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And hopefully for the current version of the game. All guides I've seen either are outdated, convoluted, or force/show only how to use the downgrader to do any modding. people like me that don't want to spend 50 to 100$ on another Hard Drive just to mod gta 4 (for one reason or another) just want to do simple modding like sounds, textures, and AI tweaks.
@@Fearsomebeast13hey what hard drive do u have. I put it on c drive even though it says to put somewhere else.i know the andre downgrader also makes it seem like you cant have your game files in program files I got very annoyed about everyone only speaking of downgrading but theres really like no mods that work for the new patches. You can add textures to new patches i think but the gun sounds cant go on because the audio application they all say to use doesnt work. Downgrader actually solved all my problems,you wont need a new drive.
I am someone who owns legitimate copies of all the Rockstar games, but I had to resort to a pirated version, especially in the case of Grand Theft Auto IV. They included all the fixes and enhancements in one simple installer that the developers themselves couldn't be bothered to do. It's so absurd that I pretty much own all the Rockstar games, including LA Noire and GTA V, which I installed on my computer but a pirated versions because I dislike the Rockstar launcher. With the pirated version, I just click on it, and it starts without the need for a login. There is something wrong with the industry when a pirated version is more convenient than a legitimate one. It is so asinine, and this is coming from a legitimate owner of those games. Heck, in Grand Theft Auto IV, they re-establish the multiplayer and the original soundtrack of the game, in the pirated version. I am so pissed off about that fact. Rockstar is literally their own worst enemy in preserving their own game.
@@everyone01 It is infuriating, wouldn’t you agree? This problem is not limited to Rockstar. Fans have to fix their game to be enjoyed. From my point of view, this is a problem with copyright law. They have to be limited to 15 years, which was the original intention. When a game or media is in the public domain, it can be modified, re-edited, repackaged, and resold. Unless the original developer can improve it greatly, they have to compete with others who do the job better than them. Instead, people like myself who purchase it legitimately have to resort to piracy for the reasons I have mentioned above.
@@TheRealSpeedWolf That's why I always try to buy DRM Free games from GOG when possible. And anything that has "Denuvo" stamped on it goes into my ignore list, Always online DRM is just blatant anti-consumerism, these companies don't deserve our money.
You know what I love about your videos? It's how clear you are and the ammount of useful info they contain. You don't just tell people "move this file here" and be done with it, you make an effort to make sure that a mod works for as many people as possible. Stellar work, man! Cheers!
Thanks, man. A few months back, I attempted to set up DXVK, but couldn't get it to work. I eventually gave up. However, I randomly came across this video, and by following all the steps, it worked flawlessly-much simpler than other tutorials I had seen.
I just wanna say, I've been struggling with this on PC for so long, just dealing with the insane jumparound of frames in an effort to play a better looking version of the original version on consoles, and alot of times reverting to the console versions just for some stability. But with this vid, I can now happily play this FINALLY without issues, and it makes me wanna cry. Thank you for all of this! Explained everything perfectly without confusion and made me feel far smarter than I am. Thank you!
I was intimidated at first, but after doing this as well as the graphic improvements in your other video, it turned out to be really easy! I have a RTX 4090 and even after the DXVK I still do have some chop, but it’s an improvement from how the game was without it. Your videos are amazing man, I appreciate the well in-depth tutorials. I promise it will pay off if it hasn’t already. Time to go play now
i dont know if its just me, but after the installation, the game was running even more worse than before installation, also your probably one of the few youtubers who provide tutorials proffesionaly, you explain everything so it makes sense, you even provide alternatives to when the first method dont work, and you dont make things confusing, thank you so much keep doing what you are doing and your channel will keep growing drastically
DXVK is a universal tool, not a GTA4 specific mod, that's why you don't need to drag all the files, but choose what you exactly need, for those who are confused. edit: Don't forget to drag dxgi.dll file, the channel owner seemed to forget it
What does this file do? I didn't install it as it wasn't mentioned by the video creator, and I've seen no meaningful improvement. Could this be the reason?
@@alistairmscott it basically switches the API from directx to vulkan, which gives you additional free 20-30 FPS. No, it doubt that it was the reason. Generally because the mods he mentions don't dramatically change the game. They are essential mods that help you with optimisation and stuttering. I installed DXVK alongside with Fusion Fix. I no longer experience FPS drops. The game looks almost the same, however I suggest playing around with gamma (and saturation) settings. Turn off bloom in video settings (not graphics), and set the filter you like (IV, TBoGT, TLaD, off).
@@TaxistGeviskon thanks for the reply. I'm running everything at max on a 1080 screen. Less than a year old, well equipped laptop. Was hoping for 60ish FPS, instead it's around 30 when driving at speed, only going to 45-50 if I'm standing there doing nothing staring at a wall. CPU showing approximately 20% use, GPU much less, so the laptop isn't struggling.
@@alistairmscott No problem. Sometimes with old games it's rather about optimization than the PC. Or you need to have some NASA computer. I wish they remastered IV already, not for the graphics but at least for the PC optimization. I have a laptop as well. GPU: RTX 2060. I had been playing with everything ultra until I got tired of 40-60 FPS. I reduced all the distance settings from 100 to 1. Sometimes the game looks weird and some minor objects become visible only when you're really close. But generally I got 100+ FPS on average. Maybe that'll help you, if you don't mind the minor visual consequences.
@@TaxistGeviskon I'm on an RTX 4060, i7 CPU, 16GB RAM. I'm not a PC gamer by any stretch, I'm a Playstation guy, but GTA 4 was always disappointing on PS3, not even 720 native (think it was upscaled from about 640) and struggled to hit 30fps. I've always wanted to play it with decent visual fidelity and frame rate, thought this laptop and the mods mentioned by the OP would sort it.
@@pooperlord53 I’m unsure if it’ll work with that pacific cpu, but I have one similar and it didn’t seem to work well, yet again I may have done some of the setup steps for DXVK wrong so take what I say with a grain of salt
Watched your first video and had the stuck at 1280 Resolution but I just added these to thee commandline.txt. -width 1920 -height 1080 -fullscreen -refreshrate 144. Game launches as it should in correct resolution and aspect ratio as long as you don't go into graphics and toggle the res left or right as it dissapears but I'm just about to watch this video now anyway as I appreciate your work dude. Game definitely runs beautifully with no stutters at all for me. JUST A QUICK SIDE NOTE - DXVK Is now 2.3 and that's the one I got as it's the latest as of March 19th (2024) Thumbs up my friend.
