4. Essential Mods
We will now install 3 absolutely essential mods - one that enables us to hook into the GTA 5 game engine known as RAGE and 2 for stability. All 3 of these mods are copied to your root folder where GTA 5.exe is found and where your game was installed.
Script Hook V
Download Script Hook V from this link only. Once extracted you will see a folder called bin. Install 2 of the 3 files in the bin folder of the zip archive. The 2 files to install are: ScriptHookV.dll and dinput8.dll. You don't need to install NativeTrainer.asi. Copy these files to your root folder. Note if you installed OpenIV you will already have dinput8.dll installed.
Heap Limit Adjuster
This mod which increases heap memory can be downloaded here. It is packaged with 2 files and will generate a log file. Extract (unzip) and install in the root folder, same as the other files here.
HeapAdjuster.asi
HeapAdjuster.ini
HeapAdjuster.log (generated after first run)
Packfile Limit Adjuster
This mod increases stability for addons such as vehicles and all addons that are packaged as dlc.rpf which we will discuss later on. It includes one plugin asi file and a configurable ini file.
Download it from this link. Extract (unzip) and install in the root folder, same as the other files here.
PackfileLimitAdjuster.asi
PackfileLimitAdjuster.ini
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Now let's take a look at the additional files. We added ScriptHookV.dll, dinput8.dll (already there from OpenIV), 2 Heap files and 2 Pack files. Remember that log files for many of our newly installed mods will only be created after we have run GTA 5.
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On to Step 5. Installation of Your Trainer Mods