monzamess

I bought GTA IV on sale from "Direct2Drive." I got it downloaded and installed and patched to 1.0.7. The only way it would even start is if I used "xliveless." Mostly it works now, and I even got my PS2 controller working, using a USB adapter and xbox360 controller emulator.

The problem is, I can't switch between weapons. If I go to a weapons dealer, I automatically pick up the first weapon I run into and I can't put it down, buy it, or change to another weapon. If I use the weapons cheat, I seem to get the weapons, but again I can't switch away from the fist. If I walk over a red glowing weapon on the ground, I can't pick it up, either because I already have the weapon or because of this bug. If I load someone else's saved game, the game loads, but I still can't switch weapons.

This seems like a physical problem with the next/previous weapons buttons, but I verified the controller buttons and keyboard keys do work, and I even tried reassigning them with no success. Something in the game is just not letting me use weapons. How boring.

Any ideas?