Good video, AJ. GTA4 is legendary. Even if GTA 6 is released, it will remain the best and most enjoyable GTA of all time. These kind of details are the mods that make GTA 4 even more perfect.
Thank you, SausageFruit. I agree, GTA 4 is such a remarkable game, and especially for the fact that it is way ahead of its time for a 2008 game. It's a game that just can't be replaced.
@@graycat395except GTA 1 and 2 every game is ahead of it's time we can thanks rockstar for that but more importantly to make that lots of programmer have to do unthinkable efforts and unimaginable efforts
It's nice to see this game still get plenty of love, I wish I had a PC to have a modded setup, I love seeing more lore friendly and vanilla style mods, I feel like a parallax texture interior mod would be great for the game, adding more depth and details to buildings, and making them seem as if they have interiors
I couldn’t have agreed more. There are currently some developers who are working on a few fixes and improvements for the game. Some people from that side happen to be fixing the game’s default port issues, such as stuttering, graphical enhancements, visuals, shaders, etc. Some people happen to be working on visual mods to bring a remaster type of feeling, such as iCEnhancer 4 or Liberty Visual. Someone is currently working on a full overhaul for the game, called Project RevIVe, which literally brings more life to the game with more lively and realistic trees, enhanced textures on buildings, improved vegetation, great lighting effects in the world, etc. If you come on over the PC side, then explore it! You won’t regret it!
@@NotAJ i know this is old, but the impact euphoria mod also has a chance of staggering when hit rather than upon every single time so you cant get stunlocked like you do with the zmenu impact euphoria. this chance also decreases with the use of body armor (and the effect he mentioned is an option that comes with the mod)
Finally built a gaming PC which will let me play this. Only other option before was Xbox capped at 720p and no mods. Looking forward to rediscovering this gem.
Enjoy modding this gem, my friend. One tip of advice - one mod at a time. Install one, then go in, test it, and then install the next - let the cycle continue.
Thank you so much, GTAHeavyImpact ❤️ I’m actually happy and enthusiastic in doing these types of videos more frequently. I also would like to express my appreciation for how much support you’ve shown me over the years! Thank you for your support and patronage to my channel!
Hi AJ, really appreciative of your videos that you have on such an old gem! It got me reinstalling GTA IV to play through again with mods for a better QOL/realism. I followed your downgrade video to a T, and I'm trying to install all the mods I want before starting the game. However I'm straggling with certain mods that seem to run on scripts, such as the fuel mod and indicator lights. (I noticed that only these mods that go into the scripts folder aren't working). Would you have any idea as to what I might be missing? I should have all the scripthooks from the downgrade to 1.0.7.0 right? Thanks in advance!!
Sorry, RUclips hid your comment automatically because it assumed the "1070" you wrote was a link. Anyways, I have heard that there are some problems stemming up there. I'm not sure of an exact solution, but I'll look around and let you know if I do.
One thing I feel it should point out: No one throws out a gun magazine if it's not fully empty. When you do what is called a “tactical reload” meaning you reload even though you might have rounds left because you anticipate a heated gunfight and don't want to run out too early, you keep the half empty mag. Once the dust settles, you recover those bullets by refilling the mag or ejecting them and storing them. In GTA, it makes no sense that characters carry 1000+ rounds on their person (not to mention rocket launchers, of course). I think the true emersion would come from revamping the whole ammo system to show you how many rounds in your gun, how many full mags you have, and how many half mags you have. Your character will always reload full mags until they run out and then switch to reloading half mags, meaning you'll have fewer rounds between each reload. And when outside of combat, you can have him merge the half mags into full mags. Mechanically it wouldn't be hard to do through scripts and the animations don't need to change. That's just an observation, of course, considering I'm not exactly a modder.
I appreciate this very thorough and extremely detailed explanation of why the default reloading method is seemingly correct. Your insight is greatly appreciated and well-respected. I believe that there are a few mods out there already that actually does revamp the weapon ammo system in GTA IV (a couple of ones actually). As far as the reload of full mags vs. half mags (in desperate times) hopefully someone can come up with :)
i agree i dont like how games give the player a whole arsenal of guns i think if the ammo is lowered then th damage should be upeed and of course armor should be made stronger... late reply lol
@@chadboy Red Dead Redemption 2 did it very well (and it's an R* game, so it's already an in-house solution) Instead of the player carrying every weapon known to man, they put them on a horse. So now you have access on the go, but also feel the immersion of having to go fetch your weapons from your mount. GTA 5 already gave each player his own car that spawns nearby. All they need to do is make it, so weapons can be found in the trunk, that alone makes a bid difference.
@@curiousconsultant7922 yeah thats very nice how rdr2 did it i hope they do a similar thing to gta6. where like you said youd have a compartment for the guns trunk gloveboxmaybe even have it so you can carry the bigger weapons in the seats if the trunk is full but then make those seats not carry passengers it would be very realistic and make the player choose what weapon to get out the car with and which to leave behind. and it would make the player sort of fight near his car to get ammo or weapons when he needs them or runs out of ammo. plus you can choose what car is your favorite for its carrying capacity so that would be a new factor maybe.
It would be so cool to have a FiveM style RP server with these mods on GTA IV, is there any multiplayer client for IV that would allow you to host your own mods? Great video btw 👍
Hello there! In the beginning and in some portions of the video, I am using iCEnhancer 4 early access. For majority of the video, I was using CryENB V3!
My GTA 4 wish list: Bus routes functioning for peds Taxis have peds with driver already but idk if possible to catch peds waiting for taxi Ferry now can take peds and Niko to the Happines Island Mix all features from dlc's to the main game, for ex. parachute from Tbogt Gas station functioning for niko and peds Bicycles in Liberty City Maybe even skareboard Peds can have fun at skateboarding/bike parks If someday gta 4 will be reworked, i wish for functioning airlines, peds would also be able to fly around cities More peds, improved behaviour Niko would heal at hospital if he is still not dead Niko can enter more buildings, for ex. police station Reworked firefighter behaviour Niko can buy things from black market, can smoke if he has some in inventory Useless, but niko can like some peds buy, read newspappers and sit Functioning basketball court, niko can play also peds can spawn and play Niko can grab things and place them in a car Destroying traffic affects city services to fix them Police is not longer tolerate niko's pirate behaviour on traffic - niko ca be arrested or he can pay the fine More weapons - not too much More special/unique vehicles from other gta games More birds at each locations Maybe even some dogs or cats Controversial, Niko can use bathroom, toilet Another controversy, can be children placed in Libery City Reworked restaurants, better menu Probalby some are available in mods, im not sure. I wish we will receive complete GTA 4 some day. That would be way more alive and spectacular, real next-generation features not only the graphics....
