Surprise surprise everyone. Rockstar has released a new update for… Grand Theft Auto IV. According to the release notes, this patch adds support for all modern-day operating systems, and comes with minor performance optimizations.
Going into more details, this patch adds Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 to compatible OS check, fixes the “drawlist overflow” crash, adds Display Controller image in Controller Configuration, and fixes a few technical bugs (like a bug with the “Resource Usage” indicator on graphics cards with more than 2GB of VRAM and a bug that restricted settings changes when using modern video cards).
This is a nice surprise as we didn’t expect Rockstar to ever release such a patch for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV.
You can find below the complete changelog for GTA IV’s latest update:
- Added error code “WTV270” to indicate a problem with connecting to Windows Live Sign in Assistant / Games for Windows Live Servers.
- Added Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 to compatible OS check.
- Added Display Controller image in Controller Configuration.
- Fixed a bug which made completing “Out of Commission” mission impossible when frame rate exceeds 60fps.
- Fixed a bug with the “Resource Usage” indicator on graphics cards with more than 2GB of VRAM.
- Fixed a bug that restricted settings changes when using modern video cards.
- Fixed a bug with the map crosshair on certain resolutions.
- Fixed a bug with text scrolling in “Brief” Menu.
- Fixed “drawlist overflow” crash.
- Minor performance optimizations.
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