Greetings player,

You may have an idea to improve our experience in-game, then you can create a new topic and share your thoughts with other players, admins and developers.

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What do you need to know before posting your idea(s) :

- Use a proper "subject" title which will explain your main idea. (EX. "How to improve Taxi job")
- Make sure your idea is new and no one else have suggested before.
- Share as more as possible details about your idea.
- Be ready to accept, new suggestions uppon your idea from other users.
- Some ideas need to check if client (GTA Connected) is able to support them.
- Take your time to learn more things about how the system works around your idea and then create your topic.

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Any idea has a unique value feel free to share even your most crazy idea, with the proper base and presentation has more chances to be accepted.
Some suggestions may be shared at discord server, you may need to take a look the channel there as well. Staff memebers will have an eye on, to avoid double topics within this forum and discord.

Have fun and let us know about your ideas!

This section allows the citizens of Liberty City to present and develop their own businesses, introduce their companies or offer their services. The only limit here is your imagination and every idea is highly valued, so feel free to come up even with your craziest business ideas!

All topics which were inactive for over 6 months or were owned or run by an inactive player or group were locked and marked as closed so that it is clear which businesses are still operational.
If your topic got locked by accident, please send a message to board moderators and they will fix it as soon as possible!

Note : When you are creating a business you need to take care to NOT copy paste someone else idea, Laws of Liberty City are protecting new / unique ideas with copy-rights through Court section.

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Few steps in order to open your own business and make it more legit :

- Need to know what your business offers. (A restaurant, a Dealership, News channel, e.t.c.)
- Need to have a name or a title.
- Need to have a location in-game to set it as business HQ. (Some business ideas may no need HQ)
- Need to create a topic / page here to make your business public. (Public means, people will know for sure about your business)

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Best of luck with your businesses!

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"Second Street Driving School"
Patent Owner: City of Liberty, (Capital City of Liberty State)
Patent Rights:
Permission holder: Second Street Driving School ltd.
Copy-right on terms: Second Street Driving School, Second Street DS
Copy-right on Acronyms: SSDS
Driving School Permit - Teaching/Learning/Permitting
Granted Date: Special Status
Expiration Date: Special Status

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"Bank of Liberty"
Patent Owner: Bank of Liberty Inc.
Patent Rights:
Permission holder: Bank of Liberty Inc.
Copy-right on terms: Bank of Liberty, State of Liberty National Bank, National Bank of Liberty, National Bank, National Bank of Liberty
Copy-right on Acronyms: BoL, LCNB
Granted Date: Special Status
Expiration Date: Special Status

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Patent Owner: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Commander, the Head of the State of Argonath
Patent Rights: This recognize the official existence of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Legal Entity in charge of enforcing the law at a Federal level
Copy-right on terms: "Federal Bureau of Investigationl", "Feds","Secret Services", "Presidential Protection (+ any subform)", "Prime Minister Protection (+ any subform), "Federal" (unless agreement given to other entity), the "Agent" rank, the "Special Agent" rank, the "Commissioned Agent" rank, the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Commander", the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Commander".
Copy-right on Acronyms: "FBI", "FSS", "FRU", "FCIU", "FSS"
Law Enforcement and National Security Organization without restrictions.
Granted Date: Special Status
Expiration Date:Special Status



Patent Owner: (The) National Office of Security Enforcement Commander, the Head of the State of Argonath
Patent Rights: This recognize the official existence of the National Office of Security Enforcement as a Legal Entity in charge of enforcing the law.
Copy-right on terms: "(The) National Office of Security Enforcement", "(The) TRU", "Tactical Response Unit", "(The) CIU", "Crime Investigation Unit", the "Commander" rank, the "TRU Lieutenant" rank, the "TRU Sergeant" rank, the "TRU Operative" rank, the "CIU Inspector" rank, the "CIU Senior Detective" rank, the "CIU Detective" rank, the "N.O.O.S.E. Cadet" rank.
Copy-right on Acronyms: "(The) NOOSE", "(The) N.O.OS.E.", "(The) NOoSE", "(The) N.O.o.S.E.", "(The) TRU", "(The) T.R.U", "(The) CIU", "(The) C.I.U"
Law Enforcement and National Security Organization without restrictions according to the law
Granted Date: Special Status
Expiration Date:Special Status



