Cease and Desist | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:20:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Cease and Desist | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 GTA V flooded with negative reviews on Steam following OpenIV shutdown https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/gta-v-flooded-with-negative-reviews-on-steam-following-openiv-shutdown/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/gta-v-flooded-with-negative-reviews-on-steam-following-openiv-shutdown/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:31:13 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=337997 Following on from this morning's news that Take-Two had shut down OpenIV, Steam users have taken it upon themselves to voice their concerns directly, tanking Grand Theft Auto V's store rating with a flood of negative reviews. OpenIV was an essential tool that unlocked the files of GTA V, GTA IV and Max Payne 3, …

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Following on from this morning's news that Take-Two had shut down OpenIV, Steam users have taken it upon themselves to voice their concerns directly, tanking Grand Theft Auto V's store rating with a flood of negative reviews. OpenIV was an essential tool that unlocked the files of GTA V, GTA IV and Max Payne 3, allowing modders greater access to the game and paving the way for things like conversion mods.

Take-Two has been heavily policing and shutting down promising mods since the launch of Grand Theft Auto V. However, this time around, the publisher essentially killed off the source, as OpenIV was so widely used by mod makers. This has led to many GTA V owners accusing Take-Two of outright killing the modding scene in one swing.

Now, the game's recent review rating on Steam is ‘Mixed' after previously being listed as ‘Mostly Positive'. Beyond that, the amount of negative reviews on Steam has almost hit the 50,000 mark. Many of the most popular negative reviews list the OpenIV issue as the key reason for the negative review and have thousands of upvotes.

Whether or not this will make an impact on Take-Two's decision remains to be seen. However, at this point, Take-Two seems pretty intent on ridding its games of modding entirely, likely in order to capitalise on new multiplayer components to games.

Rockstar has issued a statement of its own regarding the OpenIV shutdown: “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.”

KitGuru Says: One of the key reasons I think the community feels so betrayed with GTA V is that there was simply no warning. Mods have been successful and hugely popular on PC for all Grand Theft Auto games and Take-Two never took this hard stance against it. Now all of a sudden, they are shutting down community content and it is honestly really disappointing for everyone. I get that GTA Online needs to be more secure but there must be a better way of doing it. How do you guys feel about the OpenIV shutdown? 

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Take-Two has taken down yet another popular GTA V mod https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/take-two-has-taken-down-yet-another-popular-gta-v-mod/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/take-two-has-taken-down-yet-another-popular-gta-v-mod/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:16:29 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=337977 It looks like Take-Two and Rockstar are still keeping a close eye on the GTA V modding community as this week, the devs behind the widely used OpenIV mod tool received a cease and desist letter. Since Grand Theft Auto V's launch, Take-Two has been making a habit of policing the modding scene and has …

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It looks like Take-Two and Rockstar are still keeping a close eye on the GTA V modding community as this week, the devs behind the widely used OpenIV mod tool received a cease and desist letter. Since Grand Theft Auto V's launch, Take-Two has been making a habit of policing the modding scene and has sent legal notices to several developers. OpenIV is the latest, leading to the modding tool being taken offline, after being in development for almost ten years.

OpenIV has been around for years and is described as “the ultimate modding tool” for not just GTA V, but GTA IV and Max Payne 3 as well. In a post titled Take Two VS. Modding, OpenIV developer ‘GooD-NTS' explained that modding has “always been a gray zone”, adding that due to the difficulties involved in going to court, the team behind OpenIV decided to just comply with Take-Two's C&D notice.

In Take-Two's words, OpenIV “allows third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights”. According to GooD-NTS, this accusation is unfounded and while the team still believes OpenIV should be considered safe legally, legal battles take a lot of time and huge amount of effort for little gain.

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

So with all of that said, OpenIV is no longer in distribution. However, with the mod being so popular for so long, there may be some mirrored versions floating around the web.

KitGuru Says: Take-Two's stance on modding since the launch of GTA V has really been disheartening to see. Fans have loved modding the GTA games for years, it is part of the series' DNA but unfortunately, it seems no amount of bad PR is going to change Take-Two's mind at this point.

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