Error 20524

Ok I installed fresh and i got the patches, i get to the installer and it gives error 20524 and searched threads for fixes.

I tried the date chg on the game.ver and it still gives error

turned off antivirus too before and still does error.

also followed Krizz's guide, still no

anyone can help me with this?

Google'd it and it seems like the dates in the version files?

Friend of mine had this problem a while back she kept having the change the dates every update. I sent my ver files and had her delete the ones she had and use mine and it worked.

You might need to change the numbers in the boot.ver file too.
The 3 files in there are boot.ver, game.ver, and patch.ver.

How the ***did you greentext your post link?

Also did you change the numbers in the game.ver and boot.ver.? These files are in your FFVXI folder where the executables are. Open them with notepad.

Its one of the site moderators and when they post its always in green.

Just surprised a site moderator cant figure out their game yet can moderate a website. Ahh irony, you are a kidder sometimes.

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yes i did both, tried one at a time and not working still

Because you have to know every single thing about a video game to moderate a forum...? I don't think you know how this works.

turn off uac?

it could be corrupted data from the download

probably best to just redownload the update via the game's software or with utorrent.

ok ill redownload from elsewhere

Oh I did it!

I reinstalled FFXIV, deleted the my games folder, and manually did the patch again and it went through.

thanks

yay

Congrats, now just hope you don't crash every half hour to to "unable to find Direct X device" like I do...

The only time I had that problem was from when I'd Alt-Tab when I was using the Full Screen mode. When I changed to Windowed mode I stopped getting that issue.

use the borderless window script for a fullscreen experience while being in windowed mode
http://www.mediafire.com/?rkd3gylv7fb2u5o

You might try updating or reinstalling your video drivers. If the get corrupted somehow, it can cause this issue. This has happened to me a couple of time actually since ffxiv was released, but I still don't get why the hell this game can't handle it when every other game I've ever played recovers fine from the same problem.

If you have uac turned on and something causes a uac prompt to come up, that will also do it...so turn uac off or stop whatever software is causing the prompts.

Tried 6 different driver versions, not the problem.

UAC lasts a good 45 sec on a new machine for me.