Altering the visualsettings.dat file to remove bloom

misc.BloomIntensityClamp.HD

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misc.BloomIntensityClamp.SD

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misc.BloomIntensityClamp.SD.ps3

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misc.BloomIntensityClamp.HD

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misc.BloomIntensityClamp.SD

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misc.BloomIntensityClamp.SD.ps3

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Right click GTA IV in your steam library. Click properties> Local Files > Browse Local files.In Windows explorer click on the folder named GTAIV > common > dataIn the data folder look for a file named "visualSettings.dat". Open the file with notepad (or notepad++ if you have that installed)Browse and change these three values from:To:Save the file visualsettings.dat that you just alteredand then start the game.You should now be experiencing the game with much less of the horrible glowing bloom.As a side note, its also highly worth it to enable FXAA anti aliasing through the nvidia settings for less jagged edges.