Final Fantasy XIV has been a phenomenal game since its launch in 2013, and still after 9 years of its release the player base has been steadily growing, thanks to its regular updates.
But with high traffic come a botched gaming experience and the gamers start facing errors. One such error is the Check Version Failed Error.
The issue might be manifested because of a lot of problems, ranging from poor internet connection to corrupted game files. In this article, we are going to analyze each of these issues and their respective fixes.
Fix Final Fantasy XIV’s Version Check Error
Trouble Shoot Your Internet Connection
The first thing to do when you face an issue with any server or network-based issue in a game is to check your network connection. Spotty internet connection is often the root cause of issues like this. Here are a few things you can do to try fixing this-
- Restart the router– Restarting the router is known as performing a soft reset. This helps in clearing the cache of the router and might solve your networking issues.
- Perform a quick speed test– use third-party websites like fast.com or speedtest.net to know the status of your connection quality.
- Switch to a wired connection, at least momentarily so that wireless network strength and instability can be ruled out from the diagnosis.
Try Using a Different Connection
In case you are facing issues with your original network try switching to a different network if that is available, you can accomplish the same by using your phone’s hotspot. This fixed the issue for a lot of gamers.
Check Server Status
After you have completed applying both of the previous strategies, and the issue still persists for you, the next thing we suggest you do is to check the status of the servers. This being an online game, it faces all the issues persistent with any other online game, and server issues are one major part of them.
- Keep an eye on the official website of Square Enix, where they update all maintenance schedules in great detail.
- Check third-party websites like downdetector.com to ensure the server’s status.
In case the servers are really down, the only thing you can do in that case is play
The waiting game and hope the devs fix this asap.
Verify Steam Game Files Integrity
Sometimes corrupted game files are responsible for this issue. To fix this all you have to do is launch steam> browse to your library >search for Final Fantasy XIV> right click on it> click on verify game files on the new dialogue box. This runs a parity check on the game files to ensure that all the files if present and are not corrupted in case there is an issue with any files steam instantly react to resource files for you.
Use a VPN
Using a VPN sometimes helps in solving this issue you can always use one of the free VPN options available in the market and once the issue has been resolved you might choose to stop using that VPN If that is not necessary for you. Alternatively, you can manually configure a VPN on a PC.
Check Firewall & Antivirus Settings
Check and ensure that there aren’t any inbound and outbound rules, which might be interfering with the client trying to reach the server. Just to be safe, go ahead and exceptions for the launcher’s .exe both in your antivirus and firewall. You can also completely disable the anti-virus and try giving it a shot, and if it does, proceed to add exceptions.
Modify ‘ffxiv_boot.cfg’ Configuration File
If none of the above steps have worked for you, trying to do the update process manually solves this problem.
To do this go to Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV – A Realm Reborn\open FFXIV_BOOT.cfg and open it in notepad you will find BootVersionCheckMode 0, change it to 1 and save, then that launch the launcher and it will work.
That’s all For this error guide, see you in the next one.