Launcher error, cant start

Hello,

I have recently tried to log into ffXIV having been able to play fine previously to be greeted with this error reading "A system error has occurred: -2146697208". My launcher will just go black upon me opening it and after a few seconds this will appear.

Any ideas anyone?

guessing this is from the whole frickin day dec 16-17 update. as i recall i paid to play for 30 days..not 29.

Same here, maintenance maybe? It doesn't say nothing about maintenance today, in the forum section.

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Originally Posted by techotactickz

Hello,

I have recently tried to log into ffXIV having been able to play fine previously to be greeted with this error reading "A system error has occurred: -2146697208". My launcher will just go black upon me opening it and after a few seconds this will appear.

Any ideas anyone?

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...8Dec.-16-17%29

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Originally Posted by Shivia

guessing this is from the whole frickin day dec 16-17 update. as i recall i paid to play for 30 days..not 29.

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And when you started playing the game, you agreed to a EULA which says they can take the game down as often as they want, for as long as they want.

The maintenance was scheduled to start at midnight pst Dec 16, from the time of this post it was 6 and a half hours ago. The maintenance will end on Dec 17 at midnight pst. You know when you opened the game and got that screen with all the wording after signing in for the last 3 days? That was regarding the maintenance so quit complaining. If you don't understand the timezone google it. There is no reason to not know that today is in fact the 16.

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Originally Posted by Dremion

The maintenance was scheduled to start at midnight pst Dec 16, from the time of this post it was 6 and a half hours ago. The maintenance will end on Dec 17 at midnight pst. You know when you opened the game and got that screen with all the wording after signing in for the last 3 days? That was regarding the maintenance so quit complaining. If you don't understand the timezone google it. There is no reason to not know that today is in fact the 16.

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Yeah, but what they have displaying when you open the game was/is Dec 17th. Forgive some of us for assuming a patch (be it a large one) would take 24 hours. I personally have not experienced or know of any patch or even whole expansion that took so much downtime. Expansions these days are almost seamless or take 30mins for a server restart. Even free to play games don't even need 24 hours to push out a major patch or expansion.

With so much time I hope there won't have to be many, if any, emergency down times following the release of this patch.

Oh, the maintenance started already? Well damnit.

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Originally Posted by Cerulean79

Yeah, but what they have displaying when you open the game was/is Dec 17th. Forgive some of us for assuming a patch (be it a large one) would take 24 hours. I personally have not experienced or know of any patch or even whole expansion that took so much downtime. Expansions these days are almost seamless or take 30mins for a server restart. Even free to play games don't even need 24 hours to push out a major patch or expansion.

With so much time I hope there won't have to be many, if any, emergency down times following the release of this patch.

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They did say the maintenance time on the log in screen and how long it would take and the reason it needs so long is not because of the content in the patch it is because of the data center updates, wich they also said.

You are all just regretful bastards....

24hrs downtimes is nothing you get a whole EXPANSION for free..... Dont bitch here about being able just to play 29 days this month

Would like like to pay Patch 2.1 30 dollars ? maybe then you could play 30 days instead of 29

So just close your mouth.

1 freaking day, don't be so dramatic over it lol... Go do something worthwhile in life, like cleaning up your house for example, or go read a book, everyone needs a book or two in life, right?

Changing the name of the launcher file in your Final fantasy XIV directory does removes the BLACK SCREEN from the launcher. But as noted earlier in this post, it's undergoing a big maintenance, so instead of the BLACK LAUNCHER SCREEN, you will be met with a big ass MAINTENANCE sign. Might be a disappointment, but at least your one step closer

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Originally Posted by Darkjolie

You are all just regretful bastards....

24hrs downtimes is nothing you get a whole EXPANSION for free..... Dont bitch here about being able just to play 29 days this month

Would like like to pay Patch 2.1 30 dollars ? maybe then you could play 30 days instead of 29

So just close your mouth.

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Definitely not an expansion and unless you know something the rest of us don't, we all PAY to play this game...

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Originally Posted by Darkjolie

You are all just regretful bastards....

24hrs downtimes is nothing you get a whole EXPANSION for free..... Dont bitch here about being able just to play 29 days this month

Would like like to pay Patch 2.1 30 dollars ? maybe then you could play 30 days instead of 29

So just close your mouth.