To answer some of the desires, I believe that pedestrians already do hop into taxis and do hail them in the middle of the street already. The ferry feature would in fact be a nice thing to have, because stealing a boat to go there is the only method of transport. I also do wish for the mix-up of the DLC content into the main game, as well, makes sense lore-wise. Bicycles I believe wouldn't be there only because of NYC not having those IRL (it's made illegal to ride them in NYC in some parts, I think). More open interiors would be great, but I think that there are quite a lot for the game to have. Black market for tools would be good, but there's not really anything 'tools-wise', the only black market is the underground weapons dealer - which is in-game. Functioning basketball court would be SUPERB! I also think the grabbing of items and storing them into vehicles were impossible at the time, due to game limitations I bet. Birds would be good, as of right now there is the 'Project Birds' mod... or even having more liveliness would be nice. And all the other stuff you mentioned sounds amazing. I hope for a complete GTA IV one day as well, my friend.
About that mod which makes gang hostile towards Niko depending on his actions, wasn't there something in the base like that? I remember a video featuring 100 facts about Gta 4, which mentions that in certain instances, gang which you're allied with, will help you or hurt you, if you hurt them throughout the main story.
I know which video you’re talking about, the one from whatever57010? It’s a great video! But yes, that detail is in the game, but, it doesn’t specifically have the element of immediate confrontation. What I mean by that is when after you’re done completing certain missions, the NPC corresponding to the gangs don’t respond to you when crossing paths with them. They simply ignore you until something happens. The mod, however, includes this element of immediate confrontation as evidently shown. Now - in terms of allying with the player, you’re correct, the mod does partially have that element. When you’re working with Mikhail Faustin throughout the GTA IV storyline, and if an NPC attacks you around a group of Russian mobster NPCs, then the Russian mobsters will help you against the attack. So the element of gang hostility and alliances do exist in the game, but they’re very much conditional (as if the user needs to do something for their hostile/allied presence to be shown). Otherwise, the mod does it by default, making it more realistic.
I agree with you on that! I wish GTA 4 did take it next step with the NPC gangs. They did an amazing job on the NPCs themselves, but I mean as in the interaction with the player (by random chance).
Hi, great video... i've been looking for reference of modding my GTA IV. Btw, can you share which mod did you use for the bright environment? its more like gta v environment. Love it. Hope to hear from you soon. :D Thank you
Thank you for the kind words, my friend ❤️ The graphics mod at the beginning of the video is the current work-in-progress of iCEnhancer 4 and Project RevIVe. You can get early access to it by checking the links in the description. The remainder of the video uses CryENB V3.
The specs for this video are in the description of this video! But I upgraded sometime back in August. Here are my new specs: ✪ PC Specifications ✪ CPU: Intel Core i9-13900 KF 5.8 GHz GPU: PNY NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 RAM: 32 GB DDR5 SDRAM (6000 MHz) Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Browns Mouse: I Don't Know? Cooling: Liquid
That’s understandable and that’s nothing to feel ashamed of. The game isn’t the easiest to mod. Sadly I can’t do that because… well, you know why lol 😂 but hopefully down the road I’ll make some tutorials that will make it all better for everyone
Wow, Arrest Warrants. Seriously things like this need to come out for XBox. It's not like the console (Xbox One/OneS Series S/X) cant handle it, or store them into the game files on the harddrive anyway. The purpose of the game is to be in a criminal enterprise with drugs and money but the emphasis on the game is cars, theft and driving said stolen cars. Cops and the realism of them should be paramount in a game like this. Having cops that do all the things in this mod is all the things I hope for in a future update to GTA 5.
It would be superb if the titles themselves released with a slider, or like an option, of “Hardcore Mode”, where realistic effects can occur depending on your liking. Imagine having started the game, you want a very difficult play through, so you go to your Options and enable “Hardcore Mode”. This would allow for exactly what you’re talking about. If only all that was a thing though 😅
Hey AJ great video! I am curious if it's just me but the heal and bleed mod works awful when you fall in to water, the swimming animation gets broken and looks weird
In previous GTAs - especially 3 and LCS - certain gangs do get hostile towards you based on your actions or affiliation. And in San Andreas: you could see Police chases, thieves, drug dealers and gangs fight each other frequently, you can even react to certain events in the game. IMO, they removed these features from GTA 4 so that they happen when a player chooses to, so that if you want some action with Police or gangs simply shoot at them or play Vigilante missions instead of suddenly getting shot at when you don't want it! Perhaps some players found these features annoying in the Previous GTAs but I think it certainly added fun & realism to the game, I'm glad there's a modding communities that do what giant companies don't.
I'm with you all the way on that, I think it was fun and realistic to have the hostile/friendly feature for gangs and factions in the previous GTA games. Well said, my friend.
Hi, thank you very much for your video. Quick question, are all the mods you talk about in your videos compatible together? Is everything working correctly? And is there a program like mod organizer 2 to install mods without having to do it manually? THANKS
Hmm, that’s a tough one because certain mods won’t be compatible with other ones. That where you’ll have to do that trick of manipulating it manually 🫠 So sorry!
I do not believe so since I think Liberty Rush itself is only compatible on the Patch 7 (and I think 8, not sure) version of GTA 4. Potential Grim is questionable, though, I think it does work (MAYBE).
It was a bit' tedious having to get it to work with Potential Grim. Besides that, nothing else required. But the nice thing is that Internet Rob provides a compatibility guide to get Liberty Rush to bind with Potential Grim.
absolutely amazing video with splendid research even if it was limited to the amount of time you had, you still did you best efforts in which was shown in the video, thank you! Now I may enjoy my GTA IV experience.
I’m so sorry. I don’t get your meaning. Are you asking for like graphics mods recommendations? With these particular mods, I’d recommend any iCEnhancer or CryENB! :)
Hi, very useful video! I have one question, when I install simple traffic loader and trainer together the trainer starts to lag in the menu, I tried different versions of it but it doesn't help, the problem is when you press 5 to enter the page the response is delayed and you have to hold it for few seconds. So do you know how to fix this bug?
