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Note for the Mod Name
If the next version of the initial one is released, this mod will be changing its name from "EXE Integrity Bypass Against RGL" (the next name has not been decided actually, let me dig into the issue more first), which will also be applied to archives since v1.1. alloc8or told us more accurate info about why GTA5.exe fails to check the integrity against socialclub.dll in versions older than the game build 2824.
About
This ASI program bypasses/disables the issuer check that GTA5.exe does, which is done by communicating with socialclub.dll. As a result, you can avoid the game refusing to start with the error code 16 for using a version of the exe older than the game build 2824. With this plugin, you can disassemble GTA5.exe for b2699 or older while running working game environments for one of the versions, where compiler's RTTI info is present. You don't need to use this ASI for v1.0.2824.0 or newer ones, because the game don't check the issuer at all in those versions.
For your information, you cannot patch the exe file with a hex editor at all because almost all part of the game code is encrypted before the launch of the game. This ASI does not disable any social club features, so you can use them (e.g. using your characters for GTA Online in the Director Mode). You should use this mod with the latest RGL, but with a title.rgl file for b3351 or older!
You can't access GTA Online with the ASI loader installed since v1.0.1032.1 (v1.3.9), so you don't need to worry about accessing it by accident.
This mod does not workaround the issue where Rockstar Games Launcher refuses to launch and instead shows the "Update Required" error, with GTA5.exe of without a title.rgl of b3351 or older. This is because none of ASI mods can do anything since RGL does not even create a process of GTA5.exe and therefore they don't have opportunities to inject code in that case.
Without modifying the game code, the game tests if the issuer of socialclub.dll is either "Entrust Code Signing Certification Authority - L1D, Entrust Code Signing CA - OVCS1", or "DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA" at a earlier stage (will be called during the first Rockstar logo movie and only once, the issuer check won't be done in newer game builds). This plugin just prevents the game from listening to the query result. Looks like Rockstar Games started testing even in Steam and EGS versions starting from April 4th 2023 (in UTC) at the latest.
What made you create this and not alloc8or?
Firstly, alloc8or could make this kind of tool if this issue started to happen for everyone who tries to use a non-latest version until the first half of 2022, but he hasn't been active in GTA modding that much since the beginning of 2023. Another brilliant dev who is familiar with computer science so much got inactive, just like MulleDK19 (who is one of the developers who made RAGE Plugin Hook and has been inactive since May 2021). Neither of them provided source codes of their works or obfuscated their code though (for obfuscation I'm sure works of MulleDK19 or LMS are affected but maybe not the case for alloc8or's).
Secondly, discussing Goldberg wasn't allowed in 5Mods and some moderator silently deleted one of my massage that innocently included how to bypass this check with pirated stuff in the 5Mods Discord (though discussing Goldberg is allowed as of December 2024, which wasn't at the time this tool got released).
For those reasons, I thought I should create this program to provide a clean way that will be allowed to discuss and this will make us easier to inspect old versions using a disassembler without the help of tainted/dirty stuff (and I will need this tool to add tons of advanced features in ScriptHookVDotNet too, where I am the project lead since May 2023). I tried to create this and managed to do like in 6 hours including the simple log system and a simple testing for compatibility.
Installation
Simply drop ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.asi into your Grand Theft Auto V folder.
You can see ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.log created or updated if the ASI runs and the exe has the permission to write to the root folder (won't update the log if the permission is insufficient as logging is not mandatory).
You will need appropriate update.rpf files (at least appropriate ysc script files) for the GTA5.exe you are planning to use (e.g. update.rpf for game build 2699 for the b2699 of GTA5.exe) because hashes for native functions are actually changed in most updates (but no native hash update between b2612 and b2699 at least). You'll also need title.rgl for b3351 or older and replace the one in the game directory.
Requirements
The ASI loader. Script Hook V is not needed.
Although this requires Visual C++ Redistributable 2019+ to run, You should have Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 installed already when you installed Rockstar Games Launcher.
