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What is GTA SUB-VERSIONS

GTA SUB-VERSIONS is a technical and theoretical guide dedicated to the subversion of GTA V. This guide was initiated by and for the Édition - Média Design (EMD) research program of the ESAD Orléans in 2025. Although it is primarily addressed to teachers and students of the program, it is also intended to be widely shared and open to any form of contribution.

The goal is for anyone to be able to engage in subversion and/or modding of GTA V, whether to create an interactive installation, a machinima, or simply to experiment differently with this universe and to open up to a more critical and theoretical reflection on the practice.

How to navigate?

This digital edition includes two main types of content: articles and tutorials. Articles can be critical theoretical texts akin to research, and tutorials are responses to practical problematics.

Prerequisites

There are no strict prerequisites to get started. However, as with any videogame creation practice, basic knowledge in 3D modeling, coding, or even image editing will be useful.

This guide does not aim to teach these disciplines, but to show how to mobilize them within the framework of subverting GTA.

Online resources for learning are numerous!

Where to start?

First, you will need a Windows PC with GTA V installed, regardless of the launcher (Steam or Rockstar) and disable BattleEye.

Then, you can follow one of the three tutorials offered that introduce the pillars of subverting GTA V and initiate you to the practice:

• OpenIV: to manipulate the game's internal files and use existing mods
• CodeWalker: to explore the levels and extract assets
• FiveM: to create your own solo or collaborative servers

FAQ

Many questions are still to be answered, they will be explored through theoretical research and article writing.

• Is all this legal?
• Are there risks for my machine?
• What is the purpose of all this?
• Do I need to have already played GTA V to be able to mod it?
• Why GTA V and not Minecraft?

Give us feedback

Things quickly become obsolete and what works one day may not work a few months later. You may notice gaps, some errors. It would be greatly helpful if you could give us feedback.

This site is a collective edition, created thanks to contributors. Do not hesitate to contact us to become a contributor.

All contributions to this wiki are welcome! For this, please consult this page.

Translated by AI from the French version.