@JohnFromGWN I bring you good news! I finally managed to get my peds working correctly and prevent my GTA 5 from crashing! It took a lot of work here, but I managed to solve it, testing ped by ped. Lucky for me, 'addonpeds2' (secondary addonpeds I created using that dlc2.rpf you said was structurally wrong) wasn't causing my game to crash! By the way, none of the addonpeds2 peds had problems, the original 'addonpeds' did! I simply removed all the peds that I had previously downloaded, and tested them one by one (remove a ped, start the game and see if it will crash. If it doesn't, test another ped and so on). Actually what was causing my game to crash was because of 2 peds in specific: 'Batman Gotham Knights w/cloth physics' by user 'gtav_KWABZ' (link: https://pt.gta5-mods.com/player/batman-gotham-knights-w-cloth-physics ) and 'HD Tommy Vercetti' from user 'lunchxbles' (link: https://pt.gta5-mods.com/player/hd-tommy-vercetti#description_tab ) . Yes, it was because of these 2 stupid peds that my GTA 5 was constantly crashing, and it was only by removing them that my game returned to normal. Ufa! I'm glad I did it, and I really appreciate your help man!! Thank you so much!! If it wasn't for your tips I think I would be racking my brains by now lol. But out of curiosity, why did these two peds make my game crash? People who were trying to use Tommy Vercetti HD as an addon were complaining about this problem! It looks like it's broken or something. I can't explain the Batman one, and strangely no one in the comments said about the problem, but I believe it's because of a '.yld' file that, by the way, not even the creator of the mod said what it is about. But anyway, what matters is that my problem was solved, so now I can play GTA 5 in peace without any problems so far! lol

@JohnFromGWN Thanks for the answer! I will do that when I get home tonight. I'm going to test and put some peds inside 'peds.rpf' and run the game and see if it crashes or not. I'm also going to take the opportunity to go see these 20 peds that I downloaded last week if there's any bugs or if people are complaining that their GTA 5 crashes after or during the loading screen. Btw, you mentioned Tommy Vercetti, is he bugged by any chance? I have 'HD Tommy Vercetti' created by user lunchxbles. Apparently it's not an addon, but a replacement for Michael or one of the three protagonists, but I transformed it into an addon by simply extracting the files from the 'models' folder in 'dlc.rpf' and using it as a streamed ped, while instead of a substitute model.

@JohnFromGWN I understood! Actually I can't create a 'dlc.rpf', with a 'dlc2.rpf' together like Rockstar does then! Following your logic, actually I should create an addonpeds folder (default) with a single dlc.rpf where it can contain multiple 'peds.rpf', and an addonpeds2 folder again also with a single 'dlc.rpf' and with multiple 'peds. rpf' inside. I apologize for my ignorance! I really have difficulties understanding things, but since you sent me a screenshot over here, I ended up understanding things as I should. So my GTA 5 may be crashing because of this erroneous structure that I did then, right? Okay, when I get back home today after my work, I'll fix my peds again and do as you said in your screenshot! I'm going to take that 'dlc2.rpf' that I created by mistake, and transform it into a normal 'dlc.rpf', but inside a folder called 'addonpeds2', and add it to the 'dlclist.xml' file so that my GTA 5 can recognize. In case my game presents errors or crashes again after the loading screen, I bring new answers here and again, I apologize for bothering you and my lack of understanding.

@JohnFromGWN Hi! I came back again, but with bad news, unfortunately... Today I finished fixing all my custom peds using that ReNNie tutorial, but even doing everything right in his tutorial, my GTA 5 still keeps crashing after loading screen and giving that same stupid error. I won't go into too much detail here so I don't have to write the Bible, but even separating 117 peds in each different 'dlc.rpf' (dlc.rpf and dlc2.rpf), apparently it didn't work, because even the first dlc.rpf not being so big (2.3 GB), and the second having a maximum of 840 MB, that wasn't enough to make my game 'alive' and without giving errors. I'll attach here some gifs with my OpenIV opened inside the game's internal folders, as well as some screenshots I took. I think you were right, most likely I have some kind of bad ped or something, because even following the tutorial still didn't fix my problem. Wow, I got really angry here! I lost 3 nights adjusting each ped, for in the end it was all useless! Unfortunately I'm going to have to test ped by ped to find out which one is causing problems. In this case, the 20 new peds that I downloaded right here from the site! Before downloading these 20, my game wouldn't crash.

Addonpeds OpenIV: https://gfycat.com/shydismalindianpalmsquirrel
Addonpeds OpenIV 2: https://gfycat.com/jovialuncomfortableeeve

The last screenshot for you to know, is about the 20 peds that I downloaded here in GTA 5 Mods. In this case I will try to remove those that I downloaded and see if the game continues to crash.

@JohnFromGWN Thanks, that's all I needed to know. I'll try to fix my peds here and if I have any questions, I'll get in touch. That's it for now! Oh, one more thing first: I have a modified gameconfig from user F7YO (Gameconfig for Limitless Vehicles) that I'm using to prevent my game from crashing because of the amount of custom peds and custom vehicles. Do I need to modify anything in this gameconfig for it to work in this ReNNie method?

@JohnFromGWN Now I understand, thank you very much! I was still confused about that part! I thought I would have problems if I had lots of dlc.rpf, but now it's clearer. When I spawn the peds, instead of using the Meth0d script (pressing L button to open Addonpeds), I can simply use Simple Trainer or Menyoo to spawn my peds, right? In this case, can I delete the Addonpeds script from Meth0d, including that rebuild program and the xml file that is inside the 'Rockstar Games' folder? I believe they will no longer be necessary when carrying out the method you recommended.

@JohnFromGWN Hi! Sorry for taking too long to answer you lol! I'm a little out of time these days and the last weekend was the only time I had availability. Anyway, about the peds we were talking about last week, I started to organize them all using that ReNNie method you recommended and I need your help, in fact it's another question I had during this procedure. This screenshot you are seeing is the internal part of my dlc.rpf which is inside the Addonpeds folder which is inside my 'mods' folder. What I would like to know is if I can split my 234 peds into 117 and put them inside the 'peds.rpf' folder and the other 117 in the 'peds2.rpf' folder as shown in the screenshot. But what I noticed is that even separating 117 peds within each peds.rpf, the total size of the Addonpeds 'dlc.rpf' will still be around 3.2 GB, which is close to the 4GB maximum you recommend for custom peds. I thought like this: what if I just duplicate my Addonpeds dlc.rpf into a dlc2.rpf and put the other 117 remaining peds in it? This would give some 'relief' for my GTA 5 because one dlc.rpf would size only 2.5 GB, while the other dlc2.rpf would only size 860 or 850 MB approximately. In your opinion, what would sound best to you? Separate my 234 custom peds inside two peds.rpf files, or have 117 in a ped.rpf that is inside a dlc.rpf, while the other 117 are inside a ped.rpf inside a dlc2.rpf? I asked you this because I took a look at how Rockstar organizes their dlc files, and I noticed that when a file almost exceeds 3GB, they duplicate the dlc.rpf in another, thus forming a 'dlc2.rpf', you know? Would it be possible? Would my 234 peds still be recognized by the game if this is plausible?

@JohnFromGWN It might be a good idea to split 234 peds by 2, which would make a total of 117 peds. In this case 117 peds in 2 'dlc.rpf' files. Next year I'll see if I can change my video card and get a more powerful one to run heavier mods on my GTA 5. Maybe an RTX 3070 TI or a 3080. But thanks for your help anyway!

@JohnFromGWN Oh ok, I understand... Yes, indeed, having a lot of mods inside the game can be complicated, but I'll try this method you sent me here. I'll check first to make sure there aren't any problematic Peds either, but as far as I remember, I had less than 200 Peds last week, until I downloaded another 20 new Peds right here on this website. Most are addons and 3 or 5 are streamed. Streamed Peds are those high definition Lara Croft, Ada Wong and Female Sims 4 Peds made by alex189 & saldin93.