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How to install ScriptHookVDotNet in GTA V

A few files into your GTA V folder, about three minutes. ScriptHookVDotNet (SHVDN) runs script mods written in C# and other .NET languages from a scripts folder. K-YOU is one of them.

Download ScriptHookVDotNetv3.7.0-nightly.193 · 2.5 MB zip · GitHub
  • About 3 minutes
  • Free
  • Only copies files

Before you start

What it does

Script Hook V runs .asi mods. Many script mods are written in C# instead: a .dll file in a folder named scripts. SHVDN is the Script Hook V plugin that loads them when the game starts and hands them the game's functions.

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Needs Script Hook V, the .NET Framework 4.8 (already part of Windows 10 and 11) and Microsoft's Visual C++ Redistributable (x64), which most PCs already have.
Already have ScriptHookVDotNet.asi next to GTA5.exe, and a ScriptHookVDotNet.log that lists your scripts? Skip this guide. Have the stable 3.6.0? Replace it with a nightly (step 2).

Install

  1. 1Install Script Hook V first: SHVDN is a Script Hook V plugin.
  2. 2Open the nightly releases on GitHub (no sign-in needed). Under the newest release, open Assets and download the zip, for example ScriptHookVDotNet-v3.7.0-nightly.193.zip (about 2.5 MB).
  3. 3Open the zip. Copy everything at its top level except README.txt and the two folders Docs and Licenses: that is ScriptHookVDotNet.asi, ScriptHookVDotNet2.dll, ScriptHookVDotNet3.dll, ScriptHookVDotNet.ini and three .pdb files.
  4. 4Paste them into your GTA V folder, next to GTA5.exe.
  5. 5In the same folder, create a folder named scripts if there isn't one yet. Your .NET script mods go in it.
Use a nightly version. On GTA V 1.0.3258 and newer, which is every up-to-date copy, the "stable" ScriptHookVDotNet 3.6.0 doesn't work; SHVDN's own README says to use a nightly. We test with v3.7.0-nightly.193.
Updating later? Replace the .asi and both .dll files together, from the same zip: mixing versions breaks it. Download SHVDN only from the scripthookvdotnet pages on GitHub.

Check it works

  • Start the game. Your GTA V folder now has ScriptHookVDotNet.log, with the lines Loading API from .\ScriptHookVDotNet2.dll and ...3.dll.
  • With a mod in scripts, the log names it. For K-YOU: Started script KYou.
  • F4 opens SHVDN's console in the game; F4 closes it again.

Uninstall

Delete ScriptHookVDotNet.asi, ScriptHookVDotNet2.dll, ScriptHookVDotNet3.dll, ScriptHookVDotNet.ini, the three .pdb files and ScriptHookVDotNet.log. The scripts folder holds your .NET mods: delete it too, or keep it for later.

Troubleshooting

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