[Phundamental]

i play the game for about 15 mins then it crashes. and i get this error code ZLIB20

[Mark]

QUOTE (Phundamental @ Dec 7 2008, 17:22)

i play the game for about 15 mins then it crashes. and i get this error code ZLIB20

PC specs? Driver versions? DX versions?

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[Phundamental]

180.XP SERVICE PACK 3.0, DX 9.0C, DRIVER 180
ASUS MB
9600GT SLI
AMD 2.8 PROCESSOR

[Irrati0nal]

QUOTE (Phundamental @ Dec 7 2008, 17:22)

i play the game for about 15 mins then it crashes. and i get this error code ZLIB20

I receive the same bull crap, any causes or incompatibilities known yet?

[SirSquidness]

As per the other thread I just posted in,

Get your hands on another set of installation media, and reinstall using that.

Confirmed working.

I was LANing this weekend just gone. A friend was having the trouble you speak of. We did a bit of searching. ZLib is a commonly used compression library. We figured it was probably an error uncompressing something. Given his crash always happens in a few given areas of the map, we figured it's probably a corrupted texture or some such.

He had reinstalled 3 or 4 times using his disks. Never worked properly. He reinstalled using mine, worked perfectly.

Enjoy the game! (I know I am!)

[Irrati0nal]

QUOTE (SirSquidness @ Dec 8 2008, 06:46)

As per the other thread I just posted in, Get your hands on another set of installation media, and reinstall using that. Confirmed working. I was LANing this weekend just gone. A friend was having the trouble you speak of. We did a bit of searching. ZLib is a commonly used compression library. We figured it was probably an error uncompressing something. Given his crash always happens in a few given areas of the map, we figured it's probably a corrupted texture or some such. He had reinstalled 3 or 4 times using his disks. Never worked properly. He reinstalled using mine, worked perfectly. Enjoy the game! (I know I am!)

THANK YOU GREATLY, But damn you Rockstar :_( i wish they fix it in the patch, i'll wait and see before replacing my disk.

[jermsz]

So the only known way to fix this so far is to reinstall using someone elses disks? what a crock of sh*t this games turned out to be

[SirSquidness]

QUOTE (Irrati0nal @ Dec 8 2008, 07:22)

QUOTE (SirSquidness @ Dec 8 2008, 06:46) As per the other thread I just posted in, Get your hands on another set of installation media, and reinstall using that. Confirmed working. I was LANing this weekend just gone. A friend was having the trouble you speak of. We did a bit of searching. ZLib is a commonly used compression library. We figured it was probably an error uncompressing something. Given his crash always happens in a few given areas of the map, we figured it's probably a corrupted texture or some such. He had reinstalled 3 or 4 times using his disks. Never worked properly. He reinstalled using mine, worked perfectly. Enjoy the game! (I know I am!) THANK YOU GREATLY, But damn you Rockstar :_( i wish they fix it in the patch, i'll wait and see before replacing my disk.

eh. If it's what I think it is (A corrupted file on the DVD, perhaps a corrupted cab file or texture etc), then a patch isn't going to fix anything.

[Irrati0nal]

QUOTE (SirSquidness @ Dec 8 2008, 10:30)

QUOTE (Irrati0nal @ Dec 8 2008, 07:22) QUOTE (SirSquidness @ Dec 8 2008, 06:46) As per the other thread I just posted in, Get your hands on another set of installation media, and reinstall using that. Confirmed working. I was LANing this weekend just gone. A friend was having the trouble you speak of. We did a bit of searching. ZLib is a commonly used compression library. We figured it was probably an error uncompressing something. Given his crash always happens in a few given areas of the map, we figured it's probably a corrupted texture or some such. He had reinstalled 3 or 4 times using his disks. Never worked properly. He reinstalled using mine, worked perfectly. Enjoy the game! (I know I am!) THANK YOU GREATLY, But damn you Rockstar :_( i wish they fix it in the patch, i'll wait and see before replacing my disk. eh. If it's what I think it is (A corrupted file on the DVD, perhaps a corrupted cab file or texture etc), then a patch isn't going to fix anything.

Yes but perhaps it isn't that?, No one has mentioned what this error actually is, so i'll wait a few days for patch, if that doesn't work i'll return it, and go from there

[tjin]

QUOTE (jermsz @ Dec 8 2008, 08:53)

So the only known way to fix this so far is to reinstall using someone elses disks? what a crock of sh*t this games turned out to be

Nope. I had exatly the same error message and game crashed every 5 min. R* answer to problem is reinstall the game, i did that and it worked fine 2 hours but then the game started crashing again, then i downloaded the game from the internet and no crashes so far. I wonder what i should do with the original game discs, since obviously patch aint gonna help at all, smash the game discs with a hammer or thrown this piece of sh*t out of window?

[jluk]

same problem as you guys... so i can just reinstall the game and hope that everything' ll work fine?! dammit, another crap R*'s joke

[NIPSEN]

The reinstal work ?

[NIPSEN]

I try to make a "control of integriti of cache" on GTA 4 with STEAM, and the game is making an Update !

2.3MB/s but it's long ...

[NIPSEN]

Completely bugged ! The game wait wait wait and never start ... I uninstal it , i'm downloading on steam right now.

[bluebird2008]

This error is BS, R* best sort this one out as there seems to be no fix suggested by anyone. I cant belive that it is simply a case of the brand new disks being screwed. I'm getting sick of the people who can play it whining about fps and how R* must sort it out in the patch, when I've got a decent set up (E8400, HD4850, 4GB OCZ Platinum RAM) and paid £25 for a new game that does'nt work. I'm not expecting to play the game and get 200 fps at high settings, I just would like to play the game for more than 30 mins without a crash to desktop.

[Irrati0nal]

QUOTE (bluebird2008 @ Dec 9 2008, 01:31)

This error is BS, R* best sort this one out as there seems to be no fix suggested by anyone. I cant belive that it is simply a case of the brand new disks being screwed. I'm getting sick of the people who can play it whining about fps and how R* must sort it out in the patch, when I've got a decent set up (E8400, HD4850, 4GB OCZ Platinum RAM) and paid £25 for a new game that does'nt work. I'm not expecting to play the game and get 200 fps at high settings, I just would like to play the game for more than 30 mins without a crash to desktop.

EXACTLY , i bought the day after release and the disc has no scratches, no visible problems and yet this bullsh*t still pops up all the time.


So they shipped faulty copies and don't want to acknowledge it?

[nickpgr7]

THE GAME CRASHES!!!! I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING ROCKSTAR PLEASE!! I HAVE THE RETAIL VERSION AND THA GAME CRASHES TO THE DESKTOP AFTER 10-20 MINUTES OF GAMEPLAY. I HAVE THE NEWEST DRIVERS OF ANY DEVICE ON MY PC BUT STILL THE SAME PROBLEM!!! PLEASE HELP ME. GOD DAMN ZLIB20 ERROR!!! I'M SO FURSTRATED!!



PC Specs:
Intel Q6600 @3.0Ghz
Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX
2GB RAM 1066Mhz
Vista Premium 32Bit


HELLPPPPPPPPPPP!!

[crdmaster]

i have my original copy of gta 4 lying here but when i install from the disk i always get that error, got a version from the net and played for about an hour without problems, i seriously think rockstar has to change the cds

[J Hater]

I also get this error but i got the game off steam! WTF?

[bhoward]

I`m getting the error from my disk too...

I`m now downloading the game and i`ll see if that fix`s things.