Rockstar warns: "Do not create a new character"

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Rockstar has updated advice for anyone who's logged on to find their character missing in GTA Online: Do not create a new character.

The company has instructed players who find an empty character slot to return to story mode and then re-enter GTA Online through the pause menu, but only when the Rockstar Cloud Servers are working. If you encounter a message saying the servers are unavailable, keep trying until they're working. Do not continue online with saving disabled, as this may overwrite your character.

"If you have previously created a character but see an empty character selection screen when entering GTA Online, please back out to GTAV Story Mode and try re-entering GTA Online through the pause menu (repeat or wait until Rockstar cloud servers are back up). Do not create a new character in the empty slot where your character should be.

"If you receive the message 'The Rockstar Cloud Servers Are Unavailable', please return to GTAV Story Mode and follow the steps above. Please do not press 'Retry' on the message and do not proceed online with saving disabled, as this may lead to overwriting your existing character."

 

 

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/08/gta-online-deleted-characters-rockstar-investigates

[LoneSpektre]

I wish that article came out yesterday. I already made a new character rank 7 on slot 2. Even making a new character in a different slot will delete your first one?

[Lukezordz]

Funny, they emailed me this morning to suggest me to temporarily create a new character in a different save slot.

[GTALegion]

I'm pretty sure we already knew this days ago.

IGN is just reposting.

[Jon3sy9]

I just phoned support and was told to make new character and take pics of my rp and stats from social club and when they fix the deleting problem they will add rp and $$$ to account but not before deleting problem is fixed

[GodWaffle]

This would be great and all except my character is literally just gone, I haven't tried to make a new one or anything - I checked the Social Club page and apparently I'm a Level 0 and I've played 0 Seconds, such bullsh*t. 30 legitimate levels down the drain

[S-M-O-K-E]

They are telling us things we already know.

 

I made a new guy last night on the other slot. I had lost a level 5 on this slot previously and after creating a new guy, a picture of my old character from this slot appears on my SC page. Strange......