anyway, you won't need to do step (1) in the list I'm providing, but you will definitely need to do step (2) onwards.
Originally posted by AntiqueGamer:Firstly, DON'T PANIC - this happens to everyone! Its a consequence of a recent fix to the game that somehow nobody at STEAM bothered to tell anyone about. (5) Set the options for the game, video, screen resolution, controls (if necessary) and then play. So for GTA V, I had to put the game in folder format on the internal. For some reason when loading up any of the DLC or the game it just goes a little dim and gets stuck on an infinite loading screen. Please be advised that after patching with the application I mentioned here the loading screens will be displayed, you will hear the GTA-IV theme tune wherein the screen will then go black for about one minute and then the Rockstar Games Social Club loading screen will appear. I have GTA IV on the BLES model in folder format on the internal drive.
GTA 4 LOADING SCREEN PATCH
Once you have patched GTA-IV, if you also have EFLC, it will automatically patch that too. For example, I have a decade-old GFWL account and the server allowed me to login without any issues, but a lot of people have found that their GFWL login no longer works, so make a new XBOX one. (3) When prompted for a login, you can choose to ignore or to create a new XBOX account.
GTA 4 LOADING SCREEN INSTALL
(2) Install - this patches the games so that the old Games For Windows Live (GFWL) login is upgraded so it now connects to the XBOX server which replaced it. This really only applies if the existing installation has become corrupted, been modified or seemingly won't work.
(1) Do a fresh install of GTA-IV or ELFC (or both) unless you already have a fresh installation. Using a pirated version of GTA 4 (I was desperate :P) Putting the game into a folder called Grand Theft Auto IV instead of a folder called GTAIV inside a folder called Grand Theft Auto IV (default setup) Disabling Full Screen Optimisations in the compatibility tab of GTAIV. Your problems are a direct consequence of using gfwlivesetup.exe Firstly, DON'T PANIC - this happens to everyone! Its a consequence of a recent fix to the game that somehow nobody at STEAM bothered to tell anyone about.