lcpdfr dosent work

officer quickshots · August 27, 2016

my lcpdfr doesent load when i push the buttons to start it up. i was thinking is there a certain mission i need to get to for it to work. so can anyone tell me how to get it to work for liberty city stories or just the original gta iv

Original Light · August 27, 2016

Your topic has been moved to LCPDFR Support Requests.
Please post in the correct location in the future.

ineseri · August 27, 2016

Hello there -- welcome to LCPDFR.com and thanks for trying out LCPDFR!

Please do the following:

Make sure you aren't using a crack - We don't support cracks or people using pirated software
Update GTA IV to 1.0.7.0 (the latest version of the game, or 1.1.2.0 for EFLC) - These patches are needed.
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 AdvancedHook.dll, 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: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653 , https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

In some cases, your issue is resolved after following the above steps. If it did help, please let everyone know in the topic that your issue is resolved. If you do have to post a topic, do the following;

Give a clear, detailed description of the problem.
Explain any circumstances surrounding the problem.
State what solutions you have tried.
Post ALL relevant logs (LCPDFR.log, Scripthook.log, ScriptHookDotNet.log, AdvancedHook.log).
Include as much information as possible.
Post your system specifications.
Post what other mods you are using. This includes car and script mods.
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