GTA 5 back tracks on Modding
The ban has been revoked with a minor update and tries resolve the issue.
It’s really heartening to see good sense prevail as Take-Two Interactive lifts the blanket ban on the uber popular OpenIV Modding tool. A few weeks ago Take-Two lawyers in Russia issued a cease and desist notice to the OpenIV folks that essentially meant the Single player modes for one of the most popular games to have released in the past decade would cease to exist.
The rationale provided by Take-Two, that certain individuals were abusing the modding kit to cheat on GTA Online, would seem fair at a cursory glance, however if one delved a little below the surface and chanced a look at the number of users that OpenIV has gathered over the years, it was apparent that the number of people using the tool kit for single player usage far outweighed the cheaters.
This prompted publisher Rockstar to directly intervene and after several discussions with their team of lawyers in Russia the ban was revoked with a minor update that seeks to try and resolve the cheater issue in GTA Online. As of now the latest build of the modding tool kit works in perfect sync with GTA V single player. This is a major victory for the PC gaming community.