Questions and answers

Errors like -80045, "bad credentials" or a sign-in stuck at anisette come from Apple's servers or the sideloader, not from the app. Players had luck with: waiting a few hours, updating SideStore/AltStore to the newest version, switching the anisette server, and signing in again with a fresh two-factor code. Ask in the Install topic with the exact error if it keeps failing.

The newest ready-made IPA is posted in the Releases topic of the Telegram group. You can also build your own at fivestarport.site/build/ (free, about 25 minutes). It's not on the App Store, and IPAs from other places can be old or modified.

Start with the setup guide in the Start here topic of the Telegram group, or the GitHub README's "Install in 4 steps". In short: 1) install a sideloader (SideStore or AltStore, set up once with a computer); 2) get the IPA from the Releases topic or build it at fivestarport.site/build/; 3) install it; 4) for extra memory, install with AltStore 2.3 or newer (it adds it by itself); 5) add your own game files in the app; 6) pick Story mode or Sandbox and tap Play. A 3-minute video tutorial is in the GitHub README.

Yes. The GitHub README has a 3-minute video for the builder route and walks through the install in 4 steps, and the Start here topic in the Telegram group has the setup guide.

Any of SideStore, AltStore or Sideloadly works: one IPA works with all of them since v1.3.3. For extra memory on a free Apple ID use AltStore 2.3 or newer: it adds the extra memory by itself. SideStore refreshes on the phone, but it currently drops extra memory on free Apple IDs. A paid developer account or TrollStore also work.

It isn't officially tested in LiveContainer, but players run it there. Inside LiveContainer the app gets LiveContainer's memory limit, and the folder picker can't open your game folder until two of LiveContainer's fixes are on: in LiveContainer, open GTA V Port's settings and under Fixes turn on Fix File Picker and Use LiveContainer's Bundle ID. Then Game files › Choose a folder… works, also for a game folder kept from an earlier version (since v1.4.5 the app shows this tip when it runs inside LiveContainer). Installing with SideStore, AltStore or Sideloadly is the supported way.

SideStore and AltStore need a computer once to pair with your iPhone (an Apple rule); any Mac or Windows PC works, even a friend's. After that SideStore works on the phone by itself. Follow SideStore's own setup guide.

iOS 16 or newer (iOS 16 since v1.3.3), including the newest iOS. iOS 15 isn't supported. Once installed, the game plays fully offline from your phone.

The supported installers are SideStore, AltStore and Sideloadly. Other signers (eSign, KSign, Feather) work for some players, but if they sign without the memory entitlements the game gets only the normal memory. When signing with a paid certificate, make sure the memory entitlements are kept.

"Unable to install", "integrity could not be verified" or Apple server errors come from signing, not from the app. Try again later, refresh/re-sign, check that you have fewer than 3 sideloaded apps on a free Apple ID, or try another supported installer (SideStore, AltStore, Sideloadly). If your installer refuses the app because of the memory entitlements, build again with the memory box unticked.

A free Apple ID works and re-signs every 7 days. A paid Apple developer account (99 USD/year) signs for a year and gives more memory. Shared or bought certificates from third parties often get revoked, which shows as "integrity could not be verified"; the project can't help with those.

Yes: on an Apple Silicon Mac with Xcode you can build with build_ipa.sh (see the GitHub README). The builder site works from any browser, including a computer (choose the whole game folder there). Either way the game files must be on the iPhone (or streamed from your own computer over Tailscale, the advanced route).

Building needs no computer (fivestarport.site/build/ works on the iPhone), and playing needs none. Only setting up SideStore or AltStore needs a computer once (an Apple rule).

Yes. Since v1.3.3 the one IPA works with Sideloadly too.

TrollStore works where your iPhone supports it, and gives the extra memory without GetMoreRam.

Both work. The Releases topic has a ready-made IPA. The builder (fivestarport.site/build/) builds the same app from your own game files in your GitHub account.

With a free Apple ID, yes: apps must be refreshed every 7 days. SideStore refreshes on the phone; AltStore over Wi-Fi from your computer. A paid developer account signs for a year.

No. The engine is compiled ahead of time, so no JIT is needed.

If iOS says the developer isn't trusted: Settings › General › VPN & Device Management, tap your Apple ID's profile and tap Trust. iOS 16 and newer also need Developer Mode on (Settings › Privacy & Security › Developer Mode).

Developer Mode shows in Settings › Privacy & Security after a sideloaded app is installed. The project can't help further with iOS setup; ask in the Install topic.

The supported installers are SideStore, AltStore and Sideloadly.

Install the new IPA over the old app: your game files, Story saves, Mods and settings stay (iOS keeps the app's own folder when the same app is installed again). Use the same sideloader and the same Apple ID as before (SideStore/AltStore: My Apps › + › pick the new IPA). Don't delete the app first: deleting it deletes its folder, with the game files inside it and your saves. If you install with a different sideloader or Apple ID, iOS can treat it as a different app: a second GTA V Port appears with no game files, and the old app still has them. Keep using the old one, or copy the game folder across in the Files app. Inside LiveContainer the data lives in LiveContainer's own folder: back up its data folder before reinstalling LiveContainer. Built it yourself? Open fivestarport.site/build/ and tap Build again. Updates never need new game files.

