When I launch the game, it either:

 

a) Crashes on launch

 

or

 

b) Stays at the screen which says "You agree to the EULA no unathourazied distribution devs don't condone conduct depicted yada yada bla bla etc"

 

 

Please help!

you must obvioisly be missing compoments to your game if you could please take a picture(screenshot) of your main directory.

Directory listing:

 

 

 

Volume in drive C is Boot

 Volume Serial Number is D2F2-9B42

 

 Directory of C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonGrand Theft Auto IVGTAIV

 

23/01/2015  04:07 PM    <DIR>          .

23/01/2015  04:07 PM    <DIR>          ..

14/01/2015  08:40 AM            12,384 876bd1d9393712ac.bin

22/01/2015  11:42 AM    <DIR>          Activation

15/01/2015  07:11 PM           274,432 AdvancedHook.dll

23/01/2015  02:34 PM               728 AdvancedHook.log

15/01/2015  07:11 PM            31,744 AdvancedHookInit.asi

23/01/2015  02:34 PM               626 AdvancedHookInit.log

23/01/2015  02:34 PM             2,258 asilog.txt

14/01/2015  08:40 AM           182,152 binkw32.dll

22/01/2015  11:43 AM    <DIR>          common

14/01/2015  01:42 PM         3,470,864 DFA.dll

23/01/2015  04:07 PM                 0 directorylist.txt

15/01/2015  07:11 PM            91,648 dsound.dll

22/01/2015  02:11 PM    <DIR>          ELS

10/05/2014  06:05 PM         1,176,576 ELS.asi

26/05/2014  12:09 AM             2,005 ELS.ini

22/01/2015  11:43 AM    <DIR>          en-US

14/01/2015  08:46 AM             5,812 files.txt

14/01/2015  08:42 AM            96,776 GameuxInstallHelper.dll

14/01/2015  08:44 AM            58,760 gta4Browser.exe

14/01/2015  08:46 AM            42,888 gtaEncoder.exe

14/01/2015  08:46 AM        15,505,792 GTAIV.exe

14/01/2015  08:46 AM           126,886 GTAIV.exe.cat

14/01/2015  08:46 AM               388 GTAIV.exe.cdf

14/01/2015  08:41 AM               389 GTAIV.exe.cfg

14/01/2015  08:46 AM           767,296 GTAIVGDF.dll

14/01/2015  08:46 AM             3,014 installscript.vdf

14/01/2015  08:41 AM           196,442 lang.ini

14/01/2015  08:46 AM         5,127,312 LaunchGTAIV.exe

15/01/2015  07:11 PM         1,993,216 LCPD First Response.dll

15/01/2015  07:11 PM         2,336,256 LCPD First Response.pdb

22/01/2015  11:43 AM    <DIR>          LCPDFR

15/01/2015  07:11 PM         1,117,853 LCPDFR API Documentation.pdf

15/01/2015  07:11 PM         1,332,771 LCPDFR User Documentation.pdf

22/01/2015  09:24 PM           319,982 LCPDFR.log

22/01/2015  09:27 PM               688 LCPDFR_Usage.dat

15/01/2015  07:11 PM           147,456 Lidgren.Network.dll

14/01/2015  08:43 AM            13,192 LiveTokenHelper.dll

14/01/2015  08:40 AM            58,856 logo-paul.bmp

22/01/2015  11:43 AM    <DIR>          Manuals

23/01/2015  02:34 PM                 0 MiniDump.dmp

22/01/2015  11:43 AM    <DIR>          movies

22/01/2015  08:47 PM            99,045 oldsession.fr

14/01/2015  10:51 AM           835,584 paul.dll

22/01/2015  11:47 AM    <DIR>          pc

15/01/2015  06:54 PM             3,497 print.txt

15/01/2015  07:11 PM           159,232 protobuf-net.dll

14/01/2015  06:02 PM            52,976 Readme.txt

22/01/2015  08:47 PM            99,045 Savegame.fr

15/01/2015  07:11 PM           336,384 ScriptHook.dll

23/01/2015  02:35 PM             2,551 ScriptHook.log

15/01/2015  07:11 PM           649,216 ScriptHookDotNet.asi

23/01/2015  02:34 PM               123 ScriptHookDotNet.log

15/01/2015  12:54 PM            18,209 ScriptHookDotNet.readme.txt

22/01/2015  02:23 PM    <DIR>          scripts

15/01/2015  07:11 PM         3,383,808 SlimDX.dll

22/01/2015  11:47 AM    <DIR>          Support Links

15/02/2013  12:57 PM         3,852,288 Trainer.asi

15/02/2013  01:08 PM            84,390 trainer.ini

15/02/2013  01:08 PM            91,349 trainertbogt.ini

15/02/2013  01:08 PM            87,037 trainertlad.ini

15/01/2015  07:11 PM            70,816 uninst.exe

17/01/2015  02:35 PM             6,323 vdh_Errors.log

22/01/2015  11:47 AM    <DIR>          WoutersCallouts-v1-1

              52 File(s)     44,329,315 bytes

              13 Dir(s)  1,458,353,561,600 bytes free

 

 

I recently installed a siren, could that have anything to do with it?

Please follow the forum guidelines posted as the following:

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• Explain any circumstances surrounding the problem.
• State what solutions you have tried.
• Post ALL relevant logs.
• Include as much information as possible.
• Make sure you aren't using a crack - We don't support cracks
• Update GTA IV to 1.0.7.0 (the latest version of the game, or 1.1.2.0 for EFLC) - This sometimes fixes a wide variety of issues
• Make sure that you run the game as an administrator.
• Make sure that your GTA IV root folder (and every subdirectory) is not set to "read-only"
• Ensure that ScriptHook.dll, ScriptHookDotNet.asi and Dsound.dll OR Xlive.dll are in the GTA IV ROOT folder
• Ensure that there is a folder titled 'LCPDFR' in the ROOT GTA IV folder.
• Check that all the above files exist, if they do not, reinstall LCPDFR with the MANUAL installation.
• Ensure that you are using up to date versions of every LCPDFR dependency and LCPDFR itself.
• Install these: .Net Framework 4.5, Microsoft Visual C++ Redist 2012