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@blackpanther4989

4 ай бұрын

You can enable and disable the motion blur during gameplay by pressing "P" on keyboard (PC)

@blackpanther4989

4 ай бұрын

7:42 I prefer the pc it looks natural

@flametornado491

4 ай бұрын

Can you please help me? I'm using the complete edition and when I use the Remastered Vehicles Pack I feel an increase in Taxi density even if I use Fusion Fix.

@StancedVacuum

4 ай бұрын

Anyone know how to access that Fusion trainer? really excited to use that. Started a new game last night! The Cousins Bellic ride again

@nejcmulc1879

4 ай бұрын

The Radio Restoration mod seems to not be on the provided link anymore

Finally someone who actually fixes GTA 4 and not just says he "fixes it" or "remasters it" and then loads it with shitton of ULTRA REALISTIC GRAPHICS kind of mods. Good job. Respect.

@n0m4r22

4 ай бұрын

Ikr?

@k1z4cz3k

4 ай бұрын

PUDDLES AND FLASHING LIGHTS REMASTERED

@gtaiv2993

3 ай бұрын

your comment is factually incorrect.

@alif__

3 ай бұрын

Facts

@uttampatidar8245

3 ай бұрын

@@gtaiv2993 No , Your comment is factually wrong.

I completed 100% base game + dlcs on deck using fusion fix, radio restoration, various fixes and console visuals. I appreciate so much the people who made those mods, for sure was the best experience possible. 😁

@AlamoOriginal

4 ай бұрын

same, its perfect for all the needs of a pure vanilla improved game (with achievements)

@rakkuestech

4 ай бұрын

me too, just got done with TBoGT 100% a few days ago. playing them on the deck is a whole vibe.

@pierrepruh

4 ай бұрын

Is it very difficult to get all Steam achievements?

@ArTuRMV

4 ай бұрын

​@@pierrepruhEasyer, steam version doesn't have multiplayer achievements.

@comiumapedra5397

4 ай бұрын

Did it run at 800p ? 16:10 ?

Christmas came earlier to Liberty City

@Puxi

4 ай бұрын

Earl, who is Earl?

@Marik_Koshmarik

4 ай бұрын

​@@Puxiменя зовут Эрл

@atk8758

4 ай бұрын

​@@Puxiearl

@xeegamer4443

4 ай бұрын

@@PuxiJames earl cash

@deepflare1028

4 ай бұрын

​​@@xeegamer4443don't you mean Jimmy Hopkins?

I'm glad you and so many others love these mods. 2023 was a great year for IV and really showed what teamwork can accomplish.

Thanks so much for making this video! Very honoured to be a part of the team behind FF and VF. Hope more people get the chance to experience GTA IV the way it was intended to be!

Thanks for making these videos! I have been following the progress of all these mods for the last year and it has been amazing. I have every mod you mentioned in this video but even I learned something new and installed newer versions of these mods as a result. It is crazy to think that I am finally playing GTA IV with all these fixes at basically 60FPS locked

I can't tell you how much this channel means to me. I am a huge fan of these games and it took me years to find a KZreadr that is as obsessed with being a purist as me. Even with the smallest details like the tree lighting being similar to consoles. Fusion fix has gotten a lot better in the last couple years and I wouldnt have known if not for this video so thanks.

This was without a doubt the best GTA IV video I've ever seen to run it in its maximum beauty without modifying its original characteristics. Thank you for this excellent work!

love these detailed modding guides to the classics. Please continue to make these type of videos

Just have to say your channel is fantastic. Your video about what version of IV to play got me back into it, was super informative, and the Vulcan mod to replace directx is really amazing. Never seen the game run this good, and in 4k too. Thanks for the great content. I have a lot of great memories with IV and it's awesome to finally be able to enjoy it on PC without all the problems.

Ive been playing since 2008 day 1. I completed the game on the broken PC port countless times, now, i should give a try to the now ULTIMATE fixed version with mods, thanks to the modders for creating the mods and thank you for explaining and doing a full mod showcase. I appreciate it

I'm so glad to have discovered your channel! Grabbed a copy of GTA IV CE and after following your video, it feels as if I'm playing the Definitive Version of IV :)

I recently came across your videos about fixing GTA IV, and oh boy, the game now runs perfectly. DXVK + the 4 fixes in this video and so far, 0 glitches or bugs, flawless performance (FPS all the time at 60 with some rarely drop (down to 58-59)) running the game at max settings and 2K resolution, no stutters or issues.

