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Los Santos RED 1.00547

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 Los Santos RED

> Enhanced and Customizable Criminal Free-Roam. 

 

Bored with the vanilla GTA 5 free roam mode? Wish there was more interaction and things to do? Hate how the cops will only ever kill and never arrest? Confused why civilians don't care that you are carrying a rocket launcher? Los Santos RED hopes to enhance the default criminal free roam experience by: adding an entirely new script based dispatching system, enhancing police/gang/civilian AI, adding stores and locations to visit, allowing you to perform actions and consume items you buy, giving you the ability to swap to any ped on the street and become that persona, adding new crimes that civilians and cops can report/arrest you for, enhancing the carjacking and lockpicking activities, adding and expanding civilian hold ups and interactions, completely rewriting the scanner system to be more immersive, and much more. The mod also aims to be extremely customizable by exposing tons of settings for the player to get the experience they want. Additional configuration settings are also available in the user editable xml files for even more customization.


## Installation

- Place all RAGE Plugin Hook files in the root GTA V directory

    - RAGE Plugin Hook Version 1.105 or later required, see RPH Discord #necessities to get it since the main site is outdated.

- Place all RAGENativeUI files in the root GTA V directory

    - RageNativeUI Version 1.9.2 or later required, be sure to update if you haven't
- Download the latest release and drag into the root GTA V directory (NAudio is included in the package with LSR)

- Requires a custom Gameconfig, Packfile Limit Adjuster, and Heap Adjuster!

    - Download and install based on the instructions provided. Links: Gameconfig Packfile Limit Adjuster Heap Adjuster

- Verify RAGE Plugin Hook is installed to the root GTA V directory

- Verify NAudio.dll and NAudio.xml along with RageNativeUI.dll and RageNativeUI.xml are in the root GTA V directory

- Verify the Los Santos RED.dll, Los Santos RED.pdb, and LosSantosRED folder  are in the plugins folder (in the root GTA V directory)

 

- To update the mod, remove the Los Santos RED.dll, Los Santos RED.pdb, and LosSantosRED folder from your Plugins folder and replace with the newest version

 

## Features
Enhanced Free Roam Mode
  - Police Enhancements
    - Dynamic difficulty 
    - Script based
    - Create custom agencies

        - Set their patrolling and responding areas
        - Set their weapons and vehicles

        - Set the max threat they respond to

     - Redone police scanner audio

     - Can respond to civilian and player called in crimes 

     - Can call in backup to both civilian and player chases
 

     - Built in EUP support with pre-made configs for EUP (LosSantosRED\AlternateConfigs\EUP).

            - Need some vehicles to go with the EUP uniforms? Full Expanded Jurisdiction is included in your LSR download and has many new vehicles covering all EUP agencies and more. See (LosSantosRED\AlternateConfigs\FullExpandedJurisdiction). Preview images attached below.
 

     - Police will deploy dynamic roadblocks Including spike strips. They can appear on any road with any agencies vehicles

  - Gang Enhancements

    - Create custom gangs or make changes to the vanilla gangs

        - Set their territory
        - Set their weapons and vehicles

        - Set the type of items they sell on the street at at their safehouses

        - Many new gangs have been added and given territory around LS

    - Reputation with the player

        - Gangs will now remember your interactions with them

        - Friendly relations with a gang can lead to opportunities

        - Hostile gangs territory should be avoided

        - Certain interactions will increase rep (purchasing, chatting, etc.) and others will decrease (bringing heat, attacking members, etc.)

    - Join a Gang

        - Ability to join a gang and recruit fellow members to help out.

        - Gang members have benefits and responsibilities.
  - Busted/Wasted Choose Your Start
    - Added "undie" after death to call a mulligan and continue the chase
    - Added bribing of police
    - Added surrendering to police with choice of respawn location

    - Added ability to chose jail/hospital to respawn at

  - Stores and Shopping

    - New store types have been added around Los Santos

    - Restaurants, Food Vendors, Convenience Stores, Liquor Shop, and more give you the ability to purchase foods, drinks, and smokables.

