Unfortunately, the creators behind OpenIV have said they just can’t afford the time to try and fight back against the cease and desist order. The GTA 5 community is understandably upset about this, as OpenIV was used solely for modding the single-player game, with many players arguing that there’s no evidence of the tool interfering with GTA Online. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players.” Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. “Take-Two’s actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. In a statement from Take-Two, the publisher explains that they aren’t against modding as a whole, but they fear OpenIV threatens the security of the GTA Online mode.
An updated version of the mod was released over the weekend.Immensely popular among GTA 5‘s PC modding community, OpenIV was used not only to create and modify content like vehicles, weapons, gameplay features, and effects, but also as an enhanced video editor, offering more in-depth tools to machinima makers. According to Motherboard, Rockstar has been in contact with OpenIV's creator in an attempt to find a solution. The most controversial by far was the withdrawl of OpenIV, which inspired the GTA community to inundate the GTA V Steam page with negative user reviews and gather almost 80,000 signatures for a petition to Save OpenIV. This clarifies the stance of both companies on mods for Grand Theft Auto, following a series of cease-and-desist orders in recent weeks. "This does not apply to (i) multiplayer or online services (ii) tools, files, libraries, or functions that could be used to impact multiplayer or online services, or (iii) use or importation of other IP (including other Rockstar IP) in the project." "After discussions with Take-Two, Take-Two has agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar's PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties," the company said. In a statement issued to the press, Rockstar said it "believes in reasonable fan creativity", and it does not want to unnecessarily interfere with the "passion" evident among GTA's modding community. Take-Two has agreed that single-player mods for Grand Theft Auto will not be the target of legal action, following discussions with the series' creator, Rockstar Games.
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