game crashes on single player after installing mods :(

[1600jordan]

so after installing a few add on car mods which ive done before and its always worked but it happened today i boot up the game and it sits on the "loading story mode" screen for 1-2 minutes before crashing and sending me back to steam to try again. this has only happened one other time and i managed to fix it but idk how i did, so i watched the same video i watched when this happened the first time and re downloaded script hook, rampage mod menu, simple trainer, heap adjuster, game config etc. and adjusted everything and did everything the video told me, and yet still my game crashes and ive re verified the game files and the last time this happened i uninstalled the game and reinstalled it and it still didnt work. i really dont wanna uninstall the game for it to keep doing the same thing anyone got any sort of soluitions on how to fix this issue (i can share the link to the video i watched so yall can see it and tell me if i did anything wrong i just really wanna play gta :(...)

[psykoteky]

No need to uninstall/reinstall the game if you can simply clean the folder in 30 seconds. Directions to clean - https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/1499000547495596089/#c1499000547495630914

I'd suggest you tear all the mods out - verify the game works as 100% vanilla, and try again. Even going so far as to rename my docs / rockstar games to rockstar games-old to remove settings, issues, potential corruption, and save games (don't use cloudsync when it asks) - to remove those from the equation too. Pulling non kb/mouse usb devices if those have been added since last time too.

If it doesn't work after you are sure it is vanilla - then you got other issues. Log files and crash reports may give more info.

Once it is clean, you can try again. Beyond that - you'd have to give links to the mods used (as then people can correctly test/try to replicate issues without guessing what you've installed, and see the listed instructions). Always possibly something silly like outdated/old links from the vid, a misplaced character or file, or something else silly causing the issue.

[1600jordan]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

No need to uninstall/reinstall the game if you can simply clean the folder in 30 seconds. Directions to clean - https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/1499000547495596089/#c1499000547495630914

I'd suggest you tear all the mods out - verify the game works as 100% vanilla, and try again. Even going so far as to rename my docs / rockstar games to rockstar games-old to remove settings, issues, potential corruption, and save games (don't use cloudsync when it asks) - to remove those from the equation too. Pulling non kb/mouse usb devices if those have been added since last time too.

If it doesn't work after you are sure it is vanilla - then you got other issues. Log files and crash reports may give more info.

Once it is clean, you can try again. Beyond that - you'd have to give links to the mods used (as then people can correctly test/try to replicate issues without guessing what you've installed, and see the listed instructions). Always possibly something silly like outdated/old links from the vid, a misplaced character or file, or something else silly causing the issue.

i will try to do this, is there anyway i can copy my folder with all the mods so if it is the modded version of game i can simply re add them and test them one by one? i dont completley mind re doing it all but it was indeed a pain and a bit time consuming

[1600jordan]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

No need to uninstall/reinstall the game if you can simply clean the folder in 30 seconds. Directions to clean - https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/1499000547495596089/#c1499000547495630914

I'd suggest you tear all the mods out - verify the game works as 100% vanilla, and try again. Even going so far as to rename my docs / rockstar games to rockstar games-old to remove settings, issues, potential corruption, and save games (don't use cloudsync when it asks) - to remove those from the equation too. Pulling non kb/mouse usb devices if those have been added since last time too.

If it doesn't work after you are sure it is vanilla - then you got other issues. Log files and crash reports may give more info.

Once it is clean, you can try again. Beyond that - you'd have to give links to the mods used (as then people can correctly test/try to replicate issues without guessing what you've installed, and see the listed instructions). Always possibly something silly like outdated/old links from the vid, a misplaced character or file, or something else silly causing the issue.

and to continue what you were saying about the outdated video, the video was a few monts ago after the tuners update which is when i first experinced this issue but i never had to remove mods for it but ill go through right now and remove all mods or mods i added today and see what i can do from there ill provide updates and will come back with what happened shortyl

[psykoteky]

You said the modded copy doesn't work - so why bother? Some of this could also depend on what your previous base game was configured at. Was it previously modded? Have you overmodded past config/pc capacity? Have you not played since tuners? Did you update gtav / 'mods' / update / update.rpf with the new one? Did you simply just update other mods? So many questions. I'd really start over from vanilla and double check every step on a clean install. I mean... whichever, it is your time. One thing is definitely correct though - 1 mod at a time, test.