Thank you so much for the kind words, my friend ❤️ That is correct and I’ve witnessed this/experienced this myself. I’m not sure why it does that. I would recommend using ZMenuIV trainer as there’s no supposed remedy for the Simple Native Trainer with Simple Traffic Loader.
The Liberty Rush mod I gotta say something about it that is NUTS, an issue, that will help many gamers that don't know about it specially if they never played with it So let's go This mod has a feature that makes other people rob your car This will either happen with YOU around or OFF CAMERAS What I mean by that is that even when you're not around, like with the game unmoded, your car will disappear But it will also happen when you park it in the parking area by your safe house Yeah, even in the exact place where it shouldn't happen, I believe that feature is horrible And the car can also be robbed in a second when you're leaving your safe house And IT CAN ALSO BE ROBBED WHEN YOU SAVE THE CAR IN THE PARKING AREA, SAVE THE GAME, LOAD THE FILE AND IT WON'T BE THERE So what do you do??? Beat the mod using it's own rules 1. Get a car 2. Park it in the parking area 3. Find another car or get another car/bike/whatever 4. Get in that new car, while your previous one is in the save parking car area 5. Drive this new car for a while 6. Then leave that car, I recommend holding the "leave car" button so you will not only leave the vehicle but turn it off, the mod likes to underline that doing that makes that car even more personal to you 7. Go back to your safe house and save the game 8. Now the chances of getting your saved car robbed have decreased and moved to that new car you got Even if you do this, there's still a chance that both cars will be robbed or even the car that you saved in the parking area but they're significantly decreased due that you changed cars with that new one you drove just to prevent the main car off being stolen Hope this helps, I'll post it in any video mentioning this mod.
Do you use DXVK for your IV? It runs so smooth on 1070... If not what have you done to make it run so smooth? (From your making moves in Liberty City vids)
You’d be surprised, but DXVK hasn’t been working for me with CryENB! My game just ends up being this smooth based on my command-line settings and also the fact that, in my Making Moves in LC GTA 4 copy, I crunch down the textures on the vehicles so the performance isn’t abysmal! There’s some other tweaks such as ZolikaPatch that also helps the game become more optimized as well :)
@@NotAJ Sorry for interrupting your conversation. But, AJ, if the content of your commandline.txt is not a secret, then I assume that if you make a video on this topic, it may be in demand, because few people on RUclips have GTA IV that runs as divinely smoothly as yours.
I have to be honest with you, it's been years since I've had those particular gun sounds. If I'm not mistaken, then these are privately made ones from Squad from some friends I knew way back when.
Running Responsive Plus, Bullet Euphoria, Liberty Rush, Potential Grim, and Arrest Warrant. Finally got everything working. Progressed far enough into the story for me to start Ballad of Gay Tony, it consistently crashes without getting to a loading screen. Potential Grim said one file might cause issues with the first mission, but I tried removing it and it still won't launch TBoGT. Any idea what my issue is..? Totally lost. Feeling defeated. Was very excited thinking I got it all worked out and now come to realize an entire episode can't be played 😢 Base Game and TLaD work just fine, I do not understand how to even begin to solve this
Does TBoGT just not work at all on 1.0.7? I tried a fresh downgrade to try and check out what was causing me issues, and I just can't launch it in the first place apparently. Something is going wrong during the downgrade (or it didn't work in the first place before the downgrade, I didn't check, because I want the old music). Absolutely befuddled. I know people don't have as much love for Gay Tony, but I appreciate that's its so different that the other two. GTA 4 trilogy is special and I want to see it in all its glory 😤 just struggling lol
Check the reverted scripts folder of your potential grim download file. There is a copy of what I'm guessing is a default TBoGT script called ambsavebed.sco
It was Liberty Rush. Don't know what about it, but Gay Tony won't even try to load with Liberty Rush installed. Just remove it from the equation and everything works fine (after I luv LC, Potential Grim breaks that mission, but works fine after)
@spades512 so you want to downgrade, play the first mission of TBoGT, and then install all your mods (read through their installation readme. Breaking Gay Tony is pretty common apparently lol), because Potential Grim will make I Luv LC unfinishable. But then works afterwards.
This is a really good question. Considering that all of these mods are singleplayer-based, I would consider using the XLiveLess (xlive.dll) ASI Loader. It's the best option for this.
Is there a possibility to install it on latest gta patch? I had a lot of errors and problems installing few mods from this modpack and latest version got great injector. Also is there a possibility to have one file installer? Only copy-paste install for people who had problems modding?
Unfortunately, I don't think many of these mods will work on the latest versions of Grand Theft Auto IV. They were specifically designed on the older patches. You could, however, downgrade the game with the downgrader tool, then install the DXVK modification to improve the game performance. That is one way of doing it.
@@NotAJ Thank you for answer! I assume there isn't an zip archive with all mods in one package, right? Or easier installer. Well, I will try once again to do it. Maybe this time I won't mess this up :p What version is the best to try those mods?
You’re welcome, and no worries! There is no package that includes all these mods into one. And personally, I’ve found that Patch 1070 is the best with modding, installing DXVK makes it better if an ENB is not being used.
I wish there was Wabbajack-type, mod list installation method for this game. Where creators could share their visions and help make sure all the mods work seamlessly together. While I love modding, even when games actually support them and have a decent community, I never really have the patience to take full advantage of them.
Unfortunately, that’s not going to be possible, not especially for games like GTA IV. The time has passed where unifying all mods together can become possible. Mods have been made since 2012 and some of them only work very well on certain versions. That would’ve been nice though.
Hey, is there any chance of creating a video on how to install mods such as Liberty Rush and Potential Grim together? I have looked online for Internet Rob's compatibility guide but I cannot find it anywhere. Thank you!
yes, but no. you'll need to downgrade the game version in order todo mods. @NotAJ has a video on how to downgrade, the thumbnail has "downgrade" below a gray sports car.
If you look into the Liberty Rush files a little more (from what's provided in the archive), then the author "Internet Rob" has provided a way to combine both of these mods together (compatibility guide). First fully install Potential Grim, then follow the "Compatibility Guide".
i cannot get my GTAiv to run scripthook or the asi loader to get this mod to work. i have everything in place, i got the updated scripthook made for the steam version, i got the xlive.dll. i got the arrest warrant mod in the script folder. it just will not load for me, do you got a video or would you want to make a video to show how to load this mod, and howto check if it loads? i cant find anything about how to get this to work, i just want to play this series over again with a more realistic experience with the police. and cant figure this out.
