Rockstar has released workaround for GTA 5's PC version installation issues.
Following the release of the GTA 5 for PC, many players had to brace themselves with delays as there were installation issues that cropped up, and Rockstar has given a workaround for the issues that many players have been facing.
In its Support Page, Rockstar said that it has identified 'an issue where players with Windows usernames that include characters not found in the table at the bottom of this page will likely run into difficulties when attempting to download, install, or play GTAV. We are currently working on a fix for this issue.'
Players were greeted by an error that stated, 'The Rockstar update service is unavailable (code 1).'
However for players who cannot wait until the fix has been released, the company suggested a workaround -
- Create a new Administrator User Account in the PC with letters A to Z, a to z or numbers 0-9 from the basic Roman alphabet. Players can check the table below:
Supported Characters at Launch for Windows Usernames for GTA 5 PC
A | a | 0 |
B | b | 1 |
C | c | 2 |
D | d | 3 |
E | e | 4 |
F | f | 5 |
G | g | 6 |
H | h | 7 |
I | i | 8 |
J | j | 9 |
K | k | |
L | l | |
M | m | |
N | n | |
O | o | |
P | p | |
Q | q | |
R | r | |
S | s | |
T | t | |
U | u | |
V | v | |
W | w | |
X | x | |
Y | y | |
Z | z |
- Players must note that just by renaming their current User Account they cannot fix the issue.
- Once the new account is created Rockstar has recommended players to restart the PC and then log in with that account.
This they have to do before they start or continue with the installation process.
To create the account, follow these instructions from Microsoft's website:
- Windows 8/8.1: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-8
- Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-7
- Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-vista
Rockstar also added that it will update the Support Page with any new information when they have updates. This will also include the 'expected timing of a fix and whether you will be able to transfer progress on the newly-created Windows username over to your original Windows user account.'
Though this might not be a perfect solution to the installment issue, it could help some players to circumvent the issues on GTA 5 PC installation.
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Guide to Solve Windows Media Player Error during Installation
Another issue affecting GTA 5 PC installation is the Windows Media Player error. Some players have been getting, 'Unable to detect Windows Media Player on your System. Please Install Windows Media Player, then retry the installation,' error statement.
So Rockstar has given a guide on how to deal with the issue by installing the Windows Media Player and completing the game installation on its Support Page:
- Open the Control Panel
- Click 'Programs'
- Click 'Turn Windows Features On or Off'
- In the resulting popup, make sure 'Windows Media Player' is checked under the 'Media Features' folder:
Windows Media Players IssueRockstar Support
5. Click 'OK' and wait for Windows Media Player to install
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Guide to Prevent Vehicle Loss during Migration (of GTA Online Character) from PS3 or Xbox 360 to PC
Since many GTA 5 players faced an issue where vehicle data was lost when they migrated from PS3 or Xbox 360 to PC for players who have not played the GTA Online since December 2013, Rockstar has now suggested a wait to ensure such prevention of the data loss on its Support Page:
- Enter GTA Online on your PS3 or Xbox 360. If you have not played in a long time, you will be prompted to accept a Title Update.
- Pause the game
- Scroll to the 'ONLINE' tab
- Select the 'Leave GTA Online' option
- The game will not save on the latest Title Update, and your vehicles will now transfer properly to PC.
Players will get an orange spinning icon at the bottom right of the screen as they transition back into Story Mode. This will indicate that your character is saving. So once this icon disappears, and players are in Story Mode, they can Shut Off the console. Now they can begin the transfer of their character to their PC.
Players can submit a request if they have already transferred their characters to PC and have lost all the vehicles.
Manual Download Links for GTAV PC - Social Club, DirectX and Visual C++
For players who want to update their PC with the latest of the componebnts for GTA 5, Rockstar has provided the links below:
- Social Club Application (Manual Download for GTAV, Max Payne 3, and LA Noire)
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1
- DirectX
Download Links for Video Card Drivers
Rockstar has provided the links to download the up-to-date video card drivers for the GTA 5 PC version.
Rockstar has recommended players to keep their 'video card drivers up to date with the latest version.'
- NVIDIA version 350.12 – Download here
- AMD version 15.4 Beta – Download here
Once players are at the page for the video card manufacturer, they can fill out the form and download the appropriate driver for their card.
