After several weeks of online cheating in GTA Online that included counterfeiting in-game currency through exploits, Rockstar Games has announced that it will begin to take corrective measures to punish players who are found actively involved in cheating and other balance-breaking exploits.
GTA Online is currently undergoing maintenance, and the developers' team is now working to fix the exploits gamers have found. According to the studio, the game should be running normally by January 17.
Earlier this January, Rockstar was reported to be looking to create a Sandbox version of GTA 5 Online where money means nothing in the game and everything purchasable will be made available for free. Rumors had it that the Sandbox Los Santos would be the suitable place for hackers and cheaters, where they could simply enter the game online and start a riot at random time and places. This was meant to minimize the infinite money hack concerns and reduce the number of players being thrown into the cheater's lobby in the existing GTA Online.
GTA Online is currently undergoing maintenance, and the developers' team is now working to fix the exploits gamers have found. According to the studio, the game should be running normally by January 17.
Earlier this January, Rockstar was reported to be looking to create a Sandbox version of GTA 5 Online where money means nothing in the game and everything purchasable will be made available for free. Rumors had it that the Sandbox Los Santos would be the suitable place for hackers and cheaters, where they could simply enter the game online and start a riot at random time and places. This was meant to minimize the infinite money hack concerns and reduce the number of players being thrown into the cheater's lobby in the existing GTA Online.
In the Sandbox GTA Online mode, players can get in a tank and
fight against the police. For more action and fun, there's a parking lot
with every car, and on the international airport players can pilot all
planes, except the big cargo planes. So, everything is available and
everything is free!
There are no missions or jobs to do in the sandbox version of the game, so it's like GTA 5 Offline with only street races. Players can't save the game in online mode, and each player is his/her own online character. Friends can join the sandbox version, but strangers are disallowed.
Also last month, Rockstar Games released a new GTA 5 patch that apparently fixed some problems and prevented hackers and cheaters from creating custom lobbies where gamers could earn an infinite amount of in-game currency within a short period of time. The 1.08 patch released a week after that fixed concerns regarding the duplication of vehicles, which players could sell again and again for an infinite sum of cash.
It's a bit funny that GTA Online, the game built around thefts, murders and other criminal behaviors, is needing regulations and corrective measure for committing a "crime". Rockstar Games has realized that people cheated on the game simply because they wanted money to play with their friends in their own way. Players wanted to buy everything purchasable, revamp some cool cars or do nice little tricks with shotguns and miniguns.
There are no missions or jobs to do in the sandbox version of the game, so it's like GTA 5 Offline with only street races. Players can't save the game in online mode, and each player is his/her own online character. Friends can join the sandbox version, but strangers are disallowed.
Also last month, Rockstar Games released a new GTA 5 patch that apparently fixed some problems and prevented hackers and cheaters from creating custom lobbies where gamers could earn an infinite amount of in-game currency within a short period of time. The 1.08 patch released a week after that fixed concerns regarding the duplication of vehicles, which players could sell again and again for an infinite sum of cash.
It's a bit funny that GTA Online, the game built around thefts, murders and other criminal behaviors, is needing regulations and corrective measure for committing a "crime". Rockstar Games has realized that people cheated on the game simply because they wanted money to play with their friends in their own way. Players wanted to buy everything purchasable, revamp some cool cars or do nice little tricks with shotguns and miniguns.
The company has not mentioned what the punishments will be, but those receiving a massive amount of counterfeit money may have it removed from their account. In a support article published earlier this month, the GTA Online developer also urged those who are not involved in willful hacking or cheating to not get caught up in the company's effort to separate out hackers from rest of the population. It seems that expending and obtaining bounties containing the illegal in-game currency won't be classified as modding and cheating either. Overall, if you find anyone knowingly cheating or hacking, Rockstar is asking you to report them immediately through the in-game menu.
Here's the full statement published by Rockstar:
"In recent weeks, a small number of Grand Theft Auto Online players sought to exploit the game by generating and distributing game-breaking amounts of in-game cash, disrupting the experience for other players.
We will continue to issue title updates on an ongoing basis to counter the negative impact this has had on gameplay, and as part of today’s maintenance period, we are removing the counterfeit GTA$ from the game's economy. Anyone that innocently received GTA$ as a result of these exploits but did not engage in cheating to acquire it will not face any further action - the funds will just be removed , and you'll be able to keep any items you currently own.
Those who actively engaged in cheating and exploiting the game in this manner will, however, be subject to in-game penalties at our discretion. This may include being placed in isolated cheater pools or banned from GTA Online altogether.
Should you ever encounter someone in GTA Online that appears to be taking advantage of exploits in your session, we ask that you alert us directly via the in-game reporting functionality. In the Pause menu, under the Online tab, select Players and scroll to the offending player. From there, select Report and choose Exploits from the violation options.
We're grateful for the community's continued support in dealing with these issues and once again apologize to anyone that has had their Grand Theft Auto Online experience sullied by these exploits that broke the game's natural flow. Please stay tuned for lots more news about GTA Online in the weeks ahead."
"In recent weeks, a small number of Grand Theft Auto Online players sought to exploit the game by generating and distributing game-breaking amounts of in-game cash, disrupting the experience for other players.
We will continue to issue title updates on an ongoing basis to counter the negative impact this has had on gameplay, and as part of today’s maintenance period, we are removing the counterfeit GTA$ from the game's economy. Anyone that innocently received GTA$ as a result of these exploits but did not engage in cheating to acquire it will not face any further action - the funds will just be removed , and you'll be able to keep any items you currently own.
Those who actively engaged in cheating and exploiting the game in this manner will, however, be subject to in-game penalties at our discretion. This may include being placed in isolated cheater pools or banned from GTA Online altogether.
Should you ever encounter someone in GTA Online that appears to be taking advantage of exploits in your session, we ask that you alert us directly via the in-game reporting functionality. In the Pause menu, under the Online tab, select Players and scroll to the offending player. From there, select Report and choose Exploits from the violation options.
We're grateful for the community's continued support in dealing with these issues and once again apologize to anyone that has had their Grand Theft Auto Online experience sullied by these exploits that broke the game's natural flow. Please stay tuned for lots more news about GTA Online in the weeks ahead."
The counterfeiting in-game currency issues were increasing in "GTA Online", and
fans had reported through various social web sites that hackers and cheaters
had ruined their experience of the open-action worldwide adventure game. Many players
were frustrated with the overall competitiveness of the game as it
became substantially uninteresting due to cheating.
In GTA 5 Online, users can buy DLC cash card to covert real money into in-game currency. So, the overall counterfeiting issues could severely hurt Rockstar Games financially as gamers need not purchase the optional packs to play the game in multiplayer mode online.
In GTA 5 Online, users can buy DLC cash card to covert real money into in-game currency. So, the overall counterfeiting issues could severely hurt Rockstar Games financially as gamers need not purchase the optional packs to play the game in multiplayer mode online.
GTA 5 has been available on Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 since September 17. Rockstar Games had released the "GTA Online Multiplayer" mode on October 1.
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