Grand Theft Auto has long been a series that allowed users to express their creativity in the form of mods for the series’s single-player mode. Recently, the author of the popular modding tool OpenIV received a cease and desist letter from publisher Take-Two Interactive. The creators of other modding tools, such as “Menyoo” and “Force Hax,” have received similar letters, however these modding tools were being used specifically to influence Grand Theft Auto V‘s multiplayer mode. In response to the modding purge, fans of OpenIV have taken to Steam, Google, and Change.org to voice their frustration.

On Thursday, the OpenIV lead developer took to gtaforums.com to announce that OpenIV would be complying with the cease and desist letter from Take-Two Interactive:

“Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we’ll get absolutely nothing.
Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can’t compensate the loss of time.”

And while it seems that OpenIV modders encouraged the team to fight, and may have been lumped into the sum of modding tools that alter the game’s code, the team behind OpenIV recognized the futility in entering a legal battle with the publishing titan:

“So, we decided to agree with their claims and we’re stopping distribution of OpenIV.”

“It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can’t see any possibilities to continue this process, unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court.”

Users are down-voting GTA V like crazy. Never mess with the mods :) pic.twitter.com/EOIVIOVimb

— Steam Spy (@Steam_Spy) June 17, 2017

Posted: Jun 19, 2017 7:01 am
Last Updated: Jun 19, 2017 7:03 am
Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum

Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/gta-5-reviews-negative-40000-sign-openiv-petition/