Profile Question...

McDaniel · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:26

My mate has a xbox live profile setup on XBLive, lets say with the name "xboxlive1" he signed up for it online not via the xbox 360 itself, he also has a profile setup on the 360 with his achievements and what not called "offlinexbox"; so...

if he renames "offlinexbox" to "xboxlive1" before he plugs the 360 in to go online will that update the xboxlive1 profile with all his achievements so he dont have to re-do them?

NokkonWud · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:48

No, all achievements are stuck to a profile.

McDaniel · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:49

this profile has never been on live though and can be renamed to the same one that is registered online though.

So in theory it should be ok? i mean if my McDan1el profile isnt online and i get an achievement it updates when im next online, surely this would work the same way

Toppy · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:51

Don't think it will work that way. There's two choices he could make

1. Use Recover Gamertag option so he can get the "xboxlive1" tag, but there will be no way of getting his achievements onto this profile.

2. With the "offlinexbox" profile loaded, use Join Xbox Live option and register a new Gamertag. This way he will keep all of his offline achievements on this account.

NokkonWud · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:53

Toppy said:
2. With the "offlinexbox" profile loaded, use Join Xbox Live option and register a new Gamertag. This way he will keep all of his offline achievements on this account.

This is the only way he could do it, but it would have to be an entire new name.

McDaniel · 22 Aug 2006 at 20:19

Ok then guys, spanks

McDaniel · 25 Aug 2006 at 00:08

Thought id let you know, you guys were wrong.

I renamed the offline profile to the one i applied for online - and used Recovery Gamer tag, and it just updated the achievements to the online profile.

So all ok