The all-purpose GTAV Online thread

[Lint]

So I was doing some duplication glitches with my friends and ramdoms and I see a guy in a session named RockstarCrew05 and R Developer03 and RSGCrew01. I took it lightly and wasn't noticing that they were scouting around for middles and glitches and what not. So we just keep doing this glitch over and over again till they noticed what we were doing, one came up to me and msg me on the ingame phone asking me what I was doing, I was dumb enough to tell him it was this new hooker dupe glitch and then he gave me a little lecture about how I can do "this" to earn the money and how it's ruining the experience. A little after the "talk" I turn off my xbox come back an hour or two later and boom. Cheaters pool, me and my friends. So now we have Fucking undercover rockstar employees watching us in public sessions. Again Here's the names I got from "recent players"

RockstarCrew05 RSGCrew01 And R Developer03

I'm pretty sure there's more spread out but be careful

From Reddit...apparently R* is now sending employess into the games to check on glitchers and modders. About damn time

[Baddar]

Seems silly that they'd go in with such obvious names though.

[Meacon Keaton]

If people are going to be stupid enough to glitch and tell the guys about it when asked, Rockstar has no reason to be sneaky.

[Lint]

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/x_the_commission_x

Is seemingly one of the crews mentioned..and if you look through their crew hierarchy, you see plenty of people with either "RSG" in their name, or just flat out "GTADev" and a number behind it...which has been shown in many of the live streams

[Baddar]

If people are going to be stupid enough to glitch and tell the guys about it when asked, Rockstar has no reason to be sneaky.

Oh, no doubt - it's just if you're looking to find out how people are glitching, potentially scaring people into not attempting it/revealing how they do it by using a name like GTADev isn't the quickest way to go about things.

But then R* never does anything quickly.

[TGWL]

My favorite part is that he doesn't know he's the jerk here. How dare Rockstar stop glitches like this from happening...

It's not that hard to make money after you reach a certain rank level, or have friends.

Edited July 25, 2014 by TGWL

[Lint]

Starting today, enjoy the thrill and exhilaration of being a patriotic hero with the San Andreas Flight School Update for GTA Online. This new update will feature a collection of new air and land vehicles, aerial solo challenges, and much more. Todays’s update will also introduce a host of gameplay changes to GTA Online – these include increased payouts for harder to complete missions and GTA$ bonuses for playing missions with others. Stay tuned for more details today.

For now, check out the SA Flight School's informational video above and prepare yourself for the opportunity to become one of the best of the best.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/52293/the-san-andreas-flight-school-update-coming-tomorrow-august

This was posted Monday, just switching it to today so anyone who reads it doesn't get confused as to the release date

[Lint]

GTA 1.16 Patch Notes

Top Changes

• Cash rewards are no longer reduced by 50% on replay of a Contact Mission. Players will now receive the full reward for completing a Mission every time.
• Players now receive more Cash for playing Contact Missions in groups:
  • Two players - +10% Cash
  • Three players - +20% Cash
  • Four players - +30% Cash
• Cash and RP for Contact Missions have been rebalanced. This is to ensure that all Contact Missions pay out a fair reward in relation to the mission difficulty and amount of time taken. The potential cash payouts have increased significantly overall, although some specific missions have been reduced as a result of the rebalance.
• The San Andreas Flight School is now open for business in GTA Online. The Flight School can be accessed via a Job corona, from rank 6 onwards, at Los Santos International Airport indicated by a small plane icon on the map. Ten flying lessons have been added as part of the Flight School which will help to improve players’ flying skills.
• Two new Planes and one new Helicopter have been added to the Elitas website: Buckingham Mil-Jet, Western Besra, and the Buckingham Swift (Two liveries)
• Players are now able to purchase and equip a reserve Parachute at Ammu-Nation. They can choose different canopy designs for their primary and reserve parachutes.
• One new vehicle (plus a roofless variation) has been added to the Legendary Motorsport website : Invetero Coquette Classic
• 25 new ‘flags of the world’ themed parachute bags have been added to Ammu-Nation in GTA Online only.
• Six new multicolored parachute canopies have been added to Ammu-Nation:
  • Air Force Chute
  • Desert Chute
  • Shadow Chute
  • High Altitude Chute
  • Airborne Chute
  • Sunrise Chute
• A new Flight Suit outfit has been added for Male and Female characters. This is available in all clothes stores in the outfits menu.
• A new Flight Cap accessory has been added for Male and Female characters. This is available in all clothes stores in the hats menu.
• Players who downgrade to smaller garages will now be able to request vehicles stored in previous garages from the Mechanic.
• Players in Tanks will now show as such with a specific Tank icon on the Minimap.
• Substantial changes made to On Call functionality to enable players to enter their choice of Job as quickly as possible.
• Fixed an issue where Crew Leaders could occasionally be unable to put a Crew Emblem on Jackets or Hoodies.
• Fixed an issue in the Creator where placed props would not appear correctly.
• A large number of new Jobs have been added:

VS Modes:

• G-Rating Hot I (Raton Canyon)
• G-Rating Hot II (Vespucci)
• G-Rating Cold I (Raton Canyon)
• G-Rating Cold II (Vespucci)
• Acquire Targets I
• Acquire Targets II
• Air Force Zero I
• Air Force Zero II

Parachutes:

• Under The Radar
• Cleared for Landing
• Taking the Plunge
• Holding Pattern

Races:

• Need For Seed
• Under The Wing
• Crosswind
• Drag Strip
• Base Level
• Flying Low
• Swift Arrival
• The Humane Race

Captures:

• Contend: Crowded Airspace
• GTA: Airheads

In addition, the following jobs have been reactivated:

• Stocks and Scares
• Chemical Extraction
• Rich Men in Richman
• Hack and Dash

New Features / Updates

• The color of the player’s Parachute Bag can now be chosen through a new option in the Interaction menu. They can also toggle the visibility of the parachute bag if they have a parachute equipped.
• A player’s Mental State now also decreases over time whilst using the Spectate feature.
• ‘NEW’ now appears on invites, alongside the Job type, for all Rockstar Created or Verified Jobs that have not yet been played by the recipient. This only appears on feed invite notifications, not on the phone.
• Short- term RP and Cash bonuses will now show in Job coronas as well as on the Next Job Voting Screen.
• News screens shown during transitions will now alert players if some Jobs have RP or Cash bonuses for playing them.
• Both the Driver and Passenger are now able to see direction arrows in Rally Races.
• If players choose to use a custom vehicle in a Race, that vehicle will now be saved and used as the default on the vehicle selection screen of the next Race.
• Players are now able to talk to one another in spectator mode once they have finished a Race.
• Players are now able to change the spectator camera mode and angle when they begin to spectate after completing a Job.
• A small change has been made to time formatting on Leaderboards so that they now read as “00:00.000”.
• The cap for the amount of Cash stolen by Muggers has been adjusted to allow for differences in level.
• Players can now set the duration for One on One Deathmatches in the Interaction Menu.
• A new on/off option has been added to the Interaction Menu to allow players to choose whether to wear a Helmet when using Motorbikes.
• Co-op teams now appear grouped on Mission Leaderboards.
• When using a Plane, you can now toggle the minimap by using D-pad down.

Generic / Miscellaneous Fixes

• Fixed a wide range of exploits.
• Fixed an issue where players could lose control of their characters when accepting an invite during main load screen via the XMB menu.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for Personal Vehicles to spawn on top of one another.
• Fixed an issue where players could be removed from the ‘On Call’ queue if they entered the GTA Online Pause menu.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for players to not be informed that their aim settings had changed after using Find New Session.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to destroy a vehicle containing 4 players, and only kill the driver.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for players to become stuck on Skycam after completing the tutorial Race.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to spawn within Fort Zancudo after completing a Mission.
• Fixed an issue where player models would clip one another on the Leviathan if players attempted to sit in the same cart.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for players to clip through the Leviathan carts when getting out after the ride finished.
• Lester’s abilities ‘Remove Wanted Level’, ‘Cop Turn Blind Eye’, and ‘Off Radar’ now apply to all passengers in a vehicle as well as the player who initially triggered it.
• Fixed an issue where players could be charged multiple times for riding the Ferris Wheel.
• Fixed an issue to ensure that players who set Mercenaries on opposing team players during Deathmatches correctly receive a point if the Mercenaries kill a rival player.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for players to be pulled back onto the Ferris Wheel involuntarily if they were standing too close after getting off.
• Fixed an issue in Vehicle Deathmatches where players could be targeted but would not be properly blipped on the Minimap.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs and their vehicles would appear in the way of properties introduced with the Independence update.
• Fixed an issue where players could hang for a short period of time when entering property.
• Fixed an issue where players who lost a Race would occasionally see themselves performing a celebration animation.
• Fixed an issue where various vending machines were not working correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the Leaderboard would not appear when a player was spectating a Race.
• Fixed an issue where players in Team Deathmatches were able to hear the other team talk. This has now been normalized so that only players on the same team can talk.
• Fixed an issue where some parachute smokes would not transfer between sessions correctly.
• Fixed an issue where players could occasionally have hard-top versions of vehicles delivered to them when they ordered the convertible version.
• Fixed various issues where clipping could occur with clothing when players took selfies.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for a spectator to become stuck in property when ‘all exit’ to garage is triggered.
• Fixed an issue where players in GTA Online were unable to call other players in Single Player, as well as calls between players in Single Player.
• Fixed a small issue where the end of Race timer was overlapping player help buttons when a player was spectating.
• Fixed an issue that could leave players stuck when switching between players in spectator mode.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to launch Contact Missions which they had previously bookmarked.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to become stuck in a spawning loop when dying after bailing from a Helicopter over the Ocean.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to invite Friends’ Crews in Head to Head matches.
• Fixed an issue with transitioning into an event Playlist when choosing to enter the Playlist from the boot screen.
• Fixed an issue where players who destroyed their own Pegasus vehicles would be given an increased mental state.
• Fixed an issue in the Creator where weapons could be incorrectly named.
• Fixed an issue in the Creator where a player testing a Capture Mission would be unarmed regardless of whether or not they have or are given weapons.
• Fixed an issue in the Creator where switching the vehicle class would also change the radio station.
• Fixed a text issue specific to Chinese and Japanese versions of the game in the Creator where an unsupported character could be seen when attempting to Copy / Delete a Job.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for a player to hang when changing the Default Class in the Air Race Creator.
• Fixed an issue where Weather conditions would not synchronize properly between a spectating player and the player being spectated.
• Fixed an issue where Bookmarked Air Races would occasionally not appear in some Bookmark lists, but would appear in others.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for players to become stuck when launching Contact Missions.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to hang when exiting the Deathmatch Creator tutorial.
• Fixed an issue where it was occasionally possible for players to not receive Auto-invites when the friend sending them was in same session.
• Fixed an issue where spectating players would sometimes appear in free mode at the North-East corner of the map far away from everyone else, after a job.
• Fixed an issue with Armored Trucks constantly spawning.
• Fixed an issue where an enemy in survival would occasionally run away from the shootout.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for the incorrect horn to play when testing horns in the Mod Shop.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible for a newly purchased Personal Vehicle to become permanently locked if the player accepted a Job invite in the time between purchasing it and receiving it.
• Fixed an issue where players would not be charged for Insurance.