You'll also need to replace title.rgl with one that comes with for b3351 or older on all platforms since Rockstar Games Launcher complains about the game files being old with the message "Update Required", where the ASI loader doesn't have oppotinities to get loaded and therefore this tool can't do anything, when launching the game with title.rgl for b3407 or newer and any version of GTA5.exe between b2060 to b2802. For Steam version, you can download older versions of title.rgl with the Steam console or other tools such as DepotDownloader (depot ID where title.rgl is included: 271591).
Note
To avoid executing the unpatched code, this program will try to patch with another thread and the created thread will keep the main thread suspended until the patch completes (actually yoinked from GTAVLauncherBypass but I changed the code to suspend only one thread). So if the patch fails half done, the game may not get started infinitely.
If Rockstar patch this tool by not even launching a process of GTA5.exe if the exe is not the latest one, this tool can do nothing since the tool can't be loaded in that case (I doubt that will happen since the issuer check is less restricted in later game builds according to what alloc8or said in the above state).
After the patch job is finished, the ASI will detach itself from GTA5.exe and will not occupy the memory or have the lock for the ASI file any longer (Ninja style!), letting you remove the ASI file while the game is running in case you are wondering.
This tool supports all the versions that use Rockstar Games Launcher (tested in b2060, b2372, b2699, and b2802 of Steam version), but this does not support any versions that use the old Social Club system (so this tool doesn't do the job in b1868 or earlier).
You can use this tool in v2824 or newer, but this tool does not offer anything meaningful than the complete vanilla game in that case since the issuer check doesn't exist at all in those versions. The game requires a "title.rgl" file corresponding to the game version you're playing on all platforms since 1.0.3407.0 ("title.rgl" itself was added since v1.0.3095.0 for Steam version), which BattlEye was added to the game, but you don't need to use this tool in 1.0.3407.0 or later.
Souce Code
Can be found on GitHub, which is licensed under BSD Zero Clause License, where you can do basically anything against the source code but not a public domain dedication (so some parties such as Google can use some piece of code) and without liability and warranty.
I don't want to keep this thing secret or protected with copyright. Some part of source code is redundant (in v1.0) since I made this tool in a bit of a hurry.
If the next version of the initial one is released, this mod will be changing its name from "EXE Integrity Bypass Against RGL" (the next name has not been decided actually, let me dig into the issue more first), which will also be applied to archives since v1.1. alloc8or told us more accurate info about why GTA5.exe fails to check the integrity against socialclub.dll in versions older than the game build 2824.
About
This ASI program bypasses/disables the issuer check that GTA5.exe does, which is done by communicating with socialclub.dll. As a result, you can avoid the game refusing to start with the error code 16 for using a version of the exe older than the game build 2824. With this plugin, you can disassemble GTA5.exe for b2699 or older while running working game environments for one of the versions, where compiler's RTTI info is present. You don't need to use this ASI for v1.0.2824.0 or newer ones, because the game don't check the issuer at all in those versions.
For your information, you cannot patch the exe file with a hex editor at all because almost all part of the game code is encrypted before the launch of the game. This ASI does not disable any social club features, so you can use them (e.g. using your characters for GTA Online in the Director Mode). You should use this mod with the latest RGL, but with a title.rgl file for b3351 or older!
You can't access GTA Online with the ASI loader installed since v1.0.1032.1 (v1.3.9), so you don't need to worry about accessing it by accident.
This mod does not workaround the issue where Rockstar Games Launcher refuses to launch and instead shows the "Update Required" error, with GTA5.exe of without a title.rgl of b3351 or older. This is because none of ASI mods can do anything since RGL does not even create a process of GTA5.exe and therefore they don't have opportunities to inject code in that case.
