I've been trying to get this mod to work again on-and-off for, quite literally, years. I'm at my wits end. I've tried every bit of advice that I can possibly scrounge from different corners of this website and the internet at large. On this forum itself there's two conflicting pieces of advice - one saying you can run LCPD:FR just installing it with the compatibility patch on the newest and current version of the Complete Edition, but that didn't work, and another one linking to a guide which involves downgrading to 1.0.7.0 but that also didn't work even after I tried it multiple times.

Between both of these methods I get one of two outcomes. The game either:

a.) successfully launches, and even my trainer works successfully, but LCPD:FR specifically fails to load with a 'LCPDFR_Loader.Loader' script error. Which - upon consulting with the log - it appears to be an out of memory error with AdvancedHook.dll. I tried to fix this by looking for all kinds of different versions of scripthook, advancedhook, and ASI loaders online but no combination of any of those things produced a fix for me.

Or, b.) the game simply does not launch at all.

I can find no guide anywhere that works to install LCPDFR today.

Please, somebody, help me. I really want to play this game again.

Edited January 12Jan 12 by Baalaii

https://www.lcpdfr.com/downloads/gta4mods/g17media/4607-lcpd-first-response-legacy-edition/

the 1.1 'legacy edition' download should only be used on the latest version of the game.

you can use the older 1.1 manual installation download for a downgraded game.

if using a downgraded game, get rid of 'aCompleteEditionHook.asi' if you left it behind in your folder.

Using mismatched versions will just cause issues.

13 hours ago, Cyan said:

you can use the older 1.1 manual installation download for a downgraded game.

Fresh install, downgraded to 1.0.7.0. 1.1 Manual install. Nothing else installed - game won't even start it just immediately CTD.