місяців тому +1

    I think I have to play this game again. Thank you for this video man. You got a sub from me :D

  • @pausuri7
    @pausuri7 2 місяці тому +1

    Do mods disable achievements in GTA IV? Great video :)

  • @CelestialWolf246
    @CelestialWolf246 8 місяців тому

    Hi TJGM! Do we need to copy all the content inside fusionfix archive to the GTA IV main directory in order to have this mod installed in complete edition? Thanks in advance.

  • @wasteland4408
    @wasteland4408 9 місяців тому +2

    is there an easy to follow tutorial on how to get all these mods working and with DVKV?

  • @gabrocki
    @gabrocki 10 місяців тому +1

    Question: is there a way to combine this mod and the Radio Downgrader? R* removed a bunch of cool songs from the game via the latest update and I want those back, but both FusionFix and the Radio Downgrader have a "dinput8.dll" and I'm afraid that one file would be conflicting with the other, breaking one or both mods.

    • @theemptyprod.1360
      @theemptyprod.1360 10 місяців тому +2

      It's just an Ultimate ASI Loader by ThirteenAG . It will not make the conflict

    • @ash735
      @ash735 10 місяців тому +2

      They're the same, but use the one from Fusion Fix in case you have an old version of Radio Downgrader.

  • @Notorious248
    @Notorious248 10 місяців тому

    Currently replaying the game with the iceenhancer 3.0 enb and a few other mods and its so refreshing after all the years of vanilla gameplay

  • @paft
    @paft 10 місяців тому +1

    I haven't really played this game since release. Outside of performance, I wasn't aware it had several graphical issues on PC compared to console.

  • @junaidisaacs805
    @junaidisaacs805 10 місяців тому

    Thank you so much friend! I can't tell you how useful this video was❤ I chose to install console visuals the manual way to make sure it worked properly and like the read me said the manual way is super long and boring but when I loaded into the game, it was buttery smooth 😊 made such a difference I think it lowkey also helps with performance because before I couldn't really enable shadows it would make the game very laggy. It's been such a journey modding this game and making it playable but so rewarding. On an unrelated note I am a sound engineer and there's a hit marker mod a really cool person made where he let's you put any .wav audio files into the headshot folder and that sound will play out when you hit a headshot, I made my own sound effects for it and if anyone would like to try it out in there game I'd be happy to share it. Also I've seen alot of stuff on the internet about the episode of livery city not working properly anymore after modding and downgrading, I had the same issue but I discovered that it was the potential grim mod that would either crash episodes or cause infinite load screen . Just thought I'd share, and thank you again it truly warms my heart to see this game getting love to this day and people like you still making content on how to fix it and make it playable.

  • @saurabhpathakYT
    @saurabhpathakYT 10 місяців тому +2

    What are the remaining issues on pc compared to consoles? Please make a video on it sometime.

  • @WrathDrago
    @WrathDrago 7 місяців тому

    Do these mods only work if you have the retail and steam versions? I have the rockstar games launcher version and I heard, that version is very limited in mod support or you can't really mod it at all!

  • @marcelogarciagonzalez9984
    @marcelogarciagonzalez9984 10 місяців тому

    Bro you are amazing!!! it would we awesome if u do a video about how to install these mods in GTA IV!

  • @matejwastaken7173
    @matejwastaken7173 10 місяців тому +3

    Do you have a tutorial on how to add these mods correctly?

  • @quinnwouters4021
    @quinnwouters4021 10 місяців тому

    Imagine all of this with GTA (IV) Connected. That whould be cool! Great video btw.

  • @joseguerra4476
    @joseguerra4476 10 місяців тому +3

    2:58 I wish I would join something like that in gta sa

  • @sbeve6969
    @sbeve6969 10 місяців тому +2

    love the mod however I don't have the extra options in the menu

  • @runarvollan
    @runarvollan 8 місяців тому +2

    Doesn't this multimulliondollar corp have anybody to fix their own games? Not one dude from any of their departments. That's absolutely amazing.

  • @gianlucaolano5341
    @gianlucaolano5341 10 місяців тому +1

    Hey guys, just a general question, every time I install the game it only recognizes my CPU but never my GPU so I can't even put the game at max settings (I have a RTX 3050). Anyway to solve it? Any mod or anything? I have searched and nothing so far :(

  • @J0rdan912
    @J0rdan912 10 місяців тому +1

    Do I need all three and their other dozen of required fixes installed? This is a nightmare... Why they can't just merge all these projects into one with simpler installation?

