Error 'Code 4' anyone?

[Suchwow]

Looking around and not seeing anybody getting an error code 4 (failed to start due to incomplete social club installation) Just wondering if anyone is getting this one aswell

[icehex]

I'm also getting this. If you're going to require an external account to play this game through steam, at least make it work.

Complete error: "The Social Club failed to load due to an incomplete installation (code 4). Please exit the game and re-install the latest version of the Social Club: https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/articles/204075496"

I've re-installed (as admin) Social Club using the latest version provided by a manual link here:
https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/200146066-Manual-Link-to-Social-Club-Application-Download?flash_digest=0765a6e18fc1c8cb2a60414bd52c5ae163553915

Re-installing social club multiple times does not work. Additionally, the support link given in the error message above does not contain helpful information.

Verification of GTA V game cache does not fix it.

The last thing to try is re-installing the game from scratch... this completely ruined my launch experience!

[Suchwow]

feels like nobody is getting this one lol, not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ clue on how to fix it though ;/

[icehex]

Did you uninstall LA Noire or another Rockstar title to install this? Did you have to make space on your hard drive so that the game would have space to de-crypt after pre-load? Do you have GTA V installed on a hard drive that is not your C drive?

[Suchwow]

I have steam and all games on my E drive, i didn't uninstall any previous rockstar games. Didn't need to make space.

[Suchwow]

Anybody else?

[icehex]

Ok. I got mine to work. Here are the steps that I took that allowed me to run the game:

Prerequisites:
GTA V is installed through Steam
Social Club 1.1.5.6 is installed _somewhere_

Step 1: Find where GTA V is looking for Social Club
- start GTA V and receive Code 4 error as usual; close out the error window
- find Social Club install directory and change folder name to "Social Club2"
- start GTA V and receive Code 1 error (can't find Social Club)

If you did not receive Code 1 error but got Code 4 error instead, then the directory you renamed is not the Social Club installation that the game is looking for. Find the actual one, rename it as stated above, and run the game until you get Code 1.

Once you found the proper Social Club directory, proceed to Step 2.


Step 2: Get the proper Social Club folder from a friend

Yep. This is how I did it - my installed Social Club was ~70mb, while my friend's folder (the one which gives him Code 1 error if he renames to produce the error) was ~90mb.

- copy the proper Social Club folder from a friend where your own is (which should now be renamed to "Social Club2" anyway, so no need to overwrite anything)

My proper directory, in which GTA V was looking for Social Club, is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Social Club

That might not be the same for you. My friend's directory (from whom I copied the Social club folder) was the non x86 one:
C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club

It all depends on your unique installation of GTA V and where GTA V thought it should look for Social Club.

Update: you may have Social Club installed in TWO locations! Find the right one!!!


Step 3: Start GTA V and receive no error

Step 4: If this worked for you, remember how much Rockstar sucks at properly integrating their game with Social Club, and rant about it to all of your friends.. especially since they pushed out the release date of the game by over a year for the PC release... way to go.

If this didn't work, say where it broke, and what happened, and maybe I can help out from there.

[Colba]

Priz_ice can you upload the Social Club folder to mediafire or something? :)

[icehex]

Sorry I don't think that'll be a good idea in case it carries personal information in it - grab it from a known friend.

[Colba]

Okey np but a friend of mine send his folder to me but still i had same error and he is playing gta 5 right now, also his folder was as large as mine 78,0 MB (81 872 653 byte)

[GabeTeuton]

I already got my hands on 2 friends folders, both with working gta though both 78mb, i'll test them as soon as i get home, in 9 hours :(, and report back!

[icehex]

Well like I said make sure that you take their working folder. My friend had Social Club installed in 2 places, and one of them (the 70mb one) was not used by GTA V.

[GabeTeuton]

Originally posted by Priz_ice:

Well like I said make sure that you take their working folder. My friend had Social Club installed in 2 places, and one of them (the 70mb one) was not used by GTA V.

that's a good point! I'll remember that when trying!

[Suchwow]

I also fixed this, but in a different way.

It seems that GTA had a pathing issue when it came to finding the Social club files. I suspected it was because my steam and all games are on my E drive, whereas the default installation location for social club is C drive program files. So i tried copying the files but to no aveil.

I then decided to go into regedit and change the default installation directory to a folder named 'Program files' that i made and put onto my e drive. I uninstalled social club and reinstalled it and then it went into my new directory, loaded up the game and experience euphoria as i see a login screen for the first time :D

[pepran12]

Originally posted by Priz_ice:

Prerequisites:
GTA V is installed through Steam
Social Club 1.5.5.6 is installed _somewhere_

I suffer from code 4 aswell and with the help of your post I can say that I get code 1 when renamning My social club folder. I haven't gotten my hands on a friends folder yet but I noticed that your social club folder is in version "1.5.5.6" while mine is "1.1.5.6". Is this a typo on your end or is there a new installer out that I haven't found yet?

[GabeTeuton]

Tested it and it worked, now the launcher opens and let me log in, though now it gets me error 2 after a 5 minutes 200mb update, and every time i open it, it automatically logs in and then the code 2... rockstar update service is not available...