You can’t mod GTA San Andreas PC on Rockstar Games Launcher - fans are very angry
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Callum Smith
@DiedInTheMH
7 hours ago
Gamers are angry about not being able to follow how to mod
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas guides on
PC through the
Rockstar Games Launcher.
The
Rockstar Games Launcher was released yesterday and
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is a freebie for those devoted enough to download the platform. Unfortunately, the biggest issue with the launcher is that it doesn't support mods; a defect which has infuriated the publisher/developer's fanbase.
Rockstar's Game Launcher is a neat package which keeps all of your Grand Theft Autos and other Rockstar titles together in one place. While that sounds useful as hell, the bad news is that it was plagued by an ungodly amount of errors yesterday that prevented people from being able to connect.
A more fundamental issue, however, is that the service doesn't provide mod support. This has resulted in an angry onslaught of tweets from a community who are justly disappointed in not being able to tweak the game however they want.
How to mod Grand Theft Auto San Andreas on PC
You cannot mod
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas on PC through the
Rockstar Games Launcher.
Venture Beat is one of many outlets to report that the "barren" launcher doesn't feature mod support, and this massive defect has been reported on Twitter also by a colossal amount of upset gamers.
As mentioned by Twitter user @TendoRad, you cannot mod the game via the same process on Steam by downgrading it and attempting to launch through SAMP.
B@rry@TendoRad
https://twitter.com/TendoRad/status/1174170144018501632
Replying to @RockstarGames
Okay, so through this I've determined:
This doesn't allow mods. At all. None whatsoever. If you downgrade the game and attempt to launch something like say, SAMP, for example; the downgraded exe will just have you go to the launcher instead. So don't do this hoping for mods.
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11:55 PM - Sep 17, 2019
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This has hugely disappointed the PC gaming army as one of the best aspects of playing on computers is being able to customise games through a wide variety of mods that range from serious to sheer buffoonery.
Sizz 
@sizzurpdotmp3
No Steam, no buy.
Rockstar’s launcher checks for modified game files, therefore rendering mods useless. This goes for any GTA game as well.
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Fans react to Rockstar Games Launcher no mod support
The PC community is understandably disappointed that the
Rockstar Games Launcher doesn't feature mod support.
Granted, the inability to do so isn't all that surprising, but players are still furious nonetheless.
Over on Reddit, there have been discussions about the lack of mod support. One
post says it's impossible to play with mods at the moment as the launcher verifies the integrity of files, and then redownloads the missing files that the mods have removed or altered.
Another
comment on one of the many posts about the
Rockstar Games Launcher notes that the free
GTA San Andreas is the worst version thanks to its inability to mod, along with its inferior textures and missing songs.
Over on Twitter the dismay has been echoed with people furious that they cannot play any of the
GTA titles with mods.
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you can no longer play with people who have the steam version of the game if you're on the rockstar launcher and the game outright refuses to launch with no connection
this update also kills mods in the game INCLUDING singleplayer
— T9 (@Thafnine)
September 18, 2019
The good thing about the
Rockstar Games Launcher is that it means
Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC appears inevitable, but the horrible news is the uproar surroundings its lack of mod support.
If you haven't already bought
GTA San Andreas on PC, I'd highly recommend purchasing it on Steam rather than the
Rockstar Games Launcher.