  • @DARKNIGHTHOURS
    @DARKNIGHTHOURS 10 місяців тому

    I remember the good old days with my crappy PC having definition turned off and when i was walking around hove beach watching the sunset, pure nostalgia.

  • @marius2361
    @marius2361 10 місяців тому +1

    ok, so one problem I have is Various Fixes or I don't know which option to install is the best to use for the modloader "update" folder. I have auto-installation, Installation through Fusion Fix and Manual installation. Since I have Fusion Fix installed, I used the second method. I dragged and dropped the folders from there into the update the folder. When trying to launch the game from Steam, the game wouldn't start. It will always try to run but then refuses to open. And it happened every time I tried launching it through Steam. Removing the folders helped fixing the issue. Any idea what it might be causing the issue?

    • @ash735
      @ash735 10 місяців тому

      Have you updated FusionFix and UAL to their latest versions so the modloader is included?

    • @marius2361
      @marius2361 10 місяців тому

      @@ash735 Yes, v1.72 of Fusion Fix and 5.2 version of UAL as of now

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому

      Did you downgrade your game? The latest version of FusionFix won't work on older versions of GTA IV.

  • @spacegoat0133
    @spacegoat0133 9 місяців тому +2

    It’s mind boggling how broken the pc port is

  • @user-vr7fk1os1f
    @user-vr7fk1os1f 6 місяців тому

    Thank you man very helped!

  • @zgwynbleiddz
    @zgwynbleiddz 10 місяців тому +1

    I didn't even know that PC version was so broken because i never saw console version. Great work!

  • @bacd-nn2lg
    @bacd-nn2lg 10 місяців тому +2

    I never had any crashes on PC port of this game back in 2008.

  • @BLUENOUB
    @BLUENOUB 6 місяців тому +1

    How do you install these mods? I’ve been putting them in my gta 4 root folder but it keeps crashing my game :(

  • @marksantiago9841
    @marksantiago9841 10 місяців тому

    I had no idea fusion fx has been updated this much. I have been using it for years and i dont recall some of these new settings.

  • @luke.rayman
    @luke.rayman 8 місяців тому +1

    Is the Console Visuals mod worth installing if I never played GTA IV on any console? Does it improve anything or is it just a nostalgic step back to console graphics? I want to play the best possible version of GTA IV on PC.

    • @DomoTheRussian
      @DomoTheRussian 8 місяців тому

      Possibly downgrades light sources shadows by leaving only car headlights shadows and some interior ones.

    • @DomoTheRussian
      @DomoTheRussian 8 місяців тому

      Nope... I've did some tests. Various Fixes mod does something with exterior shadows, casuing you to have only car headlights shadows at night.

  • @VinnyUnion
    @VinnyUnion 10 місяців тому +1

    Well those graphical improvements likely doesn't seem too great for handhelds like the Steam Deck. Well, that might not be true. I do have a repack of EFLC which i think has mods pre-installed and it runs far too good on the steam deck as it is. I've added a ton of commandline stuff and whatnot.

  • @BroKHMobiLe-2024
    @BroKHMobiLe-2024 10 місяців тому

    Sir! Do you know what mod that does no effect gta sa game-play performance/fps drop?

  • @EOX95
    @EOX95 10 місяців тому

    what order should I install these 3 mods in? just in case they have files that edit the same thing.

  • @j99044
    @j99044 10 місяців тому

    i downloaded the fusionfix but none of the settings showed up I dont think i installed it correctly

  • @Vsevolod3788
    @Vsevolod3788 7 місяців тому +1

    Wow! So it was depth of field all the time on consoles not 2x AA?? I knew something was off with the PC version and it never looked right.

  • @Zinkolo
    @Zinkolo 10 місяців тому +1

    What a weird coincidence I just decided to continue my playthrough on steam deck a few days ago and found this

  • @Alte.Kameraden
    @Alte.Kameraden 6 місяців тому

    Sadly the one of the console visuals absolutely borked my game to a point no NPCs would load in at all, no audio on phone at all, cutscenes wouldn't load so I couldn't start a new save game. I'm assuming it's the one involving NPCs, if NPCs can not load at all and everything is in engine, I'd assume that's likely what did it.

