FFXIV Steam Error Workaround Detailed

Back in February 2022, Square Enix announced that all people who play Terminal Fantasy XIV via Steam would need to link to a Square Enix account for security purposes. Now that the process is going through, a problem came up. Some people found they couldn't launch the game. Nevertheless, Square Enix now has a workaround for the FFXIV Steam mistake that involves people'due south profile names. (Update: Square Enix stock-still the issue on March 9, 2022.)

The FFXIV Steam error first came up on March 8, 2022. While some people had no problem logging in, then linking, others reported they couldn't showtime the game. Initially, the company couldn't discern the consequence. Nevertheless, information technology subsequently noted that changing a Steam profile proper noun to ane that only uses letters of the alphabet would ready the consequence.

Square Enix noted that this is a "temporary" manner to get around the FFXIV Steam error. It as well didn't mention if people could modify their profile name dorsum to what it was before after launching the game, getting in, and linking to a Square Enix business relationship. As such, until an additional hotfix patch is released, it could be best to stick with an alphabetical Steam contour proper name.

As a reminder, this alter means that people with Steam copies of the game volition always need to play and log in via the customer. Only the Original Launcher layout can exist used from here on out as well.

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Jenni Lada

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