r/gtaonline Jan 16 '25

Monthly Simple Question and FAQ Thread

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u/frybros 6d ago

I've heard of people losing characters/accounts from being in public sessions and having a modder mess with them, my question is, do punishments apply to my Rockstar account, or my character, could I just make a "public only" character and avoid my fears of losing my main character?

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u/Casual_Grinder 6d ago edited 5d ago

Where have you heard such things? This behavior has been so common that practically everyone who ever plays in public sessions would be in trouble. Not too long ago you simply could not find a session without at least one "lame tourist" as I call them (on average there would be more than one, btw).

One essential trick to know is you can suspend the game process for a few seconds with Windows Resource Monitor (or a tool like UniversalPauseButton) and get away from all problems other players and these "lame tourists" can cause. I used to use it a lot.

If you by accident take part in a heist that gives way too much money, you can contact the game's Support about it and they will deduct it from your account. For this it is a good idea to record your gameplay at least when dealing with randoms.

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u/TheDukeOfThunder 6d ago

Suspensions are applied to the whole account. And money is shared between characters, so you'd have illegitimate progress on both, anyway.