![]() ![]() First time since 2015, we have updated OpenIV.ASI our plugin, which provides mods support for Grand Theft Auto V. support for new shaders in openFormats for GTA V models. ![]() Unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court. OpenIV is a multi-purpose editor and archive manager for PC versions of Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto IV/EFLC and Max Payne 3. It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can’t see any possibilities to continue this process, So, we decided to agree with their claims and we’re stopping distribution of OpenIV. Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can’t compensate the loss of time. Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we’ll get absolutely nothing. Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal. ![]() Yes, this letter is illiterate both technically and grammatically (really, they don’t even bothered with proof-reading the text). It clearly says, that with OpenIV we “ allow third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two’s rights“. On June 5th, 2017, we had received an official Cease-and-Desist letter. No distribution of original data and code.Strictly following of Civil Code of Russia ( only reverse engineering for interoperability).Since GTA III, people have created lots of different mods: from simple texture replacements to impressive full conversions.Īnd the modding always was a “ gray zone” - a battlefield between lawyers and PR…įor almost ten years of OpenIV development, we had tried to play as nice as possible and even more: GTA modding had long and glorious history. The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal. We feared that this day would come… And now it’s here. If you are wondering what is next, well, we are currently revising our plans for the future. Liberty City mod is a big loss for us, since it was a huge part of our motivation to push OpenIV functionality. Unfortunately, our highly anticipated mod “Liberty City in GTA V” will not be released because it clearly contradicts with Rockstar modding policy. Our work will be continued within the Rockstar modding policy. OpenIV never supported GTA Online modding and will not support it in the future. The development of OpenIV will be continued as before. Yes, this is your victory! Congratulations and many thanks once again! You made the impossible and this story is already scribed into the history of PC gaming and the Internet itself. We’re very grateful for your support for demonstration of the fact, that modding community is still a minority, but very vocal, creative and determined minority. Unfortunately, we were unable to answer those questions earlier due to real life (yeah we have some).įirst of all, we want to say “Thank you” to everyone who supported us in this tough situation. In order to qualify all of the questions we had received during past weeks, we make some explanations: ![]()
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