    - Hotels allow you to quickly advance time and help you expire BOLOs

    - Underground gun shops and gang dens allow you to purchase weapons not found in AmmuNation

    - Car dealers can be used to purchase vehicles legitimately

    - Pharmacies, Head Shops, and Gang Dens all allow purchase of narcotics, both legal and illegal

    - Scrap Yards to get rid of unwanted vehicles and make a quick buck
  - Tasking Enhancements
    - Police and civilians are more reactive
    - Police react more realistically to escalation
    - Civilians react with fight or flight response instead of ignoring you
    - Added ability to be busted at greater than 1 star

    - Cops will now give foot chase and use tasers

    - Cops will now apprehend and arrest peds that are committing crimes
    - Civilians can react and call in other civilians crimes
    - Civilians can commit random crimes
    - Civilians can now be arrested and transferred to the station
    - Cops will now say more based on the current chase state
  - Crimes
    - Added/Tweaked vanilla crimes

    - Added other common crimes

    - Added traffic offenses

        - Felony speeding, reckless driving, hit-and-run, etc.
    - Fully configurable

        - Set who can report, wanted level gained, etc.
  - Investigations
    - Police will respond and investigate areas called in by civilians
    - The more serious the crime the faster the response
  - Interactions
    - Added Talking with any NPC in the world
        - Ability to react positively and negatively, RDR2 style
        - Different Civilian/Police groups react differently to antagonism
    - Added mugging civilians to get extra spending money

    - Added buying and selling from peds on the street. Certain peds will have items that they either want to buy or sell
  - Activities
    - Drinking and Smoking are now possible without being stuck in one place
    - Drinking/Drugs will cause intoxication, with similar effects to vanilla
    - Police and Civilians are aware of you being too intoxicated
    - Ability to steal and replace license plates on cars
    - Ability to surrender or commit suicide to quick end a chase

    - Ability to manually close your car door
    - Cigarettes are hazardous to your health
  - Carjacking Enhancements
    - Carjacking can be done with any weapon now
    - Ability to quickly execute the target when doing an armed carjacking
  - Car Lock-Picking Enhancements
    - Most cars are now locked and require picking to enter along with hotwiring to start
    - Traditional smash-and-grab is still available however cops are now on the lookout for suspicious vehicles (broken windows, smashed headlights, etc.)
  - Ped Swapping
    - Become any ped you come across on the street

        - Auto generated name, criminal record, vehicle, and weapon

        - Spend money! Buy a soda! Go to Ammunation! The game will treat the ped as a main character and allow you to use money as expected

    - Become a completely customized ped

        - Customize Ped wizard allows you to create a ped from scratch 

        - Choose model, components, props, head data, name, money and more

        - Save and load your custom ped at will 

  - Sprinting

    - Can sprint for a short period of time to give you a slight speed boost over regular running

    - When running press Z to start sprinting

    - The red bar under your health shows your current sprint stamina

  - Intoxication

    - Certain purchased items that you ingest will cause intoxication

    - Effects are different from different substances

    - The blue bar under your armor will show current intoxication level

    - Cops and civilians are aware and will react if you are too intoxicated

  - Cell phone

    - Interact with gang members and others through the added contacts and text messages on your phone

    - Items also available on the Player Information Menu

  - Owned Vehicles

    - Purchased vehicles and vehicles you designate as "owned" will not be removed from the game world

    - They will always be unlocked for you and will have a custom blip on the map

    - You can add as many owned vehicles as you wish

    - Save vehicles and locations with the Save/Load feature on the main menu

  - Weapon Enhancements

    - Enhanced Recoil 

    - Added Sway

    - Added Fire Mode Selection
  - Vehicle Enhancements
    - Button press indicators
    - Button press ignition
    - Disabled auto vehicle start 

    - Auto window roll down when doing a drive-by

    - Manual door close

    - Forced first person on duck

    - Automatic radio tuning
- Fully Adjustable Settings
  - Configure almost any setting with the XML files
- Plus lots more