Every version's changes are in the Releases topic and the GitHub CHANGELOG, and the app tells you when a new version is out. The newest is v1.4.3: Trackify works (The Merryweather Heist can be finished), street race result screens, the tooth in By the Book, the Handler in Scouting the Port, switching back from Chop, buttons for Detach trailer, the Cargobob hook, the docks crane and Detonate, a movable minimap that opens the full map, sound fixes, community translations and Experimental performance settings. There are no release dates for the next one.

No. Updates don't need new game files, and getting extra memory doesn't either. Only if the app's Game files screen reports damaged or missing files do you need to unpack again. Your saves stay as long as you don't delete the app.

Updates come as a new IPA (Releases topic, or Build again on the builder). Your game files stay.

v1.4.2 said 1.4.1 by mistake; it was v1.4.2. v1.4.3 shows the right number: install it from the Releases topic over the old app.

The project can't help with getting the game files and doesn't share them: you need your own copy (the web build, a folder with data and b inside, about 21 GB). Once you have it, add it in the app on the Game files screen. Please don't ask for links in the group.

Open the app once so its folder appears in Files. Then in the Files app long-press your unpacked game folder (the one with data and b inside), tap Move and choose On My iPhone › GTA V Port. Open the app again: it finds the game by itself and checks every file. Or use the Game files screen: Choose a folder…, Choose an archive… (zip or rar) or From a link. Then pick Story mode or Sandbox and tap Play.

On many sideloaded installs iOS doesn't hand a picked folder to the app (Open stays grey or seems to do nothing; sometimes it slowly copies the whole folder). In LiveContainer: open GTA V Port's settings in LiveContainer and under Fixes turn on Fix File Picker and Use LiveContainer's Bundle ID, then pick the folder again. Otherwise the Game files screen has Open GTA V Port in Files: it opens the app's own folder in Files; move your game folder there (touch and hold › Move) and come back, the app finds it by itself. Or download the game files in the app (From a link) or pick a zip/rar with Choose an archive….

The app needs the whole unpacked web build (version 8b0b5899ed): the folder that has data and b inside, about 21 GB. The app checks every file and tells you exactly what's missing or damaged. For building with fivestarport.site/build/ you pick only three files from it (b/8b0b5899ed/game.wasm, shaders.zip made from the shaders folder, data/manifest.json); the big folder stays on your phone.

The app needs the web build 8b0b5899ed (the folder with data and b inside). A zip or a rar of the same build gives the same files. Whatever you use, the app checks every file and tells you if something is missing, damaged or from a different version.

Saves are in Files › On My iPhone › GTA V Port › EngineFiles › userdata › Documents › Rockstar Games › GTA V › Default. You can copy save files there (PC saves work too). Back up this folder before reinstalling.

The project can't help with third-party download sites. If you have a link to your own copy: in the app's Game files screen paste it under From a link; a download page opens in the app's own browser, which takes the download over (it has a shield button to turn off ad blocking for a site that refuses). Or download it another way and pick it with Choose an archive….

When downloading in the app (From a link), keep the app open: in the background the download pauses and continues when you come back. Since v1.4.2 a dropped connection is retried for 30 minutes, and if the app was closed, Game files shows "The download stopped at N%" with Continue the download, which picks up where it stopped instead of starting again. Zip and normal (not solid, not split) RAR5 archives continue in the middle; with other archives, files already unpacked aren't unpacked again. Keep about 21 GB free. If you downloaded it elsewhere, a much too small file means it didn't finish.

Don't rename .rar to .zip, that breaks it. No unzip app is needed: pick the .rar with Game files › Choose an archive… and the app unpacks it.

The game is about 21 GB, plus the app. Keep about 30 GB free. Unpacking in the app from a link or an archive needs about 21 GB, not double, because the archive is used up while it unpacks. Keep the game in On My iPhone, not iCloud Drive.

Use the app itself: Game files › Choose an archive… unpacks zip and rar (also multi-part) and checks every file. "Corrupted" or "wrong password" usually means the archive didn't download completely; get it again.

The project doesn't share save files. If you have a save, copy it into GTA V Port › EngineFiles › userdata › Documents › Rockstar Games › GTA V › Default (PC saves work).

No, since v1.4.2. A dropped connection is retried for 30 minutes (also while the phone is locked), and if the app was closed, Game files shows "The download stopped at N%" with Continue the download: it picks up where it stopped instead of starting again. Zip archives and normal (not solid, not split) RAR5 archives like mirror.rar continue in the middle of the download; other archives are read again but files already unpacked aren't written again.

The project can't help with third-party download sites. If you use From a link in the app, a download page opens in the app's built-in browser, which blocks ads and takes the download over.

Let the app do it: Game files › From a link or Choose an archive…. It unpacks as it goes and uses the archive up, so you need about 21 GB free, not double.

The project can't help with third-party file hosts or their limits.

Tap the message on the Game files screen to see every problem. Missing or wrong-size files mean unpacking or copying stopped early (usually storage ran out). Free up space, delete the folder and unpack again. Files "only in iCloud": move the game folder to On My iPhone › GTA V Port.

Pick the folder that has both data and b inside (not data or b itself). If you opened a folder too deep, the app says so and tells you to go up one or two levels. If there's no b folder at all, it's not the right build of the game files.

The port needs the web build of the game files (folder with data and b, about 21 GB), not the PC install. Normal PC save files do work.

The project doesn't provide game files. The web build is about 21 GB because its textures are smaller and it leaves out what the web version doesn't use.

