Patch 8 and IVMP: You can still play IVMP T3 and it's easier than before

[Mark]

Hello everyone, i would like to start by thanking @MK_Lucifer for the idea, i have only modified his original method by finding out that you only need one file to make it work.

As you may know, Rockstar Games released a new patch for GTA IV on 29/11/2016 and since then most of players with a steam version or using a manually updated CD Version of the game had to downgrade to play IVMP T3.
Well, we have found an easier way to downgrade your game, all you have to do is backup your GTAIV.exe from patch 1.0.7.0 and then install patch 8, let it finish and put back the GTAIV.exe you have just backed up. EASY.

After that IVMP will still work and you will have a semi-patched game (semi because in order to be fully patched you need the .exe from patch 8), i believe some stuff that rockstar has updated will still work (maybe?) even though we have essentially downgraded our game.

ENBs run just fine, now i need your help on testing and see if you can find any issue that i may have missed out. I will be testing this too and keep this thread updated as much i can.



DOWNLOAD: GTAIV.EXE



IVMP T4 will officially support EFLC 1.1.2.0, which is not the latest patch. Considered that, i'm going to test if downgrading only the .exe works also for EFLC. 

[Mark]

I almost forgot, here is GTAIV.exe from patch 1.0.7.0 if you don't have it.

GTA IV.exe

[MK_Lucifer]

Lets hope we will be able to fool T4 like this.

Please note that you will still need patch 8 gtaiv.exe to play multiplayer (not IVMP)
Just replacing the file is a lot easier than patching the game again and again.

[Mark]

Lets hope we will be able to fool T4 like this.

Please note that you will still need patch 8 gtaiv.exe to play multiplayer (not IVMP)
Just replacing the file is a lot easier than patching the game again and again.

Dino just told me T4 will run on EFLC 1.1.2.0 so no need for it.

[Jayden_Smith]

Please,i'm not very good at this,what Patch 8 does?

[Mark]

Please,i'm not very good at this,what Patch 8 does?

read the topic below please, it's also stickied

http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?topic=118706.0

[Mihail Junkovich]

Dino just told me T4 will run on EFLC 1.1.2.0 so no need for it.

But the latest one is 1.1.3.0 that went on together with 1.0.8.0 for gta4 q.q

[Mark]

But the latest one is 1.1.3.0 that went on together with 1.0.8.0 for gta4 q.q

And you're right too, i don't even know why i got confused so badly, i swear i haven't been smokin' anything lately

with t4 release i'm going to test and see if the trick works =)