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LifeOnMars · Apr 17, 2011

Great, so I just installed GTA Vice City on Steam and it won't launch? I'm on Windows x64. I have tried compatabilty settings with no joy....any suggestions anyone?

EDIT - Ok I have it working, sort of. I had to delete the vset file in vice city user settings. Then add the vc.exe to the DEP list. Also, if I don't have frame limiter set to on in the game settings it will freeze at "Marco's Bistro introduction" If frame limiter is on, no such issue.

Once it goes into game I tuned off frame limiter and it was smooth but have noticed a few issues. When sitting still on the moped at the start, Tommy will move from side to side violently. It's actually quite funny when done to the beat of Billie Jean

Also flashing compass and some textures flashing.

2ND EDIT - All problems are fixed when running with frame limiter enabled but the framerate is ass. Therefore I have a feeling running a 3rd party Vsync App like D3DOverrider should sort this whilst giving a smooth framerate.

Just stepped into the malibu club for the first time in years and pissed myself laughing at "The Village people lookalikes band"

yogurt_21 · Apr 17, 2011

LifeOnMars said:
Great, so I just installed GTA Vice City on Steam and it won't launch? I'm on Windows x64. I have tried compatabilty settings with no joy....any suggestions anyone?

EDIT - Ok I have it working, sort of. I had to delete the vset file in vice city user settings. Then add the vc.exe to the DEP list. Also, if I don't have frame limiter set to on in the game settings it will freeze at "Marco's Bistro introduction" If frame limiter is on, no such issue.

Once it goes into game I tuned off frame limiter and it was smooth but have noticed a few issues. When sitting still on the moped at the start, Tommy will move from side to side violently. It's actually quite funny when done to the beat of Billie Jean

Also flashing compass and some textures flashing.

2ND EDIT - All problems are fixed when running with frame limiter enabled but the framerate is ass. Therefore I have a feeling running a 3rd party Vsync App like D3DOverrider should sort this whilst giving a smooth framerate.

Just stepped into the malibu club for the first time in years and pissed myself laughing at "The Village people lookalikes band"

haven't tried it yet but just picked it up today, kinda sad I missed the other deals while out of town, but no biggie. anyway why didn't you just launch it from the icon in your steam games folder on your c:drive and then you could run it in compatibility mode? seems wayyy easier than havign to do all kinds of mods.

LifeOnMars · Apr 17, 2011

yogurt_21 said:
haven't tried it yet but just picked it up today, kinda sad I missed the other deals while out of town, but no biggie. anyway why didn't you just launch it from the icon in your steam games folder on your c:drive and then you could run it in compatibility mode? seems wayyy easier than havign to do all kinds of mods.

It would just go to black screen, hence the need for a couple of changes.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Apr 17, 2011

Wow wasnt expecting this. The entire GTA IV package for $9.99. I may have to get this.

1Kurgan1 · Apr 18, 2011

I picked up the episodes, been waiting for them to finally put them up by themselves since I bought GTA IV on Steam quite a while ago. And every deal they have had since then was for GTA IV complete which it told me I owned, which I didn't.

yogurt_21 · Apr 18, 2011

LifeOnMars said:
It would just go to black screen, hence the need for a couple of changes.

so you're telling me that when you run the app as if it were on xp it goes to black screen?

LifeOnMars · Apr 18, 2011

yogurt_21 said:
so you're telling me that when you run the app as if it were on xp it goes to black screen?

No, it went to black screen when I installed it as is, on steam. File integrity was verified so there was no problem there. Whatever the reason, I have seen a couple of other people on steam that had the same problem. They actually provided the solution which worked.

All the other games in the series have worked without issue so it's no biggie.

Thassodar · Apr 18, 2011

I don't know if this has been mentioned but the Humble Bundle is an awesome "sale" going on by Frozenbyte. You pay whatever you want (literally) for these games:

Trine
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Splot
Jack Claw (cancelled game that is now open source)

They're DRM free and to be quite honest I got mine mainly for Trine. I'm not gonna say how much I paid but I think it's well worth it because you can decide how much goes to charity.

http://www.humblebundle.com/

VulkanBros · Apr 21, 2011

Metro 2033 for 9.99 Euro right now ..... ehhh..... on Steam that is!

n-ster · Apr 21, 2011

http://store.steampowered.com/app/43110/?snr=1_4_4__13

Metro 2033 9.99$ USD. So if you want to save a few bucks,purchase it threw me

yogurt_21 · Apr 21, 2011

n-ster said:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/43110/?snr=1_4_4__13

Metro 2033 9.99$ USD. So if you want to save a few bucks,purchase it threw me

you know steam's been having alot of sales when I see metro for 10$ and think to myself "hmm seems a little steep." lol

Seeing as i'd only want the game for it's pretties, I think I'll pass for now.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Apr 21, 2011

Metro isnt worth $9.99 IMO. Then again I didnt like it.

