Install with no BattleEye

[Cederic]

Is it possible to install and play this (in single player) without compromising kernel security?

I wont complain if it's not, as it's a free update. But I certainly wont install and play it.

[psykoteky]

Yes, just install the R* launcher first. Open it, possbily login, settings, uncheck battleye. Or, use -nobattleye in the launch options in steam, or commandline.txt in the game folder. (can also uninstall with 'gta5_be.exe 4' in a cmd prompt at the game folder)

At least, those are options currently available to gta5 legacy.
Remains to be seen for enhanced, but I'd bet is same/similar.

[Cederic]

Thank you, that sounds promising.

[DistortedRI]

This seems to work with Enhanced. I never have or will play GTA online, so I have no interest in having anti cheat rootkits on my system.

Do as above, disable BattlEye in the Rockstar Launcher, single player works fine. To remove BattlEye, do an SC Stop "BEService" from an elevated command prompt, followed by SC Delete "BEService". Then delete BattlEye folder from C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local, and delete it from steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced. Test single player out.

[StoneWolf]

Thanks, this works perfectly.

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Yes, just install the R* launcher first. Open it, settings, uncheck battleye. Or, use -nobattleye in the launch options in steam, or commandline.txt in the game folder.
(can also uninstall with 'gta5_be.exe 4' in a cmd prompt at the game folder)

At least, those are options currently available to gta5 legacy.
Remains to be seen for enhanced, but I'd bet is same/similar.

[MJ7791]

Isn't playing without battle eye or editing the game files against the GTAO Terms of Use?

[Bad Harmony]

Originally posted by MJ7791:

Isn't playing without battle eye or editing the game files against the GTAO Terms of Use?

The OP was in fact asking about playing GTA5 story mode, not Online. Similarly, R* doesn't care if you use mods in single player, you're not harming anyone.

[psykoteky]

This is about playing storymode, without battleye enabled, or installed.
'Online' - is a different story.

R* gives you the option to disable it in the R* launcher, and even tell you about it -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ

Commandline.txt is also something they've provided for legacy for years -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/202518358/Full-list-of-command-line-parameters-for-Grand-Theft-Auto-V-on-PC

Deleting the files.. that aren't in use - /shrug - people are playing storymode.
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/115009494848/PC-Single-Player-Mods

[MJ7791]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

This is about playing storymode, without battleye enabled, or installed.
'Online' - is a different story.

R* gives you the option to disable it in the R* launcher, and even tell you about it -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ

Commandline.txt is also something they've provided for legacy for years -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/202518358/Full-list-of-command-line-parameters-for-Grand-Theft-Auto-V-on-PC

Deleting the files.. that aren't in use - /shrug - people are playing storymode.
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/115009494848/PC-Single-Player-Mods

Okay. I wasn't sure because Battle Eye is for online play.

[Jack]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

This is about playing storymode, without battleye enabled, or installed.
'Online' - is a different story.

R* gives you the option to disable it in the R* launcher, and even tell you about it -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ

Commandline.txt is also something they've provided for legacy for years -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/202518358/Full-list-of-command-line-parameters-for-Grand-Theft-Auto-V-on-PC

Deleting the files.. that aren't in use - /shrug - people are playing storymode.
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/115009494848/PC-Single-Player-Mods

There's no reference in any of these links on how to disable Battleeye - even the -nobattleeye command line option is missing from the commandline reference.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Jack:

Originally posted by psykoteky:

This is about playing storymode, without battleye enabled, or installed.
'Online' - is a different story.

R* gives you the option to disable it in the R* launcher, and even tell you about it -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ

Commandline.txt is also something they've provided for legacy for years -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/202518358/Full-list-of-command-line-parameters-for-Grand-Theft-Auto-V-on-PC

Deleting the files.. that aren't in use - /shrug - people are playing storymode.
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/115009494848/PC-Single-Player-Mods

There's no reference in any of these links on how to disable Battleeye - even the -nobattleeye command line option is missing from the commandline reference.

Because it's a switch which does the same as unchecking battleye pretty much.

whichever way you do it, Battleye will be disabled until you remove the command or check the box in the launcher.

[psykoteky]

My '2nd' / links... post was in response to post #5 - "Isn't playing without battle eye or editing the game files against the GTAO Terms of Use?"

I made no reference to -nobattleye, or that it was in the command options list. It was about 'editing' game files - commandline.txt, and disabling battleye. Yes, the vast majority of their help links are awful.

"When does BattlEye need to be running? BattlEye only needs to be active during online play sessions, such as when playing GTA Online. Depending on your platform (Rockstar Games Launcher, Epic, Steam), you can change the setting or launch option to disable BattlEye for Story Mode."

There is also these -
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490687697683/BattlEye-is-required-to-play-GTA-Online-alert-screen
https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490107215763/BattlEye-Troubleshooting-for-Grand-Theft-Auto-V

My first post was the actual 'useful' info - posted before enhanced was released...
We now know it is gtav_enhanced_be.exe too. Whatever. Always something.