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g 18 Dec, 2016 @ 5:30pm
Can't play - invalid pk3 files
I have had this game since it was f2p. Im able to connect to the game, but whenever I try to join a server I can't connect. Any fixes for this?
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FlashSoul 18 Dec, 2016 @ 6:49pm 
Try validating the game's cache first. Then you can try unsubsribing from every workshop item and manually deleting everything QL related in your local workshop directory.
PRObert 21 Jan, 2023 @ 4:08am 
One day, I suddenly had the same issue. And nothing helped: Rebooting, deleting and reinstalling the game from scratch... yet the problem persisted. A friend of mine and I even compared the game files bit for bit. They were identical, yet I could not join his server due to this error.

I wrote with the Bethesda support and one of their instructions has fixed the problem for me: Performing a clean Windows boot. Here are the instructions: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd

Make sure to NOT disable the service "Steam Client Services". This is the only service that you have to keep enabled.

With a clean Windows boot I was finally able to join my friend's server. It get's better: Even after returning to a normal Windows boot, the problem has now disappeared magically. The error is gone.
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Date Posted: 18 Dec, 2016 @ 5:30pm
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