What is character transfer in GTA 5. Character transfer from GTA Online to PS4 or Xbox One. What is needed for the transfer

If you are the lucky owner of the PC version GTA 5, but at the same time they played this game on the console, you must have wondered how to transfer your character GTA Online on a new platform, and is it even possible. The answer is possible, but it is done in just a few steps, as evidenced by the corresponding video filmed by one of the players. Don't worry if you don't know English, below you can find text instructions for character transfer GTA Online from console to PC. By the way, I would like to remind you that earlier we talked about transferring a character from old consoles (XBox 360, PS3) to new ones ( Xbox One, PS4).

Before you start reading the instructions, we ask you to familiarize yourself with some factors that are important to know.

You can only transfer a character once.
The character will not be deleted from the console version, and therefore it will still be playable (achievements obtained on different platforms will not be synchronized).
Purchased money will not be transferred, while all earned funds will be successfully available on PC.
If you already have characters in GTA Online on PC, everything will be overwritten when transferring from the console (money from both versions are summed up).

What is needed for the transfer

PC version GTA 5;
saved character on console version (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One) GTA Online;
profile Rockstar Games Social Club (if not present, );
Account on Xbox LIVE or PSN (PlayStation Network). PSN or Xbox LIVE data will be synced to your Social Club account.

Character transfer

PSN or Xbox LIVE with Social Club;
After launching the game on PC, sign in to your Rockstar Games Social Club account.
Run GTA Online, then open the pause menu or the character selection menu.
In response to a pop-up request, agree to the transfer of all data (character, level and RP, money, property and items, achievements, prizes, gangs, editor). Notably, when transferring, you can also change the appearance of your character.
If there are heroes from several platforms, the transfer will be completed and compiled into one data archive.
Select a character and go to GTA Online.

What is transferable

Achievements and trophies;
level and reputation points;
game statistics, including progress, cases, contacts and unlocked materials;
gangs: information about the members of your group;
property and objects: vehicles, houses, weapons, etc.;
money;
editor: your work will be available on the new platform;

What is NOT transferable

acquired money;
in-game photos (can be viewed on the Rockstar Social Club);
personal and world records, as well as leaderboards;
saved lists and published cases.

We hope everything went well for you, and in a moment you will begin to explore the world of Los Santos on a new platform.

To transfer a character from PS3 and XBOX 360, you will need a Rockstar Games Social Club account linked to the console accounts you previously used when playing .

Upon entering GTA Online you will have the opportunity to transfer the past GTA character Online and your progress.

As soon as you select the transfer of the past character and game progress, the screen will display the amount of currency, RP points and the level of the transferred character. All this data can be transferred to Xbox One or PlayStation 4. When the transfer is completed, you can select a character and enter GTA Online.

Despite the transfer, you will still be able to play your hero on PlayStation 3/Xbox 360, however, all game progress after the completed transfer, it will remain only on the consoles of the previous generation without the possibility of further transfer. Any existing PlayStation 4 or Xbox One GTA Online characters and game progress will be replaced during the transfer. The exception is the currency, which will be combined with the transferred cash balance.

All earned money will be transferred. Acquired game currency, which has not yet been spent, can only be transferred to consoles of the same family (from PS3 to PS4 or Xbox 360 to Xbox One)

Transferring a character to PlayStation®4

What do you need:

Copy Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation®4.
Existing character grand theft Auto Online on PlayStation®3.
Rockstar Games Social Club account. If you do not have a Social Club account, you will need to create one. Below you will find information about creating an account.
PlayStation®Network and PlayStation®Plus account.
- The Social Club account must be linked to a PlayStation®Network account.

How to transfer your Grand Theft Auto Online character and his progress on PlayStation®4:

Sign in to Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation®4 and sign in to PlayStation®Network if you haven't already.
After that, you will see a list of characters with the following data: amount of money, RP, and so on. This data will be transferred to the PlayStation®4. You can only transfer one character to PlayStation®4.
After the transfer is completed, you will be prompted to select a character and enter GTA Online.

Please pay attention:

All earned money in the game will be transferred. Purchased in-game money that has not yet been spent will only carry over if the consoles are of the same family (e.g. PlayStation®3 to PlayStation®4).
You will still be able to play with your existing characters on PlayStation®3, however progress made with characters on those systems after the transfer will only remain on those systems.

For getting additional information you can read about what exactly will and will not be transferred at the very end of the article.

Character transfer to Xbox One

What do you need:

A copy of Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox One.
Existing Grand Theft Auto Online character on Xbox 360.
Rockstar Games Social Club account. Below you will find information about creating an account.
Xbox Live Gold account.
- Your Social Club account must be linked to Xbox Live.
- How to link your Social Club account please scroll below for more information.

