THEFT NOTICE
Myself and several other modders have been made aware of some people going around using illegal software to crack GTA V models to take parts for themselves, or to take private models of FiveM servers and use on their own. A few people going only by the names DraculaFX, Alex! and Noah! have been seen doing this and reportedly using on a few FiveM servers I will not name.
Basically this is sad news for everybody. While there isn't really anything we as creators can do, or can be bothered going to the effort to do, it breaks the trust of us, and several creators have already taken down all of their own models and have told me that they don't have any intentions of releasing any more of their work.
It's disappointing news for you and it is for us too. We like making models and releasing them for you guys to enjoy. We don't get paid for any of this, and all of us put in hundreds to thousands of hours of work and hundreds of dollars too. You may not realise it but this is expensive work. I myself have probably spent over $600, and I know a few people who would be up into the thousands by now. I'm not saying this to guilt you into giving us money, just to give you an idea of how much this stuff means to us. And to hear about people using a program they got of google to steal our work, it's disheartening.
If you want to get into creating models. Go for your life, you'll enjoy it. Join Moose's Discord, where a lot of us hang out, and you can chat to any of us and ask for tips and advice and even some of our models if we're feeling generous. I'm not here to try and hold a monopoly on models, just do it the right way, don't be a shit cunt.
If you know one of these people involved, or anyone else who is stealing work, since I know there are always more people out there, call them out for their dishonesty. We don't need these kinds of people around, and the more people who support real creation the better off everyone is.
Sorry for the essay, models coming soon