[PCG] GTA IV mod makes incredible graphical overhaul

Too bad GTA4 is a fucking horrible port... and lol is it just youtube sucking or is that video laggier than shit? Mad FPS drops / hiccups if it's not youtube... gotta admit tho it looks a lot better than the other GTA4 graphic enhancement mods out there.

Tempted to try it but I doubt my 2 6870's will even be able to do it justice

edit: fuck it im trying this shit

edit2:

It works perfectly on 1.0.4.0 GTA 4 PATCH
It works horribly on 1.0.6.0/1.0.7.0 PATCH

GG so Steam users are fucked... unless someone knows how to uh... rollback...



well shit. Guess I gotta delete some files and validate the steam cache files so it will re-DL the missing .exe's so i can check the version it installs, we'll see.

edit3: Steam appears to install 1.0.7.0 by default, could try installing patch 1.0.4.0 over it but I doubt that will work and uh, yeah not gonna waste my time. If anyone has it on steam and gets it goin let me know.

welp here's to hoping my i7 930 at 4ghz will do the deed, I pirated a gta4 iso over night so I'm gonna give this bitch a whirl soon but uh, I doubt it will run well...

NO KYLE, I ILLEGALLY PIRATED THAT SHIT BUT IT'S TOTALLY COOL CAUSE I BOUGHT THAT GAME THRICE NOW, RIGHT?! (full price for the 360 when it came out, once for $7 on steam, then got the GTA pack for $9 which included all of em... they didn't give me an extra copy of 4 to gift someone which was pretty lame). <_<

Well it works and runs really smooth (like the best I've seen GTA4 run) if you lower the view distance a bit (which was really surprising, but using DEFAULT graphic settings it runs fucking HORRIBLY), but mine's bright as shit... installation file didn't mention any customizing of settings either, maybe it has something to do with "light shafts" whatever the fuck that is.



Edit: wasn't lightshafts, those are just the "Crysis 2" lighting effect... seems to only be bright in SOME areas... and regular or close to regular in others, but it's still on the bright side. I still think it's amazing that this shit runs smoother than regular GTA4, literally no hiccups.

Whoa shit

O hey I found a iceconfig.ini - time to fix this bitch.

All I did was lower my view distance a bit and it runs smooth as fuck. Didn't have to change anything else

Here's my config - fixes the brightness and makes the trees not look like ass but that's all

Code:

//ENBSeries Based configuration file for iCEnhancer.
//Does the same thing as ENB
//DO NOT PLAY WITH IT TOO MUCH. You might break everything


[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=false
InitProxyFunctions=false
ProxyLibrary=d3d9_1.dll

[GLOBAL]
AdditionalConfigFile=nothing
UseEffect=true
CyclicConfigReading=false
ForceNVidiaCard=true
ForceNVidiaCaps=false

[ENGINE]
ForceDisplaySize=false
ForceAntialiasing=false
ForceDisplayRefreshRate=false
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true
MaxAnisotropy=16
AntialiasingQuality=1
DisplayRefreshRateHz=60
DisplayWidth=1920
DisplayHeight=1080
ReflectionsForceHighPrecision=true
ReflectionsExtremePrecision=true
AntialiasingUpScale=1.0

[EFFECT]
EnableBloom=true
EnableAmbientOcclusion=true
EnableSkyLighting=true
UseOriginalPostProcessing=false

[INPUT]
KeyUseEffect=123
KeyCombination=16
KeyScreenshot=44
KeyAmbientOcclusion=121
KeyShowFPS=106

[BLOOD]
ReflectionAmount=0.8
SpecularPower=1.0


[TREE]
LeavesReflectionAmount=0.003
LeavesSpecularPower=0.003
LeavesAmbientAmount=0.45
LeavesColorMultiplier=1.0
LeavesColorPow=1.02
LeavesColorFilterR=0.7
LeavesColorFilterG=0.9
LeavesColorFilterB=0.7

[BUILDING]
WindowLightIntensity=1

[LIGHT1] //siren and some internal
LightIntensity=1.0
LightAOAmount=1.4
LightILAmount=1.0
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.0
ColorPow=1.5
LightCurve=1.0

[LIGHT2] //street light
LightIntensity=0.5
LightAOAmount=1.0
LightILAmount=1.0
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.35
ColorPow=1.5
LightCurve=1.0
ColorFilterR=1.0
ColorFilterG=1.0
ColorFilterB=1.0

[LIGHT3] //car front light
LightIntensity=1.0
LightAOAmount=2.0
LightILAmount=4
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.0
ColorPow=1.5
LightCurve=0.7

[LIGHT4] //secondary
LightIntensity=0.02
LightAOAmount=2.0
LightILAmount=4.0
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.0
ColorPow=1.0
LightCurve=1.0

