How to prevent game from upgrading when not playing on-line

[TopCityPD 28]

     Good morning/ Evening all

   "I was wondering if it is possible to prevent my game from upgrading with on-line content if I do not play online?

Over the year's I have become tired of always seeming to have my game corrupt on me, due to a new expansion, when I DO NOT play on-lineI I been a LAPDFR user for years, and just kinda went with the flow of upgrading content just cause. Well after several replacements, and many mod folders later, I have become a little tired of setting everything up hopping, and praying nothing flat-lines my setup. Well that dream died recently and have to redo another mods folder. Now I could be mistaken as to the upgrade being the reason it went belly up however, I just kinda want to clear it from my minds check-list. I'm going to attempt to use LML this go around (I miss me some Albo) So any ideas or suggestions?? In advance thank you to all who replied and provided help!" 

Edited August 26, 2023 by TopCityPD

[cherryaerie 220]

Yes and no. Your best option, for when updates come, is to make a copy of the files below and move them to another folder, in which when an update comes, you can simply paste them back into the folder;

• GTAV
• GTAVLanguageSelect
• GTAVLauncher 
• PlayGTAV

On some random occasions, there may be times where you need to backup the mods folder itself because of changes to files like update.rpf. This is not always the case, and usually is mentioned by the community update 'leakers' or 'influencers' on various forums and YouTube channels if this ever needs to occur. Doing this will allow you to play the game while the mods that depend on the game version update.

 

Next, I should say ahead of time I have no idea how to do this with Epic as I do not own the Epic Games version. The Rockstar Store version also to my knowledge does not allow you to do any of this. If you own steam, you can simply deactivate updates until you manually do it. However, it will always update on the first launch after a scheduled update, there is nothing to bypass that, which is why I recommend backing up those game files.

1. Open Steam and navigate to your games library
2. Find Grand Theft Auto V, right click and find properties.
   • Alternatively, find the settings icon on the game banner and find properties.
3. Go to updates -> automatic updates and switch this to "only update this game when I launch it"

I would only suggest doing the second method if you are asleep or have a habit of forgetting to backup the files before the game updates. Also, because of the fact that GTAV has mainly online updates, it does a "title update", meaning the entire game essentially updates, even if there are no changes to story mode. 

Edited August 29, 2023 by xaurxradez