[SlingShotUK]

The patch is now available. It will autoupdate once your start the game while connected to the internet.

I'm just letting it download and patch now.

Size is 18MB.

Fingers crossed it'll fix alot of the issues, though I didn't hear any mention of fixing framerate problems - mainly fixes to freezing and online play.

[Battle]

Yep, just got it when I signed on

Hopefully this will correct the errors with the online stats as ive been up to level 2 about 3 times now and it keeps resetting

[m4rkie23]

just installed it. only took 2-3 mins at most

1 week is a very quick turn around for a patch isnt it.!!!???

hope this means that there are good things to come from rockstar!!

[Oggie]

what exactly does this patch fix ????

[SlingShotUK]

Well this doesnt seem to do anything to fix the judder problems.

Judder in 720p makes the game unplayable but it's good in 1080p but still has some stuttering / juddering (especially when panning down from the hospital to Niko etc)..

Wonder if they will release another patch to solve that.. Here's hoping.

[Anotherlimey]

Originally Posted by SlingShotUK

Well this doesnt seem to do anything to fix the judder problems.

Judder in 720p makes the game unplayable but it's good in 1080p but still has some stuttering / juddering (especially when panning down from the hospital to Niko etc)..

Wonder if they will release another patch to solve that.. Here's hoping.

I really dont see this judder either at 720p or 1080p

[SlingShotUK]

Originally Posted by Anotherlimey

I really dont see this judder either at 720p or 1080p

Yeah its a strange one and doesnt affect all users.

I think it might be the HD in some units as I notice the judder often goes along with a lot of HD access - i.e when streaming a lot of data it hasnt got in it's cache into view. Though it's just my theory so far.

Either that or its the tv that is causing the issue, but many people - myself included - don't get judder with other games on the same tv..

It is a strange one..

[MuzMc]

Didnt make any difference to my online, goes to start the game and then

"Lost connection to one or more players, returning to single player mode"

[MightyMartin]

Originally Posted by murraymcmillan

Didnt make any difference to my online, goes to start the game and then

"Lost connection to one or more players, returning to single player mode"

I'm getting that everytime I try and play online as well

[jogon]

Not noticed any judder either

[sugs04]

worked fine for me

[kourosh]

downloaded no probs,graphic's still good

[fowlersrs]

I still get the problem of disconnecting when trying to play online, it worked the very first time I tried it, if this is there idea of a fix there taking the ****

[Tigerblade]

Any ppl who froze alot tried this yet?

Gonna fire it up in a bit and have a blast

[Jonstone]

At 18mb I would imagine this is just a change in the code where the game hangs when it can't contact the rockstar servers instead of ignoring it and carrying on (single player of course) like it was supposed to.

I haven't had any freezing problems for the last few days anyway, probably because so many people had turned off the PSN to play it that there wasn't such pressure on the servers

[Tigerblade]

Just froze whilst playing online

Admitadlly it was a hell of a lot longer than last time before a freeze, but a freeze nonetheless, I'll try again later tho. Not happy.

[pointbreakuk]

what does the patch do???anyone figured it out yet???

[fowlersrs]

as far as I can see mate the patch is a supposed fix for online mode problems people where experiencing, Im online now, it wasnt working for me earlier, just sat in a game with 10 other players waiting to play, is amazing what u can do..

[supahoops]

Seems the patch is for the online issues:

http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/commen...ml?id=050708_8

Also: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6190539....renews;title;1

GTA IV PS3 Patch Available
[Ure "Vader" Paul] 02:56 pm EDT @ May 07th, 2008
Filed under: GTA IV, GRAND THEFT AUTO IV

Rockstar just released an update for the PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. The patch is available for download right now via the PlayStation Network. Apparently, users are going to be prompted to install the patch upon starting the game. Rockstar claims that the patch "prevents Gamespy's servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up."

They also said: "We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible."

[Oggie]

Originally Posted by supahoops

Seems the patch is for the online issues:

http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/commen...ml?id=050708_8

Also: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6190539....renews;title;1

GTA IV PS3 Patch Available
[Ure "Vader" Paul] 02:56 pm EDT @ May 07th, 2008
Filed under: GTA IV, GRAND THEFT AUTO IV

Rockstar just released an update for the PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. The patch is available for download right now via the PlayStation Network. Apparently, users are going to be prompted to install the patch upon starting the game. Rockstar claims that the patch "prevents Gamespy's servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up."

They also said: "We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible."

thats good to hear, at least they admit that there are problems and gonna do something about it

[Safe101]

Cough* Konami Cough*

[CeeJay775]

Its the console, nothing to do with the game.

The above is a joke, just thought i'd get in first. If anyone says its in bad taste i'll delete.

[Kawsar17]

i just downloaded the patch and now it seems i cant do any missions for some reason i stand in the yellow icon and nothing happens. can anyone help?

[dalton192]

Before patch the game would freeze then it refused to load unless I signed out of PSN. After downloading the patch it loaded fine and didn't freeze despite playing for an hour. Hopefully it's fixed the game for me.

[kBm]

Strange how a patch for R*/Take Two is released within one week of the game luanch...

Yet, for Call of Duty 4 we had to wait months......

Money must talk eh....?

/sings 'money talks, dirty cash i want you, dirty cash i need you ooooooh'

[TankTopLover]

the judddering issue only affects certain tv's,thankfully not mine.

[richmcveigh]

Went online after installing;

"The connection to one or more players has been lost. Returning to single player..."

[Master Yoda]

Well - I installed the patch and I've noticed no difference at all on my system...

They could have at least done something to improve the shoddy framerate... (I read online that R* was going to improve the framerate aswell as freezing/crashing issues with this patch?)

[SHOOTIST1971]

I'm not sure the patch is for the online side of things. I might be wrong but I think it's being misinterpreted. Below is what was said on PSU.com:
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http://www.psu.com/%5BUPDATED%5D-Roc...0003576-p0.php

UPDATE: As promised, the desperately needed v1.01 patch has been released to the public.
"Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy's servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up," the studio commented. "This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."

ORIGINAL STORY: Sony and Rockstar Games have confirmed that a patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be made available at some point later today.

According to Eurogamer, the patch is aimed at improving the online component of the popular crime epic by "reducing the loads on the servers at GameSpy and hopefully the completely random hangs that some users have seen."

The PS3 version has been plagued with multiple issues since launch day, including reports of users having trouble connecting to the multiplayer server to various instances of the game freezing up.

Stay tuned.
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The game connects to the Gamespy servers as soon as you start it up (in single player) and that's why we're having freezes (well we don't know why but it's the cause of the problem somehow). So I think the patch was to sort out the server problem to stop the freezes, not necessarily the online side of the game and most probably just the single player side.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/05/07/...reezing-fixed/


I'm probably wrong, but has anyone from Rockstar actually said it's for the multiplayer side of the game or as I've read it; to reduce the load on the servers which are crashing the game – as the game speaks to the server as soon as it starts up.


What do you guys think because my online side of the game was just as poor as it's ever been, after the patch last night, but the single player did seem more stable and it didn't freeze last night.

[oasisnut]

this is the worst online game i have played.....it simply doesn't work.
rockstar need to take a leaf out of cod4 infinity wards books...i have never had a problem with that game, i can always get a game online