iCEnhancer 3.0 Installation Help

[Blugamer44]

Can anyone give me a recommended installation procedure (step by step) for going from GTA IV Steam Vanilla 1070 (no mods) to version 1040 and installing iCEnhancer 3.0. I know there are articles out there detailing some of this stuff individually, but typicaly they are a few years old and I would like to hear from someone who has done the complete transition recently with the new iCEnhancer 3.0.

My specs:

i7-4770K (Stock)
GTX 780 (3GB) (Stock)
8GB RAM
Windows 7 64-bit
120GB Kingston HyperX SSD (OS)
1TB WD Black (Games)
500GB WD Velociraptor (Data)
Corsair CX750M 750watt PSU
Acer LCD 1080p 120hz Monitor

On YouTube, there's a video by CryZENx, who has a 4770K and a GTX 780 also, and he is able to get pretty much constant 50-60fps, while my first attempt at installing iCEnhancer 3.0 (which was a bit messy and probably didn't do it correctly) I was recieveing 20-30fps. I couldn't change GTA IV settings either in the menu (settings would instantly jump back to their old setting when changed). Also when i launched 1040, I would get the new Rockstar social club pop up (newest one), then after selecting on or offline I would get the old version of social club asking me to accept TOS and login, again. Then it would go back to the newest social club and do the same thing as the first time. After that the game would launch. Also, when I exit GTA IV (1040), the older social club is still running in the background and I have to manually exit out of it everytime so that steam doesn't think i"m still playing and so I can launch it again, or else steam will say the game is already running and fail. Is it like that for everyone, because to me that seems pretty annoying to have to do that everytime.

Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

[SuperGenaricName]

This article[www.gtagaming.com] helped me go from 1070 to 1040 and worked perfectly for me. When I followed that procedure, I made sure I made a backup of my vanilla 1070 game before I started downgrading and I made a backup of the 1040 once I finished, but before I installed ICEnhancer.

Once you have downgraded to 1040, download the ICEnhancer mod (mirrors[www.facebook.com]) and make sure you get the 1040 version, which is the first download link listed on that page I just linked.

Once you extract it, there should be a readme file and a folder called "1040". Copy the contents of the 1040 folder into your GTAIV folder and click "Merge" and "Move and Replace" whenever it asks you about overwriting files.

That's literally all you do. The only tough part is downgrading to the 1040 version.

For the different texture packs, once you download and extract the files (again, in the link I placed above) you'll find a readme file which will tell you to simply replace a certain .img file in your GTAIV folder.

For instance, if I wanted to install the DKT Roads texure pack, I would download the .rar file and extract it somewhere with 7-zip. Then, in the DKT_ROADS folder, there would be two files: READ_ME.txt and gtxd.img. The READ_ME simply says to copy gtxd.img to \...\SteamApps\common\Grand Theft Auto IV\GTAIV\pc\data\cdimages and overwrite whatever's already there.

All the texture packs are roughly the same thing except for the metallic paint one in the "extra texures" pack which requires OpenIV to open an .img file and I haven't tried it out myself.

To answer your other questions:
1. I did this yesterday (7-25-2014 for those of you reading this in the future).
2. Those frame rates are abnormally low. My specs aren't as good as yours and my performance is closer to that youtuber guy.
3. Not being able to change the settings is unusual. Make sure you make backups and test the 1040 version once you downgrade. I didn't encounter that problem myself, but my wild guess is that you deleted something you shouldn't have.
4. If I recall correctly, I avoided all my problems with that Rockstar Social Club application by making it not open up at startup. (Search "msconfig" in the start menu>click msconfig.exe>Navigate to the "Startup" tab> scroll down and uncheck the application
called "Rockstar Games Social Club") and I avoided any issues with GFWL complaining about an obsolete version of GTA4 by installing XLive Less[gtaforums.com]. XLive Less will create some problems with the text in the menus that can be fixed at the bottom of this page[www.gtagaming.com]. I never see that other Rockstar Games application now.

You might also want to check out the pcgamingwiki[pcgamingwiki.com] page because it goes over all this stuff as well.

Side note: XLive Less changes the folder where the game saves are located, so if you want to use it, you have to copy them over from \<your name>\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames to\<your name>\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames. XLive Less is one word by the way. Steam just censors XLiveLess out without the space...

And finally, if you downgrade to 1040, multiplayer won't work. Thought I'd let you know.

Cheers.

[AceMaster]

I'm using 3.0 on 1070 using both ultra texture pack and lord's texture pack with dt70 road textures as well as some of the extra mods recommended provided by icenhancer for the vegetation and making the vanilla cards look beautiful. My only problem and i'm not sure if people see this in 1040 is the weird glass looking reflection when the grass get's wet it looks like a mirror instead of wet ground.

