IV Released GTA IV Downgrader

Don't forget something 1.2.0.43.

OMG

THIS IS AWESOME!

Ohgood thing I wanted to check if my guide downgrade things are still revelant. I'll update my russian guide with this ASAP. (it hit top 2 russian guides on yearly popularity recently aswell )

UPD: I think you need to fix thatit defaults to French language after the downgrade. I don't think that's what it should dohaha.

So when it comes to the RGL version of the Complete Editiondoes this downgrader prevent the launcher from downloading the latest files over and over again every time we launch the game?

3 minutes agoLegomanarthur said:

So when it comes to the RGL version of the Complete Editiondoes this downgrader prevent the launcher from downloading the latest files over and over again every time we launch the game?

You have to move the game folder somewhere else.

When i get to the first stepwhich is the input of the path of GTAIV.EXEit says "invalid file - please select GTA IV'S executable file" even though I put the correct path.

38 minutes agooutofthecage said:

When i get to the first stepwhich is the input of the path of GTAIV.EXEit says "invalid file - please select GTA IV'S executable file" even though I put the correct path.

When you hover over gtaiv's executable filewhat does it say at "File Description"? It should say Grand Theft Auto IV

Other way to check for the File Description is by right clicking on your executable filethen click on Propertiesthen on Details and there you should see all the details about the exe

Can you also post this on cat's Steam guide as welldownloading nowwill give feedback later after trying.

BTW is this possible to use on 1.2.0.43?

1 hour agoSaad31 said:

Can you also post this on cat's Steam guide as welldownloading nowwill give feedback later after trying.

I would have to ask catsmackaroo for that

1 hour agoSaad31 said:

BTW is this possible to use on 1.2.0.43?

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On 10/25/2021 at 2:25 AMItsClonkAndre said:

Steam/RGL Complete Edition (1.2.0.32 and up) of GTA IV to either 1.0.8.0 or 1.0.7.0!

On 10/28/2021 at 2:49 PMMiesThies said:

Haven't tried it out yetbut looks really awesome! Thank you! Are youby any chance planning to include the ability to downgrade to other versionse.g. 1.0.4.0 as well? Would love that.

Thanks! Yes i'm planning on adding the ability to downgrade to 1040 as well!

9 hours agoItsClonkAndre said:

When you hover over gtaiv's executable filewhat does it say at "File Description"? It should say Grand Theft Auto IV

Other way to check for the File Description is by right clicking on your executable filethen click on Propertiesthen on Details and there you should see all the details about the exe

Ah i fixed it. I needed to just verify the integrity of the game files. Howevernow the downgrader gets stuck after it says 'Radio Downgrader Finished'

I tried both .net 4.7.2 installed and the downgrader is not opening as wellWindows 7 64 bit.

Tried cat's downgrader as wellstuck on loading complete screen.

11 hours agooutofthecage said:

Ah i fixed it. I needed to just verify the integrity of the game files. Howevernow the downgrader gets stuck after it says 'Radio Downgrader Finished'

Thanks for the information! It should be fixed in the next version! I'll upload it as a hotfix versionso you don't have to download the whole 1,58GB again.

3 hours agoSaad31 said:

I tried both .net 4.7.2 installed and the downgrader is not opening as wellWindows 7 64 bit.

Tested on Windows 7 64 bit aswell and it's working for me.

.NET 4.7.2 was not installed so windows showed me this:

After i installed itthe downgrader worked.

Thanks for infousing 1.2.0.43 version for now. I killed the stuttering though.

Had the same issue with 1.1hotfix page does not seem to be working 

44 minutes agoYosh said:

Had the same issue with 1.1hotfix page does not seem to be working 

Fixed link

ThanksAwesome work

Seem to be running into some issues when using the Downgrader; not sure if I just missed something obvious or it's a legitimate issue. Probably the former given my unfamiliarity with modding the game. If I use the radio downgrader options (either by Sneed or Legacy)I get stuck in the downgrading process at the line: "[Radio Downgrader] del install.bat" No errorjust hangs.

If I skip the radio downgraderit still states "Extracting files for radio downgrader..." followed by "An error occured... Details: Empty path name is not legal."

Fresh install of the gamerun once to main menu. Not in a system folder either. Antivirus exclusion is setFramework is installed. Windows 10.

I've tried both with the files in the zip extracted to the Grand Theft Auto IV folderoutside of the GTAIV folder with game contentsas well as inside of it.

Downgrading to 1.0.7.0. All optional components selected in Step 4.

Againprobably my obliviousness causing itbut figured I'd ask for help if anyone has a moment to educate me. Thanks for all the work you've put into the project; looking forward to getting it working on my end and playing soon!

39 minutes agoeFrostyy said:

Seem to be running into some issues when using the Downgrader; not sure if I just missed something obvious or it's a legitimate issue. Probably the former given my unfamiliarity with modding the game. If I use the radio downgrader options (either by Sneed or Legacy)I get stuck in the downgrading process at the line: "[Radio Downgrader] del install.bat" No errorjust hangs.