I just got this on steam sale this weekend, and I came across this vid before I even played it. Works great! Vulcan api is apparently included in my rtx 3070 game ready drivers. No issues, except for zooming in on cutscenes, which I fixed by setting my resolution to 1920x1080 60fps, hope it helps someone. Thanks again!
THANK YOU!!! Finally I can enjoy GTA 4 again and NOT have to worry about the damn game crashing every time I want to Alt + Tab out of it. Though I wish GTA 4 supported borderless fullscreen, but this is the next best thing. Thanks again for you're clear and concise guide on how to get GTA 4 running flawlessly now :)
Dude, you are a champion. I am one of those people who's computer runs this game at over 100fps, but suffers unplayable stuttering and frame syncing issues. DXVK completely fixes this and delivers a smooth experience. Kudos are in order.
Been looking for this fix... Thank you so much...🙏 I wondered how GTA 4 isn't compatible with my 3070ti... Thank you for this fix... It's my first time playing GTA 4🎉❤
Thank you very much for the guide! I did one extra step as I found out on my setup Ryzen 3600x & RTX 2070 Super I was getting crazy screen tearing. I went into the Nvidia 'Manage 3D settings' and manually capped the FPS on the GTA IV to 60FPS and turned vsync off in game settings, now it runs buttery smooth hope this helps anyone else.
I tried like 7 different methods throughout the years, now I found your video. Did everything as you said, but then the game crashed at every launch. As my last resort I updates my graphics driver manually, and now it WORKS!!! No more stutterting, no more lagging, no more anything. Finally, I can play GTA IV, thanks to you. Massive respect to you, and thank you!!! I just hope the game stays this way so I can enjoy it for a long time. Thank you man.
1. Open Steam 2. Choose the GTA IV game 3. Choose settings 4. Properties 5. Choose the third one "downloaded files" 6. Right upper corner "search" 7. GTA IV files will open 8. Open the "GTA IV" folder 9. Paste here the d3d9 file
@@viktorfeher8110 It worked fine thank you so much to TJGM and You. it fixed 2 problems i was having with GTA IV. The cutscenes were laggy and it was fixed and whenever i was in Nikos apartment the game ran at like 1 fps and it was fixed TOO ! Moreover i only have one problem when i run GTA IV my laptop screen flickers from time to time is there any chance you know as though why it is happening? (it wasn't like this before installing dxdv) Thank you.
This doesn't work on my PC/GTA 4. It's the same crappy performance with the stutters from 100 to 2 fps and back to 59 to 70 fps and and and... Edit after 8 months: it works finally, thank you
@@CarlJohnson-kf4nl well keep playing for some time it will load all the cache and it will be fine. I was getting 60 to 70fps with heavy stuttering and now after playing for a while it’s gone now
For anyone whose game crashes after installing dxvk try updating the graphics drivers, it solved the issue of game crashing and I did not have to specify the video memory it just worked
@@raahimnaveed1817 worked for me with some minor issues. i downloaded 2.3 NOT 2.3.1 or whatever the most recent is, however the memory card line he showed us didn't work for me so i used another one that did. -percentvidmem 100 -nomemrestrict -norestrictions -noprecache -novblank -availablevidmem 8192
Welp, time to back up my modded GTA IV with enbs and try dxvk again. When I used your original guide, it just broke my game, made the entire screen black. Thanks for the guide! EDIT: Okay wow, it actually worked and improved my performance significantly! Used to get like 80 to 50 fps with my RTX 2060 and Ryzen 5 5600g, now I get over 90 to 100! I cannot thank you enough for this man! Works perfectly with CryENB!
Thank you, performance is great after using these mods on rtx 2060, vulkan is supported and im using latest DXVK 2.3, video memory and resolution issue also occured but got fixed using above methods. BUTTERY SMOOTH 60 fps on 1440p, THANK YOU 😀😀
thank you so much bro you are a legend. I was suffering that when I leave building, I get a drop frame from 60 to 42 and now it goes fixed so thank you so much.
I'd like to thank the people who created the DXVK cause I can finally enjoy GTA IV. and it used to be a game I never liked and could never get into even though my friends love it to deth but now I get it.. not only do I get it.. but I consider it to be a masterpiece now and I wholeheartedly believe it to be the best GTA game ever made. and all it took was a lil dll file to make the game smooth as butter so I can finally sit and enjoy the game without constantly being taken out of the immersion because of a bad port behavior. so again.. thank you!~
My game used to run very slow, even on startup. The mouse would buffer and take second to load, clicking stuff would take near 5 seconds to properly input. This made the game run smoother and i can finally play the game again. Thank you
Dude you are an absolute legend, my game used lag so much at the cutscences, like my game used run at abt 55 fps and then the cutacences at 5, now everything is super stable. THANK YOU LEGEND 🔥
8:32 a small correction: As example 1080p can be wider than 16:9. There are monitors with 2560 x 1080 (it is still a 1080p res, but wider, 21:9). Same can apply to other res too.
1080p aka Full HD aka FHD has always been precisely 1920x1080 pixels in 16:9 aspect ratio. 2560x1080 is called UW (ultrawide) 1080p or UWFHD if you will. Same thing with UWQHD and UW4K. While UWFHD is "technically" still 1080p, the aspect ratio is different and there are more pixels to fill so it's "1080p" in the same way that 1200p is 1080p. (it's not)
Hey bro thank you SOO SOO MUCH! I got gta 4 today and i have a weak computer, and had to run on the lowest settings possible, but after this video, i can finally see the true and realistc gta 4
Mate! Thank you. It's been a while between playthroughs. It ran like garbage before your videos, I have a Ryzen 5600X and a RTX 3060ti. It's not the highest spec PC in the world but it should be able to run GTAIV! I have installed the 4 mods you recommended as well as DXVK. I can now run it at a stable 75 fps @ 3440 x 1440p again it should be better than that but it's smooth and it looks good. Cheers!