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You have set your expectations very low for the FFXIV team which is understandable. Most games add much more classes and content and levels before they even think to ask for money. Crystal Tower, Pharos Sirius and Good King Moggle is the extent of the new content. A few new quests, hard modes of existing content, random duty finder, unaccessible housing unless you RMT, and Wolves' Den isn't major content.

Maybe instead of yelling at people to close their mouths you need to open your eyes.

Lets for example take the first expansion pack for XI
New Jobs
Dragoon,Ninja,Samurai,Summoner

New Areas
Cape Teriggan,The Celestial Nexus,Chamber of Oracles,Cloister of Flames,Cloister of Frost,Cloister of Gales,Cloister of Storms,Cloister of Tides,Cloister of Tremors,Den of Rancor,Dragon's Aery,Dynamis - Bastok,Dynamis - Beaucedine,Dynamis - San d'Oria,Dynamis - Windurst,Dynamis - Xarcabard,Eastern Altepa Desert,Full Moon Fountain,Gustav Tunnel,Hall of the Gods,Ifrit's Cauldron,Kazham,Korroloka Tunnel,Kuftal Tunnel
Labyrinth of Onzozo,La'Loff Amphitheater,Norg,Quicksand Caves,Rabao,Ro'Maeve,Ru'Aun Gardens
Sacrificial Chamber,The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah,Sea Serpent Grotto,The Shrine of Ru'Avitau,Stellar Fulcrum,Temple of Uggalepih
Valley of Sorrows,Ve'Lugannon Palace,Western Altepa Desert,Yhoator Jungle,Yuhtunga Jungle,Stellar Fulcrum

This isn't an expansion pack, don't compare it to RoZ. Before launch, SQEX said that patches would come every 10 weeks. The server and client instability at launch and the following weeks were cited in Yoshi's most recent LFTP as the reason for the delay to 17 December. As was the case with XI and could be the case for XIV, expansions were about every 18 months.

Others will debate the point, as that is the point of these forums, but we won't see new classes, jobs, or significant areas until an expansion that might come this time next year. Meanwhile, incremental patch content every 10 weeks, 5 times a year, would give us new things to do.

Consistent with XIV 1.x patches, we are now getting about as much new content as the major game patches in the 1.15 to 1.22 series. This fits with the expectation of at least part of the player base, even people who are not defensive fans of the company's every move.

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Originally Posted by Cerulean79

You have set your expectations very low for the FFXIV team which is understandable. Most games add much more classes and content and levels before they even think to ask for money. Crystal Tower, Pharos Sirius and Good King Moggle is the extent of the new content. A few new quests, hard modes of existing content, random duty finder, unaccessible housing unless you RMT, and Wolves' Den isn't major content.

Maybe instead of yelling at people to close their mouths you need to open your eyes.

Lets for example take the first expansion pack for XI
New Jobs
Dragoon,Ninja,Samurai,Summoner

New Areas
Cape Teriggan,The Celestial Nexus,Chamber of Oracles,Cloister of Flames,Cloister of Frost,Cloister of Gales,Cloister of Storms,Cloister of Tides,Cloister of Tremors,Den of Rancor,Dragon's Aery,Dynamis - Bastok,Dynamis - Beaucedine,Dynamis - San d'Oria,Dynamis - Windurst,Dynamis - Xarcabard,Eastern Altepa Desert,Full Moon Fountain,Gustav Tunnel,Hall of the Gods,Ifrit's Cauldron,Kazham,Korroloka Tunnel,Kuftal Tunnel
Labyrinth of Onzozo,La'Loff Amphitheater,Norg,Quicksand Caves,Rabao,Ro'Maeve,Ru'Aun Gardens
Sacrificial Chamber,The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah,Sea Serpent Grotto,The Shrine of Ru'Avitau,Stellar Fulcrum,Temple of Uggalepih
Valley of Sorrows,Ve'Lugannon Palace,Western Altepa Desert,Yhoator Jungle,Yuhtunga Jungle,Stellar Fulcrum

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Maybe stop bitching about playing just 29 days this month

Still no sign of thief class yet there releasing ninja....was expecting thief to be announced with ninja theres no way they pull ninja off it bout making it thief s advanced class

Not able to spell today sorry bout that

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