Patent Owner: (The) Liberty City Police Department Chief, the Head of the State of Argonath
Patent Rights: This recognize the official existence of The Liberty City Police Department as a Legal Entity in charge of enforcing the law.
Copy-right on terms: "(The) Liberty City Police Department", "(The) HP", "LCPD Highway Patrol", the "Chief" rank, the "LCPD Cadet,  "LCPD Officer" rank, the "LCPD Senior Officer" rank, the "LCPD Sergeant" rank, the "LCPD Lieutenant" rank, the "LCPD Captain" rank, the "LCPD Deputy Chief" rank, the "LCPD Chief of Police" rank, the "LCPD HP Trainee" rank, the "HP Trooper" rank, the "HP Sergeant" rank, the "HP Lieutenant" rank, the "HP Colonel" rank.
Copy-right on Acronyms: "LCPD", "L.C.P.D", "(The) LCPD", "LCPD Command.", "LCPD Upper Command", "LCPD Highway Patrol".
Law Enforcement and National Security Organization without restrictions according to the law
Granted Date:Special Status
Expiration Date:Special Status



Patent Owner: (The) Liberty City Emergency Services Chief, the Head of the State of Argonath
Patent Rights: This recognize the official existence of the Liberty City Emergency Services as a Legal Entity in charge of medical services for citizens of Liberty City.
Copy-right on terms: "Liberty City Emergency Services", "Emergency Medical Services", "LCEMS", "EMS".
Copy-right on Acronyms: "EMS", "ems", "Emergency Medical Services", "LCEMS", "Liberty City Emergency Medical Services", "The EMS", "The ems".
Granted Date: Special Status
Expiration Date:Special Status



Patent Owner: (The) Liberty City Fire Department Chief, the Head of the State of Argonath
Patent Rights: This recognize the official existence of the Liberty City Fire Department as a Legal Entity in charge of fire protection and rescue services for citizens of Liberty City.
Copy-right on terms: "(The) Liberty City Fire Department", "(The) Fire Department of Liberty City", "(The) Fire Rescue Division - Station 1 ", "(The) Airport Fires Division ", "(The) Fire Protection Bureau ", "(The) FDLC/LCFD Chief" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Deputy Chief" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Station Commander" rank,"(The) FDLC/LCFD Command Advisor" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Captain" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Lieutenant" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Engineer" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Firefighter" rank, "(The) FDLC/LCFD Cadet" rank,
Copy-right on Acronyms: "(The) FDLC", "(The) F.D.L.C", "(The) LCFD", "(The) L.C.F.D", "(The) FR Division", " (The) AF Division", "(The) FPB".
Granted Date: Special Status
Expiration Date: Special Status

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Liberty State Supreme Judge
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Liberty State Supreme Court

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Liberty State Judge
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Liberty State Supreme Court

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State Attorney
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Kerrar
Temporary Judge
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State of Liberty

Unassigned
Temporary Judge
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State of Liberty

Hi there,

As we all know, GTA IV is not the best game when it comes to running on PC.
Advances in hardware technology have made it easier for more people to get on board to play IV but they still have issues sometimes, such as heavy lagspikes or unstable fps.

Until recently I was unaware of this, but there seems to be a trick to get Direct3D calls into VULKAN, essentially running the game on VULKAN for what your graphics card is concerned.
Your graphics card however MUST support VULKAN. More on it below.
This trick is called DXVK. Originally made for use on Linux by translating Direct3D 9/10/11 calls into VULKAN which allowed 3D applications to run on Linux using Wine.

Despite the fact that DXVK was not intented for use on windows, this trick also works well on Windows.
It is not limited to Direct3D 9 games and can be used on Direct3D 10/11 games as well, hence why the post title is generic regardless of me posting this in IV:MP boards.

As I have ran DXVK myself on GTA IV, it seems to make the game run much smoother and in some occasions I get higher fps.

If you want to try it out for yourself you can download DXVK here.
When done downloading, you open the tar.gz file, browse through the x32 folder and copy d3d9.dll and dxgi.dll to your GTA IV root folder. That should be it, start the game and play around for a couple of minutes.
Lagspikes should occur as DXVK is caching data. I would call this the 'loading' phase. After a couple of minutes, the game should run smoothly.