Sorry to hear about all of these issues that you're experiencing. I know how you feel, this game is awesome and you just wanna mod it and enjoy it :) Let me ask you this, have you downgraded using the GTA IV Downgrader Tool by ItsClonkAndre? If not, then re-do everything and check out this video: ruclips.net/video/2YnhC7gSUD8/видео.html
Assuming these are meant to go with downgrader. Do i ignore the scripthook that comes with the downgrader ? in the RealReload readme it mentions a scripts folder which i dont have. so would making a folder named scripts work or do I need to download the reccomended scripthook ?
You could downgrade and install the ScriptHook that comes with it, or you don't have to and just download ScriptHook from elsewhere and install it. Either way, you should just make a new folder in the directory called "scripts", and that's it! Vice versa, works both ways.
Good video, AJ. GTA4 is legendary. Even if GTA 6 is released, it will remain the best and most enjoyable GTA of all time. These kind of details are the mods that make GTA 4 even more perfect.
Thank you, SausageFruit. I agree, GTA 4 is such a remarkable game, and especially for the fact that it is way ahead of its time for a 2008 game. It's a game that just can't be replaced.
what i still cant believe is this game was release in 2008 with that amazing details. its wild to see
@@NotAJ i beg you could you put all the mods in a file and just put the game file in a description,idk how to install mods.. please 🙏
@@graycat395except GTA 1 and 2 every game is ahead of it's time we can thanks rockstar for that but more importantly to make that lots of programmer have to do unthinkable efforts and unimaginable efforts
Roman, you are drunk again!
It's nice to see this game still get plenty of love, I wish I had a PC to have a modded setup, I love seeing more lore friendly and vanilla style mods, I feel like a parallax texture interior mod would be great for the game, adding more depth and details to buildings, and making them seem as if they have interiors
I couldn’t have agreed more. There are currently some developers who are working on a few fixes and improvements for the game. Some people from that side happen to be fixing the game’s default port issues, such as stuttering, graphical enhancements, visuals, shaders, etc. Some people happen to be working on visual mods to bring a remaster type of feeling, such as iCEnhancer 4 or Liberty Visual. Someone is currently working on a full overhaul for the game, called Project RevIVe, which literally brings more life to the game with more lively and realistic trees, enhanced textures on buildings, improved vegetation, great lighting effects in the world, etc. If you come on over the PC side, then explore it! You won’t regret it!
modding GTA 4 is really fun, i enjoy it
It is! Sometimes, it becomes a hastle, but it's easy to figure out after you think about it.
bro help me then im lost asf
@@Jrxu-bro same
My game completely broke now I have to restart 😭
i feel your pain, i been there many times and restart my gta 4@@nwpboy2082
Bullet Impact Euphoria probably can be expanded further, when player gets shot while driving, controls to car could be lost for second or two.
I… I did not know that… w… wow. That’s amazing! Crazy how insanely great these mods are! Thanks for expanding further ❤️
@@NotAJ I meant, "could be", currently I think there is no such effect in mod.
@@NotAJ i know this is old, but the impact euphoria mod also has a chance of staggering when hit rather than upon every single time so you cant get stunlocked like you do with the zmenu impact euphoria. this chance also decreases with the use of body armor (and the effect he mentioned is an option that comes with the mod)
@@NotAJ bro stuttered in text 😭😭😭😭
@currynoodles4074 😂😂😂
Finally built a gaming PC which will let me play this. Only other option before was Xbox capped at 720p and no mods. Looking forward to rediscovering this gem.
Enjoy modding this gem, my friend. One tip of advice - one mod at a time. Install one, then go in, test it, and then install the next - let the cycle continue.
@@NotAJ how well do you think some of these would work on the legion go? Imma try it tomorrow
@@NotAJ enemy ai can be upgraded also. As they can throw grenades. And their rate of fire should be higher.
As soon as I saw this video I immediately though Liberty Rush. Hands down one of the best mods for GTA 4, Internet Rob is the goat
Liberty Rush is absolutely NUTS! I love it far too much! I agree - one of the best mods and the best in the GTA 4 community 💕
Great showcase, AJ! I'm glad you're reviewing mods, always a pleasure to watch and hear.
Thank you so much, GTAHeavyImpact ❤️ I’m actually happy and enthusiastic in doing these types of videos more frequently. I also would like to express my appreciation for how much support you’ve shown me over the years! Thank you for your support and patronage to my channel!
@@NotAJ You're welcome, friend. Thank you for your content and for exceeding expectations.👍
At 11:39 Niko looked back at the camera like "Is this idiot talking to me?"😂😂
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Thanks man, your mods have made my gameplay much much better. Also thanks for keeping the community alive!
Thank you for the kind words ❤️ Enjoy all the mods!! I’m happy to do these!
Hey dude, any chance you can tell me how to Install the mods in the video? I've never modded GTA4 before. Thank you :)
I love GTA 4 a lot and I love games being as realistic as playable. Good video.
Agreed, my friend! Thanks for the kind words ❤️
Hi AJ, really appreciative of your videos that you have on such an old gem! It got me reinstalling GTA IV to play through again with mods for a better QOL/realism. I followed your downgrade video to a T, and I'm trying to install all the mods I want before starting the game. However I'm straggling with certain mods that seem to run on scripts, such as the fuel mod and indicator lights. (I noticed that only these mods that go into the scripts folder aren't working). Would you have any idea as to what I might be missing? I should have all the scripthooks from the downgrade to 1.0.7.0 right? Thanks in advance!!
Sorry, RUclips hid your comment automatically because it assumed the "1070" you wrote was a link. Anyways, I have heard that there are some problems stemming up there. I'm not sure of an exact solution, but I'll look around and let you know if I do.
One thing I feel it should point out: No one throws out a gun magazine if it's not fully empty. When you do what is called a “tactical reload” meaning you reload even though you might have rounds left because you anticipate a heated gunfight and don't want to run out too early, you keep the half empty mag. Once the dust settles, you recover those bullets by refilling the mag or ejecting them and storing them.
