@Reyser said in YouTubers earning tons of money on our mods, without giving credit...:

Only if Rockstar Games would support mods officially this would change. Rockstar Games would put some strict rules for content creators and, in case of ilegal uses, Take-Two would send their lawyers to them. Sadly that's not gonna happen, and if it happens someday, probably mods would become something boring or not really creative.

We're fucked anyway, so there's not much to do.

Yes indeed... It's sad but true

@Jitnaught said in YouTubers earning tons of money on our mods, without giving credit...:

TL;DR: Not much you can do about it.

I am not a lawyer, but it might be possible to create/find a license for the mod that requires the linking of the mod when showcased. Then you might have a legal basis for making sure you are properly credited. But I'm willing to bet that YouTube or the video creator wouldn't care about your license, so it wouldn't change anything unless you went to court with the video creator.

Thank you for your answer! Yes, I thought so, there's not much we can do

Hi all,

I have something to say about YouTube videos showcasing mods created by other people (modders).

This problem has been going on for a long long time, and I feel like there's not much we can do about this. The image speaks for itself. YouTubers with a lot of subscribers are earning (a lot of) money with mods created by us, modders. This topic is not only made to focus on my mods, but on EVERY mod from ANYONE experiencing this.

Recently I made a mod called 'Las Venturas & San Fierro DLC' for GTA 5. This project took me another month, while I have other mods taking me more than a few months. I mostly don't get a single penny for all this work, except for my one GTA: Dubai Islands premium version which costs 1$. 7 people have downloaded this, which means I got 7 dollars. But I don't care about the money, that's really NOT my issue, please believe me on that.

Though, there are some people who do care about money. And sometimes, they are earning it the wrong way. They make a video on your mod and earn lots of money from donations/advertentions/YouTube partnership or whatever, WITHOUT GIVING PROPER CREDIT. Often those YouTubers don't tell anything about the mod creator and don't give any link to the mod download page, author,...

This is happening a lot on various mods from a lot of modders.

Yes, you could say: "Then create your own video." My answer to that: Firstly, yes I do. But I don't have the amount of subscribers or power on YouTube to get lots of views and so on. Secondly, this is not my point. They can create a video all they want, the video belongs to them! The problem is there is often absolutely NO CREDIT and they are earning tons of money on something I put months of time in, and the YouTuber only a few hours or maybe less. I feel like this is not fair to any of the mod creators. Unfortunaly, there is nothing much to do on this as far as I know. If someone has any tips, I would be very thankful.

Here an image showing some YouTuber his video on my mod. This is just an example! He earned more than 500$ only halfway the video. Beneath is my reaction in the video comment section. Apparently, my comment didn't slip through or got deleted. Other accounts don't seem to be able to see my comment (anymore?).

My comment says:

"Hi, thank you for this nice video. But I have something to say. Since I am te creator of this mod, I feel like I need to say this.

Isn't it a little wrong some large YouTubers are getting tons of money from donations from others, while they only made the video but NOT the mod? You don't give credit in the description, and you don't give the link to the mod. Don't get me wrong please, I really like to see people enjoying my mods and showcasing them. But i feel we - modders - (so not only me but a lot of modders), are been taken advantage from. We don't get a single penny for our creations most of the times, and it often takes MONTHS to create them. I have just over 100 subscribers and 1700 on my partner account. I don't have the power you, big YouTubers, do have. I see you receive big donations and just wanted to state this. I feel mod creators are left behind in comparison to YouTubers that create videos but NOT mods. Sometimes YouTubers even act like the mods are theirs... This is so wrong and I just needed to let this out. Sorry if this comes over like a rant. I'm not mad and you didn't do anything wrong (except from not crediting me or mentioning me, or link the mod).

Cheers and happy modding/gaming/content creating

GTA Belgium"

What are your thoughts on this? Sorry for all the negativity, again, I love seeing people enjoy my mods. But when they don't give any credit and earn lots of money, while sometimes even almost acting like it's their own mod, I feel the modding community is being left behind.