[LIGHT5] //ambient spheres
LightIntensity=1.0
LightAOAmount=0.0
LightILAmount=1.0
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.0
ColorPow=1.0
LightCurve=1.0

[LIGHT6] //ambient spheres for omni light
LightIntensity=1.0
LightAOAmount=0.0
LightILAmount=1.0
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.0
ColorPow=1.0
LightCurve=1.0

[CARHEADLIGHT]
EmissiveMuliplier=5
LightIntensity=3.5

[LIGHTSPRITE]
UseExternalTexture=true
Intensity=2.5
IntensityInReflection=6.0
UseRays=true
RaysNumber=1 
RaysIntensity=0.7
RaysRateOfChange=10.0
RaysLength=1.0

[CARWINDOWGLASS]
ReflectionAmount=1.25
SpecularPower=100
SpecularAmount=10
OpacityMultiplier=1

[CHROME]
ReflectionFront=1
ReflectionSide=1.0
SpecularPower=10.5
SideFade=1.0
MetallicAmount=0.05

[WHEELS]
ReflectionFront=4
ReflectionSide=1
SpecularPower=0.06
SideFade=0.125
MetallicAmount=0.2


[REFLECTION1]
ReflectionFront=1.4
ReflectionSide=1.4
SpecularPower=100.0
SideFade=0.5
MetallicAmount=0.05

[REFLECTION2]
ReflectionFront=1.0
ReflectionSide=3.0
SpecularPower=1.0
SideFade=0.5

[REFLECTION3]
ReflectionFront=0.6
ReflectionSide=1.0
SpecularPower=10.0
SideFade=0.3

[BLOOM]
BloomQuality=0
BlueShiftAmount=1
Radius1=10
Radius2=50
Contrast=999.0

[SSAO_SSIL]
ApplyAntialiasing=false
SamplingQuality=1
SamplingRange=1.0
SizeScale=0.45
SourceTexturesScale=0.45
FilterQuality=0
AOAmount=1.2
ILAmount=1
EdgeLighteningAmount=0.2

[SHADOW]
FilterQuality=2
CharacterShadowMultiplier=1.0
CarShadowMultiplier=1.5


[ADAPTATION]
ForceMinMaxValues=true
AdaptationTime=0.01
AdaptationMin=0.50
AdaptationMax=1.45
AdaptationMinMultiplier=1.0
AdaptationMaxMultiplier=1.5


[ENVIRONMENT]
DirectLightingIntensity=2
NightLightingIntensity=1
DirectLightingCurve=1.0
ReflectionAmountMultiplier=1.0
SpecularAmountMultiplier=1.2
SpecularPowerMultiplier=1.1
ColorPow=1.5
AmbientSunMultiplier=1.0
AmbientSkyMultiplier=1.0
AmbientSunSaturation=1.0
AmbientSkySaturation=0.85



[SKYLIGHTING]
FilterQuality=0
AmbientSunMix=1.0
AmbientSkyMix=1.0
AmbientContrast=999.0
AmbientMinLevel=1




[SKY]
AzimuthHeight=1.9
AzimuthMultiplier=0
AzimuthSunAffectPower=1.6
AzimuthSunAffectAmount=0.7
TopColorMultiplier=0.6
ColorSaturation=1
ColorPower=1.5
SunIntensity=1
SunMaxBrightness=100.0
SunColorFilterR=1.0
SunColorFilterG=0.9
SunColorFilterB=0.75
SunColorFilterCurve=5.0
SunCoronaCurve=2
SunCoronaIntensity=2
SunDesaturation=0.0
OverallPower=1.0
OverallIntensity=0.65
BrightnessUpperLimitMultiplier=4
CloudsUseCustomTexture=true
CloudsCurve=2.0
CloudsIntensity=1.0
CloudsDesaturation=10.5
CloudsEdgeClamp=1.2
CloudsEdgeIntensity=2.5
CloudsEdgeRange=1.5
StarsUseCustomTexture=true
StarsAmount=0.3
StarsIntensity=1.5
StarsBrightness=1.0
MoonIntensity=100.0
MoonGamma=1.5
MoonSize=0.03
MoonLightingCurve=0.9
NightCloudsEdgeClamp=3.5
NightCloudsEdgeIntensity=5.0
NightCloudsEdgeRange=10.0
Enable=true

[PARTICLE]
SoftParticlesEnable=true
SoftParticlesEdgeRange=4.0

[DETAIL]
DetailMapEnable=true

[COLORCORRECTION]
UsePaletteTexture=false

Watching the video back my shit doesn't look nearly as good but if your game was bright as fuck like mine was it fixes it at least.

Edited the config - it's all fixed and dandy now, old one was fucked up. See post above for updated shit if you want it.