Guide to Solve Errors in the Social Club Launcher for GTA 5 PC
Reports have suggested that some players who were trying to run GTA 5 on PC were getting the following errors:
- 'Social Club failed to initialize.'
- 'Social Club failed to load due to an incomplete installation. Please exit the game and re-install the latest version of the Social Club.'
- 'A newer version of Social Club is required. The updater may have failed. Please exit the game and install the latest version of the Social Club.'
So for players who have been facing the above issues, Rockstar has given a guide to resolve it on their Support Page:
One of the main reasons that causes these errors is the incorrect installation of Social Club, so players who get these are recommended uninstalling Social Club and then reinstalling it manually from this page.
So when they are trying to install it the second time, they have to be see that they check up on the following things:
- First, be sure GTAV is not running in the background. Open the Task Manager and end the following processes if they are running (right click the process and click 'End Process'):
- GTA5.exe
- PlayGTAV.exe
- GTAVLauncher.exe
- Ensure you have administrator rights on your computer. Run the Social Club Installation application as an administrator by right clicking the application and choosing 'Run as Administrator.'
But even after following the above guidelines, if they experience same issues then they have to do some additional troubleshooting. Here are the guidelines for it:
- Verify the Steam Cache (Steam version only):
- Load Steam.
- From the Library section, right-click on the game and select Properties from the menu.
- Select the Local files tab and click the Verify integrity of game cache.. button.
- Steam will verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes.
- Run GTAV as an Administrator
- Go to the install directory for GTAV PC
- Right click 'PlayGTAV.exe'
- Click 'Run as Administrator'
- Verify that you have the latest version of DirectX and Visual C++. The latest versions can be downloaded from here.
- If you are stuck loading, auto-signin may have failed. Press the Home key and see if you can log in manually.
- Temporarily disable antivirus/security, then uninstall if disabling does not work as a test. Be sure to reinstall and re-enable your antivirus after the test.
- Make sure that Social Club is installed to the correct directory (by default, this is: Program FilesRockstar GamesSocial Club)
Fix for Error Message Saying GTA 5 is Still Encrypted
A Reddit user, sean8102 has revealed that a fix for players who received an error message saying GTA 5 is still encrypted.
Below is the fix the user has suggested:
Restart steam. Or try to launch GTA 5 few times. Players must note that they need 120GB free on the drive to install GTA 5. But it will take only 60GB once the game is installed.
- After re-launching steam the GTA 5 said 'preallocating' taking about 3-5 minutes to finish.
- Then it went to 'Unpacking', and 'Busy writing to disk'. This part took the longest since it's about 60GB! This is the actual decryption part, it takes about 20 minutes for me.
- When you launch the game, you may have to hit Shift+Tab to see the activate button on the social club window. Also Alt+Enter if the game isn't in full screen at launch.
List of GTA 5 PC Error Codes and their Description
Below is a list of all the GTA 5 PC Error Codes with their descriptions that had been leaked even before the game was released on PC.
- [ERR_NO_STEAM] – Could not detect the Steam client. Please reboot Steam and Grand Theft Auto V.
- [ERR_NO_LAUNCHER] – Please run Grand Theft Auto V using PlayGTAV.exe.
- [ERR_NET_WINSOCK_4] – WinSock receive error. Please reboot and restart the game. Return Code:
- [ERR_NET_WINSOCK_3] – WinSock send error. Please reboot and restart the game. Return Code:
- [ERR_NET_WINSOCK_2] – Invalid WinSock DLL version. Try reinstalling Windows.
- [ERR_NET_WINSOCK_1] – WinSock error. Please reboot and restart the game. Return Code:
- [ERR_NET_MEM] – Network error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_NET_EVENT] – Network error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_NET_ARRAY] – Network error. Incompatible versions of GTA V.