How to transfer your Grand Theft Auto Online character and progress toXbox One:

Launch Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox One and sign in to Xbox Live if you haven't already.
Enter GTA Online from the pause menu or from the character wheel.
Upon login, you will be given the option to transfer your GTA Online character, along with the option to change your character's appearance again. If you want to complete the transfer later, you can return to this option through the pause menu.
After that, you will see a list of characters with the following data: amount of money, RP, and so on. This data will be transferred to Xbox One. You can only transfer one character to Xbox One.
After the transfer is complete, you will be prompted to select a character and enter GTA Online.

Character transfer to PC

What you need:

PC version of Grand Theft Auto V.
Previous Grand Theft Auto Online character data on PlayStation®3, PlayStation®4, Xbox 360, or Xbox One.
Rockstar Games Social Club account. If you do not have a Social Club account, you will need to create one when you install the game on your PC. Scroll down the page below to find out how to register an account.
PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live account.

How to transfer Grand Theft Auto Online data to PC:

Launch Grand Theft Auto V on PC and log in to Social Club.
Launch GTA Online via the character select menu or the pause menu.
You will be prompted to transfer to new system the previous GTA Online hero and data about his achievements, as well as, if you wish, to change his appearance. You can postpone the transfer until later: to later return to this function, you will need to open the “Network” section in the pause menu.
After you accept the transfer offer, the screen will display the cash balance of all previous characters, the number of RP they have collected and the level. These characters will be ported to PC. If you have characters from different systems, you will be prompted to select one set of data. You can only transfer one set of characters and their data to a PC.
Upon completion of the transfer, you will be asked to select a hero and enter GTA Online.

How to create a Rockstar Games Social Club account (if you don't have one):

You can register in one of two ways:

In Grand Theft Auto V, in features that depend on Social Club, you will be prompted to register, just follow the on-screen instructions.
You can also register at www.rockstargames.com/socialclub

How to link PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live accounts to Social Club:

To transfer your characters and their progress, you will need a Social Club account linked to PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live.

If you have previously played GTA Online while signed in to Social Club, your account will be automatically linked to your console (for example, your PlayStation®Network account will be automatically linked to your Social Club account).

If you need to link your PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live to your Social Club account, you can do so by going to socialclub.rockstargames.com/settings/linkedaccounts .

What will be transferred:

Money- Money earned in the game will be transferred. Purchased in-game money that has not yet been spent can be transferred, but only between consoles of the same family.
Level and RP- You will have the same level and RP after the transfer.
Game progress- all contacts, jobs, trophies and statistics will also be transferred.
Items and real estate- Weapons (and their modifications), cars (including tuned ones), clothes and appearance character will be transferred. All items (such as clothes, weapons, etc.) will remain in the character's inventory. Vehicles will spawn in the same garage where they were before the transfer.
Editor- all cases created in the editor will be transferred.
gangs- are still available.
Achievements and Trophies- Achievements and trophies will be carried over. Transferred achievements will not be counted again.

What will not be migrated:

Purchased money in the game that has not yet been spent. And the money you purchase won't carry over if you transfer your character to a different family of consoles (eg Xbox 360 to PlayStation®4).
Published to-do playlists will also fail to transfer if you are transferring a character from an Xbox 360 to a PlayStation®4, for example.
Leaderboards, world records and personal bests will not be transferred.
Snapmatic photo in the game. All photos will continue to be available through the Social Club website.

Transfer restrictions :

The GTA Online Character Transfer is a special feature of GTA V that may not be available to all users at all times, and may be discontinued, changed or provided under different conditions after 30 days of notice.
The transfer can only be carried out between accounts belonging to the same person, and the transfer can be rejected, changed if the player violates the transfer rules (

If you have previously played GTA Online on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, you can transfer all game progress from network game on PS4, Xbox One or PC.

Transferring data to PlayStation®4

What you need:

1. PlayStation®4 version of Grand Theft Auto V.
2. Previous Grand Theft Auto Online character data on PlayStation®3 or Xbox 360.

4. PlayStation®Network account and PlayStation®Plus subscription.
When transferring data from PlayStation®3, you will need to link your Social Club account to the PlayStation®Network account used to play GTA Online on both systems.

When migrating from Xbox 360, you will need to link your Social Club account to your Xbox Live account to play GTA Online on Xbox 360 or your PlayStation®Network account to play GTA Online on PlayStation®4.
- If you have not yet linked your Social Club account to an account (or multiple entries) of the system, click on this link to get more detailed information.

