Hi, I've been experiencing a similar issue when trying to launch the game and log in.

The error message goes:
An unexpected error has occurred. Exiting FINAL FANTASY XIV.
2025-08-07_00:59

ffxiv_dx11.exe+1CB4AE1
ffxiv_dx11.exe+8B69C
ffxiv_dx11.exe+89873
ffxiv_dx11.exe+1BD8282
ffxiv_dx11.exe+1BD99EF
ffxiv_dx11.exe+1BDC575
ffxiv_dx11.exe+5B667C
ffxiv_dx11.exe+1E3310


The first time I tried to launch the game after patch 7.3, it crashed immediately and popped up the error message above; after that, I was able to reach the character selection screen, but logging in or creating a new character would cause the game to exit automatically without popping up any error messages. When logging in, the game crashes during the loading screen; when creating a new character, the game crashes while the character creation screen is loading.

Before patch 7.3 everything worked fine. I had logged out in Empyreum before the patch so at first I thought it was related to the known issues, but the hotfix did not help.

I tried logging in different characters in different Worlds and DCs, restarting my PC, changing the installation location, restoring game data and then reinstalled the game, and none of them solved the issue.

An additional information that might be relevant or helpful:
When logging in to one of my characters, I briefly heard the sound effect for items being added to the inventory (as it was my first login to this character), then the game crashed during the loading screen before the game screen could appear. I suspect the game itself may have been running ok but a potential display-related bug caused it to crash.


My system information:

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FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn Language 1 Region 2
ProxyEnable 0
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