Guild Wars 2

I’ve fixed my launcher issues by removing “local.dat” and deleting everything inside “Documents\Guild Wars 2”. The game will rebuild again any needed files.

And if the “local.dat” fix above doesn’t completely solve your problems:

• Delete everything inside “Documents\Guild Wars 2”

The game will take care of rebuilding any needed files.

I’ve entered and exited the game several times now and everything is still working 100%. The delete everything in “Documents\Guild Wars 2” trick really worked! Thanks again!

Thanks for that info! I deleted all my “Documents\Guild Wars 2” content and the “local.dat” on the GW2 game folder and the launcher immediately started working again, without needing the admin flag or XP SP3 compat flag!

VirtualBS.3165:

Been able to make it work by setting the compatibility flag to “Windows XP SP3”…

This makes the launcher work, but gets me a black screen upon entering the game.

VirtualBS.3165:

Been able to make it work by setting the compatibility flag to “Windows XP SP3”…

This makes the launcher work, but gets me a black screen upon entering the game.

Tjynde.1604:

Remember to “Run as Administrator”. This mostly occur when im not running as admin.

Thanks for the tip, but running it as admin also gives the same crash. Only running it in XP SP3 compat mode seems to work at the moment. Only got this issue since the latest patch, it was running fine since the headstart.

Been able to make it work by setting the compatibility flag to “Windows XP SP3”…

Been able to make it work by setting the compatibility flag to “Windows XP SP3”…

ROMP.9403:

After the long struggle of low fps in game.. Some ninja fix were put in as patches was rolled out..

Finally! the fix is found!

The solution is simple…

1) If you are having low fps problems like me…
2) If you are having low fps even with lowest settings on your class A GPU?

Seek no more!

SOLUTION:
1) Make Sure you put in most stable DRivers
2) Start game and set settings to best performance
3) ALT-TAB to load IE
3) Go to www.YouTube.Com and stream a movie
4) Let the movie runs in the background
5) ALT-TAB back to GW2

WALAAAA!!!! super smooth GW2

Enjoy!

Yes, that happens because windows uses a more precise global timer resolution when playing media content.

My loader also crashes immediately on start, was fine until yesterday, with:
—> Crash <—
Assertion: Failed to load file.
File: ..\..\..\Services\LoadHandle\LoadHandle.cpp(142)
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 8748
Cmdline:
BaseAddr: 00400000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 15477
When: 2012-09-09T16:50:23Z 2012-09-09T17:50:23+01:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:00:02
Flags: 0
—> Error Logs <—
Warning: changing size of versioned file 0×0002ac70:0×00029b3c from 485829 to 296043
Warning: changing size of versioned file 0×00003c8c:0×00002ba4 from 485836 to 296050
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0×0004846b0). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0×0004846b0; expected = 170812, actual = 109784
File 0×0004846b not found in main archive.
Deleting file 0×0004846b
Failed to load file 0×0004846b0

Still keeps crashing. Was fine from the headstart until yesterday’s patch!

My loader also started crashing today (never had any problem with it before), crashes immediately on start, with:

—> Crash <—
Assertion: Failed to load file.
File: ..\..\..\Services\LoadHandle\LoadHandle.cpp(142)
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 8748
Cmdline:
BaseAddr: 00400000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 15477
When: 2012-09-09T16:50:23Z 2012-09-09T17:50:23+01:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:00:02
Flags: 0

—> Error Logs <—
Warning: changing size of versioned file 0×0002ac70:0×00029b3c from 485829 to 296043
Warning: changing size of versioned file 0×00003c8c:0×00002ba4 from 485836 to 296050
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0×0004846b⁰). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0×0004846b⁰; expected = 170812, actual = 109784
File 0×0004846b not found in main archive.
Deleting file 0×0004846b
Failed to load file 0×0004846b⁰