Random crashes and freezes

[Alhanelem]

There are also... things... that people use that can solve the problem better than the FFXI config tool can. But yes, if you're running full screen, *anything* that makes the game lose focus will cause it to "crash." with an error saying full screen mode was lost. The only way to fix that is to use windowed mode. If you're that averse to Reddit, don't go there just because of this.

Setting borderless windowed or windowed will prevent the game crashing from losing due to losing focus.

[unnecesaurus]

OK, I tried everything suggested so far and still crashing. Just had one. Playing in borderless mode, launching the game through pol.exe directly instead of Steam, etc. I even switched back to the RTX as the integrated GPU was still causing hangs and crashes.

I also have another issue that I didn't mention as idk if it's related, but anything's good info at this point, right? Shadows and some light sources flicker uncontrollably, to the point where I turned off shadows altogether. As for the lights, two examples I can give are the sconces in the Bastok gates (from town to Gustaberg and back, but it's also a thing with all other town gates) and the transition point between open and closed areas (e.g. the entrance to the tunnels in Valkurm Dunes). None of this bothered me so much that I felt like I had to fix it, but I also don't know if it's related.

And for the record, the game doesn't crash around these lighting glitches.

There are also... things... that people use that can solve the problem better than the FFXI config tool can.

What things? I'm getting desperate here ;_;