I have an Ryzen 3700 and an RTX 3060Ti and the Game runs smooth without the mods, at 6k resolution and max settings at around 70fps...(smooth 50fps with 8k as well). The mods made it run worse now...
Did some more testing. Without mod, at a resolution of 5760 x 3240 all settings maxed out even shadows and draw distance so on and I get around 80fps most of the time. With the mod it actually gets worse, it's more around the 60s than the 80s, I even tried to lower some settings and stuff but like others said, this dxvk stuff doesn't really improve anything for a lot of people, for some it actually makes it worse. I'm surprised it works for you with mod but without it doesn't run since we have a pretty similar system.
@RequiemDream that's really interesting. When I ran thr vanilla game, the framerate would jump around quite a lot, anywhere from 45fps to 150+ and extreme stuttering! It was basically unplayable. Now it's stable, we is all I really wanted. I would be nice if I could lock it to 120fps but for some reason, 75 is all I can get. I'll take it though
For people that still have issues with the Resolution/Aspect ratio add the following commands in the launch options : -width x -height x (x - your monitor refreshrate ex: 1920 width 1080 height) 16:9 1080p -refreshrate x (x - your monitor refreshrate) and if you want to cap your framerate you can use rivatuner so you have less framedrops
Hello, my config is a 11400f with a 3060 (12gb), V-sync ON at 60 hz display at 1440p with all setings max out: My experience with dxvk versions so far: 2.3: A lot of tearing and stutters when roaming around 2.2: No tearing when roaming around or entering places or anything but I have small tearing when hiting objects with a car (almost not noticeable) [This is the second best version so far] 2.1: Some stutters when entering places and hiting objects with a car (Edit) 2.0: No stutters at all >[this is the best version so far]< 2.0 update: Stutters when hiting objects with a car, very rare indeed. (Edit) 1.10: A lot of stutters and randomly. (Edit) 1.9.4: Stutters are random in a lot of areas. (Edit) 1.9.3: Stutters that looks like the default version of the game. I'm going to test all versions and update here, if anyone else is having this problem (stutters or tearing), any help would be great! Thanks!
@RicardoLNedel thankssssssss for the sharing mann, i was struggling with 2.3 version (crazy fps drops), switched to 2.0 and now game seems real smooth🙏🙏
the sttuters happend to me, but it was because i have in game Vsync, the solution was to turn it off and set RivaTuner Statistics set to limit the game at 60fps, worked like a charm.
For anyone that has an issue with the fps suddenly going down to something like 51 fps with stutter after 5 minutes,if you play the game on steam, turn on steam overlay. Not sure what causes it but it fixed the problem.
DXVK works just fine... but game crashes as soon as i press start (Steam) Basicaly main menu works fine, i even set everything to the lowest to see how it would go so i can change in-game later. But as soon as the loading screen is done, the game freezes and crashes.
Unbelievable. Amazing. Just awesome. Thank you so much. I bought GTA IV today, since I've never played it and it was a decent price, I figured I'd give it a shot and after all these years, everything would be polished. That was a mistake...the game ran very poorly even on my decent pc (5800x3D, 32gb ram and 3090). Specifically some 80-120fps in QHD and very high, and very very strong stuttering. Using your video I'm playing in 5k resolution at more or less smooth 100-180fps!!!! Thank you!
@@jantoman4400 Something's wrong with my GTA 4, the cutscenes are really choppy and laggy but the overall gameplay is smooth af but when i enter the apartment which we ge in the beginning of the game my games runs in like 1 FPS does this happen with you too?
Again, thanks a lot, dude! This is a brilliant explanation of the whole process. I was so grateful to learn so much. If I may, I'd like to ask for a particular issue: How can I fix Volumetric Lights/Shadows effect?; I'm using the Steam CE with FusionFix (+ vehicules pack, trees and I guess/hope grass of the console visuals mod, Various Fixes mod and NCP enhancements for the cops and FIB mainly), besides the radio restore and DXVK mods. After learning how to access and edit the fusionfix ini file (specifically to fix the taxi bug), I got amazing results, but I miss that feature in particular. Any suggestions? Maybe there are other features I'm losing since I applied the DXVK mod at last. Youre the best!
my game just straight launching the gta iv story when opend and i have the othere episodes and the complete addition but i cant play tblogt and tlatd someone know what can i do ?
In the game section of the in-game settings there is an option "skip start screen" or something along those lines. Turn that off and you will get the splash screen again to choose which to play. Hope that helps.
I still having a lot of issues even using DXVK.. stutter still happen A LOT! but I found a temporary solution for decreasing the stutter and make it more enjoyable (yeah the stutter still happen but just a fewer times). Just try to cap the FPS to 30 FPS by Nvidia control panel, and it's good as I remembered in PS3 era. (I'm using the last DXVK 2.3 versions). the setting is all maxed out with 1620P resolution. My specifications of my laptop is Intel core i5 12450H, 32gb ram and RTX3050.
It runs BUTTERY SMOOTH for about 5 minutes, or until a cutscene and then becomes a choppy mess. Strangely, I can "reset" it back to being smooth, by enabling and disabling vsync or change the resolution back and forth. This will make it run perfect again for a while until the mentioned above. Any clue, what's the issue here? Followed all steps dxvk2.3 RTX 3080 R7 5800X
I finally fixed the stuttering issue on my computer. Turns out I had to enable the Steam Overlay for GTA 4. For whatever reason, this stopped the stutter. Right-click on GTA 4 in Steam, go to Properties. Then look for the "Enable Steam Overlay in-game", turn on this switch. The stuttering should now be fixed!
