GTA 4 Crash on start-up - Games

Okay i'm going to be honest and blunt here. I pirated GTA 4, i liked it, i bought it. Now it doesn't fucking work because of the anti-piracy shit in it! How ironic. I go to 'Rockstar Games Social Club' Log into my account etc Click play, INSTANTLY 'Securom launcher has stopped working' Has anyone had this? Help! Specs Vista 32bit, 4gb ram 2ghz duel core radeon HD 3470 [highlight](User was banned for this post ("warez" - Spork-Juct))[/highlight] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Warez - Reduced" - Spork-Juct))[/highlight]

Talking about pirated games is forbidden and you WILL get banned now. Enjoy your last minutes as a free account sir :saddowns: [editline]06:23PM[/editline] You are probally also getting banned for wrong section. We have a GTA IV forum right around the block. EDIT: Rate me bad reading, ALOT PLEASE! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("predicting moderation" - Spork-Juct))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=DarkWolf2;17931009]Talking about pirated games is forbidden and you WILL get banned now. Enjoy your last minutes as a free account sir :saddowns:[/QUOTE] I bet he won't.

[QUOTE=Kyle902;17931032]I bet he won't.[/QUOTE] I haven't met a single person who's got past the moderators for it yet.

Please, post somthing usefull or don't post at all, we don't need you back-seating here, thanks.

Post your OS, pc specs, and so on

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with PC specs, but okay

Did you FULLY uninstall the previous GTAIV copy?

Updated OP with specs [editline]07:36PM[/editline] I'm pretty sure i did. I used the standard uninstaller plus deleted every file i could find. I do have software for mounting ISO's etc, does this make Securom blink? Also, remember that the Securom LAUNCHER crashes, so i doubt it's Securom it's self stopping me playing.

Yeah emulation tools make securom go batshit. Try disabling them, if they're enabled.

Still won't work D:

[QUOTE=Clever-Balls;17931197]Updated OP with specs [editline]07:36PM[/editline] I'm pretty sure i did. I used the standard uninstaller plus deleted every file i could find. I do have software for mounting ISO's etc, does this make Securom blink? Also, remember that the Securom LAUNCHER crashes, so i doubt it's Securom it's self stopping me playing.[/QUOTE] If the mounting program doesn't make it crash, I think it may be the previous copy's hacky method to disable it has broken it. Some parts of the hacky method may still be around but is messing Securom up because it's missing parts of its program.

Okaydoke, how can i go about fixing it.

[QUOTE=Clever-Balls;17931329]Okaydoke, how can i go about fixing it.[/QUOTE] Well, one point that might work is, if you have a full system restore point it will most likely wipe everything that has existed of the hacky stuff off the hard drive. Another way may be to get rid of the registery entries of the previous copies, though that is alot harder to pinpoint. Well, if everything else fails, you can try to format the drive eh?

All of that to play a fucking game that would have been a lot easier to just continue pirating it? Jesus why does ANYONE buy games? :V

[QUOTE=johanz;17931242]Yeah emulation tools make securom go batshit. Try disabling them, if they're enabled.[/QUOTE] I have poweriso for huge files( :siren: [b]NOT FOR PIRACY[/b] :siren: ) and it does not fuck with any of my games with securom. [editline]04:43PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Clever-Balls;17931387]All of that to play a fucking game that would have been a lot easier to just continue pirating it? Jesus why does ANYONE buy games? :V[/QUOTE] I like to buy games so i can support the developer. If everyone had your mindset then nobody would be able to make games. Another note; if you buy games it is quicker to get, no possibility of viruses, you don't need to wait for someone to crack the updates, and it is over all just easier to do.

[QUOTE=Clever-Balls;17931387]All of that to play a fucking game that would have been a lot easier to just continue pirating it? Jesus why does ANYONE buy games? :V[/QUOTE] Maybe because they don't want to break the law and they want the game makers to keep making games? If everyone pirated, noone would make and you'd be sat on your own playing flash games to pass the time away.

[QUOTE=DarkWolf2;17931009]Talking about pirated games is forbidden and you WILL get banned now. Enjoy your last minutes as a free account sir :saddowns: [editline]06:23PM[/editline] You are probally also getting banned for wrong section. We have a GTA IV forum right around the block. EDIT: Rate me bad reading, ALOT PLEASE! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("predicting moderation" - Spork-Juct))[/highlight][/QUOTE] What the hell, Spork-Juct? Nobody bans for this anymore.

[QUOTE=Dr Nick;17934132]What the hell, Spork-Juct? Nobody bans for this anymore.[/QUOTE] I got banned for that before by him :colbert: I mean, really.

Shit mod lol, reduced or not. Anyways i fixed it! I just uninstalled everything that GTA was associated with and then deleted a fuck load of registery files related with GTA and reinstalled! Works perfectly fine now! Thanks to everyone who tried to help. If someone has a similiar problem just read what i put and all should be peas and gravy!

I"ve been playing a bought gta4 for awhile now , it runs great on my pc, no problems .I just formatted my pc and reinstalled gta4 , and now it wont start up. ..it crashes and says gta4 has stopped running..... my os is windows 7 ultimate. anyone have any idea whats up? ...... UPDATE .......... Problem solved :)

Goddammit.

[QUOTE=Clever-Balls;17931387]All of that to play a fucking game that would have been a lot easier to just continue pirating it? Jesus why does ANYONE buy games? :V[/QUOTE] If no one bought games, no new games would be released.