  • @mattiag1846
    @mattiag1846 10 місяців тому

    One thing I heard years ago on a stream was that this game on PS3 wasn't timed to resolution perfectly it ran at 720p even with a 1080p TV and consequently, you had to "force" the console to run the console at a higher resolution by disabling the 720p check from the settings

    • @tritekk
      @tritekk 10 місяців тому

      nah its meant to run at 720p, most games on the ps3 cant handle 1080p

    • @mattiag1846
      @mattiag1846 10 місяців тому

      @@tritekk I have no idea :| Meanwhile, when that person had deactivated the 720p the game seemed to go a little better in quality, now I don't remember exactly, it's been a few years

    • @ash735
      @ash735 10 місяців тому +2

      The PS3 version of the game renders at 1152x640, if you uncheck 720p from the PS3 options then ANY game that only runs in 720p will just be stretched to 1080p instead, which for some people can look better but it will be more jaggy and pixelated.

    • @mattiag1846
      @mattiag1846 10 місяців тому

      @@ash735 Theoretically the game should work well at 1080p, I don't think the rockstar at the time did stupid things like now

  • @riboiman4005
    @riboiman4005 10 місяців тому +6

    For those of you looking for nicer shadows without mods, turn down the shadow setting to high. It preserves a lot of the detail of very high, doesn’t look insanely sharp, and can heavily reduce resource usage (on the Steam Deck, high shadows reduced GPU usage by 30-50% depending on the area).

  • @realprodigious
    @realprodigious 9 місяців тому

    Great video. Subbed.

  • @vladislavkaras491
    @vladislavkaras491 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the video!

  • @geeknproud321
    @geeknproud321 5 місяців тому

    It's amazing how much better the game looked on 360 for so many years. It certainly looks and plays great on my Xbox One X. PC got shafted majorly. However mods are probably the best part of PC gaming. With a select set of mods, mainly FusionFix, Various Fixes, Console Visuals, and DXVK, GTAIV is TRANSFORMED. It FINALLY looks as good as it could have over a decade ago! With some HD texture packs over the top of that, it looks incredibly modern and shows how high the devs reached on the 360 version.
    It's awesome how the PC community has rallied in the past few years and started updating their mods for the new version of the game. My only gripe is the game has very strong aliasing and Fusion Fix's FXAA doesn't do much for it at 1440p. Instead I'm using SMAA+FXAA+Fidelity FX CAS via Reshade. That gets me a much better result than any of the in-game options do. I wish we could do DSR with this game but it seems not to like it with or without DXVK.

  • @josevelagonzales
    @josevelagonzales 8 місяців тому

    Wait so the atmosphere for each of the GTA 4 stories are just filters over the screen? Am I understanding that right?

  • @bryanyup8537
    @bryanyup8537 8 місяців тому

    While trying to change the new graphics and display options in the menu, enabling one enables all of them, any fix?

  • @andreimihail3677
    @andreimihail3677 10 місяців тому +1

    Hey there, I have installed these mods, they're actually incredible, however I have encountered the infamous taxi glitch, any suggestions?

    • @ash735
      @ash735 10 місяців тому

      Increase the vehicle budget inside the fusion fix ini.

  • @StrixTheGamingCat
    @StrixTheGamingCat 10 місяців тому

    How do you go about installing these? Any mod loader required? Will Rockstar ban you for installing mods on a single player game?

  • @iRON90111
    @iRON90111 7 місяців тому +1

    plz help, for some reason i got huge performance hit with the various fixes, console visuals and fusionfix mods (running with dxvk)

  • @blrryface
    @blrryface 10 місяців тому +2

    I started playing GTA IV today. Thankfully the algorithm brought me here so i can have the best experience.

  • @pickleman40
    @pickleman40 2 місяці тому

    I have alot of experience modding different games and GTA IV is by far the most frustrating to mod, all the different game versions and lack of compatibility between mods with very little documentation make it a nightmare. Alot of the most popular tools and programs like the downgrader just do not work on some machines like mine for unknown reasons, just leading to blackscreens that require fresh reinstalls. And when you do get it working, it just updates itself breaking everything despite having updates disabled and mods specifically to prevent this from happening haha.

  • @gunmodder1825
    @gunmodder1825 9 місяців тому

    How to install various fixes mod? I cant get it to work. There is a anim.img file and in the mod its a folder with the same name and i cant replace it

  • @ceoofpizzarolls4939
    @ceoofpizzarolls4939 6 місяців тому

    hi TJGM i ran into a problem with Fusion Fix whenever i play with the mod installed i just cannot save or autosave the game and i don't know what to do any ideas ??

