This will solve your problem!

[XoXeNo]

<strong><em><span style="color: #ee066f; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ee066f; font-size: x-small;"><p>Delete the file /paks/patch.vpk</p><p>Then your game works fine!</p></span></span></em></strong>

[Hawty_44]

<p>confirmed !! Thanks a bunch <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Thatdumbg]

<p>Worked like a charm. Can I have your babies?</p>

[TygerMeow]

<p>I deleted this file and my wife says I'm still a jerk.</p><p>Seriously, what problem is this supposed to solve? If you haven't noticed, there are several, including new ones with GU52.</p>

[graxnip]

<p>for the people crashing out 5 seconds after loading the game ( this thread here - <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=453696" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=453696</a> )</p><p>- deleting this file works - at least it did for me and many others.</p>

[Penelope]

<p>Sadly, not mine. I am still out...</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>The check engine light is still lit up.  I think I did it wrong...</p>

[Darwa]

<p>Simply deleting the file isn't enough as Launcher will redownload it.</p><p>I just found that if you delete patch.vpk, then start the game from C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IIEverQuest2.exe then it works.</p>

[Kaleath]

<p>Awesome thank you very much it worked for me!! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> logged in at 13:50 and it was fine then I had to restart and all of a sudden I was getting that error.. talk about odd but anyways it's sorted now so thank you again!! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> now if only the memory leak could be fixed that easily <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p>

[ZeroByte]

<p><<nm>> did not work</p>

[Penelope]

<p><cite>Darwa wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Simply deleting the file isn't enough as Launcher will redownload it.</p><p>I just found that if you delete patch.vpk, then start the game from C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IIEverQuest2.exe then it works.</p></blockquote><p>Nope still crashed.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>For those that are confused, this is for the people who are experiencing a game crash immediately after hitting play.</p><p>Besides everything mentioned above, it is sometimes necessary to delete the patch.vpk file a second time when starting the game.</p>

[Marcusaval]

<p>Well done Arwenia!<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Worked for me and several of my guildies who all had the same problem after the patch interestingly its the self same error that every one is complaining about in the 8 page thread above this one.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Beats the life out of me how a member of the community sorts the issue out but SOE have had people unabe to log in for a week one I read cancelled his account and they can't provide an answer.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p><p>If I had not found this post I would have still been unable to get in game.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" /></p><p>What was the file supposed to do by the way?<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/0a4d7238daa496a758252d0a2b1a1384.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Darwa]

<p><cite>Marcusavalon wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Well done Arwenia!<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Worked for me and several of my guildies who all had the same problem after the patch interestingly its the self same error that every one is complaining about in the 8 page thread above this one.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Beats the life out of me how a member of the community sorts the issue out but SOE have had people unabe to log in for a week one I read cancelled his account and they can't provide an answer.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p><p>If I had not found this post I would have still been unable to get in game.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;">What was the file supposed to do by the way?</span><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/0a4d7238daa496a758252d0a2b1a1384.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Limit the amount of smilies used, I think <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Marcusavalon wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Beats the life out of me how a member of the community sorts the issue out but SOE have had people unabe to log in for a week one I read cancelled his account and they can't provide an answer.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>This specific issue only lasted for about 13-15 hours, actually.  It probably wouldn't have even taken that long if it didn't begin happening at 11:30 at night.  I'm pretty sure that the other posts you're talking about were part of a seperate issue.</p>

[Grimfyre24]

<p>Where is this file located? I am trying out the trial...but seem to be having the same problem. I cant seem to find the file to delete however.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Grimfyre2413 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Where is this file located? I am trying out the trial...but seem to be having the same problem. I cant seem to find the file to delete however.</p></blockquote><p>I really doubt this is the issue you are experiencing.  The patch.vpk issue only effected people that patched during a very specific time on 6/23.  Since you are just starting a trial then it seems incredibly unlikely that you downloaded the game at that exact time. </p><p>What is the issue you're experiencing and can you provide some basic info about your computer?</p>