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[GTA 5 Online] Creator Mode in Public Sessions

by wpadmin

Platform(s): PlayStation & Xbox

Solo

What you get

Creator Mode Online (CMO) while in an Online session — including public / populated sessions. You can place Creator props that other players can see. Pause menu / player list is limited or missing in CMO, so finding players is mostly visual / luck (or have a friend guide you).

Requirements

  • NextDNS on phone / PC browser + console DNS pointed at it (nextdns.io — free; account recommended so you do not reconfigure every time).
  • Denylist domain (exact): *.ros.rockstargames.com
  • Two saved Creator jobs (not published):
    • 1× Capture — used to bug with NextDNS
    • 1× Race — used to change sessions while in CMO
  • Comfort with disconnect / reconnect internet, suspend / resume the game, and navigating Creator with an invisible menu for one stretch.

Part A — NextDNS setup (do this once)

  1. On a phone or PC, open NextDNS → Try it now (or sign in).
  2. Link your IP so the profile is active.
  3. Copy the two DNS addresses shown above “Linked IP.”
  4. On your console → Settings → Network → Set Up Internet Connection → select your connection → Options → Advanced Settings → DNS Settings → Manual.
  5. Enter NextDNS Primary (top) and Secondary (bottom) in that order → OK.
  6. Back in NextDNS → Denylist → add:

*.ros.rockstargames.com

  1. Press Enter to add it, then uncheck / disable that denylist entry for now.
    Important: leave it off until the steps say to turn it on.

You are done with NextDNS until doing the glitch.

Part B — Creator prerequisites

  1. In Rockstar Creator, create and save a Capture.
  2. Create and save a Race.

Published jobs are not what this method uses — use saved creations.

Part C — Get the Change Appearance alert (pick ONE)

You need a Change Appearance alert that survives into Creator. Do not change session after this or you can lose the alert.

Option 1 — Pay for appearance (simple)

  1. Online → Interaction Menu → Appearance.
  2. Pay the $100,000 change-appearance fee.
  3. Save and Continue.
  4. When you spawn in a public session, open Rockstar Creator.

Option 2 — Delete / recreate character (also works)

  1. Pause → Online → Manage Characters.
  2. Delete a character you do not use.
  3. Create a new one and copy the level from your other character (needed for the appearance alert).
  4. Save and Continue.
  5. Spawn in public → open Creator. Do not session-hop.

Part D — Capture test + first network bug

  1. In Creator with the appearance alert still held: Load Creation → Saved → open your Capture.
  2. Test the Capture.
  3. In the test, hold D-pad Down until you can pick a Story character (any — video uses Franklin).
    • If Story characters do not appear → fully restart the game and redo from Part C.
  4. On that Story-character alert: go to console network settings → disconnect, then reconnect internet.
  5. Relaunch GTA quickly. You should get a bugged / stuck screen like the video.

Part E — Invite Only + enable NextDNS block

  1. On the bugged screen: Pause → Online → Play GTA Online.
  2. Hover Invite Only Session → press X.
  3. Confirm the first alert.
  4. On the second alert: go to NextDNS and enable the *.ros.rockstargames.com denylist entry.
  5. Still with the block on: console → disconnect / reconnect internet again → relaunch GTA quickly.
  6. If it worked: you go into the air, then get an alert with a yellow link.
  7. On that alert: disable the NextDNS denylist entry, then press X to confirm.
  8. Touch nothing for about 1 minute.

Part F — Force “Connection restored” into bugged Creator

  1. Still on that alert: console → Settings → Network → Set Up Internet Connection → your connection → Options → Advanced Settings.
  2. Press OK (bottom-right) without changing anything — just re-apply / reconnect.
  3. When reconnected, launch GTA.
  4. You should see Connection restored → press X/A.
  5. You land in a fully bugged Creator — the Creator menu is often invisible. Know the D-pad path from memory for the next part.

Part G — Suspend / resume into CMO (invisible menu)

  1. Press D-pad Down 5 times so you are on Deathmatch creation.
  2. Press X + PS button almost together: confirm Deathmatch create and suspend the game immediately.
  3. From the PS home screen: highlight GTA → press X to resume and suspend again right away.
  4. Repeat resume/suspend until the camera is in the air.
  5. Watch bottom-right Access to GTA Online:
    • It flashes; you need it to go grey → orange → grey across suspend cycles so Online finishes loading.
  6. When Online has loaded properly, let the camera come back down.
  7. Press D-pad Up once → wait for a Change Appearance alert → confirm.
  8. Confirm the error that follows → wait for another appearance alert.
  9. On that second appearance alert: spam X so you confirm appearance and leave Deathmatch create at the same time.
    If you do not spam, you can get stuck in character edit.

You should now be in CMO.

  1. Press D-pad Down once → X to enter the Mission editor (visible menu).
    Race / some other editors stay invisible — Mission is the comfortable one to work in.

Part H — Session change with your saved Race (into public / populated)

You often spawn in a quiet / solo-feeling session first. Use the Race to hop.

Quick race test hop

  1. Leave Mission editor back to the main Creator menu.
  2. Blind path (invisible UI possible): X → D-pad Down → X → select your saved Race → load it.
  3. Start a test: D-pad Down ×3 → X ×2.
  4. In the test: hold Touch Pad → D-pad Down + X to quit the test.
  5. Circle → D-pad Up ×2 back to the main Creator menu.
  6. Sometimes this alone dumps you into another session. If not, use the reliable freeze method below.

Reliable freeze → reconnect (video’s “works every time” route)

  1. Test the Race again until, after quitting the test, a single PS button check over water shows the game frozen.
    • Not frozen → run another test / quit cycle.
  2. When frozen: return to main Creator menu → open Mission editor → hover Quit.
  3. Console → disconnect / reconnect internet → return to GTA when connection is back.
  4. Screen freezes → camera goes airborne → wait for a Change Appearance alert.
  5. Spam X to confirm appearance and leave Mission editor.
  6. Wait a few seconds — you should load into a new Online session (often with other players).

Repeat Part H when you want another session hop.

Using props so other players see them

Editor How to place so others see it
Mission X + Circle to place props (as in normal Creator).
Race / Capture / similar Place the prop once → reselect it → press Circle. Placing once only often makes it invisible to others.

CMO limits: no normal pause map / player list — finding people is harder. A friend in the same session helps a lot.

Tips / if it fails

  • Lose the appearance alert early → redo Part C before Creator.
  • Cannot pick Story characters in Capture test → full restart, then Part C again.
  • Yellow-link step: disable NextDNS before confirming, then wait the full ~1 minute.
  • Stuck in appearance editor after Part G → you did not spam X fast enough on the last appearance alert; redo from the suspend section if needed.
  • Session hop fails → keep testing the Race until you get the freeze, then reconnect on Mission Quit.
  • When finished glitching and having fun placing props in an online session, set console DNS back to automatic (or remove the denylist) so normal Online saves / services behave again.

Related: Creator Mode Online Glitch · Working Glitches thread

Video guide (French): SOLO CMO — WiGi

NextDNS denylist: *.ros.rockstargames.com (enable only when the steps say to)

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Source: r/gtaglitches · by /u/InertiaGTA

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