Melee block does not work at all

[poisonnuke]

Niko is just not able to block an incoming attack in the current steam-version. In 1 out of 100 cases it works. My spacebar is working and is set to block. But no matter how good my timing is, Niko doesnt do a single move. He is just standing there, getting punched to death. I cant do anything.

And Im constanly aiming on the opponent with RMB.

Is this version of GTA4 screwed or glitched?

[Lord Of War]

I thought it was just me being really bad with the block timings.(

Can't give an advice how to improve it, but you may want to gently sprint forward to do few punches, then back off, wait til the enemy punches empty air, then spring forward again and repeat with few punches.

[󠁳⁧⁧ N1ght_Gu4rd]

It works fine for me like it always had. You know that you can't really block in this game right? When your enemy tries to punch you, you have to tap space one time when his fist is still in the air and then your character will do a dodge and if you press lmb you will do a combo of punches dealing massive damage.

[poisonnuke]

I was able to block when using cheat-engine and set the game-speed to 10%. Because the timing is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and impossible to hit for a normal human. There is like a 10ms timeframe where you have to hit space.

[ant_sh]

It is not blocking but rather evading + countering/disarming. See some youtube videos that show GTAIV fighting mechanics.

[poisonnuke]

Originally posted by ant_sh:

It is not blocking but rather evading + countering/disarming. See some youtube videos that show GTAIV fighting mechanics.

not a single video can give you inhuman reaction times. The fighting mechanics are simply broken.
But as I said, reducing the overall game-speed with cheat-engine works quite well. At 50% speed its still challenging and at 10% its a walk in the park but takes like forever.

[Yujah]

Extremely likely to be yet another high FPS issue. When I replayed the game a few months back I also had more trouble with the dodge mechanic than when I played a few years back on low-specced graphics hardware. The game's engine uses frames as a sort of timer which throws all sorts of things off if FPS gets above 30, certainly if above 60. From the infamous last mission helicopter glitch, bike handling, glitching cutscenes, through TLAD arm wresting, TBoGT champagne drinking contest, TBoGT boating speed, ....

And yes, unless I'm mistaken (I'm not myself even now on very high FPS hardware) also the dodge mechanic. Limit FPS to 30 or at the very, very most 60 through the Nvidia control panel, or AMD Chill, or anything else you may care for, or as a minimum effort fix by enabling vsync with a 59 or 60 Hz output mode in the game's own options.

[B Dawg]

Yeah, limit FPS to 60. Blocking itself reduces damage, timed blocks make you dodge so you can do counter attacks. It all works fine.

[poisonnuke]

I have set 60fps but didnt help. my reaction times are pretty Okish I would say when playing some old school fight game like tekken. So maybe my version is bugged...

[Yujah]

Very unlikely; we all get the same version from Steam. First try 30 (and I'll note that I when I first played a few years back I also had trouble until I knew how --- at which point it became trivially easy).

[Killerman]

Pause Menu > Controls > Controller Option > Turn off Auto Aim
Pause Menu > Controls > Controller Option > Turn on Direct Input

This solution works for me