SoA and Steam

[Rizon]

I have been reading a number of posts concerning Steam and I am somewhat confused. I purchased FFXI from Steam to include all expansions prior to SoA. I am purchasing the SoA digital download from Amazon. Will this be compatible with my Steam copy of the game or must I get the Ultimate FFXI from another source?

[Alhanelem]

you can just buy a regular copy of SoA and install it- this should work without any issues.

The install path will (by default) be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ffxi\

Since steam doesn't provide the game updates for FFXI unlike most games, it should go off without a hitch.

[Alhanelem]

FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition Coming Soon to Steam (03/26/2013)
As we approach the release of FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition, we wanted to provide an update to our customers in regards to product availability on Steam. We are working at full speed to ensure that we get FFXI: UCSE available on the Steam store as soon as possible for those of you that prefer to purchase games from Steam. However, knowing that there is a possibility that the Steam version will not be available for purchase on launch, we wanted to alert you as soon as we could.

We apologize for this inconvenience and will be sure to provide you with an update on the progress of the release of FFXI: UCSE on Steam very soon!

Expansion should be purchasable for steam users but may not be immediately available at the time the expansion goes live, according to the news post above.

[BST]

you can just buy a regular copy of SoA and install it- this should work without any issues.

The install path will (by default) be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ffxi\

Since steam doesn't provide the game updates for FFXI unlike most games, it should go off without a hitch.
I can confirm that for users of the steam version, if you bought the expansion from amazon digital, the installer installs straight to your *ffxi* folder and the game updates after installation.

[Rizon]

I can confirm that for users of the steam version, if you bought the expansion from amazon digital, the installer installs straight to your *ffxi* folder and the game updates after installation.

I must be doing something wrong then. I downloaded my purchase from Amazon and followed the "Install" procedures as outlined and it created a separate folder outside the path you show. It did not give me the option of choosing the location for instalation. Any clarrification s you can give me would be much appreciated. Thank You.

[Alhanelem]

I must be doing something wrong then. I downloaded my purchase from Amazon and followed the "Install" procedures as outlined and it created a separate folder outside the path you show. It did not give me the option of choosing the location for instalation. Any clarrification s you can give me would be much appreciated. Thank You.
If your steam library is at some other location, then it (should) automatically install it wherever the game is. If not, your install information might be messed up and you'd need to reinstall the game.

[BST]

I must be doing something wrong then. I downloaded my purchase from Amazon and followed the "Install" procedures as outlined and it created a separate folder outside the path you show. It did not give me the option of choosing the location for instalation. Any clarrification s you can give me would be much appreciated. Thank You.
Just a guess, but maybe its an issue with either the steam version of POL(install) or the downloadable POL from from square-enix site. If POL is installed inside the ffxi folder it should install correctly.

[Bahamut]

I almost did that too, now I know that I should wait for it to be officialy on steam front page, sry to hear that happend. Steam has some wierd coding that prevents tampering with games. One thought is maybe if you turn off the security feature, but then I wouldnt want to risk getting banned from CS and Team fortress servers for having data conflict with those and set off the cheat alert, banning your account from joining all those servers. I think its best to just wait.

[Bahamut]

Just a guess, but maybe its an issue with either the steam version of POL(install) or the downloadable POL from from square-enix site. If POL is installed inside the ffxi folder it should install correctly.

Yes the Steam version is actually both a US and EU version, much differant then the regular install, I'm guessing the download that was purchased was the full install, game and all, which steam UI wont recogonize as its own.

Since the expansion isnt a update like the abyssea add-ons were, I'm finding it hard to try buying another version outside of steam. I think if you want it downloaded from steam and backed up on steam, I strongly suggest just waiting for it another week or two.

[Zoloe]

I bought it from Steam a while back, and I bought SoA from SE and haven't had an issue. You'll be fine, you don't have to wait....

[Bled]

Yes the Steam version is actually both a US and EU version, much differant then the regular install, I'm guessing the download that was purchased was the full install, game and all, which steam UI wont recogonize as its own.

Since the expansion isnt a update like the abyssea add-ons were, I'm finding it hard to try buying another version outside of steam. I think if you want it downloaded from steam and backed up on steam, I strongly suggest just waiting for it another week or two.

I can not really attack this from an absolute proof stand point (i no longer have the link). However i know that Steam all ready has SOA written into their program. just like when i bought Last Remnant (hard copy PC release) and installed it onto steam even though it was not yet released on Steam itself. This should hold true also for Final Fantasy 11 and any expansions that are written into the Steam program regardless of its availability on Steam.

[Bahamut]

I bought it from Steam a while back, and I bought SoA from SE and haven't had an issue. You'll be fine, you don't have to wait....

You have to put more info then that, are you saying you bought it from steam, and are still using Steam and are trying to use it in steam still.

Or are you saying that you bought your original from steam and are running it outside of steam.

I actually want it to be part of the steam install. Another problem is in the future if you wanted to reinstall SoA again, you would have to use an outside source again? And would that outside source conflict with the current install or the future install of the offical SoA release on steam?

To many ifs... not enough answers, i dont think we can even have enough answers until Steam releases thier version of SoA to find out anyways. Again, probably best to just wait.

I also would find it hard for SE to answer these questions also, seeing as it would undermine thier relationship with steam by side steping them on chance to sell thier copies. So again we can only fumble in the dark. Is one week or two really going to matter, probably miss all the ego maniacs who are trying to get to the top anyways.

I can see the yells already... Only uber people please, I need to get to the top again! no thanks, I'll wait them out!

[Bahamut]

See new info on steam version post.