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Ash R. @ash735.bsky.social · 1d

Various Fixes 2.2 for GTA IV has been released, squeezing even more fixes and corrections into this game, full list of details can be found on the github, give a thanks to valentyn_L and Attramet for maintaining this project:

github.com/valentyn-l/G...

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 6d

I live! Dickheads! And it's all down to you! What is your name?

"Tahmmy"

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Lucas7yoshi_RS @rockstar.l7y.media · 7d

Why this way? Rockstar has means to animate cameras, but the speed of the chase varies based on how close the player is to it.
Rockstar doesn't have means in the script functions to speed up/slow down a camera animation.
Doing it this way lets them ramp up/down [cont]

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Lucas7yoshi_RS @rockstar.l7y.media · 7d

In the GTA5 story mode mission Father/Son there is a cinematic view during the chase.
To animate that view during the chase, they spawn 2 trucks, make them invisible, attach cameras to them and run "Vehicle Recordings" on the trucks.
Unhiding them produces this amusing result:
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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks! Sent a DM there.

TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 10d

I think your settings are set so only people you follow can DM. You can change it by going into the Chat tab and clicking the settings icon on that page.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 10d

It works better than I expected and I never had any issues with it.

Also can I send you a DM? I need a bit of help with something if you don't mind.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 10d

For posting you could use Buffer. It allows you to cross post on both platform, create threads easily for both platforms and schedule posts.

Unfortunately it's only for posting though, so you'd have to do all your posts through it rather than just doing it on one app and having it mirror.

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Yan2295 @yan2295.com · 23d

You NEED to install this if you're playing GTA IV on PC. It fixes those annoying issues from the oh-so-great PC port and makes it look much better without being overdone.
I reinstalled the game to try this and I'm really enjoying the improvements!

Ash R. @ash735.bsky.social · Sep 13

Fusion Fix 4.0 for GTA IV is OUT NOW! Rebranded, refreshed and our biggest update yet! Check out the changelog for full details and enjoy new features like Volumetric Fog, Tone Mapping and reworked Bloom, Motion Blur, Depth of Field and much, much more:

github.com/ThirteenAG/G...

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Ash R. @ash735.bsky.social · 22d

Fusion Fix 4.0.2 has just dropped, a few minor fixes this time, new VRAM calculation should get rid of any issues under Vulkan reporting just 512MB VRAM, also a cheat to give Johnny a new pair of pants! Here's some high res logo assets too cause why not: github.com/ThirteenAG/G...

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

There's still SO much more that I didn't cover in this thread which Fusion Fix does.

GTA IV is great, but the PC port is a mess and it'll be a shame if Rockstar repeats similar mistakes.

Download Fusion Fix:
github.com/ThirteenAG/G...

Find out more below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTuO...

How Modders Fixed GTA IV

GTA IV is possibly getting a remaster for PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, but it will likely be based on the poor PC port. Let's take a look at how modders fixed this port and whether Rockstar can…

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Fusion Fix adds a skip menu and skip intro option to load right into your last save once you launch the game. The mod also improves loading times significantly.

This makes getting in-game in GTA IV much faster when using Fusion Fix.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

GTA IV's mouse input was broken at higher frame rates such as 60FPS and it would barely respond to smaller inputs.

Fusion Fix improves mouse input with a raw input option added to the menu, making mouse controls much more accurate for the player.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Z-Fighting was extremely prevalent on PC, gaining any sort of height would cause a lot of the map to flicker repeatedly.

Fusion Fix fixes this and z-fighting is basically eliminated entirely.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Cutscenes were broken on PC over 30FPS.

At higher frame rates the camera and characters in cutscenes stutter significantly even if your frame rate is consistent and the field of view also changed weirdly in each scene.

Fusion Fix fixes all of these issues.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

The camera is supposed to shake as Niko moves in the vanilla game, but the effect becomes almost invisible above 30FPS.

Fusion Fix fixes this so the camera shake effect works at any frame rate and it also adds an option in the pause menu to disable it entirely.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Soft particles exist on the console version of GTA IV, but they were missing on PC due to a bug.

Fusion Fix restores soft particles so particle effects no longer look like they're harshly clipping into objects.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

The strength of vehicle reflections were reduced on PC and they were also jagged due to a bug.

Fusion Fix restores vehicle reflection strength back to console levels and it fixes the jagged bug.

Mirrors also became distorted at certain camera angles on PC, this has been fixed.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

The new version of Fusion Fix adds a new "Extended Sun Reach" option.

Originally, sunlight is clamped at 75 degrees, this means a lot of the map doesn't get sunlight even when it should.

The new option changes it to 90 degrees, allowing sunlight to light up objects correctly.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Water foam was also missing on PC, but this has been restored with Fusion Fix.

And as well as that, Fusion Fix improves the edges of water so instead of harshly clipping into terrain, it transitions much smoother into the terrain.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

In the PC version, the surface texture of water was excessively tiled. This looked quite noisy and shimmery.

Fusion Fix changes the surface texture so the noisiness is significantly reduced and the texture just looks better overall.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Rain droplets that appear on the screen were black on PC instead of white like on console due to a bug.

The droplets were also missing their refraction effect.

Fusion Fix fixes the droplets so they appear white again and it also restores the refraction effect.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

The size of rain streaks would also change depending on your frame rate.

Higher FPS made rain streaks smaller, lower FPS made them bigger. Fusion Fix fixes this so rain streaks look the same at any frame rate, based on how they look at 30FPS, which is the same as console.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

Rain streaks and splashes were increased by 4 times in the PC version, but then Rockstar Toronto made rain barely visible for some reason.

Fusion Fix reduces the rain effects back to console levels, but also restores the rain visibility from console, which looks much better.

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TJGM @tjgm.bsky.social · 26d

GTA IV had 2x MSAA on Xbox 360, but the PC and PS3 versions didn't have any sort of anti-aliasing.

Fusion Fix adds options for FXAA and SMAA. Two low cost anti-aliasing options which reduce aliasing quite a lot.

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