- [ERR_MEM_VIRTUAL_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_VIRTUAL_2] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_VIRTUAL_1] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_TINY_RESIZE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_TINY_RESIZE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_TINY_FREE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_TINY_FREE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_TINY_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_TINY_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_SYSTEM] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_SPARSEALLOC_FREE_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_SPARSEALLOC_FREE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_SPARSEALLOC_FREE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_SPARSEALLOC_ALLOC] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_FREE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_FREE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_ALLOC_5] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_ALLOC_4] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_ALLOC_3] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_ALLOC_2] - Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_POOLALLOC_ALLOC_1] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_MULTIALLOC_RESIZE] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_MULTIALLOC_FREE] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_MIN_ALLOC] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EXTALLOC_ALLOC] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_RESIZE_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_RESIZE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_RESIZE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_INIT_1] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_GUARD_5] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_GUARD_4] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_GUARD_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_GUARD_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_GUARD_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_FREE_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_FREE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_FREE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_ALLOC] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_CONT_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_CONT_2] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_CONT_1] – Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_BESTALLOC_FREE_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_MEM_BESTALLOC_FREE_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GUI_SF_MEM_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GUI_SF_MEM_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GUI_MENU_VER] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GUI_CHILD] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GUI_ACTIVE_PANEL] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_WIN] – Failed to create window. Please reboot and make sure the graphics device is functioning correctly. System Error:
- [ERR_GFX_STATE] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_SHADER_VAR] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_SHADER_TYP] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_RENDERTHREAD_TXD] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_RENDERTHREAD] – Failed to initialize thread. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_RENDERTARGET] – Failed to create render target. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_PFX_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_PFX_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_MORPH_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_MORPH_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_INVALID_SHADER] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_INIT] – Failed to initialize graphics device. Please reboot or reinstall latest DirectX runtime.
- [ERR_GFX_IM] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_INVALID_STATE_5] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_INVALID_STATE_4] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_INVALID_STATE_3] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_INVALID_STATE_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_INVALID_STATE_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_EFFECT_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GFX_DRAW_ROPE_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_DRAW_ROPE_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_DRAW_GLASS_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_DRAW_GLASS_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_DRAW_DATA] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_VER_1] - No DirectX 10 or 11 adapter or runtime found. Please install latest DirectX runtime or install a compatible DirectX 10 or 11 video card.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_SWAPCHAIN_ALLOC_2] - No DirectX 10 or 11 adapter or runtime found. Please install latest DirectX runtime or install a compatible DirectX 10 or 11 video card.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_SHADER_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_SHADER_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_NOFEATURELEVEL_2] – No DirectX 10 or 11 adapter or runtime found. Please install latest DirectX runtime or install a compatible DirectX 10 or 11 video card.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_NOFEATURELEVEL_1] – No DirectX 10 or 11 adapter or runtime found. Please install latest DirectX runtime or install a compatible DirectX 10 or 11 video card.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_NOD3D1X_4] – No DirectX 10 or 11 adapter or runtime found. Please install latest DirectX runtime or install a compatible DirectX 10 or 11 video card.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_NOD3D1X_2] – No DirectX 10 or 11 adapter or runtime found. Please install latest DirectX runtime or install a compatible DirectX 10 or 11 video card.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_INIT] – Failed Initialization. Please reboot and restart the game. Try reinstalling the game if this persists.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_DEFERRED_MEM] – DirectX error. Out of memory. Please reboot, close other applications, and ensure your computer meets the minimum requirements.
