Corrupted savegame in GTA IV

How a save gets corrupted

It is related to modding or using a trainer. 

I got a corrupted save after 25 missions (after Roman’s Sorrow) when I was making a Russian translation of mission names frequently modifying .gxt file and using SNT’s Mission Help a lot. 

How to know if your savegame is corrupt

Symptoms of a corrupted savegame are:

Универсальная русификация GTA IV, EFLC, Complete Edition

Для чего вам может понадобиться данная русификация

• Вы используете EFIGS версию игры, которая хорошо поддерживает нужные вам моды (например, для локализованных версий GTA IV и EFLC сложно найти scripthook, а также многие кастомные .asi моды поддерживают только наиболее популярные EFIGS-версии GTAIV.exe и EFLC.exe);
• Вам не нравится мат и корявые названия миссий в других самопальных переводах этой игры;
• Вы не знаете английского;
• Вы знаете английский, но в последнее время западное вам как-то не катит, и вам хочется чего-то необыкновенно богатого, великого и могучего.

Особенности пакета

• Поддержка всех EFIGS и локализованных RUS версий GTA IV и EFLC включая последнюю Complete Edition
• Русификация интегрированных GFWL эпизодов TLAD и TBOGT в базовой игре GTA IV 
  
  

Episodes from Liberty City integrated as GFWL DLCs in GTA IV

Contents

Why you may want this

What is needed
HOW-TO
Appendix

Alternative tools

Troubleshooting
References

Why no "Shweine" at the start of GTA IV?

The first song playing in Roman’s car at the start of  GTA IV is "Schweine" by Glukoza. However, during recent playthrough I didn’t hear it so I researched this issue using Parik’s AudioMetadataTool. 

Here’s why you may not hear the song

1. You have latest Complete Edition with cut radio

How to downgrade GTA IV Complete Edition to EFLC

So you've got latest GTA IV Complete Edition on Steam/Rockstar Launcher or Fitgirl repack and you want to turn it into original binary-identical EFLC (Episodes From Liberty City). This downpatch made in ISXPM in conjunction with official Rockstar EFLC Patch 2 or 3 (both included in the package) does just that.

How to correct file sizes in rehashed loose files torrent

This article may be no longer relevant after qBittorent implemented file size correction in later versions. 

 

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It is originally written for Cyberpunk 2077 update using loose file torrent rehash method but may be applied to any torrent.

If you rehash game files using updated torrent, download missing chunks and successfully recheck files in torrent client you may still get the error Cyberpunk 2077 encountered an error caused by corrupted or missing archives

This happens if some files were updated and their size became smaller in newer version of the game but torrent client did not truncate the file to reflect new smaller size. Even if the game data file contains all needed data and torrent rechecks OK Cyberpunk exe will check the size and will exit with the above error! 

You must use torrentcheck utility to find such files and manually delete and redownload them OR correct their sizes (semi)automatically using batch file TRUNCATE_REHASHED_TORRENT.BAT below. 

Create multiple GTA IV instances for downgrade or modding

This article is for modding enthusiasts who want to save disk space while maintaining several copies of GTA IV. It can also be useful to create a single separate copy of game folder for downgrade.

Reducing space taken by GTA IV copy folder 1

General barebone_iv.bat usage. 1

Example usage scenarios. 1

How to make copy for 1.0.0.0 rollback. 1

How to make copy for 1.0.4.0 downgrade with old radio downgrader 1

How to make copy for classic 1.0.7.0 downgrade with official Rockstar Patch 7. 1

How to make copy for simplified 1.0.7.0 express downgrade with ZolikaPatch. 1

Overall space savings. 1