Today is a monumental day in Grand Theft Auto IV history, a historic date that'll be scrapbooked by gamers the world over (even though scrapbooking is so 2002). Today's monumental occasion is none other than the release date of GTAIV's first patch, huzzah! The patch has already been released as a title update and will be insta-downloaded the next time you plop in GTAIV while connected to Live. Curious to know what's all getting patched? Hit the break to real the full list of GTAIV patch updates and fixes. Now pass the scrapbooking glue.[Via Joystiq]
GTAIV Patch Updates and Fixes
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to enter or exit vehicles in GTA Race.
- Fixed an issue where scripted vehicles were causing games to unexpectedly crash.
- Improved reliability and frequency of PS3™ online leaderboard updates.
- Fixed a rare hang some players encountered when moving from a Race or GTA Race lobby into gameplay.
- Fixed a hang that would occur when players were switching teams during the countdown in the lobby.
- Fixed an issue where players were able to get ridiculously high scores from Cops 'n Crooks matches.
- Changed GTA Race and Race so that the last player remaining always receives a reward of $250.
- Fixed an issue where spectating players would prevent the game from finishing.
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to spectate in Round 2 of Cops 'n Crooks games.
- Changed countdown timer in lobby so that it no longer resets when new players join a game.
- Changed the kick option so that kicked players are no longer brought back to single player.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
6-23-2008 @ 1:41PM
Delirium said...
Cool updates but since I stopped playing online when I first found out it sucked, I have no intention of going back for a second try.
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6-23-2008 @ 2:34PM
offday said...
I dunno why you guys are giving him low ratings for that comment. He's right. There's nothing great about GTAIV's online. I bought it for it's single player. I've hardly played it online at all, because it does kind of suck. The single player is one of the best I've ever played, but the multiplayer, not so much. GTA is better off without it.
6-23-2008 @ 5:57PM
Insomnious said...
Haha, I love the way the comments are marked down as soon at it insults the game in any way. Kinda like the fanboys putting their fingers in their ears, closing their eyes and yelling "La La La I can't hear or see you, you don't exist anymore, La La La..."
A bit of criticism never hurt anyone.
6-24-2008 @ 5:01AM
JaysonAych said...
Insomnious, criticism usually involves providing examples of what you don't like and explaining why you don't like it, and then possibly making suggestions as to what would do to improve the experience. Just saying "it sucks" adds absolutely nothing to the conversation.
6-23-2008 @ 1:41PM
jphueber said...
Nice
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6-23-2008 @ 1:42PM
Azshros said...
So still no patch for the last mission. I guess i will never beat the Deal mission.
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6-23-2008 @ 2:22PM
john paul said...
Are you talking abot the boat to helicopter part?
I got it, you have to go through the two rocks when you take the first turn, i tried, and got it three times in a row.
6-23-2008 @ 2:34PM
Azshros said...
Between the two rocks huh? I will have to try that after work. Thanks.
6-23-2008 @ 1:43PM
Heather said...
Why couldn't they have added a patch so you can frakking save whenever you want to??
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6-23-2008 @ 1:55PM
Rick said...
Because it's a GTA game. Duh.
6-23-2008 @ 2:29PM
TehAdz said...
I guess you've never played any of the other Grand Theft Autos, then?
6-23-2008 @ 2:28PM
Timur Tabi said...
Probably because a patch like that would involve rewriting large chunks of the game. Saving and restoring your state is a difficult problem. Few non-programmers realize how difficult. So once a decision has been made as to when/where the game will be saved, it's pretty much impossible to change that. If you want to be able to save at almost any point (e.g. like Mass Effect or Oblivion), that feature needs to be designed-in at the beginning. It cannot be added as a fix.
6-23-2008 @ 1:49PM
deejaymoogz said...
In my game, I had this glitch where I missed Stevie's texts for the cars he wanted stolen. Until that is resolved hopefully with a patch, this game is sitting on the shelf.
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6-23-2008 @ 2:46PM
Code601 said...
He sends emails about the cars, you have to reply to emails to get the txts
6-23-2008 @ 3:29PM
Toby said...
you can browse through your texts received to read any you've missed.
6-23-2008 @ 10:40PM
deejaymoogz said...
Thanks for you inputs, but I have already tried everything from reading the forums well before all of this. This glitch is caused by either using the sleep mode from the cell phone or from the quick saves after any of the missions. As for complete completion for the game, without Stevie's cell phone texts, I can only complete exactly 98% of the game.
6-23-2008 @ 1:54PM
Conor said...
I don't know what the reviewers thought when they were raving about GTA's amazing online multiplayer.
I find it to be laggy in big matches and in a lot of team deathmatch games you can never find anyone to kill!
I'd stick to my Halo 3 online any day.
Single player's great though :')
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6-23-2008 @ 2:36PM
offday said...
I 100% agree with that comment.
6-23-2008 @ 1:55PM
Daniel said...
Maybe they should fix the issue of being able to kick the host of a game.
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6-23-2008 @ 1:58PM
webster1990 said...
i want them to fix the problem that when i play online with my friends, when we switch from the lobby to another game type we often get split up or sent back to single player.
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