FFXIV Quick Launcher Not Working With Steam

[GentlemanGamer94]

To be clear, I do not own the Steam version of the game: what I usually do is run the Quick Launcher through Steam so I can use my Nintendo Switch Pro Controller with the game. What's happening though is that if I run the Quick Launcher through Steam, I get a crash and FFXIV does not load. This happens both when Steam Integration is checked and unchecked in the settings. And if I run it outside of Steam, everything works fine.

Now I realize there are other ways to get my controller working with FFXIV other than Steam, which I'll probably end up doing if I don't end up finding a fix to this issue. I'm just wondering why exactly I'm having problems with Steam all of a sudden.

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System.Exception: Game exited prematurely at XIVLauncher.Game.Launcher.LaunchGame(String sessionId, Int32 region, Int32 expansionLevel, Boolean isSteamIntegrationEnabled, Boolean isSteamServiceAccount, String additionalArguments, DirectoryInfo gamePath, Boolean isDx11, ClientLanguage language, Boolean encryptArguments) in D:\Sapphire\FFXIVQuickLauncher\XIVLauncher\Game\Launcher.cs:line 255 Version: 5.0.3.0 Git Hash: 8dd4055 Context: XG LaunchGame OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0 64bit? True DX11? True Addons Enabled? False Auto Login Enabled? True Language: English Game path: F:\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn

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[GentlemanGamer94]

I just updated my computer and apparently, that's all that was required to fix the Steam issue. I don't know exactly how and why, but I'm obviously not complaining. :)

[SkyLeite]

I should point out that for people doing this using Lutris as a non-steam game, make sure Lutris is closed before you launch the game. That way you get proper controller and overlay support.