 

If I skip the radio downgraderit still states "Extracting files for radio downgrader..." followed by "An error occured... Details: Empty path name is not legal."

 

Fresh install of the gamerun once to main menu. Not in a system folder either. Antivirus exclusion is setFramework is installed. Windows 10.

I've tried both with the files in the zip extracted to the Grand Theft Auto IV folderoutside of the GTAIV folder with game contentsas well as inside of it.

Downgrading to 1.0.7.0. All optional components selected in Step 4.

 

Againprobably my obliviousness causing itbut figured I'd ask for help if anyone has a moment to educate me. Thanks for all the work you've put into the project; looking forward to getting it working on my end and playing soon!

WellI was right; it was my fault.

Turns outin my infinite knowledgeI didn't realize that A:\ and B:\ were reserved for floppy disks once upon a time before I used computersand a year and some change back I installed a new drive and designated it as B:\. Seems like there's an issue with doing soas the process that deletes install.bat when downgrading the radio can't finish and provides an error stating"Insert the diskette that contains the batch file and press any key to continue." I didn't see this in the installeras it displays the process of deleting install.batbut not the error requesting the diskette to be inserted. Changed my drive letterissue resolved!

Now to deal with everything else linked to that old drive letter that will inevitably not work... Lesson learned!

Would you include DXVK/DxWrapper as an optional component in the online downgrader? That'll help some people if you want to make one installer for all the essentiallsto be honest.

On 11/5/2021 at 3:44 PMSandeMC said:

Would you include DXVK/DxWrapper as an optional component in the online downgrader? That'll help some people if you want to make one installer for all the essentiallsto be honest.

An Essentials pack... definitely a consideration for me

Hey so i tried multiple times to install the downgradebut i always got an error message saying that the Empty path name is note legal. I changed my GTAIV to my SSD and it did nothingdo you have some advices ?

1 hour agoGobite said:

Hey so i tried multiple times to install the downgradebut i always got an error message saying that the Empty path name is note legal. I changed my GTAIV to my SSD and it did nothingdo you have some advices ?

@eFrostyy had the same issuemaybe his solution helps

On 11/5/2021 at 2:58 AMeFrostyy said:

WellI was right; it was my fault.

Turns outin my infinite knowledgeI didn't realize that A:\ and B:\ were reserved for floppy disks once upon a time before I used computersand a year and some change back I installed a new drive and designated it as B:\. Seems like there's an issue with doing soas the process that deletes install.bat when downgrading the radio can't finish and provides an error stating"Insert the diskette that contains the batch file and press any key to continue." I didn't see this in the installeras it displays the process of deleting install.batbut not the error requesting the diskette to be inserted. Changed my drive letterissue resolved!

Now to deal with everything else linked to that old drive letter that will inevitably not work... Lesson learned!

11 hours agoItsClonkAndre said:

 

@eFrostyy had the same issuemaybe his solution helps

 

My names for my hard drives is : SSD (C:) and HDD (D:). I don't have any A:/ and B:/. My GTAIV folders is in : SSD (C:)/SteamSSD/steamapps/common/Grand Theft Auto IV/GTAIV

Is there any difference between the asi loader by AB and the one by thirteenAG? Because if not then I recommend replacing the one with the other and giving it a different name than dsound.dll and then adding DSOAL for the best audio. I would also add these mods:

Rancher Collision Model Fix
Karin Sultan Trunk Fix
Plane Flight Path Improvements
Fixed Combat Shotgun Icon
Draw Distance Tweak
Controller Button Icon Change (if someone uses a DS3/DS4)
I also recommend reading this guide: How to fix choppiness and stutters in GTA IV

This mod pack's also pretty good. 

17 hours agogta sa player said:

Rancher Collision Model Fix
Karin Sultan Trunk Fix

I think Fusion Fix already includes a fixed Rancher (done in a better way or something) and the Sultan Trunk Fix has messed up vehicle camera.

Why a lot of people seem to face an issue with -availablevidmem in commandline? It keeps setting it at 300mb even though it's set to 2048.0

I dunno whybut for whatever reason this one does not seem to work for mebut it's also my first time trying to effectively mod GTA IVso maybe I'm being dumb here. Have tried searching for fixbut no dice.

Installation is not on Program Files (It ishoweverin the steamapps folder on my D drivebut I think that's okay?).

The Downgrader itself works fineno errorsno anythingand it's updated to the most recent version (Hotfix 1)but whenever I press Playthe game just keeps loading infinitely.

If I try to Alt+Tab during itit'll stop responding. Sometimes it also stops responding after a good 20~30s.

I tried removing save filesadding the commandline.txt arguments to the shortcutthe whole ordeal. Nothing seems to work.

The game runs perfectly fine before the downgrade (whatever version is on steam right now).

I also got a pretty beefy PCso I doubt it's anything hardware relatedor to do with the availablevidmem (I have a RTX 2060 6GB)like so many potential fixes seem to suggest.

I did managed to downgrade it using the method described in catsmackaroo's Ultimate GTA IV Setup Guide videobut I figured I might just describe my experienceI have a couple vanilla backups if you'd like me to try anything.