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[Jimbatron]

 

I've tried blocking UDP 6672 both inbound and outbound using Windows Firewall, but it doesn't work. I still end up in a populated session.

 

People tell it's only the first session that will be populated. Did you try to switch sessions?

 

 

Thanks for responding, no unfortunately switching sessions doesn't make a difference (not when using "Find new session" in the main menu anyway).

[Hécate-II]

I've tried blocking UDP 6672 both inbound and outbound using Windows Firewall, but it doesn't work. I still end up in a populated session.

 

My suspicion is McAfee is overriding the settings - although I turned it's firewall off. Any suggestions?

NL allows you to join an initial Online session already empty. It takes like 4-5 min to load Online(from story mode), but its effective if your goal its to absolutly avoid any potential script kiddie.

 

Personnally I prefere to join a full crowded initial session then use "Kill Connections", because loading time is normal then it takes like 15 secondes to lag out.

 

PS: I'm not a NL employee just in case you're wondering.

Edited May 6, 2017 by Hécate-II

[EkaSwede]

I've tried blocking UDP 6672 both inbound and outbound using Windows Firewall, but it doesn't work. I still end up in a populated session.

 

My suspicion is McAfee is overriding the settings - although I turned it's firewall off. Any suggestions?

Hm, this may sound stupid, but have you checked if the rules of inbound and outbound traffics are actually active?

 

I made that mistake myself.

[jackrobot]

I've tried blocking UDP 6672 both inbound and outbound using Windows Firewall, but it doesn't work. I still end up in a populated session.

 

My suspicion is McAfee is overriding the settings - although I turned it's firewall off. Any suggestions?

Have you tried enabling the rule whilst ingame? That always works for me if I decide I'd like to do some ceo work alone. I just alt/tab & enable the rule and everyone else's blips freeze and everyone leaves within 30 seconds.

 

Did you follow this method http://imgur.com/a/3ju3z maybe you missed a step.

[Jimbatron]

Have you tried enabling the rule whilst ingame? That always works for me if I decide I'd like to do some ceo work alone. I just alt/tab & enable the rule and everyone else's blips freeze and everyone leaves within 30 seconds.

 

Did you follow this method http://imgur.com/a/3ju3z maybe you missed a step.

 

 

Followed those steps exactly. Not tried it in game I've always launched with it already active. Alt-tabbing I find causes my FPS to drop drastically on return (game lags), so I avoid it.

 

Hm, this may sound stupid, but have you checked if the rules of inbound and outbound traffics are actually active?

 

I made that mistake myself.

 

 

The are definitely active. Best guess at the moment is McAfee is still overriding the rule, even though I've turned it's firewall off. I've applied the rule to GTAV.exe, not the launcher. I'm assuming that's the correct way to do it.

 

NL allows you to join an initial Online session already empty. It takes like 4-5 min to load Online(from story mode), but its effective if your goal its to absolutly avoid any potential script kiddie.

Personnally I prefere to join a full crowded initial session then use "Kill Connections", because loading time is normal then it takes like 15 secondes to lag out.

 

PS: I'm not a NL employee just in case you're wondering.

 

 

Pardon the ignorance, what is NL?

Edited May 6, 2017 by Jimbatron

[flexcreator]

Interesting...

I'm pretty sure i'm running the latest version.

 

 

Quotes from the force forums:

 

> Any other input as to why I got banned would be helpful, thanks.

 

> Because there is a ban wave going on for force if you didn't look at the forums. Not much to do with what you listed above, I was banned too.

 

> 2 of my accounts been banned in last few days - that's 4 in total now... not good enough tbh

 

Definetly a good news. I guess, if you wanted to sell cargo or do some stuff in public sessions - you have your window

[DarkSavageDeathlyCloud]

Interesting...

I'm pretty sure i'm running the latest version.

 

 

Quotes from the force forums:

 

> Any other input as to why I got banned would be helpful, thanks.

 

> Because there is a ban wave going on for force if you didn't look at the forums. Not much to do with what you listed above, I was banned too.

 

> 2 of my accounts been banned in last few days - that's 4 in total now... not good enough tbh

 

Definetly a good news. I guess, if you wanted to sell cargo or do some stuff in public sessions - you have your window

I still would not risk it...

Probably new accounts are popping up faster then cockstar can ban them.

[flexcreator]

^ I'm not talking about accounts.

The mod menu itself is NOT functional now.

[Anasterian]

Oh well, the poor scriptkiddies will have to buy another cheap key and spend a few minutes setting up their game again.

[flexcreator]

More details from the Force forum:

 

 

NO LONGER WORKS (Patched)
-----------------------
send to wharehouse
teleport north
make him play tenis with selected bountu player
make him reload session
send to tutorial
send to flight school
call from lamar
improptu races menu

[Jimbatron]

 

Quotes from the force forums:

 

> Any other input as to why I got banned would be helpful, thanks.

 

> Because there is a ban wave going on for force if you didn't look at the forums. Not much to do with what you listed above, I was banned too.

 

> 2 of my accounts been banned in last few days - that's 4 in total now... not good enough tbh

 

 

Anyone else get a warm cathartic feeling reading this?

 

Thanks for sharing.

[Hécate-II]

NL=Net Limiter

[mute!]

^ I'm not talking about accounts.

The mod menu itself is NOT functional now.

This is great. I guess I'll finally play in Freemode later today.

