Will I Get Banned?

[azraelsam310]

i have this mod lobby manager thing for rdo since public lobby are flooded with modders/cheaters. I has it like a year ago but not play it for moths now so will i get banned by rockstar??

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No cause it doesn't have such a thing, it's not needed.

RDO wouldn't need it either if Rockstar was not lazy and put the proper Private Session method into the game menu system like it should have had.

[GahbPower9000]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Vengeance:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bad 💀 Motha:

In GTA you just go to Story Mode. Once loaded in press ESC > go to Online > Invite Only Session.

what i meant like you put the startup file in gta

no one have done it before

[GahbPower9000]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bad 💀 Motha:

No cause it doesn't have such a thing, it's not needed.

RDO wouldn't need it either if Rockstar was not lazy and put the proper Private Session method into the game menu system like it should have had.

it exists

https://github.com/Raitou/GTA-V-Public-Solo-Friend-Session

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I see no reason, what purpose can it serve? You can launch Solo, Friends Only or Invite Only already in GTA Online without any script what so ever. It's always been in that game. Even back on the 2013 release on X360/PS3.

The friends only session is a means of making a session based on "Online Crew Members" where as Invite Online, you would make this session, then invite actual SocialClub friends into it and you have private session; no public joining can occur.

Again in RDO it's possible to do via a few tricks, like using the Poker Table for example (you can find videos on YT that explain it), but it requires at least one friend to do that with and it takes proper timing to get it to work right. With the startup.meta it's simple, and you can do it with no friends, you simply put a password in the file, now your RDO session is private as the game reads this file on game launch. To go back to Public, simply exit RDR2/RDO and move the file elsewhere so the game can't load it, then relaunch the game. You can play in the private session with friends if they use the same file contents and password.

[GahbPower9000]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bad 💀 Motha:

I see no reason, what purpose can it serve? You can launch Solo, Friends Only or Invite Only already in GTA Online without any script what so ever. It's always been in that game. Even back on the 2013 release on X360/PS3.

less lag with friends and maybe can bypass the ddos attacks?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Cheater free, no problems. Can hunt Legendary Animals and do your trade, moonshine, collector stuff all day without problems.

[Man o' War]

GTA doesn't need a work around meta file because you can use invite only, friends only or crew only lobbies in GTA V to exclude everyone you don't want.

Why RDR 2 didn't follow suit I'll never know so now we use the meta file solo lobby method in RDR 2 to avoid cheaters etc.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I prefer the term Private Session/Lobby because it's not forcing you into running around solo. You can have friends in there but like I said, there are some steps to that, which I explained.

[Benchwarmer]

Rockstar version (Not Steam) gives you a warning when using just the startup.meta txt file. Is that normal?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What warning? The Steam version is exactly the same. Only difference is that the game files are downloaded and verified from Steam hosted servers. The game must use the launcher and such as if you did not have Steam.

Probably you have some incorrect code in your startup.meta ?
Where you get it from?

[Benchwarmer]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bad 💀 Motha:

What warning? The Steam version is exactly the same. Only difference is that the game files are downloaded and verified from Steam hosted servers. The game must use the launcher and such as if you did not have Steam.

Probably you have some incorrect code in your startup.meta ?
Where you get it from?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3131852894

First time launching the rockstar launcher said something that it has detected a wrong file and warned about a ban or something. Though now when I launched it again, no warning. Though the meta doesnt work either. Edit. I did it wrong. The file was saved in txt format. Works now.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Make sure the file is in correct folder before game launch. Here's the file contents: https://pastebin.com/hk1yA0SK

The wording at bottom of file are the instructions, replace all of that with your session password

[Benchwarmer]

The game gives you this warning first time when launching the game with the meta, second time not anymore.

"Unexpected files have been found in the install directory of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Use of unofficial modifications to the game is not supported and may result in being banned from online content."

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's fine.
It's Rockstars own code, not a mod

[iLockAlot]

Opprinnelig skrevet av azraelsam310:

so making your own private lobby is consider cheating??

Cheating is cheating….there is no rationalizing it