diff --git a/include/rex/system/xnet_transport.h b/include/rex/system/xnet_transport.h
index bb32ab5..982c20d 100644
--- a/include/rex/system/xnet_transport.h
+++ b/include/rex/system/xnet_transport.h
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ class XNetTransport {
   // The local machine's virtual IP (host order) - mirrors XNetGetTitleXnAddr.
   static uint32_t LocalVirtualIp();
 
+  // netcode-revival: force the title's internal "live user" static flag
+  // (Skate 3 build) so its frontend stops refusing "Xbox Live features"
+  // before it ever calls a rexglue API. Called periodically by the ghost
+  // client. Fragile: the address is tied to this title's build.
+  void ForceLiveFlag();
+
   // --- discovery (used by XNetQosLookup) ------------------------------------
   // Send a session query for our room; the reply lands asynchronously and is
   // surfaced by Sessions() once WaitForReply returns.
diff --git a/src/system/xnet_transport.cpp b/src/system/xnet_transport.cpp
index a81d24a..bb59cd9 100644
--- a/src/system/xnet_transport.cpp
+++ b/src/system/xnet_transport.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ bool XNetTransport::Active() const {
   return active_;
 }
 
+void XNetTransport::ForceLiveFlag() {
+  // The Skate 3 frontend gates "Xbox Live features" on an internal static
+  // byte (the game's own "live user" flag) and refuses WITHOUT calling any
+  // rexglue API when it is 0. The game sets it from its sign-in manager, but
+  // with no real Live the flag never becomes non-zero. Force it here.
+  // Address from the game: sub_8263E788 does lis r11,-32003 -> r11 =
+  // 0x83030000 (recompiler's -2097348608) then lbz at -30639 =>
+  // 0x83028851. (Fragile: tied to this title's build; revival only.)
+  uint8_t* flag = REX_KERNEL_MEMORY()->TranslateVirtual<uint8_t*>(0x83028851);
+  if (flag != nullptr && *flag == 0) {
+    REXLOG_INFO("xnet trace: forcing game live flag 0x83028851 = 1");
+    *flag = 1;
+  }
+}
+
 void XNetTransport::SetRelay(const char* host, uint16_t port, const char* room) {
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mu_);