GTA IV Infinite Loading Screen

[Giant Rat]

I bought GTA IV recently and I'm getting an endless loading screen upon start up where it eventually reaches to point that the music stops but the screen keeps going. I know this is a very common problem, but I've scoured the internet and can't figure out how to fix it. My launch options currently contains "-availabilevidmem 30.0. -norestrictions -nomemrestrict -novblank", the "GTAIV.exe" program is set for compatibility mode for Windows 7 (I have Windows 8), I've tried running it as administrator, but nothing works. Does anyone have any ideas?

EDIT: Fixed the problem. I moved "LaunchGTAIV.exe" to the desktop and added "-norestrictions -nomemrestrict -availablevidmem 15.0" after the target. Running this shortcut as administrator gets me past the loading screen just fine and allows the game to be played.

[Razorbak86]

According to the store page for GTA IV, Adobe Flash and Internet Explorer are required for installation. I have also read some forum chatter that you may also need the Windows Media Player/module installed or activated if you have the Win8 operating system.

I would recommend that you explore those issues first.

Please report back when you have feedback, one way or the other.

[Giant Rat]

Originally posted by Razorbak86:

According to the store page for GTA IV, Adobe Flash and Internet Explorer are required for installation. I have also read some forum chatter that you may also need the Windows Media Player/module installed or activated if you have the Win8 operating system.

I would recommend that you explore those issues first.

Please report back when you have feedback, one way or the other.

What exactly do you mean? I have Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, and Windows Media Player all installed on my computer.

[Sacred Myths]

lower graphic settings

[JonHarveyGames]

Here's our problem. Rock star doesn't give a ♥♥♥♥ about the money it's making off GTA IV again because of the 6 dollar deal since they already became retired bllionaires off of GTA V and are about to get a second round of hundreds of millions of dollars once they rerelease the newgen console and PC versions, so they do not give a ♥♥♥♥ about fixing GTA IV

I checked forum posts from YEARS ago on google. People have been having these problems since 2008 or whenever the ♥♥♥♥ it came out, and more recently about 2 years people have been having the exact same problems that we're having with it now, and rockstar still hasn't patched it. So they make us jump through all these mother ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ loops with very little success.

My suggestion is to demand a refund for not making the game playable on almost any computer, and just buy GTA V when it's available on your platform.

[IFlarious]

Originally posted by yamdizzlej:

Here's our problem. Rock star doesn't give a ♥♥♥♥ about the money it's making off GTA IV again because of the 6 dollar deal since they already became retired bllionaires off of GTA V and are about to get a second round of hundreds of millions of dollars once they rerelease the newgen console and PC versions, so they do not give a ♥♥♥♥ about fixing GTA IV

I checked forum posts from YEARS ago on google. People have been having these problems since 2008 or whenever the ♥♥♥♥ it came out, and more recently about 2 years people have been having the exact same problems that we're having with it now, and rockstar still hasn't patched it. So they make us jump through all these mother ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ loops with very little success.

My suggestion is to demand a refund for not making the game playable on almost any computer, and just buy GTA V when it's available on your platform.

#truestory101