The desire for doing goofy junk, like turning a semi-truck into a high-speed traffic launcher, in one of the most popular games of all time is stronger than any amount of legal fear. This will probably have a chilling effect on GTA 5 mod creation as a whole, though there's no way it will ever disappear completely. Other projects like OpenIV exist, but if they continue to operate openly it will be in perpetual fear of legal action from Take-Two. What does this mean for other GTA 5 mods? That should have a much more measurably positive impact on GTA Online as a whole than getting rid of OpenIV. But Take-Two is also going after specific cheating services (via Kotaku UK). Maybe? Most GTA Online cheaters probably use pre-built exploits instead of creating their own, so it won't really affect them.

Will there actually be fewer cheaters in GTA Online now? GTA Online has become a major point of pride (and, more importantly, revenue) for Rockstar Games and Take-Two, so it's cracking down on anything that threatens the player experience there. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players.'Įven though OpenIV wasn't created to assist with cheating, Take-Two believes that it could be used for those purposes. Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. Here's Take-Two's official statement, as given to PC Gamer: 'Take-Two's actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. This statement does not constitute a waiver of any rights that Take-Two may have with respect to third-party projects.' Take-Two reserves the right to object to any third-party project, or to revise, revoke and/or withdraw this statement at any time in their own discretion. This is not a license, and it does not constitute endorsement, approval, or authorization of any third-party project. This does not apply to (i) multiplayer or online services (ii) tools, files, libraries, or functions that could be used to impact multiplayer or online services, or (iii) use or importation of other IP (including other Rockstar IP) in the project. After discussions with Take-Two, Take-Two has agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar’s PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties. 'Rockstar Games believes in reasonable fan creativity, and, in particular, wants creators to showcase their passion for our games. Update: Rockstar sent us this statement to clarify its position on single-player mods for GTA 5.

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