Without modifying the game code, the game tests if the issuer of socialclub.dll is either "Entrust Code Signing Certification Authority - L1D, Entrust Code Signing CA - OVCS1", or "DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA" at a earlier stage (will be called during the first Rockstar logo movie and only once, the issuer check won't be done in newer game builds). This plugin just prevents the game from listening to the query result. Looks like Rockstar Games started testing even in Steam and EGS versions starting from April 4th 2023 (in UTC) at the latest.
What made you create this and not alloc8or?
Firstly, alloc8or could make this kind of tool if this issue started to happen for everyone who tries to use a non-latest version until the first half of 2022, but he hasn't been active in GTA modding that much since the beginning of 2023. Another brilliant dev who is familiar with computer science so much got inactive, just like MulleDK19 (who is one of the developers who made RAGE Plugin Hook and has been inactive since May 2021). Neither of them provided source codes of their works or obfuscated their code though (for obfuscation I'm sure works of MulleDK19 or LMS are affected but maybe not the case for alloc8or's).
Secondly, discussing Goldberg wasn't allowed in 5Mods and some moderator silently deleted one of my massage that innocently included how to bypass this check with pirated stuff in the 5Mods Discord (though discussing Goldberg is allowed as of December 2024, which wasn't at the time this tool got released).
For those reasons, I thought I should create this program to provide a clean way that will be allowed to discuss and this will make us easier to inspect old versions using a disassembler without the help of tainted/dirty stuff (and I will need this tool to add tons of advanced features in ScriptHookVDotNet too, where I am the project lead since May 2023). I tried to create this and managed to do like in 6 hours including the simple log system and a simple testing for compatibility.
Installation
Simply drop ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.asi into your Grand Theft Auto V folder.
You can see ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.log created or updated if the ASI runs and the exe has the permission to write to the root folder (won't update the log if the permission is insufficient as logging is not mandatory).
You will need appropriate update.rpf files (at least appropriate ysc script files) for the GTA5.exe you are planning to use (e.g. update.rpf for game build 2699 for the b2699 of GTA5.exe) because hashes for native functions are actually changed in most updates (but no native hash update between b2612 and b2699 at least). You'll also need title.rgl for b3351 or older and replace the one in the game directory.
Requirements
The ASI loader. Script Hook V is not needed.
Although this requires Visual C++ Redistributable 2019+ to run, You should have Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 installed already when you installed Rockstar Games Launcher.
You'll also need to replace title.rgl with one that comes with for b3351 or older on all platforms since Rockstar Games Launcher complains about the game files being old with the message "Update Required", where the ASI loader doesn't have oppotinities to get loaded and therefore this tool can't do anything, when launching the game with title.rgl for b3407 or newer and any version of GTA5.exe between b2060 to b2802. For Steam version, you can download older versions of title.rgl with the Steam console or other tools such as DepotDownloader (depot ID where title.rgl is included: 271591).
Note
To avoid executing the unpatched code, this program will try to patch with another thread and the created thread will keep the main thread suspended until the patch completes (actually yoinked from GTAVLauncherBypass but I changed the code to suspend only one thread). So if the patch fails half done, the game may not get started infinitely.
If Rockstar patch this tool by not even launching a process of GTA5.exe if the exe is not the latest one, this tool can do nothing since the tool can't be loaded in that case (I doubt that will happen since the issuer check is less restricted in later game builds according to what alloc8or said in the above state).
After the patch job is finished, the ASI will detach itself from GTA5.exe and will not occupy the memory or have the lock for the ASI file any longer (Ninja style!), letting you remove the ASI file while the game is running in case you are wondering.
This tool supports all the versions that use Rockstar Games Launcher (tested in b2060, b2372, b2699, and b2802 of Steam version), but this does not support any versions that use the old Social Club system (so this tool doesn't do the job in b1868 or earlier).
You can use this tool in v2824 or newer, but this tool does not offer anything meaningful than the complete vanilla game in that case since the issuer check doesn't exist at all in those versions. The game requires a "title.rgl" file corresponding to the game version you're playing on all platforms since 1.0.3407.0 ("title.rgl" itself was added since v1.0.3095.0 for Steam version), which BattlEye was added to the game, but you don't need to use this tool in 1.0.3407.0 or later.