In GTA, it makes no sense that characters carry 1000+ rounds on their person (not to mention rocket launchers, of course). I think the true emersion would come from revamping the whole ammo system to show you how many rounds in your gun, how many full mags you have, and how many half mags you have. Your character will always reload full mags until they run out and then switch to reloading half mags, meaning you'll have fewer rounds between each reload. And when outside of combat, you can have him merge the half mags into full mags.
Mechanically it wouldn't be hard to do through scripts and the animations don't need to change. That's just an observation, of course, considering I'm not exactly a modder.
I appreciate this very thorough and extremely detailed explanation of why the default reloading method is seemingly correct. Your insight is greatly appreciated and well-respected.
I believe that there are a few mods out there already that actually does revamp the weapon ammo system in GTA IV (a couple of ones actually).
As far as the reload of full mags vs. half mags (in desperate times) hopefully someone can come up with :)
i agree i dont like how games give the player a whole arsenal of guns i think if the ammo is lowered then th damage should be upeed and of course armor should be made stronger... late reply lol
So kinda how Arma does ammo?
@@chadboy Red Dead Redemption 2 did it very well (and it's an R* game, so it's already an in-house solution)
Instead of the player carrying every weapon known to man, they put them on a horse. So now you have access on the go, but also feel the immersion of having to go fetch your weapons from your mount.
GTA 5 already gave each player his own car that spawns nearby. All they need to do is make it, so weapons can be found in the trunk, that alone makes a bid difference.
@@curiousconsultant7922 yeah thats very nice how rdr2 did it i hope they do a similar thing to gta6.
where like you said youd have a compartment for the guns trunk gloveboxmaybe even have it so you can carry the bigger weapons in the seats if the trunk is full but then make those seats not carry passengers it would be very realistic and make the player choose what weapon to get out the car with and which to leave behind.
and it would make the player sort of fight near his car to get ammo or weapons when he needs them or runs out of ammo.
plus you can choose what car is your favorite for its carrying capacity so that would be a new factor maybe.
It would be so cool to have a FiveM style RP server with these mods on GTA IV, is there any multiplayer client for IV that would allow you to host your own mods?
Great video btw 👍
Thanks for the kind words! 😎 It would be super cool to have something like that. I believe (although it’s not like FiveM) there is GTA Connected.
Your graphics settings are incredible! What mods do you use?
Hello there! In the beginning and in some portions of the video, I am using iCEnhancer 4 early access. For majority of the video, I was using CryENB V3!
bro witch version u use? 1.07?@@NotAJ
happy to see you giving love to this game even today
This game carried my childhood - it's the best game in the world in my eyes!
Great effort you put , bud ! Editing, research ,effort . Keep it up!
Thank you so much! ❤️ I appreciate the love!
Thank you! Just downloaded the game to play it again after all these years!
No problem, my friend! Enjoy all the modding and the gameplay of this BEAUTIFUL masterpiece 🙏
The cost for fuel is pretty damn realistic to me living here in France.
Really? LOL that's insane!
the gun sounds are so real in iv, in V they sound like hollywood film fx
I love the IV gun sound effects, honestly! 😁
Bullet impact euphoria is the best mod by far. The gang one is cool too cus it can spice up missions
Yeah! They’re pretty good! Potential Grim really makes the game feel whole and challenging :)
My GTA 4 wish list:
Bus routes functioning for peds
Taxis have peds with driver already but idk if possible to catch peds waiting for taxi
Ferry now can take peds and Niko to the Happines Island
Mix all features from dlc's to the main game, for ex. parachute from Tbogt
Gas station functioning for niko and peds
Bicycles in Liberty City
Maybe even skareboard
Peds can have fun at skateboarding/bike parks
If someday gta 4 will be reworked, i wish for functioning airlines, peds would also be able to fly around cities
More peds, improved behaviour
Niko would heal at hospital if he is still not dead
Niko can enter more buildings, for ex. police station
Reworked firefighter behaviour
Niko can buy things from black market, can smoke if he has some in inventory
Useless, but niko can like some peds buy, read newspappers and sit
Functioning basketball court, niko can play also peds can spawn and play
Niko can grab things and place them in a car
Destroying traffic affects city services to fix them
Police is not longer tolerate niko's pirate behaviour on traffic - niko ca be arrested or he can pay the fine
More weapons - not too much
More special/unique vehicles from other gta games
More birds at each locations
Maybe even some dogs or cats
Controversial, Niko can use bathroom, toilet
Another controversy, can be children placed in Libery City
Reworked restaurants, better menu
Probalby some are available in mods, im not sure. I wish we will receive complete GTA 4 some day. That would be way more alive and spectacular, real next-generation features not only the graphics....
To answer some of the desires, I believe that pedestrians already do hop into taxis and do hail them in the middle of the street already. The ferry feature would in fact be a nice thing to have, because stealing a boat to go there is the only method of transport. I also do wish for the mix-up of the DLC content into the main game, as well, makes sense lore-wise. Bicycles I believe wouldn't be there only because of NYC not having those IRL (it's made illegal to ride them in NYC in some parts, I think). More open interiors would be great, but I think that there are quite a lot for the game to have. Black market for tools would be good, but there's not really anything 'tools-wise', the only black market is the underground weapons dealer - which is in-game. Functioning basketball court would be SUPERB! I also think the grabbing of items and storing them into vehicles were impossible at the time, due to game limitations I bet. Birds would be good, as of right now there is the 'Project Birds' mod... or even having more liveliness would be nice. And all the other stuff you mentioned sounds amazing. I hope for a complete GTA IV one day as well, my friend.
This video and internet rob's are going to make the end of the school year VERY FUN.
That's awesome, my friend :) Feel free to check out some of the other videos I have on modding if you're interested!
Next playthrough is going to be legendary! Thank you 🙏🏼
Enjoy the play through, my friend ❤️
About that mod which makes gang hostile towards Niko depending on his actions, wasn't there something in the base like that? I remember a video featuring 100 facts about Gta 4, which mentions that in certain instances, gang which you're allied with, will help you or hurt you, if you hurt them throughout the main story.
I know which video you’re talking about, the one from whatever57010? It’s a great video! But yes, that detail is in the game, but, it doesn’t specifically have the element of immediate confrontation. What I mean by that is when after you’re done completing certain missions, the NPC corresponding to the gangs don’t respond to you when crossing paths with them. They simply ignore you until something happens. The mod, however, includes this element of immediate confrontation as evidently shown. Now - in terms of allying with the player, you’re correct, the mod does partially have that element. When you’re working with Mikhail Faustin throughout the GTA IV storyline, and if an NPC attacks you around a group of Russian mobster NPCs, then the Russian mobsters will help you against the attack. So the element of gang hostility and alliances do exist in the game, but they’re very much conditional (as if the user needs to do something for their hostile/allied presence to be shown). Otherwise, the mod does it by default, making it more realistic.
