ERROR 5006 AND 2002 POTENTIAL FIX

[jtm297]

ShimoRyu, the queue number never decreased when I was up to that point, but it did eventually connect.

[ShimoRyu]

Yes I am aware of that.. but when i close cilent down and open again as to see what would happen... Error 2002 >.<.. if any of you manged to get into queue.. dont close cilent down!

[jtm297]

ShimoRyu, did you try the data center swapping or clearing the system settings?

[ShimoRyu]

data center swapping just now and i got in.. now in queue

[ScreamQueen]

Okay, the good news is - I might have a more permanent solution to this problem we're all facing. The bad news is that its going to take a while (at least it is for me) for it to work. Something is wrong with the cache files; at least, that's what the case was for me.

Go to your Game library for Steam and right click on FFXIV: ARR and go to Properties. Under the "Local Files" tab select "Verify the integrity of the game cache" when I did this, 202 files turned up to be corrupt. Currently, the files are redownloading and its taking upwards of 4 hours to complete.

Also, Steam is telling me I haven't finished downloading Heavensward (but I finished two hours ago) has this not updated on anyone else's Steam page either?

[jtm297]

ScreamQueen,

Great suggestion, confirms my suspicion that it is the cache files. Unfortunately, not everyone is using Steam. I do think it may be possible to isolate certain cache files on the hard drive and remove them, but I haven't looked into it.

[ScreamQueen]

Sorry, I wish I knew how to isolate those cache files for straight PC users, but I've got nothing.

I hope someone who does stumbles upon this thread.

[BenJones]

I had no problem getting on earlier today but as of a half hour ago Ive been recieving this 5006 error code. I'm really not happy with this I would like to play my game. I still have a bit a ways to get to expansion ready. P.S. Coeurl is the world I'm in

[ScreamQueen]

Poked around on reddit, found this

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...5l/error_5006/

https://documentation.cpanel.net/dis...Your+DNS+Cache

I know its not isolating the particular corrupted files, but if all else fails...

[jtm297]

ScreamQueen,

There are ways of checking which files and registry keys a program is reading or writing to. I am not sure if I can post about this as it might violate the TOS. I am very computer savvy and definitely the person to post about it. If someone can convince me this is not against the TOS, I will post about how to find the cache files.