Souce Code
Can be found on GitHub, which is licensed under BSD Zero Clause License, where you can do basically anything against the source code but not a public domain dedication (so some parties such as Google can use some piece of code) and without liability and warranty.
I don't want to keep this thing secret or protected with copyright. Some part of source code is redundant (in v1.0) since I made this tool in a bit of a hurry.
First Uploaded: April 20, 2023
Last Updated: May 02, 2023
Last Downloaded: 39 minutes ago
187 Comments
More mods by kagikn:
Note for the Mod Name
If the next version of the initial one is released, this mod will be changing its name from "EXE Integrity Bypass Against RGL" (the next name has not been decided actually, let me dig into the issue more first), which will also be applied to archives since v1.1. alloc8or told us more accurate info about why GTA5.exe fails to check the integrity against socialclub.dll in versions older than the game build 2824.
About
This ASI program bypasses/disables the issuer check that GTA5.exe does, which is done by communicating with socialclub.dll. As a result, you can avoid the game refusing to start with the error code 16 for using a version of the exe older than the game build 2824. With this plugin, you can disassemble GTA5.exe for b2699 or older while running working game environments for one of the versions, where compiler's RTTI info is present. You don't need to use this ASI for v1.0.2824.0 or newer ones, because the game don't check the issuer at all in those versions.
For your information, you cannot patch the exe file with a hex editor at all because almost all part of the game code is encrypted before the launch of the game. This ASI does not disable any social club features, so you can use them (e.g. using your characters for GTA Online in the Director Mode). You should use this mod with the latest RGL, but with a title.rgl file for b3351 or older!
You can't access GTA Online with the ASI loader installed since v1.0.1032.1 (v1.3.9), so you don't need to worry about accessing it by accident.
This mod does not workaround the issue where Rockstar Games Launcher refuses to launch and instead shows the "Update Required" error, with GTA5.exe of without a title.rgl of b3351 or older. This is because none of ASI mods can do anything since RGL does not even create a process of GTA5.exe and therefore they don't have opportunities to inject code in that case.
Without modifying the game code, the game tests if the issuer of socialclub.dll is either "Entrust Code Signing Certification Authority - L1D, Entrust Code Signing CA - OVCS1", or "DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA" at a earlier stage (will be called during the first Rockstar logo movie and only once, the issuer check won't be done in newer game builds). This plugin just prevents the game from listening to the query result. Looks like Rockstar Games started testing even in Steam and EGS versions starting from April 4th 2023 (in UTC) at the latest.
What made you create this and not alloc8or?
Firstly, alloc8or could make this kind of tool if this issue started to happen for everyone who tries to use a non-latest version until the first half of 2022, but he hasn't been active in GTA modding that much since the beginning of 2023. Another brilliant dev who is familiar with computer science so much got inactive, just like MulleDK19 (who is one of the developers who made RAGE Plugin Hook and has been inactive since May 2021). Neither of them provided source codes of their works or obfuscated their code though (for obfuscation I'm sure works of MulleDK19 or LMS are affected but maybe not the case for alloc8or's).
Secondly, discussing Goldberg wasn't allowed in 5Mods and some moderator silently deleted one of my massage that innocently included how to bypass this check with pirated stuff in the 5Mods Discord (though discussing Goldberg is allowed as of December 2024, which wasn't at the time this tool got released).
For those reasons, I thought I should create this program to provide a clean way that will be allowed to discuss and this will make us easier to inspect old versions using a disassembler without the help of tainted/dirty stuff (and I will need this tool to add tons of advanced features in ScriptHookVDotNet too, where I am the project lead since May 2023). I tried to create this and managed to do like in 6 hours including the simple log system and a simple testing for compatibility.
Installation
Simply drop ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.asi into your Grand Theft Auto V folder.