 

## Video Showcase

 

## Default Controls
F10 - Main/Busted/Detained/Wasted Menu Toggle

F11 - Debug Menu Toggle

Mouse4 - Action Wheel Menu Toggle (Mouse)

LAlt + N - Action Wheel Menu Toggle (Keyboard)

Back/Select - Action Wheel Menu Toggle (Controller)

Attack (In Action Wheel) - Select Item in action wheel

Aim (In Action Wheel) - Return to action wheel home

Shift + Down Arrow - Burner Phone (Also available on the action wheel)

Shift + E - Surrender

Shift + X - Change Fire Mode Selection

Z (When Running) - Start Sprinting

Shift + Left Arrow (In Car) - Right Blinker

Shift + Right Arrow (In Car) - Left Blinker

Shift + Space (In Car) - Hazards

Shift + Z (In Car) - Toggle Engine

LCtrl (In Car) - Manual Door Close

Vehicle Enter (Occupied, Press, w/ Weapon) - Carjack With Weapon

Vehicle Enter (Occupied, Hold) - Regular Carjack

Vehicle Enter (Empty, Press) - Lockpick

Vehicle Enter (Empty, Hold) - Smash Window

(others should have prompts)

 

## License

Los Santos RED is Source Available software, not Open Source.

Permissions:

  • You may view the source code.

  • You may submit Pull Requests for potential inclusion in the official project.

Restrictions:

  • You may NOT redistribute the software or its source code (in whole or in part).

  • You may NOT create derivative works, forks, or modified versions for public release.

  • You may NOT re-upload, mirror, or host the code or compiled mod elsewhere.

  • You may NOT use this codebase as a base for other projects.

Any modifications or contributions should be submitted via Pull Request to the official GitHub repository. This license supersedes any previous licensing (including any prior GPL references). Unauthorized use, distribution, or derivation will be considered a violation of copyright.

 

## Credits

- Peter Badoingy
- benzstar
- box
- huzzahsir

 

- alexguirre
- alloc8or
- pongo1231
- Eddlm
- FoxUnitOne
- RAGE Plugin Hook Team
- GTAForums

- Bob74

- DisapprovedByMe

- Xinerki

 

## Compatibility

- Incompatible with

  - Menyoo can cause item duplication
  - Any police script or wanted level changing mod
  - Story mode
  - Can you make it work with XXX? No.
- Do NOT save and turn off autosave

- If you delete the xml files, they will be recreated on next launch with the default settings.

- Complementary Mods

    - True Realistic Driving V

 

## Discord

https://discord.gg/7zaZhKervU

 

## Issues
- Running without a custom gameconfig can lead to issues with vehicle and ped spawning.
- You will need to rebuy components if you remove them at the underground gunshops, gang dens, or drug dealers.

- Vanilla taxi service is not available with LSR active (Downtown Cab Co on the vanilla cell will show Busy forever) use the burner cell to call the LSR taxi service.
- Loading bodies in the trunk can fail or not attach properly.
 

## Full Expanded Jurisdiction

- Preview images of some of the new vehicles included in the FEJ pack. See LosSantosRED/AlternateConfigs/FullExpandedJurisdiction folder to install or learn more.

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## Full Modern Traffic

- Preview images of some of the new vehicles included in the FMT pack. Updates traffic to use DLC vehicles along with other lore friendly vehicle edits. See LosSantosRED/AlternateConfigs/FullModernTraffic folder to install or learn more.

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## Full Expanded Weapons

- Lore friendly weapon tweaks and additions. See LosSantosRED/AlternateConfigs/FullExpandedWeapons folder to install or learn more.

 

Could contain: man, clothing, outdoor, person, footwear, collage, ground, people

 

## Full Modern License Plates

- Includes lore friendly modern license plates for EVERY state and lots of government/state/federal items. See LosSantosRED/AlternateConfigs/FullModernLicensePlates folder to install or learn more

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## Liberty City RED

- Included in the LSR download is a full LSR config, peds/vehicles, and some LSR focused map fixes. Usable with Full Modern Traffic for that super modern feel.. See LosSantosRED/AlternateConfigs/Liberty City folder to install or learn more.

