error - cannot login

[slave2mywerk]

<p><span ><p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #993366; font-size: small;">The error message is below. The launcher updates, but then a green bar fills up that I have never seen before. After that, the screen goes black and I get the error that it has to shut down. Any suggestions?</span></p><p>Error Signature:</p><p>AppName: everquest2.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.1 ModName: everquest2.exeModVer: 1.0.0.1 Offset: 004ed7a8</p></span></p>

[Aerfen]

<p>It seems multiple people are having this issue...I can't log in on any of the machines in my house...  See the thread below as well...</p>

[slave2mywerk]

<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #993366; font-size: small;">Thanks for the reply. Hopefully they'll get it fixed with some downtime today. I still cant get in this morning...</span></p>

[Billet]

<p>Having this problem here also.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>Greetings,</p><p>You mention that the screen goes black and the program shuts down.  Does this happen before or after you hit the play button?</p>

[Billet]

<p>For me:</p><p>The launcher loads up just fine and everything seems normal. I hit the play button, then the green bar fills up (I had only seen this once before, it was last week and I don't remember there being an issue) and the screen goes black like the game is going to start, but then it shuts down and I get the error message.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Epslo@Venekor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For me:</p><p>The launcher loads up just fine and everything seems normal. I hit the play button, then the green bar fills up (I had only seen this once before, it was last week and I don't remember there being an issue) and the screen goes black like the game is going to start, but then it shuts down and I get the error message.</p></blockquote><p><span ><p>That might actually be the crash issue caused by the bad patch yesterday.  To fix it you can simply delete the patch.vpk file.  By default, that file will be located at C:Program FilesSonyEverquest 2paks .  Please let me know if the crash persists after trying that step.</p></span> </p>

[slave2mywerk]

<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #993366; font-size: small;">Thanks all!    I can confirm, at least for me, this worked.   <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></span></p><p>A small number of players are experiencing a crash when trying to log into EverQuest II. To resolve this, simply delete the file “patch.vpk” out of EQII’s “paks” folder</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Faetle@Venekor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #993366;">Thanks all!    I can confirm, at least for me, this worked.   <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></span></p><p>A small number of players are experiencing a crash when trying to log into EverQuest II. To resolve this, simply delete the file “patch.vpk” out of EQII’s “paks” folder</p></blockquote><p>This should be resolved at this point.  The file has been removed from the servers so it will not download from this point forward.</p>