Rockstar rush to fix GTA IV PC issues - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 4th Dec 2008, 10:01

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...iv-pc-issues/1

Rockstar is apparently rushing to fix the plethora of issues that PC owners are having with Grand Theft Auto IV

shigllgetcha · 4th Dec 2008, 10:25

sounds just like they are covering themselves so people arent put off buying the game.
how hard is it to test a game before release

cjoyce1980 · 4th Dec 2008, 10:30

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Originally Posted by shigllgetcha

sounds just like they are covering themselves so people arent put off buying the game.
how hard is it to test a game before release

extremely hard, i worked for rare one summer doing some q&a on first banjo kazooie game.... it put me off games for a while when you have to test every single scenario after each build

steveo_mcg · 4th Dec 2008, 10:31

If you believe that they have left in uber settings for next gen then i feel sorry for them as they'll get damned by current high end users who can't use these settings. If that is the case they should have released a patch in a few months to un-hide the ultra high settings.

Buzzons · 4th Dec 2008, 11:00

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extremely hard, i worked for rare one summer doing some q&a on first banjo kazooie game.... it put me off games for a while when you have to test every single scenario after each build

automated testing?

perplekks45 · 4th Dec 2008, 11:21

High settings only for next gen? Yea right. That's an effing console port! And every test said the graphics were bad, for consoles. So what exactly is enabled with high? 100 x polygons? 32xAA?
If you ask me they're trying to cover their own incompetence.

Paradigm Shifter · 4th Dec 2008, 12:47

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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980

extremely hard, i worked for rare one summer doing some q&a on first banjo kazooie game.... it put me off games for a while when you have to test every single scenario after each build

I agree - QA is harder than people think... but half the errors aren't even involved in the game itself, from the sound of things... but more basic horrors like all the bloatware that it requires you to install before you can even play.

It's a bit sad, because with the 'unlimited activations' thing, it didn't have the whole 'I'm only renting this' vibe that made me so leery of the other new SecuROM-Online protected games. If it had had GfWL similar to Fallout 3, and didn't require the 'Rockstar Social Club'... I'd probably have bought this, even though I already own the PS3 version.

Nictron · 4th Dec 2008, 13:44

I have one sentence.

RUSHED FOR CHRISTMAS RELEASE!

UrbanMarine · 4th Dec 2008, 14:02

All the wonderful security precautions and the game is already cracked.

perplekks45 · 4th Dec 2008, 14:07

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Originally Posted by UrbanMarine

All the wonderful security precautions and the game is already cracked.

Yep, looks like it:

Mr T · 4th Dec 2008, 19:59

Cracked but with comedy side affects.

n3mo · 5th Dec 2008, 02:56

Already cracked correctly, but still waiting for a proper scene fix which will be helpful to legit users as it will fix most problems with crappy Social Club and other useless bloatware (and future repacks will most probably completely remove all the bloat).

Anyway, Rockstar programmers are so incompetent it is just sad, good game with huge potential wasted by crappy coding and rushed release.

Xir · 5th Dec 2008, 09:53

"both of which are required to be running and connected before users can play or save the game"

oh great.

MikeHunt · 5th Dec 2008, 10:45

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Originally Posted by Xir

"both of which are required to be running and connected before users can play or save the game"

oh great.

Actually it isn't required for you to be online in order to play and save your game. You can create an offline Games for Windows profile and play without being connected.
When I got the game on dec. 3rd, the Games for Windows / Windows Live service wasn't able to log me in, so I couldn't save the game. After trying several times I tried to create an account from within the game and I was given the opportunity to create an offline account, so now I can play without having to worry about if microsoft servers er down or whatever.

MikeHunt · 5th Dec 2008, 10:55

I don't really get why they have spent so much time/energy on alle the bloatware and protection-systems. They could have spent all that time to tune performance or something else that would benefit the game.

As I see it, there are two kinds of people:
- those who will pay for the game
- those who won't

and those who won't pay for the game will get to play it no matter how much annoying protection schemes they put into it.
So all they have achieved is to annoy those that pay for the game. For crist sake if you must check for valid copy, do an online-check (or in case of no internet, check the DVD). Anything more than that is terrorising your legit users.