Happy modding,

GTA Belgium

Hello everyone

I always had a passion for Formula 1 tracks and soccer stadiums. So I like to convert them as add-on, to GTA 5.
I present you: The circuit of Monaco in Grand Theft Auto 5, converted from the game Assetto Corsa.
Textures are from Assetto Corsa and some others from the internet or me. I had to model and re-model a lot of stuff for this, in order for it to look decent.

This mod will release soon. Notice there are huge mountains in the back, to enlarge the feeling of southern France and Monaco. There is also a street that guides you from the circuit into the mountains, and there is one huge asphalt 'square'. On that square I will later place more props, like the Colosseum and Milan Duomo, which will also be included in my "Custom Add-on Props V2.0". And last but not least, on that square I am placing the soccer stadium of my favorite team Standard Liège, modeled from scratch.

Official Video:

Screenshots:

Here a video about the soccer stadium I am talking about:

I want to thank you for the support and the many downloads on my other map mods!

Sorry for late bump, but exactly the same problem here. I am trying to add a head model I created with Autodesk Mudbox and edited with 3dsMax, exported to obj, did everything correctly i believe, but it keep giving me this error as well as the desktop version that gets stuck loading. Someone has a fix?

For you interested, I just made a topic on this forum on this mod: https://forums.gta5-mods.com/topic/14713/map-gta-dubai-city-wip

Grand Theft Auto: Dubai City

GTA: Dubai City is a mod for GTA 5 and tranforms a part of ocean near Vespucci Beach with an island based on Palm Jumeirah Island, Dubai. Included with some of the most popular Persian/Arabian Gulf buildings, Palm Island offers you all the resorts you ever dreamed of!

This mod contains buildings from:

• United Arab Emirates: Burj Khalifa, Aldar Headquarters (Burj al-Arab can be downloaded here: https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/burj-al-arab-hotel-dubai-emissive-add-on-replace) Thanks to Z@gor
• Kingdom Saudi-Arabia: Kingdom Centre
• Kingdom of Bahrain: Bahrain World Trade Center
• State of Kuwait: Kuwait Towers.

Burj Khalifa is converted from a GTA IV mod by 'Metalwarz'. Many many thanks to him for the GTA IV version! I only converted that one to GTA V.
Burj al-Arab won't be included in my mod download, you should download it from the link provided above, mod by Z@gor. Thanks to him as well!

All feedback and suggestions are welcome (Please only be realistic with suggestions).

After a lot of thoughts and even considering making this mod private or 'VIP', I finally decided to release it for free though, later in 2017, on this website. I just considered making this mod 'VIP' for around $2, because I really put a lot of work in it, and it was very time consuming, I need to pay licenses... However, i thought people should get it for free at the end of the day. I want the GTA community to enjoy each others mods, how big or how small they are.

Official trailer came out 2 days ago, NOT on my YouTube channel, but on another one. Here you can watch it. Please ignore the 'funny' intro with the PEGI 18 and stuff

Some screenshots extracted from the trailer:

@Stelassin

Haha yes i'm making something similar, well not as big as the real palm jumeirah (impossible) but a little reduced, with famous buildings from Gulf countries (Bahrain, KSA, UAE and Kuwait). I also included burj khalifa. It's nearly finished now, i need to fix some bugs. Then i will make a video and upload it on YouTube. I will see how people react, and probably give it away for free on this site after few weeks. I'm still not sure about that though, depends on reactions i get.

@HRH @FoxtrotDelta

Thanks, both of your posts were really helpfull.

@HRH : Well i understand what you are saying, and you are right about what you said. I never would ask money for something i just ripped off a game. But this is different: In this case, i modelled a whole island myself, and it's not just an island, but something we can compare to palm island in Dubai (Oh God i'm already telling too much)... I did model that myself.
Now I want to put some buildings on that island, buildings i bought on a 3d website, it was about about $85 for 5 buildings i think. I will lock those models so you can't get them out of the game, to prevent people getting them for free (or only 2 dollars).
I hope this explains why i'm considering charging people 2 dollars for this. If i would have just ripped of the models from another game i would not do this.

@FoxtrotDelta : Thanks, your post was very helpfull as well and it's interesting (and sad) to see people rarely donate.
Also, keeping private mods and public mods separate is totally understandable to me.

Thanks again for the replies