Since 5.3 Patch I can no longer chat to players or see any chat channels

[Barndog]

Hi Everyone,

After the 5.3 patch I am unable to communicate with any other players in the game. I can select some channels (not all) and type something in and it will pop up into the window but no one can see it. Also if someone sends me a tell I cannot see it. I can also not see any public chats anywhere in the game. I can see peoples emotes but have no capability to interact with other people.

Can someone please help?

[Packetdancer]

Just to double check... your chat filters didn't get corrupted/changed in settings, right? If you go to the configuration and check the filter for each tab, it looks correct.

At any rate, I'd quit the game and then rename

{Documents}\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn

to something else; I would just tack " - old" on the end. Then restart the game. You'll be missing your hotbars, but you can restore those later if just letting the game recreate local settings fixes the rest.

[Rhaervis]

Good afternoon and thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

You may want to try deleting the locally-saved data folder (My Documents > My Games > Final Fantasy XIV). Make sure to create a backup of this so you can replace it if it doesn't solve the issue.

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[Rhaervis]

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