- [ERR_GFX_D3D_DEFERRED] – DirectX error. Please ensure your video card is installed properly with the latest drivers. Check your DirectX installation and reboot your system. Return Code:
- [ERR_GFX_CHECK_PROC_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GFX_CHECK_PROC_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_ZLIB_2] – Failed zlib call. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_ZLIB_1] – Failed zlib initialization. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_SCENARIO] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_POOL_3] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_POOL_2] - Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_POOL_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_PED_VAR] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_PAGE_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_NAV] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_MAPSTORE_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_MAPSTORE_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_MAP] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_INVALID] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_INTERIOR_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_INPUT_2] – DirectInput failure. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_INPUT_1] – Too many input devices. Please remove some devices and reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_INFLATE_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_INFLATE_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_ENT_TRANS] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_ENT_CONT_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_ENT_CONT_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_ENT_CONT_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GEN_CUT_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_CUT_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_GEN_CODEC_1] – Voice chat codec error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_GAMECONFIG_1] – Corrupt game config data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_FIL_ZIP_3] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_FIL_ZIP_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_FIL_ZIP_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_FIL_PACK_3] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_FIL_PACK_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_FIL_PACK_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_FIL_DISK] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_FIL_COMMON] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_DEFAULT] – Fatal error. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_AUD_SOUND_2] – Audio error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_AUD_SOUND_1] – Audio error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_AUD_MUSIC_INIT] – Failed to initialize audio. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_AUD_MIXER_INIT] – Failed to initialize audio. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_AUD_INVALIDRESOURCE] – Corrupt audio data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_AUD_INIT_2] – Failed to initialize audio. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_AUD_INIT_1] – Failed to initialize audio. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_AUD_HARDWARE_DS_INIT] – Failed to initialize audio hadware. You may need to reinstall your audio drivers or DirectX. Also ensure your audio device is functioning correctly. Return Code:
- [ERR_AUD_HARDWARE_DS_BUFFER] – Failed to create audio buffer. You may need to reinstall your audio drivers or DirectX. Also ensure your audio device is functioning correctly. Return Code:
- [ERR_AUD_HARDWARE] – Failed to initialize audio hadware. Please ensure that your audio device is functioning correctly.
- [ERR_AUD_GTA_ONLINE_LOAD] – Failed to load audio data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_ANI_POOL_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_ANI_POOL_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_TIMER_RDTSC] – CPU does not support rdtsc instruction.
- [ERR_SYS_THREAD] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_STREAMERREAD] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_SETTINGS] – Computer does not meet minimum requirements.
- [ERR_SYS_PURE] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_PARAM_PREFIX] – Invalid command line parameter.
- [ERR_SYS_PARAM_FORMAT] – Invalid command line parameter format.
- [ERR_SYS_PAR_3] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_PAR_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_PAR_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_NOSTREAMINGHANDLES] – Out of file handles. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_NOFILEHANDLES_3] – Out of file handles. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_NOFILEHANDLES_2] – Out of file handles. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_NOFILEHANDLES_1] – Out of file handles. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_VID_MEM] – Your computer does not meet the minimum recommended Video Memory specification. The game may have trouble running if you proceed.
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_URL]
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_TITLE] – Minimum Recommended Hardware Check Failure
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_MEM] – Your computer does not meet the minimum recommended Memory (RAM) specification. The game may have trouble running if you proceed.
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_CPU_FREQ] – Your computer does not meet the minimum recommended CPU Frequency specification. The game may have trouble running if you proceed.
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_CPU_CORE] – Your computer does not meet the minimum recommended CPU Core specification. The game may have trouble running if you proceed.
- [ERR_SYS_MINREQ_CPU] – Your computer does not meet the minimum recommended CPU specification. The game may have trouble running if you proceed.
- [ERR_SYS_INVALIDRESOURCE_5] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_INVALIDRESOURCE_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_INVALIDRESOURCE_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_INVALIDFILE] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_INFO_3] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_INFO_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_INFO_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_FAILURE_4] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_FAILURE_3] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_FAILURE_2] - Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_FAILURE_1] – Network error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_CACHE_3] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_CACHE_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_CACHE_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SCR_TEXT_MEM_4] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SCR_TEXT_MEM_3] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SCR_TEXT_MEM_2] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SCR_TEXT_MEM_1] – Game memory error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_SCR_LAUNCH_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SCR_LAUNCH_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PHY_POOL_2] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_PHY_POOL_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_PHY_GEOM] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PHY_BOUND] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PHY_ARCH] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_9] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_8] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_7] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_6] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_5] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_4] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_3] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_12] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_11] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_10] - Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_INVALID_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_PAR_COLL] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_INSTALLER] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_SYS_FILELOAD] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_PACK_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_PACK_1] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_MOD_INFO] – Game error. Please reboot and restart the game.
- [ERR_STR_MOD] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_MISSING] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_INVALID_DATA_2] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
- [ERR_STR_INVALID_DATA_1] – Corrupt game data. Please reboot or reinstall the game.
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So GTA V on PC isn’t the perfectly polished gem we were promised. As disappointing as that is, it’s the reality we must accept, thus we’ve compiled a walk through of fixes and tweaks that should hopefully get you up and running. Please be advised that the following methods are to be used at the sole discretion of the platform owner. GamingBolt or its staff members take no responsibility for problems that may arise or issues that may occur from trying the below. Always remember that official support is always the best support.
