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Having some trouble making the game full screen O_o

whodatguy123whodatguy123 Member Posts: 5
in Final Fantasy XIV

Ok well, whenever I start up Final Fantasy 14.. it doesn't fill up my whole computer screen. Its in a little box that I can move around. I try maximizing the screen so it fills everything, but it is un-clickable. Anyone know what to do? :(

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  • BloodaxesBloodaxes Member EpicPosts: 4,662

    Go to Start/ All Programs/ Square Enix/ Final Fantasy XIV Config


  • Itchy01Itchy01 Member Posts: 103

    You can change your video settings outside of the game if you go into the Final Fantasy Config in your Square Enix folder you'll see it under general and video settings and than on display mode there will be a drop down with your options.

  • whodatguy123whodatguy123 Member Posts: 5

    Oh man, much better. Thanks so much.

  • BloodaxesBloodaxes Member EpicPosts: 4,662

    Np have fun ingame :)

    I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive -.-


  • sykez9sykez9 Member Posts: 55

    I actually was thinking about that today how the exclusion of features is twisted somehow to be justifiable and seen as a superior product, mass d e n i a l ...

  • BloodaxesBloodaxes Member EpicPosts: 4,662

    It's probably like this because they make the client not able to minimize maybe it wouldn't work in changing resolution or window size dunno.


  • spikers14spikers14 Member UncommonPosts: 531

    <Smashes a PS3 with a hammer>

  • seabeastseabeast Member Posts: 748

    Originally posted by Zookz1

    First, you have to apply to the thirteen week correspondance course that takes place once every 72 days in Tokyo, Japan. When you land in Tokyo you will be given no directions. Afterall, this is not a game that holds your hand. After roaming around eating copious amounts of yakitori, you should eventually end up at the SE conference. At some point during that conference, you may or may not find out how to adjust graphics settings along with other basic functions that SE couldn't be assed to include.

     

    It can't be menu driven in-game. No. That would simply be too "soft" for FFXIV. SE likes to take everything conventional and expected from modern MMO's and throw them in the trash.

     

    Dev1: It might be nice to be able to adjust graphics settings in-game.

    Dev2: NO! This game does not hold your hand.

    Dev1: But, it's become the golden standard that everybody in the industry uses.

    Dev2: Our fans are so rabid that they will call our archaic and unintuitive systems unique and revolutionary! No user-friendliess!

     lol, I read this listening to the radio where the song, "I think Im turnnig japanese" was playing.

  • udonudon Member UncommonPosts: 1,803

    Originally posted by bloodaxes

    It's probably like this because they make the client not able to minimize maybe it wouldn't work in changing resolution or window size dunno.

     


    The minimize button works just not the maximize.  More likely than not the game will crash with a DirectX error if you do it but you can try.  My bet is they couldn’t make custom screen resolutions render right so they disabled it. 


     


    The user interface and graphics engine look like they were a high school computer class project.  20 years of standards and refinements for good PC UI design were ignored in astounding numbers to make this game.  I know SE doesn’t really have much experience with the PC platform but geez I would think they could have sprung to hire a couple experienced interface design folks.

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