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Grand Theft Auto IV Update Released

January 24, 2009, 2:00 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Grand Theft Auto IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Grand Theft Auto IV

• Added "Water Quality", "Shadow Quality" and "Reflection Resolution" sliders in graphics menu
  
• Added "Definition" and "VSync" toggles in graphics menu
  
• Rendering optimizations
  
• VSync optimizations
  
• Added Commandline "-notimefix" which will help some users who are experiencing the fast/slow gameplay issue after patch 1 was applied
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some users to experience endless looping audio effects after Patch 1 was applied
  
• Benchmark was disabling sounds after Patch 1 was applied, this is now fixed
  
• Unable to load game fixed - For some users, a DOS window would open and close immediately upon Game Launch, GTA IV would never launch
  
• Hang on Initial Game Loading Screen fixed - Some users experienced Character Art Loading screens in an endless loop
  
• Certain causes of the RESC10 error have been fixed (Alt-Tab, change resolution). If you experience an RESC10 error, you must restart
  
• Certain Instances of the "GRAND THEFT AUTO IV has encountered a problem and needs to close" error have been fixed