[CharmingCharlie]

How Do I setup GTA 4 to save without access to the net ?

Contrary to what many people have been saying, it is entirely possible for you to play GTA 4 without ever touching the net. There is a manual activation scheme which you can read about here. When you have GTA 4 installed there is an OFF LINE mode which we are going to cover here.

Note :- YOU DO NOT need a social club account or GFWL account to play GTA 4 singleplayer

Guide

1. Start the Rockstar Social Club program and when it asks for login details click on "skip Login"
2. Hit the big PLAY button on the social club splash screen to start GTA 4.
3. A message pops up warning you that you won't have access to certain social club features. Just click "ok".
4. You will now see GTA 4 start up on your PC
5. At the screen where you get the options "start/options/guide/quit" press the HOME key on your keyboard.
6. A drop down menu appears click on "Create New Profile"
7. The drop down menu changes and gives you the option of "create LIVE Profile" or "Create Offline Profile".
8. If you have no intention of using MP then just click on "Create Offline Profile"
   give the profile a name, click submit and you are done.
9. You can now play SP and save without being connected to the net

PLEASE NOTE :- If you have signed into GFWL you will have to SIGN OUT before you can see the "create new profile" drop down menu

You will now be able to play GTA 4 single player and save your game. The off line account does mean you won't have access to any multiplayer, nor will you have access to any of the Achievements. You should still be able to use the video editor but you will lose the ability to upload your completed videos to the social club website (although you can save the movies to disc and upload them elsewhere if you wish).

[CharmingCharlie]

If memrestrict doesn't help, try cleanmem

Well mkey82 has been busy again and has this handy tip for those having problems. Many thanks to girishb who provided the Vista scheduler instructions.

It seems that some machines suffer from memory issues with GTAIV (especially those that have 2GB or less RAM) and memrestrict command line switch just doesn't cut it. Try cleanmem - it's free and it works in the background automatically, running only when it's needed.

Of course, this goes without saying, if you get the stalls after using command line switches as norestrictions, availablevidmem or nomemrestrict - STOP USING THOSE SWITCHES. K?
1) Download the zip from here (direct link here, a 59k download)
2) Unpack the "cleanmem_v.1.4.2.zip" archive somewhere safe, like "C:\Program Files\Cleanmem" (you'll need to create the dir



3) Now browse to the directory and double click the "Install_32bit_OS.bat" if you have a 32 bit OS or "Install_64bit_OS.bat" for the 64 bit version. You will see a command prompt flash briefly and exit afterward.
4) If at any time you want to remove the app from your system, simply double click the "Uninstall.bat"

Now for the critical part - the app by default clears the RAM every half an hour. So maybe you'll want to decrease that interval if you get to the point when the game starts to stall in less then half an hour. So,

If You are using Windows XP then do the following :-

1) Go to Control Panel >> Scheduled Tasks and find "Clean System Memory" in the list.



2) Double click that entry or right click and choose properties in the menu. Now choose the "schedule" tab and click the "Advanced" button. In the "Repeat task" field choose how often should your RAM be cleared.



3) Confirm and exit, that's it!

If You are using Vista/Windows 7 then do the following :-

1. Navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler.
2. In the left pane, under Task Scheduler (Local), select Task Schedular Library.
3. In the middle pane, select 'Clean System Memory'. Right-click on it and select 'Properties'.
4. In Properties, select 'Triggers'. This is how the window will look like:



5. Highlight it by clicking on it and then click on 'Edit'. From here, you can edit the duration and such. The default settings should look like this:



Select the required repeat duration from the encircled drop down box. Do NOT change the other settings.

6. Once you're done, click OK to close all windows and you're set.

Hope this helps. Game safely