VALORANT's chat log can feature a cryptic prompt, "." At first glance, this looks like a harmless error that doesn't cause game crashes or lockout players from in-game features.

However, VALORANT community members have been reporting how annoying this error can be. It makes it difficult to know who invited you to parties or who joined your existing one. While players have been able to navigate to the Social Menu for this information, no one wants to perform more clicks than they're supposed to.

What is "Missing String Entry Table" in VALORANT?

"Missing String Entry Table" is a generic VALORANT error message that can appear in the chatbox after a player joins or leaves your team.

Based on our and the community's experience with this error, the "Missing String Entry Table" is a non-event that doesn't cause the game to act up negatively. Its main drawback is that you don't immediately see who joined or left your party. To compensate for this, you can use the Social Menu until Riot Games deploys a fix.

Though players have reported crashes after this error surfaced, they don't seem to be tied to the "Missing String Entry Table" error. A surge in system failures for VALORANT could suggest that some tweaks in the latest update disrupted existing mechanics, causing optimization problems.

Riot Games officially acknowledged the "Missing String Entry Table" error's presence in VALORANT on the official patch 9.01 blog. Considering this is a known issue as of August 2024, we expect Riot to roll out a permanent fix in upcoming patches.

Can you fix the "Missing String Entry Table" error in VALORANT?

No, players can't permanently fix the "Missing String Entry Table" chat message in VALORANT because it's a server-side error.

Since the error doesn't impact the gameplay experience, you can ignore it and continue your VALORANT journey as if it never popped up in the chat. However, there are a few ways you can try to temporarily get rid of the "Missing String Entry Table" problem.

• Restarting VALORANT temporarily fixes the "Missing String Entry Table" error. Upon restarting my game, the prompt didn't appear for a few matches. Still, it later came back when we started sending too many invites around.
• Restart the Riot Games Client. VALORANT and other Riot titles rely on the Client to perform most of their social duties. While resetting the game, you should also launch the Riot Client from scratch again, meaning you should end all Riot Client processes in Task Manager.

Some VALORANT community members also shared that verifying their in-game files or repairing them fixed the "Missing String Entry Table" error for them. Overall, these temporary fixes should help you avoid the error until a new patch or a hotfix solves it for good. If you'd like to stay up-to-date regarding this error's latest status, you should keep an eye on VALORANT's latest game updates, as the developer posts blogs after each update.