You can see ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.log created or updated if the ASI runs and the exe has the permission to write to the root folder (won't update the log if the permission is insufficient as logging is not mandatory).
You will need appropriate update.rpf files (at least appropriate ysc script files) for the GTA5.exe you are planning to use (e.g. update.rpf for game build 2699 for the b2699 of GTA5.exe) because hashes for native functions are actually changed in most updates (but no native hash update between b2612 and b2699 at least). You'll also need title.rgl for b3351 or older and replace the one in the game directory.
Requirements
The ASI loader. Script Hook V is not needed.
Although this requires Visual C++ Redistributable 2019+ to run, You should have Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 installed already when you installed Rockstar Games Launcher.
You'll also need to replace title.rgl with one that comes with for b3351 or older on all platforms since Rockstar Games Launcher complains about the game files being old with the message "Update Required", where the ASI loader doesn't have oppotinities to get loaded and therefore this tool can't do anything, when launching the game with title.rgl for b3407 or newer and any version of GTA5.exe between b2060 to b2802. For Steam version, you can download older versions of title.rgl with the Steam console or other tools such as DepotDownloader (depot ID where title.rgl is included: 271591).
Note
To avoid executing the unpatched code, this program will try to patch with another thread and the created thread will keep the main thread suspended until the patch completes (actually yoinked from GTAVLauncherBypass but I changed the code to suspend only one thread). So if the patch fails half done, the game may not get started infinitely.
If Rockstar patch this tool by not even launching a process of GTA5.exe if the exe is not the latest one, this tool can do nothing since the tool can't be loaded in that case (I doubt that will happen since the issuer check is less restricted in later game builds according to what alloc8or said in the above state).
After the patch job is finished, the ASI will detach itself from GTA5.exe and will not occupy the memory or have the lock for the ASI file any longer (Ninja style!), letting you remove the ASI file while the game is running in case you are wondering.
This tool supports all the versions that use Rockstar Games Launcher (tested in b2060, b2372, b2699, and b2802 of Steam version), but this does not support any versions that use the old Social Club system (so this tool doesn't do the job in b1868 or earlier).
You can use this tool in v2824 or newer, but this tool does not offer anything meaningful than the complete vanilla game in that case since the issuer check doesn't exist at all in those versions. The game requires a "title.rgl" file corresponding to the game version you're playing on all platforms since 1.0.3407.0 ("title.rgl" itself was added since v1.0.3095.0 for Steam version), which BattlEye was added to the game, but you don't need to use this tool in 1.0.3407.0 or later.
Souce Code
Can be found on GitHub, which is licensed under BSD Zero Clause License, where you can do basically anything against the source code but not a public domain dedication (so some parties such as Google can use some piece of code) and without liability and warranty.
I don't want to keep this thing secret or protected with copyright. Some part of source code is redundant (in v1.0) since I made this tool in a bit of a hurry.
If the next version of the initial one is released, this mod will be changing its name from "EXE Integrity Bypass Against RGL" (the next name has not been decided actually, let me dig into the issue more first), which will also be applied to archives since v1.1. alloc8or told us more accurate info about why GTA5.exe fails to check the integrity against socialclub.dll in versions older than the game build 2824.
About
This ASI program bypasses/disables the issuer check that GTA5.exe does, which is done by communicating with socialclub.dll. As a result, you can avoid the game refusing to start with the error code 16 for using a version of the exe older than the game build 2824. With this plugin, you can disassemble GTA5.exe for b2699 or older while running working game environments for one of the versions, where compiler's RTTI info is present. You don't need to use this ASI for v1.0.2824.0 or newer ones, because the game don't check the issuer at all in those versions.
For your information, you cannot patch the exe file with a hex editor at all because almost all part of the game code is encrypted before the launch of the game. This ASI does not disable any social club features, so you can use them (e.g. using your characters for GTA Online in the Director Mode). You should use this mod with the latest RGL, but with a title.rgl file for b3351 or older!
