GTA IV PC Official Thread - Page 99

**nekrosoft13** · 06-18-09, 03:52 PM

5th attempt and i got it!!

haha, finished the game twice.

**nekrosoft13** · 06-18-09, 04:21 PM

bash the space bar as fast and hard as possible

**jeffmd** · 06-19-09, 12:27 AM

the shadows can not be fixed because it is not an artifact of the pc version. To get the game to run fast and yet have the shadow density (number of objects to cast them) they needed, they went with a shadowing method that had that coarse edging. The consoles all have it too, its part of the 3d engine.

**mailman2** · 06-19-09, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slaWter

Nice. Tried it more than 20 times, doesn't work.

same here, never worked for me either.

wysiwyg · 06-19-09, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

that is not Dimitri

**nekrosoft13** · 06-19-09, 03:00 PM

oh, you took the money path

**nekrosoft13** · 06-19-09, 03:03 PM

new patch

Quote:

Version 1.0.4.0 - June 19, 2009

Maintenance Update:
-Resource management adjustments based on the operating system detected.

"to get ready for new gold pressing" the what

agentkay · 06-19-09, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

"to get ready for new gold pressing" the what

Maybe something like a GOTY version with the DLC? It's not too uncommon that games get re-released with some addional content, Lost Planet Colonies comes to my mind. Another possiblity is that they sold more copies than orginally produced so they might order more copies and this time around incl. the patches. The second option seems less likely because I can't really remember that this happened before except with really horrible and buggy games ("Bet on Soldier" for instance).

autobot · 06-19-09, 05:52 PM

I don't want more features....I want a game that loads inside of 10 minutes and *REAL* AA.

DennisK4 · 06-19-09, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by autobot

I don't want more features....I want a game that loads inside of 10 minutes and *REAL* AA.

Yes and shadows that you know actually looks like shadows.

**XDanger** · 06-19-09, 06:16 PM

six_storm · 07-21-09, 07:49 AM

So I started playing this again when I recently installed my new 260GTX, and the performance still isn't all that great. I'm sure it's been talked about before but why do I have to have the shadows turned all the way up just to see where I'm driving? It's almost like nothing else in the game matters (settings wise) but the shadows. WTF?

Anybody got any tweaks for performance, but still allowing the game to look half way decent? Sorry, I just don't have time to read through 85 pages.

06-18-09, 03:52 PM	#1177
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread 5th attempt and i got it!! haha, finished the game twice. __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

06-18-09, 04:21 PM	#1178
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread bash the space bar as fast and hard as possible __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

06-19-09, 12:27 AM	#1179
jeffmd Has a vegetation fetish Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,816	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread the shadows can not be fixed because it is not an artifact of the pc version. To get the game to run fast and yet have the shadow density (number of objects to cast them) they needed, they went with a shadowing method that had that coarse edging. The consoles all have it too, its part of the 3d engine. __________________ _________________________________________________ Mobo: EVGA 122-ck-nf68 680i sli, CPU: C2D Quad 6600, Video: EVGA GTX 460 1gb SC, Sound: X-fi gaming, Windows 7, Antec P180b,Thermalright Ultra-120 HSF, Antec TruPower TP3-650, 4 Gigs RAM

06-19-09, 03:00 PM	#1182
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread oh, you took the money path __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

06-19-09, 05:52 PM	#1185
autobot Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Portland, OR. Posts: 254	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread I don't want more features....I want a game that loads inside of 10 minutes and REAL AA. __________________ [CENTER]- [B][COLOR="Red"]autobot[/COLOR][/B] - Intel Q9400 [I](3.6Ghz OC)[/I] Asus P5Q Deluxe / 8GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 MSI 6970 Afterburner 2GB / Asus Xonar DX Crucial M4 128GB SSD / Seagate 640GB Lite-On DVD/RW w/ Lightscribe XFX XXX-Edition 650W PSU [COLOR="Red"]Enzotech / Swiftech / Koolance[/COLOR][/CENTER]

06-19-09, 06:16 PM	#1187
XDanger Whaaat? Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,674	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread __________________ 2500K 4.4ghz,P8P67Pro,120gb Force3, 12gb Vengeance,HD6950,TX850v2,W7HP,LaCie Blue 22" crt COMMODORE 64 Silver Label 1Mhz/128D 4Mhz(Z80) Last edited by XDanger; 07-04-09 at 05:05 PM.

07-21-09, 07:49 AM	#1188
six_storm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 11,575	Re: GTA IV PC Official Thread So I started playing this again when I recently installed my new 260GTX, and the performance still isn't all that great. I'm sure it's been talked about before but why do I have to have the shadows turned all the way up just to see where I'm driving? It's almost like nothing else in the game matters (settings wise) but the shadows. WTF? Anybody got any tweaks for performance, but still allowing the game to look half way decent? Sorry, I just don't have time to read through 85 pages.

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