Activation Error, Your social club account is not entitled to RDR2

[davidgunnarrichard]

I can't start the game. I get this error every time, just after the shotgun blast and legalese screens on startup. It's like the game is trying to online-check and doesn't think I'm connected to internet. I am. Also disabled antivirus and firewall, deleted and reinstalled, reset Winsock, etc, etc. Was on with a RS tech for an hour and they had no clue.....anyone?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If you own it on Steam, you can not launch it from the Launcher.
But the Social Club API and R* Launcher you must update yourself prior to launching the game. Launch it from Steam if owned on Steam. But before doing so, first launch the R* Launcher and login and set to auto and remember me. Once this is done, change the Launch options so you... Disable OS Startup option, Enable Suspend in background. Now exit the launcher fully, wait approx 1 minute, now launch your R* game you own on Steam, from Steam. This will trigger it to then launch the R* Launcher and then the Game.

[artemciy]

In my case I simply switched to a different internet provider and everything worked again. My guess is that some of the internet provider IPs are blacklisted somewhere.

[meigo1234]

well....I'll try the vpn .... internet provider. how would you change the internet provider, just like that??

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por meigo1234:

well....I'll try the vpn .... internet provider. how would you change the internet provider, just like that??

Easy for some, not everyone.

In some areas in USA it's easy to switch from say Verizon to Comcast or vice versa.

My home counts as both a residence and a business, so I have 2 Comcast lines running to the same house. So that I never have to share my line with the other people in the home and it helps serves as a backup since one Comcast line is a residential line and the other is a business line.

[Tashnaladar]

Publicado originalmente por Khaki:

I got a pretty good deal from GMG, I don't know if they'll even refund me though since they sold me a key that get activated through Rockstar :/

still waiting on Rockstar support to get back to me so fingers crossed

if its activated on rockstar, then its not activated via steam. also what exactly is GMG if you don't mind my asking. if you don't wanna tell me, then GFY, that means good for you, not the other thing, whats wrong with you? (crickets yes that last bit was a joke) to the op tho, it seems as if the game is looking for something, and not finding it, so it looks for it again, and doesn't find it again, then it looks for it again and..... see where i am going with this?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por Tashnaladar:

Publicado originalmente por Khaki:

I got a pretty good deal from GMG, I don't know if they'll even refund me though since they sold me a key that get activated through Rockstar :/

still waiting on Rockstar support to get back to me so fingers crossed

if its activated on rockstar, then its not activated via steam. also what exactly is GMG if you don't mind my asking. if you don't wanna tell me, then GFY, that means good for you, not the other thing, whats wrong with you? (crickets yes that last bit was a joke) to the op tho, it seems as if the game is looking for something, and not finding it, so it looks for it again, and doesn't find it again, then it looks for it again and..... see where i am going with this?

GMG = GreenManGaming

A solid-rep'd website to get game keys from.
However, yes if it came from GMG, it's usually not going to be a Steam key if its for a R* game. The cheaper keys found online elsewhere for R* games usually dictates that it will be a R* SC/Launcher based key. Thus your game is not through Steam in any way.

However, the "not activated" error msg is generic. It applies to everyone, no matter what that R* game is through. The reason for this msg is a problem with the launcher, your internet connection, or you've had the game in off-line mode too long.

[JJ0]

Publicado originalmente por artemciy:

In my case I simply switched to a different internet provider and everything worked again. My guess is that some of the internet provider IPs are blacklisted somewhere.

In the past and quite awhile ago now I had issues downloading from Steam. It wasn't Steam's fault as such, but the fact that it used and probably still uses different Ports. My ISP at the time was a pain and it took me awhile to find out that it was blocking/throttling ports that were not commonly used. It was assuming that applications using non standard ports were likely P2P apps. Steam may still have this in their data base and I wrote about it on here around 2006. I'm not suggesting this is likely to be happening here but it's something worth considering if all the obvious things look okay.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por JJ0:

Publicado originalmente por artemciy:

In my case I simply switched to a different internet provider and everything worked again. My guess is that some of the internet provider IPs are blacklisted somewhere.

