Any way to stop gta5 ridiculous size updates

bigjimmyauk · 25 Jul 2018 at 01:45

Thought i'd have a quick go today to be greeted with another 5.3Gb update, i dopn't play online and only interested in single player, is there anyway to stop these updates as the size is getting pretty ridiculous at 77GB

adolf hamster · 25 Jul 2018 at 01:50

isn't there an option in steam to disable automatic updates?

although it might not let you play without updating unless you run steam in offline mode.

bigjimmyauk · 25 Jul 2018 at 02:03

i'm not playing the steam version it's the rockstar full retail version

Scania · 25 Jul 2018 at 08:39

I use this, retail (non steam) version, never play on-line works a treat.

https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/gtavlauncherbypass

TheBrooder · 25 Jul 2018 at 08:45

I'll have a go at the for my steam version

QlimaxUK · 25 Jul 2018 at 18:50

wait what do you still do on single player?

pestt · 25 Jul 2018 at 19:12

QlimaxUK said:
wait what do you still do on single player?

Well, that golf course is pretty addictive..

Vern1961 · 26 Jul 2018 at 01:16

I've replayed the SP a few times, it's a fun game and you can try the different endings. The counterpoint from me is that I could never see the point of multiplayer in a story driven action game.

StrongSad · 27 Jul 2018 at 09:32

QlimaxUK said:
wait what do you still do on single player?

I have 600 hours in SP

pestt said:
Well, that golf course is pretty addictive..

Yep it is really addictive

Vern1961 said:
I've replayed the SP a few times, it's a fun game and you can try the different endings. The counterpoint from me is that I could never see the point of multiplayer in a story driven action game.

Just completed story mode for the 5th time. However I have always gone with option C as the other two options just don’t sit right with the game nrative for me to be honest.

bigjimmyauk · 29 Jul 2018 at 01:22

thanks for the replys i'm gonna give have a look at the mod for solo launcher

Kainz · 29 Jul 2018 at 08:17

Tried to install it a few days ago to play SP. Launcher said it was a 81GB install sod that! Rockstar

FloppyPoppy · 29 Jul 2018 at 11:51

Kainz said:
Tried to install it a few days ago to play SP. Launcher said it was a 81GB install sod that! Rockstar

Yeah it’s an unfortunate reality that games are going to continue to get bigger and bigger as we go. This is why I find it funny when consoles come with a 500gb drive. GREAT you can install a full 5 games on that bad boy.

TheVoice · 29 Jul 2018 at 12:02

harry5522 said:
Yeah it’s an unfortunate reality that games are going to continue to get bigger and bigger as we go. This is why I find it funny when consoles come with a 500gb drive. GREAT you can install a full 5 games on that bad boy.

PC games tend to be bigger though. ost PS4 games are under 50GB (seeing as they come on a Blu-ray), the only ones massively bigger are games like Battlefield. Once you add patches/DLC.

wunkley · 29 Jul 2018 at 13:51

Scania said:
I use this, retail (non steam) version, never play on-line works a treat.

https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/gtavlauncherbypass

Use this as already mentioned folks. I've been using it for quite a while, works great.

trentlad · 30 Jul 2018 at 01:09

Wow, where are the characteristic OcUK forum member responses, laying down solutions that they know the OP will have zero desire to follow but are the "best" solutions such as buy a 2TB HDD cos they are cheap now.

FloppyPoppy · 30 Jul 2018 at 02:10

trentlad said:
Wow, where are the characteristic OcUK forum member responses, laying down solutions that they know the OP will have zero desire to follow but are the "best" solutions such as buy a 2TB HDD cos they are cheap now.

Yes because buying a 2TB hdd is the solution to stop a game from updating when not required.

I mean the response is right there. A link to a mod that stops it from happening on his games launch platform.