I have returned!

Katashi-kun

After 1.7 yrs I've finally decided to return!  I recently purchased the 2008 Vana'diel Collection and am currently updating the game; which doesn't take nearly as long as before anymore.  Looks like Square added a huge portion of the updates on the new DVD.

Normal background textures in FFXI Config are 1024*1024 and I'm planning on forcing those to 2048*2048, and the highest screen resolution is around 1280*1024 which I plan to force to 1680*1050.

I love this game very much and even though 6yrs old FFXI still looks amazing and even more so with the forced textures and resolutions.  I will have some pics and possible some videos to share once I find a place I can upload them to that won't reduce their quality any.  I wanna show others how great this game looks with its age!

 

If you want to see how your PC handles this game, you can DL the Official Benchmark 3 here

Here are my scores, and keep in mind that Squares' scoring system caps at 7000 being godly:

Low: 9677

High: 7504

 

 

Raikul

Looking forward to the screens of the game looking it's best. I haven't played in a while, and the last time I did play I was running it on a very bad computer so I didn't get to see it maxed out.

Katashi-kun

Here is my FFXI Album.  As I get further and earn better gear and do storyline events I'll be adding more screens so check back!

Here are a few:

I also have several videos, but I'm trying to find a good place to upload them too and not lose the quality!  Any suggestions would help if you wanna see the game in action at this quality!

sbanting

Hi, I'm just asking how do u force it to get to that textures and res. The res for me is fine but the textures are only 1024x1024 or watever it is, I'd love for it to be big Also is there a way to increse the amount of internet bandwidth it takes up so it doen't lag in busier areas? as the game seems to only use 300kbs and I have a max of 2.2mbs lol

Katashi-kun

Game Setup/Tweaking/Optimizing Q&A

Also as far as I know you can't increase the bandwidth flow or frame rates past 30fps or anything...thats all set by square since this is primarily a console game ported to PC.  With PC though we can force these better textures that consoles can't handle though.

Maybe those forums will be able to help you more if you ask or search around!

 

sbanting

Oh right cool, I'll look on that site

Satimasu

I've put some of my bigger vids on Google Video. Unless that's changed the quality stays the same.

Katashi-kun

A few more pictures from my adventure thus far!  Been spending a ton of time fishing to earn gil so havn't been lvling much!

ghostinfinit

75 levels of crabs and lizards never looked so pretty! =P

Katashi-kun

Got to lvl 11 today and bought a full set of Scale Mail from all the fish I've been selling!  Now I make clinky, clinky noises while running...hehe

masterbrood

Originally posted by Katashi-kun


Got to lvl 11 today and bought a full set of Scale Mail from all the fish I've been selling!  Now I make clinky, clinky noises while running...hehe

lol ive been grinding my way back up and selling crystals to get money but now that you mention it fishing could be a good way to go too lol its been toolong since ive played i forget.  Problem is im in bastok which has like 2 small bodies of water and thats it :P

Katashi-kun

Originally posted by masterbrood


lol ive been grinding my way back up and selling crystals to get money but now that you mention it fishing could be a good way to go too lol its been toolong since ive played i forget.  Problem is im in bastok which has like 2 small bodies of water and thats it :P

Its all about the Moat Carp!  At least I'm getting 3000gil per 12, and am catching one every cast with the right bait!  Just takes a bit of time!  ...and since the Lu Shang's Fishing Rod quest requires 10,000 Moat Carp to complete....there is always a very high demand for them!

Another 2 pics, one showing off the lighting and a crawler!  Love the animation on these guys!

xersent

Thanks for the Pics and stuff  Katashi-kun , is nice to see FFXI in such nice Graphics.

Blazeyer

Originally posted by Katashi-kun


After 1.7 yrs I've finally decided to return!  I recently purchased the 2008 Vana'diel Collection and am currently updating the game; which doesn't take nearly as long as before anymore.  Looks like Square added a huge portion of the updates on the new DVD.
Normal background textures in FFXI Config are 1024*1024 and I'm planning on forcing those to 2048*2048, and the highest screen resolution is around 1280*1024 which I plan to force to 1680*1050.
I love this game very much and even though 6yrs old FFXI still looks amazing and even more so with the forced textures and resolutions.  I will have some pics and possible some videos to share once I find a place I can upload them to that won't reduce their quality any.  I wanna show others how great this game looks with its age!
 