[King Ellis]

If Srar hadn't already traded it in, she would be now.

[Gazz]

I'm a pretty good flyer but the new flight school is zero fun

The attack chopper shooting gallery can go suck a dick.

[King Ellis]

'Jump out of the plane, catch your parachute and then land on the target'

OK, sounds cool.

*Lands in center of target*

'Bronze medal' Fuck off.

[Lint]

Yea it doesn't count where you land, it counts where you stop moving. LAnd so you walk to the center after touching down and you'll gold. I got within .49m of the center

[jase12881]

Having a hell of a time trying to get gold on formation flight. Got silver but gold seems near impossible.

[TheWho87]

Rockstar warns GTA Online will soon be inaccessible for 12GB PS3 owners

12GB PlayStation 3 owners will soon need to upgrade their hard drives or face losing access to Grand Theft Auto Online, developer Rockstar has warned.

Grand Theft Auto 5's install size has been growing steadily since its launch last year, to the point where the game's latest update (last weekend's GTA Online Flight School pack) was the last that will fit onto 12GB consoles.

Rockstar has kept GTA Online regularly updated with new missions, costumes, cars and event types, and it is these additions which are bumping up the game's install size.

"As the world of Grand Theft Auto Online continues to expand and evolve through ongoing updates, storage limitations of the PlayStation 3 12GB hardware will require owners to purchase additional storage to accommodate GTAV Title Updates after 1.16 (released on 8/19/14)," a statement on Rockstar's website explains.

"All updates and content must remain installed on the system in order to maintain compatibility for all players within GTA Online."

Anyone without the necessary free storage space will still be able to play GTA5's campaign mode if they decline updates, but access to GTA Online will no longer be available.

Rockstar is expected to continue adding to GTA Online for the foreseeable future - especially as the game's PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions are soon to launch. A major single-player expansion - possibly a new zombie-themed mode - is also expected before the end of the year.

Source: Eurogamer.net / RockstarGames.com

Edited August 28, 2014 by TheWho87

[TGWL]

They really dropped the ball here. All the excitement I had for this game is nearly gone.

[Benji]

Tried playing Saturday and found my bank account wiped. The fuck?

[Gazz]

The Last Team Standing update for GTA V Online has now gone live for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The update in question introduces fans to an arsenal of new weaponry, tactical gear, vehicles, costumes, Jobs and Creator features.

Image showing the Hakuchou and Innovation, leading the Furore GT on the Great Ocean Highway. Image credit: Rockstar Games.

Update version 1.17 will allow players to get their hands on two new weapons, including the Marksman Rifle and Heavy Shotgun, both of which are available at Ammu-nation stores. The new vehicles will include the Shitzu Hakuchou sport bike, Lampadati Furore GT and LCC Innovation chopper.

[RoyWill Rumble]

Yet still no heists.

[theshadow]

Apologies to Lint I don't know what happened last night, as soon as I hacked the door for some reason my hud and minimap disappeared so I was left clueless I tried to remember what to do but it wasn't so easy. Then once it finished i heard one of you say shall we do that again but it had put me in a deathmatch thing with a bunch of random people while still hearing your mics.

[TGWL]

That was like a mini-update. I like the weapons though and the bullet proof helmet.