Grand Theft Auto 5 patch fixes online character deletion

Disappearing characters in Grand Theft Auto 5's online mode is set to become a thing of the past, thanks to a new title update that Rockstar is deploying.

Ozzie Mejia

October 10, 2013 6:30 AM

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Grand Theft Auto Online's launch hasn't been without a couple of hiccups, the most serious of which has seen characters deleted entirely. Fortunately, Rockstar has released a fix in a new title update.

According to Rockstar, a new patch will solve the pesky character deletion problem, as well as other issues relating to lost progress. However, there's still a persisting issue involving purchasing a vehicle and having the cloud save fail that will still result in character deletion. A fix for this is currently in development.

Here's the changelog:

• Fixes multiple issues causing character deletion or other loss of progress

• Fixes issues causing infinite loading, infinite sky cams, and missing interface options between jobs

• Fixes an issue causing the "replay" option to be locked out on certain jobs

• Fixes an issue where a player would become stuck in the mod garage when respraying a Sanchez motor bike

• Fixes an issue where the Player became stuck inside Los Santos Customs during Online tutorial flow.

• Fixes an issue causing the loss of guns and ammo

• Fixes issues causing GTA races ending early because of players spawning too far ahead

• Fixes issues in Last Team Standing where sessions would not progress past the lobby

• Fixes issues with network errors when joining Last Team Standing using Quick Job

• Added clarifications around when a player is using a temporary character in GTA Online during Rockstar Cloud server outages

• Adjusts the monetary penalty for being killed in a One on One match

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?