My game just runs like absolute garbage with dxvk, it started running better after benchmark (still worse than vanilla) and then went back to like 20 fps constantly Update: Reinstalled the game and downloaded dxvk before any other mod and it worked great, i have now heavily modded my game and it still runs nice on highest settings + VisualIV
dude i absolutely love ur channel and ive watched the first 2 gta4 vids, i then installed the dxvk but like ive played it for 2 hrs and it was around 40 45 fps (i normally get 58 60 with stutter) in the internet they said it was cus of shader caching etc. but like ive played it for hrs have u got a solution for that??? (I have gtx 1650 i5 9300H)
woah, the way u showcasing every single improvements either mods or other stuff just so damn good. SO U MAY TRY THE GTA V ONE, WITH MODS n STUFFS..... community really hopin on ur video of gta v ^^
Also, if you find your game not improving performance after the first hour, you may want to disable "Shader Pre Caching" if you're on Steam, so that DXVK actually starts caching shaders
@@ardabezgal191 me too I have a GTX 1650 I'm getting like 50 to 70 sometimes but with stutter it wasn't the biggest difference and my shadows disappear when I look a certain way
unfortunately this doesn't work as well as it probably should ironically dxwrapper seems to give it better performance despite the fact that my gpu supports vulkan. and yes I did make sure it wasn't just the shader cache being built or something. Several minutes of waiting told me that clearly wasn't the case. even with dxwrapper though, my frames suffer a bit when it comes to fire or rain which i was hoping dxvk would fix. oh well
I have installed DXVK. When I load into the game, runs perfectly fine for about 5 minutes and then my FPS drops by 10 and I get stutters/choppy visuals. GPU is an RTX 2070S with a Ryzen 7 5800x3D. EDIT: Found a fix on the game's Steam forms, enable Steam overlay and SOMEHOW, it fixes the issue. All OK.
Bro big thanks to your Video I managed to fix the crashing error I. My GTA 4 Now my GPU is Running GTA 4 without any issues and it supports Vulkan thingy And yeah my GPU is GTX 1060 3GB
Hey man. great video, thanks. I have installed Fusion Fix and everything is working (recoil, DoF, Rain etc.) The only thing that won't display is volumetric lights, I even went to the same one in the aptment that you showed. Might be because of DXVK? Did you notice that DXVK disabled volumetrics? Thanks
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what if i do not use steam launcher nor the rockstar launcher
My monitor support QHD 165hz
But in game i can set only 85hz on QHD, and 165hz on very low resolutions
How fix it D:
You buy the game@@MrTheinfoman
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You should totally make an "ultimate modding guide" series for GTA IV
And hopefully for the current version of the game. All guides I've seen either are outdated, convoluted, or force/show only how to use the downgrader to do any modding. people like me that don't want to spend 50 to 100$ on another Hard Drive just to mod gta 4 (for one reason or another) just want to do simple modding like sounds, textures, and AI tweaks.
@@Fearsomebeast13hey what hard drive do u have.
I put it on c drive even though it says to put somewhere else.i know the andre downgrader also makes it seem like you cant have your game files in program files
I got very annoyed about everyone only speaking of downgrading but theres really like no mods that work for the new patches.
You can add textures to new patches i think but the gun sounds cant go on because the audio application they all say to use doesnt work.
Downgrader actually solved all my problems,you wont need a new drive.
Theres many of them and they all include dxvk.
Steam actually has some good ones but like most gta mods you have to downgrade usually
-availablevidmem x -nomemrestrict -norestrictions
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thanks
Why? It's not that hard to type out @@Lucas_Fidalgo
thank you king
what's it for?
I am someone who owns legitimate copies of all the Rockstar games, but I had to resort to a pirated version, especially in the case of Grand Theft Auto IV. They included all the fixes and enhancements in one simple installer that the developers themselves couldn't be bothered to do. It's so absurd that I pretty much own all the Rockstar games, including LA Noire and GTA V, which I installed on my computer but a pirated versions because I dislike the Rockstar launcher. With the pirated version, I just click on it, and it starts without the need for a login. There is something wrong with the industry when a pirated version is more convenient than a legitimate one. It is so asinine, and this is coming from a legitimate owner of those games. Heck, in Grand Theft Auto IV, they re-establish the multiplayer and the original soundtrack of the game, in the pirated version. I am so pissed off about that fact. Rockstar is literally their own worst enemy in preserving their own game.
How did you find that?
I purchased a copy of GTA 4 too but had to resort to pirated versions due to a lot of memory issues in that
@@everyone01 It is infuriating, wouldn’t you agree? This problem is not limited to Rockstar. Fans have to fix their game to be enjoyed. From my point of view, this is a problem with copyright law. They have to be limited to 15 years, which was the original intention. When a game or media is in the public domain, it can be modified, re-edited, repackaged, and resold. Unless the original developer can improve it greatly, they have to compete with others who do the job better than them. Instead, people like myself who purchase it legitimately have to resort to piracy for the reasons I have mentioned above.
@@TheRealSpeedWolf That's why I always try to buy DRM Free games from GOG when possible. And anything that has "Denuvo" stamped on it goes into my ignore list, Always online DRM is just blatant anti-consumerism, these companies don't deserve our money.
was it that fit girl repack?
You know what I love about your videos? It's how clear you are and the ammount of useful info they contain. You don't just tell people "move this file here" and be done with it, you make an effort to make sure that a mod works for as many people as possible.
Stellar work, man! Cheers!
Thanks, man. A few months back, I attempted to set up DXVK, but couldn't get it to work. I eventually gave up. However, I randomly came across this video, and by following all the steps, it worked flawlessly-much simpler than other tutorials I had seen.
4:29 i don't have this GTA IV folder, i downloaded GTA IV through steam could you plz help me?
I just wanna say, I've been struggling with this on PC for so long, just dealing with the insane jumparound of frames in an effort to play a better looking version of the original version on consoles, and alot of times reverting to the console versions just for some stability. But with this vid, I can now happily play this FINALLY without issues, and it makes me wanna cry. Thank you for all of this! Explained everything perfectly without confusion and made me feel far smarter than I am. Thank you!
that rain effect looks absolutely gorgeous, I didn't think it was possible to make it look that stunning.
I was intimidated at first, but after doing this as well as the graphic improvements in your other video, it turned out to be really easy! I have a RTX 4090 and even after the DXVK I still do have some chop, but it’s an improvement from how the game was without it.
Your videos are amazing man, I appreciate the well in-depth tutorials. I promise it will pay off if it hasn’t already. Time to go play now
you, my friend, are an absolute godsend. thank you for keeping the IV community alive.
i dont know if its just me, but after the installation, the game was running even more worse than before installation, also your probably one of the few youtubers who provide tutorials proffesionaly, you explain everything so it makes sense, you even provide alternatives to when the first method dont work, and you dont make things confusing, thank you so much keep doing what you are doing and your channel will keep growing drastically
Me too lol, i think this mod is for someone who already had enough pc for gta iv but want to stable the gameplay, in my case the game hardly go 60fps
I had the same issue, it turns out the release ver. 2.3 was the one that causes it. After downgrading to DXVK version 2.2, it runs beautifully.
