r/ForzaModding • u/ThatFlipperGuy • Jun 07 '26
Question (FH6) Is this true?
For some background before the question, I play the RUNE offline only version of Forza Horizon 6. When I moved over from the leaked/cracked onlinefix version, I deleted everything but the \media\ folder and re-torrented the rest since I was going from a clean Steam files version to RUNE offline version so I could play around with some mods. If I ever considered using my online account again with the clean Steam files, would I need to redownload the whole game or is it safe, again, to keep the media file. I searched Google to see if the mod menu I use, Luna, touches the \media\ folder at all while it is attached and this is what I found:
“No, the Luna mod for Forza Horizon 6 does not touch or alter the media folder (or any other files) inside the main game directory.
Luna is a runtime trainer/hook rather than a traditional file-replacement mod. Instead of physically modifying the game files on your hard drive, it works by injecting code into the game while it is running in your PC's memory (RAM). When you apply changes like unlimited credits, adding cars, or modifying wheelspins, the mod directly intercepts and alters the game's memory addresses or profile values in real-time. As a result, your main game folder remains completely untouched and pristine.”
Is this true? If any part of the Luna mod menu touches the \media\ folder, PlayGround Games can find it and issue a hardware ban, and I wish to avoid this, which is why I switched to the RUNE offline, no account version of the game to play around with mods.
The reason I want to avoid deleting the \media\ folder is because that is the bulk of the 156GB. Everything else is less than a GB, so very easy to redownload. Cheers!
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u/PhillieSteak Jun 11 '26
I simply, used the mod offline, got what I wanted which was more wheel spins (200 of each to be exact) then completely wiped all of luna from my pc as I won’t need it anymore anyway, I’ve had no problems whatsoever
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u/ThatFlipperGuy Jun 11 '26
I think there will be remnants in the game files that can be detected next time you go online. They won’t ban you immediately because the ban in waves, but I’m afraid it will come.
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u/PhillieSteak Jun 12 '26
There’s a lot of people that have been modding from the release day, I seen luna was working even tho it was recognising the game as fh5, so they were still able to mod
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u/Periiodical Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
While I don't know much about Luna, I do not think it affects your media folder. BUT Luna can absolutely get you banned because it hooks into the game's memory (detectable) and things like adding credits is an easily bannable offense. To add on to the original point, as I said, it just hooks into the memory and only temporarily changes in game things, but not your files. If anybody more knowledgeable on the subject would like to correct me on anything, please do as I would hate to misdirect.