I think my game is broken? Can't play after patch 1.23

"An error has occurred (40000)4"


I really don't know how to explain this but yeah...

I finished patch 1.23 and it updated. I had to alter the game.ver file's date as usual after every update since the last major patch for some obtuse reason.

But anyway, I sign on and first thing I try to do is /pray.

It doesn't work.

It's not even listed in my emotes....

Ok?

I figure, maybe a day 1 bug. Fair enough.

I first go to the Maelstrom command to get my "Hand With Care III" Achievement reward, the Chocobo Hat.

Seems legit, right?

I get it and the Maelstrom Officer says, here's your reward for completing "X Achievement".

Huh?

So I figure, ok, fair enough. Another day 1 bug. It's cool.

I equip my mask and now I am happy. But then, after a few moments after wearing it with joy. I try to talk to Guincum for the new Grand Company Quest to fight Nael Van Darnus with my Linkshell eagerly getting ready.

Game crashed. Looks like this.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/146...0725215301.jpg

I've seen this screen every time I talk to him, at least 30 times now. Definitely not a day 1 bug, nor a good sign at all.

Next I check my emote list and my Achievement list. Guess what?

/pray isn't even listed in there.

and none of the new Achievements are showing. They aren't even present. Except for one.

Take a look at which one is actually showing, yet in a very odd way.

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/2...0725214142.jpg

So tell me...

How does an item that I just received 20 crashes ago end up in my inventory when it says it's a reward for 10,000 company cargo transports when on the lodestone it says only 1,000?

A) I obtained the mask regardless and B) the game and Achievement list doesn't even acknowledge it.

I can't see, play, or interact with ANY of the new 1.23 content, nor does my game acknowledge any of it. I'm stuck. And I have no idea how to fix it. There's absolutely nothing on the forums posted recently of anyone having the same issues, nor in the past.

I hope this isn't much to ask, but any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thank you.

And this is the version I'm playing on.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5...0725220044.jpg


http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/7...v123issues.jpg


http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8...23issues2q.jpg

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Originally Posted by Leonesaurus

"An error has occurred (40000)4"


I really don't know how to explain this but yeah...

I finished patch 1.23 and it updated. I had to alter

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This is your problem, it's failing checksums basically. Why did you have to alter your files? Did you ever try to reinstall the game? There's no reason you'd have to alter SE's files in order to get their game to work properly.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

This is your problem, it's failing checksums basically. Why did you have to alter your files? Did you ever try to reinstall the game? There's no reason you'd have to alter SE's files in order to get their game to work properly.

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Read this post first.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...has-occured%29

Briefly skim through the original post I created then scroll all the way down to the bottom when I solved how to fix my problem.

I do agree that having to alter the files in the first place may have caused ripples down the line to give me the problem I'm facing tonight. But no one in the past has helped me with this problem, nor have they responded since.


If I didn't alter the dates after each patch, I could not play the game.

I'm reinstalling the game now to test it. I shouldn't have to do this but I did if I wanted to continue playing. But like I said before. Read the post and the reply I left in the link above and that should answer why I had to alter the dates in the files to make the game load up the login screen and game.