9. The Gameconfig

To ensure your GTA 5 game runs well, without crashing, without loading infinitely, you need to have what we call the GTA 5 Stability Trinity. This unholy alliance is comprised of 3 mods. The first two are the Heap and Packfile limit adjusters which we've already and installed. The third mod, to be discussed here, is gameconfig.xml and it is absolutely critical for a modded GTA 5.

There are several important difference between the gameconfig and all the other mods we've covered so far. First, unlike all the other mods discussed, the gameconfig can't be installed with Windows Explorer. It can only be installed with OpenIV (or another program called CodeWalker RPF Explorer) because it is located in the package called update.rpf which is encrypted.

Secondly, gameconfig.xml is actually a modified version of an existing game file.  Finally, it is a text file whereas the asi and dll files we installed previously are all binary files. Being plain text, this file can be easily edited but with appropriate caution as it is best left to the experts.

The game (vanilla) version of gameconfig.xml is located at:

Grand Theft Auto V\update\update.rpf\common\data

There are many gameconfig.xml mods available. An excellent mod version of gameconfig.xml can be downloaded here.  It should then be installed, with OpenIV, just by dragging and dropping the file, at this location:  Grand Theft Auto V\mods\update\update.rpf\common\data

When properly installed in the path above, this is the view from OpenIV. Note: when doing editing in OpenIV make sure the Edit Mode button at the top of the screen is toggled on.

We finish with a look at dlclist.xml