GTA 4 night shadows problem

[iPeliukas]

So, I managed to fix overal uge fps drop, but the night shadows option is not available. What should I do?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=362120743

[DarkAssassin 4K]

24 MB WTF

[Mr. Nimbus]

Погуглил и нашел решение. Для тех у кого такая же проблема, создаем в папке с игрой блокнот, называем его "commandline.txt" и пишем в нем такие 4 строчки:

-noprecache
-nomemrestrict
-norestrictions
-availablevidmem 3

[Rockaros]

maybe buy a better RAM ?

[iPeliukas]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย *GSA*® GreekPuma:

maybe buy a better RAM ?

CPU: i7 4710HQ 3.1ghz
GPU:nVidia GeForce GTX860M 4gb
RAM: 12GB DDR3

Better ram xD...

[iPeliukas]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย MoToRoLa:

Погуглил и нашел решение. Для тех у кого такая же проблема, создаем в папке с игрой блокнот, называем его "commandline.txt" и пишем в нем такие 4 строчки:

-noprecache
-nomemrestrict
-norestrictions
-availablevidmem 3

I asked question in english, so I'd like to get answer also written in english. + availablevidmem is pointless here, its just disable options u wrote above...

[iPeliukas]

The problem is, that I cant turn on night shadows. Im running win 8.1, so to solve Gta video option restrictions (on win 8, its stuck on low, and I cant,change it), I downloaded newest windows game live client, and added -nomemrestrict -norestrictions to GTA 4 launch options. This seems solve lag, cus I can run maxed out, just these 24mb thingy and disability to change night shadow options are problems.

[goodnightnathan]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ✠Luk1uxz✠:

The problem is, that I cant turn on night shadows. Im running win 8.1, so to solve Gta video option restrictions (on win 8, its stuck on low, and I cant,change it), I downloaded newest windows game live client, and added -nomemrestrict -norestrictions to GTA 4 launch options. This seems solve lag, cus I can run maxed out, just these 24mb thingy and disability to change night shadow options are problems.

Same here actually. But the 24 MB RAM thing on the bottom is actually GTA IV stuffing up, since it's only compatible with 2 GB RAM, but since you have more it changes it, (but that's the first problem you had). The one you have now I can't even fix. I searched everywhere. But I have Windows 8 too, so it must be that.

[Mr. PlumpButt{ZombieProof}]

Hey fellas! I know this thread is old but I hope yall come across it. I found a fix.

I just got a new gaming lappy with windows 8 and had the same issues with the game not recognizing my vram. After fumbling around on and off during the day, I realized that each digit you put next to the -availablevidmem commandline adds around 24 megs of memory in the game.

What I ended up doing was putting -availablevidmem 70 in the launch option window via steam and the game recognized more than enough vram to max everything, including night shadows, and not go over the 2 gig limit.

Quick note, the night shadow option stayed grey until i hit the "recommended" settings tab, then BOOM! No more hassles. Enjoy fellas.