Grand Theft Auto 4

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pcslookout

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Mar 18, 2007
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I was just about to make a thread about this game too.

Is it worth playing? I really don't want to install the stupid GFWL though. If I must I will install the game in Sandboxie so I don't have it on my real system. Absolutely hate GFWL games.

Can you play it in windowed borderless mode too ? I want to be able to see my second monitor when I am playing so I can watch movies, tv, and my other programs on the side.
 

jordanecmusic

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Jun 24, 2011
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I was just about to make a thread about this game too.

Is it worth playing? I really don't want to install the stupid GFWL though. If I must I will install the game in Sandboxie so I don't have it on my real system. Absolutely hate GFWL games.

Can you play it in windowed borderless mode too ? I want to be able to see my second monitor when I am playing so I can watch movies, tv, and my other programs on the side.

its a great game. it doesnt do gfwl but it has some rockstar social club that you can do away with once you update to the latest patch.
 

RockinZ28

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Mar 5, 2008
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Did they ever fix this fucking game for pc? Put 147 hours into it, by far the most of any game on steam for me, and I get to the last level with a bug that won't let me continue. Doesn't let me climb into the chopper with the button mashing. Read you just have to keep playing it over and over and it'll work eventually. Did it at least 10 times to no avail. Console trash.
 

motsm

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Did they ever fix this fucking game for pc? Put 147 hours into it, by far the most of any game on steam for me, and I get to the last level with a bug that won't let me continue. Doesn't let me climb into the chopper with the button mashing. Read you just have to keep playing it over and over and it'll work eventually. Did it at least 10 times to no avail. Console trash.
Reseting my keyboard layout to defaults just for that section fixed the issue for me. I have run into this in 3 or 4 console ports now, where the developer only remembers to port 1 of the potentially many uses for a key bind to the menu, so when you rebind it, the other uses remain bound to the original key.
 

RockinZ28

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Reseting my keyboard layout to defaults just for that section fixed the issue for me. I have run into this in 3 or 4 console ports now, where the developer only remembers to port 1 of the potentially many uses for a key bind to the menu, so when you rebind it, the other uses remain bound to the original key.

Yea I tried all that. Even tried setting up a macro to rapidly push whatever button it was calling for. Did nothing. From all the googling I did on it and seeing many with the same issue, it's horrid that Rockstar hasn't made a patch to fix this.

lol, see here's the shit I'm talking about:

Here is my working solution for the helicopter bug in the Out of Commission mission of GTA IV(for PC users only):

- Download the program "AutoHotkey" (www.autohotkey.com/download). It lets you remap your keyboard and mouse buttons, using simple scripts. It also allows you to bind multiple keystrokes to the press of a single button.

- Write the following script:

x::
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}
Send {MButton}

- Instead of "x" you can use any button on your keyboard, preferably one that is not in use within the game and which you can keep pressing comfortably.





For anyone going through the bug on the PC version where it won't let you climb by pressing space, I found this on another forum and it worked for me:
Run fraps and capture a movie as soon as you jump up to the helicopter. Then tap space fast and you'll climb straight up.

That was such a pain before I found that. It seems like the game needs to run at 30FPS or below to allow you to climb. 60FPS on my PC was too fast for it to register me pressing space.
 
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motsm

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Jan 20, 2010
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Yea I tried all that.
Odd, I tried that section a number of times with no success, then reset to default since I ran into similar problems in other games and it worked first shot. Guess the issue goes deeper though.
 
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