Update Error 20524

Why is this happening to only some of us? I have UAC off and full administrative access to everything - had my AV off too. Had to modify the game.ver file to get the patch to go through.

I have this error too, changed the game.ver to 2012.04.23.0001 which is the same as the patch file but no luck? :/

Okay, I got it working.

I changed the dates in the game/game.ver file to 2012.04.23.0001.

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Originally Posted by leomax

Okay, I got it working.

I changed the dates in the game/game.ver file to 2012.04.23.0001.

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i tried doing this and got ACCESS DENIED :(

I had to reinstall my game overnight to see if i would fix the probelm, hopefully it does.

Anyone who got this error, being completely honest, have you not swapped any files on your game? It seemed like this was common among people that swap music and stuff. Idk if that's the connection.

Xodus84
can you try this please :
when you changed date in notepad save it on desktop then copy and paste on ffxiv files and replace the old file.

Drako:
I had this problem even when i didnt change anything or swap , SE mistake

Weird, idk I've always had a couple songs switched around. I really like cid's theme, i have it playing in limsa lol. Also i loved the theme they had for uldah what 8 months back? So i got that one back, and I like the old chocobo theme(like most) so i have that one swapped as well. I also receive this error every 4-5 updates(I received the error this time). And changing the version in the file fix's my issue. So I just assumed it was related to dat swapping.

Altho I will admit that I did restore my backup of the original dats and still had a error, but i did not delete the entire update and try to redownload/update.

Alright this error is killing me. I had a virus on my pc and had to system restore, so I reinstalled XIV no problem and got this error. So there was no .dat swapping done.

I have tried changing the dates in the game and game.ver files, but what that does is let me log on as if I had the update to the title screen, but then when it goes to character selection screen it says "you require an update to play" and closes the client. If anyone can help I would appreciate it...