{"id":1132,"date":"2015-06-01T19:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openiv.com\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:30:41","slug":"how-to-use-openiv-mods-folder-and-keep-your-original-gta-v-files-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openiv.com\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"How to use OpenIV &#8220;mods&#8221; folder and keep your original GTA V files safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of <strong>OpenIV<\/strong> and <strong>OpenIV.ASI<\/strong> provide support for <strong>\u201c<em>mods<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> folder that can be very useful in the following cases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have <strong>DVD<\/strong> or <strong>Rockstar Games Warehouse<\/strong> version of <strong>GTA V<\/strong> and every time you edit files <strong>Launcher<\/strong> download original files back;<\/li>\n<li>You want to have original <strong>GTA V<\/strong> files unmodified;<\/li>\n<li>You want to have fast way to switch between original and modified files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required software:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OpenIV<\/strong> (2.6.3 or newer)<\/li>\n<li><strong>OpenIV.ASI<\/strong> (1.1 or newer)<\/li>\n<li><strong>GTA V ASI LOADER<\/strong> (build \u201cMay  2 2015\u201d or newer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1 \u2013 <\/strong>Download and install <strong>OpenIV<\/strong>. Configure it to work with your copy of GTAV.<br \/>\n<strong>2 \u2013 <\/strong>Navigate to <strong>ASI Manager<\/strong> using menu \u201cTools\u201d > \u201cASI Manager\u201d or \u201cASI Manager\u201d button on tool bar.<br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/00.gif\" style=\"width: 680px;\"><\/center><br \/>\nThrough <strong>ASI Manager<\/strong>, you can install, update or remove ASI Loader and <strong>OpenIV<\/strong> ASI plugins.<br \/>\n<strong>3 \u2013 <\/strong>Install <strong>ASI Loader<\/strong> and <strong>OpenIV.ASI<\/strong><br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/01.gif\" style=\"width: 680px;\"><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>4 \u2013 <\/strong>Open your <strong>GTA V<\/strong> folder in File Explorer; you can do it fast in <strong>OpenIV<\/strong><br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/02.png\"><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>5 \u2013 <\/strong>In root of your <strong>GTA V<\/strong> folder create new folder and name if <strong>\u201c<em>mods<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> (lower case)<br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/03.png\" style=\"width: 680px;\"><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>6 \u2013 <\/strong>Now you have to copy RPF archives into <strong>\u201c<em>mods<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> folder. For example, if you want to modify <strong>\u201c<em>Grand Theft Auto V\\update\\update.rpf<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> you need to copy it like <strong>\u201c<em>Grand Theft Auto V\\mods\\update\\update.rpf<\/em>\u201d<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/04.png\" style=\"width: 680px;\"><\/center><br \/>\nThe following table is explain how you need to copy archives to mods folder. The path to RPF archive in <strong>\u201c<em>mods<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> folder must be the same as in real <strong>GTA V<\/strong>folder, here is some examples:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Grand Theft Auto V &#8211; Original archive path<\/th>\n<th>Path in &#8220;mods&#8221; folder<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>GTAV\\update\\update.rpf<\/td>\n<td>GTAV\\mods\\update\\update.rpf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GTAV\\common.rpf<\/td>\n<td>GTAV\\mods\\common.rpf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GTAV\\x64\\audio\\sfx\\SCRIPT.rpf<\/td>\n<td>GTAV\\mods\\x64\\audio\\sfx\\SCRIPT.rpf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GTAV\\update\\x64\\dlcpacks\\mpheist\\dlc.rpf<\/td>\n<td>GTAV\\mods\\update\\x64\\dlcpacks\\mpheist\\dlc.rpf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GTAV\\x64e.rpf<\/td>\n<td>GTAV\\mods\\x64e.rpf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>7 \u2013 <\/strong>From this point if you want to install mod or edit some file you need to do it in archive from <strong>\u201c<em>mods<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> folder.<br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/05.png\" style=\"width: 680px;\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now all your mods will be in separated folder, and original files will stay not modified.<br \/>\nIf you want to switch back to original files just go to <strong>ASI Manager<\/strong> and remove <strong>OpenIV.ASI<\/strong>. In addition, you can remove ASI Loader to disable all ASI plugins that you have installed.<br \/>\nYou can use <strong>ASI Manager<\/strong> any time to switch between mods and original game. You no need to remove <strong>\u201c<em>mods<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> folder every time.<br \/>\n<center><img src=\"https:\/\/ntscorp.ru\/pub\/i\/2015.06\/06.gif\" style=\"width: 680px;\"><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of OpenIV and OpenIV.ASI provide support for \u201cmods\u201d folder that can be very useful in the following cases: You have DVD or Rockstar Games Warehouse version of GTA V and every time you edit files Launcher download original files back; You want to have original GTA V files unmodified; You want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[17,3,26,23,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1103,"url":"https:\/\/openiv.com\/?p=1103","url_meta":{"origin":1132,"position":0},"title":"OpenIV 2.6.3 is available for download","date":"31 May, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we are proud to announce a new release of OpenIV is available for download. 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