 

1 user said he removed the files from his gta5 folder and still got hammered. I guess R* finally figured something out.

[flexcreator]

"Force is down to keep you guys safe, Avoid going online with it for the time being.... We disabled the auth server to protect our users while we deal with the recent rockstar update that is causing bans"

[TheGuyBehindYou]

"Force is down to keep you guys safe, Avoid going online with it for the time being.... We disabled the auth server to protect our users while we deal with the recent rockstar update that is causing bans"

Finally I'll be able to go public after 3 weeks, I hope it stays that way.

[Non Funkable Token]

They still can go online and play with a legit acc wait wait...........

 

They wouldn't know what to do without their precious menu anyway. Poor bastards.

[TheGuyBehindYou]

They still can go online and play with a legit acc wait wait...........

 

They wouldn't know what to do without their precious menu anyway. Poor bastards.

They will be forced to do jobs to earn money. How horrible and unfair.

[nido997]

god news , in deed .... I´ve been playing in some public lobbies for the last 2-3 days and it s safe now ...

but the real question is : for how long though ?

Edited May 6, 2017 by nido997

[mute!]

flexcreator, do you also have access to their discord?

[flexcreator]

flexcreator, do you also have access to their discord?

 

Nope. Never bothered with it.

[Error2k]

Bunch of losers who want to boost their ego by cheating in a video game. Grammar on their forum is on tier level sh*t (that's even worse than me) so I guess most of them are kids. Oh and one of their admins is attention whoring qt 3.14 who uses .gif image instead of .jpg wasting my precious internet bandwidth, all because she wants to do some sh*tty smiles. Pretty pathetic.

 

I love reading forums like this after ban waves. It keeps me up at night that retards like them get banned. I wish Rockstar would just sue them like Blizzard does.

Edited May 6, 2017 by quxxo

[EkaSwede]

"Force is down to keep you guys safe, Avoid going online with it for the time being.... We disabled the auth server to protect our users while we deal with the recent rockstar update that is causing bans"

They make it sound like Rockstar's doing something bad.

[supremebape]

does the force menu allow you to remove ammo? I got hit with it sometime last week and didn't realize it

[flexcreator]

Oh and one of their admins is attention whoring qt 3.14 who uses .gif image instead of .jpg wasting my precious internet bandwidth, all because she wants to do some sh*tty smiles.

 

 

If you are reffering to Jsalva, it's NOT her image. It's the

of the actress (blogger?) Emily Rudd.

 

does the force menu allow you to remove ammo?

 

Yes, it did.

Edited May 6, 2017 by flexcreator

[Alvarez]

Can the force menu force you to do this cutscene animation? If yes, it could...perhaps spark a public outrage among liberal groups.

"Cheat tool users forces you to do Nazi salute!"

 

Now if that doesn't make Rockstar eject their coffee out of their noses i don't know.

[flexcreator]

Can the force menu force you to do this cutscene animation?

 

I can't test it, since the menu is disabled for now.

 

Pretty sure it can't.

 

> perhaps spark a public outrage among liberal groups

 

Don't think it will lead to anything productive

Edited May 6, 2017 by flexcreator

[boone4796]

Is this hack all pc related? Or does this affect old gen too? Had a session where I lost rank and had to shut down

I'm PS3

[SHOKKERZ91]

Just loaded into online, saw how i received 50k mutliple times per second. I used Task-kill and the money didn´t save. Jesus. Guess they have a workaround already...

[Khephera]

Is this hack all pc related? Or does this affect old gen too? Had a session where I lost rank and had to shut down

I'm PS3

 

Rockstar did officially address it, but it hasn't been updated in almost a month. One thing you have to consider is that there are far more players on the PS4 and Xbox One combined than on the PC. PS3 and Xbox 360 are technically not supported any longer. So, the majority of players that are playing the versions which are still getting updates are not seeing any of these problems.

 

 

Just loaded into online, saw how i received 50k mutliple times per second. I used Task-kill and the money didn´t save. Jesus. Guess they have a workaround already...

Meh, sh*t. ): I miss playing in public lobbies.

[Jimbatron]

Just loaded into online, saw how i received 50k mutliple times per second. I used Task-kill and the money didn´t save. Jesus. Guess they have a workaround already...

 

Or there's another menu responsible as from what flexcreator said it sounds like the force menu is shut down by its own creators and it's users are getting whacked by the ban hammer.

 

Anyway, if it helps anyone else I figured out why my attempt to get a public lobby on my own using the windows firewall method didn't work - as suspected it's my copy of McAfee overriding it - and it will do so even if you turn it's firewall off. It can however be used to set up a rule there, which works like a charm. I was straight into my own personal public session first time of trying.

 

Dead easy to set up (or would be if McAfee's clunky interface was a bit more intuitive):

1) Go to the firewall settings

2) Ports and system services

3) Click add, fill in a service name of your choosing.

4) Under local UDP ports, enter 6672.

5) Click save (all other fields can be left blank).

6) If you check the box for that service (which will have appeared in the Ports and system services list with the name you added in step 3) now the port will be open and you can join other players, if you un-check it, it's closed and you'll get your own public lobby.

 

Annoyingly it seems I can't stop specific programs using a specific port with McAfee which wasted a load of my time trying to find functionality which doesn't exist - I can either block GTA V from accessing the internet altogether (which would mean no online at all), or block UDP 6672 altogether (which does the job).

Edited May 6, 2017 by Jimbatron