You can't access GTA Online with the ASI loader installed since v1.0.1032.1 (v1.3.9), so you don't need to worry about accessing it by accident.
This mod does not workaround the issue where Rockstar Games Launcher refuses to launch and instead shows the "Update Required" error, with GTA5.exe of without a title.rgl of b3351 or older. This is because none of ASI mods can do anything since RGL does not even create a process of GTA5.exe and therefore they don't have opportunities to inject code in that case.
Without modifying the game code, the game tests if the issuer of socialclub.dll is either "Entrust Code Signing Certification Authority - L1D, Entrust Code Signing CA - OVCS1", or "DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA" at a earlier stage (will be called during the first Rockstar logo movie and only once, the issuer check won't be done in newer game builds). This plugin just prevents the game from listening to the query result. Looks like Rockstar Games started testing even in Steam and EGS versions starting from April 4th 2023 (in UTC) at the latest.
What made you create this and not alloc8or?
Firstly, alloc8or could make this kind of tool if this issue started to happen for everyone who tries to use a non-latest version until the first half of 2022, but he hasn't been active in GTA modding that much since the beginning of 2023. Another brilliant dev who is familiar with computer science so much got inactive, just like MulleDK19 (who is one of the developers who made RAGE Plugin Hook and has been inactive since May 2021). Neither of them provided source codes of their works or obfuscated their code though (for obfuscation I'm sure works of MulleDK19 or LMS are affected but maybe not the case for alloc8or's).
Secondly, discussing Goldberg wasn't allowed in 5Mods and some moderator silently deleted one of my massage that innocently included how to bypass this check with pirated stuff in the 5Mods Discord (though discussing Goldberg is allowed as of December 2024, which wasn't at the time this tool got released).
For those reasons, I thought I should create this program to provide a clean way that will be allowed to discuss and this will make us easier to inspect old versions using a disassembler without the help of tainted/dirty stuff (and I will need this tool to add tons of advanced features in ScriptHookVDotNet too, where I am the project lead since May 2023). I tried to create this and managed to do like in 6 hours including the simple log system and a simple testing for compatibility.
Installation
Simply drop ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.asi into your Grand Theft Auto V folder.
You can see ExeIntegrityBypassAgainstRGL.log created or updated if the ASI runs and the exe has the permission to write to the root folder (won't update the log if the permission is insufficient as logging is not mandatory).
You will need appropriate update.rpf files (at least appropriate ysc script files) for the GTA5.exe you are planning to use (e.g. update.rpf for game build 2699 for the b2699 of GTA5.exe) because hashes for native functions are actually changed in most updates (but no native hash update between b2612 and b2699 at least). You'll also need title.rgl for b3351 or older and replace the one in the game directory.
Requirements
The ASI loader. Script Hook V is not needed.
Although this requires Visual C++ Redistributable 2019+ to run, You should have Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 installed already when you installed Rockstar Games Launcher.
You'll also need to replace title.rgl with one that comes with for b3351 or older on all platforms since Rockstar Games Launcher complains about the game files being old with the message "Update Required", where the ASI loader doesn't have oppotinities to get loaded and therefore this tool can't do anything, when launching the game with title.rgl for b3407 or newer and any version of GTA5.exe between b2060 to b2802. For Steam version, you can download older versions of title.rgl with the Steam console or other tools such as DepotDownloader (depot ID where title.rgl is included: 271591).
Note
To avoid executing the unpatched code, this program will try to patch with another thread and the created thread will keep the main thread suspended until the patch completes (actually yoinked from GTAVLauncherBypass but I changed the code to suspend only one thread). So if the patch fails half done, the game may not get started infinitely.
If Rockstar patch this tool by not even launching a process of GTA5.exe if the exe is not the latest one, this tool can do nothing since the tool can't be loaded in that case (I doubt that will happen since the issuer check is less restricted in later game builds according to what alloc8or said in the above state).