How to transfer Grand Theft Auto Online data to PlayStation®4:

1. Launch Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation®4 and sign in to the PlayStation®Network.

3. You will be prompted to transfer the previous GTA Online hero and data on his achievements to the new system, and also, if you wish, change his appearance. You can postpone the transfer until later: to later return to this function, you will need to open the "Network" section in the pause menu.
4. After you accept the transfer offer, the screen will display the cash balance of all previous characters, the number of RP they have collected and the level. These characters will be ported to PlayStation®4. If you have characters on both PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360, you will be prompted to select one data set. You can only transfer one set of characters and their data to a PlayStation®Network account on PlayStation®4.

Note:

When transferring data, all existing GTA Online characters and their data on PlayStation®4 will be overwritten, with the exception of money savings data (funds from bank accounts are added together).
- All earned money will be transferred to the new system. Money purchased but not spent will only be transferred within the same platform of the same manufacturer (for example, from PlayStation®3 to PlayStation®4).
- You will still be able to play as your Heroes on PlayStation®3 and/or Xbox 360, however any future achievements from them will not carry over to the new system.
For more information on what exactly will or will not be migrated, scroll down below.

Transferring data to Xbox One

What you need:

1. Xbox One version of Grand Theft Auto V.
2. Previous Grand Theft Auto Online character data on Xbox 360 or PlayStation®3.
3. Rockstar Games Social Club account. If you do not have a Social Club account, you will need to create one. Click this link to learn how to register an account.
4. Xbox Live Gold account.

When migrating from Xbox 360, you will need to link your Social Club account to the Xbox Live account you use to play GTA Online on both systems.
- When transferring data from PlayStation®3, you will need to link your Social Club account to the PlayStation®Network account used to play GTA Online on PlayStation®3 and the Xbox Live account used to play GTA Online on Xbox One .
- If you have not yet linked your Social Club account to your console account (or multiple accounts), click here for more information.

How to Transfer Grand Theft Auto Online Data to Xbox One:

1. Launch Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox One and sign in to Xbox Live.
2. Launch GTA Online via the character select menu or the pause menu.
3. You will be prompted to transfer the previous GTA Online hero and data on his achievements to the new system, and also, if you wish, change his appearance. You can postpone the transfer until later: to later return to this function, you will need to open the Online section in the pause menu.
4. After you accept the transfer offer, the screen will display the cash balance of all previous characters, the number of RP they have collected and the level. These characters will be ported to Xbox One. If you have characters on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3, you will be prompted to select one data set. You can only transfer one set of characters and their data to an Xbox Live account on Xbox One.
5. Upon completion of the transfer, you will be asked to select a hero and enter GTA Online.

Note:

When transferring data, all existing GTA Online characters and their achievements on Xbox One will be overwritten, with the exception of money savings data (funds from bank accounts are summed up).
- All earned money will be transferred to the new system. Money purchased but not spent will only be transferred within consoles of the same manufacturer (for example, from Xbox 360 to Xbox One).
- You will still be able to play as your Heroes on Xbox 360 and/or PlayStation®3, however any future achievements from them will not carry over to the new system.
- You can only transfer a data set from a PlayStation®3 or Xbox 360 once.
- For more information on what exactly will or will not be migrated, scroll through the text below.

How to create a Rockstar Games Social Club account

There are two ways to create an account:

1. When using any Social Club-related feature in Grand Theft Auto V (such as Snapmatic, Crews, or the editor), the game will prompt you to sign in to the Social Club or register. Follow the on-screen instructions to register a new account.
2. You can also create an account by visiting www.rockstargames.com/socialclub.

How to link your PlayStation®Network and/or Xbox Live account:

In order to transfer your GTA Online Hero and their data, you will need to link your Social Club account to the PlayStation®Network account and/or Xbox Live account(s) used to play Grand Theft AutoOnline.

If you have played GTA Online while logged into Social Club, your game system account will be automatically linked (i.e. your PlayStation®Network account will automatically be linked to your Social Club account if you log into Social Club while playing GTA Online on PlayStation®3).

If you need to link your PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live account to your Social Club account, please visit socialclub.rockstargames.com/settings/linkedaccounts.

What will be transferred:

Money: All money earned in the game. Money purchased but not spent will only be transferred within game systems of the same manufacturer (for example, from PlayStation®3 to PlayStation®4).
- Level and RP: After transferring a character, you will retain the level and number of RP.
- Game achievements: Achievements in GTA Online, including all unlocked content, contacts, cases, prizes and statistics.
- Items and property: weapons (including modifications), vehicles (including modifications), real estate, clothing and accessories. Purchased items (clothes, weapons, etc.) will remain in the character's inventory and will not need to be purchased again. Vehicles will appear in the same garage where they were before the transfer.
- Editor: all cases created in the editor.
- Gangs: all information about your gangs.
- Achievements and trophies: Achievements and trophies will also be carried over. Transferred achievements will not be counted again.

