Rockstar has given the go-ahead for an official conversion device to assist modders replace their mods to work with the all-new Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced.
As customized property used on FiveM and GTAV Legacy usually are not natively appropriate with the just lately launched enhanced PC sport, Cfx.re — the crew behind the largest Rockstar roleplay and creator communities FiveM and RedM and employed by Rockstar again in 2023 — introduced it’s engaged on a brand new device to “help the modding group in making their property appropriate with the brand new improve.”
Rockstar not often formally helps the modding communities behind its video games, so the information is being welcomed by GTA 5 modders who’re hoping it is a sign of higher issues to return for Grand Theft Auto 6.
Roxwood with ray tracing, right here we go 😎
— The Ambitioneers (@TAmbitioneers) March 12, 2025
The conversion device will assist the next codecs:
- Dictionaries of a number of drawables (*.ydd)
- Generic fashions, geometry, non-obligatory embedded textures and lights (*.ydr)
- Advanced fragmented skeletons/fashions used for pedestrians, autos, destructible objects, and so forth. (*.yft)
- Texture Dictionaries (also called TXD) (*ytd.)
As but, there is not any concrete date on when the device can be out there, however the crew careworn it’s “at present targeted on finishing the ultimate few duties required to launch the device,” so gamers ought to anticipate a “full announcement and complete documentation” the day it releases.
GTA 5 Enhanced is a free improve for GTA 5 on PC that features all the most recent autos and efficiency upgrades out there at Hao’s Particular Works, animal encounters, entry to buy a GTA+ Membership, in addition to improved graphics choices and sooner loading instances. Earlier than the Enhanced version launched, solely gamers on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S variations of GTA On-line may entry these new options.
Nonetheless, Rockstar’s new and improved model of Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t taking place nicely on Steam following its launch on March 4. It at present boasts a ‘blended’ person assessment ranking on Steam, with 55% of the 21,956 person evaluations flagged as optimistic. The unique model of GTA 5 has been unlisted from Steam per Rockstar’s instruction, however by comparability, that has a ‘very optimistic’ person assessment ranking on Valve’s platform.
As for GTA 6? That is nonetheless anticipated to launch in fall 2025, though at present, it is solely slated to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S. The newest information to return out of Rockstar, nevertheless, wasn’t concerning the sport however was as an alternative concerning the movie Marching Powder and its star, Danny Dyer. Might it’s an indication that Kent Paul will return for GTA 6? Nicely, something’s potential.
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