@@aaabobabibo may i know ur pc spec?
spec pls @@aaabobabibo
Same, I install d3d9.dll and the game get 48/52FPS all high, I remove it and i get 73/75 fps all high.
I had those resolution issues from doing your last guide and this fixed it. The game is using dxvk now. Thank you for making an updated version
im having the same res problems and idk what to do
@@bypical5262 me too
thank you so much buddy almost regretting that i bought this game and have to face these d3d errors saved my game dude!! earned a sub!
DXVK is a universal tool, not a GTA4 specific mod, that's why you don't need to drag all the files, but choose what you exactly need, for those who are confused.
edit: Don't forget to drag dxgi.dll file, the channel owner seemed to forget it
What does this file do? I didn't install it as it wasn't mentioned by the video creator, and I've seen no meaningful improvement. Could this be the reason?
@@alistairmscott it basically switches the API from directx to vulkan, which gives you additional free 20-30 FPS.
No, it doubt that it was the reason. Generally because the mods he mentions don't dramatically change the game. They are essential mods that help you with optimisation and stuttering.
I installed DXVK alongside with Fusion Fix. I no longer experience FPS drops. The game looks almost the same, however I suggest playing around with gamma (and saturation) settings. Turn off bloom in video settings (not graphics), and set the filter you like (IV, TBoGT, TLaD, off).
@@TaxistGeviskon thanks for the reply. I'm running everything at max on a 1080 screen. Less than a year old, well equipped laptop. Was hoping for 60ish FPS, instead it's around 30 when driving at speed, only going to 45-50 if I'm standing there doing nothing staring at a wall. CPU showing approximately 20% use, GPU much less, so the laptop isn't struggling.
@@alistairmscott No problem. Sometimes with old games it's rather about optimization than the PC. Or you need to have some NASA computer. I wish they remastered IV already, not for the graphics but at least for the PC optimization.
I have a laptop as well. GPU: RTX 2060. I had been playing with everything ultra until I got tired of 40-60 FPS. I reduced all the distance settings from 100 to 1. Sometimes the game looks weird and some minor objects become visible only when you're really close. But generally I got 100+ FPS on average. Maybe that'll help you, if you don't mind the minor visual consequences.
@@TaxistGeviskon I'm on an RTX 4060, i7 CPU, 16GB RAM. I'm not a PC gamer by any stretch, I'm a Playstation guy, but GTA 4 was always disappointing on PS3, not even 720 native (think it was upscaled from about 640) and struggled to hit 30fps. I've always wanted to play it with decent visual fidelity and frame rate, thought this laptop and the mods mentioned by the OP would sort it.
Thank you chief, really improved the performance a lot, nothing has changed in the instalation process and it was easy to do
i tried it and i believe my game was running smoother without it, but thank you for showing me that its out there if i need it
Will dxvk work with amd ryzen 5 4500?
@@pooperlord53 I’m unsure if it’ll work with that pacific cpu, but I have one similar and it didn’t seem to work well, yet again I may have done some of the setup steps for DXVK wrong so take what I say with a grain of salt
Watched your first video and had the stuck at 1280 Resolution but I just added these to thee commandline.txt. -width 1920 -height 1080 -fullscreen
-refreshrate 144. Game launches as it should in correct resolution and aspect ratio as long as you don't go into graphics and toggle the res left or right as it dissapears but I'm just about to watch this video now anyway as I appreciate your work dude. Game definitely runs beautifully with no stutters at all for me. JUST A QUICK SIDE NOTE - DXVK Is now 2.3 and that's the one I got as it's the latest as of March 19th (2024) Thumbs up my friend.
I just got this on steam sale this weekend, and I came across this vid before I even played it. Works great! Vulcan api is apparently included in my rtx 3070 game ready drivers. No issues, except for zooming in on cutscenes, which I fixed by setting my resolution to 1920x1080 60fps, hope it helps someone. Thanks again!
THANK YOU!!! Finally I can enjoy GTA 4 again and NOT have to worry about the damn game crashing every time I want to Alt + Tab out of it. Though I wish GTA 4 supported borderless fullscreen, but this is the next best thing. Thanks again for you're clear and concise guide on how to get GTA 4 running flawlessly now :)
FusionFix adds borderless full screen support.
Thank you for the guide 👍. Can you make another ultimate modding guide for gta 4, just like what you do with gta sa? Thanks 😊
Maybe not as in-depth, but I would like to do something similar soon.
Thanks, bro. I was searching for how to use commandline in GTA IV for a long time.
Dude, you are a champion. I am one of those people who's computer runs this game at over 100fps, but suffers unplayable stuttering and frame syncing issues. DXVK completely fixes this and delivers a smooth experience.
Kudos are in order.
4:29 i don't have this GTA IV folder, i downloaded GTA IV through steam could you plz help me?
DXVK is magical, seriously, thanks to DXVK i can play older dx9 games that dont work properly or at all on modern hardware.
Check out D8VK, which is a fork of DXVK for DX8 games. For me, it improves performance a lot in Max Payne and Hitman Contracts.
Been looking for this fix... Thank you so much...🙏 I wondered how GTA 4 isn't compatible with my 3070ti... Thank you for this fix... It's my first time playing GTA 4🎉❤
Big thanks for this. Followed your instructions and this was installed without any issues. Works perfectly.
Thank you very much for the guide! I did one extra step as I found out on my setup Ryzen 3600x & RTX 2070 Super I was getting crazy screen tearing. I went into the Nvidia 'Manage 3D settings' and manually capped the FPS on the GTA IV to 60FPS and turned vsync off in game settings, now it runs buttery smooth hope this helps anyone else.
I tried like 7 different methods throughout the years, now I found your video. Did everything as you said, but then the game crashed at every launch. As my last resort I updates my graphics driver manually, and now it WORKS!!! No more stutterting, no more lagging, no more anything. Finally, I can play GTA IV, thanks to you. Massive respect to you, and thank you!!! I just hope the game stays this way so I can enjoy it for a long time. Thank you man.