@@NotAJ Thanks for the further information.
AJ what about GTA IV tbogt luis
gta 4 is the best gta so far
YEAH!
Seeing random gangs acting hostile at Niko, reminds me of GTA 3 where Claude messed up certain gangs in his work
Very parallel in that sense, most definitely.
@@NotAJ think this should have in the canon game since we messed up the Russian and Korean quite a lot compare to other gangs 💀
I agree with you on that! I wish GTA 4 did take it next step with the NPC gangs. They did an amazing job on the NPCs themselves, but I mean as in the interaction with the player (by random chance).
@@NotAJ least they werent carrying overpowered shotguns or M16s :v
@lvl100plusluxio 😂
Hi, great video... i've been looking for reference of modding my GTA IV. Btw, can you share which mod did you use for the bright environment? its more like gta v environment.
Love it. Hope to hear from you soon. :D
Thank you
Thank you for the kind words, my friend ❤️ The graphics mod at the beginning of the video is the current work-in-progress of iCEnhancer 4 and Project RevIVe. You can get early access to it by checking the links in the description. The remainder of the video uses CryENB V3.
Dude . These mods are incredible . Makes me want to get a better pc to run these . Adds a whole new level of depth to the game .
Oh heck yeah it is :)
Great video!
What weapon mods are you using? I noticed that they look and sound different, and the icons are different too.
Finally just got a new up to date gaming rig, cant wait to start modding GTA IV
Enjoy it :)
What's your pc settings and specs? Your game is running so smooth.
The specs for this video are in the description of this video! But I upgraded sometime back in August. Here are my new specs:
✪ PC Specifications ✪
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900 KF 5.8 GHz
GPU: PNY NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
RAM: 32 GB DDR5 SDRAM (6000 MHz)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Browns
Mouse: I Don't Know?
Cooling: Liquid
I like this list, but what's your grahpics mod? Also will these work with Steam version? Or do I still have to downgrade that one too?
This game is so hard to mod lol I wish you could just upload your entire GTA IV folder
That’s understandable and that’s nothing to feel ashamed of. The game isn’t the easiest to mod. Sadly I can’t do that because… well, you know why lol 😂 but hopefully down the road I’ll make some tutorials that will make it all better for everyone
Wow, Arrest Warrants. Seriously things like this need to come out for XBox. It's not like the console (Xbox One/OneS Series S/X) cant handle it, or store them into the game files on the harddrive anyway. The purpose of the game is to be in a criminal enterprise with drugs and money but the emphasis on the game is cars, theft and driving said stolen cars. Cops and the realism of them should be paramount in a game like this. Having cops that do all the things in this mod is all the things I hope for in a future update to GTA 5.
It would be superb if the titles themselves released with a slider, or like an option, of “Hardcore Mode”, where realistic effects can occur depending on your liking. Imagine having started the game, you want a very difficult play through, so you go to your Options and enable “Hardcore Mode”. This would allow for exactly what you’re talking about. If only all that was a thing though 😅
Top video! Are all these mods compatible with each other?
They are, and should be, compatible with each other!
And thank you also 😇
“Wanna buy a purse” and “wanna buy a phone” is machinima nostalgia to me
Yeah hahahaha for real
Hey AJ great video! I am curious if it's just me but the heal and bleed mod works awful when you fall in to water, the swimming animation gets broken and looks weird
I’ve never heard about that before! Good to know :)
Outstanding video! Made me want to play again! Thank you for putting so much work into this.
In previous GTAs - especially 3 and LCS - certain gangs do get hostile towards you based on your actions or affiliation. And in San Andreas: you could see Police chases, thieves, drug dealers and gangs fight each other frequently, you can even react to certain events in the game.
IMO, they removed these features from GTA 4 so that they happen when a player chooses to, so that if you want some action with Police or gangs simply shoot at them or play Vigilante missions instead of suddenly getting shot at when you don't want it!
Perhaps some players found these features annoying in the Previous GTAs but I think it certainly added fun & realism to the game, I'm glad there's a modding communities that do what giant companies don't.
I'm with you all the way on that, I think it was fun and realistic to have the hostile/friendly feature for gangs and factions in the previous GTA games. Well said, my friend.
what the soundtrack name in the liberty rush section from 4:00 to 5,
Nice video, by the way;)
Thank you so much! It would be Cavalry by Aakash Gandhi :)
GTA IV feels more alive than V even without mods. It's not even close.
Hi, thank you very much for your video. Quick question, are all the mods you talk about in your videos compatible together? Is everything working correctly? And is there a program like mod organizer 2 to install mods without having to do it manually? THANKS
Hmm, that’s a tough one because certain mods won’t be compatible with other ones. That where you’ll have to do that trick of manipulating it manually 🫠 So sorry!
is there a chance liberty rush and potential grim will work on complete edition?
I do not believe so since I think Liberty Rush itself is only compatible on the Patch 7 (and I think 8, not sure) version of GTA 4. Potential Grim is questionable, though, I think it does work (MAYBE).
Good job on the brakelights part
Thank you! The modder came up with a great idea :)
Which graphics mod dod you use it looks so nice
At the beginning of the video is iCEnhancer 4. The rest of the video is CryENB.
hello, do i need to downgrade my complete edition before downloading those mods ?
Yes, you will need to downgrade.
did you have to do anything special to get liberty rush to work with other immersion mods?
It was a bit' tedious having to get it to work with Potential Grim. Besides that, nothing else required. But the nice thing is that Internet Rob provides a compatibility guide to get Liberty Rush to bind with Potential Grim.
Everyone is hyped about Ice 4.0 and RevIVe
I am just as hyped for it to be released after its long-time development.
@@NotAJ do you know if there is any release date in sight?
@@caluoxd6946There’s no release date in mind, but I know the developer for iCEnhancer is working on one for soonest release! 😊
thanks for letting me know@@NotAJ
Great video. Very informative, thank you for your effort!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much ❤
absolutely amazing video with splendid research even if it was limited to the amount of time you had, you still did you best efforts in which was shown in the video, thank you! Now I may enjoy my GTA IV experience.
Much appreciated :) Thank you so much for the love and support on the efforts and the work!
can anyone help me on how to download Arrest Warrant mod and the Realistic Fuel Mod to gta 4 w/ open IV
yo what weapon mod are u using in this vid? apart from the reload one
Hi bro. Which is the best mod menu for gta 4 and it should be open with Gamepad also do u know so tell. Me
The one that I know works very well with a gamepad is ZMenuIV.
@@NotAJ ok thanks I subscribe u
Thank you so much! 🙏❤️
Can you prefer any mod for color correction because I don't like the game theme
I’m so sorry. I don’t get your meaning. Are you asking for like graphics mods recommendations? With these particular mods, I’d recommend any iCEnhancer or CryENB! :)
hey dude what shaders mod you using
At the beginning of the video is iCEnhancer 4. The remainder of the video uses CryENB.
@@NotAJ thanks dude
@SteamBire No problem!
Excellent list. I agree with it.
Thank you for the support, my friend 💯
Your GTA 4 looks bright and nice, mine looks depressingly dark, even during daytime. 😂 😭
Thanks! Lol I guess it depends, what visuals are you using?
Brother, do you have a video explaining the placement of real cars in this game?
What's up, my friend. Yes, I do - check it out here: ruclips.net/video/mrt8GCrr8dU/видео.html
What is the graphic mod used in this video?
At the beginning of the video, it is iCEnhancer 4. For the remaining parts of the video, it is CryENB.
Hi, very useful video! I have one question, when I install simple traffic loader and trainer together the trainer starts to lag in the menu, I tried different versions of it but it doesn't help, the problem is when you press 5 to enter the page the response is delayed and you have to hold it for few seconds. So do you know how to fix this bug?
Thank you so much for the kind words, my friend ❤️ That is correct and I’ve witnessed this/experienced this myself. I’m not sure why it does that. I would recommend using ZMenuIV trainer as there’s no supposed remedy for the Simple Native Trainer with Simple Traffic Loader.
The Liberty Rush mod
I gotta say something about it that is NUTS, an issue, that will help many gamers that don't know about it specially if they never played with it
So let's go
This mod has a feature that makes other people rob your car
This will either happen with YOU around or OFF CAMERAS
What I mean by that is that even when you're not around, like with the game unmoded, your car will disappear
But it will also happen when you park it in the parking area by your safe house
Yeah, even in the exact place where it shouldn't happen, I believe that feature is horrible
And the car can also be robbed in a second when you're leaving your safe house
And IT CAN ALSO BE ROBBED WHEN YOU SAVE THE CAR IN THE PARKING AREA, SAVE THE GAME, LOAD THE FILE AND IT WON'T BE THERE
So what do you do???
Beat the mod using it's own rules
1. Get a car
2. Park it in the parking area
3. Find another car or get another car/bike/whatever
4. Get in that new car, while your previous one is in the save parking car area
5. Drive this new car for a while
6. Then leave that car, I recommend holding the "leave car" button so you will not only leave the vehicle but turn it off, the mod likes to underline that doing that makes that car even more personal to you
7. Go back to your safe house and save the game
8. Now the chances of getting your saved car robbed have decreased and moved to that new car you got
Even if you do this, there's still a chance that both cars will be robbed or even the car that you saved in the parking area but they're significantly decreased due that you changed cars with that new one you drove just to prevent the main car off being stolen
Hope this helps, I'll post it in any video mentioning this mod.
what version of gta iv are you playing on?
I am on version 1070 :)
Do you use DXVK for your IV? It runs so smooth on 1070... If not what have you done to make it run so smooth? (From your making moves in Liberty City vids)
You’d be surprised, but DXVK hasn’t been working for me with CryENB! My game just ends up being this smooth based on my command-line settings and also the fact that, in my Making Moves in LC GTA 4 copy, I crunch down the textures on the vehicles so the performance isn’t abysmal! There’s some other tweaks such as ZolikaPatch that also helps the game become more optimized as well :)
I can try and send you my command-line if you’re interested, join up on my Discord and (don’t tag me) ask for the command-line and I’ll send it 👍
@@NotAJ Sorry for interrupting your conversation. But, AJ, if the content of your commandline.txt is not a secret, then I assume that if you make a video on this topic, it may be in demand, because few people on RUclips have GTA IV that runs as divinely smoothly as yours.
Same as GTAHeavyImpact. I'd be interested in the commandline@@NotAJ
What is the gun mod and sound effects mod you have installed in this video
I have to be honest with you, it's been years since I've had those particular gun sounds. If I'm not mistaken, then these are privately made ones from Squad from some friends I knew way back when.
Running Responsive Plus, Bullet Euphoria, Liberty Rush, Potential Grim, and Arrest Warrant. Finally got everything working. Progressed far enough into the story for me to start Ballad of Gay Tony, it consistently crashes without getting to a loading screen. Potential Grim said one file might cause issues with the first mission, but I tried removing it and it still won't launch TBoGT. Any idea what my issue is..? Totally lost. Feeling defeated. Was very excited thinking I got it all worked out and now come to realize an entire episode can't be played 😢 Base Game and TLaD work just fine, I do not understand how to even begin to solve this
Does TBoGT just not work at all on 1.0.7? I tried a fresh downgrade to try and check out what was causing me issues, and I just can't launch it in the first place apparently. Something is going wrong during the downgrade (or it didn't work in the first place before the downgrade, I didn't check, because I want the old music). Absolutely befuddled. I know people don't have as much love for Gay Tony, but I appreciate that's its so different that the other two. GTA 4 trilogy is special and I want to see it in all its glory 😤 just struggling lol
Check the reverted scripts folder of your potential grim download file. There is a copy of what I'm guessing is a default TBoGT script called ambsavebed.sco
It was Liberty Rush. Don't know what about it, but Gay Tony won't even try to load with Liberty Rush installed. Just remove it from the equation and everything works fine (after I luv LC, Potential Grim breaks that mission, but works fine after)
@@Tstono483 Oh ok thanks for the heads up because i was about to install liberty rush also
@spades512 so you want to downgrade, play the first mission of TBoGT, and then install all your mods (read through their installation readme. Breaking Gay Tony is pretty common apparently lol), because Potential Grim will make I Luv LC unfinishable. But then works afterwards.
What asi loader should we use if you want to install these now?
