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FINAL FANTASY XI 2011 |OT| To Abyssea and Beyond!
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Actually I think that's a router port issue.
A quick google shows this:
http://www.zam.com/forum.html?forum=25&mid=1245857579600944&howmany=50
A quick google shows this:
http://www.zam.com/forum.html?forum=25&mid=1245857579600944&howmany=50
Chuck (Old)
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I thought it might be a router issue so I hardlined my Macbook and it's still doing it. If it keeps up I'll walk a block to my school's library and try their T1 line. /sigh
paranoidfortean
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my name is Alienyeti, and I'm about to be in Windurst.
Chuck (Old)
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Sweet, I'm in. Any GAF'ers currently in Windy? Can I please get a linkpearl?
Chuck (Old)
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Motion. 
DrForester
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Skel said:
Timer is usually very conservative.
Chuck (Old)
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Thanks for the pearl and helpful tour in Windy, Zeta!
Chuck (Old)
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I suggest using WinRAR to extract the files.
pancakesandsex
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Loto said:
Pick one you don't have yet.
Chuck (Old)
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Start Menu -> Programs -> PlayOnline -> FFXI -> FFXI Config
Change the background res to 1024x1024, makes things look much crisper. You can also tweak some other minor graphics settings.
Change the background res to 1024x1024, makes things look much crisper. You can also tweak some other minor graphics settings.
Alchemy said:
You have to mess around with the Registry.
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/FFXI_Graphics
pancakesandsex
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Yes kazesin, please stop.
Oh, and since we have a lot of new people in the LS...
We also have a Steam group set up:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/StarsOfDestiny
So join that too if you like! (And hop into the chat room!)
We also have a Steam group set up:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/StarsOfDestiny
So join that too if you like! (And hop into the chat room!)
pancakesandsex
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Alchemy said:
Alchemy said:
You have to mess around with the Registry.
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/FFXI_Graphics
Chuck (Old)
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Skel, did you ever get yourself a pearl?
Chuck (Old)
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Sure are, but I think I'm enjoying the movement speed+ the most.
pancakesandsex
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Skel said:
As you progress to newer areas things start looking nicer. It really makes exploring new places fun.
Also, don't forget to tweak your graphics settings, it makes a big difference (see B.K.'s link above).
The graphics may not have aged well in a technical sense (not that they were technically fantastic ever), but I think the overall art design is still far ahead of many current MMOs. It's a bit of a shame the engine is so poorly implemented, many of the in-game assets are actually very high quality. If you've ever seen a render of the untouched character models done in something like 3D Studio Max, you'll know what I mean.
The graphics may not have aged well in a technical sense (not that they were technically fantastic ever), but I think the overall art design is still far ahead of many current MMOs. It's a bit of a shame the engine is so poorly implemented, many of the in-game assets are actually very high quality. If you've ever seen a render of the untouched character models done in something like 3D Studio Max, you'll know what I mean.
ZetaEpyon said:
in what way is it ahead?
I think you're confusing things about the game that were ahead of their time for everything being ahead
which part of the art they used is ahead? just curious not lookin to pick the ol' who's mmo is better fight or w/e but I'm curious what you mean
I guess I'm mainly looking to separate the technical prowess (or lack thereof, by now) of the graphics engine from the style of the art used in the game.
Maybe it would help to say that the inverse of what I'm getting at is represented by a lot of the newer fantasy MMOs (Aion, RIFT, Tera, etc.). They all have technically great graphics - effects, textures, and so on - but seem to have some generic feeling to their look. There's no question that all those games have much better textures than XI, for example. But at the same time, I feel like there's some sort of character missing.
Maybe it's simply the fact that I have not spent nearly as much time in those games as I have in XI (Aion would be 2nd of the games I've mentioned). I could certainly be somewhat biased, having first started XI at North American launch in 2003.
As for the mention about how FFXI's in-game assets can look with a better rendering process, I found this render from several years ago:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/5179/dynamismagiciansfrontpage4kc.jpg
Maybe it would help to say that the inverse of what I'm getting at is represented by a lot of the newer fantasy MMOs (Aion, RIFT, Tera, etc.). They all have technically great graphics - effects, textures, and so on - but seem to have some generic feeling to their look. There's no question that all those games have much better textures than XI, for example. But at the same time, I feel like there's some sort of character missing.
Maybe it's simply the fact that I have not spent nearly as much time in those games as I have in XI (Aion would be 2nd of the games I've mentioned). I could certainly be somewhat biased, having first started XI at North American launch in 2003.
As for the mention about how FFXI's in-game assets can look with a better rendering process, I found this render from several years ago:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/5179/dynamismagiciansfrontpage4kc.jpg
pancakesandsex
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B.K. said:
Keeps you alive.
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