  • @Asiel6000
    @Asiel6000 9 місяців тому

    the Console Visual downloads arent working, i click on the DOWNLOADS but nothing happens

  • @ShadowMan64572
    @ShadowMan64572 6 місяців тому +1

    I get both black and white raindrops now, don't know why.

  • @thedrbat9572
    @thedrbat9572 10 місяців тому +1

    the funny thing was for over 15 years people called me crazy for not liking the pc version of gta 4, now people are actually realizing how crappy it is both performance and graphically, i have stuck to the xbox 360 for gta 4 exclusively, im glad though that modders are finally fixing all these graphical bugs with the game.

    • @fredster594
      @fredster594 10 місяців тому

      I don't think you're correct about that first sentence. GTA IV's PC port is notoriously bad, so much so that people had to literally download a graphics mod in the early days to get it to run smoothly without crashes. Even Rockstar themselves used the mod in the Meltdown movie for GTA V. And on top of that, you had to deal with that awful Games for Windows Live bullshit which was a plague on PC gaming back in the 7th generation.
      It wasn't until 2012 & 2013ish when GTA IV without that ugly graphics mod could FINALLY be play smoothly on PC due to the newer GPUs at that time. And even then, the PC port is still a mess to this day.

    • @thedrbat9572
      @thedrbat9572 10 місяців тому +1

      @@fredster594 Ik It was horrible in the beginning, but I knew a lot of people in the GTA forums who were defending GTA 4 on PC saying it was the best version of the game. Those were typically the people who made these mods aswell now.

    • @fredster594
      @fredster594 10 місяців тому

      @@thedrbat9572 It depends. GTA IV is generally a really poorly optimized game that even the console versions run like shit with both 360 and PS3 barely running at a consistent 30fps. The PC port can negate those issues by having a mid tier PC which can not only make the fps more consistent but also exceed 30fps. It also doesn't help that GTA IV visually is a really ugly game with some of the worst blur effects I've seen in a video game which is especially prevelant in the console versions. While the PC port has a lot of technical and graphical problems, you can't deny that the game on average looks a LOT better on PC with it having less of that hideous blur, more natural looking vegetation and a much nicer gamma than the console versions.

    • @thedrbat9572
      @thedrbat9572 10 місяців тому +1

      @@fredster594 well thats the thing, I don't just deny that the PC version looks better, it's clearly worse visually, maybe it's a preference thing, but the dry matte look on PC is so hideous and it is stuttery too, blurriness isn't so bad when the rest of the visuals are atleast able to be working correctly, what's the point of clearness on PC? Clearly getting to the see the problems of the game??

  • @deathcold_longplaysua4846
    @deathcold_longplaysua4846 10 місяців тому +2

    All this is nice but for me graphics is not very important. Thus I would actually like to see someone fix the technical aspect of the game, making it work on the hardware that it should work on properly. That would be a great fix, if anyone could do that. Sadly, none of the modders are that skilled.

    • @ash735
      @ash735 10 місяців тому +1

      Being honest a lot of the fixed shaders get more performance out of the game compared to the broken ones, so if you want more performance, then using the newer shaders with lower settings should give you a boost.

  • @Brian-qo8bq
    @Brian-qo8bq 10 місяців тому +1

    any chance you can give us an install guide for these mods?

  • @BossZnakemaster
    @BossZnakemaster 10 місяців тому

    I couldn't manage to log into the game so that I would be able to save.
    Also, is there a mod that's still available that sets the car camera more like it is in GTA5. This could be a great addition to fusionfix imo.

  • @Ben-Rogue
    @Ben-Rogue 10 місяців тому

    I made a mod a few years back, which extended the LOD of road-side objects, but an update to the game broke it 8(

  • @VOTE_REFORM_UK
    @VOTE_REFORM_UK 10 місяців тому +3

    It’s just a shame that modders even have to do this in the first place. GTA 4 is the reason why Rockstar is where it is now, and they don’t seem to appreciate that.

    • @MrJohnlennon007
      @MrJohnlennon007 9 місяців тому

      Technically you can say GTA3 to 5 are the reason Rockstar is where it’s at now

    • @VOTE_REFORM_UK
      @VOTE_REFORM_UK 9 місяців тому

      @@MrJohnlennon007
      Yes but GTA 4 was a huge step. GTA 5 is literally built on GTA 4.

