It allows users to play GTA5 with custom multiplayer modes and separate servers from Rockstar's own. The mod project, named FiveM, has been active now for several months. Alas, Rockstar's banhammer has struck down him and other users anyway. So modder NTAuthority made his own multiplayer service away from GTA Online, in order to tinker around safely. The account suspensions come despite the group's attempt to comply with Rockstar's rules, which state modding of the developer's official GTA Online mode will face the banhammer. FiveM, a multiplayer mod for GTA5's single-player. ORIGINAL STORY 11/8/15 8.45am: A group of Grand Theft Auto 5 modders have been banned from the game after creating their own multiplayer service. Instead, the hookup to Rockstar's service was included as part of the mod's identification system, used to determine unique players on FiveM's dedicated servers.īut even without a user check, why did Rockstar ban those behind it? The developer has yet to comment. UPDATE 11/8/15 8.45am: FiveM's use of the Rockstar Social Club login does not guarantee ownership of the game, Eurogamer has been told by a user familiar with the mod. Our policy on such violations of our terms of service are clear, and the individuals involved in its creation have had their Social Club accounts suspended.' 'The FiveM project is an unauthorised alternate multiplayer service that contains code designed to facilitate piracy.

UPDATE 11/8/15 5.32pm: Rockstar has offered the following explanation as to why it's banned the folks behind the FiveM mod (via Kotaku):

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