Oh, byt the way...what *is* a Dremel? :-)

naokaji · 5th Dec 2008, 11:31

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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980

extremely hard, i worked for rare one summer doing some q&a on first banjo kazooie game.... it put me off games for a while when you have to test every single scenario after each build

So what? they had how long to test the pc version? a year or so...
besides, even if they dont like their job, they get paid to test it, so they better do that.

Rockstar is promising fixes for a gta game? I'll believe it when I see it, simply put, go look how many patches they released for all previous GTA Games.

johnnyboy700 · 8th Dec 2008, 08:33

Huh, so much for waiting for thePC version, I'll probably end up buying it for the 360 instead.

4th Dec 2008, 10:01	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 8,009	Rockstar rush to fix GTA IV PC issues http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...iv-pc-issues/1 Rockstar is apparently rushing to fix the plethora of issues that PC owners are having with Grand Theft Auto IV __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

4th Dec 2008, 10:25	#2
shigllgetcha Hypermodder Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 854	sounds just like they are covering themselves so people arent put off buying the game. how hard is it to test a game before release __________________ xbox live id: shigllgetcha ¦ I dont trust anything I hear on QI PC: some dell

4th Dec 2008, 10:31	#4
steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,998	If you believe that they have left in uber settings for next gen then i feel sorry for them as they'll get damned by current high end users who can't use these settings. If that is the case they should have released a patch in a few months to un-hide the ultra high settings. __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

4th Dec 2008, 11:21	#6
perplekks45 BSc... finally Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,353	High settings only for next gen? Yea right. That's an effing console port! And every test said the graphics were bad, for consoles. So what exactly is enabled with high? 100 x polygons? 32xAA? If you ask me they're trying to cover their own incompetence. __________________ "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." Blame it on Cheaps! [now a social group]

4th Dec 2008, 14:02	#9
UrbanMarine Government Prostitute Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,015	All the wonderful security precautions and the game is already cracked. __________________ RIP: 3DRealms & Duke Nukem

4th Dec 2008, 13:44	#8
Nictron Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 99	I have one sentence. RUSHED FOR CHRISTMAS RELEASE!

4th Dec 2008, 19:59	#11
Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bradford Posts: 1,710	Cracked but with comedy side affects. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.4Ghz - 4Gb Corsair 6400C4 - Abit IP35 - 256mb nVidia 7900GS Corsair HX 520w PSU - Pioneer DVR-212 DVD-RW - 74Gb Western Digital Raptor - 320Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10

5th Dec 2008, 02:56	#12
n3mo Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 184	Already cracked correctly, but still waiting for a proper scene fix which will be helpful to legit users as it will fix most problems with crappy Social Club and other useless bloatware (and future repacks will most probably completely remove all the bloat). Anyway, Rockstar programmers are so incompetent it is just sad, good game with huge potential wasted by crappy coding and rushed release.

5th Dec 2008, 09:53	#13
Xir Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 534	"both of which are required to be running and connected before users can play or save the game" oh great. __________________ SN25P A64 3700+ (San Diego) 2 GB DDR400 OCZ Platinum EL 2-3-2-5 1T X1800XT 512mb Sapphire 200GB Samsung SP2004C

5th Dec 2008, 10:55	#15
MikeHunt What's a Dremel? Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	I don't really get why they have spent so much time/energy on alle the bloatware and protection-systems. They could have spent all that time to tune performance or something else that would benefit the game. As I see it, there are two kinds of people: - those who will pay for the game - those who won't and those who won't pay for the game will get to play it no matter how much annoying protection schemes they put into it. So all they have achieved is to annoy those that pay for the game. For crist sake if you must check for valid copy, do an online-check (or in case of no internet, check the DVD). Anything more than that is terrorising your legit users. Oh, byt the way...what is a Dremel? :-)

8th Dec 2008, 08:33	#17
johnnyboy700 Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 788	Huh, so much for waiting for thePC version, I'll probably end up buying it for the 360 instead.