Banned for Windower?

[Seyrena]

I don't use Windower. But if I did, and I have been considering it, I would use only the ViewDistance and TimeStamp plugins, to increase my view distance to render the entire zone for aesthetic effect, and see what time exactly a message arrives in my chat box. At the moment, I just edit the registry values to make FFXI render the background resolution at 1680x1680 instead of 1024x1024. http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Graphics

[Juilan]

The way I see it is, most of the advantages to windower, if you want to call them that, are things that make the game more convient and not as focus. Or better yet let it be a background application while you're doing a million other things on the computer. The computer is far too power to just run FFXI, even with the windowed mode (which has lagged every computer I tried it on) doesn't compare. If SE would give me native settings to my resolution for my 42 inch tv where i can force the background higher than the display to give me crisper graphics then I'd stop using it. Other than that I see no reason to use other than the multiple macros to show /recast for everything I use on multiple jobs... though seriously 3 macros requires for doing a ws and then three macros to go back into TP gear...

ps: Darkshade you kick ass

[Seyrena]

If SE would give me native settings to my resolution for my 42 inch tv where i can force the background higher than the display to give me crisper graphics then I'd stop using it.

See my post. It's just above yours.

[Rearden]

Yeah, how the game was going to collapse and end because they ban cheaters? That was what, 2 1/2 years ago? Guess FFXI has ended :3

Windower in itself does nothing and the initial argument was "I just want to browse the net or chat on messengers while I play", then SE released windowed mode and suddenly the argument shifted "well it adds functionality SE should have made".

FFXI was dead until the release of Abyssea, though not because of the salvage bans.

Banning for Windower would be Salvage bans on an exponential scale, comparatively the number of people banned for salvage vs windower (in this scenario) would be somewhere around 5% or less.

[Sealdorie]

Seeing the tp of party members, mp of alliance members, how long your buffs have been up, the distance you are from a target, how much xp you're getting per hour, screen-shots of the chat log with a nifty organized folder system (date/time/zone) are all aspects of windower and its plugins that I see to be harmless to others but convenient for use.

[Alhanelem]

Most people I know that use windower play at 1680x1050 or 1920x1080/1200. Would be nice if someday SE could scale the GUI better for these higher resolutions or at least cut the chat box in half.

Most people I know the fake fulscreen mode- e.g. full screen window with no border. Gives you full screen with alt-tab ability.

If you could do that with the stock window mode, I would happily use it.

[Darkshade]

Most people I know the fake fulscreen mode- e.g. full screen window with no border. Gives you full screen with alt-tab ability.

If you could do that with the stock window mode, I would happily use it.

Yeah same here.

Also for all of those who have to manually edit the registry for your resolutions; I really can't imagine it being too hard to add more common resolutions to the FFXI Config Tool. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x720, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200 etc. . . Probably just a few lines of code and would help out the less tech savvy XI player base.

[Fiarlia]

Actually for those who want to edit registry settings without using regedit or windower gui can download the FFXI calculator. It's free (google it), comes with various other very useful parts and allows you to apply settings to the registry with simple clicks to match your desktop resolution.

[Nala]

there are methods of making quasi extended gear swap macros by utilizing the /macro set commands they added a few years back.

[Bubeeky]

I don't use windower, and I've never felt the desire to...I've played the game long enough to know how far away I can cast my spells, I know when my buffs are going to wear, because I use spell rotation to keep up, and I hardly use any more than 1 macro per spell, meanwhile being able to spam cure V for 1100 hp or so with virtually no hate.

Having said that, I have nothing against ppl that use windower...I'm not sure how many ppl I know do, but as long as they aren't hurting anyone with it (and we all know they could abuse it if they wanted), they can use windower to their heart's desire

PS. I've always been a PC player in case that matters lol