Increased graphics options in cofig

[Runespider]

Can the background screen res options in config be increased? and maybe some other options to increase the look of the game too.

Most players that want a better gaming experience make registry edits to artifically increase these but that should not be needed after all this time.

For instance on a HD monitor running at 1920*1080 the max background res they can use is in config is 1024*1024(which doesnt look too good), going into regedit and manually changing these you can push that to what makes FFXI look amazing, which is double the screen res of 3840 x 2160. Why not add this simple fix to FFXI config which makes a big difference to the look of the game?

[keno3]

I play on my new laptop, which has a resolution of 1366/768 and color depth of 32 bit. The game has a "washed out" color appearance to it compared to playing on my old laptop. Is this a resolution issue? What are the specific steps to get into regedit and make manual changes? I'm not too familiar with regedit.

[Wibbly]

I play on my home terminal and have a great 1600-900 high res screen too, and would love to see this option implemented.

Buuut. I also play at work on my laptop that has half the graphics power needed to run the game (and still functions funnily enough) and can see the drawback if the game tries to overload a computer with these settings.

So making it optional int he setup would be fantastic!

[Runespider]

I play on my new laptop, which has a resolution of 1366/768 and color depth of 32 bit. The game has a "washed out" color appearance to it compared to playing on my old laptop. Is this a resolution issue? What are the specific steps to get into regedit and make manual changes? I'm not too familiar with regedit.

Link to a post with a "how to" below.

With so many people returning and starting new I think this kind of post deserves to pop up on the forum again, many people complain how dated FFXI's graphics look, which is sad because it's actually very easy to boost them up to look pretty amazing.

http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/finalfantasy11/ss-02.jpg

Picture above is an idea how FFXI should look on a decent pc.

To change the graphics settings you have to edit the FFXI registry settings.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Graphics

Click on start in the bottom left hand corner of windows, type regedit in the search bar and it will run, navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineEU\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI

Each value there is listed below (bold items are the most important).

Quote:
0000 MIP mapping
0001 Screen resolution width (in pixels)
0002 Screen resolution height (in pixels)
0003 Background resolution width (in pixels)
0004 Background resolution height (in pixels)
0007 Music and Sound effects (0=Off, 1=On)
0011 Environmental Animation (0=Off, 1=Normal, 2=Smooth)
0017 Bump Mapping (0=Off, 1=On)
0018 Texture Compression (0=High, 1=Low, 2=Uncompressed)
0019 On-Screen Maps (0=Compressed, 1=Uncompressed)
0022 Intro Movie (0=Disabled, 1=Enabled)
0034 Window Mode (0=Full Screen, 1=Window Mode)

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Mip mapping has a kind of blur effect to background scenery, it helps to counter sparkle effect.

Values are 1-4, I have mine set to 3 currently which seems to work pretty well.

Quote:
0001 Screen resolution width (in pixels)
0002 Screen resolution height (in pixels)


List of normal screen modes below, whichever of these you pick you need to put into value 001 and 002 (ie. if you use 1920 x 1080 it will appear like this 001=780(1920), 002=438(1080)). Enter the amount shown in brackets using the decimal button.

Standard (4:3)

* 640 x 480
* 800 x 600
* 1024 x 768
* 1280 x 1024
* 1600 x 1200

Widescreen (16:10)

* 720 x 576
* 800 x 480
* 1280 x 768
* 1440 x 900
* 1680 x 1050
* 1920 x 1200

HDTV (16:9)

* 720 x 480
* 1280 x 720
* 1920 x 1080

If you change from one monitor type screen res (Standard (4:3), Widescreen (16:10), HDTV (16:9))to another you will have to change the aspect ratio within the FFXI menus (config>misc2) to the numbers above in brackets, if you don't everything will look distorted and stumpy. Make sure you actually have the monitor type for the screen res you are trying to use also, using 1920 x 1080 if you don't have a HDTV 16:9 monitor won't work too well.

Quote:
0003 Background resolution width (in pixels)
0004 Background resolution height (in pixels)


You will want to set this to double whatever settings you use for the above, so for instance.

1600 x 1200 = 3200 x 2400
1920 x 1200 = 3840 x 2400
1920 x 1080 = 3840 x 2160

If you used 1920 x 1080 then you enter 3840 and 2160 in 003 and 004.

Texture compression should always be set to 2 (uncompressed).