In the past and quite awhile ago now I had issues downloading from Steam. It wasn't Steam's fault as such, but the fact that it used and probably still uses different Ports. My ISP at the time was a pain and it took me awhile to find out that it was blocking/throttling ports that were not commonly used. It was assuming that applications using non standard ports were likely P2P apps. Steam may still have this in their data base and I wrote about it on here around 2006. I'm not suggesting this is likely to be happening here but it's something worth considering if all the obvious things look okay.

Many routers from ISPs come with the Firewall already on to some degree, which can be the problem as far as port blocking, not the ISP itself.

Always turn off Router Firewall if you are a Gamer, its that simple.
Steam also has a list of download servers in the client settings, use one that works better for you, closest one will not always be the best.

[illitaret]

Mine doesnt give me the option. Once I get the error message my only choices are to try starting again, which only leads me back to the massage, or to close the box, which forces me to restart. It’s a loop. No profile pic, no sign in our out options. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the rockstar app multiple times and logged in and out on chrome.

Publicado originalmente por blank:

Log out of the Rockstar launcher and log back in again. It's been an issue with Social Club for year. They refuse to fix it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por illitaret:

Mine doesnt give me the option. Once I get the error message my only choices are to try starting again, which only leads me back to the massage, or to close the box, which forces me to restart. It’s a loop. No profile pic, no sign in our out options. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the rockstar app multiple times and logged in and out on chrome.

Publicado originalmente por blank:

Log out of the Rockstar launcher and log back in again. It's been an issue with Social Club for year. They refuse to fix it.

Force close RDR2 + Launcher

[Lattey Luke]

I bought the game yesterday and experienced the same "Activation Error" issue after booting it up once without problems. I solved the issue by taking these steps, and I'm not sure if I would have needed all of them:

1. Delete all subfolders of <Username>/Documents/RockStar Games/Red Dead Redemption 2/Profiles/. NOTE: THIS WILL PROBABLY DELETE ALL YOUR SAVEGAMES!
2. Add a Firewall exception for the Rockstar Games Launcher.
3. Start RDR2 again and DISABLE cloud savegames.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por Lattey Luke:

I bought the game yesterday and experienced the same "Activation Error" issue after booting it up once without problems. I solved the issue by taking these steps, and I'm not sure if I would have needed all of them:

1. Delete all subfolders of <Username>/Documents/RockStar Games/Red Dead Redemption 2/Profiles/. NOTE: THIS WILL PROBABLY DELETE ALL YOUR SAVEGAMES!
2. Add a Firewall exception for the Rockstar Games Launcher.
3. Start RDR2 again and DISABLE cloud savegames.

No need to do it that way to where it deletes your saved game files.
Just delete the files that need deleting to get around this issue.
Go here:
Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Profiles\YourProfileID#
Delete:
cfg.dat
cloudsavedata.dat

Go here:
Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings
Delete:
every file inside except for system.xml

Launch Steam by right clicking it and click on Run As Admin.
Launch RDR2 and then when prompted about Cloud Save Sync; click Disable

If you use ANY Cloud Backup Apps such as OneDrive; make sure it is not syncing ANY folders in Documents associated with your Games.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You can't address such issues through OS Firewall; you need to properly configure your Router and enable Port Forwarding and open the ports used by Rockstar Games. Many routers firewall are already blocking ports used by many game services.

[BillyZane876]

I just discovered the source of the problem and provided a simple solution, check this out!
https://www.reddit.com/r/RDR2/comments/rot9kf/your_social_club_account_is_not_entitled_to_rdr2/

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por mihaisterpu:

I just discovered the source of the problem and provided a simple solution, check this out!
https://www.reddit.com/r/RDR2/comments/rot9kf/your_social_club_account_is_not_entitled_to_rdr2/

There is no such thing as a single solution to this problem.
Many have had this problem simply because the Date and/or Time on their PC is incorrect within the OS. The same common reason why people have issues with Windows Updates working properly.