4:29 i don't have this GTA IV folder, i downloaded GTA IV through steam could you plz help me?
1. Open Steam
2. Choose the GTA IV game
3. Choose settings
4. Properties
5. Choose the third one "downloaded files"
6. Right upper corner "search"
7. GTA IV files will open
8. Open the "GTA IV" folder
9. Paste here the d3d9 file
omg thank you so much it worked, i'll let you know after pasting the d3d9 file @@viktorfeher8110
@@viktorfeher8110 It worked fine thank you so much to TJGM and You. it fixed 2 problems i was having with GTA IV. The cutscenes were laggy and it was fixed and whenever i was in Nikos apartment the game ran at like 1 fps and it was fixed TOO ! Moreover i only have one problem when i run GTA IV my laptop screen flickers from time to time is there any chance you know as though why it is happening? (it wasn't like this before installing dxdv) Thank you.
@@Msi696 it flickers very rarely for me too. Try updating your graphics card drivers or enable/disable vSync in the game settings.
Didn't know about DXVK and how it improves performance so much. Great video 👍
This doesn't work on my PC/GTA 4. It's the same crappy performance with the stutters from 100 to 2 fps and back to 59 to 70 fps and and and...
Edit after 8 months: it works finally, thank you
Dude at least you have 70 fps, I have fucking 20. On a 2017 PC.
@@Dat_Jonx its changing from 100 to 50 and than 2 to 120 fps… that makes me so angry
@@CarlJohnson-kf4nl well keep playing for some time it will load all the cache and it will be fine. I was getting 60 to 70fps with heavy stuttering and now after playing for a while it’s gone now
@@Raju-rl1bc finally it works
@@CarlJohnson-kf4nl good to know :)
you the goat, used dxvk and I no longer get any stutters or random game crashes.
For anyone whose game crashes after installing dxvk try updating the graphics drivers, it solved the issue of game crashing and I did not have to specify the video memory it just worked
Finally I can enjoy gta 4 without stutters thanks man
its crazy how dxvk actually works my game used to lag so bad in cutscenes and it was fine during normal gameplay and now its smooth as can be
Thanks a lot, works like a charm! It now fully uses my gpu which results into a boost by 30 fps.
Bro needs more subs! Thanks, i was struggling at 15-38 fps 6 months, now i can play on 60+!
It's smooth as a peanut butter now Thanks a lot to you.
Guys this really work well in Intel cards arc and iris xe.
bro which version of dxvk did u install?
@@raahimnaveed1817 worked for me with some minor issues. i downloaded 2.3 NOT 2.3.1 or whatever the most recent is, however the memory card line he showed us didn't work for me so i used another one that did. -percentvidmem 100 -nomemrestrict -norestrictions -noprecache -novblank -availablevidmem 8192
Welp, time to back up my modded GTA IV with enbs and try dxvk again. When I used your original guide, it just broke my game, made the entire screen black. Thanks for the guide!
EDIT: Okay wow, it actually worked and improved my performance significantly! Used to get like 80 to 50 fps with my RTX 2060 and Ryzen 5 5600g, now I get over 90 to 100! I cannot thank you enough for this man! Works perfectly with CryENB!
sAMEEEE!!!
howd you get it to work with cryenb
Thank you, performance is great after using these mods on rtx 2060, vulkan is supported and im using latest DXVK 2.3, video memory and resolution issue also occured but got fixed using above methods. BUTTERY SMOOTH 60 fps on 1440p, THANK YOU 😀😀
how did you fix the 512 memoryy thing? i dont have gta4 on steam or rockstar games
THANKS YOU SOO MUCH I CAN FINALLY PLAY GTA 4 WITH MAX GRAPHICS WITH FULLY SMOOTH FPS NOW
ty ty ty for the updated video ! I was using the wrong version of dxvk, the 2.0. Now I got it working with the 1.30.3 !
Not only GTA but DXVK improved performance on multiple games I played on my laptop, which has an MX330.
thank you so much bro you are a legend. I was suffering that when I leave building, I get a drop frame from 60 to 42 and now it goes fixed so thank you so much.
I appreciate you, you helped me a lot. The game looks amazing and has become more playable. Greetings from Poland
I'd like to thank the people who created the DXVK cause I can finally enjoy GTA IV.
and it used to be a game I never liked and could never get into even though my friends love it to deth
but now I get it.. not only do I get it.. but I consider it to be a masterpiece now
and I wholeheartedly believe it to be the best GTA game ever made.
and all it took was a lil dll file to make the game smooth as butter so I can finally sit and enjoy the game without constantly being taken out of the immersion because of a bad port behavior.
so again.. thank you!~
My game used to run very slow, even on startup. The mouse would buffer and take second to load, clicking stuff would take near 5 seconds to properly input. This made the game run smoother and i can finally play the game again. Thank you
Look forward to trying this. Back in the day I remember getting near to the final mission and it crashing a lot.
Dude you are an absolute legend, my game used lag so much at the cutscences, like my game used run at abt 55 fps and then the cutacences at 5, now everything is super stable. THANK YOU LEGEND 🔥
8:32 a small correction: As example 1080p can be wider than 16:9. There are monitors with 2560 x 1080 (it is still a 1080p res, but wider, 21:9). Same can apply to other res too.
1080p aka Full HD aka FHD has always been precisely 1920x1080 pixels in 16:9 aspect ratio. 2560x1080 is called UW (ultrawide) 1080p or UWFHD if you will. Same thing with UWQHD and UW4K. While UWFHD is "technically" still 1080p, the aspect ratio is different and there are more pixels to fill so it's "1080p" in the same way that 1200p is 1080p. (it's not)
Does 21:9 work for you?
@@ArtemBielyi with dxvk?
@@MirelRC yes
@@ArtemBielyi tbh, I haven't tried that. But I will try tomorrow.
Hey bro thank you SOO SOO MUCH! I got gta 4 today and i have a weak computer, and had to run on the lowest settings possible, but after this video, i can finally see the true and realistc gta 4
4:29 i don't have this GTA IV folder, i downloaded GTA IV through steam could you plz help me?
