Steam launches ffxivboot instead of ffxivboot64 by default. result=unable to login

[Velith]

Hi,

First just let me say that I really like the new launcher and that steam now only downloads the launcher only.

Having to download an outdated 2.0 client every time was time consuming, especially so if I already have the latest version as a backup and just want to add it to steam after a fresh re-install on either windows or linux (runs really well with DXVK, just wish steam play would work out of the box).



Anyway, now on to the issue at hand.

Steam is currently still launching ffxivboot.exe instead of ffxivboot64.exe, this is not a problem for me as I'll just run ffxivboot64 directly instead. However, for those that want to launch the game from steam this is a big issue as running the unsupported ffxivboot.exe will result in a message saying that your account has expired and that you cannot play the game, which is not true as it's just the 32-bit launcher that no longer work.

[Ulfruss]

I'm glad I'm not the only one having this issue.
I've spent the last couple days trying to workout why my launcher keeps failing and this thread prompted me to look at details after booting directly and this was indeed what was going on for me as well.
I am however unable to run ffxivboot64 directly and login that way for whatever reason though, only way I'm able to launch and login seems to be after resetting my pc.

[Zhuyan]

Yeah the steam version is very poorly handled as the 64bit client just will not let you login. The problem I had with the launcher was that I had a FPS limiter (RivaTuner) in the background which did not allow the launcher to work for some reason..