Black screen after launching the game

[yate]

I did some more experimenting, no need to rename/remove steamclient64.dll in the Steam Folder.

Instead, I renamed

steam_api64.dll

inside

<Steam Folder>\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online\boot

to

steam_api64-bak.dll

That seems to consistently work for me, and it persists through Steam restarting. I'm assuming it will work until FFXIV pushes an update for that file. Again, not sure what the consequences are, but it allows me to play the game without quitting Steam.

[CaffeinePanda]

I did some more experimenting, no need to rename/remove steamclient64.dll in the Steam Folder.

Instead, I renamed steam_api64.dll in <Steam Folder>\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online\boot to steam_api64-bak.dll.

That seems to consistently work for me, and it persists through Steam restarting. I'm assuming it will work until FFXIV pushes an update for that file. Again, not sure what the consequences are, but it allows me to play the game without quitting Steam.

Interesting - within Final Fantasy XIV Online I don't have a boot to steam file, but I do have a 'boot' folder, and within that, similarly named files, but none that match exactly what you shared above. I'll make a backup and mess around renaming and see.... thanks a lot for sharing.

[yate]

Interesting - within Final Fantasy XIV Online I don't have a boot to steam file, but I do have a 'boot' folder, and within that, similarly named files, but none that match exactly what you shared above. I'll make a backup and mess around renaming and see.... thanks a lot for sharing.

I edited my post to make it more clear which file I changed.

[CaffeinePanda]

I edited my post to make it more clear which file I changed.

Perfect! Thank you - perhaps it was clear already and I misunderstood. The new solution is far better, as some other games failed to work with the file being renamed (those that required to connect online).

It seems to launch fine, but /sometimes/ will require task manager to close. Our best band aid fix so far...

[bobharris]

Same issue.
Have been doing the steam_api64-bak.dll for a month now.
A fix would be great.

[Chudah]

Thank you for this! I've been quietly following this thread for 3 months hoping that Square=Enix might finally acknowledge the issue. As always, it comes down to the community to find fixes and work-arounds.