Thank you! This tweak made a huge difference in performance!
I think most people don't disable file extension hiding in windows, so instead of commandline.txt they were creating commandline.txt.txt
real
THANK YOU!! The stutter is gone and the game runs so smooth, I can't get over it!
can you help me? i didnt get improvements
Me too @@gullomusic
@@gullomusic i installed it and now im getting high fps but heavy stuttering
Hey man its work on my pc, now my gta iv run faster than before. thx a lot
Worked for me, holy hell thank you
Ngl, The game works wayyy better now, Thanks for the tutorial man
if you don't own the game on any of these platforms you can just create a shortcut and add these parameters to the file path
@@MarioTainakaWhich was recommended in the last video, and didn't work for a lot of people.
@@TJGM right. i actually forgot about that. In that case prams via shortcut do work
Mate! Thank you. It's been a while between playthroughs. It ran like garbage before your videos, I have a Ryzen 5600X and a RTX 3060ti. It's not the highest spec PC in the world but it should be able to run GTAIV! I have installed the 4 mods you recommended as well as DXVK. I can now run it at a stable 75 fps @ 3440 x 1440p again it should be better than that but it's smooth and it looks good. Cheers!
I have an Ryzen 3700 and an RTX 3060Ti and the Game runs smooth without the mods, at 6k resolution and max settings at around 70fps...(smooth 50fps with 8k as well). The mods made it run worse now...
Did some more testing. Without mod, at a resolution of 5760 x 3240 all settings maxed out even shadows and draw distance so on and I get around 80fps most of the time. With the mod it actually gets worse, it's more around the 60s than the 80s, I even tried to lower some settings and stuff but like others said, this dxvk stuff doesn't really improve anything for a lot of people, for some it actually makes it worse. I'm surprised it works for you with mod but without it doesn't run since we have a pretty similar system.
@RequiemDream that's really interesting. When I ran thr vanilla game, the framerate would jump around quite a lot, anywhere from 45fps to 150+ and extreme stuttering! It was basically unplayable. Now it's stable, we is all I really wanted. I would be nice if I could lock it to 120fps but for some reason, 75 is all I can get. I'll take it though
So, at first Fps was over 60fps with dxvk closed game relaunched and now im in the 40s does dxvk only work when it wants too?
Starting steam in administrator mode fixed this I think
@@virtuaspeedone i am havin this exact problem I will try your fix to see if it works, insane how it all worked great at the beginning
didnt work
For people that still have issues with the Resolution/Aspect ratio add the following commands in the launch options : -width x -height x (x - your monitor refreshrate ex: 1920 width 1080 height) 16:9 1080p -refreshrate x (x - your monitor refreshrate) and if you want to cap your framerate you can use rivatuner so you have less framedrops
Thank's man you"re the best .This video helped me alot , i'm greatfull that you can finally solve my problem, and i can play with best optimisation!
Thank you so much king ❤ the game works like magic and so smooth thanks a lot
It worked 😮😮❤❤. Thanks man u r amazing ❤
at first i didnt think it worked because i dont have the low video memory issue when i installed it but this actually worked amazingly
what gpu do u have? im going to do it with a RTX 2070 Super
Hello, my config is a 11400f with a 3060 (12gb), V-sync ON at 60 hz display at 1440p with all setings max out:
My experience with dxvk versions so far:
2.3: A lot of tearing and stutters when roaming around
2.2: No tearing when roaming around or entering places or anything but I have small tearing when hiting objects with a car (almost not noticeable) [This is the second best version so far]
2.1: Some stutters when entering places and hiting objects with a car
(Edit) 2.0: No stutters at all >[this is the best version so far]<
2.0 update: Stutters when hiting objects with a car, very rare indeed.
(Edit) 1.10: A lot of stutters and randomly.
(Edit) 1.9.4: Stutters are random in a lot of areas.
(Edit) 1.9.3: Stutters that looks like the default version of the game.
I'm going to test all versions and update here, if anyone else is having this problem (stutters or tearing), any help would be great! Thanks!
I'm using 2.3 version, facing the same issue. stutters when roaming around.
I'll try the 2.0 version.
Tried every version and got the stuttering in all of them :(
@@edgardhenrique4113 what are your pc specs?
@RicardoLNedel thankssssssss for the sharing mann, i was struggling with 2.3 version (crazy fps drops), switched to 2.0 and now game seems real smooth🙏🙏
the sttuters happend to me, but it was because i have in game Vsync, the solution was to turn it off and set RivaTuner Statistics set to limit the game at 60fps, worked like a charm.
Thanks for the help, take care!
Thank you so much now i have a smooth 4k 60fps with my 7900XT.
Thank you! You made it easy and quick. Keep up the amazing work!
I'm using an Intel arc a750. DXVK didn't increase the overall framerate but it made reduced stutters a lot.
Hello, When installing both DXVK and Fusion Fix, it crash at the opening of the game
For anyone that has an issue with the fps suddenly going down to something like 51 fps with stutter after 5 minutes,if you play the game on steam, turn on steam overlay. Not sure what causes it but it fixed the problem.
Can the steam overlay feature work on non steam games?
Bro respect man, it works great!!
DXVK works just fine... but game crashes as soon as i press start (Steam)
Basicaly main menu works fine, i even set everything to the lowest to see how it would go so i can change in-game later.
But as soon as the loading screen is done, the game freezes and crashes.
I'm facing the same exact issue
Unbelievable. Amazing. Just awesome. Thank you so much. I bought GTA IV today, since I've never played it and it was a decent price, I figured I'd give it a shot and after all these years, everything would be polished. That was a mistake...the game ran very poorly even on my decent pc (5800x3D, 32gb ram and 3090). Specifically some 80-120fps in QHD and very high, and very very strong stuttering. Using your video I'm playing in 5k resolution at more or less smooth 100-180fps!!!! Thank you!
4:29 i don't have this GTA IV folder, i downloaded GTA IV through steam could you plz help me?
