ffxiv_dx11.exe crashes

On a few months break atm, I logged into FF to reset housing timer, and found the same issue as OP. So I have no idea when exactly this started. Got it working again after changing two things.

First I updated nvidia driver to its latest hotfix https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...tail/a_id/5624
After that the game seemed to load a bit further, still got a CTD just without any error message.

Then I reset the FF14 driver profile using Nvidia Profile Inspector https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaPro...ector/releases
After that the game runs well again.

I'm having something similar, I'm using DX12 and keep getting "A fatal DirectX error has occurred. (11000002)" or "An unexpected error has occured. Exiting FINAL FANTASY XIV." with a bunch of .dll files.
I want to try running the game in DX11 to see if it fixes it but there is no longer the option to change it to DX11 in the launchers Config section. I was hoping SQEX was gonna add DX12 support in Dawntrail but they didn't.
Is it coming any time soon?

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Originally Posted by Weisshorn

My GPU is not overclocked (i think), there is any means to check it ? And it's feels strange to underclock my hardware for FFXIV runs "smoothly", but still trying anything to solve it, it's playable but annoying =/

update I give up, i tried everything and there is no apparent solution or official help. Ty Darkstride and fulululu for your help.

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I have also been looking for a solution for this for months, and I FINALLY came across the cause of it (which is the weirdest bug in my opinion). If your Windows PC username has any special characters in it, for some reason the launcher won't allow the game to launch. My username on Windows had a "♥" in it, and once i changed the username to letters only, it worked just fine. If this applies to you, steps to fix are:
1. Win key + R
2. Type netplwiz and hit "Ok"
3. Under "Users for this computer", click on the account you're logged into, click "properties" and change the "username" field to something without special characters.
4. MOST IMPORTANT STEP, RESTART YOUR PC.
5. try launch the game now :) hope this helps you or someone else out there who was struggling like me

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Originally Posted by Darkstride

What has worked for me in the past is slightly underclocking my GPU. For some reason, overclocks (even factory) have been the cause of crashes in XIV.

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What GPU do you have?

I am running a Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT that's overclocked further than the factory OC (Currently running at 3100mhz core, 2750 VRAM and +8% power) at 3840x2160 resolution and can't reproduce.

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