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Update : it is now in fact making me re-download the preload. I foolishly restarted the launcher, at which point I became unable to log back into my account, receiving an error message and being told to check my username and password. Eventually I got back in, but my game library is currently entirely blank. The forums at Bethesda's site are showing a message as well. Bethesda is currently looking into the issue and hopefully it will be resolved soon.

In the meantime, Bethesda asks that we not click on their launcher. Seriously, don't click anything. PC Fallout76 B. Do not click any buttons on the client for the time being.

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Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own. See more. Christopher Livingston. Several major issues are affecting Fallout 76 PC beta players, including the potential for all client data to be erroneously deleted by the Bethesda Launcher. Fallout 76 is very much in the beta stages — or perhaps B.

According to a post made over on the Fallout 76 subreddit , users are experiencing errors that range from general operational bugs to flat-out failure in the form of complete client deletion. It all seems to have started with early reports that buttons in the client were unresponsive. Before long, players realized that the Fallout 76 beta had deleted some or all of its files.

As a short-term solution, the Bethesda Support Twitter account advised players not to press any buttons within the launcher. PC Fallout76 B. Do not click any buttons on the client for the time being. As more reports and comments from users started surfacing, more people started realizing that doing almost anything within the client resulted in the deletion all of the Fallout 76 beta game files.

This resulted in the need to re-download the data, which in turn resulted in bandwidth spikes to Bethesda's servers. Bethesda appeared to have fixed the problem earlier this afternoon, tweeting that "We have identified an issue which impacted customers on the BethesdaNet launcher. This issue has been resolved.

Thank you for your patience. We are actively investigating an issue causing PC players to redownload the Fallout76 B. If you see a progress bar, please allow the download to complete.