New Patch Removes 53 Songs from GTA IV and Episodes

[Lance_87]

I wonder what happened to that rumor that said that old owners of the original game would get a DLC to restore the removed songs or something.

 

Maybe it was just speculation?

Edited April 26, 2018 by Lance_87

[Afro_Gear]

@Lance_87 Yeah, likely it was. Still confused. The PC update is under 300 MB and over 6.9 GB on PS3 from what I've heard. I'll install on my second console and see what's up. 

[Lance_87]

3 minutes ago, Afro_Gear said:

@Lance_87 Yeah, likely it was. Still confused. The PC update is under 300 MB and over 6.9 GB on PS3 from what I've heard. I'll install on my second console and see what's up. 

 

I think it's like that on console because they can't even xdelta.

[Afro_Gear]

4 minutes ago, Lance_87 said:

can't even xdelta.

 

??

[HellMoodCole]

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Edited April 9 by HellMoodCole

[IDiivil]

Booted up the game today and I don't see the new patch yet (EU) so I'm just going to grab 1.08 and never update it. Can't really play the game unpatched when I'm going to 100% it since trophies weren't included in the base game.

[Martain2]

9 hours ago, Afro_Gear said:

 

But you have to remove all the other patches. You can't go back to 1.08. So any fixes are lost and you're going back to the unpatched original. But still, it doesn't matter how long the game has been available. It's about preserving gaming history. I don't sell my games. One day I'll come back. Heck, one day my kid will play this lol. 

I think you'll still be able to update the game up until patch 1.08 and when it shows the last patch downloading just cancel it, one of the few advantages with the PS3 patch system is that it downloads them one by one. 

Of course doing the above will mean no online play but should allow TLATD and TBOGT to be usable. 

 

Edited April 27, 2018 by Martain2

[UlvenFenrir]

So whats the point of rockstar patching this when people can just go out and buy the physical copy, never patch the game and still listen to the songs? Sure you wont be able to play online but thats irrelevant and besides the point.

 

isnt this also a grey area in a way? If rockstar didnt agree to patch it, (because of license agreement) itd be against the law right but if people can still listen to the songs without patching, it would technically still break the law?

Edited April 27, 2018 by UlvenFenrir

[Intresseklubben]

Losing so many Liberty Rock Radio songs is a loss for sure. I will truly miss "Evil Woman" if I ever decide to plat the game.

 

I associate that song with GTA IV and NYC so strongly. ?

[LoStraniero91]

Does the patch do cumulative installings (like 1.01, then 1.02, ect...) or is just straight the 1.08 download? Because you can get the online then delete the patch and redownload it till 1.07, to play with the soundtrack intact and DLCs.

[Maxie_M0us3]

9 hours ago, BigBossImBeamer said:

They should rather replace the Kanye West song with a song from Taylor Swift after that tweet about Trump. This would be the only acceptable change. 

 

No thank you, keep the songs in this game. Who cares about songs in a game 10 years later, and now we should remove them because artists have a different opinion? No. I don’t want any leftist or SJW throwing their way around, in our games, so they can censor or ruin belowed franchises that existed for years.

 

Speaking of this patch, this was the least thing I could imagine. Removing songs on a 10 years-old game? The great joy of Licensing... better composing your own fictive cars and songs then.

 

This patch isn’t big of a deal, since you can simply patch it and finish everything MP, then remove the patch and play offline with all the songs back. I have done all MP trophies and still have the DLCs to go through, so I can play offline and enjoy all the songs in-game. ?

Edited April 27, 2018 by Maxie Mouse

[HellMoodCole]

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Edited April 9 by HellMoodCole

[Martain2]

 

46 minutes ago, LoStraniero91 said:

Does the patch do cumulative installings (like 1.01, then 1.02, ect...) or is just straight the 1.08 download? Because you can get the online then delete the patch and redownload it till 1.07, to play with the soundtrack intact and DLCs.

 

As i said before this should work.

1 hour ago, Martain2 said:

I think you'll still be able to update the game up until patch 1.08 and when it shows the last patch downloading just cancel it, one of the few advantages with the PS3 patch system is that it downloads them one by one. 

Of course doing the above will mean no online play but should allow TLATD and TBOGT to be usable. 

 

 

[Maxie_M0us3]

13 minutes ago, BigBossImBeamer said:

 

 Of course you are right.  I only made a joke.  I just wanted to point out that no change is acceptable.

 

Alright then. ? It didn’t look like a joke. ?

[Nitro]

12 hours ago, Afro_Gear said:

The Beat 102.7

• Fat Joe (feat. Lil Wayne) – Crackhouse
• Papoose – Stylin’

 

NOT FAT JOE AND PAPOOSE!!!

[HellMoodCole]

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Edited April 9 by HellMoodCole

[Lance_87]

Some say they've even changed the size of the PSN downloads for both base game, the DLCs and Episodes From Liberty City.

 

However, i've just checked my Download List and the sizes seem to be the same as before...

[Afro_Gear]

So I just put in my copy of GTA IV The Complete Edition in my second console and it prompted me to updated to version 1.02. I declined and can confirm you are unable to play online or sign into PSN unless you update the game. Interestingly enough the update file was only 20mb. I'm wondering if even with compression 20 mb is enough to add 11 new songs and include code to blacklist all of the others? Seems too small to me. 

[IDiivil]

5 minutes ago, Afro_Gear said:

So I just put in my copy of GTA IV The Complete Edition in my second console and it prompted me to updated to version 1.02. I declined and can confirm you are unable to play online or sign into PSN unless you update the game. Interestingly enough the update file was only 20mb. I'm wondering if even with compression 20 mb is enough to add 11 new songs and include code to blacklist all of the others? Seems too small to me. 

 

I don't think the patch is even out yet on PS3, at least not the disc versions. The most recent patch it gives me for the original disc version is 1.08, which is a under 20mb patch and that's a patch that came out in 2014. I think it's the same patch as 1.02 for the complete edition.

[Afro_Gear]

UPDATE

- Can confirm that The Complete Edition physical only updates to version 1.02 and this does *NOT* remove any songs. Interesting to see if the update will be pushed later or not. 

[MMDE]

Does the complete edition come with the latest patch before this one that removes the songs? If so, you can just backup your save, update and play online, then remove patch and use your disc again without patch and with your backed up save.

[Afro_Gear]

3 minutes ago, MMDE said:

If so, you can just backup your save, update and play online, then remove patch and use your disc again without patch and with your backed up save.

 

Yeah this would work for people.

[Z-Yux]

And here I thought Rock Band / Guitar Hero were the only susceptible games to getting music removed due to no license renewals. While I didn't play too much of GTA IV, I do fondly remember listening to 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins.

[MMDE]

10 minutes ago, ARB1992 said:

And here I thought Rock Band / Guitar Hero were the only susceptible games to getting music removed due to no license renewals. While I didn't play too much of GTA IV, I do fondly remember listening to 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins.

 

 

There you go, you can always listen to it.

 

I actually rather dislike soundtracks where they just use a lot of licensed music. I prefer soundtracks made for the game. The latter also usually doesn't get you flagged all over. Reminds me, just got content ID claimed by composer over a not particularly good indie game:

 

 

 (removed the music)

Edited April 28, 2018 by MMDE

[Honor_Hand]

I still have the online pending for this game so I think the wisest thing to do would be to backup my current save, get the patch, do the online, delete the updates, let the game update to the version before this particular patch (1.08 in my case I think) and just play it without logging into the PSN If I ever have the urge. 

 

When I say wisest I mean, lol, I'd gladly take 53 songs of great quality over 11 songs that I really don't know about. I mean, I already paid for the physical game to have those songs in it and while I do understand licensing issues and whatnot, goddamn it, just don't remove the songs I already paid for!

 

Good thing there is a workaround for this case. ?

Edited April 28, 2018 by Honor_Hand