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Edited by Greskrendtregk
updates

What's New in Version 1.00547

Released

Alternate Config Updates

Enhanced. All Full Expanded configs have been changed over to enhanced. LCPP is still Legacy only.

Full Modern Traffic

Added Karin Feroci

Added Imponte DF8-90

Added Declasse Rancher

Added Canis Mesa 2nd Gen

Added Karin Previon stock variant

Added Benefator Laufer Service/Mail

Updated Popgroups

Full Expanded Jurisdiction

Added Benefacter Laufer Taxi

Enhanced OIV Package Installer

Verify you have the necessary dlclist.xml entry after installing each alternate config on enhanced. In some cases the lines will be blank.

Dlclist Lines:

<Item>dlcpacks:/greskfej/</Item>

<Item>dlcpacks:/greskfmt/</Item>

<Item>dlcpacks:/greskfmlp/</Item>

<Item>dlcpacks:/greskfew/</Item>


Added:

Car Break Interaction. You will now need to have precise control to pick and hotwire non-running cars around LS and beyond.

Interiors. Added lots of new interiors for places around LS. MP Map required (LSR will auto load now). Credit @Peter Badoingy

Drilling UI. Get a visual on how close you are to drilling the lock.

Bleeding. All peds (including the player) can now start bleeding. Visual blood trails will let you know where they have scurried off to.

Hit Reactions. Peds will crumple and grab items more like GTA IV when shot. All peds can be knocked down and have distinct falls.

Gang Wars. Take over territory from rival gangs. Initial version, more to come. Be sure to remove the vanilla gangs using the Alternate configs if you want to take over ALL territories.

Gang Retaliation. Gangs can strike back once you have taken territory from them. Be quick and survive to hold your ground. Initial version, more to come.

Race Tracks. More race tracks and racers have been added to work with the new AI. Credit @Peter Badoingy.

Vehicle Transmission. Automatic vehicle transmission type added. Double tap accelerate/brake to change mode or use the Action Wheel. Enable in settings.

Cop Stability Assists. Can use some race inspired logic to keep up.

Maps app. Lookup places on your phone. Credit @benzstar.

Group Driving. Get driven around by group members. Use the map waypoints to direct them.

 

Updated:

Enhanced Support. The enhanced version of GTA Is now fully support and recommended as the best way to play LSR.

Racing. Race AI has been completely overhauled. New tracks and classes added. Vehicle selection expanded. Credit @Peter Badoingy

Cop Chase Logic. More cop chase updates to improve their performance.

Agencies, Peds, and Jurisdictions. Moved some peds around and changed higher level dispatching.

Ped Customizer. Added more parentage items.

Fixed:

Police chase assist distances.

Auto helmet not being disabled in all cases.

Cop update priorities.

Ped delete and cleanup distances for civilians.

Properties ownership issues.

Interior loading items.

Breaking window when you meant to lockpick.

Plus lots more...


Short Description

Enhanced and Customizable Criminal Free-Roam

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nova2727

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Needs be updated to latest version of gta as new version not compatible

Gerhart67

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On 8/2/2026 at 6:15 PM, nova2727 said:

Needs be updated to latest version of gta as new version not compatible

No Idea what issue you're having but it runs perfectly fine on the latest GTAV update. If you would like help in troubleshooting, join the discord for better support

On 8/2/2026 at 11:24 AM, Brandon Arredondo said:

Hello guys how are you? I've been getting constant crashes while playing this mod, if anyone has experience in this mod or known issues with it I'll be glad to receive your help! I made a thread in the support forum

https://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/157155-los-santos-red-constant-crashing-during-gameplay/

Thank you!

