"Grand Theft Auto V" was released for PC just last month and almost immediately, the modding community got to work, filling the game with numerous mods, cheats, and hacks that the console-versions will never get. Developer Rockstar has finally addressed this by banning some users who use mods in multiplayer mode.
Most user-created mods are designed to improve the player's experience. These improve the game's visuals and audio, and others add more vehicles, more locations, more weapons, and character models. Other mods, however, are plain hacks that work like built-in cheats.
Unfortunately, as reported by ArsTechnica, many of these mods are playable in the online mode as much as they are in single player. This means some players have an unfair advantage over the other plays because they are using cheats and mods that give unlimited ammo or health while the other players are relying only on what the game gives them.
Rockstar has answered back by banning the players that use mods and cheats in multiplayer. Fans of the series fear that the company is going to ban the use of mods altogether but this is not the case. The developer has no problem with players using mods for single-player since it does not affect the experience of others.
As posted on the official Rockstar newswire page, "No one has been banned for using single player modifications, and you should not worry about being banned or being relegated to the cheater pool just for using single player PC mods."
What isn't clear is if Rockstar would ban players for using any kind of mod in multiplayer or only those that give unfair advantages. Some mods are just for cosmetic purposes and others are technical tools such as those that allow players to record better in-game footage with more camera angles, slow-motion effects, and more.
