You do NOT need an online pass to transfer Warthog from physical to digital!

[Muffy]

I noticed @Yinyangfooey and @thezooniverse talking about how they managed to do this in a different thread and felt like this deserved its own post. So many thanks to them.

 

Here's what I did, not sure if any steps can be skipped but oh well.

 

-Have both physical and digital installed.

-Delete physical patch and complete the campaign on twisted with all golds while using infinite ammo glitch. 

-Warthog unlocked on physical.

-Delete the digital version, the save for it and the file in the game data folder. So any trace of the game being on your console is gone.

-Reinstall the patch for the physical version. Boot it up and attempt to log in, you'll get an error saying  you need the online pass.

-Attempt to purchase a pass or redeem a code, obviously have it fail and be returned to the error screen. Then just close the error and quit the game.

-Redownload the digital version, and boot it up. Log in and go to the online menu.

-When checking your unlocks here it will say the Warthog is locked, but once you enter a game or check the paint shop you should be able to select the vehicle.

 

 

Several of these steps can probably be skipped, like deleting the digital version at all or attempting to redeem an online pass. I'd figure out if you can skip these but obviously with Warthog already being unlocked on my account there's no way for me to do that without replaying the entire campaign on an alt. 

 

Edit: 

 

There's no need to delete the digital version or try to redeem an online pass, thanks to @mekktor for confirming.

Edited December 6, 2018 by bananamuffin-352

[mekktor]

On 02/12/2018 at 10:29 AM, bananamuffin-352 said:

-Delete the digital version, the save for it and the file in the game data folder. So any trace of the game being on your console is gone.

-Attempt to purchase a pass or redeem a code, obviously have it fail and be returned to the error screen. Then just close the error and quit the game.

-Redownload the digital version

 

Just confirming that the above steps aren't necessary. I did the all the other steps and it still worked.

 

I hadn't booted up the digital version, so there was no save file for that version on the system at that point.

[Muffy]

1 minute ago, mekktor said:

 

Just confirming that the above steps aren't necessary. I did the all the other steps and it still worked.

 

I hadn't booted up the digital version, so there was no save file for that version on the system at that point.

 

Thank you! Will edit the post 

[Kasper2005M]

great post

Edited December 20, 2018 by Kasper2005M