Wrong place to get support. The best place to get support is the discord. I must also mention that the RagePluginHook.log you want to submit is the one in the main GTAV directory/folder. It's overwritten on every activation of Rage so it's always new.

Braden57

Members

I've tried to get this on Enhanced a few times but to dumb to figure it out apparently. Is there a tutorial or a step by step guide?

Gerhart67

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2 hours ago, Braden57 said:

I've tried to get this on Enhanced a few times but to dumb to figure it out apparently. Is there a tutorial or a step by step guide?

Same method different tools. Tutorial and links on the discord

Braden57

Members

2 hours ago, Gerhart67 said:

Same method different tools. Tutorial and links on the discord

lol man the sad thing is, is im in the discord and ive tried it multiple times and still cant get it haha. Im not the greatest at all this stuff. Really loving it on Legacy though!

Rhawwen

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Hi all. First I wanna say amazing mod, I've thrown over 70 hours into it. Are there any links to the Los Santos Red Project discord server?

Gerhart67

Members

13 hours ago, Rhawwen said:

Hi all. First I wanna say amazing mod, I've thrown over 70 hours into it. Are there any links to the Los Santos Red Project discord server?

No and that mod no longer has permission to use LSR source code so it will discontinue

EDDIE12555

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can someone help me i am having a problem where my text turn in to sss~ or ss~

EroticKiwi

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(edited)

Hey, first of all this mod is amazing!

I've been playing it almost non-stop and I've been finding everything fantastic.

Is there a discord server I can join where maybe there's updates and stuff or will updates only be released officially on here whenever they're ready?
Thanks

EDIT:

Nevermind I somehow missed the discord link right in the description lol

Edited by EroticKiwi

very much appreciate the author of this mod. Love it. I decided to create an account just now so I could comment and ask a question.

I have LSR Gang Creator installed and well when I first installed everything the creator worked, but now for some reason rage hook logs show it's throwing an error in initializing. It seems to be something to do with my location.xml not having safe houses or something like that? Not exactly sure. I decided manually modify different files, but I went ahead and backed them up and then put the original files there to see if that helped, but it did not. To my knowledge I don't believe I've made any adjustments to safe house parameters, so I'm guessing it could be one of the mods I installed alongside of it? Not so. Sure.

Anyways without getting lost in them Ramblewoods, I wanted to make an inquiry on a possible fix for this. Also if by chance you have suggestions on plugins or other mods I should add alongside this mod that are compatible. Thanks again very much. Also anyone else who takes notice of this comment, feel free to share. Your knowledge is a treasure indeed🌊🌊

Gerhart67

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(edited)

15 hours ago, TwoWolvesHighFiving said:

very much appreciate the author of this mod. Love it. I decided to create an account just now so I could comment and ask a question.

I have LSR Gang Creator installed and well when I first installed everything the creator worked, but now for some reason rage hook logs show it's throwing an error in initializing. It seems to be something to do with my location.xml not having safe houses or something like that? Not exactly sure. I decided manually modify different files, but I went ahead and backed them up and then put the original files there to see if that helped, but it did not. To my knowledge I don't believe I've made any adjustments to safe house parameters, so I'm guessing it could be one of the mods I installed alongside of it? Not so. Sure.

Anyways without getting lost in them Ramblewoods, I wanted to make an inquiry on a possible fix for this. Also if by chance you have suggestions on plugins or other mods I should add alongside this mod that are compatible. Thanks again very much. Also anyone else who takes notice of this comment, feel free to share. Your knowledge is a treasure indeed🌊🌊

That lsr gang creator mod is not associated with this mod. There is no collaboration between that and this mod and is considered a separate 3rd party mod so use at your own rick.

There are no 3rd party mods/scripts that are suggested to use alongside Los Santos RED. If you want to use anything else then it's up to the user to test them to find out. Keep in mind there is no support for 3rd party mods so any issues will need to be solved by the user.

There are "user configs" available in the discord. These are "configs" (edited additive xml's) that use the already in mod mechanics to add on to the mod. As long as those configs are maintained they should work. I have several in that thread and am getting ready to go through them to make sure they are up to date. I need to go through and make sure no tags have been added/removed and to make sure there are no conflicts with the current version.

