Contents

Your Modding Journey Starts Here

Installing OpenIV

Configuring Open IV

Essentials 

Trainers

The Mods Folder Part 1

The Mods Folder Part 2 

A Quick Review

The Gameconfig

The Dlclist

 


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10. The Dlclist

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  The dlclist.xml also has a few differences with the other mod files we've covered so far. First, unlike all the other mods discussed except the gameconfig.xml, the dlclist.xml can't be installed with Windows Explorer. It can only be installed with OpenIV (or CodeWalker RPF Explorer ) because it is located in the package called update.rpf which is encrypted. Secondly, like the gameconfig.xml, dlclist.xml is also just a modified version of an existing game file.  Similarly, it is again a plain text file and it will certainly be the file you edit the most . This is the first file we discuss that isn't downloaded because it's already part of your game and unlike gameconfig.xml which is also exists as a game file, you'll be responsible for all the edits to dlclist.xml. These edits will be adding entries for mod addons such as vehicles and maps, informing the game to load these dlc addons. You don't need to do anything at this point because the dlclist.xml cre...
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3. Configuring Open IV

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  Now that you've installed OpenIV, let's do some basic setup and configuration. 1. Launch OpenIV and hit the Edit button at the top. Select Ok when you get the warning. Another message in blue will appear to install plugin for GTA V. Click on the ASI Manager button to continue. Click on the picture below for full size . 2. When the GTA V - ASI Manager pops up, install all 3 selections: The ASI Loader, OpenIV.asi, and openCamera. Notice the warning about getting banned if you play GTA online with mods. There is very little danger of that happening. Read this article: Online without Ban 3. You will also get a message to create a Mods folder, select yes and accept the defaults. Note that the folder created by OpenIV will be empty. Note: You can go back to the GTA V - ASI Manager above at any time. Just select Tools from the top menu of OpenIV and then ASI Manager . Finally, if we look at our GTA 5 root or game folder we will now see 4 additions: a Mods Folder and the 3 files ...
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6. The Mods Folder Part 1

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  With most of the essential files out of the way, let's now look at setting up and configuring the Mods Folder. In passing, you can name it mods or Mods , Windows doesn't care. Why are we creating a Mods folder rather than modding the game directly? We do it for two main reasons.  First it prevents us from damaging, deleting, or corrupting game files. If we did damage the original game files we would need to do a verify integrity or a full reinstall to fix our game - both taking time.  Secondly, it allows us to keep all our mods intact after each Rockstar GTA 5 patch/update. It doesn't guarantee our game will work, but at least none of our mod files will be overwritten or replaced by the update. Finally, we can think of the game folder as a backup for our Mods folder, in case we screw up and we definitely will along the way. Now let's look at what goes into our Mods folder. We will take the minimalist approach for simplicity and to save disk space. Contrary to what ...
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