windows 7 etc crashes at start fix

[streetcloud]

change screen settings to 1280x768 and try lauching it and then go and change it once your in game this atleast worked for mine now (now after going in game sadly it will still crash when you start it if you try going back on the desktop to 1600x900 it seems the game cant handle booting into 16:9 but can change into it)

[Nakatomi]

Cheers I remember playing this on PC with one of my old rigs it didnt like going above 1280x768 with a 8600GT either I'll give it a try

[zealjeung]

mines 1920 x 1080, just tweaked the data execution prevention worked fine in all resolutions

[kurosawa]

I had same errors - Access violations.
I'm Running Windows 7 64bit.

Both for GTA III
and
GTA Vice City.
Both working now. Here's EXACTLY and COMPLETELY what I did.

(Steps 1-3 Verify game Files)
Step 1. In steam, right-click on game to fix (eg. GTA Vice City) & select "Properties".
Step 2. In the Game Properties window that loads, click on the "Local Files" tab.
Step 3. In the "Local Files" section, click "Verify Integrity of Game Cache..." & let it finish

Step 4. Click "Browse Local Files..." (still on local files tab of game properties window)
- Windows explorer will open location (make a note of this folder location for use later on).

(Steps 5-9 Set compatibility settings for game's executable file)
Step 5. Right-click on the game's executable (for vice city it is "gta-vc.exe") & click "properties"
Step 6. In the file properties window, click on the Compatibility Tab.
Step 7a. Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and in the drop-down select box Choose "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"
Step 7b. Check the setting "Run in 640x480 screen resolution"
Step 7c. Check the setting "Disable visual Themes"
Step 7d. Check the setting "Disable desktop composition"
Step 8. Check the Privilege Level "Run This program as an administrator".
Step 9. Click "Apply" & then click "OK"
(initially I also checked "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" but I don't think that's necessary)
I also repeated steps 5-9 on the other executable in that directory - "testapp.exe"

(Steps 10-15 Set Data Execution Prevention in Windows settings)
Step 10. Open Windows System Properties (either from control panel, or from my computer properties or by holding Keyboard's "Windows key" & pressing "Pause/Break key" (above "Page Up" key)
Step 11. Click on "Advanced System Settings", then in the "Performance" section at the top click on "Settings"
Step 12. In "Performance Options" click on the "Data Execution Prevention" tab.
Step 13. In the lower half of this screen, click on the "Add" button, and you need to browse to the Location noted earlier in step 4, and add the executable files in question (both "gta-vc.exe" and "testapp.exe")
(I repeated these steps for both files for each game - 4 files in total)
Step 14. Now Turn on DEP for those files by clicking on the option above the box listing the files you added.
Step 15. Then Click "Apply" Then Click "OK"

You may need to reboot Windows for these changes to take affect.
I noticed that I had to enter them a couple of times & reboot a couple of times before the changes were saved.

(Steps 16-17 change in-game Video settings)
Now The games should load properly. but it will be in a 640x480 screen.
Step 16. You should now get to the games' options screen and Select Video/Graphics options.
Step 17. Turn Off the "Frame Limiter" & set the Resolution to be whatever is suitable for your display (for me 1920x1080 worked fine) - remember to press your "Enter" key (I forgot a few times myself).
Step 18. Start a New Game.

Final note....
Step 19. I quit the game & went back to the file executable options where I set the Compatibility mode (steps 5-9) and I unchecked 2 of the "Settings" I had checked earlier....
I unchecked "Run in 640x480"
and
I unchecked "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"
leaving the other two settings ("disable visual themes" and "disable desktop composition") still checked.

[Venusaisha]

Even with windows ten this game can be out of ine on grapics like need anti-align 2x or higher. alot oulder games are dieing to new windows uness those games got modern remakes.