THANKS! It worked!! Although I must say, I'm pretty pissed at Rockstar for failing to resolve this issue entirely :/ They really need to ensure installations run smoothly for all the games they're gonna sell in the future
Wow. This is the same video I watched 7 years ago. I came to watch it again and it worked and I was about to give the video a thumbs up but realized I already had.
I googled for a solution, first two videos had similar title, yet one was 13 mins long, other 1 min long. The 1 min long was this one. I love people like you. People who don't spend 9/10 of the time talking about when, what and why.
Happened to me too. Just fixed it. Problem due to games for windows live not being supported by microsoft anymore. Search for xliveless for gta 4 in google. Download the xlive.dll file and paste it in the game directory. Launch the game using launchEFLC.exe. Boom works fine!
OMG this actually worked. I remember when I was a kid and my dad tried to Dowland original GTA 4 that he bought. It didn't worked so he get mad and installed pirated version. After years of laying on bookshelf I took the game, but I failed to install it just like my father. Then again years later I decided to try again this time with knowledge of English and this turns out to be this easy. Useful tip: the code from GTA 4 manual works as unlock code in new rockstar game launcher and you can use it to unlock GTA 4 with all DLC digital version.
Thanks! :) It worked for Bioshock 2, took only a minute and was super easy. Just wished i saw this post before I wasted my time looking online for a solution that was going to be a pain-in-the ass.
Guys this really works! At least try it once.... i searched for hours now and read through all weird possibilities and data exchanging shit and so on.... .. but all u have to do is set your time to something in 2014 xD... thx rockstargames
Amazing tip.. thanks I think it's to do with EA games. I had the same issue with Alice madness returns on PC. I installed it today but had the same issue. I did the following and it worked. 1 Install the game and restart the laptop. 2 change the date to 2014 as per your video and untick the auto date adjusts. 3 Create an account on EA and redeem the code that came with the DVD. 4 Insert CD and verify my EA account by logging in. and the game started to work. thank you for your video x
It fixed release data check error but now when i open the game, after i press play (offline) the game does nothing, it doesn't open. Can you help me please?
Go into your GTA IV folder and rename the "Paul.dll" file to "Paul.dll.disabled." This will prevent the Social Club window from showing up. Are you using Steam or a retail version?
Happened to me too. Just fixed it. Problem due to games for windows live not being supported by microsoft anymore. Search for xliveless for gta 4 in google. Download the xlive.dll file and paste it in the game directory. Launch the game using launchEFLC.exe. Boom works fine!
I just changed the year to 2013 and it worked in the first time. They should do a new patch or something where you don't need to use Games for Windows AT ALL
i did it, it worked, but the game wont start. WHen i launch it, then it instantly says- the program has stopped working. It start searching solution for the thing, and then i close the program... It feels like, this tutorial is supposed to screw up something :( I payed money for this cd ;(
Happened to me too. Just fixed it. Problem due to games for windows live not being supported by microsoft anymore. Search for xliveless for gta 4 in google. Download the xlive.dll file and paste it in the game directory. Launch the game using launchEFLC.exe. Boom works fine!