Last month, we shared the news of an unofficial Bloodborne 60fps patch that was made public and now, another fan-made patch is making news for another game: GTA Online. Modder t0st created a fix that reduced the game's loading times by up to 70%. Rockstar also took notice of this fix and investigated it further.

"After a thorough investigation, we can confirm that player t0st did, in fact, reveal an aspect of the game code related to load times for the PC version of GTA Online that could be improved," the company told PCGamer. "As a result of these investigations, we have made some changes that will be implemented in a forthcoming title update."

After this statement, the fix's creator, t0st, said that they awarded $10,000 through Rockstar's Bug Bounty program.

The GTA Online update that includes this fix for loading issues is live as of today.

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[AncientBoi]

oooowww Rockstar. The only game I have of them is Max Payne [1]. Hope I get to see another one. I beat the game in 12 tries. A record for me in less tries. And without a cheat. LoL

 

[godreborn]

oooowww Rockstar. The only game I have of them is Max Payne [1]. Hope I get to see another one. I beat the game in 12 tries. A record for me in less tries. And without a cheat. LoL

can't tell, but is that a zelda avatar?

 

[AncientBoi]

Star Trek Romulins insignia

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I put it up there for XAIXER to notice. LoL

 

[ZeroFX]

huh, won't erase their modding persecution history but nice thing they acknowledged their loading code was bad. Found some comparation:
before



after

 

[EduAAA]

10k in Shark coins, now that's a reward

 

[leon315]

Holy shit, rockstar listening to fans? Am I dreaming?

yep, Rockstar has heart, unlike Activision, EA who don't have it.

 

[LightBeam]

I mean, they just paid him because they have a bug bounty program and they literaly had no reason to not add this fix
It's still cool tho, but I see people giving kudos to Rockstar when it's all thanks to the guy who actually developed the fix lol

Tho let me have some doubt having « Rockstar having some heart » ... Not saying that they don't make good games tho

 

[Silent_Gunner]

also vanillaware if youre reading this plz release the muramusa vita remake on pc and switch so i dont have to get a fucking vita for one game

I mean, what makes the Vita version different from tht Wii one? More levels? New graphics? More fanservice!?

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

I mean, what makes the Vita version different from tht Wii one? More levels? New graphics? More fanservice!?

I have no idea tbh

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Googled it, and it's just newer graphics(they don't look that much better tbh), customizable controls(dolphin already gave me that) and 4 new characters, not the greatest, but if they do port muramusa, I'd rather they port the version with a few more features

 

[Silent_Gunner]

I have no idea tbh

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Googled it, and it's just newer graphics(they don't look that much better tbh), customizable controls(dolphin already gave me that) and 4 new characters, not the greatest, but if they do port muramusa, I'd rather they port the version with a few more features

Who knows, Vita3K might beat it to the punch there. How's that emulator coming along, anyways?

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Who knows, Vita3K might beat it to the punch there. How's that emulator coming along, anyways?

Last I heard, it was coming along pretty... awful, to put it bluntly

 

[pedro702]

I have no idea tbh

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Googled it, and it's just newer graphics(they don't look that much better tbh), customizable controls(dolphin already gave me that) and 4 new characters, not the greatest, but if they do port muramusa, I'd rather they port the version with a few more features

you still get a chance to play the game since it has an original release, i will never get to play resistance burning skies or uncharted golden abyss since they are vita exclusives :S

 

[GoldenBullet]

If every company did this consistently, developers wouldn't even have to update games themselves

 

[HRudyPlayZ]

I would recommend people here to buy a Vita anyways
It has a lot of games, a great hacking scene, portability and good console quality, and can be found for cheap. Really, it's a fantastic handheld that can play 9 different GTA games
It's also a good device for Moonlight.

 

[ertaboy356b]

also vanillaware if youre reading this plz release the muramusa vita remake on pc and switch so i dont have to get a fucking vita for one game

I concur. My cousin just dropped my vita oled on the floor and now the screen doesn't work. It would be great if I can play this on my switch. I don't like playing on the TV.

 

[Mythical]

Nice to see people being rewarded for fixing other people's work

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Well that's very cool! Hopefully other companies follow suit. There's a lot of cool mods that actually improve stability and over gameplay in different games.

(nintendopleasereleasepapermariothousandyeardoorforswitchusingthefanmadeHDtexturepackandjustpaytheguy$10,000)

Super Paper Mario > Thousand-Year Door. The latter could be vastly improved by making the horrendously-boring Peach segments skippable, though.

But yeah, honestly surprised RockStar listened to and paid a modder for their work - I seem to remember them DMCA-ing a really popular mod-making tool a couple of years ago, due to "it could be used to unbalance our (heavily monetised) multiplayer scene". So I'm shocked this happened.

 

[Wickedchew]

nice to rockstar!! hope this is a start,, and hope hackers dont do this shit..fixing something then puts a bug inside of it..and spread online

 

[MarkDarkness]

This is unprecedented... hopefully a trend instead of a one-time trick.

 

[zxr750j]

Nintendo would sue for 10K if somebody improved anything...