r/gtaonline 17d ago

Update has Broken Some Versions on PC

Since the update many PC players are reporting that they cannot enter the game and get different errors telling them to reinstall the game. However this does not seem to fix the issues, so maybe wait on that until we get more information.

This is very likely and issue with the anti-cheat, but we'll know more later this morning.

Some have reported that disabling voice chat fixed their issue.

Update:

A patch has been released on all PC platforms. Close the game and apply the update.

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u/tomilovsenya 17d ago

Yeah, keep having ERR_STR_MISSING crash trying to access Online on Steam version. Steam friends don't seem to have this somehow...

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u/brain_dead_fucker PC 17d ago

The rockstar guarantee 😇

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u/Helluscus 17d ago

Was constant crashing on trying to go online, I disabled voice chat and now it works. Spreading my solution for people

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u/Spartanking3172 17d ago

Can confirm that this indeed worked for me thank you great hero

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u/xgdw11 PC 17d ago

It worked for me as well. Thanks.

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u/lakalakaz 17d ago

Rockstar has once again shown how they treat pc players. Fuck Rockstar

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u/NationDomination12 17d ago

R* be like 'pc outdated tech'

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u/Weak_Departure8236 17d ago

Bro the games runs worst then cyberpunk on pc f Rockstar

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u/nemanja694 17d ago

That is so true, my system gets massively underutilized on public sessions

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u/[deleted] 17d ago edited 17d ago

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u/Elite_GTA_Fan 17d ago

Is PC getting EE this update?

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u/mudkipstalker 17d ago

Just want you to know, an update is out that fixes that issue

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u/lakalakaz 17d ago

I know, thanks

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u/Elite_GTA_Fan 17d ago

I thought this update will have E&E content on PC FINALLY...is it not?

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u/RedditChoseJason 17d ago

can confirm I now no longer can launch the game in any capacity after verifying my game files. Haven’t fully reinstalled yet, because if I uninstall it i’m not installing it again lmfao.

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u/Scratch_King 17d ago

Disable voice chat - seems to be the work around.

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u/miha999 17d ago

I reinstalled and I didn't do anything

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/Hopesinker 17d ago

People have already tried this with no luck, save yourself the time and frustration

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/Hopesinker 17d ago

it's actually an older username that i hate but was too lazy to make a new account 😭

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u/RedditChoseJason 17d ago

Fine 😭

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/RedditChoseJason 17d ago

not sure if you already deleted your settings folder, but as long as you have voice chat disabled you should be able to access online now.

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u/HXHMan 17d ago

Same is happening to me i can enter the story mode normally, but when i try to get into gta online to play the new update i get this error.

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u/killerzor63 17d ago

Finally got in. before going online, disable voice chat and then go online. got right in

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u/AnsonDong 17d ago

The story mode starts up just fine, the error message pops up when I am trying to get into the online mode

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u/HXHMan 17d ago

same for me

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u/caerxm 17d ago

can't get into invite only either. whole gta online would just give you error

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u/Fortsmithman 17d ago

Try Invite Only. That works for me .

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u/NationDomination12 17d ago

He can't even get to online let alone invite-only, the game crashes on Online loading screen

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u/m1dnightPotato 17d ago

tried both, still not work for me

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u/BURMoneyBUR 17d ago

delete the rockstar gta folder in your documents. Worked for me

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u/m1dnightPotato 17d ago

that works for me, thanks

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u/champ_265 17d ago

Guysss !!!

Open the game.Go to settings,Disable Voice Chat. And then Go online.

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u/_BLXCK0UT_ 17d ago

Did some research if you can call it that.

Went through all settings, turning everything on and off, setting it all to high and low and changed keybinds.

It seems like the only reason GTAO crashes might be because of Voice Chat.

Turned it on and the game crashed upon loading Online, but with VC turned off it works completely fine.

Could also be cuz of older saves or something.

Just rename the Rockstar Games folder so the game makes a new one and don't enable VC

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u/masd_reddit 17d ago

Do i disable voice chat in the story mode settings? I'm on Steam version. If i understand correctly, it's rename folder, start up game, and then disable voice chat. Or am i wrong about this?

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u/_BLXCK0UT_ 17d ago edited 17d ago

Sry if I explained it badly.

If you rename/delete (doesn't matter which one you choose) the Rockstar Games folder in Documents it resets all settings, you can apply all your previous settings again, but not VC let that shit be turned off.

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u/masd_reddit 17d ago

Alright thanks, i'll check if the game works without having to delete the folder as i've never used the voicechat anyways, so it might be turned off already. If it does crash i guess i'll have to reapply all my settings which does suck. Average Rockstar experience i guess

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u/_BLXCK0UT_ 17d ago

Yep it sucks, but I'm not completely sure what caused GTAO to crash

could be outdated settings since they added some or some other shit.

