

In 2020, Microsoft isn’t really fussed where people play their games. Games like Street Fighter X Tekken or Fable 3 rely on fan communities to bypass outdated login screens. Other games that faced the same problem survived by making the jump to Steamworks, an alternative back-end developed by Valve that largely removed the need for services like GFWL. It’s playable because one of the biggest studios on the planet had the resources to pull their game apart. You’ll still be able to hop in and go bowling with your cousin, even if it’s by your lonesome with a much smaller soundtrack. The fact remains though that, even in this sliced-up form, GTA IV is still playable. While GTA IV supported Japanese sub-titles, EFLC never did, leaving speakers stuck with a Complete Edition that only half-supports their language. It’s a merging issue that’s also caused pains in localisation. But their absence leaves Complete Edition launching with a comparatively sparse soundscape. All three affected stations were exclusive to EFLC. It’s likely this is a technical hurdle rather than a legal one.

Next month’s outages bring that number up to almost 100 missing tracks. In 2018, 50 songs were pulled from GTA IV after licenses expired. On launch, Ultimate Edition will be missing three radio stations, culling an already limited soundtrack.

Then repeat this process again to reconnect online.Returning to Liberty City comes with other compromises. You will need to repeat the opposite process when you need to play offline. You should automatically be signed in and load into your new save data.ģb. launch the game with Steam Online and with a internet connection. Use your backup folder if anything goes wrong to restore your original save data.ģ. Use the ‘date modified’ to differentiate the accounts.
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Find the newest save data from the offline account and transfer it to your original account. If you wish to reconnect to your original online social club account follow the steps bellow.Ĭ:\Users\\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Profiles Or C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\SaveGamesĢ. Continue to launch steam in offline mode and you will always connect to your offline social club account, even if you have internet access. If you frequently launch GTA IV without internet access you may want to permanently use your offline account. Continue playing offline or transfer save data back over.ĭepending on your situation you may want to play GTA in offline mode forever, or change back to online mode. But this requires internet which can defeat the whole purpose of this guide. You may be able to reinstall social club.

Social Club is an extremely buggy and restrictive program that can leave end users often extremely frustrated. **If you cannot create a new offline account even if you have an authorized purchase of the game, there may be nothing you can do (thanks R*). Play > play > sign in to your offline account. Use your backup folder if anything goes wrong to restore your original save data. Transfer all your save data from your main account to your new account. You most likely only have two save folders, and the new account will have no save files (SGTA40x files). Use the ‘date modified’ to find the account you have just found. By making an offline Social Club account and launching the game in offline mode, you have made a new account.įind the save data from the account you want to play on, and transfer it to the account you have just made. You will have a folder for each account you have made. Or C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\SaveGamesĮnsure you did step one and Backup your save data before proceeding. Located in C:\Users\\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Profiles Go ahead and skip this scene and load into the game, you will be in Roman’s taxi by the ports. Once you resume you should reach a loading menu, where you will see a new game load with the first cutscene. Press enter and click sign in and you should automatically create an offline account**Ĥ. You should see a screen pop up alerting you to sign into Social Club.
