Black screen after launching the game

[Globby]

Having the same issue. Black screen after hitting play, then crash. Steam user

[Fieryone]

Man, I know Staff is busy but it'd still be nice to see some acknowledgement of this issue.

[FoxkitSA]

Having the same issue, also the Steam version. Tried turning overlays off and on, tried changing to DX9 and back to DX11, rolled back to an older NVIDIA driver, went back to the newest one, restored default settings for the game, reinstalled the patches, did a full uninstall and reinstall of the entire game.

Nothing worked

[SylvieStop]

Had the same issue it seems to be a steam error as far as I can tell, I have tried a bunch of fixes since the patch released but nothing works. I only got into the game once on dx9 but the game crashed almost immediately.

There are a few "fixes" people have found but they don't work for everyone which is really frustrating.

All we can really do is hope square/steam know that its not working and hopefully a fix comes soon.

[Porterhause5]

Steam version user here with same issue. Updated my graphics drivers, did a full reinstall and no change. SE needs to get on this.

[chumby]

Steam version for me as well. I have tried everything between here and Reddit to fix this to no avail. I was so excited for this patch. :\

[Nocturncat]

same here...steam version..reinstalled the game three times, tried near everything...but it is always the same..black screen andthe game crashes..

edit:i found a sollution and i hope that works for you guys to.
go to :\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online\boot and locate the ffxivboot.exe ,..make a shortcut on the desk .,.rightclick and properties...

in the target field type -issteam at the end on the targetfield...and start...

curious..that worked foor me...

[FoxkitSA]

It won't let me add the -issteam, says it's not a valid destination?

Edit: Turns out I was missing the space before the -, but it still didn't solve the issue with the black screen for me.

[Nocturncat]

it should look like this: