IV:MP T3 and Windows 10: Let's fix it! [OUTDATED]

[Mark]

Argonath RPG
GTA: IV Multiplayer: IVMP and Windows 10: Fix it Guide
Last update: 30th of July, 2017 by Markk

Since W10 was released the number of help requests in this board has raised, which is a good thing for me eh 
However, i believe there is still a lot of confusion on how to solve these issues and on what you should do before shouting at us to fix your problems. That's why i decided to open this thread to gather all the solutions to them.

If you think i forgot something, please PM me.

COMMON ISSUES

- My IV:MP used to work, I didn't change anything, but now it keeps crashing during loadscreen, or after login, or after I try to get into a car, or after I try to press C, etc..

Solution: Restart computer. Don't shutdown and boot again, it must be a restart (It's confirmed by multiple users as working fix).


- I can get in the server but I have a black screen, I only see the chat and HUD

Solution: Same as above, a computer restart will fix it.


- Launching IVMP sends me into single player

Solution: Make sure to run LaunchIVMP as administrator and that you have played single player at least once. Restart may be a possible fix too.


- IVMP doesn't launch at all (pay attention, this applies only if you get no other errors)

Solution: If you haven't already done it, launch SinglePlayer and see if it works, it's a must. If IVMP still doesn't launch install xLiveless and make sure that the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable and patch 1.0.7.0 are properly installed in your system.

Please note that IVMP doesn't work with 1.0.8.0 patch.


- I get a black screen after IVMP is launched

Solution: Find your game folder and disable DPI override on LaunchIVMP.exe

Example is in the spoiler below

Spoiler for How to disable DPI override:

- Infinite loading screen

Solution: It has been reported multiple times that using the command -availablevidmem fixes the issue. Here is a guide on how to use the command -availablevidmem and it's a MUST for any user who has a GPU with more than 2GB of VRAM memory.
If that is not the case for you, a reboot or more should fix things (sadly/luckily it's the first thing you should do when you are dealing with IVMP on W10.)

There is also a third commandline fix that you could try if the ones above are not working:

-availablevidmem 0.9
-percentvidmem 100

Source: PCGamingWiki


- After logging into the server my game starts to lose textures and/or i have major flickering and stuttering

Solution: You can first try to set a -memrestrict line into commandline.txt, this is how you should use it:

Please do not use any other commandlines as they may override the effects of this one. Start at the lowest number based on your texture setting (ie. try them one at a time) You can try to increase the number until you notice stuttering again.

-memrestrict 188743680 LOW TEXTURES (256M Video Cards)
-memrestrict 209715200
-memrestrict 230686720
-memrestrict 262144000 MED TEXTURES (512M Video Cards)
-memrestrict 293601280
-memrestrict 314572800
-memrestrict 629145600 HIGH TEXTURES (1Gig+ Video Cards)
-memrestrict 650117120
-memrestrict 681574400

If you still notice stuttering with the lowest number, there may be a separate issue with your system configuration.

Source: GTA Forums

Please note that IV:MP has its own stuttering and massive fps drop randomly due to mass crashes and different errors, best solution to that is to restart the client. If you are still getting extremely poor perfomance try with a system reboot or one of the solutions posted above.

[Mark]

Topic is still WIP, more is coming tomorrow or whenever i have some free time.

[Hernandez]

Good job on this Mark, Very helpful  .

[Commander_Cj]

Good Job markk ! I don't have Win 10 tho , It overheats my "gaming" laptop , impressive !

[melan]

Do you have any solutions for crashing every 10mins with error " plz reboot your system" help

[Mark]

Do you have any solutions for crashing every 10mins with error " plz reboot your system" help

What are your PC specs?

[melan]

Windows 10 Pro 32-bit
Pentium Dual Core CPU E5300 2.60GHZ 2GB Ram AMD Radeon HD 5450

[melan]

I bought this PC 8 yrs back xd

[Mark]

Windows 10 Pro 32-bit
Pentium Dual Core CPU E5300 2.60GHZ 2GB Ram AMD Radeon HD 5450

Does it happen also with single player? With 2GB of ram you're really limited even if it's enough to run GTA IV. If you have any external software running in the background that you don't need, close it.

also you can try to adjust some windows 10 settings to see if it helps

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6377-change-visual-effects-settings-windows-10-a.html

Another thing you can do is increase the pagefile size but be careful with the size, you may slow it down even more

I bought this PC 8 yrs back xd

8 years later you need an upgrade because it's too outdated for games like GTA IV (which has always been heavy on any PC)

[melan]

In Single player its ok

Can u show how to increase pagesize in win 10

[Mark]

In Single player its ok

Can u show how to increase pagesize in win 10

please avoid double posts =)

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2864547/manage-virtual-memory-pagefile-windows.html

read that guide

[melan]

I didnt understand the last part idk how much is my physical memory ( i dont know much about computers )

[Mark]

I didnt understand the last part idk how much is my physical memory ( i dont know much about computers )

Physical memory is the memory installed in your system physically, so that's 2gb in your case. The maxmium pagefile size in your case is 8 GB. I suggest you to try with 4 GB first (put it as maximum size).

Can you also post a screenshot of your current pagefile settings?

[melan]

I fixed my problem u got any solution for the graphics on low. If i put high its extremely slow

[Mark]

I fixed my problem u got any solution for the graphics on low. If i put high its extremely slow

buy a new pc

how did you fix the problem you had?