Comments on: Grand Theft Auto 5 PC Mods Update: Russian Developer Gains Access to Encrypted Files https://gamingbolt.com/grand-theft-auto-5-pc-mods-update-russian-developer-gains-access-to-encrypted-files Get a Bolt of Gaming Now! Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: d0x360 https://gamingbolt.com/grand-theft-auto-5-pc-mods-update-russian-developer-gains-access-to-encrypted-files#comment-256171 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:27:00 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=228930#comment-256171 Here’s the issue. GTA online. Its all running in the same world using the same files. If you can mod single player you can mod multiplayer. I wouldn’t be all that surprised if all these delays were just them trying to figure out ways to protect GTA online against mods.

What they should have done, at least on pc is split the game in 2. Have a different executable and set of files for GTA online. Secure just the files specific to GTA online and then let people mod single player however they want

I get that GTA online is more than a game. Its a platform, a service. It will let them keep making money on this game for years but they have to consider that gamers want more and expect more from GTA. They have this massive world to play in and to tweak and change. That’s part of the experience. Taking that away was a mistake. If it comes down to breaking some security then gta5 will be modded. Rockstar will have wasted time and money trying to secure something and that never works.

They should put some faith into their player base instead of assuming everyone will just cheat.

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