Yesterday, a report was released, highlighting major issues within the FiveM development timeline. Mod development team World Travel, known from the well received Liberty City Preservation Project, has put out a public statement openly doubting the takedown from last month, stating they feel suspicious about the motives behind the takedown request.
Nkjellman, lead developer of World Travel, stated that the communication between World Travel and Rockstar Games was initially professional and well received: “A representative of Rockstar politely asked us to take the Liberty City Preservation Project links down because the legal team had an issue with it. He was very professional. We removed the links as a gesture of good faith, and made sure both parties agreed as to how we’d address this to the community.”
Rockstar Games Contact Ghosts
In our behind-the-scenes article, World Travel expressed the wish to collaborate with Rockstar Games, according to Nkjellman, discussions with were initiated: “After two Zoom meetings and several back and forth emails regarding how we could work together in the future, the contact from Rockstar became unresponsive in this area.”
Something Is Off
Shortly after, Nkjellman noticed paid GTA IV map mods included polished assets and fixes, just like in the Liberty City Preservation mod: “Later on, we became aware that one of the paid Liberty City mods suddenly had GTA IV props, custom scenarios, bug fixes, fixed up interiors, animated signs, subway and tunnel lighting, fixed traffic paths, etc. Here is one example: reseller-hall-of-shame This is a very strange coincidence considering these mods have always replaced the props with GTA V props. I emailed the contact from Rockstar, sending him a link to the project. He told me that he forwarded it to their enforcement teams (though I now have my doubts about that).“
Nkjellman proceeds to suggest that someone may be profiting from these assets through paid Liberty City mods: “Currently, these expensive Liberty City mods (some of which sell for prices of around 500 Euros) are still up. It seems like claims made in the original FiveM developers’ blog are correct. I don’t want to get into speculation, but it wouldn’t be surprising if someone is getting a slice of the pie. Due to these revelations, we are uncertain if this takedown request is genuine.“
If these claims prove to be accurate, it raises concerns about the motive of this takedown request.
To stay up to date with this developing story, stay tuned to RockstarINTEL for any updates on World Travel and FiveM.
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