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The crash happens because adding those three DLC packs to dlclist.xml pushes GTA V past its hardcoded Freemode Ped YMT / Component Limit.
Why This Happens
When Rockstar releases a major update, they add new clothing, props, and hair items for mp_m_freemode_01 and mp_f_freemode_01.
YMT Limit Exceeded: GTA V has a strict internal limit on how many clothing .ymt files and drawable component indices can be registered per freemode ped model.
Component Index Overflow: Adding mp2026_01 alongside existing clothing overhaul mods (like EUP) causes the game to hit the maximum component array bounds when attempting to stream freemode peds.
Outdated mods/update/update.rpf: If your mods folder contains an update.rpf from a previous patch, adding the new DLC lines into its dlclist.xml tells the game to parse newer DLC clothing data over outdated base structures, triggering an instant crash upon ped model initialization.
How to Fix It
1. Rebuild Your mods/update/update.rpf
Instead of manually editing an older dlclist.xml inside your mods folder:
Open OpenIV.
Navigate to your root directory: update/update.rpf.
OpenIV will ask to "Copy to mods folder" (or overwrite the existing one). Let OpenIV copy the updated native update.rpf into your mods folder.
Open the fresh mods/update/update.rpf/common/data/dlclist.xml and add your custom mod entries back in.
2. Install the Latest Gameconfig & Limit Adjusters
Because the new DLC increases the game's internal asset footprint, you must expand the game pools:
Gameconfig: Download the latest Gameconfig for Limit Adjuster from GTA5-Mods and place it into mods/update/update.rpf/common/data/.
Heap Adjuster: Place HeapAdjuster.asi into your main GTA V folder and set the heap value in HeapAdjuster.ini to 2000 or 2048.
Packfile Limit Adjuster: Place PackfileLimitAdjuster.asi into your main GTA V folder.
Please share your RagePluginHook.log file (located in your main GTA V directory). That will help figure out what's causing the issue.

Dude, thank you! That fixed it!

do you use the mod "extended camera settings"? if yes, get all three files of it out of your main gta directory until the mod gets updated. this solved it for me.

MIne stopped working since last play without modding/tweaking in between. After 2 hours of fault finding. For me the extendedcamera settings mod I had seemed to be the issue. Delete that if you have it.
 
Edit: Seems others have found this to be the issue.. Link to mod https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/extended-camera-settings#comments_tab

place your replacing cars always into the LAST patchday directory. by the date of early October 2025 it should be this one:
 
\mods\update\x64\dlcpacks\patchdayg9ecng\dlc.rpf\x64\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf
 
edit: i'm sorry for confusing you, copied the wrong path. the right one is:
\mods\update\x64\dlcpacks\patch2025_01\dlc.rpf\x64\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf

@khorio I appreciate the response, and I was able to figure it out through a different method. The file name is CategoriesDat22.rel, the only issue that I ran into was that OIV could not edit such documents. Someone suggested using the Codewalker to open the file and I was able to edit the Heli volume, rotor volume and heli distance. No crashes either

we don't have any cristall ball to tell you the future. you have to be patient.

best way is to edit the visualsettings and carcols to your own likings. tons of how to's out there to find. in viualsettings you edit the general light effects (brightness, intensitiy) of all cars. in carcols you can turn off all coronas of the car f.e. that only emergency lights will have some like in your pic above. brightness of emergency lights i usually edit in the ytd's emissives but is mostly not necessary. 

just sayin'... 🥳

just sayin'... 🥳

thx for this hint. after reading the specific callouts there it seems to be like...... having some clue what might happened.
i don't know why but i've always passed firey callouts without noticing it. i will try this one for sure! 👍

You could try Firey Callouts and see if you like that. 

you should state which part of the meta file was edited. to go through the whole file is a little bit too much 😉

sheriff2 uses the fbi2 handling just as park ranger as far as i know. if you want an own sheriff2 handling you have to create an own and add the lines to the meta

lol now i've seen that i've just forgot the "R" at the end of buccaneeR and so i was searching for the sound that he uses! 😄
 
thank you Charlie686!!! 👍

Hey there,
 
If you'd like to use the audio hash, you can use the following:
<audioNameHash>BUCCANEER</audioNameHash>  
I verified myself that it worked, so hopefully it does for you! 😄 

Hey!
POLICE4 uses the POLICE handling.meta entry.
Hopefully that's the clarification you were looking for. 😄
 

first retry failed again.
 
after rebooting my entire system and disabling av RPH works and modded GTA starts. 
 
thank you!

I can reproduce the problem on my own system, and have filed a report with Microsoft. When Defender is correctly disabled, RPH works again.
You can either wait for Microsoft to update their definitions or disable AV temporarily during start.

"Mods - update - update.rpf - x64 - data."

gameconfig works fine for me, i can play modded as usual again. thanks for the hint 😉

Have you tried installing all of the following?:
 
 
https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/heapadjuster
https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/packfile-limit-adjuster
 
Make sure to remove the _ from the mods folder after installing all of these, then boot GTAV.

roughstar dropped another update recently. there's nothing wrong with your downloads. you should not auto-update gta otherwise you have to wait until everything is updated, speaking of lspdfr and rph.

big thx for updating the scripthook under the most worst circumstances you could imagine! 
all best for you and your beloved ones!