What will not be migrated:

Money purchased but not spent cannot be transferred between gaming systems different manufacturers (for example, from Xbox 360 to PlayStation®4).
- Published Case Playlists and Featured Playlists cannot be transferred between game systems from different manufacturers (eg Xbox 360 to PlayStation®4).
- Leaderboards, world records and personal records will not be transferred.
- Older Snapmatic photos will no longer be available in-game, but can still be viewed on the Social Club website.

Migration restrictions:

GTA Online Data Transfer is a special feature of GTA V that may not be available to all users at all times, and may also be discontinued, changed or provided under different conditions after 30 days of notice.
Data transfer is only possible between accounts belonging to the same player. A transfer may be denied or canceled if the player violates the transfer rules, terms of service (rockstargames.com/legal) or license agreement (rockstargames.com/eula).

We recently took a look at how the previous year went for GTA Online, highlighting the best moments like the release of The Doomsday Heist or the shutdown of some hacking programs. Now, as promised, we take a look at the less joyful pages of 2017.

Luckily, this list will be shorter, as in 2017 GTA has generally been on a roll and had few issues. The previous one was much more difficult due to problems with hackers and the destruction of counterfeit money.

2017 for GTA turned out to be very successful

Even so, there have been a couple of unfortunate events in the past 12 months. What caused the excitement this time?

Controversial situation aroundOpen IV

GTA 5 had some serious issues with mods. Although Rockstar has officially stated that they are not against mods created for single player if they don't affect online. In addition, the game has a huge community of modders. However, their status has always remained unclear.

Due to the fact that the term is regularly misused, in Online mods and modders have come to be seen as hacks and hackers, although there is a huge difference between the two.

As a result of numerous attempts by developers to fight hackers, modders suffered along the way. Since many of the hacks were based on the same methods and manipulations as mods, patches aimed at "healing" online often resulted in unplayable mods in single player.

Rockstar has officially stated that they are not opposed to mods made for single player, as long as they do not concern online.

It's good that these changes were always rolled back in such cases.

The situation was unstable, but large modification projects still existed. Moreover, almost all authors used the popular OpenIV program for this. As the name implies, it was originally created back in the days of GTA 4 and was later updated to work with the fifth part.

With such a solid history of use, it has been the most popular modding tool in the community. So when the OpenIV team received the dissolution order from Take-Two's lawyers, it was a blow.

This was followed by a huge "response" from the fans. GTA 5 was inundated with negative reviews on Steam, and after that a petition arose calling for OpenIV to be saved. In the end, the protests worked and OpenIV was updated again. She is still working.

The story ended well, but it was still one of the most annoying pages for GTA in 2017.

Closing the character transfer service

In 2017, among other things, the final nail was driven into the coffin of GTA Online on PS3 and Xbox 360. It was on these platforms that GTA 5 was first released, and it was there that GTA Online saw the light of day. But alas, over time, the game has moved to more modern platforms like current generation consoles and PCs. It became obvious that the old versions would have to go.

For legacy consoles, DLC support ended much earlier. However, players could still port their characters to new platforms.

Rockstar has completely disabled character transfer to close loopholes for hackers

This allowed those who upgraded to the so-called "Enhanced Edition" to keep their progress in the game. There was no need to start over. Unfortunately, this feature also became a loophole for hackers. Current generation consoles haven't been hacked yet, but the old ones were filled with cheaters. One popular method was to take a character with old version, use hacks to accrue huge money, and then transfer it to a new one.

In 2017, Rockstar completely turned off the ability to transfer the character in order to step into the future and get rid of this annoying gap in the game's protection. Many of the users of older versions considered this decision dishonest. However, maintaining a help desk for the old architecture was no doubt expensive. In the end, it just brought more problems than benefits.

... And, in general, these are all the failures of 2017. Fortunately, the past year will definitely be remembered with joy thanks to the huge amount of DLC. Any misunderstandings will be forgotten. There were two of them, one was eventually sorted out, and the other was inevitable. We hope 2018 will be at least as cool, and maybe even better!

You will need an account in Rockstar Games Social Club linked to the console accounts you previously used when playing GTA Online .

When you log into GTA Online, you will be given the option to transfer your past GTA Online character and your progress. As soon as you select the transfer of the past character and game progress, the screen will display the amount of currency, RP points and the level of the transferred character. All this data can be transferred to Xbox One or PlayStation 4. When the transfer is completed, you can select a character and enter GTA Online.

