Hello. I recently bought GTA IV for my pc and it runs fine obviously with the clean install from Steam. I downloaded all the necessary packages & etc. I need to run LCPDFR v0.95rc2 as me and my friend have gone through plenty of trial and error in getting it to work on his PC and we have Gameplay videos on youtube with a solid account. So I know how to get it working because I also downloaded LCPDFR v0.95rc2 on my laptop and it never crashed. However my laptop is not the best for gaming as I already know. My PC requirements meet the recommended for GTA IV and I am still upgrading it for better performance so I know that it is not the issue. As soon as I bought GTA IV, I ran a "Contig" defrag, if that's what you would call it? On my GTA IV directory within steamapps to make the game run a little bit more smoother and faster. Following that, I installed the latest version of LCPDFR v0.95rc2 and I am able to pick my Cop and Car but as soon as I get on patrol and try to do a traffic stop or engage in a pursuit, there is an immediate crash and the window pops up with the whole 'GTA IV has crashed sorry for the inconvenience" blah blah. Do you think that by running the "Contig" file on my GTA IV directory, it may have caused some files to disappear that are necessary for LCPDFR to work properly? That's the only thing I can think of.. Unless I may have installed the wrong Microsoft .Net 4 Framework file. I'm on a Windows Xp Computer Service Pack 3 and I downloaded the 64 bit and installed it on my system.

Any ideas or suggestions as to why the mod is crashing very quick after beginning a script or whatever?

Help would be greatly appreciated and thank you for taking the time to read this.

Thanks,

Erik

PS: I included 2 pictures. One of my GTA IV main directory within Steam.

And another picture of my Programs Installed, mainly all the 'Microsoft .Net Framework"

*Sigh*,

Topic belongs in LCPDFR Support, not in GTA IV Support, I will move it for now hence you are new, but from now on, anybody who decides to ignore this will just immediately have their threads closed, I'm getting a bit tired of seeing this because people decide to disregard the trouble shooter, moving thread, make sure you place your LCPDFR Support related topics in the correct section (LCPDFR Support).

ah I do apologize. If I did know I wouldn't have posted in here believe me. I don't ignore forums rules & etc. like most people I thought this was LCPDFR support.

My apologies once again.

ah I do apologize. If I did know I wouldn't have posted in here believe me. I don't ignore forums rules & etc. like most people I thought this was LCPDFR support.

My apologies once again.

Ah it's no worries, not trying to single you out or make you out to be a ignorant user, just that we've been quite lenient lately on this issue, and half of these threads could be solved if they just used the Troubleshooter, so it's no worries, hope you can get your issue resolved,

-JAM.

yes I understand, tt can get annoying from your perspective. Thanks for the courtesy and I hope my issue is resolved as well.

Post a diagnostic log.

Also use the printscreen button, no need for photos of your monitor. -

I apologize about the photos, my printscreen was not copying my images to a clipboard...Ive never done or posted a diagnostic log before this is my first time hearing about it but I just did some research and Im hoping this is what you need? Once again sorry if Im way off or didnt get the exact thing you needed. Would you just suggest me doing a Complete and Clean Re-Install from Steam and see if everything works?

Hope Im not making this too difficult..

Edited July 10, 201213 yr by breakingbb

http://www.lcpdfr.com/forum-20/announcement-5-need-support-read-this-first/

Download the G17 diagnostic tool, run it as administrator and copypaste the information

Okay thank you for the link. I clicked on it and it It says "This website is offline" and "No cached version is available." Any alternative suggestions?

Uh try this download

That link works fine thank you again. However as soon as I pressed start to continue, the four main things were detected as in CPU, RAM, .Net Framework 4.0 and Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable are all installed but it did not locate my GTA IV, well it says it's not detected. Any idea why?

My GTA IV is from Steam so it's in the Steam folder, Steam Apps, common, Grand Theft Auto IV, GTAIV. That's the folder it's in. Should I reinstall the game from Steam in a new place? It would only take about 3 hours to reinstall again with my internet.

It should be able to find that, it finds mine fine. Try both running as admin and not running as admin.

Is it on the same harddriive? Try putting the diagnostic tool into the same folder as launchgtaiv.exe (the GTAIV folder)

Hm interesting. I tried running both as Admin and nothing happened. It also is on the same harddrive and I put the diagnostic tool in the same folder as the launch but still no success. Seems like now something is wrong with my game. I am currently re-downloading it and it should be done within 2 hours and hopefully the diagnostic tool can locate my GTA IV.

Everything works now! Ran a clean install from Steam, and the reason the diagnostics tool wasn't detecting my GTA IV was because I didn't run it in Steam.... -__- Noobish on my part I suppose. But I'm glad you told me about the diagnostics tool and everything else it did actually help me!

Thanks again,

Erik