It comes with the game files and is optional. To free space: Files › On My iPhone › GTA V Port › your game folder › data › x64 › levels, delete the env_test folder, then empty Recently Deleted. The GTA VI test map button then greys out; Story and the normal Sandbox still work.

All parts of a multi-part archive go together: pick them with Game files › Choose an archive… and the app unpacks them into one folder.

You don't upload the big folder: the builder takes three small files. Keep the game folder on the iPhone (On My iPhone › GTA V Port): the app plays from it.

No. The port uses the web build's files only. PC files won't add cutscenes.

data/manifest.json is in your game folder's data folder. The builder asks for it as one of the three files.

That's fine if the Game files check says every file is there. Some copies leave out the GTA VI test map, which is optional.

The app checks every file's size against the game's list. If a file is the wrong size, the Game files screen says so.

Installing an update with another sideloader or another Apple ID makes a separate copy of the app with an empty folder, so the game files and saves stay in the old copy. Install over the old app the same way you installed it first, or open Game files and choose your game folder again. Since v1.4.5, Play without game files opens Game files and says what's missing.

iOS gives an app about half of the iPhone's memory. To unlock more for free, install GTA V Port with AltStore 2.3 or newer (with AltServer on a Mac or PC): it adds Increased Memory Limit by itself on a free Apple ID, no GetMoreRam needed, and players in the group confirm it. SideStore currently drops extra memory when it signs with a free Apple ID (a SideStore bug; a fix is waiting to be merged), and GetMoreRam's Apple sign-in fails for most players since mid-October. Every IPA since v1.3.3 already asks for it. Check Settings › This device: it should say "Extra memory: on" and show a higher app limit. A paid developer account or TrollStore gives it too.

GetMoreRam's Apple sign-in fails for most players since mid-October (-80045, bad credentials, bad server response). You don't need it: install GTA V Port with AltStore 2.3 or newer, which adds the extra memory by itself on a free Apple ID. Some players also report iRAM+ working with LocalDevVPN running. A paid developer account always works.

Check Settings › This device. "Extra memory: off" means your install doesn't have it: SideStore on a free Apple ID drops it today, and GetMoreRam fails for most players. Install the current IPA with AltStore 2.3 or newer instead (don't delete the old app first: your game files and saves are inside it). iOS never lets the app use all of the phone's memory: about 3,500 MB or more on a 6 GB iPhone is normal with extra memory.

Keep "Enable increased memory entitlements" ticked when you build (it's on by default). Since v1.3.3 there's only one IPA and it always asks for extra memory. The entitlement alone doesn't add memory: the installer has to keep it. AltStore 2.3 or newer does on a free Apple ID; SideStore currently drops it; a paid developer account or TrollStore keep it. Untick it only if your installer refuses the app.

Yes. A paid Apple developer account (99 USD/year) gives Increased Memory Limit and Extended Virtual Addressing (about 4,000 MB on a 6 GB iPhone) and re-signs once a year. The IPA already asks for both. If an IPA signed by a tool with a paid account still shows the free limit in Settings › This device, the tool dropped the entitlements; signing on a Mac with Xcode is the most reliable.

That's from older versions. Since v1.3.3 there's only one IPA: it asks for extra memory and works with SideStore, AltStore and Sideloadly. Always take the newest one from the Releases topic.

Not tested. Inside LiveContainer the game gets LiveContainer's own memory limit, so the extra memory would have to be applied to LiveContainer itself. The supported way is installing GTA V Port directly, with AltStore 2.3 or newer for extra memory.

Not right now. The free way to get extra memory today is AltStore 2.3 or newer, which needs AltServer on a Mac or PC (also for the refresh every 7 days). SideStore currently drops extra memory on free Apple IDs, and GetMoreRam's sign-in fails for most players. Without extra memory the game still runs: use the preset marked (recommended) or Ultra Performance.

No. GetMoreRam turns on Increased Memory Limit for GTA V Port's App ID in your Apple account, not in the installed app, so it stays when you install each update over the old app with the same sideloader and the same Apple ID. In 47 player logs sent right after an update, all 30 that had extra memory before still had it after. Check Settings › This device after updating: it should say "Extra memory: on". If it ever says off (for example after installing with another sideloader or Apple ID, which makes a new App ID), add it again in GetMoreRam and refresh GTA V Port in SideStore.

Missing or grey ground, blurry buildings or a map that stops loading usually means the game is short on memory. Update to the newest version and keep the Experimental settings (Settings › This device) on: v1.4.5 keeps the city loaded on 4 GB iPhones (Steady city on low memory, Lighter 3D models in memory). Unlock extra memory if you can (install with AltStore 2.3 or newer, or a paid account), use the preset marked (recommended) or lower and close other apps. A red ⚠️ next to the FPS counter means your iPhone gives the game little memory, so some missing textures are expected there. If it happens on the newest version, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

It depends mostly on memory and the chip. Players report roughly 25-31 FPS on an iPhone 13 Pro Max with a free Apple ID, 30-40 on 13/14 Pro Max, 40-50 on 15 Pro Max on Balanced, and around 60 on 17 Pro models. 4 GB iPhones get about 20-30 FPS on the lowest settings. Turn on Settings › Graphics › Show FPS counter to see yours. Looking at the sky or ground shows higher numbers than normal play.

It runs on iPhones and iPads with iOS 16 or newer. What matters most is memory: 6 GB or more (iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, any iPhone 14 or newer, M1 iPads or newer) plays well, best with extra memory unlocked. Newer chips give more FPS. You need about 30 GB free.

It installs and starts, but 4 GB iPhones (iPhone XS, 11, 12, 12 mini, 13, 13 mini, SE 3rd generation) get only about 2 GB for the app, so expect low detail and around 20-30 FPS. Use the Ultra Performance preset (Settings › Graphics), made for these phones. v1.4.5 helps most: on these iPhones the city stays loaded while driving (fewer grey and missing textures) and the game gets about 80 MB more memory (Settings › This device › Experimental, on by default). The red ⚠️ next to the FPS counter marks a phone with this little memory. Unlocking extra memory helps a little.

Unlock extra memory first. Then in Settings › Graphics: pick the recommended preset (or lower), lower the Resolution, and set Frame rate to 60 or Unlocked (up to 120 on ProMotion iPhones; 40 there too since v1.4.5). Resolution and frame rate change right away since v1.4.5. Close other apps, turn off Low Power Mode and keep the phone cool. Turn on Show FPS counter to compare.

Update to v1.4.3: its Faster engine threads setting (Settings › This device, Experimental, on by default) runs the engine at a higher priority, for the FPS drop after a few minutes. Heat slows iPhones down too: try Settings › Graphics › Steady frame rate when hot, Frame rate 30, a lower resolution, no case or charging while playing. If it still drops, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

Yes, since v1.4.2: Settings › Graphics, at the bottom: Textures, Shadows, Reflections, Draw distance, Grass, and Traffic and people. Each says "Preset (…)" until you pick your own value; your choices stay when you switch presets and apply when you press Play. Higher values use more memory: if the game starts closing, set them back to the preset.

Start with the preset marked (recommended) in Settings › Graphics: the app picks it from your memory. Then raise or lower Resolution while playing to find your balance between sharpness and FPS. Presets above the recommended one show a warning but are safe to try: if one is too much, the app steps back next launch. Since v1.4.2 you can also set Textures, Shadows, Reflections, Draw distance, Grass and Traffic and people yourself under the preset (Settings › Graphics, at the bottom); they stay when you change the preset and apply when you press Play.

The game needs about 2.5 to 3 GB for the app, so 6 GB iPhones are the practical minimum (they get about 3 GB, or more with extra memory). More memory allows higher presets and fewer missing textures; FPS depends more on the chip and settings.

Yes: since v1.4 the Ultra Performance preset (Settings › Graphics) keeps less of the world in memory so it keeps loading on low-memory iPhones, and Sandbox lag on 4 GB iPhones is fixed. v1.4.3 adds Experimental settings in Settings › This device (on by default): Smarter texture loading, Lighter big textures and Faster engine threads.

Settings › Graphics › Fill the screen renders at your screen's shape instead of stretching 16:9. Since v1.4 it also fills the screen on iPhone 17 Pro Max. Cutscenes keep their black bars, like the original.

Settings › Graphics › Frame rate › Unlocked goes up to 120 on ProMotion iPhones (13 Pro and newer Pro models); since v1.4.5 there's also 40, smoother than Unlocked when the game runs between 40 and 60. A new frame rate applies right away since v1.4.5 (at the next start on older versions). Reaching 120 depends on your phone and settings.

The graphics preset applies when the game starts. If you change it while playing, Settings shows "Restart needed": close the app completely (swipe it away in the app switcher), open it again and press Play. The resolution changes right away, and since v1.4.5 the frame rate does too.

Yes, the phone gets warm. Use Settings › Graphics › Steady frame rate when hot, a 30 FPS cap, lower resolution, and play without a case and not while charging.

Three settings added in v1.4.3, all on by default: Smarter texture loading keeps the ground and roads from turning grey after long play; Lighter big textures uses a quarter of the memory for the largest textures on iPhones before the 15 Pro, so more of the world stays sharp; Faster engine threads keeps the engine on the fast processor cores for steadier FPS. Turn one off if it causes trouble: Faster engine threads if your iPhone gets too hot, Smarter texture loading if the game runs out of memory, Lighter big textures for the sharpest close-ups.

That was a bug, fixed in v1.4.2: the pause menu's lowest shadow setting is Normal, while the app's lighter presets use Low or Off, so the game thought something had changed. On older versions choose Cancel (No) there, not Yes: Yes raises the shadows and re-applies the graphics, which costs FPS and memory. The app's own Settings › Graphics is the place to change graphics.

On iPhones with a 120 Hz screen (ProMotion), Settings › Graphics › Frame rate has 40 since v1.4.5. Each picture stays up exactly 1/40 s, so when the game runs between 40 and 60 it looks smoother than Unlocked, which jumps between speeds. It applies right away.

It means iOS gives the game little memory on your iPhone (the 4 GB models get about 2 GB), so a less detailed city and textures that load late or stay missing are expected there. It's there so a screenshot shows it at once; nothing is broken. Unlocking extra memory (AltStore 2.3 or newer, or a paid account) helps the most.

Yes. Bluetooth controllers work, and the touch controls hide while one is connected (Settings › Controls › Hide touch controls with a controller). Since v1.4.2, hold the controller's View / Share button for a second to open Settings (a tap still changes the camera view). Keyboard and mouse work too (Settings › Controls › Keyboard and mouse).

In Story mode use the Switch character button on the touch controls, then drag to the character on the wheel. It works in helicopters and planes too, and while playing as Chop the button shows whenever the game waits for the switch back to Franklin (v1.4.3). With a controller it's the game's usual D-pad down.

Yes: Edit controls layout (start screen or Settings › Controls). Drag a button to move it, pinch to resize, or hide it. Button size and opacity are in Settings › Controls too.

Settings › Touch controls: pick Camera: right stick or Camera: swipe at the top, then set the speed or sensitivity (swipe up to 15x). Gyro aiming is there too.

Yes: Settings › Controls › Steering buttons (Left and Right buttons instead of the steering stick in cars, bikes and boats).

Use the Aim and shoot from vehicle button. Since v1.4 there are also Aim from the vehicle (aim without shooting) and Duck buttons while driving, and since v1.4.2 aiming from a vehicle works with the swipe camera too.

With the phone out, the touch buttons show the letters the game names: A takes the photo, X sends it (Scouting the Port: "Send the photos to Ron" opens your contacts with it), B exits.

Since v1.4.2 the hand button appears whenever the help asks for the interact input: on the couch it stands you up, at Trevor's it drinks more whiskey (and Y stops drinking). On older versions the interact input is D-pad right, but on the couch the arrows make room for the TV stick, so update to v1.4.2.

Since v1.4.4 the subtitle line sits above the home bar: Settings › Touch controls › Subtitles above the home bar (on by default on iPhones with a home bar; applies the next time the game starts).

That was a bug with the swipe camera: a game script reads the menu Down input after you turn the camera, and the touch controls took it for a shop menu. Fixed since v1.4.2; update to the newest version.

That's the iPhone's own pointer, not the game's: it shows while a mouse or trackpad is connected (or AssistiveTouch's pointer device is on). Disconnect the mouse in Bluetooth, or check Settings › Accessibility › Touch › AssistiveTouch › Pointer Devices. To play with a mouse, turn on Settings › Touch controls › Keyboard and mouse: the game then captures the pointer and it disappears.

Yes: Settings › Controls › Hide when a controller is connected. The touch controls come back as soon as the controller disconnects.

Tap the Phone button to open the phone and answer. Since v1.4 calls no longer take over the driving controls, and since v1.4.2 calls while walking keep the walking controls too.

Since v1.4.3 a Detach trailer button shows while a truck or car pulls a trailer. In a tow truck, use the Release tow hook button (Raise tow arm and Lower tow arm are there too); in a Cargobob the same Release tow hook button lowers and raises the hook.

Hold the Sprint button to open a parachute (Settings › Controls › Sprint button). While playing, Settings › Cheats › Parachute gives you one.

Since v1.4.3, tap the minimap to open the full-screen map; pinch to zoom it. The map is also the first tab of the pause menu (the Pause button). Drag on the left of the screen to move the cursor and set a waypoint.

The touch controls hide while a game controller is connected, or a keyboard and mouse with Keyboard and mouse on, and come back when it disconnects. Turn off Bluetooth or the controller, or switch off Settings › Touch controls › Hide when a controller is connected. If you moved or resized buttons, Settings › Touch controls › Edit controls layout › Reset puts them back.

Update to the newest version. If touch controls still don't respond, check that no controller or keyboard is connected (touch controls hide then), and send a log.

Push the stick all the way to its edge to sprint. Or turn on the Sprint button (Settings › Touch controls, off by default): tap it while moving to sprint until you let go of the stick, and hold it to open a parachute. Since v1.4.3, while the Sprint button is on, the stick alone no longer sprints.

Yes: Settings › Controls › Keyboard and mouse (WASD, mouse look). With both connected, the touch controls hide.

Since v1.4.5 bicycles have a Jump button where cars have drive-by. Hold it longer to hop higher.

Yes, since v1.4.5: Settings › Touch controls › Help messages: Top left (the game's place), Top right, Bottom middle, or Custom, where you drag the box anywhere. With the map at the top, Top right is the default. It applies the next time the game starts.

Since v1.4.4: Settings › Game mode › Import a Story save… and pick the save file (named like SGTA50000, about 0.5 MB). It goes into a free save slot; start Story mode and load it with Pause › Game › Load Game. PC saves work.

Yes, Story mode is the full campaign with saves, and players are playing through it. Some missions have known bugs (see the known issues list), and some TV and cutscene videos aren't in the game files, so they're skipped. There is no online or multiplayer.

Yes. Story mode saves the way GTA V does: it autosaves after missions, and you can save in a safehouse bed or with Quick Save on the in-game phone. Saves stay on this iPhone between launches (Sandbox keeps its own separate files). Save after using Set money to keep it.

The minimap works since v1.3; update if yours is blank. Since v1.4.3 you can move it (Settings › Touch controls › Minimap: bottom left, top left or a custom spot you drag and pinch) and tap it to open the full-screen map. The pause map reveals more as you explore, like the original game. If the map stops drawing, that's usually low memory (see the textures answer).

After a mission fails, the game offers Retry; since v1.4.3 the Mission failed screen shows Retry / Exit buttons after dying too. After failing three times it offers to skip the mission ("Press X"): the X button appears when it's asked for.

Since v1.4.2 the Handler has two arm buttons (arrows up and down near the top of the screen): hold the down arrow to lower the arm onto the container, press the hand button when the game asks, then hold the up arrow to lift it. On older versions the arm moves with the steering stick up and down: put your thumb in the middle of the left side, not near the bottom edge, and push firmly up or down (the stick ignores small movements). With Settings › Controls › Steering buttons on there is no stick, so switch it off for this mission. Since v1.4.3 the arm also lowers after a mission retry (before, it could only go up).

Unlock extra memory and update to the newest version; most Prologue crashes were memory. If it still crashes or a step doesn't continue, send a log and say which step.

Zoom the scope all the way in first (the + zoom button next to Fire while aiming). From Trevor's perch the lights are about 140 m away, and the game only loads small things like those lamps when the scope is zoomed in: zoomed out, the bullets pass straight through them. The same goes for Ron at the start: he only counts as watched when you're zoomed in. Shoot the lights (the two small green markers) once Ron tells you to, after the truck has parked; shots that land near the bikers earlier alert them and fail the mission.

Fixed in v1.4.3: update the app. The game files have no working Trackify app, so it froze the game; since v1.4.3 the port draws Trackify itself. In the submersible the phone opens Trackify by itself: the sonar shows the device's direction, distance and depth, and the ping speeds up as you get closer. Head for it and dive; the sub now holds out to 200 m, so it no longer implodes beside the device (about 180 m down). If you still get stuck on v1.4.3, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

It's harmless: the game files have no text for some help messages that later PC updates added, and the game showed the label name instead. Since v1.4.2 those boxes simply don't show. Nothing is broken in your game.

Fixed in v1.3.3 (the crash at the end, at the Vinewood Hills fences). Update to the newest version.

Fixed in v1.4.3: Continue, Retry and Pause work on the race result screens again. Update the app (install over the old one).

Pick the pliers with the arrows. At "Rotate to pull it out" (v1.4.3), RT stays held for you and the right side of the screen becomes a stick: spin it fast, about 3 to 4 full circles a second, until the tooth comes out. A slow rotation doesn't count. Update to v1.4.3 if you have no stick there.

Fixed in v1.3.1. A few labels in the shop may be blank.

Story missions start at the letter markers on the map (M, F, T and others). Drive to one to start it. Open the pause map to find them.

Since v1.4.2 the Switch character button stays on screen while you're Chop: tap it to switch back to Franklin. On older versions tap the down arrow (D-pad down), which is the game's switch input.

Yes, the game has its own changing weather, rain included. While playing you can also pick it yourself: Settings › Cheats › Weather (clear, extra sunny, cloudy, overcast, rain, thunderstorm or fog); Natural weather goes back to the game's own. Missions can change the weather too.

Monkey Business works on touch since v1.4.3. Dive: push the left stick forward and look down with the camera. Cutting tool: hold the RT button that appears and move it with the stick. At the end Trevor flies the Cargobob to the airfield: "Press … to detach the crate" is the Release tow hook button (the hook icon) that shows in any Cargobob since v1.4.3. Update if you don't see it.

Since v1.4.3 the docks crane's "Press → to pick up a container" gets the Interact button, and "Detonate the explosives" (bombs a mission planted) gets the Detonate button. Update the app if you don't see them.

Friend Request works without the TV picture. On the couch, change the channel with the arrows (Weazel News); since v1.4.4 a note at the top then says how far the presentation is and, from 1:17, "Call now": Phone › Contacts › Jay Norris, before 2:50. Calling later fails the mission; retry and call in that window.

Fixed in v1.4.3: update the app. Close the game completely and start it again to get out of a stuck load.

The original intro plays when you press Play since v1.3.3. Tap to skip.

Sandbox starts with no story progress, and in GTA V shops, barbers and some buildings open as the story goes on, so many stay closed there. Play Story mode (or load a save further in the story) to use them.

Fixed since v1.4: the outfit you saved stays after restarting the game. Update to the newest version.

Since v1.4.5, when a mission's help asks for the D-pad, the matching on-screen buttons appear for as long as the hint shows (for example the elk call in Hunting with Cletus). Update the app.

Fixed in v1.4.2: the app gives the game room for 1500 vehicle handling entries instead of 560, so several add-on cars fit without editing gameconfig.xml. Update the app (install over the old one). If it still says Pool Full with a different pool name, send a log right after (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer) and say which mods you installed.

From v1.4.5 on, each start notes which switched-on mods the game actually loaded. The first start of a new version switches off the mods the old version had on but didn't load (they did nothing, and are the likeliest to break a start), and says which. Turn them back on in Settings › Mods if you want them.

Update to v1.4.5: cars made for newer PC updates (for example the Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR-R) name a texture set this game version doesn't have, and the game refused to load them. Now they use the game's shared vehicle textures and spawn. If a car still waits, send a log right after (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer) and say which car.

Since v1.4.5, after a start with mods that didn't finish, the app offers "Start without mods": the game starts once without them and your mods stay installed. Then switch off the mod you added last in Settings › Mods and start again. If it stops with that mod alone, send a log (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer) and say which mod.

Yes, since v1.4.1 PC mods work as downloaded: car and character replacements, add-on cars (dlc.rpf), OpenIV packages (.oiv), data files and Script Hook V scripts (.asi) like Simple Trainer. Install them in Settings › Mods by picking the downloaded file, or put files in Files › On My iPhone › GTA V Port › Mods; the Mods guide button explains the paths. v1.4.3 has more room for add-on cars and big mod packs. ScriptHookVDotNet scripts and RAGE Plugin Hook plugins (LSPDFR) can't run on iPhone. Ask about mods in the Mods topic (t.me/fivestarport/10779).

Right now the port is Story mode and Sandbox only, with no online play. Online play is planned for v2, the next major update; there's no date yet.

Current versions have the GTA V Port icon. Changing it isn't an app option.

Yes. Since v1.4.2, Settings › Cheats has a vehicle spawner (search any vehicle by name, it appears in front of you), God mode and Never wanted switches that stay on until you turn them off, Repair and Clean vehicle, time of day and weather, Set money, and the game's own story cheats (invincibility, weapons, wanted level, Buzzard, Comet and more), which the app enters for you. The vehicle spawner and switches were contributed by gfejer. Turn God mode and Never wanted off for missions that need you to take damage or be chased.

Choose Sandbox on the start screen, then the Sandbox map: GTA VI test map (the test level that comes with the game files). If your files don't include it, the button is greyed out. The crash soon after loading it was fixed in v1.4; update if it still happens.

In Story mode, Los Santos Customs works (since v1.3.1). Sandbox has no tuning menu.

Many engines sound faint or all the same because the common web game files have only a tiny car-engine audio archive (STREAMED_VEHICLES_GRANULAR.rpf, about 6 MB; on PC it's hundreds of MB). If you have your own PC copy of the game, put its audio archives in the Mods folder at the PC path, e.g. Mods/x64/audio/sfx/STREAMED_VEHICLES_GRANULAR.rpf. Don't copy them over the game folder's files: the game files check refuses the different size, and Play anyway only allows up to 20 problem files. Mods aren't size-checked, and whole PC audio archives already work (a 412 MB radio archive in place of the 22 MB one, no errors). Use the archives as they come with your PC copy: one re-saved without encryption stops the game ("Unencrypted archives no longer supported"); re-save it with OpenIV or use the original. A newer PC version's audio_rel.rpf is untested: your own risk. Ask in the Mods topic.

Yes, on Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or newer, macOS 13 or later). It's the same app built for the Mac and runs natively, no emulator: an M4 with 16 GB plays Quality at about 80 FPS. Download GTA5Port-mac zip from the Releases topic (t.me/fivestarport/786), or build it yourself on your Mac. Setup: https://github.com/kevinerikjs/gta5-macos-port/blob/main/docs/MAC.md

Yes, since v1.4: connect AirPlay or an HDMI adapter and the game shows on the TV while the controls stay on the phone. v1.4.3 fixes a crash when connecting a TV.

Yes. Move or drag the unpacked folder into On My iPhone › GTA V Port (also with a cable from Finder or the Apple Devices app). The app finds it at any depth.

Yes, since v1.4.5: Self Radio plays your own songs on the car radio, as on PC. Add songs in Settings › Self Radio › Add songs…, or copy them into Files › On My iPhone › GTA V Port › Self Radio (on Mac: Show the Self Radio folder in Finder). MP3, M4A/AAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF and FLAC work; Apple Music and Spotify songs are protected and can't be added. With 3 songs or more, Self Radio is the smiley next to Los Santos Rock Radio in the radio wheel (the game calls it User Music FM). Songs added while you play reach the station at the next start.

The app's own text comes in English, the 12 other languages GTA V itself has, and community translations: Vietnamese and Arabic so far, partly translated (pick it in Settings › Language). Anyone can add another language or finish one on the Translate page of the builder site (fivestarport.site/translate/): translate line by line and tap Send. New languages show up in the language picker from the next release. Lines not translated yet stay in English, and in a language Rockstar didn't make, the game's own text stays English.

The app uses the game's own in-game phone; an LB Phone-style phone like in FiveM isn't in the app.

It's getting closer: since v1.4 the Ultra Performance preset (Settings › Graphics) is made for 4 GB iPhones, and v1.4.5 keeps the city loaded while driving there and gives the game about 80 MB more memory (Settings › This device › Experimental, on by default). They still get much less memory than 6 GB iPhones, so expect lower detail.

The black bars show only in cutscenes, like in the original game, and the app has no setting to remove them. Outside cutscenes, Settings › Graphics › Fill the screen uses your screen's full shape.

Subtitles are a game setting: open the pause menu, then Settings › Display › Subtitles.

Install each add-on car with Settings › Mods › Install a mod… (each gets its own folder) or put each dlc.rpf in its own folder: Mods › update › x64 › dlcpacks › › dlc.rpf. Since v1.4.4 the app also copes with a loose dlc.rpf (or "dlc 2.rpf") and with two cars that use the same pack name: each loads as its own pack, and the same car installed twice loads once.

No, only Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or newer). The engine is built for Apple's chips.

Download the new zip from the Releases topic (t.me/fivestarport/786), unzip it and drag GTA V Port into Applications, replacing the old one. Your game folder, saves, settings and mods stay. macOS asks once more (Open Anyway) for the new version.

Keyboard and mouse use the game's own PC controls, with PC key prompts. The cursor stays hidden while you play. ⌘, opens Settings at any time, and the pause menu (Esc) shows Settings and Mods buttons at the top right. ⌃⌘F leaves or enters fullscreen.

The Mac app isn't notarized by Apple, so macOS asks once. Click Done, then open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to GTA V Port, and confirm with your password. If it says the app is damaged, the Mac guide has a one-line Terminal fix: https://github.com/kevinerikjs/gta5-macos-port/blob/main/docs/MAC.md. It asks again after each new download.

Anywhere on your Mac. In the app click the Game files card, then Choose a folder…, and pick the folder your game is in (any folder above it works). The app remembers it. If the folder is in iCloud Drive, Control-click it in Finder and choose Download Now first.

Most random closes are iOS stopping the game because it ran out of memory. Unlock extra memory, use the recommended preset or lower, lower Settings › Graphics › Memory cap if it closes on its own, close other apps, turn off Low Power Mode, keep the phone cool, and update to the newest version. If a preset was too much, the app tells you on the next launch and steps back. Send a log after it happens: Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?".

Update to the newest version first. Then check the Game files screen: it lists missing or damaged files. If it started closing after you changed a preset, the app steps back to a working setting on the next launch; Settings › Graphics › Memory cap set lower also helps. Turn off Low Power Mode. Send a log after it happens: Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?".

Update to the newest version: v1.4.3 fixes the Trackify freeze in The Merryweather Heist, the endless "Loading Story Mode" after leaving a replayed mission or loading a save, and the race result screens that ignored every button. Unlock extra memory and use the recommended preset. If a mission still freezes, check the known issues list, then send a log naming the mission (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer); tick Include my latest save so the developer can load the game where it happened.

Money resetting to $0 after loading a save was fixed in v1.3.4 (money lost before that doesn't come back: use Settings › Cheats › Set money, then save). Since v1.4, Set money sets the game's own balance, so spending lowers it and it survives saving and loading. Cars in garages: police cars are never kept, as in the original game; if a normal car disappears after saving and reloading, send a log (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

If a setting made the game unable to start, the app goes back to a working setting on the next launch. If not, set the preset back to the recommended one and Memory cap to Automatic in Settings › Graphics. v1.4.3 fixes a crash after changing the resolution or connecting a TV ("Invalid call_indirect"). If it still happens, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

Since v1.3.4 the game opens its pause menu when you leave the app or open Settings, and stays paused until you resume. Since v1.4 the pause menu responds at once, and opening the pause map no longer freezes or crashes the game. If the character can't move after you resume, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

Fixed since v1.4: taking a screenshot for a log no longer turns the screen black. Update to the newest version. If it still happens, send the log without a screenshot and describe it in "What happened?".

Ammu-Nation purchases not counting for the mission (it keeps asking you to buy something) was fixed in v1.4: update to the newest version. If it still happens, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?") and name the mission.

Guns not showing or not firing in Sandbox was fixed in v1.4: update to the newest version. If a gun still doesn't work, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

The GTA VI test map crashing soon after loading was fixed in v1.4: update to the newest version. If it still crashes, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

The freeze at the house when a TV comes on was fixed in v1.3. Update to the newest version.

Update to the newest version: since v1.4 Sandbox runs smoothly again on 4 GB iPhones and Sandbox and the GTA VI test map no longer crash soon after loading. If it still crashes, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

A ready-made IPA is shared now: the newest one is in the Releases topic. You still need your own game files. Or build your own at fivestarport.site/build/.

The project doesn't share game files and can't advise on getting them. The app itself is open source (MIT) on GitHub, builds in your own GitHub account, and plays offline from your phone.

It's a fan project, not affiliated with Rockstar or Take-Two. The repository contains no game files and no game code.

From v1.4.4 the app sends a few anonymous stats: a random install ID (not your Apple ID), the app version, iPhone model, iOS version and memory, how long you play, average FPS, which mission you start and whether it was failed, engine stops, and which Cheats rows are used. No names, saves, game files, mods' names, location or IP address. The exact list is in docs/STATS.md on GitHub. Logs are only sent when you tap Send log.

Yes, the app's code is open source (MIT) on GitHub. It doesn't include the game.

This group only supports Five Star Port. Questions about other ports or launchers belong in their own communities.

No. This is an iOS/iPadOS port only.

Settings › This device shows your model, memory and the app's memory limit.

Players post clips in the Show off topic of the Telegram group.

Yes: the Pause button opens the game's pause menu (map, settings, stats).

Settings › Graphics › Show FPS counter.

It runs the web build's game natively on iPhone: the engine is compiled to ARM64 with its own Metal renderer, so it runs much better than in a browser, with touch controls, saves and offline play.

It's the original GTA V from the web build's game files, running natively on iPhone. Textures are smaller than the PC version.

Texts showing as "... missing" were fixed in v1.4, and since v1.4.2 help boxes the game files have no text for (like "HELP_DCK missing") simply don't show. They were harmless. If you see another message, send a log (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

Changing clothes works in Story mode, and shop menus like the barber and Los Santos Customs have arrows on the touch controls since v1.4.2. The barber working only once (then the chair does nothing) is a known issue. If it happens, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").

Right trigger not accelerating on some controllers is a known issue. v1.4 logs the trigger values: drive a while with the controller and send a log to help fix it.

Missing sound effects for some players is a known issue. Since v1.4.3 the sound also comes back after interruptions (calls, alarms) that used to leave the game silent, and the game plays alongside your own music app. Faint or identical engine sounds come from the small web game files (see the engine sounds answer). If sound is still missing, send a log right after it happens (Settings › This device › Send log to the developer, with a short note in "What happened?").