  • @deadwine511
    @deadwine511 10 місяців тому +1

    is there a performance hit? or does it actually fixes any performance issues?

  • @osteoporosisgaming4235
    @osteoporosisgaming4235 10 місяців тому

    when i try to download console visuals and click on the complete edition download button it opens up a tab for 1 second and then it closes the tab and then it doesn't download the file do you have a google drive link for it?

    • @drin2k
      @drin2k 10 місяців тому +1

      Right click on the download button, press copy link address and paste the link on the next tab

  • @1souf
    @1souf 10 місяців тому +1

    is there any mod to fix the games mouse sensitivity? whenever i play this game the mouse feels too fast and changing dpi does not change anything, i am basically forced to use a controller at this point.

    • @DeadPixel1105
      @DeadPixel1105 10 місяців тому

      Yeah, I had to turn mouse sensitivity all the way down. The sensitivity is still very high though, I noticed. But far more tolerable.

    • @BDozer666
      @BDozer666 10 місяців тому +1

      ZolikaPatch

    • @mclovin220
      @mclovin220 10 місяців тому +2

      @@BDozer666byeah

  • @KingKrouch
    @KingKrouch 10 місяців тому

    I'd honestly recommend using DXVK alongside these mods. Reason being that GTA IV and EFLC both have really weird hardware scalability issues where they'll run terribly no matter the hardware. The game ran identically for me no matter on my old 750Ti setup, my 1060/1070 setups, my RX 5700XT, or my Radeon 6900XT, and could barely even hold up a solid 60FPS. However, when using the 32-Bit version of DXVK, which will convert DirectX 9 draw calls to Vulkan ones, it actually improves performance due to driver overhead. Can get 120FPS or so with DXVK, but at the cost of some shader compilation stuttering. That paired with the Large Memory Address Aware patch, so the game can utilize more than 2GB of RAM properly, and it feels more in line with what I'd expect the game to run at nowadays. But with a lot of older games, I'd recommend DXVK because of how bad and jank NVIDIA and AMD's DX9 driver support is nowadays, that's something people fail to take into account when criticizing the Intel Arc cards for simply using API translation layers rather than to do the work in their drivers.
    Of course, hunt down the soundtrack restoration mod as well.

    • @TJGM
      @TJGM  10 місяців тому

      Only found out about DXVK recently, I'll have a video on it tomorrow.

  • @Holyshit40000
    @Holyshit40000 6 місяців тому

    Every time i boot up the game my resolution setting and fov reset to the lowest, anyone got a fix for this? Its really annoying.

  • @MSX98FMDnB
    @MSX98FMDnB 10 місяців тому

    still cant install more than 4 car mods without the map going into low poly mode and missions softlocking though

  • @Lucas_Fidalgo
    @Lucas_Fidalgo 10 місяців тому +13

    Loved the mod, hope it continues to grow without Rockstar threatening it like it happened to other ones

  • @HenriqueVfive
    @HenriqueVfive 7 місяців тому

    The steam version usually has monthly updates, do these updates remove mods?

  • @Grandmaster-Kush
    @Grandmaster-Kush 10 місяців тому +1

    The PC port is such a disgrace, imagine making such a fantastic game then giving it such a bad port and never even attempting to fix it

  • @Carneillon
    @Carneillon 7 місяців тому

    Until the GTA 5, I think nearly every other Rockstar game on PC was the inferior versions of the console versions including even GTA Vice City and San Andreas. This mods actually makes me wanna start a new playthrough with the game. I love the modding community. They deserve huge respect.

  • @rafciopranks3570
    @rafciopranks3570 10 місяців тому

    My biggest problems with pc port were related to using a high frequency screen.
    1. Near impossible to finish main story last mission with helicopter
    2. Air hokey is not fun because the puck is slow or gets stuck
    3. Arm wrestling is too hard
    Good thing jittery cutscenes can be fixed

    • @Manic_Panic
      @Manic_Panic 10 місяців тому +1

      The old GTA games require 30fps. 60pfs or higher creates instability not just in GTA 4 but also in the old 3D trilogy. Our new PCs can reach 100fps easily so they become more and more unstable.
      The fusionfix mod does include a framelimiter thankfully for cutscenes and ingame.