I have downloaded and installed the latest ELS V8.5. However I cannot get this to work. It is as if I have not installed correctly. I have un-installed and re-installed both GTA IV and ELS, but still unable to use. I can use ELS if I use older version which was V6.

Can anyone shed any light on this. It has only happened since I had to rebuild my PC, before then it was working fine. 

Using Windows 8.1 and running the game in Windows 7 Compatibility Mode as an Administrator.

As far as I can tell installed and configured correclty, see screen shots below of both my GTA installation folder and my _slotcontrol.ini configuration.

 

 

I cant tell if your joking but almost EVERY CAR is turned OFF in the slot control.

At the moment the only ELS enabled vehicle still installed is an Ambulance, this was because it was a fresh install and testing to see if I could get it to work, normally there would be more vehicles enabled 

At the moment the only ELS enabled vehicle still installed is an Ambulance, this was because it was a fresh install and testing to see if I could get it to work, normally there would be more vehicles enabled 

this might sound like a stupid question, but did you try using els without using the ambulance.ini file and just leaving it on default_config? i've never actually had too many car ini files actually work right..for some reason :/ anyways it was worth asking lol.

this might sound like a stupid question, but did you try using els without using the ambulance.ini file and just leaving it on default_config? i've never actually had too many car ini files actually work right..for some reason :/ anyways it was worth asking lol.

Hi, thanks for the response, I have tried that, and still unable to get this to work,

Hi, thanks for the response, I have tried that, and still unable to get this to work,

hmm maybe try using els v.8 and see if the older version works. if you do try that make sure you dont use the advanced hook that comes with it. keep the one you currently have. see what that does, if anything, and get back to me again :D

 

hmm maybe try using els v.8 and see if the older version works. if you do try that make sure you dont use the advanced hook that comes with it. keep the one you currently have. see what that does, if anything, and get back to me again :D

 

Thanks again for the help, tried and again still unable to get it to work. Never had this in the past, it is only since I had to rebuild my PC earlier this week, after re-installing my GTA IV I could not get it to date check on install and had to change the date on my PC to overcome this. I have also noticed the start up of GTA IV has changed, now get a splash screen about Rockstar TV!. I believe I am on the latest patch for the game as installed via GFWL. In the past it was a simple case of copy and paste files and ELS8 and ELS8.5 worked fine. Very frustrating. ELS 6 works, but not from ELS7 onwards. Any other ideas? 

Edited July 12, 201510 yr by xenarthran

Thanks again for the help, tried and again still unable to get it to work. Never had this in the past, it is only since I had to rebuild my PC earlier this week, after re-installing my GTA IV I could not get it to date check on install and had to change the date on my PC to overcome this. I have also noticed the start up of GTA IV has changed, now get a splash screen about Rockstar TV!. I believe I am on the latest patch for the game as installed via GFWL. In the past it was a simple case of copy and paste files and ELS8 and ELS8.5 worked fine. Very frustrating. ELS 6 works, but not from ELS7 onwards. Any other ideas? 

I have now attached log files for AdvancedHook, ScriptHook and ScriptHookDotNet if that helps any :)

AdvancedHook.log

ScriptHook.log

ScriptHookDotNet.log

Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redist. Package (found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=5555).
Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redist. for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 (found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30679).

Make sure you have those maybe?
You said you got a new computer so I believe that they are not installed.

Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redist. Package (found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=5555).
Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redist. for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 (found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30679).

Make sure you have those maybe?
You said you got a new computer so I believe that they are not installed.

Thank you, I have checked and both installed, and still no difference. When I load an ELS vehicle, at the moment I only have 1 which is an ambulance, there are solid lights lit but none of the ELS functions work. I have double checked the configuration file and all OK. This is not a new PC but had to restore my machine back to factory settings and since then cannot get ELS to function. Should it matter that this is a Steam version of the game?

Make sure you install the x86 version of both of them.

Make sure you install the x86 version of both of them.

Thank you for the response, and for all the assistance offered. This has now resolved the issue and ELS 8 now working correctly.