If the game is crashing when launched with Nvidia cards, you can resolve this by opening up your device manager window and disabling your Nvidia graphics card. Once you’ve successfully opened the GTA V Launcher, you can enable the card again.
GTA V Memory Leak: At this time, this is a problem with the game and not your PC hardware. The following steps might resolve the issue temporarily. Open your Computer Properties Panel and open the System tab -> In the Advanced Settings Tab, click the settings beneath Virtual Memory, then click change -> Clear the Automatically Manage Paging File Size for all drives->Underneath Drive [your drive name goes here], click the drive where you OS is installed. ->Click the radio button System managed size and then click Set, OK, OK and one last OK. You may need to restart your rig again.
Should you receive the message, “Connection to Download Server Lost. Reconnecting…” message, you may want to try just waiting. This seems to happen if you’ve purchased the game directly from Rockstar or Green Man Gaming. Should you receive the “Unable to Detect Windows Media Player” message, navigate to your control panel, add/remove features, turn windows features on/off and then check the Windows Media Player tab.
GTA V Black Screen, Screen Flickering and CTD On Startup + Poor Frame Rate: Ensure that you are up to date on the latest drivers from AMD and Nvidia. If problems are encountered when trying to launch the game, try verifying the integrity of the game cache through Steam. To do this:
- Right click on your copy of GTA V
- Select the Properties tab
- Click on the local files tab and then click “Verify integrity of game cache.”
Should you receive the message, “The Rockstar update service is unavailable (code 1)”, then you need to create a new Administrator Account on your PC with a name that only includes letters from A to Z in the basic roman alphabet. Numbers 0 through 9 can be used too. Once this is done, restart and login to this account before continuing with the installation process.
Should you receive the message, “ERR_GEN_ZLIB_2 Failed zlib call. Please reboot or reinstall the game.” You must verify the game cache, as detailed above, or reinstall the game from the discs you purchased. Should this fail, attempt to use the Discs repair function.
If you’re struggling with importing your MP3 files into the game, open DocumentsRockstar GamesGTA VUser Music and copy the songs you wish to have in the game into this folder. Once in-game, perform an audio scan.
Reducing Vram To Increase Overall Performance:
- Exceeding the capabilities of your game with the memory limit option will result in a crash.
- Try lowering your settings by changing some of the heavy hitting effects.
- DX11 users should use FXAA rather than MSAA for the difference in memory.
- Vsync should be disabled.
- Turning down population density, the distance scaling and the texture quality will increase performance.
- Normal Shadows still look fine and consume much less memory than higher settings.
- Tessellation is a heavy load process and should be disabled.
- Reflections and Ambient Occlusion also drain memory, disabling these may help.
Some users may find their command line text file missing, this can be created yourself by opening the game’s install directory. Then Right click and create a new text document which you will name “commandline.txt” without quotation marks. In this document, enter the following.
-UseAutoSettings:
Use automatic generated settings
-benchmark:
Starts the benchmark test from the command line
-benchmarkFrameTimes:
Optionally output the individual frame times from the benchmark
-benchmarkIterations:
Specifies the number of iterations to run the benchmark for
-benchmarkPass:
Specifies an individual benchmark scene test should be done, and which test that should be
-benchmarknoaudio:
Disable audio processing for graphics benchmark purposes
-disableHyperthreading:
Don’t count hyperthreaded cores as real ones to create tasks on
-goStraightToMP:
Jump straight to MP while loading
-ignoreDifferentVideoCard:
Don’t reset settings with a new card
-ignoreprofile:
Ignore the current profile settings
-mouseexclusive:
Game uses mouse exclusively.
