GTA Tools

A toolset of convenient things for GTA V Online.

Note

I have been forced to move this project from GitHub to here. Sorry for the inconvenience. From now on you may always find the project source code via the redirect at futile.eu/gta-tools.

Installing

Option 1 — Download
Download the latest release here and place it somewhere convenient for you, such as Documents. You could then make a shortcut titled "GTA Tools", and pin it to taskbar or Start.

Option 2 — Build from source
You will need Rust, which you can get here. Then, clone this repo and navigate to it. At this point, you should probably git checkout x.x.x, where x.x.x is the latest tag. You can then run cargo build --release. Once you do that, you can use the binary located at .\target\release\gta-tools.exe in the same way as Option 1.

Note

It is recommended to always use an up-to-date version of GTA Tools from releases. You can also easily access this repository by going to the About page of GTA Tools and clicking the git button beside the version number.

Guide

Every feature of GTA Tools works for both the Legacy and Enhanced versions of the game. GTA Tools requires administrator access.

Game

This section is quite simple.

Launch — Starts your game on the chosen launcher and game version.

Force close game — Kills all game processes. The button requires a second press after the first one for confirmation. This does not touch Rockstar Games Launcher or any other processes, only ones named GTA5_Enhanced.exe or GTA5.exe.

Session

This section also has two features.

Empty current session — Clears your session of players¹ by blocking the game's network access for 10 seconds, then unblocking it. This can be useful in numerous ways:

• You are stuck loading into a session
• You are stuck loading into an interior
• You are about to get griefed while doing a freemode mission
• You want to quickly get a "new" session

Anti AFK — Prevents you from getting kicked for idling by pressing keys on your keyboard every 60 seconds. At present, those keys are VK_NUMPAD4 & VK_NUMPAD6, due to being a relatively good balance of keys that the game actually registers but don't interrupt gameplay too much if they activate while you're playing. You must be tabbed into GTA V for Anti AFK to work. While toggled, Anti AFK will only activate when all of the following conditions are true:

• The Grand Theft Auto V window is currently focused
• None of the designated keys are currently being pressed²
• The mouse cursor is not currently visible³

Network

Game's network access — Blocks/unblocks GTA V's entire internet access using the Windows Firewall. This feature can also be changed to Rockstar save server access via the Network dropdown of the settings. When in this mode, instead of blocking the entire game's network, it will only block the Rockstar save server at the IP 192.81.241.171. The IP can also be changed in the same settings, if ever needed.

This feature is primarily useful for replay glitching, which is an exploit that allows you to complete any heist/mission finale, get the money for it, and then be able to do it again right away.

How to do a replay glitch

1. Get to the finale of a heist/contract/mission series, such as The Contract: Dr. Dre
2. Complete the finale as normal
3. Right after the HEIST/MISSION PASSED screen you get when you complete a finale (basically, when your cut is being shown), Block the game's internet access
4. After a few seconds, you will be shown an error screen and kicked to the main menu
5. At this point, Unblock the game's internet access and load back into online
6. Finally, spend any amount of money, and you should receive the finale cut, but also be able to go play the finale again immediately

How to do a replay glitch (save server method)

1. Get to the finale of a heist/contract/mission series, such as The Contract: Dr. Dre
2. At any point before you complete the finale, Block the save server access (for example, at the beginning of the mission)
3. Complete the finale as normal
4. After loading into online, exit to story mode
5. At this point, Unblock the save server access and load back into online
6. Finally, force a save by changing your outfit, and you should receive the finale cut, but also be able to go play the finale again immediately

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1. Technically, it just makes you lose connection to the session. But it looks like everyone left you instead. ↩︎

2. Otherwise, if you are, for example, using those keys to fly a plane, Anti AFK activating could cancel the input. ↩︎

3. Specifically, the Windows mouse cursor, not the in-game mouse cursor. This check is mostly used to prevent typing while you are in the Rockstar overlay. ↩︎