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# How do I download and install?

### **Please follow the steps below to redeem and download Ethereal**

1. ### Registration and key activation
   * After your purchase, your license key is emailed to you automatically. If it isn't in your inbox, check your spam or promotions folder. You can also find it in your [game keys](https://www.realdudesinc.net/account/keys).
   * Go to the [Ethereal website](https://etherealmenu.cn/index.php?register/) and register an account (skip if you already have one).
   * Once logged in, head to Account settings > Account upgrade.
   * Paste your key into the purchase field and hit Purchase to redeem it.
2. ### Download the Ethereal app
   * Back on the main page, a new Ethereal App download section will now be visible.
   * Turn off Windows Defender or any other antivirus before downloading, otherwise it will delete the loader.
   * Click Download and grab the .zip file.
   * Inside the zip there's an installation guide.txt. Read it before installing, don't skip it.
3. ### Set up the Ethereal app
   * Open the Ethereal app.
   * Click the controller icon and select GTA V Legacy. The selected version glows darker so you can tell it's active.
   * Click the ? icon, browse to your GTA V Legacy install folder, and select PlayGTAV.exe.
4. ### Launch and inject
   * In your game launcher, make sure BattlEye is enabled.
   * Start GTA V Legacy and load into Story Mode.
   * Once you're fully loaded into Story Mode, go back to the Ethereal app and press Start.
   * That's it. Never press Start from the main menu or while in Online, always from Story Mode.


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