High-res font = yay; Now, how about the title screen?

[Cowardlybabooon]

Galka just do too much damage I guess.

[Sappho]

Nothing like resurrecting a dead thread, but how does one go about configuring the ffxi game for the high resolution icons that have been mentioned. I looked through the ffxi config utility and didn't find anything. I'm definitely still seeing the same status icons that I have seen since 2003. I saw a screenshot of a player with some very pretty icons. I want those. How is it done?

[Dragoy]

Sappho,

There is nothing to configure, as far as I remember. ^^;

If you indeed are playing the windows or the xbox360 version of the game, the icons should be 'high-res' very much by default, unless I missed something somewhere...

I do have a faint recollection of the resolution to possibly affect it, but I think that is not a memory that holds true, or it was regarding something else... but it's still there.

What are the 'Screen Size' resolutions you are using?

Guess it would make sense that it would be connected to the Fonts quality, but I don't think so, and can't test it right now. >:Ð

[Kristal]

I'm definitely still seeing the same status icons that I have seen since 2003. I saw a screenshot of a player with some very pretty icons. I want those. How is it done?

PS2 by any chance? If so, no luck. PS2 is low-res only. Soon, PC and 360 with have shiny new reflective water surfaces! (Or not. It might spook the crabs.)

[RAIST]

HD icons may be bound to the resolutions being set, kind of like how they were initially handling the macro pallet shift--have to be above 1024 settings or something like that.

[Alhanelem]

During tomorrow’s test server update we will be changing the display position of damage values. However, due to display priority ordering there may be times when it is more difficult to see than currently.

We’d especially like to apologize to Galkas… We will continue to work on adjustments to this, but it will take a little bit of time.

I'll never forgive you all, Camate! It's the supreme insult to all of Galkadom!

I'm definitely still seeing the same status icons that I have seen since 2003. I saw a screenshot of a player with some very pretty icons. I want those. How is it done?

Modified dat file for the status icons to replace them with new ones

[Sappho]

Ok, presuming that the screen shot that I saw was not a modified dat file (as Tahngarthor suggested), then I will change my resolutions.

My previous resolutions were:
Overlay Graphics 1280x960
Background Res. 2048x2048
Menu Res. 1280x960

I will bump them all up one size category and see if:
1. my comp can handle that
2. i get the new shiny candy-like buttons.

[RAIST]

Ok, presuming that the screen shot that I saw was not a modified dat file (as Tahngarthor suggested), then I will change my resolutions.

My previous resolutions were:
Overlay Graphics 1280x960
Background Res. 2048x2048
Menu Res. 1280x960

I will bump them all up one size category and see if:
1. my comp can handle that
2. i get the new shiny candy-like buttons.

It might still not trigger at 1368/1024. Might have to go to 1080, idk. That would put it at 1440/1080 I think.

You might find the system is a bit more responsive too if you run the background at a multiple (2x, 1x, etc.)of your foreground instead of the flat 2048/2048 (2560/1920 or 1280/960, 2736/2048 or 1368/1024, 2880/2160 or 1440/1080--could even try some 1.5x, but you may not notice any difference at 1.5x). Depending on the dot pitch/pixel size of your monitor, you may find you don't really need the forced 2x AA for a decent screen once you hit that 1080 level either. It's fairly sharp on my 23" Acer monitor at 1:1 1920/1080--and I only have a couple FPS dip at telepoints and such, nowhere near as bad as when I try to 2x the background. It still has a bit of that "shimmering" on the steps when the light changes and is a bit distracting, but other than that it looks decent for the most part. My main concern is usually smoother animation over eye candy.

[Alhanelem]

I will bump them all up one size category and see if:
1. my comp can handle that
2. i get the new shiny candy-like buttons.

You won't. The status icons do not change in any way based on screen resolution. Any screenshots you've seen where the status icons look significantly different is becasue of a dat-swap mod.

[Dragoy]

If in doubt, check the fourth post of this thread for comparison of the old and the new, and how they should look like without any 'hacks'.

For a quickie, here's one of them examples: