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EnglishIs Gillian's GTA IV Modding Guide Still Updated?
Updated
Yes — but on a reduced schedule. As of the September 2026 update, the guide has moved into minimal maintenance mode rather than being abandoned. The author cancelled an earlier retirement plan and now keeps the site running with less frequent, more consolidated updates. If you're deciding whether to follow it, the practical takeaway is that the core instructions remain usable, but you should expect the site to change more slowly than it once did.
What "minimal maintenance mode" actually means
The author's own description of the change is specific: a lot of extra information that was hard to keep current has been collapsed into a single new page called Companion Mods. This is a consolidation, not a shutdown. The reasoning given is maintenance cost — sprawling pages with many moving parts are difficult to update, so they were merged into one place that's easier to keep accurate.
For a reader, this changes where you look rather than whether you should look:
- Core setup and modding pages remain the backbone of the guide.
- Supplementary or peripheral content that used to live on separate pages now sits under Companion Mods.
- Update frequency is lower, so a page may lag behind the newest mod releases.
Who is keeping it current
The author credits two community members, Pingwinek1234 and Dashii, with helping on modpack updates over the preceding months, describing them as "sort-of my successors" — while noting the author still performs the final steps. So the update process is now partly distributed, with the original author retaining final say.
This matters if you're judging reliability: the guide is not a single person's unmaintained side project, but it also isn't a fully staffed operation. It sits in between.
About the retirement notice you may see
The site still contains an older notice written on 14 January 2026 that describes a retirement plan. The author explicitly states that this text no longer reflects the current situation and was kept only for context. If you land on that passage and worry the guide is dead, read the September 2026 update above it — the retirement was cancelled.
What to check before you commit time to it
| Question | What the guide tells you |
|---|---|
| Is it still maintained? | Yes, in minimal maintenance mode |
| Will everything be perfectly current? | Not guaranteed — updates are less frequent |
| Where did the extra content go? | Consolidated into the Companion Mods page |
| Is the retirement notice accurate? | No — it's kept for historical context only |
| Who updates it? | The author, with help from Pingwinek1234 and Dashii |
One thing to know regardless of update status
The guide states plainly that it is not affiliated with Rockstar Games, Rockstar North, or Take-Two Interactive, and that following its steps may violate Rockstar's End User License Agreement (EULA) — to the point that Rockstar support may refuse to help you because of that violation. This is independent of how actively the guide is maintained, and it's worth weighing before you start.
If your goal is a maintained, community-backed path to modding GTA IV, the guide is still a reasonable starting point — just verify version-specific details against the current mod pages, since the slower update cadence means individual steps can fall behind.