How do we know they haven't tried that and failed?
Console Profile Transfers and 2022 Updates
- Thread starter Paul_Crowther
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Because they put no effort in ? They were adamant from the begining that they were not working on next gen even though other Frontier games did have next gen . Which was the first warning signs waaaay back .
Hello!
I would like to ask, could you provide the account transfering from PS4 to PC now by method that you suggest before the consloe development cancellation? You had a form on the website and offed to transfer just credit equivalent of all my goods on console account.
I don't want to wait whole year for new transfer procedure. I just my credits and play now on PC.
Could you do it for me, please?
For just credits,ask someone with a fleetcarrier to help out.
These things are not dealt with on the forums.
You need to open a support ticket
Frontier Support
customersupport.frontier.co.uk
Same here. I've played hours upon hours on XBox, bought it on PC when I finally got a PC, but opted not to "cash out" my XB account because just credits isn't enough. Then on PC, I mainly just played around in Odyssey beta, not having the time to grind like crazy to get to where my XB progress was.
Having to choose between keeping your commander name when you already have it both places (it's important to me to be "Pailzor") and keeping your progress kinda sucks. I have no need for two accounts on the same platform, and don't want to buy Odyssey again. I already paid for the base game and Horizons twice.
Once this transfer thing is live, I'd really like the option to replace my PC account with the XB one, so I can have my name, XB progress, and Odyssey license that I already paid for. I don't know if deleting the current PC account data would even allow me to have my name on the XB transfer, or if it would still be considered in-use.
Yes, AFAIK you can do exactly this while keeping any bling that you bought for your PC commander. You'll also keep the XB account in case you want to play on XB sometimes.
So I have a console account (Xbox) with my email, and I also have logged in on PC (Epic) using the same email to play (however the CMDR is different as it's ED isn't a cross platform game).
Will I have to use a new email or can I just log in on PC after transfer and my console CMDR will be there waiting? What happens to the PC CMDR? I would love to keep playing my console CMDR on PC actually and not ever use my old PC CMDR.
Has this question been answered anywhere?
I definitely do not want to have a new email address just for this game as I use my Xbox account email as my PC account email already.
I'm the opposite.
I just want to be able to log into a single one "Frontier" launcher with one email and be able to choose from various "saves" of CMDR profiles to play in. Regardless if they are created on PC or transferred from console.
If you've got a Gmail account Fdev sees suffixes as separate logins.
Suffixes? How's it work?
Side Note - maybe I could request FULL deletion of my current PC account to free up the email, as it's the one I use for my console as well.
Bad idea. It may lead to the deletion of associated console data as well.
Your best option is changing the current login e-mail to a suffixed one and later, when migration happens, get a PC account created on the former non-suffixed mail.
Regarding suffix:
Plus signs ("+") in email addresses
people.cs.rutgers.edu
Oh damn good call. And thanks for the suffix info!
When you say "changing the current login e-mail to a suffixed one" you mean my current PC CMDR account? If so, where do you even change that? Somewhere when logged into the webpage on the Frontier site?
you can change it here https://www.frontierstore.net/customer/account/edit/
If your email is username@gmail.com, you can register your E.D copies for addresses like username+account1@gmail.com, username+account2@gmail.com and the emails will all go to username@gmail.com. I use it for my Frontier and Epic alts.
That's not possible.
But various email providers offer the feature named: email alias.
gmail mentioned above seem to allow that, outlook.com (iirc hotmail.com / live.com too) also allows aliases (completely custom aliases - assuming they're free ofc)
they will give you a frontier account - which account you can then link to your steam account (however, it would probably not work if you already have elite on steam)
But, they did said they can migrate in an existing pc account, but you'd have to do a clear save prior the migration
Best to wait till the migration process is started and then contact support.
Thanks all, this is some great info....more than what was officially provided!
Yeah I may have to wait till there's more concrete info and they can provide a clear set of options. I do use Gmail so hopefully it'll work out.
Here's my main issue in the steps that they happened...
1) downloaded and registered account for ED on my Xbox using my everyday email
2) played and made progress on Xbox
3) enjoyed it and wanted to see what ED on PC (via Epic) was like, so went to register, but said my email was already in use
4) logged in on PC (via Epic) with my same Xbox account - said welcome Xbox One User - but had to start a new CMDR
5) name on Frontier ED web page while logged in through my Xbox account email and PC account email (at the moment they are the same email and password) is first name: XBOX ONE, last name: USER
5) look in Third Party Accounts section and it says linked to Xbox Account
So I'm kind of afraid of if I alias my current PC email login that it may mess up my Xbox email login if they are so-called "linked" no? Or should I unlink them THEN alias my PC account email login.
Ideally it would work that I right now:
1) simply unlink my Xbox account in Third Party Accounts page
2) alias my PC CMDR email to something like "xxxxx+PConly@gmail.com" to have it become a "unique" PC account login
3) make sure my same old unaliased Xbox email works for actual on-Xbox play
4) wait then accept the console to PC transfer and continue with my unaliased Xbox email on PC into the stars and beyond
I don't really care about my PC CMDR (would fully accept him being wiped out of existence) and am hoping to just move forward on PC with my Xbox CMDR post transfer.
Bonus question: I'm actually playing through Xbox Game Pass at the moment, so I would just at some point have to buy ED on Xbox in order to be eligible for transfer and free Horizons PC license?
Double bonus question: post-transfer all our console CMDRs will be on Horizons on PC correct? Will there be a way to upgrade them into Odyssey? It is just a purchase through your respective launchers (Steam/Epic) or can you just launch directly from ED's launcher?
Sorry for all the questions, just want to do it right the first time lol.
On the account I'm going to copy my console main to the launcher welcomes me with my name, on the new exploration account that shares an email with an alt on console it welcomes me as 'Playstation 4 User'.
The accounts themselves aren't linked.
Adding Odyssey to a PC account is simple. (This is kind of why we're transferring in the first place)
The accounts themselves aren't linked.
Adding Odyssey to a PC account is simple. (This is kind of why we're transferring in the first place)
Each commander has to be linked to a Frontier account, which has to be linked to an email address.
So your XB commander should have behind it an XB account with an email address and based on that account a frontier account was created and linked to your xb account
Now if you have an Epic account, created with the same email address as you XB account ... that means trouble
Initially i had it like that too.
To avoid any issues (i'm using an outlook.com account) i created an email alias in my outlook account, and i changed the email address for my Epic account.
Then i could easily link my epic account to a new frontier account.
So now i have my XB account (on the main email account), the Epic account on an alias to my main account, and a Steam account created long time ago on a completely different email account.
No issues, no mix-ups (although i had to create some folders and some move rulles in my Outlook account so the mailsi receive for the alias address are kept in a separated folder)