[Text-Only - This post is initially Text-Only, to allow posting this as fast as possible, to help others.
I may return and add additional graphics/screenshots pertaining to the article... Soon™]
Just now, I ran into an issue starting up TESO, where the Launcher gave an error message - oddly, it was slightly different than the message my Gamer Wife beside me got - one of us got "Error 210" while the other got "Error 206". Here is an example of what the Error Message within the TESO Client Launcher looks like:
Popping into the Steam forum and the Official Bethesda/Zenimax Forum for the game, I saw a number of people mentioning they are getting this too, just today, like me. So, I wanted to come here and post a 'quick fix' that can get past the error message and allow fellow gamers, like me, to be able to play the game as quickly as right now, tonight [actually it's more of a 'workaround' than a true 'fix', as it doesn't solve whatever issue is happening with the Launcher/Client/Servers... I will post this as a "Workaround"].
Similar to an earlier issue with the TESO Launcher I talked about here at The Blog, the 'workaround' involves bypassing the Launcher itself and starting up the game manually via the Executable files... The instructions to do this are below.
For the Steam Version of TESO:
- Open Steam
- Right-Click on TESO in the Library and choose Properties
- Click on the "Local Files" tab
- Click on the "Browse Local Files" button to show the directory/folder of the game
- Navigate into THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE > GAME > CLIENT folder
- Double-Click on "eso64.exe" to launch the game (or "eso.exe" if running 32-bit Windows/Game
- Right-Click on the Shortcut (the icon that runs the game) on the Desktop (or in the Start Menu) for TESO and choose Properties
- Click on the "Open File Location" button in the Properties of the game shortcut
- You should find yourself in a Windows Explorer windows, looking at the "Launcher" folder of Zenimax Online
- Go up one folder level to "Zenimax Online" (click on the Zenimax Online folder in Explorer)
- Navigate into THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE > GAME > CLIENT folder
- Double-Click on "eso64.exe" to launch the game (or "eso.exe" if running 32-bit Windows/Game)
That's it! Now the game should start up and you will just have to Login within the game itself.
Unfortunately, I do not know what has caused this error, and I have not seen any Official Postings by Bethesda/Zenimax to explain it, as of the time of this writing. Although it appears to be some sort of Server/Launcher error, I cannot say specifically at this time. However, having testing this Workaround on different machines and with both the Steam Version of TESO and the Standalone/Web version of TESO, I can safely say that this should work for you, fellow gamer.
Hopefully that helps - and See You In The Game!
