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GTA 4 Complete Edition crashes during missions

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doitsujin/dxvk#5562 · opened 2026-03-23 by MrKoddy · updated 2026-04-21 · 11 comments · github
MMrKoddy 2026-03-23 github

dxvk 2.7.1 version causes crash to desktop of GTA IV Complete Edition during the Lure mission, Actions speak louder than words mission and possibly for Out of Commission mission for GTA IV basegame. I'm not sure if this latest mission issue is caused by dxvk or fusionfix but the two first mission listed in this issue are caused by dxvk for sure. I deleted the file and game didn't crash anymore. You can find other players with same issue on the GTA 4 reddit

Software information

GTA 4 Complete Edition, between 30 and 60 fps, mix of high and medium options, 1440p. Gillian Modpack, downgraded to 1.0.8.0, with Fusion Fix, some fixes forgotten by Rockstar for the Complete Edition, scripthook, scripthookdotnet, ivdsk, ivdskdotnet for mods of Gillian Modpack

System information

  • GPU: 4070 Super
  • Driver: 591.59
  • Windows 10 64 bits updated
  • DXVK version: 2.7.1 32 bits

Apitrace file(s)

  • Wasn't able to replay the mission, I progressed in the game
KK0bin maintainer 2026-03-23 github

I can't do anything without a save or an Apitrace.

I hate GTA IV, so I'm definitely not gonna play through more than half of the game.

RrrPKrr 2026-04-03 github

Can't reproduce in version 1.2.0.59 of the game on GTX 1080 + DXVK 2.7.1 (Windows 10, Nvidia driver version 581.80). The game doesn't crash on Lure mission for me.

MMrKoddy 2026-04-03 github

I said I played in 1.0.8.0 I didn't try in complete edition 1.2

RrrPKrr 2026-04-04 github

1.0.8.0 is not a Complete Edition.

Anyway. Took me a few hours to get to the lure mission in 1.0.8.0 (because 1.2.0.59 saves aren't backwards compatible), and 2.7.1 doesn't crash there either. Vanilla 1.0.8.0 + dxvk 2.7.1 that is.

But I am using a much older gpu, so maybe there is something wrong with newer Nvidia drivers or RTX cards. Either that or your combination of mods doesn't play nicely with DXVK for some reason.

MMrKoddy 2026-04-04 github

I meant GTA 4 with EFLC. How do you explain my game didn't crash anymore after deleting the dll?

RrrPKrr 2026-04-04 github

How do you explain my game didn't crash anymore after deleting the dll?

But I am using a much older gpu, so maybe there is something wrong with newer Nvidia drivers or RTX cards. Either that or your combination of mods doesn't play nicely with DXVK for some reason.

Could be anything really. DXVK conflicts with something on your end. The question is with what exactly.

For starters, can you completely uninstall mods, reinstall vanilla 1.2.0.59 game and replay the lure mission with dxvk 2.7.1? Can you replay the mission in a completely vanilla 1.0.8.0 (with dxvk 2.7.1)?

Eemansom 2026-04-20 github

Can confirm. Also happening here. Arch Linux, GTA IV Complete Edition from Steam. Default DXVK shipped with latest stable Proton. 9070 XT as GPU.

Eemansom 2026-04-20 github

Workaround: rename movies folder/directory in game root, and TLAD and TBoGT subfolders/subdirectories to e.g. movies_broken

The problem is the bink movies not being able to be loaded and/or presented without GTA IV crashing, ensuring the files never get loaded in the first place keeps them from crashing the game.

Downside being no working TV anymore, compared to crashing that seems like a acceptable compromise.

It's a long standing bug afaict:
https://www.overclock.net/threads/gta-4-game-crash-lure-mission.948238/

KK0bin maintainer 2026-04-20 github

Can confirm. Also happening here. Arch Linux, GTA IV Complete Edition from Steam. Default DXVK shipped with latest stable Proton. 9070 XT as GPU.

So it happens on AMD on Linux too? Then there might actually be a DXVK bug here. How exactly do you reproduce the crash?

Eemansom 2026-04-21 github

So it happens on AMD on Linux too? Then there might actually be a DXVK bug here. How exactly do you reproduce the crash?

@K0bin See https://github.com/ThirteenAG/GTAIV.EFLC.FusionFix/issues/1297, save file in there.

It seems to be Bink Video related, could be that some API behavior/expectations by the Bink Video library are no longer being met?

Eemansom 2026-04-21 github

Update: afaict it seems more of a GTA IV game or Wine bug than DXVK related.

Nothing extracted yet.