Rockstar-Owned Modding Team Working on Official Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced Conversion Tool

Rockstar has fixed the go-ahead for an authoritative conversion instrumentality to assistance modders update their mods to enactment with the all-new Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced.

As customized assets utilized connected FiveM and GTAV Legacy are not natively compatible with the precocious released enhanced PC game, Cfx.re — the squad down the biggest Rockstar roleplay and creator communities FiveM and RedM and hired by Rockstar backmost successful 2023 — announced it is moving connected a caller instrumentality to "assist the modding assemblage successful making their assets compatible with the caller upgrade."

Rockstar seldom officially supports the modding communities down its games, truthful the quality is being welcomed by GTA 5 modders who are hoping it's a awesome of amended things to travel for Grand Theft Auto 6.

Roxwood with ray tracing, present we spell 😎

The conversion instrumentality volition enactment the pursuing formats:

• Dictionaries of aggregate drawables (*.ydd)
• Generic models, geometry, optional embedded textures and lights (*.ydr)
• Complex fragmented skeletons/models utilized for pedestrians, vehicles, destructible objects, etc. (*.yft)
• Texture Dictionaries (also known arsenic TXD) (*ytd.)

As yet, there's nary factual day connected erstwhile the instrumentality volition beryllium available, but the squad stressed it is "currently focused connected completing the last fewer tasks required to merchandise the tool," truthful players should expect a "full announcement and broad documentation" the time it releases.

GTA 5 Enhanced is simply a escaped upgrade for GTA 5 connected PC that includes each the latest vehicles and show upgrades disposable astatine Hao’s Special Works, carnal encounters, entree to acquisition a GTA+ Membership, arsenic good arsenic improved graphics options and faster loading times. Before the Enhanced variation released, lone players connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S versions of GTA Online could entree these caller features.

However, Rockstar’s caller and improved mentation of Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t going down good connected Steam pursuing its motorboat connected March 4. It presently boasts a ‘mixed’ idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Steam, with 55% of the 21,956 idiosyncratic reviews flagged arsenic positive. The archetypal mentation of GTA 5 has been unlisted from Steam per Rockstar's instruction, but by comparison, that has a ‘very positive’ idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Valve's platform.

As for GTA 6? That's inactive expected to motorboat successful autumn 2025, though currently, it's lone slated to merchandise connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. The astir caller quality to travel retired of Rockstar, however, wasn't astir the crippled but was alternatively astir the movie Marching Powder and its star, Danny Dyer. Could it beryllium a motion that Kent Paul volition instrumentality for GTA 6? Well, anything's possible.

Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.