Been trying to get the game to launch, I get as far as the loading and then I am presented with a loading bar and nothing happens. Common problem? Not turning up anything searching

My brother came over last night and managed to use one of the alternative ways of installing the game- we did a fresh install and it worked...but now I spawn in an empty field. I read if you head east (with the clouds?)- so I propped up my keyboard and went until my character died. No matter the server, I always spawn in this empty field...I might have to wait until the game goes into a beta build

I get this message and then it just hangs on the loading bar. No luck in getting this game to load yet since I installed...going to keep trying