@@Msi696 Very strange, check if you are looking in the right folder or check the integrity of the game
Where exactly do i have to look?@@jantoman4400
@@jantoman4400 Something's wrong with my GTA 4, the cutscenes are really choppy and laggy but the overall gameplay is smooth af but when i enter the apartment which we ge in the beginning of the game my games runs in like 1 FPS does this happen with you too?
still working nice job:)
Thanks for the new fix on the video memory issue it works now
BRO YOU MAKE ME WANNA PLAY GTA4 AGAIN!!!!
dont even bother lol the pc port is still garbage even with all of these fan-made patches which make the game even more difficult to set up
@@MSX98FMDnB at less i can play it on 60fps and very stable now
you are a legend thank you
Bro u reapair my favorite GTA 4! Thanks!
Again, thanks a lot, dude! This is a brilliant explanation of the whole process. I was so grateful to learn so much. If I may, I'd like to ask for a particular issue: How can I fix Volumetric Lights/Shadows effect?; I'm using the Steam CE with FusionFix (+ vehicules pack, trees and I guess/hope grass of the console visuals mod, Various Fixes mod and NCP enhancements for the cops and FIB mainly), besides the radio restore and DXVK mods. After learning how to access and edit the fusionfix ini file (specifically to fix the taxi bug), I got amazing results, but I miss that feature in particular. Any suggestions? Maybe there are other features I'm losing since I applied the DXVK mod at last. Youre the best!
thank you very much, you helped me a lot
my game just straight launching the gta iv story when opend and i have the othere episodes and the complete addition but i cant play tblogt and tlatd someone know what can i do ?
In the game section of the in-game settings there is an option "skip start screen" or something along those lines. Turn that off and you will get the splash screen again to choose which to play. Hope that helps.
Tysm brother ❤ u gained me
I still having a lot of issues even using DXVK.. stutter still happen A LOT! but I found a temporary solution for decreasing the stutter and make it more enjoyable (yeah the stutter still happen but just a fewer times). Just try to cap the FPS to 30 FPS by Nvidia control panel, and it's good as I remembered in PS3 era. (I'm using the last DXVK 2.3 versions). the setting is all maxed out with 1620P resolution.
My specifications of my laptop is Intel core i5 12450H, 32gb ram and RTX3050.
Can you try out older Dxvk 2.0?
tks u so much, that's help me alot, now my gta iv is very smooth at 60fps, i locked in Vsync for smoothest gameplay
Thank you very much, finally the game feels smooth at 60 fps.
can someone tell me why he only moves d3d9.dll to the game directory? I saw somewhere that you had to move dxgi too.
i think you only need d3d9.dll for it to work
It runs BUTTERY SMOOTH for about 5 minutes, or until a cutscene and then becomes a choppy mess.
Strangely, I can "reset" it back to being smooth, by enabling and disabling vsync or change the resolution back and forth.
This will make it run perfect again for a while until the mentioned above.
Any clue, what's the issue here?
Followed all steps
dxvk2.3
RTX 3080
R7 5800X
Same issue here, also on a 3080
Does it happen on older 2.0? If not, please open issue on their GH with trace attached.
I finally fixed the stuttering issue on my computer. Turns out I had to enable the Steam Overlay for GTA 4. For whatever reason, this stopped the stutter.
Right-click on GTA 4 in Steam, go to Properties. Then look for the "Enable Steam Overlay in-game", turn on this switch. The stuttering should now be fixed!
My game just runs like absolute garbage with dxvk, it started running better after benchmark (still worse than vanilla) and then went back to like 20 fps constantly
Update: Reinstalled the game and downloaded dxvk before any other mod and it worked great, i have now heavily modded my game and it still runs nice on highest settings + VisualIV
dude i absolutely love ur channel and ive watched the first 2 gta4 vids, i then installed the dxvk but like ive played it for 2 hrs and it was around 40 45 fps (i normally get 58 60 with stutter) in the internet they said it was cus of shader caching etc. but like ive played it for hrs have u got a solution for that??? (I have gtx 1650 i5 9300H)
If it's Steam version, maybe turn off shader precache.
woah, the way u showcasing every single improvements either mods or other stuff just so damn good. SO U MAY TRY THE GTA V ONE, WITH MODS n STUFFS..... community really hopin on ur video of gta v ^^
still lagging and stuttering for me. Thanks..
Man thank you so much!
Fuckin love this guide i discovered this channel on my recomended and im hooked with yiur videos please keep it going
Dude thank you soo much. I was wondering why my GTA 4 kept lagging even tho I have 8 gb of ram
Also, if you find your game not improving performance after the first hour, you may want to disable "Shader Pre Caching" if you're on Steam, so that DXVK actually starts caching shaders
How do you do that?
dude ive played for 2 hrs i have gtx 1650 like it doesnt even reach 50 fps i normally get 60 with stutter
@@ardabezgal191 me too I have a GTX 1650 I'm getting like 50 to 70 sometimes but with stutter it wasn't the biggest difference and my shadows disappear when I look a certain way
@@antwars3602 dude like my game doesnt compile shaders i think
I don't even think version 2.0 onwards compiles shaders anymore.
Hey, I installed DXVK but i still face severe stuttering and frame drops. what else can i do?
Have you found something?
yeah same, has somebody found a fix yet?
unfortunately this doesn't work as well as it probably should
ironically dxwrapper seems to give it better performance despite the fact that my gpu supports vulkan. and yes I did make sure it wasn't just the shader cache being built or something. Several minutes of waiting told me that clearly wasn't the case. even with dxwrapper though, my frames suffer a bit when it comes to fire or rain which i was hoping dxvk would fix.
oh well
I have installed DXVK. When I load into the game, runs perfectly fine for about 5 minutes and then my FPS drops by 10 and I get stutters/choppy visuals. GPU is an RTX 2070S with a Ryzen 7 5800x3D.
EDIT: Found a fix on the game's Steam forms, enable Steam overlay and SOMEHOW, it fixes the issue. All OK.
Bro big thanks to your Video I managed to fix the crashing error I. My GTA 4
Now my GPU is Running GTA 4 without any issues and it supports Vulkan thingy
And yeah my GPU is GTX 1060 3GB
Hey man. great video, thanks. I have installed Fusion Fix and everything is working (recoil, DoF, Rain etc.) The only thing that won't display is volumetric lights, I even went to the same one in the aptment that you showed. Might be because of DXVK? Did you notice that DXVK disabled volumetrics? Thanks
Did you find any solutions to that problem?