GTAIV Launch Problem

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I bought this a while back and went to install it recently and it installs but asks me to use my Social Club Login to play, but I choose to play offline instead and so I press the button. I wait for a moment, the Social Club Login window goes away but GTA never launches. I got a SC Login eventually so I could login and play online perhaps and the same happened, the window dissapears and does not launch the game.

Anyone know what is going on?

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EDIT: I found my problem, and maybe this is what you are also experiencing. I was missing the xlive.dll file (this seems to be a common problem with this game) so I went online and searched for "xlive.dll file GTAIV", it was the first result. The first result was a YouTube video that had a link to a download of the .dll file, of course I would advise you to scan it through your anti-virus security program if you are wanting to be sure. Get the xlive.dll file, put it in your GTAIV folder.

For me the folders go x86>Steam>SteamApps>common>Grand Theft Auto IV. After you are in your GTAIV folder coming from the common folder there should be two folders, one being GTAIV and one being Installers. Go inside the first one I mentioned and put your xlive.dll file in that folder. You will have to launch the game by using the LaunchGTAIV.exe instead of the one that was default, GTAIV.exe.

Launch with the file LaunchGTAIV.exe and it should work just fine, I am not sure about online play though because Rockstar will not authenticate my account but I know that offline play should work perfectly.

Have fun, everyone! Happy Gaming!

[Bushωookie]

Hi, sry, I don't have any solution for that but it's the same for me !
I contacted the support, they asked me to launch the game like you described but I got a black screen :/
(sry for my English, "me no American")

[BigKahunaLV]

I have the same problem. The game is not launching.

[DroGoN]

same problem here

[FatBaldBoomer]

same. clean windows 7 install and fully updated. new clean install of steam and first launch of gta 4. crash. try again. crash. crash crash crash. now it's wtf 4. i5 16 gb ram hd 7700

[Fox]

Did anyone solve the problem? I have the same

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Originally posted by Crpl. T. Fox USMC:

Did anyone solve the problem? I have the same

I do not know how to get ahold of Rockstar, or if they would even reply, but it seems that the problem has not been resolved within the thread here. I would try to reinstall the game, uninstalling then downloading as such again, but my internet is not all that great so I will just stick to lurking forums seeing if anyone else has this problem, and if they find a solution to it. For now though I am pretty content with the rest of the games I bought in the GTA Bundle, I just wish this would work, you know? If I find anything on any other websites I will tell you, and the others in this thread, personally.

[AlesiBoss]

Same problem here, since i installed winodws 8 my GTA IV don't even goes to black screen it just dont do anything...

[AlesiBoss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2YBU3dhOV4 this is solution for this problem... thank me later

[FatBaldBoomer]

no links no scams

[AlesiBoss]

this is not a scam omg :) it works for the problem when game doesnt even start... try to say me i'm scamming ffs but as you wish so... You dont have to download it and install it... Its only your problem not mine... I'm playing now... thanks to this, you can see it in my profile btw

[UNG Shocks]

gta 4 social club comes up and i press play offline and it dosent lunch

[AlesiBoss]

did you try the youtube tutorial? this is fix for that problem

[UNG Shocks]

no not yet and could you accept my friend request

[UNG Shocks]

i need help
i tryed the video its to hard

[AlesiBoss]

yeah because copying two files is too hard, sory, you see on video what he's doin pretty precisely...