Why do I have to install this when I never play online?

[clydejor]

I have never and will never play online but I all the sudden must install more garbage or I cant play the game I paid for years ago???????????

[psykoteky]

Battleye? You don't have to install it. Hit no. Then open R* launcher, go to settings, and uncheck battleye. If that doesn't work - you can also put -nobattleye in the gta5 launch options, or inside a commandline.txt in the game folder.

edit- JFC, yes - the above commands/toggles will prevent online play. Battleye is required for online play. To quote the op "I have never and will never play online"

https://steamcommunity.com/games/271590/announcements/detail/6356356787200715685

If you did install it, you can 'uninstall' it -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/4842021860585555513/#c4842021860585557669

/goodluck

[Chris Tohsaka]

Originally posted by clydejor:

I have never and will never play online but I all the sudden must install more garbage or I cant play the game I paid for years ago???????????

They want your data.

[Kevin (Boricua_Kevin on gta 5 O]

psykoteky ---when i try what you have...IT WOULD NOT LET ME PLAY GTA ONLINE :'(

[psykoteky]

Duh.
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ

edit - sounds like you need to read the 2 posts again.
(and not be having connectivity issues with R*, or BE)

[Kevin (Boricua_Kevin on gta 5 O]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Duh.
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ

I read that ALEEADY..BUT ON MY AYS BE MUST BE ^FOUND^ IF ITS NOT FOUND IT WILL AUTO DOWNSLOAD..When went to disable b e...gta (single player and online WOULD NOT OPEN)

[phantom_overlord]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Battleye? You don't have to install it. Hit no. Then open R* launcher, go to settings, and uncheck battleye. If that doesn't work - you can also put -nobattleye in the gta5 launch options, or inside a commandline.txt in the game folder.

edit- JFC, yes - the above commands/toggles will prevent online play. Battleye is required for online play. To quote the op "I have never and will never play online"

https://steamcommunity.com/games/271590/announcements/detail/6356356787200715685

If you did install it, you can 'uninstall' it -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/4842021860585555513/#c4842021860585557669

/goodluck

Super helpful, thanks. I only play offline now and then and did NOT want to install battleye. I was worried I couldn't uninstall it.

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:yay:

[dopugsnotdrugs]

the message that pops up is just a redundancy.. if you can play GTAV or GTAO you already have it 100% downloaded..

the only way to not have it, is to download fully followed by deleting most of the dlc x64 folder in the steam directory for V, which can save about 37 gigabytes and then you'll just play story and director mode only

also in the launcher under settings, uncheck browneye and never be bothered by anticheed ever again sirs pls bobs sirs