[agustin35]

hi, im new around here plus im not an english native speaker so foregive me for any speling mistakes.

so, i bought gta IV a few years ago and i could not make it work so i decided to give it another try some days ago, but the same mistake apeared. when i lunch the game, a window openes that says: RMN40 critical error need service pack 3 or higher. i know many people had the same error because i have been serching the internet and i have tried solutions like seting the .exe compatibility on windows 2000; downloading patches (i currently have the1.0.7.0 version); but i cant make it work

i have windows 7 home premium and the service pack 1 for windows 7 instaled

could someone help me pleaseeeee!!!! im friking out!!!!!! your help would be more than grateful

[cawfee]

Try re-installing or download Games For Windows Live.

[agustin35]

i have just downloaded microsoft games for windows live but its still not working

[mkey82]

Have you managed to install the game? Usually people can't even install it due to this error and sadly if the compatibility modes don't work there isn't much you can do about it.

[agustin35]

Yes i have installed it with no problem, its when lunching it that the RMN40 fatal error apears

[mkey82]

Well, try setting compatibility mode on both the launcher and the game exe (a long shot, I know.)

[agustin35]

Tried that but still not working, is that the only way??

[jpm1]

what are your specs

[agustin35]

4 gb RAM
Win 7 64 bits
Intel core i5 2.53 GHz
intel HD graphics

[jpm1]

intel HD what is it , integrated thing , if yes don't look further , buy yourself a descent card

[radioman]

Your video card is below minimum for the game, as Intel cards are not supported by this game...The MINIMUM card is an Nvidia 7900/ATI X1900 or better....

The Problem you have is that Intel cards are Integrated(have shared vram-shared with the system ram) and plus I have never seen an Intel card that has more than 128MB of dedicated vram(which is below the minimum too)...No offence, but if you had read the Pinned "Can I run it.." thread AND the box the game came in, you would have seen that your video card does not meet minimum for the game...

Depending on if you have a desktop or laptop would depend on if you can upgrade, as desktop cards can be upgraded whereas laptop cards CANNOT be upgraded as they are soldered in...

You can play III, VC, and SA quite well, but IV is a no go...If you want to play a Liberty City game on that card, just play GTA III, it is also Liberty City and would run a lot better than IV...Just a heads up.

[mkey82]

Those specs are not very promising, but are definitively not at the heart of this problem. R* managed to f*ck up OS detection in a very serious way and I haven't seen that fixed to this day (anything past compatibility modes, that is.)

We can check some things, even though I'm quite sure I know what your answers are going to be. Do you know how to use regedit? Press "win key+R", input "regedit" in the command prompt and press enter.

DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING IN REGEDIT. Can't stress this enough.

Browse to the following keys

Key

CODE

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Check what's under value

CODE

CSDVersion

Key

CODE

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Windows

Check what's under value

CODE

CSDVersion

Key

CODE

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Windows

Check what's under value

CODE

CSDVersion

Key

CODE

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows

Check what's under value

CODE

CSDVersion

You may also export your entire registry (file > export), compress the reg file with winrar or something of the likes and upload the file somewhere so I can have a look at it.

This post has been edited by mkey82 on Friday, Aug 3 2012, 09:33