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In some cases the GTAIV.exe doesn't pick the d3d9.dll file. I don't know why that is. You can check using MSI Afterburner and Rivatuner Statistics Server (enable FPS view in overlay) which API is being used. You want to see VULKAN and NOT D3d9 in the overlay. If you see D3d9, then close the game, rename the D3D9.dll file in your GTA folder to dxvk.dll and restart game. Now it should be fixed. Usually this is not needed but if for you it is required, here is a simple fix.

Also if you are using GTA Connected and their downgrader Retail folder, drop the same files for DXVK in that Retail folder, so it work on both GTAC and in vanilla game for story mode.

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If you notice that you are running on the lowest settings and you cannot change your graphics settings due to being locked to 512mb, do the following:
Create a text file named commandline.txt in GTA IV root folder. Modify the file by adding the following line:

-norestrictions
Then start your game, set desired settings and play the game. Happy days!

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If you still experience some stuttering, you could try downloading dxvk.conf and putting it in your GTA IV root folder.
Then modify the file by removing the # marks at the maxFrameLatency settings and change their values from 0 to 1. Example given below:

# dxgi.maxFrameLatency = 0   --->   dxgi.maxFrameLatency = 1
# d3d9.maxFrameLatency = 0   --->   d3d9.maxFrameLatency = 1

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Tired of GTA IV's built-in Vsync? Use DXVK's Vsync implementation as this gives less CPU overhead than the game's built-in variant, modify the following in the same dxvk.conf file:

# d3d9.presentInterval = -1   --->   d3d9.presentInterval = 1 (This forces the use of DXVK's Vsync implementation)
# d3d9.numBackBuffers = 0     --->   d3d9.numBackBuffers = 3 (This may further improve frametime stability while on Vsync)

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Sometimes the async variant of DXVK might work better for you, but it's rare. Usually works great out of the box.

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Do you desire to use ENB? Then rename the d3d9.dll (from DXVK, NOT your ENB) to dxvk.dll.
This way you can use the original d3d9.dll from your respective ENB in the root folder of GTA IV together with DXVK.
Although I do not recommend running ENB on GTA Connected as of August 2023, the date I am writing this, as it seems to be a hit or miss.
It either works or you load into a blackscreen with only map and icon/blips loading. The latter occurs far more often.

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Last but not least, if for any reason you are not happy with the results or want to use vanilla IV again, you can just remove the files for DXVK, including the cache file it created on it's own inside the root folder. No vanilla files will be replaced by installing DXVK so getting rid of it is that simple.

Some mention that version v1.9.4 works best on IV, others mention v2.0, but I have no issues to report running the latest version of DXVK (v2.3 as of now).

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Supported Graphics Cards include:

NVIDIA Kepler or newer   (GTX 600 series+)
AMD GCN 1 or newer   (HD 7000 series+)
Intel HD 500 or newer (Skylake+)

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Sources:
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/gsn6w8/dxvk_works_magic_on_gta_iv/?rdt=55028
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV
https://steamcommunity.com/app/12210/discussions/0/3105766250723841082/?l=schinese&ctp=5

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Official Second Street Driving School is a place where you can learn to drive safely on the road and get certified as a licensed driver in Liberty City. By joining us, you will be able to learn the basics of driving and behaving in traffic in the territory of this city. What we expect from you is to read the general rules of behaving in traffic and read the application form and terms before applying for a driving test with us. Also, we want you to know why we do this. Our headquarters are located in North Algonquin's Lancaster as seen down below in the headquarters section.

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Staff list

Read more... - Manager - Null - Teachers - Null

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Basic Traffic Laws

Read more about traffic laws Do NOT kill the examiner Do NOT disobey traffic lights Do NOT park illegally Do NOT text and drive Do NOT drink and drive Do NOT drift Do NOT randomly switch lanes Do NOT drive in the opposite lane Do NOT race illegally Do NOT drive on the sidewalk Do NOT destroy state property Do NOT disobey speed limits Speed Limit: City-80 Highway-120

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A word of notice

Always remember that our work is an honest one. We are here to help you become a better driver and we do so on our free will. We have a lot of students and their numbers are always rising hence teachers might not be able to give you a lesson/exam whenever you want them to. Do not be impatient, respect our time and we will respect yours. Available driving teachers in-game can be displayed by typing the /dt command.