After the patch job is finished, the ASI will detach itself from GTA5.exe and will not occupy the memory or have the lock for the ASI file any longer (Ninja style!), letting you remove the ASI file while the game is running in case you are wondering.
This tool supports all the versions that use Rockstar Games Launcher (tested in b2060, b2372, b2699, and b2802 of Steam version), but this does not support any versions that use the old Social Club system (so this tool doesn't do the job in b1868 or earlier).
You can use this tool in v2824 or newer, but this tool does not offer anything meaningful than the complete vanilla game in that case since the issuer check doesn't exist at all in those versions. The game requires a "title.rgl" file corresponding to the game version you're playing on all platforms since 1.0.3407.0 ("title.rgl" itself was added since v1.0.3095.0 for Steam version), which BattlEye was added to the game, but you don't need to use this tool in 1.0.3407.0 or later.
Souce Code
Can be found on GitHub, which is licensed under BSD Zero Clause License, where you can do basically anything against the source code but not a public domain dedication (so some parties such as Google can use some piece of code) and without liability and warranty.
I don't want to keep this thing secret or protected with copyright. Some part of source code is redundant (in v1.0) since I made this tool in a bit of a hurry.
First Uploaded: April 20, 2023
Last Updated: May 02, 2023
Last Downloaded: 39 minutes ago
5mods on Discord
As much as I appreciate for your interests in the RDR2 variant or this tool, I am not doing some research for RDR2.exe for now. I don't have any dumps other than v1.0.1491.17. The ASCII "MO_SC_ERR_GENERIC" string is present in RDR2.exe too, but it looks like it's more obfuscated in RDR2.exe how the error message is determined than in GTA5.exe.
Anyway, thank you for your understanding.
good for you.
the Issuer Check Bypass tool shouldn't require -scOfflineOnly to work. it never did before. this tool still needs to be reexamined and possibly updated.
@kagikn
Seems like the latest update messed with this mod. Can you check to see if you have issues on your end? This mod worked perfectly before this latest December update.
@TrustNo1 Nah, the mod doesn't block loading the game in v1.0.3411.0 on my end, though the mod itself has no effect because there's nothing to patch.
i use v1.0.2845.0. it worked before the December update. now not anymore.
guess we're screwed then. oh well.
@kagikn Hmm..interesting. My game is the 1.0.3095.0 version and the game wouldn't load for me. The only way I got it to work was replacing the current "title.rgl" file in the game directory from an older backup. This mod worked just fine before the december sabotage update and I never had to bother messing with this title.rgl file bs. At least my game launches for now though.
had to download something completely different to fix my game.
for anyone who is hoping to use this mod to play an older version of GTA 5, from early 2023 or older, do not be shocked if it does not work. players on v1.0.3 and newer might be fine.
@rimcelebrate My experiment reveals that you need a title.rgl file that comes with b3351 or older when you play the game in v1.0.3351.0 or older (at least on Steam), though you don't need to have this mod installed when playing the game in v1.0.2845.0 in the first place, though…
@rimcelebrate , @kagikn, @TrustNo1, @JojiTX @sandwitch
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion on this topic which is really two completely annoying but different issues.
Here is my attempt to clarify.
Fact 1. In April 2023 a Rockstar Social Club update caused a Code 16 error. This error only affected reverted games such as 2372. The error is only attributed to the Rockstar Game Social Club (RGSC).
Fact 2. In December 2024, with patch 3407, Rockstar modified the Rockstar Game Launcher (RGL) to force updates. This has nothing to do with the April 2023 issue.
The current fix for the December 2024 is to go offline until you get a message 2-5 days later. At that point in time you must authenticate. Going online isn't a big issue, but it means you need to update your reverted game. Thankfully this only requires swapping the current GTA5.exe in so it overwrites your reverted GTA5.exe. You then start the game, let it authenticate, quit the game, swap back the reverted GTA5.exe, once more go offline, rinse and repeat.