That's what I did tho and it fixed itself

Only Rockstar knows what BS they did again

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u/LGHTWRKK 17d ago

I just reinstalled its still broken verified also right after nothing..

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u/HXHMan 17d ago

Yes it's an error from the Update itself

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u/NationDomination12 17d ago

People from my crew did delete the launcher and social club folders but soon as they touch something in settings, it crashes again.

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u/tomilovsenya 17d ago

Worked indeed - renamed Rockstar Games folder in Documents, logged in and all seems fine now...

UPD: Yeah, it crashes if you change settings.

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u/NationDomination12 17d ago

Some say try to play without turning VOICE chat from settings, if you touch that, it crashes

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u/tomilovsenya 17d ago

Oh, I think I can confirm - it crashed after I activated it.

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u/Hopesinker 17d ago

What do you mean "renamed Rockstar Games folder"? What did you rename it to?

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u/tomilovsenya 17d ago

Any name so the game doesn't see it - instead on fully deleting it.

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u/Hopesinker 17d ago

Gotcha, appreciate it! Which setting did you try to change when the game crashed? Or does simply accessing the Settings menu crash the game?

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u/tomilovsenya 17d ago

Voice Chat - it seems it crashes when it's on.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/BIGpoppaKEGdog Evolve Stunting 17d ago

Can load into single player, get the ERR_STR_MISSING error when I load online, invite only or otherwise, tried to reinstall didn't fix it. Hopefully fixed soon I was already tilted by both planes being dripfed.

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u/Sleijeri_ 17d ago

"Some have reported that disabling voice chat fixed their issue."

Damn... best laughs in a while, only Rockstar things :D

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u/AnthoSora 17d ago

This update is so broken, the entire crash problem with voice chat, alt tabbing doesn't show program previews anymore (its usually a bug with very old programs) im unable to take screenshots in the game using sharex (which always worked before), game keep starting windowed despite putting it again in borderless each time, and i get even lower fps than other fps on a litteraly beast of a computer

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u/coalchester 17d ago

Disabling voice chat in Settings fixed it for me too.

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u/Luquet93 17d ago

Well for me i can´t even get into Online. When i´m in the loading screen it shows me this after like half way of loading in. I tried reinstalling the game multiple times, even the launcher itself, tried to verify the game multiple times and i still get that error massage. So i guess i just have to wait.

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u/KCW0LF 17d ago

Saw this in a forum. Delete your profile in the rockstar folder. It’ll reset your settings but you can login.

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u/Scratch_King 17d ago

Disable voice chat - it worked for me and many others.

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u/Igriszer 17d ago

🥲Re-installing right now, why didn't I see this message an hour ago? 😶😭

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u/caerxm 17d ago

so after i've disabled voice chat, it works. but i'm so fuckingggg pissed that they patch the storage glitch in cayo perico heist like WTF rockstar??? now you still can glitch into the storage but unable to loot anything. fucking assholesss

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u/James239941 17d ago

Yeah issues

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u/Weak_Departure8236 17d ago

Yeah brakes the game need to find new ses to actually do anything in the game everything is not working just drive around can t do shit

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u/LegitingUselessWays 17d ago

thank you so much. turning off the voice chat does fix the problem after I reinstall the whole game.

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u/No_House_3313 17d ago

Yes thank you very much to the person who found out disabling voice chat works. I was on my way to redownload 100+ gb game. #THANK YOU

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u/forzenny wasting disease 17d ago

To be honest I’ve been having problems since the Mercenaries updates that got even worse since Battleye got installed. Now, launching the game completely blue screens my computer.

I spent about two weeks going back and forth with Rockstar’s support and doing a full on exorcism on the game just to fix nothing.

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u/Man_toy 17d ago

Some users have reported that deleting the pc_settings.bin file under c:\users\<your user>\documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V\Profiles\<letters and numbers folder> will resolve the error.

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u/SM_GotMail 14d ago

My game is still broken. I don't play online and run a modded game, I've been modding the game for years and know how to update the game and keep the mods, this time I've ran into an issue where it runs the game but no launching and stays like that until I click exit on the Rockstar launcher popup that says the game is currently running. I reverted back to a previous version instead because this update is completely broken.

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u/mhikari92 17d ago edited 17d ago

Good thing I had check here before try to reinstall......
(It will be pain in the ass to dig out the whole set of discs and re-install the game on my PC. So since it's not going to fix the problem, I'm not going to try it at the moment.)

(Mine is physical version and didn't link to Steam)

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u/KarateKrieger 17d ago

if you have the physical version you can still download it with R* Launcher once you enter the CD Key on it

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u/Fortsmithman 17d ago

I play on the PC and I have had no problem logging into the game. Then again I'm playing Invite Only.