Game Crashes and Can't Log Into Character (Error Code 17)

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Date & Time: 5am CST
Frequency: Ever since
World name: Famfrit
Character name: Fel'o'ny Fel'i'ne
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Party or solo:
In-game time:
Area and coordinates: Entering The Rak'tika Greatwood for the first time
Housing:
Steps:
1. Just trying to log in and the cutscene must be crashing it.
2. I get error code 17. This has persisted for over 10 hours. Only affects this one character.
3.
*Add more steps if necessary

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I realize that it may not get resolved for 7 days, but by the time you read this on Monday, it will have been 5 days that I won't have been able to play my main character. I'm disappointed to not have at least heard from someone.

Try going to the character selection screen. Then right click on the character and click "Visit Another World Server". It will put you on Ul'dah on another server. When you login, click the aetheryte and visit another world server and select your home world.

If it still crashes, close the game. You could try going to Documents\My Games, open the game's folder and find the CHAR folder for your character, back it up by dragging the CHAR folder to your desktop or other location, then launch the game again and login. It will reset all macros, hotbars and character settings.

If it works, you can drag in the macro, hotbar and settings files one-by-one from the backup until the crashes resume.

I should also add that it looks like a technical issue, not a bug. So you'd find more success on the appropriate subforum (which is Technical Support)

I agree. But technical support told me give it another two hours, then submit a bug report.

So, I agree with you. And I called technical support after 10 hours of it not working. They had suggested that I wait two more hours, and if it still couldn't log in, that I submit a bug report. "The game shows you as logged in. There is nothing we can do on our end. Eventually, the game will recognize that it is an error and log you out. But I can't give you a timeframe because it is random. It could be several hours or days." This was wrong. Jeeqbit at least helped me be able to log into the system. But the game still crashes at the same point.

My biggest regret is relying on tech support. The problem IS NOT FIXED, but your suggestion worked as far as me logging back into the game. I didn't know it was an option to switch login servers. My weekend leveling an alt was wasted. If I had seen your response sooner, I could have at least played with friends. So, thank you.

Now, I need to find out why it still; crashes at this cutscene. I cannot progress.

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Originally Posted by jmurph73

Now, I need to find out why it still; crashes at this cutscene. I cannot progress.

Did you try the suggestions in my second paragraph?

Those character setting files such as macros and hotbars and HUD Layout can crash your game sometimes if they are corrupt. By forcing the game to remake them, it can sometimes fix crash issues.

I missed it when you mentioned it the first time. Was just so happy I was able to just log in even.

Just tried it, and it still crashes. But I appreciate the suggestion.

May be some other issue in that case, such as an incompatibility between the game and hardware (a bug), hardware itself, its drivers or installed programs running in the background that affect graphics or sound.

Open the launcher and then settings, on the bottom you will find an option to reinstall the games data, do this and log into the launcher to reinstall all your games data files, when this completes then try playing the game again.

Another thing worthy of a note is Microsoft's OneDrive, It is a program built into windows setup, its meant to protect files from damage by saving online storage (and held ransom like your run of the mill ransomware virus).
Even IF you the user did not set this up yourself, it can also be used to overwrite files especially saved data at random.
If you do not use OneDrive or have any need for it then you will need to disable it by opening the Onedrive settings by clicking on its cloud icon on the system tray and open its settings, under the tab called Account will be a blue link at the top called Unlink this PC.
Click this and do not sign into microsoft. you can then uninstall onedrive from your apps and features page or leave and ignore it all together.

Thank you.

So, I just went through an overhaul and reinstalled windows. Reinstalled a brand new version of FF14. Then, it crash when I teleported to Fort Jobb.

THIS is what I needed from tech support. Finally made it past the custscene. So, thank you to both Jeeqbit and CappyTan, your information was extremely helpful.

CappyTan, that One Drive thing too....I disabled it. Microsoft really does everything it can to make things difficult. Trusting them to back up my files is just dumb, they slow everything down. I read this after I had already disabled it.