Steam version update - game no longer works

[Archangelgab]

Just finished POL file check and FFXI file check, no errors found on both.

Restarted pc, let it load everything, just started through steam (like i always do) and still no character models.

I'll try restarting again, loading, logging and checking files again.

also will try to start ffxi through polbot.exe directly from folder.

Will update once i've tried this

EDIT: i think a steam update went down last week,i'm not sure

[Arcon]

I meant a FFXI update on Steam, similar to the one a few weeks ago (or was it months already?), where Steam will update your FFXI content.

Also, starting polboot.exe is nothing other than what Steam already does, so that will be pointless. Do you see a landscape but no character models are loading, or don't you see anything at all?

[Archangelgab]

No update for ffxi on steam so far.

i see the menu for character selection, go into select character to log in to, no model for my main and mules.

when i select any character to log in and do so, i just see name tags but no models whatsoever, tried zoning into several areas, logging and relogging, using d2, tele's, etc.

No luck, just like the game decided to be a pain today.

[SE_Chris]

Archangelgab, the problem you are describing is actually not a Steam update issue, but a graphics issue. We would like you to try to either upgrade or downgrade your current graphics driver. If this does not resolve the problem we would like you to submit a thread with your DirectX Diagnostic so we can possibly identify other issues.

Are any other users still seeing problems with the Steam update after trying all of the fixes suggested in the thread?

[Lucid]

Archangelgab, the problem you are describing is actually not a Steam update issue, but a graphics issue. We would like you to try to either upgrade or downgrade your current graphics driver. If this does not resolve the problem we would like you to submit a thread with your DirectX Diagnostic so we can possibly identify other issues.

Are any other users still seeing problems with the Steam update after trying all of the fixes suggested in the thread?

The main FF11 screen still isn't showing me the logos for the Abyssea expansions, though I'm not sure this is really an issue if it doesn't affect the gameplay. I'm not sure whether or not it affects the gameplay, however, as I haven't done any Abyssea things yet.

[Anrita]

It would be nice if the Steam version were kept up-to-date. Not only would it prevent issues like this from happening, but it would also relieve some of the load on the POL update system and allow steam users to actually resume an interrupted update instead of having to start the whole thing from scratch each time.

[Volkai]

It would be nice if the Steam version were kept up-to-date. Not only would it prevent issues like this from happening, but it would also relieve some of the load on the POL update system and allow steam users to actually resume an interrupted update instead of having to start the whole thing from scratch each time.

As far as I can tell, except for when a new one is released FFXI installers are never updated with patch data, regardless of source.
If/when UCSE goes live on Steam, it may be more up-to-date, but that's it.