Final Fantasy XIV Online Forum

After tried:
[i]Obtain winetricks.
Perform the following:
WINEPREFIX=~/.cxoffice/<bottle> winetricks d3dx9 devenum ie8 quartz wininet winhttp xact_jun2010 wmp10
Where <bottle> is the name of the directory which your FFXIV prefix resides.[/i]
It failed at the point:
sha256sum mismatch! Rename /Users/Cynthia/.cache/winetricks/msls31/InstMsiW.exe and try again.
which was obviously caused by Microsoft removed the file from the default download link https://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe
Able to find the file and put it manually in the directory and rerun it.
Unfortunately it appeared:
Checksum for /Users/Cynthia/.cache/winetricks/msls31/InstMsiW.exe did not match, retrying download

----Decided to put the problem aside and start downloading anyway.

I was able to run and update all the way to see the green Play button.
But after clicking it, the game's graphics showed glitch.

The only problem I could think of was the winetricks part.
How could I go pass that failure; or there's problem other than that?

I would try to delete the cache directory (/Users/Cynthia/.cache/winetricks)
Also you will most likely only need to install winetricks xact (And not xact_jun2010 as described in the getting started guide).
To get your launcher running you then need to edit the FFXIV_BOOT.cfg located inside your bottle at drive_c/users/crossover/My Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_BOOT.cfg
Set BrowserType to 2 and save the file.
Now you should be able to launch the game.
Should you still be unable to start, make sure you haven't installed ie8, wininet, winhttp (Not entirely sure about the last two ones, but it worked for me to only install xact.) as these will interfere with version checking somehow. Best option is in my opinion to start in a clean bottle, and after the setup is complete, copy the "drive_c/Program Files/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/" folder into your new bottle. This way you wont need to redownload the game files.

Are you still facing the same issue?