Why do I need steam open in order to join the server?

Q: Why do I need Steam open to join the RedM server?

A: Our framework works off Steam identifiers by default. Regardless of where you purchased the game, such as Epic Games Store or Rockstar Games Launcher, you just need Steam open so the database grabs your Steam ID for the database.

We went with this route because otherwise while obtaining outside scripts we would need to purchase unlocked scripts so the Dev team could make a change to them which would take a bit of unnecessary time that they could be putting into other projects instead. Unlocked scripts give us the freedom to change anything within it, however, are sometimes double or triple the cost of a normal locked script that uses Steam identifiers by default.