Thank you both! i will be working on this after tomorrows update and see if i can merge both my files...

@MissySnowie to answer your last question for me. the update.rpf i was trying to load up was a current vanilla version thats why i was so terribly confused.
i couldnt understand why i could launch with so many folders in the "mods folder" example
common
x64
x64 a - w (10 of the letter folders)

i could even have the update folder... with update2 and x64 in there
but as soon as i placed update/update.rpf it caused a ctd conflict.

as you said ill have to merge files just to use a update.rpf folder new or old.

when i was trying to launch this up everything i was trying to use was current. the entire game version was updated to 2845 and the update.rpf file i was trying to use was 2845 as well.
so i couldnt even place a vanilla up to date version of update.rpf inside mods folder... that alone is why i posted this thread.

@MissySnowie Thank you very much for this detailed comment i will embark up this Journey slowly, but ever i would like to get this version going. i have 400 cars with custom handling lines and i miss playing with them because i spend around 1700 hours creating them. also i saw something released a 53-54 corvette.. i can finally complete my corvette series as i made handling lines for all the other corvettes...

i did update the game that is why im running 2850 or what ever version we are one... higher in a few days.
oddly i have all scripts and mod added directory files in there and they launch... even with older lua and scripthook files they all load in still... but since im running version 28xx that is why i am trying to launch in update2.rpf....

what i was explaining in here is that i am even trying to launch version 28xx update.rpf in the mods folder and that alone is causing ctd on load... when i pull that file out of mods folder then i can load the game with any and all other folders in ... even x64 modded to smithereens, common, and several x64(LETTER) folders. all inside of the mods folder...

so what im gathering is i can make all those changes... but when i make a change to x64's dlcpacks... there is no issue... so all the cars ive worked on should be fine and maybe i can rebuild and throw them in a new frankenbuild.

even so i just dont understand why i cant launch without ctd on loading... with a fresh straight from steam downloaled update/update.rpf folder inside

when it comes to back ups im one of those freaks that has like 10 of my previous versions all backed up on external harddrives ... a matter of fact thats what i use to do... id force update from stream and then drop in my old exes and then launch in forced offline mode... i could do that by commandline.txt ... but only if i opened R* launch with steam OFF completely ... then id attempt to launch game from R* they would say oh im sorry but you need to update this crap file... then id shut off and log out the launch... then open steam and launch GTAV ... from there R* launch would open in offline mode due to the command line... at that point the game would successfully load... i did this for about 2 years since 2020 before taking a break from playing gta5.

i think all in all i will have to start from scratch like you and i agree one... but maybe i can somehow do it with a frankenbuild. the biggest thing that is frustrating is i have mods that modded my 1868.1 config file... i made careful thought out modifications to several lone files in update.rpf ... from material updates to fire updates.. making things burn differently ... with an aim to make gta 5 more realistic i achieved that with the ambition to release content to the community... i never did due to what ever mental shit i was going through and lacking the gumption to finish through... on top of all this then there are config mods i did in there... i cant remember all this since covid my brain got a little torched from it. im sure i would have forgot anyway moving on to new shit. but its just precious stuff in there i didnt want to lose.

anyway sorry for the rambling novel. thanks for caring.

@JohnFromGWN btw thank you for taking the time to trying to help me... been missing my old gtav files since my best bud died irl... not that he helped me build on it or anything but we use to tool around with the fast cars and i even made my own handling lines for them to perform like irl... it was fun and i miss those days...
so thank you so much for trying to help me with it and taking the time.

my x64a - x64w are all touched in some way.

i hear you there. i have been reverting all along as well. and i have my exe and the 4 files saved from that reverting process; of course as you stated it doesnt work going that far back AT THE MOMENT.
maybe someone should work on that.

ive never seen openiv force update anything so i dont really follow that part.

gameconfig. i was suspecting this.

interesting... so i should be able to launch without patchday 28 lines ? do i have to delete the files from dlcpacks folder?
are there any more dlc thats been added since heist 3 that are known to cause crashes?

i am familiar with proper modding techniques i have been modding successfully without issue for 5 years.
i did have to learn my techniques in the beginning. its freakin easy.

