Stop lumping GTA and Online together

[Nomadski]

My download should be 50gb but no, I also have to download Online which I have no intention of playing, AND install kernel level keylogging software just to play an offline game.

Let ME choose what I want to install, and what I don't want to install, Rockstar.

[M200Chan]

Originally posted by Nomadski:

AND install kernel level keylogging software

To be fair, there's (official) ways to disable BattlEye if you want to play offline. Rockstar doesn't exactly advertise this, because GTAO is their big money maker with the GTA series, but it can be done. I believe you can use launch arguments or the Rockstar launcher, but I don't know myself since I actually do play online.

[psykoteky]

Yep, can disable battleye in the R* launcher, settings - or use -nobattleye in the launch options, or a commandline.txt in the game folder. (or should be able to anyway unless they break it with any o these updates).

As for the online content - in legacy you could open up gtav / update / x64 / dlcpacks - and straight remove mp* folders and regain 40+gb of space (though it did knock out some newer radio stations IIRC). I think you could even remove 'any' folders there but hadn't fully tested that route. Or, just make a 'hold' folder - move them all to that and test yourself, without deletion. Pull that trigger later. Same concept for enhanced.

Personally, haven't tested removing those files/folders on the enhanced version -yet-. Of course, future updates, verifying game files and all that - is just going to pull some/all of that back down. Could also be annoying if you wanted to get into storymode modding later and some of those files are required.

Again, bear in mind there is a sizeable difference in size between the 2 versions. If they may storymode changes, and put them into these 'patch day' folders, and purged the old stuff.... the removal of the folders no longer be a valid method to shrink install size for only storymode.

[Nomadski]

I don't know why Rockstar can't just do what COD used to do (and has gone back to) by modularising the whole package. I'm not a fan of deleting installed folders in case future updates need them for some reason.

Well, obviously as Chan says, they want everyone in Online spending bucks, but its fricking annoying.

Thanks for the heads up Psyk re the launch options, I'll give that a go - will that stop battleeye from trying to install?

[psykoteky]

It should, yes.

And for those that installed battleye - you can also run the 'gta5_enhanced_be 4' in a cmd window in the folder to prompt an uninstall as well.

[shotgunharry]

for more space just delete all folders with names starting with mp -> gtav / update / x64 / dlcpacks.

delete battleye folder. next game start will fail and the pop up will ask retry without battleye. works for me.

[N3tRunn3r]

This might help you ::

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3439067124

[cruste]

dude you operation system already logs all your key inputs and makes lovely screenshots every 5 sec or so to train a lovely ai aka recall feature, so why do you get grumpy when R* want to log some keys too

[Tr3m0r]

Originally posted by cruste:

dude you operation system already logs all your key inputs and makes lovely screenshots every 5 sec or so to train a lovely ai aka recall feature, so why do you get grumpy when R* want to log some keys too

Thats the worst rationalization that seems to not go away. Just because it's a bad practice used by someone else, doesn't mean the more the merrier. Data privacy is starting to become a thing in EU and other areas because there has been rampant data harvesting, scumming, whatever you want to call it. It gets analyzed by evolving algorithms and the more a user clicks "OK" on EULAs, the more money those profiles become as that data goes up in value. The IP addresses link more identifiers, the companies can then communicate back and forth all about the customer and all profit on selling to the highest bidder which can include governments anywhere. And yet we the customers should feel glad that we get a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if we link our account for that "privilege" or say yes to "provide better user experiences across our range of advertisers."

[Nomadski]

Originally posted by cruste:

dude you operation system already logs all your key inputs and makes lovely screenshots every 5 sec or so to train a lovely ai aka recall feature, so why do you get grumpy when R* want to log some keys too

Why would I get grumpy because a company wants to install key logging software on my pc for a product (online) I do not wish to play?

Not sure if serious.

Recall does not exist on my system either btw.

[Long Niar™]

I personally only play online. Still am only around 45 minutes into the single player story.

Good stuff!