New Windows Version User Interface

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Official info says the game is still DirectX 8.1:

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/env...tml?pageID=win

[Siviard]

The quote below is the one I am most intrigued with.

• Multiple Log Windows
  Users will be able to open multiple log windows and apply different filters for each one.

But I am wondering, will this give us the option to play multiple characters from the same account? Or will I still need to have a 2nd account in order to use the multiple windows?

Or am I mis-interpreting the "multiple windows" thing totally and it's in reference to the chat logs?

[Arcon]

Or am I mis-interpreting the "multiple windows" thing totally and it's in reference to the chat logs?

It says "log windows" so I assume chat log.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

The quote below is the one I am most intrigued with.




But I am wondering, will this give us the option to play multiple characters from the same account? Or will I still need to have a 2nd account in order to use the multiple windows?

Or am I mis-interpreting the "multiple windows" thing totally and it's in reference to the chat logs?

They mean the chat windows so you can do

one For Tells/Parties etcetera and another for the battle etcetera, I believe.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Or am I mis-interpreting the "multiple windows" thing totally and it's in reference to the chat logs?

This.

Basically, think of two separate log windows, each with their own independent set of chat filters. Say, one log for battle info, one for everything else (a/k/a the current default XIV setup).

Seriously, someone with PhotoShop skillz just needs to make a mock-up of the XIV interface on XI, to hold people over until Vana'fest.

[Xilk]

I can't wait to see the UI changes.
This is exciting!

[Camiie]

I like the idea of updating the UI and making things customizable. It doesn't sound like we're going to lose the "feel"
of the current UI, and that means a lot to me. I would like adjustments, but not a wholesale change. The support of mods and add-ons is very welcome. That's a very refreshing change in attitude.

One question I have is about the 3rd macro line. I wonder how that's going to be accessed using a controller. CTRL and ALT macros have their own shoulder buttons, but unless SE adds shoulder trigger functionality I'm not sure where I'll be able to map the 3rd line. I know it's an optional addition to the UI, but I wonder if they've thought about this.

[Dragoy]

What they mean is "We're re-creating XIV's Action Bar within XI." It's the macro buttons themselves organized in three rows, not that the macros have three lines of commands each.

In fact, in general, most of what was listed can be summed as "Aspects of the XIV interface are being implemented in XI."

Yeah, I didn't imagine them that way, but since they are fondling about with the macro-feature that much, I was thinking if they could do even more with it.

As for the XIV-esque thing, yeah, ever since they first mentioned little tid-bits about the UI-tweaks, and even more so after the new movement schemes, I have been thinking of XIV, so in that regard I am not surprised about these changes. Really the only thing I did not expect is this part: “The window scheme and GUI scripts for FFXI will be released so users can design their own interface features.”

I had a feeling they could, but not that they ever would. :S

It says "log windows" so I assume chat log.

Nay, it refers to wooden logs, of course! >:Ð

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Nay, it refers to wooden logs, of course! >:Ð

So S-E will finally give us stackable logs!?

[Siviard]

They mean the chat windows so you can do

one For Tells/Parties etcetera and another for the battle etcetera, I believe.

That's lame. I would have loved to have had the option to open up another FFXI window and log on another character from my 1 account so that I can PL myself, etc. etc., as I do not have the luxury of having a 2nd account.