Edit - Per your last post - only removing mods you added 'today'. Did it work today, before you added mods? Are you implying it was already modded? Then the answer is much more narrowed down/rather obvious... BUT.. depending how/what was added - undoing it may be more effort than simply starting over clean.

Or, do the 2nd paragraph without removing mods - verify nothing funny going on with permissions, usb, folders, settings, etc. If it doesn't work - then you clean the mods.

Then if you wanted you could make a copy of the vanilla game, and wipe/copy back to undo modding.. but once you know what doesn't belong the process is 30 seconds to revert a copy. (or once it is working with mods, you can copy the whole thing as well before adding a new batch - but you potentially run into problems in future after updates breaking your outdated copy, etc etc). Gotta keep track of things.

/goodluck~


Edit - I've had no issues extracting .rar's with 7z that I can recall. Generally there are errors if it can't extract. Else, you could also attempt to find .rar mods with .txt, ini, jpg, or something else that you could use 7z to extract and attempt to view. Could probably even just make your own .rar's, and extract with 7z, and test that theory. Of course, there are other questionable issues to arise there regarding your install process but I digress.

[1600jordan]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

You said the modded copy doesn't work - so why bother? Some of this could also depend on what your previous base game was configured at. Was it previously modded? Have you overmodded past config/pc capacity? Have you not played since tuners? Did you update gtav / 'mods' / update / update.rpf with the new one? Did you simply just update other mods? So many questions. I'd really start over from vanilla and double check every step on a clean install. I mean... whichever, it is your time. One thing is definitely correct though - 1 mod at a time, test.

Edit - Per your last post - only removing mods you added 'today'. Did it work today, before you added mods? Are you implying it was already modded? Then the answer is much more narrowed down/rather obvious... BUT.. depending how/what was added - undoing it may be more effort than simply starting over clean.

Or, do the 2nd paragraph without removing mods - verify nothing funny going on with permissions, usb, folders, settings, etc. If it doesn't work - then you clean the mods.

Then if you wanted you could make a copy of the vanilla game, and wipe/copy back to undo modding.. but once you know what doesn't belong the process is 30 seconds to revert a copy. (or once it is working with mods, you can copy the whole thing as well before adding a new batch - but you potentially run into problems in future after updates breaking your outdated copy, etc etc). Gotta keep track of things.

/goodluck~

per your first paragragh, i last played 9/29/21 everything was working fine i always check the game 2-3 times a week and play for a few hours to enjoy the game but i havent played recently due to school and work and my limited time to really play, so today i was like ill download a few more mods play the game for a bit since were on fall break and enjoy some free time then boom it just didnt work i didnt even try to play the game before i downloaded the mods (stupid me i know).. but i should have because now im not sure if the game wouldve crashed before the mods or after since i havent touched the game since the 28th of september. but ill delete all mods try the vanilla version of the game and go from there thank you for being helpful and quick responsive

[1600jordan]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

You said the modded copy doesn't work - so why bother? Some of this could also depend on what your previous base game was configured at. Was it previously modded? Have you overmodded past config/pc capacity? Have you not played since tuners? Did you update gtav / 'mods' / update / update.rpf with the new one? Did you simply just update other mods? So many questions. I'd really start over from vanilla and double check every step on a clean install. I mean... whichever, it is your time. One thing is definitely correct though - 1 mod at a time, test.

Edit - Per your last post - only removing mods you added 'today'. Did it work today, before you added mods? Are you implying it was already modded? Then the answer is much more narrowed down/rather obvious... BUT.. depending how/what was added - undoing it may be more effort than simply starting over clean.

Or, do the 2nd paragraph without removing mods - verify nothing funny going on with permissions, usb, folders, settings, etc. If it doesn't work - then you clean the mods.

Then if you wanted you could make a copy of the vanilla game, and wipe/copy back to undo modding.. but once you know what doesn't belong the process is 30 seconds to revert a copy. (or once it is working with mods, you can copy the whole thing as well before adding a new batch - but you potentially run into problems in future after updates breaking your outdated copy, etc etc). Gotta keep track of things.

/goodluck~

but wait wait.. i might know what could have caused the issue, so when i downloaded all the mods some of them downloaded through winwar but since my subscription has ended ive had to extract it by going to my downloads<clicking the file of the mod< 7zip < extract files. and then it doesnt show up as a 7zip it just shows as a normal file, do you think that could cause it to not work because its not a 7zip ??