Some Grand Theft Auto V players complain that they keep receiving the same error message: script hoot V critical error. Why does this occur? How to solve this problem? Don’t worry, you can find some suggestions in this post provided by MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), the second best-selling video game, is popular action-adventure game developed by Rockstart North. It is played from either a third-person or first-person perspective.

The good news is that the game is available on many platforms, including PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. And in late 2021, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions are scheduled to release.

Recently, some users who play GTA V on Microsoft Windows report that a window showing Script Hook V critical error pops up while they are trying to launch the game. The error comes with a message “unknown game version” and they are unable to open the game because of this error. It happens even in the offline mode.

Why does Script Hook V critical error occur? Actually, the Script Hook V is the library that allows to use GTA V script native functions in custom *.asi plugins. However, the developers of the game don’t support it and the application is regarded as a cheat. So, when they update GTA V, the Script Hook V program will be patched. That’s why you encounter the critical error.

How to solve the problem and play GTA V again? You can refer to the following solutions.

Solution 1: Update the Script Hook V Program

Script Hook V also keeps releasing new updates all the time. When you can’t open GTA 5 due to Script Hook V critical error, the first thing you need to do is to update the Script Hook V program and install the latest patches.

Here is how to do it.

Step 1: Search for Script Hook V in your browser and download it from a reliable website.

Note: Please make sure that the Script Hook V version supports the GTAV version and it’s the latest one.

Step 2: Open File Explorer by pressing Win + E and extract the downloaded zip file and open the bin folder.

Step 3: Copy all the files inside the bin folder and paste them to your GTA V installation folder to replace the old ones.

copy files in bin folder

After updating the Script Hook V program, you can run GTA V again and check whether the critical error has been removed.

Solution 2: Revert Your Game to an Old Version

If the developers of the Script Hook V hasn’t released a new version after the game is updated, you can solve the Script Hook V critical error by reverting the game to an old version.

You can refer to the following steps.

Step 1: Get the GTA V downgrade zip from the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded files, copy GTAV and GTAVLauncher application and paste them to your GTA V game installation folder.

Step 3: If there is a pop-up window reminding you that the destination already has the file, select Replace the file in the destination.

Step 4: Copy the downloaded update.RPF file and paste it to the Updates folder inside the game installation folder.

Now you should have reverted your GTA V to an old version. And you can launch the game to check if it works properly without any errors.

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