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Popular Story Mode mods for GTA V Legacy (GTA5.exe), mostly from GTA5-Mods.com. Script Hook V comes first, and every mod that needs it stops working after a game patch until Script Hook V is updated. Story Mode only: never launch GTA Online with mods installed.
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📘 How to install mods Recommended manager: OpenIV (mods folder) + manual ASI/script install ↗
Framework
Alexander Blade's script loader. Nearly every script and trainer needs it, and each game patch breaks it until it's updated.
Copy ScriptHookV.dll and the bundled ASI loader (dinput8.dll) next to GTA5.exe. It closes the game if you go into GTA Online.
No requirements listed by the author
Tracked framework: Safe for the latest patch.
Tools
Archive editor and mod installer for Legacy. Its OpenIV.asi lets replacement mods load from a separate mods folder.
Use Tools › ASI Manager to install OpenIV.ASI, and only edit files inside the mods folder, never the originals.
No requirements listed by the author
Doesn't depend on a tracked framework; check its page after big patches.
Framework
Runs .NET (C#) scripts from the scripts folder. Most Legacy C# mods target it.
Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 and the Visual C++ redistributable first, as its page explains.
Requires: ScriptHookV
Needs ScriptHookV; weakest link: ScriptHookV (Safe).
Framework
Menu library many SHVDN scripts use for their menus. Install it if a mod lists it as required.
Requires: Community Script Hook V .NET
Doesn't depend on a tracked framework; check its page after big patches.
Gameplay
Long-running trainer: spawn vehicles and peds, change weather and time, teleport, and save outfits.
Requires: ScriptHookV
Needs ScriptHookV; weakest link: ScriptHookV (Safe).
Gameplay
Trainer and map editor: spawn and place objects, edit outfits, and build scenes for screenshots.
Use the Menyoo 2.0 listing; the old Menyoo PC page is no longer maintained.
Requires: ScriptHookV
Needs ScriptHookV; weakest link: ScriptHookV (Safe).
Gameplay
Community-updated Enhanced Native Trainer with vehicle, ped, weapon and world options.
Requires: ScriptHookV
Needs ScriptHookV; weakest link: ScriptHookV (Safe).
Fixes
Doubles how many RPF archives the game can load. Fixes ERR_FIL_PACK_1 crashes, nothing else.
No requirements listed by the author
Doesn't depend on a tracked framework; check its page after big patches.
Fixes
Fixes ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_ALLOC crashes from heavy modding by letting you set a bigger heap in its ini.
No requirements listed by the author
Doesn't depend on a tracked framework; check its page after big patches.
Fixes
Raises the weapons.meta and weapon-component limits so add-on weapon packs don't crash while loading.
No requirements listed by the author
Doesn't depend on a tracked framework; check its page after big patches.
Fixes
Stops parts of the map and LODs vanishing when many map mods are installed, and can raise the decal limit.
No requirements listed by the author
Doesn't depend on a tracked framework; check its page after big patches.
Interface
Finds the add-on vehicles you've installed and lists them in a menu to spawn, with search and sorting.
Requires: ScriptHookV
Needs ScriptHookV; weakest link: ScriptHookV (Safe).
Content
Opens interiors across the map in Story Mode, replacing older mods such as Open All Interiors.
Requires: ScriptHookV
Needs ScriptHookV; weakest link: ScriptHookV (Safe).
| Requirement | Mods | Needed by |
|---|---|---|
| ScriptHookV | 6 | Community Script Hook V .NET, Simple Trainer, Menyoo 2.0, Enhanced Native Trainer, Add-On Vehicle Spawner, Enable All Interiors |
| Community Script Hook V .NET | 1 | LemonUI |
No listed requirements: Script Hook V + Native Trainer, OpenIV, Packfile Limit Adjuster, HeapAdjuster, Weapon Limits Adjuster, fwBoxStreamerVariable patch.
Install in list order: Script Hook V + Native Trainer, OpenIV, Community Script Hook V .NET, LemonUI, and so on. Frameworks come first because the mods after them need them. We recommend OpenIV (mods folder) + manual ASI/script install to manage them.
6 of the 13 on our list need ScriptHookV: Community Script Hook V .NET, Simple Trainer, Menyoo 2.0, Enhanced Native Trainer, Add-On Vehicle Spawner, Enable All Interiors. If ScriptHookV breaks after a patch, all of them are affected.
Mod pages and requirements can change; always read the mod's own page before installing. Not affiliated with Nexus Mods or any mod author.
