Unfortunately, the creators behind OpenIV have said they just can’t afford the time to try and fight back against the cease and desist order.
The GTA 5 community is understandably upset about this, as OpenIV was used solely for modding the single-player game, with many players arguing that there’s no evidence of the tool interfering with GTA Online. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players.” Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. “Take-Two’s actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. In a statement from Take-Two, the publisher explains that they aren’t against modding as a whole, but they fear OpenIV threatens the security of the GTA Online mode. Immensely popular among GTA 5‘s PC modding community, OpenIV was used not only to create and modify content like vehicles, weapons, gameplay features, and effects, but also as an enhanced video editor, offering more in-depth tools to machinima makers.