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outside of official platforms like Steam or Rockstar Games Social Club, the "story" it provides is the original, critically acclaimed narrative of Grand Theft Auto IV The Story of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic

Your time is too valuable to waste on GFWL login screens. Get today, and finally play the game the way Rockstar should have released it.

It replaces the API calls from xlive.dll with dummy functions. When GTA 4 asks, "Is the user signed in?" 7Launcher replies, "Yes, proceed." This allows the game to save progress locally without ever connecting to Microsoft's dead servers.

While 7Launcher fixes many bugs, GTA IV still runs on DirectX 9. For a massive performance boost on AMD GPUs, you can pair 7Launcher with (which translates DX9 to Vulkan). Simply drop dxgi.dll and d3d9.dll from DXVK into the game folder – 7Launcher will respect them.

Back up your save games ( %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames ) before touching the launcher. Stay safe out there, and enjoy the drive across the Broker Bridge.

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