Computer crashes on game start-up

I was able to log in a couple times after the 4.5 patch, but today, my computer crashes when I try to get past the loading screen after selecting my character to log in. Any idea when this will be fixed? I can't even play now. I've been able to run the game just fine up until 4.5 as well, just as a note.

Also:



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FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix
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SYSTEM_CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 7/30/2013 4:16:46 AM
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C:\Program Files (x86)\REDRAGON GAMING MOUSE\MMMon.exe 0000138C
C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe 00001C50
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe 000016A8
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7\steamwebhelper.exe 00001170
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories\XBoxStat.exe 00001234
C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RAVCpl64.exe 00000938
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Good afternoon and thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

What kind of crash are you experiencing? Is there an error message you can provide?

Can you also provide the entire System Report? It seems you have only given part of it.

We hope we can be of assistance in helping you enjoy the exciting world of Final Fantasy XIV!

No error, the display driver appears to crash, because the screen goes black and then comes back with just a solid color (nothing displayed), and the computer locks up (unable to perform system interrupt). And the information I provided is more than enough for you to perform an analysis along with the fact I ran FFXIV just fine before the 4.5 patch. For privacy reasons, I will not provide the rest of the report.

Ritsuka_Aoyagi, thank you for the information.

What are some things you have tried to resolve the issue? Also please try a cleanboot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything here and restart the PC.

Hope to see you online!

Tried clean boot, and just now tried running after clean install (uninstalled via Control Panel, removed local data from ...\Documents\My Games\ FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn). Still the same thing. I've worked on computers myself for 15 years, and this is the first time I haven't been able to run FFXIV after an update. TBH, I've been looking around the forum and it seems like you need to tell the dev team at SE Localization department (unless one of ya speak Japanese) that they corrupted the installer with the latest update, at least for DX11 users. At this point, I just want to unsub and wait it out, because it's something that needs to be fixed with the installer, not my computer (when, again, I've been able to run FFXIV after an update just fine for the past 4+ years).

You can go ahead and close this thread. I will make a new one if I still need help a month down the line.

Sorry for the double-post, but just as an update: until patch 4.5 I had been running FFXIV in DX11. Just disabled DX11 a while ago, and was able to log in. I had just recently put together from the other tech support posts that it may be an issue with DX11 since so many recent ones seem to involve it, right before my last post. You may want to advise others to disable DX11 first until they fix the bugs in the DX11 version of FFXIV as a temporary fix, just as a suggestion.

Also, definitely can close this thread now, as my issue is resolved for the most part.

EDIT: After playing for a while, it froze again. I can play, but the 4.5 update definitely messed something up.

Ritsuka_ Aoyagi, thank you for the update.

I appreciate the input and thank you for the feedback as well.

Hope to see you online!