Guild Wars 2

Template:Infobox Guild Wars (series) Key Points

A number of issues occuring with grouping with friends.

Forums

r/Guildwars2 subreddit - very active.

Guild Wars 2 Guru - fansite with a large community and active forum.

Issue Resources

Official Facebook thread - list of common issues.

Guild Wars 2 Support - comprehensive list of error codes and fixes.

Gameplay

Guild Wars 2 Wiki - official wiki for Guild Wars 2 - accessible in-game using the /wiki command.

GuildHead - from the Wowhead founders.

The Guild Wars 2 Database - a comprehensive item, skill and recipe database by Curse and Guild Wars 2 Guru.

Windows

Video Settings

Video settings menu.

System Requirements

These system requirements aren't finalized and may change before or after release. Template:SysReq

Error Codes

There are several common error codes that may occur when attempting to play the game. Error codes starting with 7, 42, or 58 pertain to an inability to log in. Troubleshooting steps for these errors and others can be found on this support page.

Command Line

These arguments can be added after the last quotation mark in the target in the properties of your Guild Wars 2 shortcut.

• -autologin

If client is set to remember Account Name and Password the game will login on launch.

• -bmp

Forces the game to create screenshots as .BMP files. Use for creating high-quality screenshots at the expense of much larger files.

• -diag

Creates, at startup, a detailed diagnostic logfile which contains data about connection tests and hardware information, located in your game directory or "Documents\Guild Wars 2" (NetworkDiag.log). Useful for determining what is wrong when Guild Wars 2 is not functioning properly.

Important: The program terminates after the logfile is created; since Guild Wars 2 will not be able run with this parameter on, make sure to remove it once Guild Wars 2 has finished creating the logfile.

• -email <string>

Sets the e-mail address, as specified in <string>, on the log-in screen. Combine with -password to create an auto-log-in shortcut for a specific account.

• -fps <number>

Sets maximum frames per second parameter, as specified in <number>.

• -image

Forces the game to download all known updates.

• The program terminates after the update is completed; Guild Wars 2 will not be able run with this parameter on.
  • Recommended: Create an extra Guild Wars 2 shortcut (e.g. "Guild Wars 2 Updater") specifically to use this command line switch.
• -image updates gw2.dat; after updating, that file can be be transferred over to other machines.
  • There can be up to 25 gigabytes of data to download. Once -image completes, the exact file size of gw2.dat will vary across installations.

• -mce

Start the client with Windows Media Center compatibility, switching the game to full screen and restarting Media Center (if available) after the client is closed.

• -noui

Disables the user interface, producing the same effect as when one pushes Ctrl+Shift+H in-game to toggle it.

• -nosound

Disables audio system completely.

• -password <string>

Enables auto-log-in if <string> is the correct password for the account, and either (A) is used with -email or (B) details have previously been saved using the "Remember Account Name" checkbox. This argument must not be preceded by any other argument.

Warning: Putting your password in a shortcut or a batch file makes it easily accessible to everybody with access to your computer. Never use this option if you are sharing your computer with other people whom you do not trust.

• -perf

Displays performance indicators such as; Triangles, memory usage, frames per second and transfer rate in bytes per second are displayed in multi-colored text in the middle of the right side of the Guild Wars 2 window.

• -repair

Start the client, checks the files for errors and repair then was needed.

• -windowed

Forces Guild Wars 2 to run in windowed mode.

Note: You can easily switch to windowed mode by pressing Alt+Enter or clicking the window icon in the upper right corner while the game is already running.

Mac

While the game is not officially supported for Mac, a Wrapper has been written for the game. Follow the instructions on PortingTeam on how to install it, and you will be able to play it, very much like on native. The Wrapper has not been fully tested on the newest builds.

Linux

Wine

Guild Wars 2 is reported to be working with Wine, visit the Guild Wars 2 WineHQ entry for more information.