GTA IV – How to make your game moddable

How to make your game moddable :

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV is not moddable right out of the box. A file checker makes sure that you are using the original files before loading the game. Thus, it is required that you install a modding ability patch before installing any mods to your game. Currently, there are several patches available:

GTA IV Modding Unlocker by GamerX550
GTA IV Magic Patcher by aru
GTA4-Launcher by s0biet

This tutorial use the GTA IV Magic Patcher.

- Make sure that you have a FRESH INSTALL of Grand Theft Auto IV. The patch will not work if you have already modified any of your files!

- Run MagicIV.exe, which you got from the Magic Patcher download page.

- Click Validate Files so that the program can confirm you have all the original files. If this step fails, you will either need to replace your modified files with back-ups or, if you did not keep back-ups, completely re-install the game.

- Click Apply Patch. This will create back-ups of all your game files (and name them .magic) and trick GTA IV into checking these files for validity, rather than checking your modified files.

- Click Verify to make sure that your game will actually run. If this works, then you will be good to go!

- Your game should work now with modded files, but there is one more step to take: get your files out of read-only mode. To do this, browse to your \Rockstar Games\ folder (or wherever you installed GTA IV). Right click the folder in which GTA IV is installed, and click Properties. Find a checkbox labeled “Read-Only” and uncheck it. Click Apply, and if it asks what to apply it to, choose “this folder, all subfolders.” This will make every file editable.

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