GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition – Solutions for Known Issues

This page contains guides to resolve the current issues in GTA VCNE version 1.1.

FAQ

Q: Error “Securom reported error #2000” when launching the game
A: Install all the libraries from the Redist folder, which is included in the installation archive (go to the game download page).

Q: Endless loading screen after starting the game / texture loading issues
A:

  1. Navigate to the game folder (for example: D:\Games\GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition).
  2. Open the text file commandline.txt, delete all its contents, and insert the following:
    -availablevidmem 30
    -detailquality 31
    -nomemrestrict
    -norestrictions
    -novblank
    -renderquality 4
    -shadowdensity 4
    -shadowquality 4
    -texturequality 2
    -viewdistance 1
  3. Save the file and start the game.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: The -availablevidmem parameter is unique to each system. If you still experience issues, you may need to adjust the value manually for your setup.
Here are some test values:
-availablevidmem 25
-availablevidmem 3000
-availablevidmem 8000
 If your available VRAM shows more than 3000 MB and a red warning appears, do not worry – that is expected.

Q: Error “0xc0000005”, “0xc000007b” / black screen with only the interface visible
A: Disable ENB in the launcher settings.

Q: Error when saving the game
A: Try disabling your antivirus so that the game can create the save file.

Q: The game shows a “drunken camera” effect
A: Try disabling your antivirus and restart the game.

Q: After loading the autosave following the “Demolisher” mission, the loading screen remains indefinitely.
A: Wait longer than usual (3-5 minutes) and the game should load.

Q: When changing launcher settings, an error window appears stating “An unexpected error occurred: Cannot access file”
A: Run the launcher as an administrator.

Q: The launcher does not start
A:

  1. Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
  2. If it is already installed and the launcher still won’t start, perform the following steps in Windows: Go to Settings > Apps & features > Optional Features > More Windows Features and check the box for .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0).
  3. Click OK and restart your computer.

Q: Changing the language in the game does not change the voice-over / changing the language in the launcher does not affect the in-game interface language
A: The launcher only sets the language for itself and the voice-over. The game interface language is changed within the game (Settings > Display > Language).

Q: Very frequent crashes during gameplay
A: Currently, the entire community is awaiting a patch from the enthusiasts’ team that will fix many crashes (for example, crashes caused by sniper rifle shots or crashes after missions).
In the meantime, you can try to reduce crashes (there is no guarantee this will fix all of them):

  1. Enable vertical synchronization in the NVIDIA/AMD control panel (the software depends on your graphics card).
  2. Disable thread optimization in the NVIDIA/AMD control panel (the software depends on your graphics card), as the RAGE engine does not fully utilize multi-core processing.
  3. Disable vertical synchronization in the game.
  4. In the game settings, set the draw distance to 1 (this fixes issues such as texture flickering, failure to load after rapid camera changes, and crashes related to LOD conflicts).
  5. Reduce traffic in the game settings to 20%.
  6. Use any weapon except the sniper rifle, as it causes the game to crash in 90% of cases.

- Guide by the entire GTA VCNE community

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