Oh thank you very much . This is so superb. I would like to replay this game again with these fixes. Finally as it should be . OG atmosphere with everything that should be. Even songs.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This guide and the DXVK one fixed every single issue that I had for the past decade with this game. I've been playing gta 4 on and off since 2012. By far, this is the absolute best way to play this game. Once again, thank you!

Wow. 6 days ago this video posted. Here I am out of nowhere wanting to play this game for the first time since launch. Thanks man.

I feel like Rockstar spent 99% more effort on creating anti-piracy measures than properly porting the game to PC. December 22, 2023 8:09PM

This video came out perfectly when I wanted to do a playthrough after playing it when it was released back in 2008.

Spent 30 min looking for this video, this is the only one I can find that can actually teach you how to install it. Nice video !!!

Really nice video about mods, I remember a year or so ago, when I was completing the game really taught about installing mods, but did not really find a simple and clear video about which mods are keeping it original.

I'm playing with fusionfix and console visuals because of your channel. First time playing the story so I don't need much else

THANK YOU for this video! This is easily the ABSOLUTE best beginner gta 4 mod video, with all of the best mods to make the vanilla game the best it can be, in the easiest way possible. We finally get a great beginner friendly video after 15 years that doesnt tell you to unnecessarily downgrade and install 50 random closed source mods that change things you dont even understand. Thank you for this :D

Fantastic video - just purchased GTA IV on sale on Steam, started playing and was reminded of all the broken graphical effects and shaders Rockstar couldn't be arsed fixing. All I ever wanted was to be able to play GTA IV with its original visual aesthetics intact and enhanced with resolution - this is perfect... Thank you for the video and all the modders involved in this incredible Fusion compilation.

@xskurtzzz

3 ай бұрын

How was it? Was it fixed? Do you encounter any bugs or problems?

thanks man, this is my first time playing GTA IV. and these mods made me experience the game to the fullest

literally picked up GTA 4 again only because of your DXVK video, gods work going on here

Yo, good timing on that video, I'm kinda on a GTA Modding-Journey and want to enhance the old 3D GTA Games, aswell GTA 4. Personally I only put mods in, that keeps it faithful to the vanilla look and I also like Beta Restorations, because I really like some of them. These are really great mods! They give back the console feeling, which I growed up with. Also a good thing I know, which Radio Downgrader I have to download as there is another one on nexusmods, but I wasn't really sure, because, this was one of the options I got first, when I google it. Also thank you for this video, aswell as your previous videos on GTA in general. Your channel truly helped me massively understanding GTA Modding and being confident on troubleshooting, etc.

Thank you for this, after playing GTA IV on console and buying it PC a good while ago i followed your tutorial and it runs like a dream on PC instead of the mess I was initially greeted with.

I bought GTA 4 & 5 for the first time 6 months ago during the summer sales, and the latest Steam version update some weeks ago totally broke my game, I guess it's time to see what the mods have to offer. Thanks for the vid.

After modding GTA 4 from watching your video, I just want to say you're a fucking godsend. Finally, a simple tutorial on how to fix the PC port. I've seen so many videos that make the process of modding GTA 4 look very tedious as well as recommending me unnecessary graphic mods. I've already played GTA 4 on my ps3 but i then decided to play the PC port and felt underwhelmed. I didn't realised PC port has a plethora of its own issues. GTA 4 is my favourite game of all time and i'd like to thank you for providing an overview, tutorial and links in the description. The console visuals were a very nice addition. The game looks way better than I remember

Many thanks for putting this video together, and thanks to all the modders as well who keep polishing and enhancing the game on PC! :3

Mate, you rock. Thank you. I hope some of these other content mods like the hit-man payphone mission mod, or the better clothes mod, can work with this. Those are just the kind of mods I've been trying to get to work without downgrading my game and risking losing achievements or save-game progress. However, these quality-of-life mods make all the difference in the world. Cheers.

