Wow, I can't actually believe they are fully going with the banning of mods completely, even after all the great mods GTA IV got despite R*'s horrid job they did back in 2008, the massive hype for GTA V for PC was mostly due to modding capabilities and well now those are practically going away because R* hate mods despite mods making games more fun, enjoyable for many and prolonging the games overall lifespan and increasing their sales for years.

If they don't sort this shit out I won't be buying or supporting R* ever again, last game I played from them before GTA V was RDR anyway so it's not like I'll die without them.

Fuckem though for pulling such trite, they don't deserve support from PC gamers if they're going to pull crap.

PS:for anyone telling me "but R* own the game they can tell you what to do and you'll like it" please let yourself out the front door, you aren't worth my time to waste.

What a development, and after those amazing sales despite the delay.

Strictly no fun allowed

....but the whales!

I don't know what to say about the bans for using mods offline. On one side, it's Rockstar's game. They could fill up the Terms of Service with everything within the law to protect their asses. But on the other end, I feel bad for the PC users solely buying the game for using mods. What surprises me is that people never expected this from Rockstar. They just bought the game expecting to mod the hell out of it. Although I believe the online modders are the ones to blame.

Won't matter, if people could hack and mod the BF4 server code...while it was in beta...when no one had access to private servers, there's nothing Rockstar can do to stop it.  It'll be hacked again, and modders will simply play offline.

I'm not seeing anybody sourcing the EULA stating that offline mods are banned. Rockstar only ever came out and said that fans are doing some awesome stuff, but if it interferes with Online people will be punished. Effectively exactly their MO since Online launched, if one looks back and sees that generally, Rockstar lets stuff go so long as people can't exploit it for cash or to be dicks online.

I haven't seen a reliable claim that somebody was actually banned for ONLY using SP mods either. Until we get word from Rockstar, or visual evidence that you can be banned just by having solely SP mods, it's pretty safe to assume that they don't have their banhammers tweaked correctly and that people are just getting caught in the crossfire because the game is detecting ANY mod. Considering accidental bans flew all the time during the game's launch, and the game continues to exceed expectations every time it relaunches, it's probably just launch month woes again.

Even if they did force mods to stop, it wouldn't stop people, so it's not a big deal either way.

The whole dumb issue with this is SP isn't offline. It still interacts online. The photos, chop, car mod shop, and switching to MP are still active online. So when those mods are installed, they go online too. Since there is nothing in the game that splits MP from SP. Everything is just banned. Ironically. By not supporting mods. This is why the bans happend. If they did. Pure severs, or custom server setups would deal with online mods.

Best way to deal with this is: Install a second GTA. Or copy paste the folder. And install a hacked exe that can't go online. You don't sign in. So your account isn't banned.

The worst part is that they just let everybody think the game would be modable, launched the game, 2M people bought it and then they blocked mods. They basically used it as selling point, removed and run away with people's money.

And critics still gave 97 to this game. Both GTA V and IV are average games that are a downgrade from San Andreas in several aspects:
- Cops are annoying. Try to drive to a mission 5KM away. You will accidentally hit someone and bam! Robocop is after you!
- Physics are s***. Any light crash and you will be thrown out of your car or fall of your bike. It wouldn't be a problem is it wasn't as impossible as it is to avoid crashing with the dumb NPCs.
- San Andreas on SA had Las Venturas, San Fierro and Los Santos, instead of a bigger Los Santos + Sandy Shores (???).

This game uses control schemes from the PS2 games. Most 3rd person games already upgraded to modern control schemes (Metal Gear!). The missions are repetitive. Mostly "drive this guy from A to B", "drive to A to B", "go to A and kill a guy", "steal car C". Same things over and over.

I'm not saying it's a bad game. It is good. But it is 85-89 good, no way near 97, as GTA IV isn't a 98 game.

What the hell. This was a problem in GTA IV. Not 5. To actually fly out of your car. You have to hit things at max speed, in a certain way. And it doesn't always happen. Usually a full rear end. And bikes don't make you fall off, if you're doing a stunt, or other generic things. Only when you bash something at full speed.