If you want to see how your PC handles this game, you can DL the Official Benchmark 3 here
Here are my scores, and keep in mind that Squares' scoring system caps at 7000 being godly:
Low: 9677
High: 7504
 

 

i've recently been playing around with this and my screen res is usually the exact same as yours. i successfully changed the background res to 2560x2048 while having a screen a screen res of 1280x1024. but i tried to beef up the screen res to 1680x1050 as you did and i got an error. any advice?

Cartography

These are great screenshots, and trust me, it looks even better in motion. However, I can't tell if you are using the Draw Distance plug-in or not. I have mine set almost to max, and it looks great. Everyone else can keep their directx 10 and 80 fps... I'll take the FFXI style and art direction over that stuff any day.

Katashi-kun

Originally posted by logicbox9


These are great screenshots, and trust me, it looks even better in motion. However, I can't tell if you are using the Draw Distance plug-in or not. I have mine set almost to max, and it looks great. Everyone else can keep their directx 10 and 80 fps... I'll take the FFXI style and art direction over that stuff any day.

Yeah I have the draw distance on Max, although I don't think it was on in the 1st few screens I posted!  Last few definitely are though!

Still trying to find a place to upload some videos too, I tried Google and even uploaded a 180mg file and playback was barely viewable...was all grainy and blurred.  Same file on PC is HD quality, not sure what happened in the transfer!

Stage6 was a great place for HD uploads but they closed a few months back so not sure where anymore...

xersent

Hey u could always try www.veoh.com/

 

Katashi-kun

Here is a video, weird the quality looks amazing on my PC full size, after uploading its horrible if you enlarge the screen!  Looks fine if you keep it small through....blah I'll figure it out eventually!

Windurst Mission 1-1 Storyline

 

 

xersent

Thanks for the Vid as u say it looks great in small screen , erm how about making a free account at www.filefront.com/

 

Upload your video to Filefront and we can download it in all its glory once you've uploaded it repaste the link on here for it , thanks.

 

Katashi-kun

 

Originally posted by xersent





Upload your video to Filefront and we can download it in all its glory once you've uploaded it repaste the link on here for it , thanks.
 

Here ya are...see if the quality is better and can actually read the text!  I can make it even better looking, but trying to keep the file smaller.  Uploading this took 2hrs which is odd, guess its Filefront's servers cause everywhere else only took about 30min...

 

 

xersent

Hey the quality was top notch , looks really great in full screen thanks , and it only took me 1min 37seconds to download , altho i do have a fast connection.

Upload more of your journey as you get higher.

GerardAtJob

Does the economy is still !#$'ed up ?

When I was playing it took over 350000gil to get my redmage lvl32 spell...

If it's back to normal and spawning points of notorious monster aren't always camped by 50 lvl75 perhaps I'll return too!

 Edit : Typos...

Satimasu

Originally posted by GerardAtJob


Does the economy is still !#$'ed up ?
When I was playing it took over 350000gil to get my redmage lvl32 spell...
No.
If it's back to normal and spawning points of notorious monster aren't always camped by 50 lvl75 perhaps I'll return too!
What?
 Edit : Typos...

 

Arcona

 http://megaupload.com/  is a nice place to host your videos. Post more plz

GerardAtJob

When I was playing, all notorious monsters were camped by at least 30-40 lvl75 players ...

Does it's still the same ?

Satimasu

Originally posted by GerardAtJob


When I was playing, all notorious monsters were camped by at least 30-40 lvl75 players ...
Does it's still the same ?

I think that's probably a little exaggerated. Everyone would have to be standing next to each other just to be in the spawn area. If you mean people camping the drops for gil, no. A lot of the more popular ones (Leaping Lizzy, Valkurm Emperor) are Rare/Ex drops now while the ones they originally dropped have to be BCNM'd or bought on the AH.