Allwynd

From what I'm understanding, the game launches and after a few seconds it terminates. I think this might be more about system files, such as drivers or some libraries that the game needs to function that are missing. What baffles me is there is no error message to serve as some sort of a clue as to what could the culprit be. My advice would be: 1. Disable AVG Antivirus for 24 hours just while trying to fix the game. 2. Download your latest drivers for your GPU and clean install them. (remove old ones first) 3. Download all Visual C++ Runtimes from 2005 all the way to 2022 or whatever the latest one is, both x86 and x64. I've seen some AIO (all-in-one) packs that download and install them all one after another so you don't have to do it manually, I'm using one, but it's up to you how will you accomplish this step. 4. Download and install .NET Framework Runtimes, I think 3.5 SP1, then 4 and then 5. Some might tell you that you have a newer one installed, which is good, you can skip those. I'm not sure if .NET Framework Runtime 6 existed or not, try that one as well. 5. Download and install the latest DirectX 9.0c Runtime. 6. Complete all the steps above by running them as Administrator, preferably, also make sure you have a full-blown administrator account in the first place. 7. Restart and try running the game again (also check AVG Antivirus if it has re-enabled itself after the restart). The game should work if Windows and all additional components are set up properly. I just remembered that the first few times, I tried to run the game, the 360 Total Security alerted me about these 3 files related to the game and I added them to my Trust List so it doesn't cause me anymore problems, I hope that helps.

Set the launcher/patcher and the game client to run as administrator at all times from Properties > Compatibility. Maybe Windows Defender is causing problems and should be disabled altogether. On my Windows 11 PC, I use a script to completely disable Windows Defender and all its services and install my own antivirus - 360 Total Security. I'm not saying install that instead, but try to run the game with Windows Defender completely disabled. For me that built-in antivirus causes more problems than helps, it behaves like malware and disables, quarantines and deletes all kinds of important things on my PC without even telling me and for a while it was a constant game of cat and mouse between me and it until I found no other solution than disabling it permanently with user scripts.

Your game client should also be set to run as administrator. I'm also guessing your Windows account is not an administrator either, otherwise the first step would become redundant.

I haven't played EE a lot, not under Aeria, not ever, so I haven't been past the 2nd zone, but I think of 2 options: 1. everyone is at the end of the game so new players don't see a lot of other new players 2. people went to play that X-Legend version on Steam Frankly, I tried playing that X-Legend Steam version and the game felt horrible. The client had some performance issues, the default controls were completely messed up to the point where I started questioning myself if the game was really like that or I just remember it wrong. There is some semi-auto-play buff that automatically teleports you to quest objectives... That version is disgusting so I'm not sure if people really went to play that. Then I started playing here yesterday and the game just feels nothing like the X-Legend Steam version. The client runs better, seems to have more options, performance is better, the default controls are just like how I remember them, I had very little setting up to do to make it behave like how I want it to. It's a great server, I honestly don't know if other private EE servers exist, but this one feels so good, it would be a shame for people to play any other version of the game.

So I take it costumes are the only way to look different, gear doesn't reflect on your character? And if I don't use a costume, my character will look the same from start to finish?