I don't understand why @kagikn keeps referring to title.rgl, a binary file, which did not exist with old versions such as 2372 and consequently has no impact whatsoever on reverted games. I had brought up this issue with @kagikn, using the RGSC mod as an example only but obviously my request was unclear.
The December 2024 issue has nothing to do with the April 2023 one. I was hoping he could fix the December issue and, once more, title.rgl has nothing to do with older versions such as 2372. I’m not even sure when it was introduced.
If @kagikn does not have the bandwidth to create a new mod for the December 2024 issue, I’m posting here a workaround which is 100% effective and only a minor PITA. You will need 2 bat files, one for day to day offline. The other is for when the authentication dialog pops up.
Day to day (note you can optionally put Steam id and password in the command)
@echo off
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 271590 -scOfflineOnly
Authentication Time (note: adjust for your path, renaming dinput8.dll is optional)
@echo off
cd /d "P:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V"
REM This is to revert to 2372
if exist "GTA5_2372.exe" (
ren "GTA5.exe" "GTA5_Current.exe"
ren "GTA5_2372.exe" "GTA5.exe"
ren "dinput8.bak" "dinput8.dll"
echo Renamed GTA5.exe to GTA5_Current.exe and GTA5_2372.exe to GTA5.exe
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 271590 -scOfflineOnly
exit
) else (
REM Check if GTA5_Current.exe exists
if exist "GTA5_Current.exe" (
ren "GTA5.exe" "GTA5_2372.exe"
ren "GTA5_Current.exe" "GTA5.exe"
ren "dinput8.dll" "dinput8.bak"
echo Renamed GTA5.exe to GTA5_2372.exe and GTA5_Current.exe to GTA5.exe
@echo off
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 271590
exit
) else (
echo Neither GTA5_2372.exe nor GTA5_Current.exe exist. No renaming performed.
)
)
Note: If you go the route of putting -scOfflineOnly inside Steam itself, you'll need to remove it after every forced online authentication. That's why i don't have it in Steam, instead I use it in my batch file. This gives me the flexibility to start the game from the batch file without having to remove it over and over.
Nice tools
@kagikn i have update required problem since rockstar games launcher update 2 or 3 days ago. how can i fix this? i was able to play 4 5 days ago.
@kagikn i changed my gta5.exe to 1.69 version exe. it worked but crashed in loading screen.
@JohnFromGWN can you help me
@mcshithead I don't know what your issue is. This mod has nothing to do with the latest launcher updates. If you want to play reverted but can't the solution is very simple. First you let the game update. Once updated you copy GTA5.exe, the reverted version, to replace the updated one. Now you can play offline. After a few days R* will ask you to authenticate. To do this you need to go online and to avoid the update message you need to reverse the process and this time you swap the new GTA5.exe to replace the old one. You then authenticate online, quit your game, revert back, play offline.
@JohnFromGWN thanks for your time, someone from reddit helped me and I solved my problem.
@mcshithead so what exactly was your issue, and what was the solution? A crash in loading screen has nothing to do with "update required". The most common fix for a crash is a new gameconfig.xml or making sure you have the one for your version of the game.
@JohnFromGWN it's actually simpler. but I can't tell you what it is from here. i just took some files and put them in the gta 5 folder.
@mcshithead Lol. I'm guessing at what files you put, and if I'm right you never know what malicious code those files might contain. Anyway, hope it is fixed and safely fixed.
@JohnFromGWN I scanned all the files before using them. it only warned on two files but they were false positives. also there is no way that type of exe file would not have a warning.
@mcshithead Ok. That's why these files are the perfect recipe for malware. They let you know in advance that there will be a false positive so you don't have to worry. In passing, anti-virus and other similar software don't scan for malicious code. I've done this test myself, created an exe that has delete and format commands and they will fly through Virus Total or whatever you use with flying colours because they only scan for mainstream viruses that have been out for months, years, or decades.