Despite the transfer, you will still be able to play your hero on the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360, however, all game progress after the transfer will remain only on the previous generation consoles without the possibility of further transfer. Any existing PlayStation 4 or Xbox One GTA Online characters and game progress will be replaced during the transfer. The exception is the currency, which will be combined with the transferred cash balance.

All earned money will be transferred. Purchased in-game currency that has not yet been spent can only be transferred to the same family of consoles (PS3 to PS4 or Xbox 360 to Xbox One)

TRANSFER A CHARACTER TO A PLAYSTATION®4

What do you need:

1) A copy of Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation®4.

2) An existing Grand Theft Auto Online character on PlayStation®3.

3) Rockstar Games Social Club account. If you do not have a Social Club account, you will need to create one. Below you will find information about creating an account.

4) PlayStation®Network and PlayStation®Plus account. The Social Club account must be linked to a PlayStation®Network account.

How to transfer your Grand Theft Auto Online character and progress to PlayStation®4:

1) Sign in to Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation®4 and sign in to PlayStation®Network if you haven't already.

4) After you will see a list of characters with the following data: the amount of money, RP, and so on. This data will be transferred to the PlayStation®4. You can only transfer one character to PlayStation®4.

5) After the end of the transfer, you will be prompted to select a character and enter GTA Online.

Please pay attention:

All earned money in the game will be transferred. Purchased in-game money that has not yet been spent will only carry over if the consoles are of the same family (e.g. PlayStation®3 to PlayStation®4).
You will still be able to play with your existing characters on PlayStation®3, however progress made with characters on those systems after the transfer will only remain on those systems.

For more information about what exactly will and will not be transferred, you can read at the very end of the article.

TRANSFER A CHARACTER TO XBOX ONE

What do you need:

1) A copy of Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox One.

2) Existing Grand Theft Auto Online character on Xbox 360.

3) Rockstar Games Social Club account. Below you will find information about creating an account.

4) Xbox Live Gold account.

Your Social Club account must be linked to Xbox Live.
How to link your Social Club account, please scroll below for more information.

How to transfer your Grand Theft Auto Online character and progress to Xbox One:

1) Launch Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox One and sign in to Xbox Live if you haven't already.

2) Enter GTA Online from the pause menu or from the character wheel.

3) Upon login, you will be given the option to transfer your GTA Online character, along with the option to change your character's appearance again. If you want to complete the transfer later, you can return to this option through the pause menu.

4) After you will see a list of characters with the following data: the amount of money, RP, and so on. This data will be transferred to Xbox One. You can only transfer one character to Xbox One.

5) After the end of the transfer, you will be prompted to select a character and enter GTA Online.

How to create a Rockstar Games Social Club account (if you don't have one):

You can register in one of two ways:

1) In Grand Theft Auto V, functions that depend on the Social Club will prompt you to register, just follow the instructions on the screen.

2) You can also register at www.rockstargames.com/socialclub

How to link PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live accounts to Social Club:

To transfer your characters and their progress, you will need a Social Club account linked to PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live.

If you need to link your PlayStation®Network or Xbox Live to your Social Club account, you can do so by going to socialclub.rockstargames.com/settings/linkedaccounts .

What will be transferred:

Money- Money earned in the game will be transferred. Purchased in-game money that has not yet been spent can be transferred, but only between consoles of the same family.
Level and RP- You will have the same level and RP after the transfer.
Game progress- all contacts, jobs, trophies and statistics will also be transferred.
Items and real estate- Weapons / and their modifications, cars / including tuned ones, clothes and appearance of the character will be transferred. All items (such as clothes, weapons, etc.) will remain in the character's inventory. Vehicles will spawn in the same garage where they were before the transfer.
Editor- All work done in the editor will be transferred.
gangs- are still available.
Achievements and Trophies- Achievements and trophies will be carried over.

What will not be migrated:

Purchased money in the game that has not yet been spent. And the money you purchase won't carry over if you transfer your character to a different family of consoles (eg Xbox 360 to PlayStation®4).
Published to-do playlists will also fail to transfer if you are transferring a character from an Xbox 360 to a PlayStation®4, for example.
Leaderboards, world records and personal bests will not be transferred.
Snapmatic photo in the game. All photos will continue to be available through the Social Club website.

Transfer restrictions:

Character transfer may not be available after 30 days after the release of the game.
The transfer can only be carried out between accounts belonging to the same person and the transfer can be rejected, changed if the player violates the transfer requirements (rockstargames.com/legal) or end user license agreement (rockstargames.com/EULA).