Thanks for the video planning on doing a play through of gta IV before the years over. Last time the gate glitched on the last mission on pc it sucked.

Bro your voice always reminds me the voice of guy giving telephone missions in gta vice city (Your next job is taped under the phone, Get to to payphone in vice point :d)

@TJGM

4 ай бұрын

😅

been waiting weeks for this after finding your gta san andreas modding videos ty king

thanks, you video made me wanna play gta 4 , hope it goes more viral than it already is.. i never truly played gta 4 because of those issues, really felt pc version was soulless, so this is great, thank you.

This is just perfect, seriously perfect, i've been so spoiled with the easy modding on V with the scripthooks etc and SA or 3D era with the modloader feature, and ive been trying to get into IV Modding as well but alot of it and for a long time is really janky with downgrader and whatnot. Makes me stuck with the base vanilla for a while With these in mind, its basically silentpatch and skygfx easy install and i have all the base game perfect IV installs without those janky options, no need to downgrade and steam achievements worked fine too for PC Thank you for these and the community working for it, helps alot, makes IV on pc as seamless as V in terms of customizability and options

I cannot thank you enough for these videos!

Great video! I was actually looking for something like this and it came up in my recommend.

Whelp this helped me tremendously.. 144 solid fps on a medium to high settings mix. Awesome fixes and awesome vid! Definitely earned a sub! Thanks to your great work in spreading the word I can now enjoy the game fully. Thank you and thanks to all that have worked on these amazing mods!

This is my favourite game of all time, the art/visual style being one of the big reasons. So glad to see there's finally fixes for all the graphical/VFX issues among other things, PC players deserve to play GTA IV as it was over a decade ago on consoles when it won the hearts of so many of us.

@20mat

4 ай бұрын

Nice PFP, Niko.

I cannot thank you enough for these videos bro you have god videos

thank you for releasing this just as i started playing GTA IV again

Thanks for the video, very helpful! I just got the game on sale, and immediately installed these mods.

Fantastic content! Thank you very much for this.

Fixing IV With Mods ❌ Fixing With IV Mods ✅

@hl2betafan

2 ай бұрын

i just see fixing IV with IV mods

@Reed_Peer

Ай бұрын

IV sure

TJGM with a holiday banger. appreciate ya man!

This is great man, really feels like a true port now

Man, the PCSS shadows are VERY nice

Damn, thank you. You just gave me motivation to play GTA IV again! ^^

I gotta say thanks! I started playing GTAIV agian a couple of weeks ago and used these mods. Been a blast. I had it since its release on PC and never had all the graphical effects working. Only thing I stille experience is the street lights/shadows sometimes flickering when drunk in the game and sometimes the water flickers.

This is great stuff! I only wish my GTA 4 would actually launch.

The definitive guide for GTA IV PC

Thanks for making it easy to follow! I installed everything. Time to try it out!

Thanks a lot man, I had tried in the past to play the game on PC without sucess until now!!

You are doing amazing work! Also, I wonder what we could improve in GTA V. That game is 10+ years old after all...

@MarkoVuckovic32

4 ай бұрын

GTA V is a much better PC port and honestly there isn't much to fix. The only thing that I'm aware of is that physics start working weird if you have more than 130fps, the fix is just to limit it to 130 or less.

@Lucas_Fidalgo

4 ай бұрын

@MarkoVuckovic32 interesting, I personally think the pallet of the game is way too blue, and there is a mod to make it more natural, but this is personal preference, one thing that needs to be fixed is the cops killing you for just looking at them, that's ridiculous

@MarkoVuckovic32

4 ай бұрын

@@Lucas_Fidalgo Yeah, you are right, I totally forgot about the ai issues that game has

@errorx_x1063

4 ай бұрын

Just want online vehicles in SinglePlayer

@Lucas_Fidalgo

4 ай бұрын

@@errorx_x1063 back in the good old ps3/xbox 360 era they added them to sp, in the next generations Rockstar turned out extremely greedy forcing us to buy it in game, sometimes we just want to test it :/

I wish these 3 mods could be combined into just 1 easy to install package like SilentPatch is for 3/VC/SA

@Antidepressiva1980

3 ай бұрын

Dude, its 4 folders that you need to drag and drop into the gtaiv folder. Are you that stupid or just an unknown amount of lazy ? Might be both ... Enjoy your life .

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed at exactly the right time!

Thanks for the guide! May you be blessed by the KZread algorithm!

YES! DXVK is the truth. Went from stutters/choppiness to perfectly 150+fps smooth with this fix, thank you and thanks to the modding community - they made VC, SA and IV all extremely playable in 2023.

4 simple click n drag mods to make Gta IV playable? We truly live in convenient times, this game has given me such a pain in the ass throughout these years

@TJGM

4 ай бұрын

I know, this year has seen some significant progress with GTA IV modding.

@jl1fa

2 ай бұрын

what are some other mods that are drag and drop in updates folder@@TJGM

Wow absolutely amazing, took awhile but got it all set up. Lets see what GTA 4 is all about. 👍🏽

I fixed up gta sa's texture overhaul mod Project Rosa w the NoDep patch and it now runs like clockwork. Thank you TJGM for the helpful guide and your channel.

great work. pls more mod videos like this

Absolutely brilliant guide. It gets the PC port into the state it should have been in all along, thank you for this. One minor question I have is about the draw distance; it seems kinda low and the skyline can look kinda washed out just from Roman's taxi hub (especially Rotterdam Tower at night). Any ideas how to improve this?

Needed Vladivostok back the most Thank you brother

The perfect video for someone who was planning on finally picking up GTA IV after dismissing it because of performance issues years ago :)

Tip for anyone on a 120hz panel and just trying to run the game at 60fps. Don't set the refresh rate to 60hz, leave it at 120hz and use the in game FPS limiter that FusionFix provides. For me that has eliminated the vast majority of the stutter.

thank you so much for a proper video about "Improving GTA 4 with mods" withount including cringy everything wet graphics or "GTA 5 UI WOOOOW"

Clear, concise and incredibly helpful! Thank you very much!

Thank you very much again! Steam has updated GTA IV and I lost my mods, this guide + the remastered vehicles are my ideal GTA IV (and maybe some mod that add dlc vehicles to IV, but so far so good) The grayest game ever

I’m literally halfway through my 2nd play through right now!! Subscribed to you like 2 days ago when I was trying to mod my game…. But I got confused trying to downgrade to v1.7 :(

@MKR3238

4 ай бұрын

dont bother with downgrading theres really not a good reason left unless you want to run some specific ENB

Rockstar needs to take notes

After Watching this video, I quickly subscribe your channel. Keep doing what you are doing. Thanks & Merry Christmas 🎄

Awesome video as always TJGM! Happy new year to you and I wish everyone the best life can offer for 2024.

👉This video guided me perfectly as I JUST wanted to improve the overall "OG GTA IV experience, and nothing too advanced!👈 A lot of modding videos are misleading or too complicated for me to care. It's exhausting scrolling through the "300 SUPER Remaster COOL MODS in JUST 500 hours" Or the: "It's Me Your Favorite Desperate Non-Original Wannabe Influencer Guy Talking In A Gaming Chair" type of videos. So I Truly Appreciate Your time & effort! You are the man!❤‍🔥💓❤

gta 4 pc's problems are not game performance problems its a feature implemented by the dev to simulate nikos past ptoblems to the players lol

I appreciate you, you helped me a lot. The game looks amazing and has become more playable. Greetings from Poland

I don't know if any of these mods includes this, but you can also use DXVK to hugely improve performance

The link for the console visuals mod is broken. The link that it opens up just closes automatically immediately after clicking..?

@mylifebelike7573

Ай бұрын

try coping the link and pasting it in a different browser, like I did google to Microsoft edge

@ryanteacher8134

Ай бұрын

@@mylifebelike7573 Yes that worked, :)

Loved this video, watched it till the end. Thanks bud!

This is great. Many thanks! I did find that the radio restorer I had to run it as Admin or it would fail. If anyone is having issues with that try that and see if it will complete for you.

Did everything as instructed. But unfortunately, FPS is all over the place on my end… it starts at 60 fps, I drive around for some time at 60 and suddenly it goes do 30, 25, 40 fps… if I pause the game and turn off vsync, it goes to 60 again for some time, and messes again later. My pc can handle GTA IV easily, it’s just some conflict that I can’t find… I turned on Steam overlay too, but it didn’t help. Any thoughts?