There are also tutorials on the discord, I have several that still hold up to the current version even though they are older. In the discord there is also program to help make editing xml's easier for those that struggle. Though I have not used it, it's been reported to be very good. It's called XML Helper and is at the top of the page in the User Configs thread.

Edited by Gerhart67

On 9/30/2026 at 3:32 PM, Gerhart67 said:

That lsr gang creator mod is not associated with this mod. There is no collaboration between that and this mod and is considered a separate 3rd party mod so use are your own rick.

There are no 3rd party mods/scripts that are suggested to use alongside Los Santos RED. If you want to use anything else then it's up to the user to test them to find out. Keep in mind there is no support for 3rd party mods so any issues will need to be solved by the user.

There are "user configs" available in the discord. These are "configs" (edited additive xml's) that use the already in mod mechanics to add on to the mod. As long as those configs are maintained they should work. I have several in that thread and am getting ready to go through them to make sure they are up to date. I need to go through and make sure no tags have been added/removed and to make sure there are no conflicts with the current version.

There are also tutorials on the discord, I have several that still hold up to the current version even though they are older. In the discord there is also program to help make editing xml's easier for those that struggle. Though I have not used it, it's been reported to be very good. It's called XML Helper and is at the top of the page in the User Configs thread.

On 9/30/2026 at 3:32 PM, Gerhart67 said:

That lsr gang creator mod is not associated with this mod. There is no collaboration between that and this mod and is considered a separate 3rd party mod so use are your own rick.

There are no 3rd party mods/scripts that are suggested to use alongside Los Santos RED. If you want to use anything else then it's up to the user to test them to find out. Keep in mind there is no support for 3rd party mods so any issues will need to be solved by the user.

There are "user configs" available in the discord. These are "configs" (edited additive xml's) that use the already in mod mechanics to add on to the mod. As long as those configs are maintained they should work. I have several in that thread and am getting ready to go through them to make sure they are up to date. I need to go through and make sure no tags have been added/removed and to make sure there are no conflicts with the current version.

There are also tutorials on the discord, I have several that still hold up to the current version even though they are older. In the discord there is also program to help make editing xml's easier for those that struggle. Though I have not used it, it's been reported to be very good. It's called XML Helper and is at the top of the page in the User Configs thread.

Wow. Thanks very much for the tips on this. I love this XML helper a lot. Quite helpful.

Rodvangar

Members

The first time I tried it, it worked correctly, but now every time I try to start the mod (f10 + shift) it says LSR crashed (LSR.dll). How do I fix it?

Gerhart67

Members

8 hours ago, Rodvangar said:
The first time I tried it, it worked correctly, but now every time I try to start the mod (f10 + shift) it says LSR crashed (LSR.dll). How do I fix it?

You would get better assistance in the discord. Go to the #help channel, describe what happened and drop your RagePluginHook.log in there

It is more difficult to troubleshoot in this forum

Rodvangar

Members

4 hours ago, Gerhart67 said:

You would get better assistance in the discord. Go to the #help channel, describe what happened and drop your RagePluginHook.log in there

It is more difficult to troubleshoot in this forum

OK thanks

Dupek09

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still the greatest GTA mod ever

Gammaaaa

Members

(edited)

correct me if im wrong, but even with lethal force authorized, this mod is by default supposed to prevent them from doing drive bys? i dont know if this is part of the update, or if its been so long i forgot this mod still lets them do that, but i find it kind of annoying, plus there seemingly isnt a setting that disables it either. other than that, great update and im glad this mods receiving updates again

Edit: If this helps, I am using the latest version (1.91) of the Immersive Combat mod by Artupaky01, it could just be a weird mod conflict, althought i dont remember it ever really having any changes on police vehicle chase behavior.

Edit 2: okay it definitely has nothing to do with other mods I have, I checked

Edited by Gammaaaa

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