Hi, i was wondering, i if i wanted to play LCPD:FR with no bugs, what you recommend to have to get the most experience with the least risk of failing?

 

I have the steam fully updated GTA IV and all i want is LCPD:FR ELS and some recommended car mods, any ideas guys?

 

 

 

No, this isn't a support thread, i have no problems. I am simply asking what the safest setup without messing up my game would be.

Best setup:

 

GTA IV and LCPDFR. No other mods.

 

Yeah...

just install lcpdfr and i suggest that you use els 5. It is a lot more stable with lcpdfr than 6

Heres some mods to use with LCPD:FR  if you really dont wanna be crashing just use ELS V5 and LCPD:FR

Edited January 4, 201313 yr by Carrythxd

Don't use ELS, and use the "Strobe Mod" instead. Gives the same effect, way less buggy. Use no real-world cars, only updated original ones to keep the memory usage low, and that's all you should do. I use "Traffic Flow" and "No Overtake" scripts as well. I also use the "Tow Service" as well as Coroner, and the Police Helper mod, and the updated police dept Abraxas put together. 

 

For car mods, look at Ekalb's work. Updated GTA cars, look the part and are low on filesize. Abraxas' scripts have few bugs, so you should check those out too.

 

The more mods you add the more susceptible you are to textures missing, slowdown, crashes, and the like.

Edited January 4, 201313 yr by DLer

Don't use ELS, and use the "Strobe Mod" instead. Gives the same effect, way less buggy. Use no real-world cars, only updated original ones to keep the memory usage low, and that's all you should do. I use "Traffic Flow" and "No Overtake" scripts as well. I also use the "Tow Service" as well as Coroner, and the Police Helper mod, and the updated police dept Abraxas put together. 

 

For car mods, look at Ekalb's work. Updated GTA cars, look the part and are low on filesize. Abraxas' scripts have few bugs, so you should check those out too.

 

The more mods you add the more susceptible you are to textures missing, slowdown, crashes, and the like.

 

I am aware of Abraxas and like his work very much. I'll have a look at Ekalb.

 

 

Also, i'll go ahead and install ELS v5, LCPD:FR (For the gazillionth time after multiple game being ruined), and Police Helper and the addons for that.

use traffic load traffic flow sucks it only uses 20 cars...traffic load uses all 80 cars

I am aware of Abraxas and like his work very much. I'll have a look at Ekalb.

 

 

Also, i'll go ahead and install ELS v5, LCPD:FR (For the gazillionth time after multiple game being ruined), and Police Helper and the addons for that.

 

Also be sure to back up your game so that you don't have to re-install it so much. If I never backed up my files I proabably would have re-installed my game 10 times already. Let me know if you need help on that.

Also be sure to back up your game so that you don't have to re-install it so much. If I never backed up my files I proabably would have re-installed my game 10 times already. Let me know if you need help on that.

 

Hard to back up a 18gb game.

Hard to back up a 18gb game.

 

It takes me about 5 minutes to back it up.

Also be sure to back up your game so that you don't have to re-install it so much. If I never backed up my files I proabably would have re-installed my game 10 times already. Let me know if you need help on that.

 

I'd like to be told/shown how to backup the entire game.. I know in 1 week i have had to re-install 4 times myself etc.

 

Appreciate any info/help

I'd like to be told/shown how to backup the entire game.. I know in 1 week i have had to re-install 4 times myself etc.

 

Appreciate any info/help

 

All I do is when I first install GTA4 I install LCPDFR then make a new folder. Simply highlight everything in your GTA4 folder, copy it, then paste it into your new folder. I usually name the second folder GTAIV Backup. Of course after you do that you can go ahead and add all of your mod's into your main GTA folder. That way if my game ever get's messed up to the point of no fixing it I can just refer to this "backup" folder as a fresh copy without the hassle of waiting hours to re-install it. I save all of my car mod files (wtd & wtf) as well. So when I use this backup folder all I have to do is change the directory in Open IV then just replace the files over again in Open. Also I save my Trainer, ELS, and all of my other script mod's to my computer so when I have to use my backup folder I can just copy and paste it where it needs to go without having to re-download these mods over again. If I confused you let me know and i'll make you a YouTube tutorial on it!

 

Here's a YouTube video however on another way to do it I found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDou4phfjBo

Edited January 5, 201313 yr by C0Y0TEKY86

Nice appreciate the info.. I never thought about that  but what u say makes total sense.

or another simple way to backup your game, right click the gta iv folder then just "add to archive" (WinRAR) if you use another compression program it might be something different, but to the same effect, it will also take up less space.

or another simple way to backup your game, right click the gta iv folder then just "add to archive" (WinRAR) if you use another compression program it might be something different, but to the same effect, it will also take up less space.

 

Hmm I never thought to do it that way. Thanks for that info! This way seems a bit easier.

Extraction time would be 2+ hours.

compare that to a re-instillation time via Steam and that's ok with me :P

compare that to a re-instillation time via Steam and that's ok with me :P

 

Yeah that's a good point. It takes roughly about 3.5 hours for me to re-install it.