If you are playing via the official Rockstar Games Launcher, the texture converter process often crashes if the game files are hosted on a different storage drive than the launcher app itself.
in your game folder. This converts the game's old graphics calls to a version modern cards understand. install directory for your version of the game (Steam, Rockstar, or CD)? gta 3 cannot convert textures your video card
For obvious reasons, this is now more of a fun piece of GTA lore than a practical solution, but it perfectly illustrates the root cause of the problem. If you are playing via the official Rockstar
