Why Am I Updating?

[ace_mon0 (REAPERS)]

If DLC is online only and I only want the story mode only why am i forced to update my game I'm not getting any new stuff but my game get bigger?

[Zero McDol]

Rockstar refuses to separate the Online portion of the game from the Single Player portion. Only the PS5 version has split downloads.

[ace_mon0 (REAPERS)]

Messaggio originale di Zero McDol:

Rockstar refuses to separate the Online portion of the game from the Single Player portion. Only the PS5 version has split downloads.

WOW, There all full of goodness. Well looks like it's time for another H.D.D. to fix another AAA gaming company's sloppy lazy mess.

[Fearagen]

Messaggio originale di ace_mon0 (REAPERS):

Messaggio originale di Zero McDol:

Rockstar refuses to separate the Online portion of the game from the Single Player portion. Only the PS5 version has split downloads.

WOW, There all full of goodness. Well looks like it's time for another H.D.D. to fix another AAA gaming company's sloppy lazy mess.

I agree, single player needs to be a separate option to install by itself. I myself haven't played online in years and just prefer single player as a sandbox to do whatever I feel like. Do not need the online portion at all.

[Hellsmoke]

Correct me if I'm wrong but both online and offline share the same files which is why you can't go into online when you have single player modded.

i doubt the file size is much smaller if if people could only download single player.

[psykoteky]

42.7+gb difference - and that is just dlc content, not what came with base game.

That said, to op, there are ways around the updates - like disabling automatic updates 'and' putting steam into offline mode to play single player, updates/downgrades, 'other methods', shenanigans with steamdb.info, and even/used to be some mods. Haven't personally tested this exact scenario (but it is something that fixes basically the same situation) but you could likely get an 'updated' appmanifest_271590.acf from a friend - and throw that into steam/steamapps with steam closed after the friend updated gta5 - and skip putting steam into offline. (infact, I usually upload that file 'here' within 2-6 hours of an update)

You could even go delete those dlcpacks if you wanted to recover some space - located in steam/steamapps/common/gtav/update/x64/dlcpacks - mp* folders. However, any verify files/future update will likely try to redownload it all again. Be sure you are prepared to never have that happen again to bypass their keeping storymode/online a 'seamless' 1 launch transition. The store page did say - requirements would change over time, hdd space included.

But yes, that has been a major complaint for a very long time.

[Hellsmoke]

Messaggio originale di psykoteky:

42.7+gb difference - and that is just dlc content, not what came with base game

Wow okay, that is quite a difference. I stand corrected.

[ace_mon0 (REAPERS)]

Ok, I deleted the MP files and can still play SP game Thinks

[Fearagen]

Messaggio originale di ace_mon0 (REAPERS):

Ok, I deleted the MP files and can still play SP game Thinks

Might consider that myself.

[White Jam of Terror]

I'm sorry to bump the old post.
Is this still working. I wanna play story again ubt dont want to use 100 GB of my SSD.

[psykoteky]

The deletion of the mp* folders to cut size off an install for storymode only?
TMK yes, recent update didn't do much but change gta5.exe and update/update2.rpf

[White Jam of Terror]

Alright. Thks for such a quick reply. I ll try tomorrow after all that 100 GB download.......

[Ricco]

damn loading time...

[AzraelTitanbane]

Messaggio originale di psykoteky:

42.7+gb difference - and that is just dlc content, not what came with base game.

That said, to op, there are ways around the updates - like disabling automatic updates 'and' putting steam into offline mode to play single player, updates/downgrades, 'other methods', shenanigans with steamdb.info, and even/used to be some mods. Haven't personally tested this exact scenario (but it is something that fixes basically the same situation) but you could likely get an 'updated' appmanifest_271590.acf from a friend - and throw that into steam/steamapps with steam closed after the friend updated gta5 - and skip putting steam into offline. (infact, I usually upload that file 'here' within 2-6 hours of an update)

You could even go delete those dlcpacks if you wanted to recover some space - located in steam/steamapps/common/gtav/update/x64/dlcpacks - mp* folders. However, any verify files/future update will likely try to redownload it all again. Be sure you are prepared to never have that happen again to bypass their keeping storymode/online a 'seamless' 1 launch transition. The store page did say - requirements would change over time, hdd space included.

But yes, that has been a major complaint for a very long time.

Hi friend, I was wondering something. I did what you said, but in the opening mission of the game, the police now don't show up.

[psykoteky]

/sigh.

Just tested again - here. Prologue - works fine.
Police after Franklin repo - also fine.
steam/steamapps/common/gtav/update/x64/dlcpacks - mp* folders.
Not the /dlcpacks folder. Go inside of that.
MP* folder ONLY. Leave patch* folder alone.
No mods. It's all working fine here.

/goodluck

[Exodus]

It's preferred to downpatch gta if you're doing story only, it's not particularly difficult as I have to do the same for another game for certain speedrun glitches to work. In gta's case not only does the file size increase it can break mission elements its why even speedrunners prefer to play on a specifc patch.