Decided to Return to GW2 - Convinced Others to Join me - Game is Broken and won't launch?

[Xierg.7426]

Title really says it all. The game simple doesn't work for any of us, it not only doesn't launch, it completely breaks our PCs so a hard restart will work.

Hopefully this is fixed asap and a statement made because we likely won't be back and I'm sure this will cost the game players.

[micheljq.9765]

Me and my friend same issue tonight.  It was fine yesterday night.

[Taralyn.6859]

It has been like this since the patch yesterday.  Works sometimes for me and not others.  Currently I cannot get in.  It is very annoying though and I feel your pain.  I also have to restart my pc each time I try because it locks everything up.

[Blude.6812]

Anet messed up yesterday.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Here's the statement: 

 

[GODh.3892]

Yeah, the patch from last tuesday is causing a lot of problems (it's probbaly related with running the game in full screen mode or not). We are still waiting for patch that fixes the issue 😥

[Anatolian Turk.4057]

same here, its from Tuesday's patch. Hope quick-fix patch will come soon. 

[DeathRogue.5492]

Well then I Will await for further updates. and hopefully I can get in tomorrow.

[faetos.2035]

the only way I was able to get it to work was to force -windowed when running the exe. It's on a laptop, so it's pretty lame to run a windowed screen on an already tiny screen. Probably just come back in Dec. Nothing to play for anyway

[Endilbiach.4132]

2 hours ago, Xierg.7426 said:

Title really says it all. The game simple doesn't work for any of us, it not only doesn't launch, it completely breaks our PCs so a hard restart will work.

Hopefully this is fixed asap and a statement made because we likely won't be back and I'm sure this will cost the game players.

MAN you picked a bad day.  It was a small patch, and something got borked bad, I think they found the problem and are working on implementing a fix though, never seen a problem this bad take this long so it's gotta be something weird.

[Xierg.7426]

Yeah just bad timing. Lots of people are looking for a new MMO after New World's pretty catastrophic fail (mass duping/exploiting that has effectively ruined the game).

 

We'll just wait for a fix, most of us can't decide which class to play anyway lol.

[Guybrush.4762]

Hi, the good news is there is simple temporary fix. It has already been shared on the forum but it is worth repeating as it is now buried beneath a wall of text:

-Open your Guild wars 2 install directory.
-Create a shortcut to your Guild Wars 2 client (the executable you need to target is "Gw2-64.exe"), name this shortcut "Gw2-64_windowed.exe" to avoid confusion.
-Right click on the new shortcut and select "Properties" (it may have a different name in different language)
-In the text area labelled as "Target", that's the first text area, add " -windowed" at the end (note the space at the beginning!) ; it should read something like that: "C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -windowed
-Apply the change and double click on the shortcut to launch the client.

 

The shortcut we have created force the game to launch in windowed mode (launching the game fullscreen is what is provoking the bug). Your game should launch now but it is in a small window and we don't want that. We are going to swap to the much better Fullscreen windowed mode:

-In the top left corner of the character selection screen, click the gear icon.
-A menu appear, click option and go to the graphic option (that is the double triangular icon that look like a Vista icon)
-In the Resolution option, that is the first option, Choose Fullscreen Windowed instead of Windowed.

For future launches you can use your regular executable, you don't need to keep the shortcut we have created. Also, note that other methods to force the Windowed mode as been reported to be working.

Edited November 11, 2021 by Guybrush.4762

[Khayoss.7621]

1 hour ago, Guybrush.4762 said:

Hi, the good news is there is simple temporary fix. It has already been shared on the forum but it is worth repeating as it is now buried beneath a wall of text:

-Open your Guild wars 2 install directory.
-Create a shortcut to your Guild Wars 2 client (the executable you need to target is "Gw2-64.exe"), name this shortcut "Gw2-64_windowed.exe" to avoid confusion.
-Right click on the new shortcut and select "Properties" (it may have a different name in different language)
-In the text area labelled as "Target", that's the first text area, add " -windowed" at the end (note the space at the beginning!) ; it should read something like that: "C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -windowed
-Apply the change and double click on the shortcut to launch the client.

 

The shortcut we have created force the game to launch in windowed mode (launching the game fullscreen is what is provoking the bug). Your game should launch now but it is in a small window and we don't want that. We are going to swap to the much better Fullscreen windowed mode:

-In the top left corner of the character selection screen, click the gear icon.
-A menu appear, click option and go to the graphic option (that is the double triangular icon that look like a Vista icon)
-In the Resolution option, that is the first option, Choose Fullscreen Windowed instead of Windowed.

For future launches you can use your regular executable, you don't need to keep the shortcut we have created. Also, note that other methods to force the Windowed mode as been reported to be working.

I forgot to add in my post that I tried this as well. Didn't work for me. Hope it works for others though.

[Solarian.9867]

1 hour ago, Guybrush.4762 said:

Hi, the good news is there is simple temporary fix. It has already been shared on the forum but it is worth repeating as it is now buried beneath a wall of text:

-Open your Guild wars 2 install directory.
-Create a shortcut to your Guild Wars 2 client (the executable you need to target is "Gw2-64.exe"), name this shortcut "Gw2-64_windowed.exe" to avoid confusion.
-Right click on the new shortcut and select "Properties" (it may have a different name in different language)
-In the text area labelled as "Target", that's the first text area, add " -windowed" at the end (note the space at the beginning!) ; it should read something like that: "C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -windowed
-Apply the change and double click on the shortcut to launch the client.

 

The shortcut we have created force the game to launch in windowed mode (launching the game fullscreen is what is provoking the bug). Your game should launch now but it is in a small window and we don't want that. We are going to swap to the much better Fullscreen windowed mode:

-In the top left corner of the character selection screen, click the gear icon.
-A menu appear, click option and go to the graphic option (that is the double triangular icon that look like a Vista icon)
-In the Resolution option, that is the first option, Choose Fullscreen Windowed instead of Windowed.

For future launches you can use your regular executable, you don't need to keep the shortcut we have created. Also, note that other methods to force the Windowed mode as been reported to be working.

Worked for me. Many thanks! Too bad Arenanet has joined the club of game companies who lately managed to mess up simple patches. Bioware did the same with the infamous FUBARpatch in SWTOR a few months ago. Some people had to entirely reinstall that game to fix it. Hopefully Anet does better.

[Justin Time.7054]

That procedue is far too complicated for a Mac user like I am, who was already forced to install Windows on a external drive in order to continue playing GW2, and knows very little about it (but thanks for the effort anyway). I hope this mess will turn back soon into a regular login procedure.
NEWS:
I logged in by chance a couple of times, now I am logged in.
What if I switch to windowed mode before quit?
Would this work for next login attempt?

Edited November 12, 2021 by Justin Time.7054