i ripped my retail copy of gta4 with wxripper 1.2 and my lite-on LH20A1S. i ripped lost planet, soul calibur 4, halo 3, timeshift, ace combat 6, and gears of war before this with the same setup. it got the normal 89088 CRC error and i corrected it by modifying lines 3 and 4 of the layout file... just like the other six games i did today.

however, when i dropped the iso into mulleter 10.2, the autofix button under the CRC checking tab responded with "game not found in database or ini file could not be loaded". whys that? gta4 isnt _that_ new, is it?

Some versions (especially the Australian version) are different. Since the game was censored in Australia, they had to make changes to the game therefore changing the .xex files structure.

So now when you use XDVDMulleter it will say "Game not found in database" because of the changes made. I'm not sure if Australia is the only one who got censored.

The best way to backup your gta4 is with a kreon drive.