This is a really good question. Considering that all of these mods are singleplayer-based, I would consider using the XLiveLess (xlive.dll) ASI Loader. It's the best option for this.
This is incredible. Unfortunately I only have a console
I hope that one day you can get a PC to try these! The console versions are a gem though ❤️
Is there a possibility to install it on latest gta patch? I had a lot of errors and problems installing few mods from this modpack and latest version got great injector.
Also is there a possibility to have one file installer? Only copy-paste install for people who had problems modding?
Unfortunately, I don't think many of these mods will work on the latest versions of Grand Theft Auto IV. They were specifically designed on the older patches. You could, however, downgrade the game with the downgrader tool, then install the DXVK modification to improve the game performance. That is one way of doing it.
@@NotAJ Thank you for answer! I assume there isn't an zip archive with all mods in one package, right? Or easier installer.
Well, I will try once again to do it. Maybe this time I won't mess this up :p
What version is the best to try those mods?
You’re welcome, and no worries! There is no package that includes all these mods into one. And personally, I’ve found that Patch 1070 is the best with modding, installing DXVK makes it better if an ENB is not being used.
@@NotAJ as again, thank you!
I wish there was Wabbajack-type, mod list installation method for this game. Where creators could share their visions and help make sure all the mods work seamlessly together.
While I love modding, even when games actually support them and have a decent community, I never really have the patience to take full advantage of them.
Unfortunately, that’s not going to be possible, not especially for games like GTA IV. The time has passed where unifying all mods together can become possible. Mods have been made since 2012 and some of them only work very well on certain versions. That would’ve been nice though.
Which GTA 4 version is best for mods
I’d suggest GTA 4 Version 1070.
@@NotAJ ok thanks
Hey, is there any chance of creating a video on how to install mods such as Liberty Rush and Potential Grim together? I have looked online for Internet Rob's compatibility guide but I cannot find it anywhere. Thank you!
Of course, I can give that a try. But this tutorial may be sometime down the road. Regardless, consider it on the list of my 'to-do' :)
How about playing story mode with these mods installed? I am actually curious about it.
I've tried a bit of it on my own and it's actually pretty nice!
Making a great game even more great
Indeed ❤️
Is the version of GTA IV matters for modding the game? I mean, i have one from Rockstar Games Launcher, not on Steam.
Yes, the version of GTA 4 does matter and it is very specific to what’s needed for the mod. In this video, I’m specifically running Patch 7!
Potential grim is basically GTA 3
I can’t remember GTA 3 (been so many years) but I do remember GTA SA too
are these mods compatible with gta 4 stories from liberty city?
Can you make a video that shows how to download mods?
I can probably do a modding guide of some sort 🫡
@@NotAJ thanks bro! I’d really appreciate it💪
This is an ideal remaster
Yes, I agree with you my friend ❤️
FUEL STATION!
THE STATION WHERE YOU GET FUEL!
does most of these work on the gta IV currently on steam? its on sale for £5 so i am not going to take it without mods lol
yes, but no. you'll need to downgrade the game version in order todo mods. @NotAJ has a video on how to downgrade, the thumbnail has "downgrade" below a gray sports car.
So happy to see the interaction here. Thanks for being helpful!
Does anyone know if you have to do anything different install wise if using both Potential Grim and Liberty Rush?
If you look into the Liberty Rush files a little more (from what's provided in the archive), then the author "Internet Rob" has provided a way to combine both of these mods together (compatibility guide). First fully install Potential Grim, then follow the "Compatibility Guide".
is this for 1.0.7.0?
Yes it is :)
Great content
Thank you so much ❤️
Do I have to downgrade the game in order to install these mods??
I would like to see a full play through with all these mods
I’m sure I could do something like that 🤔 Let me think on it.
Loving these videos bro! All these mods are fantastic but I don't have Liberty Rush yet... time to add it!!
Thank you, KING - Liberty Rush is a fantastic mod! I didn't even know about the mod until recently.
How you do that ? Do you buy mod usb zen ?
Nope it’s not through console. It’s on PC.
I NEED TO BUY THIS GAME ON MY PC, I USED TO PLAY IT ON THE PS3 BUT I NEED TO PLAY IT AGAIN WITH THESE MODS
It's a different animal on the PC, much better especially when you have mods.
@@NotAJ i played the cracked version, but i need to buy it and install the mods to it
This is just great !
Thank you so much ❤️
amazing video
Thank you!
Hi,i need downgrade for this or another mods?
Does the downgraded version have to be 1.0.7.0?
It is recommended to do this, yes.
Do these mods work in ps3 or pc only?
These mods are only compatible on the PC.
Great video man 👍
Thank you! :))
i cannot get my GTAiv to run scripthook or the asi loader to get this mod to work. i have everything in place, i got the updated scripthook made for the steam version, i got the xlive.dll. i got the arrest warrant mod in the script folder.
it just will not load for me, do you got a video or would you want to make a video to show how to load this mod, and howto check if it loads? i cant find anything about how to get this to work, i just want to play this series over again with a more realistic experience with the police. and cant figure this out.
Sorry to hear about all of these issues that you're experiencing. I know how you feel, this game is awesome and you just wanna mod it and enjoy it :) Let me ask you this, have you downgraded using the GTA IV Downgrader Tool by ItsClonkAndre? If not, then re-do everything and check out this video: ruclips.net/video/2YnhC7gSUD8/видео.html
Does this mod also apply to the Lost and Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony?
I don't see why not, to be honest. Try it!
Is the downgrade mod recomended?
I would definitely recommend downgrading the game, yes. Follow my tutorial here: ruclips.net/video/2YnhC7gSUD8/видео.htmlsi=s0tkpmSfnHJiu94A
00:36 - 03:49 Reminds me of Mafia II.
That’s one of the first things that I was reminded of, as well.
Assuming these are meant to go with downgrader. Do i ignore the scripthook that comes with the downgrader ? in the RealReload readme it mentions a scripts folder which i dont have. so would making a folder named scripts work or do I need to download the reccomended scripthook ?
You could downgrade and install the ScriptHook that comes with it, or you don't have to and just download ScriptHook from elsewhere and install it. Either way, you should just make a new folder in the directory called "scripts", and that's it! Vice versa, works both ways.
And no, the newest version of ScriptHook for a patch should work just fine.
After i install Liberty rush, the game wont start anymore. can anybody help me ?