Sparks IV previously working, then stopped with errors.

[SteelReign 12]

So the last few days have been filled with frustration for me. I bought GTA4 when I discovered the LCPD:FR mod, I spent the first day picking out cars I liked and reading up on the mod and tools I needed. I downloaded everything and started installing stuff. The LCPD mod was working and I successfully installed a few new car models, but apparently somewhere along the line one of the car files I installed kept crashing the game while I was cycling through the cars after I selected my Officer. Now here's where it gets weird. The whole time I was using Spark IV in a folder I created on my desktop. I decided to start over and delete everything, then go on Steam and verify integrity of game cache, it didn't find 8 files so it re-downloaded them, then I went to Spark IV and it kept giving me an "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application...blah blah...Object reference not set to an instance of an object". In a last ditch effort, I totally erased GTA4 from Steam and re-downloaded the whole game last night to TOTALLY start from scratch. I got home today and started to reinstall things, and Spark IV is still giving me the same error. As of right now, I do have LCPD:FR .95 RC2 working successfully but without Sparks IV working, I can't install new car models/skins. Here are the details.

See the end of this message for details on invoking

just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at RageLib.Common.KeyUtilGTAIV.FindGTADirectory()

at SparkIV.MainForm.toolStripGTAIV_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Obje ct key, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton.onclick(Event Args e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(Eve ntArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(M ouseEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventIntera ctive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(Event Args e, ToolStripItemEventType met)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.onmouseup(MouseEven tArgs mea)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Mes sage& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativewindow.O nMessage(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativewindow.W ndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Nativewindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************

mscorlib

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5456 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

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SparkIV

Assembly Version: 0.6.9.0

Win32 Version: 0.6.9.0

CodeBase: file:///D:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/steamapps/common/Grand%20Theft%20Auto%20IV/GTAIV/Spark%20IV/SparkIV.exe

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System.Windows.Forms

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5460 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

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System

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5456 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

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System.Drawing

Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5462 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

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RageLib.FileSystem

Assembly Version: 0.6.2.0

Win32 Version: 0.6.2.0

CodeBase: file:///D:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/steamapps/common/Grand%20Theft%20Auto%20IV/GTAIV/Spark%20IV/RageLib.FileSystem.DLL

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RageLib.Common

Assembly Version: 0.6.2.0

Win32 Version: 0.6.2.0

CodeBase: file:///D:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/steamapps/common/Grand%20Theft%20Auto%20IV/GTAIV/Spark%20IV/RageLib.Common.DLL

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************** JIT Debugging **************

To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this

application or computer (machine.config) must have the

jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.

The application must also be compiled with debugging

enabled.

For example:

<configuration>

<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />

</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception

will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer

rather than be handled by this dialog box.

MODERATOR NOTICE

Text edited to remove the black background, which was making it almost impossible to read, -JAM

Edited October 21, 2012 by JAM-Justin35

[JAM 852]

I don't know what happened to your text, but it had this weird black box behind it, which made the reading of your issue nearly impossible. Any who, I fixed it for you, should be just regular text now .

[SteelReign 12]

I don't know what happened to your text, but it had this weird black box behind it, which made the reading of your issue nearly impossible. Any who, I fixed it for you, should be just regular text now .

because I just copied and pasted from gtapolicemods forum. I'm really stumped here, and I consider myself to be a pretty competent modder.

[MayhemMercenary 377]

Mabey re-install Spark iv. Run and Admin if its not set to do so.

Edited October 21, 2012 by 1ian20

[SteelReign 12]

Mabey re-install Spark iv. Run and Admin if its not set to do so.

I think you missed the part where I said I redownloaded sparks. I've tried version 7.0 and 6.9 and both give the same errors, regardless of if the folder is on my desktop or in a sub directory in my GTA4 roots folder.

[Powler 24]

I am not sure if it will help but try reinstalling the patch your using, I suggest this because i have had to do it a few times but for different issue's.

Hope this helps you and you resolve your issue :o)

[SteelReign 12]

Try reinstalling which patch? GTA 1.07? or LCPD:FR?

[ASTTrprDillon95 296]

I do get that often too but only when I edit car textures. What I normally do is just click continue and Continue using it. And usually the game still works

[SteelReign 12]

I do get that often too but only when I edit car textures. What I normally do is just click continue and Continue using it. And usually the game still works

I click continue and it doesn't do anything. Everytime I click on the GTAIV icon to browse for the files I get that error now. I don't understand why it started happening after I verified game cache integrity on Steam

[Powler 24]

Sorry i meant patch 1.0.7.0.

How ever this is only a suggestion and not a fix unfortunately :o(

[SteelReign 12]

Yeah the download from Steam comes as 1.07 automatically. This is completely retarded and makes me want to hurl my computer out the window. It LITERALLY just stopped working out of the blue.

Does anyone have a copy of Open IV? I'll just try to use that, because I just did yet another fresh install of GTAIV and fresh download of Spark IV 7.0beta and still getting the same error. The only Open IV files I can find online are some Russian website and Norton won't let me download it.

Edited October 22, 2012 by SteelReign

[ASTTrprDillon95 296]

Just click continue. once you save and rebuild enter Spark IV again to check that the car is modded.

[NickieB 507]

Just try using OpenIV, personally I think its better than spark anyway. I got a link for you too: http://www.gtagaming.com/downloads/gta-iv/tools/11030

[SteelReign 12]

Just click continue. once you save and rebuild enter Spark IV again to check that the car is modded.

again, clicking 'continue' does not do anything.

[NickieB 507]

Give OpenIV a try...