-noInGameDOF:
Disable In-game DOF effects
-safemode:
Start settings at minimum but don’t save it
-shadowSoftness:
Selects between linear, rpdb, box 4×4, soft 16
-uilanguage:
Set language game uses
-useMinimumSettings:
Reset settings to the minimum
-HDStreamingInFlight:
Enable HD streaming while in flight
-SSA:
Enable SSA
-SSAO:
Set SSAO quality (0-2)
-anisotropicQualityLevel:
Set anisotropic Filter Quality Level (0-16)
-cityDensity:
Control city density (0.0 – 1.0)
-fogVolumes:
Enable lights volumetric effects in foggy weather
-fxaa:
Set FXAA quality (0-3)
-grassQuality:
Set grass quality (0-5)
-lodScale:
Set LOD Distance Level (0.0-1.0f) Twin star exorcists english dubbed episode 29.
-particleQuality:
Set particle quality (0-2)
-particleShadows:
Enable particle shadows
-pedLodBias:
Set Pedestrians LOD Distance Bias (0.0-1.0f)
-postFX:
Set postFX quality (0-3)
-reflectionBlur:
Enable reflection map blur
-reflectionQuality:
Set reflection quality (0-3)
-shaderQuality:
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-shadowLongShadows:
Enable shadow rendering for dusk and dawn
-shadowQuality:
Set shadow quality (0-3)
-tessellation:
Set tessellation on or off (0-3)
-textureQuality:
Set texture quality (0-2)
-txaa:
Enable NVidia TXAA
-vehicleLodBias:
Set Vehicles LOD Distance Bias (0.0-1.0f)
-waterQuality:
Set water quality (0-1)
-keyboardLocal:
Sets the keyboard layout to the specified region.
-hdr:
Set the whole rendering pipeline to 16-bit
-noquattransform:
Don’t use quaternion transforms for placed entities
-DX10:
Force 10.0 feature set
-DX10_1:
Force 10.1 feature set
-DX11:
Force 11.0 feature set
-GPUCount:
Manual override GPU Count
-adapter:
Use the specified screen adapter number (zero-based)
-borderless:
Set main window to be borderless
-disallowResizeWindow:
Do Not allow the window to be resized
-frameLimit:
number of vertical synchronizations to limit game to
-fullscreen:
Force fullscreen mode
-height:
Set height of main render window (default is 480)
-multiSample:
Number of multisamples (1, 2, 4, 8, or 16)
-width:
Set width of main render window (default is 640)
-windowed:
Force windowed mode
-StraightIntoFreemode:
If present the game will automatically launch into the multiplayer game in freemode.
Note: Given that the wide range of PC hardware out there, the fixes mentioned here may or may not work for you. But it’s worth giving them a shot since these have worked for players who own the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5.
Here's what GTA Online has in store this week.
Grand Theft Auto V's latest weekly update has arrived. As always, it's focused on delivering new content and bonuses in GTA Online, the highlight of which is an upgraded version of an existing vehicle.
The Karin Technical--which you might remember from the Series A Funding heist as the pickup truck with a gun mounted in the back--is now available and with new customization options. The Karin Technical Custom can be upgraded in the Mobile Operations Center's Vehicle Workshop Module, letting you deck it out with armor, a better weapon, and more. You can get a glimpse at what it can look like in the image below.
GTA Online players can also jump in the game now to receive a 25% boost to Arms Manufacturing through July 24. You can also get a free black Ammu-Nation hoodie by completing a sell mission from your Bunker during that time, while bodyguards and associates see their salaries doubled. The ongoing double GTA$ and RP bonuses offered when playing the recently added Overtime Rumble Adversary mode have been extended and also run through July 24.
As for discounts, a number of things are 25% off right now. These include:
- Phantom Wedge (both standard and SecuroServ trade prices)
- Annihilator
- Buzzard
- Vehicle Armor
- Bulletproof Tires
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From now through July 24, the Premium Race is Into the Dam, with the Blazer Aqua as the only option. As always, it offers big GTA$ rewards for the top three finishers, while everyone earns triple RP. Meanwhile, the weekly Time Trial is Sawmill and offers solid GTA$ and RP rewards for anyone who can beat the target time.
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Unrecoverable fault please restart the game
so i am having some trouble launching GTA V normally now. I use the mod manager and now whenever i disable it and launch via the gta online button it gives me the unrecoverable fault error.
I'm not sure if this helps in anyway but i also recently had just fixed up my PC after getting a virus and did a system restore which restored it to a few hours earlier (last time i played gta v was on Tuesday). Then i did a scan through windows defender and malware bytes and removed the rest of the virus.