Version Check Error / Launcher/Boot/Update Error

[TheCount]

Dang, you got my hopes up there for a moment Syrus_Draco but that didn't work either. Thanks for sharing though

[Ozenky]

I was playing in the afternoon, all fine ... suddenly, later tonight, I can't access to the data center and throws me a 2002 error and shuts down the game entirely. ¿anyone else experiencing this after trying to get the update by doing the ffxiv_boot.cfg file thing?

[Melithalie]

*sigh*

No such luck. Still the exact same problem when trying to update, and nothing in the launcher regarding these issues, which makes me wonder how aware SE is of this. I'm at a total loss as to what to do next....

Edit: Ok, went through all this nonsense, and it turned out that all I needed to do was restart my computer. Excuse me while I go punt a random opo-opo....

[HelmwigeR]

Unfortunately as of now I have tried what I believe is everything including flusing dns and what not - the home network has no issues, firewalls off, vpns off, again the damn notepad thing. Nothing.

I don't expect a reply for SE either when I sent them a mail about the problem.

[TheCount]

I finally have managed to get through. Nothing changed about the methods, just trying again and again and restarting two more times. After the second restart it just managed to go through and not hang on me and give me the error. I wish I could give a better solution because I tried everything, including the google DNS just before this yet again (which didnt work, just like the others) but yeah.

[Comet49]

After hearing how this game is actually decent,started a free trial played a short while closed it for maybe 16 hrs and now im getting version check error,,anyone know what is causing the issue. I dont think ive ever seen a failed launcher so quickly, is this a common issue ? Do they update the launcher frequently. Im going to try some of the fixes mentioned, in my case im not invested yet, certainly not the best way to bring in a new subscription.

Thx @Weirwood your OP worked,

[DancingMoomba]

Hi guys.
Changing the config to 1 and also using Googles DNS didnt help.
Also running as admin didn't help.

Changing my DNS to 4.2.2.1 worked for me.

But geez, I really shouldn't have to do things like that. And its very very poor that SE are not commenting on any of these threads after a whole day.