TheMailMan78 · Apr 21, 2011

Thassodar said:
I don't know if this has been mentioned but the Humble Bundle is an awesome "sale" going on by Frozenbyte. You pay whatever you want (literally) for these games:

Trine
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Splot
Jack Claw (cancelled game that is now open source)

They're DRM free and to be quite honest I got mine mainly for Trine. I'm not gonna say how much I paid but I think it's well worth it because you can decide how much goes to charity.

http://www.humblebundle.com/

Trine was such a well made game IMO it was worth 50 bucks.

yogurt_21 said:
you know steam's been having alot of sales when I see metro for 10$ and think to myself "hmm seems a little steep." lol

Seeing as i'd only want the game for it's pretties, I think I'll pass for now.

Dude you got two 480s in SLI and no Metro? What a waste man. BUY IT! Its the only game out that will make that duo scream in pain.

yogurt_21 · Apr 21, 2011

TheMailMan78 said:
Dude you got two 480s in SLI and no Metro? What a waste man. BUY IT! Its the only game out that will make that duo scream in pain.

we'll see how I feel tonight. I mean sure it's a great benchmark game but when you've picked up the entire gta series for near the same price it just doesn't feel the same. Besides I need to save my cash for portal 2, shogun tw, and starcraft 2. stupid 50$ games.

TheMailMan78 · Apr 21, 2011

yogurt_21 said:
we'll see how I feel tonight. I mean sure it's a great benchmark game but when you've picked up the entire gta series for near the same price it just doesn't feel the same. Besides I need to save my cash for portal 2, shogun tw, and starcraft 2. stupid 50$ games.

Its a good single player game also man. I had fun with it. Worth 10 bucks or......two gallons of gas.

n-ster · Apr 21, 2011

It really is worth it

1Kurgan1 · Apr 26, 2011

Just picked up Arma II for $7.99, the expansion is still $23.99 though.

TheMailMan78 · Apr 26, 2011

1Kurgan1 said:
Just picked up Arma II for $7.99, the expansion is still $23.99 though.

That game is ether very demanding or poorly coded. It runs like shit on my rig.

DrPepper · Apr 26, 2011

TheMailMan78 said:
That game is ether very demanding or poorly coded. It runs like shit on my rig.

Very demanding, turn off post-processing though.

It's mostly the CPU aspect of it and don't have the draw distance at 10000 with 16xaa and af.

AsRock · Apr 26, 2011

TheMailMan78 said:
That game is ether very demanding or poorly coded. It runs like shit on my rig.

It's very CPU intensive and would not say it was poorly coded as the engine has been tweaked for many years now which originally was the VBS engine. It's much bigger than other games like what other games can you kill some thing with a sniper rifle from 1.2km never mind other ways that allow you to shoot some thing way over that.

Thing is like all games people keep demanding more and more details so what was a already a very CPU demanding game has never stopped being so.

I play it mainly at very high details at 4k viewing distance. Just post-processing i have off as i hate it and use 2AA which i think i could get 4AA but not properly tested that and 2 AA is enough for me anyways @ 1920\1080.

However i have always said it and still think it you either love the game or hate it. I love it as no other game comes even close to it.

DrPepper said:
Very demanding, turn off post-processing though.

It's mostly the CPU aspect of it and don't have the draw distance at 10000 with 16xaa and af.

post-processing is annoying so better off than on anyways.

TheMailMan78 · Apr 27, 2011

Well I got a 1090 and it ran like shit lol

BumbleBee · Apr 27, 2011

the mental requirements are too high for Bee :laugh:

Kursah · Apr 27, 2011

+1 to turning off or lowering post processing, also run low AA. I run 1920x1080 just fine with mostly hi, some very hi settings, I keep view distance at around 7000m iirc. There were some huge updates in recent months that seemed to help a bit. This is a sweet title, and in a large aspect is an amazingly complicated fps/rts/milsim hybrid. It's fun with a few friends online, but it does take paticence and has a very steep initial learning curve. This title has it's quirks, but it's also a riot once you get things figured out, start executing larger scale attacks with AI squads by your side. There's also a ton of mods for this game, Bohemia Interactive might not have a perfect game but imho it's one of the better true PC titles I've played in recent years.

DrPepper · Apr 27, 2011

TheMailMan78 said:
Well I got a 1090 and it ran like shit lol

What settings though ?

1nf3rn0x · Apr 27, 2011

My brothers computer can max with it a 9800GTX + and a e8400 @ 4.ghz 1680x1050 no problems, but no AA?

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