Hi,

So I have had problems loading GTA of late. 

I try to load it via RPH, the loading screen sits there (not frozen) and keeps going after it's finished loading plugins, and doesn't launch the game.

So then I try loading without RPH, with the normal launcher. Same thing, loading screen is infinite.

I then think to myself, what a good time to disable my mods/asi, doesn't change a thing, still stuck on loading screen.

Also verified game files, just in case, and it says i have all my files

 

My system isn't slow, it runs the game w/o intensive plugins at 55-60 fps

I have the steam version for reference.

 

I'm sad to say i've tried everything I can, and I have no idea what my problem is.

 

Oof. I've had this problem a few times before, and I really do hate to say it, but that means that your game save is corrupted - Completely delete the Rockstar Games folder in your AppData (Local) and Documents, and re-sign in and download your game saves from the cloud. If you don't have any saves in the cloud or if it still crashes, you'll have to start a new game 😐

THANK YOU for your response!! I'm away from my PC for the remainder of this week so when I get back i'll try this! Just to clarify, I don't have to re-install the game by doing this, right?

No, you do not. I’ve made that mistake before and it only adds to the annoyance level in this situation.

Thanks!

Edited July 22, 20187 yr by realtjennings

On 7/22/2018 at 3:42 PM, Tactical Donut said:

Oof. I've had this problem a few times before, and I really do hate to say it, but that means that your game save is corrupted - Completely delete the Rockstar Games folder in your AppData (Local) and Documents, and re-sign in and download your game saves from the cloud. If you don't have any saves in the cloud or if it still crashes, you'll have to start a new game 😐

How do I start a new game? If it's crashing.

Navigate to C:\Users\Your Username\Documents\, and permanently delete (after saving your User Music folder) the Rockstar Games folder. If you’ve just closed GTA V you won’t be able to delete one or two files for about a minute or so. 

 

Then, navigate to C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Local (might be Roaming, I forgot)\ and permanently delete the Rockstar Games folder there. 

 

You then NEED to start the game NORMALLY, NOT through RPH, and click “Story Mode” on the startup screen. 

 

Note that you’ll need to re-sign in. In the launcher, ensure that you don’t enable cloud saves yet. 

 

Hope this helps!

Edited July 28, 20187 yr by Tactical Donut

It did! Thank you for your support! It really helped!