OpenIV Shuts down due to Legal Issues

[normpearii]

If there was ever a time Rockstar should think about splitting from Take Two, now is the time.

While they can't use the GTA name, I'm sure that any similar game made by them under a different name would see plenty of success, especially if it embraces modding.

[Jito463]

8 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

just keep an old verison?

There's no guarantee that the game won't be updated, and the mod installer will stop working.

[MorganO]

Just now, Jito463 said:

There's no guarantee that the game won't be updated, and the mod installer will stop working.

ive always been udner the impression that it isnt affected by updates?and that all it does is allow you to view/change files easier?

[Jito463]

1 minute ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

ive always been udner the impression that it isnt affected by updates?and that all it does is allow you to view/change files easier?

You could be right, I have no experience with this particular program.  I'm basing my opinion on similar mod installers for other games, which from time to time must be updated for the latest build of the game.

[MorganO]

1 minute ago, Jito463 said:

You could be right, I have no experience with this particular program.  I'm basing my opinion on similar mod installers for other games, which from time to time must be updated for the latest build of the game.

afaik regardless of the game version open iv works regardless(dont quote me on it)

things like ragehook require to be updated when theres a gta update

[Master Disaster]

13 minutes ago, normpearii said:

If there was ever a time Rockstar should think about splitting from Take Two, now is the time.

While they can't use the GTA name, I'm sure that any similar game made by them under a different name would see plenty of success, especially if it embraces modding.

What makes you say that? AFAIK Grand Theft Auto was created and is owned by Rockstar, not Take Two.

 

In fact Wikipedia seems to infer that R* already self publish GTA.

[xAcid9]

Swarms of negative reviews after the news broke, i don't think this will change anything though.

 

 

[normpearii]

11 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

What makes you say that? AFAIK Grand Theft Auto was created and is owned by Rockstar, not Take Two.

 

In fact Wikipedia seems to infer that R* already self publish GTA.

Rockstar was created by Take Two in the first place. They own the rights to all the games created by the studio.
 

https://trademarks.justia.com/861/24/grand-theft-86124384.html

Grand Theft Auto is trademarked by Take Two, not the studio Rockstar.

[JuztBe]

1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

Swarms of negative reviews after the news broke, i don't think this will change anything though.

 

 

 

Reviews - no, but media backslash might. It's not the first time after all when people were heard by big companies. Sadly this time "big company" has one of the best ever selling games, which will influence their stance of not giving a fuck.

[trainergames]

Now they have removed all GTA 5 reviews from steam....

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52 minutes ago, trainergames said:

Now they have removed all GTA 5 reviews from steam....

No problems here, I still see them

 

http://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/reviews/?browsefilter=mostrecent&snr=1_5_reviews_&p=1

[trainergames]

Just now, Captain Chaos said:

No problems here, I still see them

 

http://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/reviews/?browsefilter=mostrecent&snr=1_5_reviews_&p=1

They must of put it back,or mabye it was a glitch,but it was showing no reviews eariler for me... i should of screen shotted it.

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34 minutes ago, trainergames said:

They must of put it back,or mabye it was a glitch,but it was showing no reviews eariler for me... i should of screen shotted it.

They show up for me too.  Obviously if they were actually removing reviews because of this that would just be digging the hole deeper, but we also have to be sure we don't jump to hating them for something they didn't even do  

[normpearii]

47 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

They show up for me too.  Obviously if they were actually removing reviews because of this that would just be digging the hole deeper, but we also have to be sure we don't jump to hating them for something they didn't even do  

Steam had a little hiccup. A few different game's reviews weren't coming up for a bit as well.

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8 minutes ago, normpearii said:

Steam had a little hiccup. A few different game's reviews weren't coming up for a bit as well.

probably buckling under the load of all the negative reviews  

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32 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

probably buckling under the load of all the negative reviews

Looking at the long-term and recent numbers, it does indeed look like GTA5 received more than 10,000 negative reviews in less than 24 hours.

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Just now, Captain Chaos said:

Looking at the long-term and recent numbers, it does indeed look like GTA5 received more than 10,000 negative reviews in less than 24 hours.

And rightfully so.  There's not much we as consumers can really do to control the behaviour of these companies but spreading the word as to why they don't deserve your money is one of them.

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

11 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

Looking at the long-term and recent numbers, it does indeed look like GTA5 received more than 10,000 negative reviews in less than 24 hours.

That doesn't matter.

All Rockstar/Take Two has to do is release a teaser trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. And every single one of those negative reviewers will forgot all about OpenIV being forced to shutdown.

 

[Jito463]

2 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

we also have to be sure we don't jump to hating them for something they didn't even do  

Spoilsport!

[Phate.exe]

49 minutes ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

That doesn't matter.

All Rockstar/Take Two has to do is release a teaser trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. And every single one of those negative reviewers will forgot all about OpenIV being forced to shutdown.

 

Unless Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't coming to PC.

 

I have very little interest in playing GTA V anymore if I can't play around with mods.

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

15 minutes ago, Phate.exe said:

Unless Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't coming to PC.

 

I have very little interest in playing GTA V anymore if I can't play around with mods.

Well it's not coming to the PC.

 

[Phate.exe]

10 minutes ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

Well it's not coming to the PC.

 

Then mentioning it won't do anything to quiet all the PC gamers they just pissed off.

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

1 minute ago, Phate.exe said:

Then mentioning it won't do anything to quiet all the PC gamers they just pissed off.

Yes it will.

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3 hours ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

That doesn't matter.

All Rockstar/Take Two has to do is release a teaser trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. And every single one of those negative reviewers will forgot all about OpenIV being forced to shutdown.

 

I hope not.  And odds are it won't even come to PC so it will go basically unnoticed like the last one

[goodtofufriday]

Heres the official resposne

 

http://kotaku.com/popular-gta-v-modding-tool-shuts-down-community-explod-1796112893

UPDATE 6/15 7:58PM: Here’s Rockstar Games, confirming the situation:

 

“Take-Two’s actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players.”