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Rockstar clarifies its stance on GTA V modding

It has taken the studio a while but Rockstar has finally clarified its stance on modding with Grand Theft Auto V, confirming that you won't be banned for using single-player mods or moved to the cheater pool . This follows several unconfirmed reports of users getting banned from GTA Online after using the FOV mod in single-player.

In a new post on the Rockstar newswire, the studio said: “We have always appreciated the creative efforts of the PC modding community and we still fondly remember the awesome zombie invasion mod and original GTA map mod for GTAIV PC among many other classics. To be clear, the modding policy in our license has not changed and is the same as for GTAIV”.

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So the modding license has not changed at all, contrary to popular rumor. Last week it was reported that the most recent GTA V patch was breaking mods, according to Rockstar, that was not part of the plan but explained that mods will unintentionally break from time to time after patches:

“Recent updates to GTAV PC had an unintended effect of making unplayable certain single player modifications. This was not intentional, no one has been banned for using single player modifications, and you should not worry about being banned or being relegated to the cheater pool just for using single player PC mods.”

Obviously, Rockstar is going to continue to be on the lookout for mods that could mess with GTA Online. Unfortunately, Rockstar does not have reliable customer service, so if the anti-cheat system accidentally catches you out, chances are, you won't get much help.

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KitGuru Says: Have any of you guys faced problems with GTA Online since launch? Any issues with unfair bans or attempting to get one lifted? While it is all well and good for Rockstar to say it won't intentionally ban users for modding their single player experience, its customer service is going to have to be a bit more helpful to those who mistakenly get caught out. 

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10 comments

  1. they wouldn’t have much problem if Rockstar officially supported mods. that way, they can have an option to disabled mods when going online.

  2. That would definitely be the sensible decision, as it would allow them to have more control on what happens in Online, but well. There’s still time if they were to include official support.

  3. SP mods should be encouraged as R* have said but any MP mods unless on private invite servers, should not be allowed at all.

  4. Gary 'Gazza' Keen

    My friend got banned for some strange long term false positive flagging up that he’s using online illegal mods. The only mod he had been using was an external dll that allowed the game to recognize his PS3 controller, though they assured him that wasn;t what was flagged

    Meanwhile his friend got a 2 week tempban for hacking levels and money using Cheat Engine.

  5. I thought Rockstar customer service was fine. That is if you call them and not use the shitty online website to put in a ticket. I called them up and the issue was fixed in a few hours.

  6. So his friend didn’t happen to give him an unholy amount of money then?

    You can see the hole that just got dug right? 😛

  7. 1 partition with Windows 8.1 installed for playing GTA V Modding…
    another partition with Windows 7 SP1 installed for playing GTA V Without modding…
    Case closed… :))

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  9. Gary 'Gazza' Keen

    Haha nah he didnt take any money

  10. Why would you use windows 8, that’s the question.