If you enjoy fighting games with deep mechanics & intense hand-to-hand combat with special moves like Tekken and Street Fighter, King of Fighters is another fighting game that’ll make you feel like a veteran martial artist. Released in Feb 2022, and developed by SNK Corporation, the game has been received well by the fans who enjoy learning new fighting moves and mastering them to decimate their opponents and reign at the top. It has good graphics, a creative combat system, and various game modes that offer a special experience of its own.
The online fighting game has been praised well and received a total score of 86 in Metacritic for delivering the intense fighting experience, however, it has its own share of bugs that prevents it from being fully enjoyed. Issues like random lags, server issues, and lastly login errors prevent players from getting into the game. Is there a fix? Continue reading the article to know more about the game and how to fix the unable to login error.
Overview of King of Fighters XIV.
When it comes to offering the arcade-style fighting experience, King of Fighters sticks to its classic formula with sophisticated moves that have a steep learning curve to master, which makes it enjoyable. The series dates back to 1994, almost as old as another fighting game called Street Fighter that first came out in 1987 and has a certain appeal that draws many fighting fanatics. The smooth execution and online play are some of the best elements in the game where the gameplay feels fluid and enjoyable that appease the veteran and new players.
How to fix KOF XV unable to login error.
There are plenty of reasons as to why the unable to login error happens to players as no online game is immune to bugs that dampen the experience and King of Fighters XV is no exception. But, do not worry as they can be easily fixed as long as you apply the workarounds mentioned below in this article.
Run Steam in offline mode.
Sometimes running Steam in offline mode can fix the errors unexpectedly and this is something you should try to fix the login error in KOF XV. To do so, click on the Steam option on the top left corner of the Steam Client and then select “Go Offline”. A prompt will appear asking for your confirmation, make sure to click on “restart in offline mode”. After that, the Steam Client will be launched in Offline mode. Now, head to the library and launch the game from there. Doing this should fix the game’s error. If not, follow the additional methods.
Disconnect your internet
If you are getting the “unable to login error” message in the game, it could be because of your internet connection. So, consider disconnecting from your Wifi connection and then, launch Steam in offline mode to check if the error persists in King of Fighters XV.
Modify settings in Control Panel
The final method that we’d recommend you to fix the “unable to log in” error in the game is by changing certain settings in the control panel. Follow the step below.
- In the start menu, type Settings and select it.
- Click on “Update & Security”. If you have Windows 11, click on Privacy.
- After that, click on “Windows Security” and then select Virus and Protection. After this, click on Manage Ransomware Protection.
- In the ransomware protection page, click on “Allow an app through controlled folder access”, click on “yes” to allow, and click on “Add an allowed app” and “Browse all apps”.
- Navigate to the directory where you’ve installed the game and select KOFXV.exe and click on “Open”.
Once the game is added to the list, launch it again and the login issue of the game should be fixed. If you’re still getting the error, turn off the Controlled Folder Access option in the ransomware protection window, and you can enable it again if you’re done playing the game.
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