Considering those facts, please be advised the following:

• We will not accept any kind of bribe in order to give out a drivers license.
• We do not accept any kind of payments or salaries for our work.
• All exams are free.
• Do not pester teachers to give you lessons or tests if stated busy.

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Application forms and terms

In order for us to accept your application you must post the correct form for it which you can see below, along with owning a passport. By doing so your application may also act as a notification for our teachers that there is a new applicant. Once your application is checked, you may receive your driving test.

Reminder: In order to receive driving lessons you need to have a passport. If you do not possess it check this topic - [PASSPORT] Citizens of Liberty (COL)

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Application form for students

Student's Form InGame nickname: YourNameHere Do you have a passport? YourAnswerHere

• Your general sense of driving skills should be determined upon your ability to precisely direct a vehicle and efficiently use its good characteristics while at the same time maintaining control over the bad ones.
• Your situational awareness is connected to the ability to quickly respond to actions of cars around you or to any other influence from the world that is surrounding you i.e. interfering of regular traffic.

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Application form for Teacher

Teacher's Form Teachers Application Form InGame Nickname:<Answer here> When did you join Argonath:<Answer here> Rate your driving skills 0-10:<Answer here> Do you work for/at any other government agency? If yes, then mention them:<Answer here> Are you aware that you won't be paid for your duties as a SSDS Driving Instructor:<Answer here> Why you want to become a Driving Instructor:<Answer here>

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1. Make sure what version of GTA IV you have. You can do this by right clicking GTAIV.exe in the game folder -> properties and then click on Details.
If you are using version 1.0.7.0 or 1.0.8.0 skip to step 3. If using Steam or Rockstar Games Launcher (RGL) version of the game, go to step 2.

2. Go to here and download the 1.0.8.0 patch. Open it up with your ZIP software of choice and drag the Retail folder into your main game folder.
(DO NOT REPLACE MAIN GAME FOLDER FILES WITH RETAIL FOLDER CONTENTS!!!)

3. Download GTA Connected Client here and run the installer. When done it should open. Skip to step 5.
If the launcher did NOT open, go to step 4.

4. You can find and manually start or create a shortcut for the Launcher. Press Windows+R button to open Run prompt, then type "%localappdata%" (without the quotation marks) and press OK. Find Jack's Mini Network -> Grand Theft Auto Connected -> Launcher.exe
"C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Jack's Mini Network\Grand Theft Auto Connected\Launcher.exe".

5. Click on Tools in the top bar and select Launcher Settings. In there you can change your nickname, which is used as your in-game name.
Use normal characters.

6. Click on Tools again and this time select Game Settings. For game select: Grand Theft Auto IV. For game EXE path either use the GTAIV.exe from your main game folder.
(If you already had a 1.0.7.0/1.0.8.0 game). Otherwise select the GTAIV.exe in Retail folder.

7. Click on the Internet tab, find "[EU] Argonath RPG" and double click it to join.

Alternatively you can add the server to your Favourites tab. Click on the Favourites tab, then click on Server in the top bar. Click on Add Server and use the following address: "85.215.149.166:22000".
You should now be able to see [EU] Argonath RPG server in your Favourites.

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- If you get an error for 'Galactic3D::XWin32Exception', you need the Visual C++ 2005 x86 version redistributable. Download and install it.

- If you get an error for "Failed to load binkw32.dll" you might have Ultimate ASI Loader installed. Restore the old binkw32.dll into your main game folder.
Some downgraders replace the binkw32.dll and rename the old one to binkw32.dll.original. In this case remove the binkw32.dll and rename the binkw32.dll.original to binkw32.dll.

- If you see no servers, check your internet connection or DNS settings.

- If you cannot open the chat, try T or Y.
You can change to your preferred key in the GTA IV game menu under Controls. Change the key for Text Chat All.

Any other questions or problems? Ask away in our discord server or make a new post in the IV:MP Support board here.