This made FiveM, which only modifies single player code, an unlikely target. Some prominent modders are now saying they’ve been unfairly banned after creating an alternate to GTA Online that runs off dedicated servers and doesn’t interact with Rockstar’s online ecosystem.
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He added that he hasn’t yet heard from Rockstar about the bans, but hopes to contact them tomorrow.
But on the other hand these guys say that while the GTA 5 mod FiveM is based around multiplayer it is nearly completely isolated from GTA Online.
Called FiveM, the mod is a “multiplayer modification for Grand Theft Auto V which, much in the lines of popular modifications in the past, offers an advanced multiplayer environment for people to play on dedicated servers with user-made game modes”.
But Rockstar has also taken a tough stance against mods that have the potential to affect the core gameplay of Online.
Rockstar isn’t too pleased with a group of Grand Theft Auto 5 modders.
Update: Qaisjp has put up a blog post clarifying several points about the mod. First, he insisted that using the mod will not lead to bans, as it is strictly single-player, despite the online component. Mess with GTA Online at all and you risk your account being suspended. “The bad news is that Rockstar is trying to stifle the modding community”. To be clear, the modding policy in our license has not changed and is the same as for GTAIV.
“You should not worry about being banned or being relegated to the cheater pool just for using single player PC mods”. Our primary focus is on protecting GTA Online against modifications that could give players an unfair advantage, disrupt gameplay, or cause griefing. “Dutchi has used mods before (but a very long time ago) and (as far as I know) NTA has never used single player mods (besides creating FiveM, of course)”. DSO Gaming is reporting that Rockstar Games is bringing its hammer down to everyone affiliated with a certain mod for GTA V, FiveM.
“Here’s the ironic part”, FiveM user Ash Rogers told Eurogamer. “FiveM is the only thing out there on the GTA modding scene to do so”, Rogers said.
Yikes. Get your act together, Rockstar.
Rockstar Games Inc. has a complicated relationship with the people who mod its games.
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The user provided evidence that their Steam account (permanently linked to their Rockstar account) is now banned from all Rockstar games which require a Social Club log-in – including GTA5’s single-player mode. “So when modders make their own third party client, they get angry and ban them”.
