New Windows Version User Interface

[RAIST]

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.

Hmm... good question. XP picks up every one of my PS2 buttons just fine via the USB adaptor....the question is which to map it too. I've had ALT/CTRL mapped to two shoulders and autorun/heal mapped to the others. If they bind it to another key combination, guess I'll have to give up one of those mappings I guess...maybe put Autorun on L3 or something...only ever used that for PTT on Vent when I used to use it.

They said they are going to be mapped to 1-0, guess it will be like in the Diablo interface where your belt shows up along the bottom and you just hit 1-0 to use the item in that slot on your belt. If that's the case, guess there won't be a key you could bind to the controller to arrow through them. Guess we'll just have to reach up and hit the numbers. Maybe they could bind it to Shift when not in chat line. Looks like it may require some retooling of chat somehow so it doesn't automatically put the commands in chat (otherwise you'd be getting "11111 " or "!!!!!" in a chatline while you're cursing that your meds aren't firing off).

[Merton9999]

[*]User Customization Features
The window scheme and GUI scripts for FFXI will be released so users can design their own interface features.

This is worth the whole post here. Very exciting. I hope I don't later read "The key item necessary to allow users to design their own interface features is intended to be very difficult to obtain, so not many players will be able to do this."

[Yugl]

Has SE fixed its sight on this project or are they open to suggestions for what to include?

[Eric]

Oh my god I woke up and checked the forums, and I am dying now. This is amazing news.

[Bulrogg]

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.

That would be quite interesting <.< One could almost have a full alliance by themselves that way.

[Yinnyth]

If I had a finite number of "Like!"s I could give, I'd cram them all onto this announcement's OP, take out a "Like!" mortgage on my house, and spend half of those on this post too.

The other half, I'm saving incase they announce a full graphics overhaul.

[Arcon]

• User Customization Features
  The window scheme and GUI scripts for FFXI will be released so users can design their own interface features.

I would love to hear more about this particular part. I know you probably can't divulge all the technical details yet, but if you just gave us a hint of the extent of these GUI scripts and what data we could (possibly) display and work with, it would definitely help us judge the usefulness of this particular update. I just don't wanna get my hopes up only to have them destroyed again.

[Rohelius]

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

In fact ALL of these features are in Guild Wars 1 since 2005.

Having enjoyed them since then in GW i gotta say its good to see FFXI catching up more.
More then anything the user scripts release interface customization and separate chat logs display is the most cool thing to come to FF.

Good job!

[Vazerus]

Dear Tanaka,

Please include, in the UI/macro adjustments, something similar to Spellcast to make things easier.

Sincerely,
Half of the people who pay for this game monthly

[Llana_Virren]

Spellcast makes things easier for players by allowing infinite macros when you chose a spell from a menu, or by scripting your console to do things under specific conditions without you needing to take an action. This is the twin brother of the AFK Summoner.

What's funny, is that 4 years ago, players were much more careful about admitting to using Windower, because they got banned for using it even though half of Windower users just wanted to be able to Alt-Tab out of the game.