Wine Launcher 404

[f00dl3]

3000 views * $12 / month = $432,000 in potential annual lost revenue.

Just saying.

[AruTheUnicorn]

So, time for a quick summary!

Patcher related issues:

• Wine parses the url incorrectly, hence a custom patch is needed to fix this issue
• With the custom url patch the launcher is rendered black and unusable. mshtml issue?

Workaround:
Patch game in a VM and copy the game files over. Then use a custom launcher to bypass the launcher. https://github.com/HereInPlainSight/FF14Launcher


Gamerelated issues:
If you manage to get into the game with any of the custom launchers you'll get errors related to your service accounts. They seem to believe we are mac users.

Workaround:
Configure wine to hide wine version. (This is done through wine configuration or regedit key HKCU\Software\Wine, string value HideWineExports, value "1")


"Conclusion"

We now have workarounds so we can play the game again, but there is still a lot of work to be done to make sure we can patch the game again.

So, it's not perfect, but we can play!!

That is a pretty flimsy fix that I fear if Square has gone the way of EA and Blizzard they might start using it as an excuse to banhammer calling it "cheating". Let us know if it triggers jeol. I prefer to not have to run a VM with Windows, not like I am running a cpu with meltdown so Microsoft cannot peek down to the host OS; this should be illegal as sin but as we all know the Corporations run the world now so there is no promises they cannot hop rings on any CPU. So with no support from Square until Proton is working I will be playing No Man's Sky and like looking at LostArk when it releases in Russia. What I hear, they are a real threat to all MMOs to date.