That does not answer any of my questions. my question is why is update.rpf crashing my game?
even when it is unmodded excluding modded files it still crashes the game if its in mods folder.

the game launches with both by pass by pass from what i understood says to update...

the reason i was playing with such an old version was due to scripthook dot net stopping their updates such a long time ago.

all of this is void. its not my issue... i can launch and play with all those files in my director...

the only issue i am having is i can not successfully launch the game with update.rpf in my mods folder... weither it is the latest version, my old version, or a mix of my modded files thrown into the new update.rpf

The problem is new update.rpf inside of mods folder... = ctd on loading screen

inside my mods folder i have

update
_x64
_update.rpf (RIGHT HERE IS PROBLEM FILE)
_update2.rpf

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x64
_audio

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common.rpf
x64a.rpf
x64b.rpf
x64c.rpf
x64e.rpf
x64g.rpf
x64h.rpf
x64i.rpf
x64v.rpf
x64w.rpf

............ so where i wrote problem file when i pull that file out i can successfully launch my game...
when i put the new update.rpf from rockstar in right there... it crashes... thus no matter what i do
the game crashes with the file weither its old or not.

idk how to explain better sorry.

okay so just like everyone else i was crashing and getting error 16... i got the bypass and all that and the game was coming to i was like oh sweet im getting somewhere... but id still crash while loading the game. which i understood to be normal.

so i made sure i had updated files and downloaded the new scripthook V and i still crashed.
i was like okay imma try something. so i pulled out all my scripts to try 1 by 1... still crash.

okay threw them back in... pulled out the mods folder.... BAM game loaded.

from there i threw in an empty mods folder and 1 folder until i got the crash again starting with x64(letter) folders... i put them all in... game loaded in ready to play... SWEET!

so then i put in common and x64 in ... still would load great... * so far ive got modifications in every one of these folders *

so then i threw in the update folder.... WHAMOH! crash.

okay dayme... i pulled out update.rpf ....... game loaded in ready to play...

so i found the issue there no surprise to me. i proceeded to try each folder in the file but i would get crashes every single time until i deleted everything out of the folder... but then id just get an infinite load screen with the pointer words (i) you see during the load screen.

the oddity is here. i pulled out my update.rpf folder... and went to the current one and copied it to mods folder... and i still crash.

so it seems like having the update.rpf inside of mods folder at all causes 1 issues... and causes CTD upon loading.

anyone have any ideas how to overcome this or fix it all together? lol other than playing a different game or modless gta?

UPDATE 1 unsolved : so i realized i didnt have the new dlcpacks installed into x64 on my mods folder... so i added them in in hopes that would help but this did not help with the new update.rpf or my old one... still crashing with new update.rpf untouched inside of mods folder also tried my old+new dlclist file (with my modded vehicles) in both common and update locations in my mods folder... no success. ctd.

btw my prior to the latest update that broke reverting... i had a fully functional game i could play to my hearts content with 0 crashing ever. hours and hours. that was even this year... this version was a reverted version back to 1868.1 worked flawlessly until the evil update.

@JohnFromGWN said in Code 16 Error RGSC & Proven Solution. UPDATE:

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you said for reverted games you go on and update... doesnt that mean its no longer a reverted version?
this is where i am having my issue... because when i finally get through all the bullshit and the game loads... i CTD. my guess is this is because i do run a bunch of scripts which use scripthookV and scripthookVdotnet... and well those jerks havent updated their shit in years.
I love these scripts though i cant just simply chuck them and play the game without noticing their absence causing me to lose desire to play the game all together.
on the other hand the script creators are mainly also moved on to other things for good and the scripts are not updated... pretty much my version is reverted back to 1830 or so.

For anyone looking to solve this issue, I have developed a fix for this. I have found the 4 audio files directly responsible and after testing and preparation i will release a "fix mod" for this issue.

read over this entire post https://forums.gta5-mods.com/topic/222/tutorial-vehicles-weapons-how-to-do-add-on-s-replacer-s?page=1

it's not the easiest thing to do so you will need a knowledge of how to work with addons from the get go ... i suggest learning car addons first since those are significantly more popular than weapon addons.

anyone know how to fix a car that is making a lot of bottom out and scraping sounds ? ive talked to another member about this and their suggestion was to delete the sound which would work. however i would like to find a solution within the handling line since this seems to be where the root of the issue is.