@ash735

4 ай бұрын

Turn your settings down one notch since Fusion Fix and the improved shaders come with higher settings, keep in mind that the game is now rendering a lot more than it was before by default, if you still need to claw back more performance, go into the INI and disable things like Shadow Res Fix and Additional Movement Shadows.

@ElVicioMan

4 ай бұрын

@@ash735 Do I have to turn down all the settings or just the ones related to shadows? Since in my case the shadows are what's causing the issue. Oh, and where can I find this INI file? Thanks in advance, you're a legend in the GTA modding scene!

@SacilvioSantos

4 ай бұрын

@@ash735 I’ll try your tips when I get home, thanks!

@SacilvioSantos

4 ай бұрын

@@ash735Well, I did some tests and my problem is really DXVK. It is what causes the FPS mess - which is curious, since it is supposed to IMPROVE it, lol. I'd prefer to play the game using only Radio Downgrader, Various Fixes and Fusion Fix. Is the overhauled vehicle pack mod yours? Ive tested it once, but I got that bug where only taxis spawn... I've installed the HQ Metallic Paint instead, to make vehicles look a little bit better.

@flyfe

4 ай бұрын

Most impacting things are shadow quality and shadow sharpness, i lowered from very High to high and "pcss" sharpness to soft and it mostly fixed the frame drops

Personally, I'd keep games like older GTAs locked to 30 FPS, at least for the final mission on IV. GTA games get pretty weird with higher framerates and the best bet for compatibility as originally intended sadly limits you to 30 FPS

@curiousmind_

4 ай бұрын

Yep first thing I do after installing the older GTAs is limiting to 30 fps. Gives you room to crank up the settings even higher too which is always good

@MuscleCarLover

4 ай бұрын

@@curiousmind_ Indeed. For racing games, 60 every time. GTA though and similar games? Locked 30 is good enough and I'd rather have it at a constant framerate than a spotty one

@jl1fa

2 ай бұрын

jesus cant imagine playing any game at 30 and 60 these days@@MuscleCarLover

@MuscleCarLover

2 ай бұрын

@@jl1fa Since when was 60 FPS bad?

Thank you so much TJGM! ❤❤

You know, this video was very helpful. Today only I bought GTA 4 on steam. Thanks man❤

anybody has the console visuals link?? the link given is not working for me

@waseemelloss1

Ай бұрын

Did you get an answer? Link not working?

@infasis

Ай бұрын

@@waseemelloss1 Just right click and save it

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@AbhishekSingh-fz6jp

Ай бұрын

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@RafaelEX07

Ай бұрын

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Ай бұрын

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@AbhishekSingh-fz6jp

Ай бұрын

Long live israel

your accent is so soothing and you sound just like a famous youtuber that I was searching for the other day but couldn't find. He basically interviews random cliques of people and roasts them in a very dry manner.

@kevin-yz1ty

9 күн бұрын

Do you mean this channel "meditation for the anxious mind" ? I thought he sounded similar too.

Amazing, gonna set this up soon, i was waiting on ice enhancer 4 but its taking forever lol

The mod worked very well as did the explanation in the video! The only thing that continues to bother is the "midday" is still seen as blurry, as if it had the original graphics engine. But after the night, the sunset, the rain, they look very good

you just saved me 2nd time with the GTA IV, you're the best :D

Thanks for the video, keep making IV videos pls!

Bro! I literally got gta4 on sale and this video drops, crazy

man thank you so much, I bought gta 4 on steam just for looking at this video last week

Good man, just what I was looking for!

Merry Christmas and thank you for this!!!

Bro just save my game, I've been searching for one video to explain very clearly and you did it thank you pal

Fantastic video TJGM for the thorough walkthrough. Subbed.

@Nilzzzon

4 ай бұрын

I managed to get DXVK running as well, the performance is now flawless with restored radio + various. No launcher needed and no dxvk.conf either. I am now able to experience this awesome game like I did with my childhood friend 15 years ago which means a lot - but on modern hardware. Thanks again and a happy mew year!!!

Thank you for this guide, appreciate your work