I too am having this problem with Windows 8. I click the launch icon and it brings up Lich.rbw program. I clicky the install tab hit run as admin. It restarts and I see my characters name so it reaches the server. hit play and I see the hard drive access light blinking then nothing. I have re-installed ruby and lich to no avail. How many exp and quest points do I get for this? I have another PC which I have Vista Ultimate and it works great but not on this Dell with windows 8. Oh and when I go to play.net and launch storm it works fine on my Windows 8 laptop