[✔️ DemKy Nigerian Prince]

Anybody got an official link to download 1.0.4.0.

The link from SuperGenaricName is down :
http://www.gamefront.com/files/14266711


http://www.gtagaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128300

[Blugamer44]

Try this link:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/13914788/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_PC_Patch_v__1_0_4_0

[Talkie Toaster]

Bluegamer44, I'm having identical problems to you on a similar machine! When I finally managed to get it downgraded and launched my graphics settings were maxed out but for some reason I reset to default and now I can't get them back lol.

I can manage to get it into 1920x1080 but I have to click and hold the mouse cursor over that setting and press space bar to apply the setting, for any of the other settings I can change them but they change back to standard (off) before I can apply them!

I have tried adding the -norestrictions launch commands etc but nothing has solved it, I can open EFLC and change the settings just fine but just not with GTAIV on 1.0.4.0

[✔️ DemKy Nigerian Prince]

Originally posted by Blugamer44:

Try this link:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/13914788/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_PC_Patch_v__1_0_4_0

link is dead

[Talkie Toaster]

Originally posted by DemKy·٠•●(Nigerian Prince:

Originally posted by Blugamer44:

Try this link:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/13914788/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_PC_Patch_v__1_0_4_0

link is dead

I just tried it and it worked fine.

[✔️ DemKy Nigerian Prince]

Originally posted by Gravy Aficionado:

Originally posted by DemKy·٠•●(Nigerian Prince:

link is dead

I just tried it and it worked fine.

i tried again and link is dead; see picture : http://i.imgur.com/GOhjE52.png

text is "page unavaillable"

you do need to click "download" the first page is ok but when you click download you got error message

[Talkie Toaster]

Originally posted by DemKy·٠•●(Nigerian Prince:

Originally posted by Gravy Aficionado:

I just tried it and it worked fine.

i tried again and link is dead; see picture : http://i.imgur.com/GOhjE52.png

text is "page unavaillable"

you do need to click "download" the first page is ok but when you click download you got error message

Yup I just downloaded the file fine from the same link.

If it's not working for you then get it from here http://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=49268

[Blugamer44]

yeah I tried downloading it too and my download started fine. But yeah there are other sites out there also that have the file.

[Talkie Toaster]

Did you get 1040 working in the end Bluegamer? I gave up in the end and am running 1070, even after a fresh windows install and new power supply it doesn't run with 1040.

[Blugamer44]

yeah I did, but I still runs pretty slow (30 fps and less) on my 780 and i7-4770k, but I probably just need to do some research on best settings and tweaks, just haven't had the time to.

[✔️ DemKy Nigerian Prince]

Originally posted by Gravy Aficionado:

Originally posted by DemKy·٠•●(Nigerian Prince:

link is dead

I just tried it and it worked fine.

I tried with a proxy (UK IP) and the download started.

Why don't they allow France oO

Thx for help

[Zlokob]

i have few questions, so if someone can answer em i would be very thankful.

1. can icenhancer 3.0 be used with 1.0.7.0 version on steam, so i dont need to downgrade to 1040?

2. installation procedure. i basically just download 1070 4.5MB file and extract it to game folder, then download ice 3.0 patch and install it and that's it? and for eflc same procedure? and how cant it be that this mod is so small, i mean 4.5MB for this amazing graphics?

3. additional textures: vegetation, road and extra textures. are they optional? are vegetation and road textures already enhanced with icenhancer mod?

thank you for any answers most kindly.

[Talkie Toaster]

Originally posted by Blugamer44:

yeah I did, but I still runs pretty slow (30 fps and less) on my 780 and i7-4770k, but I probably just need to do some research on best settings and tweaks, just haven't had the time to.

I get pretty much solid 60fps with 1070, everything on max with all the extra texture packs on a similar machine. I'll give 1040 another go later on.

Originally posted by Weedian:

i have few questions, so if someone can answer em i would be very thankful.

1. can icenhancer 3.0 be used with 1.0.7.0 version on steam, so i dont need to downgrade to 1040?

2. installation procedure. i basically just download 1070 4.5MB file and extract it to game folder, then download ice 3.0 patch and install it and that's it? and for eflc same procedure? and how cant it be that this mod is so small, i mean 4.5MB for this amazing graphics?

3. additional textures: vegetation, road and extra textures. are they optional? are vegetation and road textures already enhanced with icenhancer mod?

thank you for any answers most kindly.

Yep you got it.

1040 has better graphics than 1070 but it's much more straight forward and online will still work.

Additional textures optional but I installed them anyway, it actually runs better than the vanilla game on my machine at a solid 60fps 1920x1080

3570K 4.2GHz
8Gb Vengeance DDR3
EVGA GTX780 3Gb SC ACX + additional overclock
EVGA Supernova 850G2
2 x Samsung 32" (Primary for gaming and secondary for desktop/other apps)