EQ2 Client Application has encountered a problem and needs to shut down...

[Divin]

<p>Alright, so problem is i got the Trial version to see whether or not my comp could do this before i buy it, cause the game looks good. What happens is, I double click the client, it checks the game, then i hit play, then it says STOP and under that "Starting download". Before it can say anything like "% Downloaded" the screen goes black and my cursor changes. Three or so seconds later i get a microsoft error report saying, EQ2 Client Application has encountered a problem and needs to shut down. I tried allowing EQ to bypass the firewall, that makes it so the black screen lasts longer, but ultimately ends with an error report. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.</p>

[Divin]

<p>I just saw that there was another topic about this that got locked as a reference. I can't find patch.vlk and I've tried using Everquest2.exe and thats not working either. Please help me!</p><p>EDIT:I shall try tomorrow, if I still cant get in then, TO LIVE CHAT! Or who knows, maybe in that time a Tech support person might happen upon this and help me, heres hoping.</p>

[Divin]

<p>Found out something, I looked at the alertlog file and erased all of it, double clicked Everquest2.exe and then when it encountered the problem again i looked back at the alertlog and this was there.</p><p>build="SOEBuild=6284L" version="SOEVersionString=2010/2/25 15:37:20" build_type="USER OPTIMIZED" ls_address="none" zone="<None>" loc="  0.00   0.00   0.00" performance="3" alert="E:liveeq2frameworkvdlsrcVdlErr.cpp(85): (VDL Parser) *buffer*(0) : <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Error, File not found: runtimevdl/cbaseclasses.vdl</strong></span>"</p><p>Emphasis on that part. I tried reinstalling and that didnt work, so what do I do if that has any significance to my problem.</p>

[vinhog]

<p>Same thing happening here.  It is a real shame that so many are having this issue.  I have been trolling these forums for well over 3 hours and trying all of the suggestions and still unable to get this fixed.  Maybe I will try installing from the original disks and see what happens.  Very very frustrating....</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>Greetings,</p><p>What version of the launcher are you using?  If you aren't doing so already, try using the station launcher available here:</p><p><a href="http://launcher.station.sony.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://launcher.station.sony.com/</a></p><p>Also, if you're using Windows 7 or Vista then please make sure to start the program by right clicking and selecting 'run as administrator'.  Let us know if the problem persists at that point.</p>