Rockstar-Owned Modding Team Working on Official Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced Conversion Tool

Rockstar has given the go-ahead for an official conversion tool to help modders update their mods to work with the all-new Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced.

As custom assets used on FiveM and GTAV Legacy are not natively compatible with the recently released enhanced PC game, Cfx.re — the team behind the biggest Rockstar roleplay and creator communities FiveM and RedM and hired by Rockstar back in 2023 — announced it is working on a new tool to “assist the modding community in making their assets compatible with the new upgrade.”

Rockstar rarely officially supports the modding communities behind its games, so the news is being welcomed by GTA 5 modders who are hoping it’s a signal of better things to come for Grand Theft Auto 6.

Roxwood with ray tracing, here we go 😎

— The Ambitioneers (@TAmbitioneers) March 12, 2025

The conversion tool will support the following formats:

• Dictionaries of multiple drawables (*.ydd)
• Generic models, geometry, optional embedded textures and lights (*.ydr)
• Complex fragmented skeletons/models used for pedestrians, vehicles, destructible objects, etc. (*.yft)
• Texture Dictionaries (also known as TXD) (*ytd.)

As yet, there’s no concrete date on when the tool will be available, but the team stressed it is “currently focused on completing the final few tasks required to release the tool,” so players should expect a “full announcement and comprehensive documentation” the day it releases.

GTA 5 Enhanced is a free upgrade for GTA 5 on PC that includes all the latest vehicles and performance upgrades available at Hao’s Special Works, animal encounters, access to purchase a GTA+ Membership, as well as improved graphics options and faster loading times. Before the Enhanced edition released, only players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S versions of GTA Online could access these new features.

However, Rockstar’s new and improved version of Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t going down well on Steam following its launch on March 4. It currently boasts a ‘mixed’ user review rating on Steam, with 55% of the 21,956 user reviews flagged as positive. The original version of GTA 5 has been unlisted from Steam per Rockstar’s instruction, but by comparison, that has a ‘very positive’ user review rating on Valve’s platform.

As for GTA 6? That’s still expected to launch in fall 2025, although currently, it’s only slated to release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. The most recent news to come out of Rockstar, however, wasn’t about the game but was instead about the film Marching Powder and its star, Danny Dyer. Could it be a sign that Kent Paul will return for GTA 6? Well, anything’s possible.

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