Macros/Gear-Sets/Maps - Inquiry

[Auriga]

I'm re-writing this first post a bit for the sake of clarity.

I AM NOT TRYING TO MOD OR EDIT THESE FILES, STOP GOING THIS DIRECTION!

I just want to locate which files are macros/gear equips-lockstyles/map markers/lock styles.

I want my own manual backups on an SD card, It'd also be nice to be able to share the macros/equip-sets/map markers/lock styles with friends.

Not interested in "check the USER dir" replies.
Google/etc was 'not' my friend for this inquiry.
I am NOT interested in posts that revolve around "not knowing what your doing" an such.

If you have nothing constructive to add, leave, do not post here. I will report you.

Thanks to those who actually help.. the trolls are not welcome here.

Serious biz only thread.

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Updating, what has been found so far: (a backup of this list is with me offline incase its needed)

(This section below is thanks to: Fenrir - Zenion)
Aucsort.dat = Auction Sorting
cnf.dat = In-game Configs
es0.dat thru es9.dat = Equip Sets
###.mrk = Map Markers
mcr.dat / mcr.sys / mcr.ttl (an variable names) = Spell/ability/item Macros


(This section below is thanks to: Cerberus - Gillesjboulon)
aix.dat = abilities sorting
bs.dat = mog safe
b2.dat = mog safe 2
ca.dat = mog case
cl.dat = mog house 'storage'
cmb0~9.dat = synthesis history
es0.dat thru es9.dat = Equip Sets
gmNotice.* = GM support related
is.dat / is_2.dat = inventory
mb.dat = locker
mix.dat = magic sorting
moix.dat = mounts sorting
sb.dat = mog satchel
sk.dat = mog sack
wr.dat = wardrobe (wr2.dat = wardrobe2...)


Maybe?:

ffxiusr.msg = Sent Messages (not /t) from others in-game


Remains Unknown What These Do/Are For:

ti.dat / pec.dat / eix.dat (not weapon skill sorting) / acq.dat / nmcr*.dat / timestamp.dat

[Dragoy]

Would saving the in-game settings into a file via the Final Fantasy XI Config utility [1] suffice, or do you specifically need the individual files?

It's under the Features tab, then In-Game Settings (Save / Restore).

Restoring them via said file can be done at the same place.

1. http://www.playonline.com/ff11/manua...?loc=en#140104

[Auriga]

Would saving the in-game settings into a file via the Final Fantasy XI Config utility [1] suffice, or do you specifically need the individual files?

It's under the Features tab, then In-Game Settings (Save / Restore).

Restoring them via said file can be done at the same place.

1. http://www.playonline.com/ff11/manua...?loc=en#140104

That might help solve part of the idea.. but won't be useful in the sharing macro's an equip-sets an map markers to friends bit.

[Zenion]

Short answer: No. It's not user friendly.

Long answer: Sort of yes? In ..\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\USER\ there will be directories that are just hexadecimal values. Those correspond to characters; if you only use one character, perfect, you should only have one to check. There will be files that look like es#.dat, M#####.MRK, mcr#.dat mcr##.dat or mcr###.dat; those seem like likely candidates. When I loaded my data from server, tig.dat acq.dat AUCSORT.DAT cnf.dat mcr.dat mcr.sys mcr.ttl and mcr_2.ttl in that same folder also updated, and are probably related data.

If this doesn't help, I've got nothing; those are all of the files in the entire PlayOnline file structure that changed on saving macros to server then loading them.

If I had to guess, I would say the .MRK files might be your map markers, the mcr#.dat ones could be macros, and the es#.dat ones could be equipsets.

[Auriga]

Short answer: No. It's not user friendly.

Long answer: Sort of yes? In ..\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\USER\ there will be directories that are just hexadecimal values. Those correspond to characters; if you only use one character, perfect, you should only have one to check. There will be files that look like es#.dat, M#####.MRK, mcr#.dat mcr##.dat or mcr###.dat; those seem like likely candidates. When I loaded my data from server, tig.dat acq.dat AUCSORT.DAT cnf.dat mcr.dat mcr.sys mcr.ttl and mcr_2.ttl in that same folder also updated, and are probably related data.

If this doesn't help, I've got nothing; those are all of the files in the entire PlayOnline file structure that changed on saving macros to server then loading them.

If I had to guess, I would say the .MRK files might be your map markers, the mcr#.dat ones could be macros, and the es#.dat ones could be equipsets.

I think your right.. makes sense the .mrk would be the maps, though I think that Aucsort.dat is prolly something to do with how we tell the AH to sort things =)
I didn't want to just assume what files were associated an how if I could avoid it.. but so far.. seems like we'll have to go this route.

I've had other games in the past where I assumed the wrong thing of file names, turned out poorly or ruined stuff. I was trying to avoid that here.

So what we seem to have:

###.mrk = map markers
mcr.dat / mcr.sys / mcr.ttl (an variable names) = macros
Aucsort.dat = auction sorting
cnf.dat = in-game configs
ffxiusr.msg = sent messages (not /t) from others in-game


Uknown Still

es.dat / aix.dat / b2.dat / bs.dat / ca.dat / cl.dat / is.dat / mb.dat / sb.dat / sk,dat / ti.dat / wr.dat / mix.dat / pec.dat / eix.dat / acq.dat / moix.dat / cmb.dat / timestamp.dat

An of course we can prolly just ignore the gm marked files =p I hope ( #.siz and #.fdt ), maybe the gst file without an extension too?

It seems like one might be able to get away with just copying an pasting the entire contents over to another friend.. but.. years ago this caused errors an a file system check from the pol viewer was needed as I recall to restore things to working order.

Hence why I'm going thru all this, of course.. SE could just help or make this more user friendly an we could just stop here.
I won't hold my breath on that however.

Oh an before someone from SE says this should be in the suggestion box.. right.. >.> we'll get on that as soon
as SE over hauls the pol viewer an UI in-game among other things -.- meanwhile, back to biz here..

[Dragoy]

Apologies.

I went and assumed (which I generally avoid as much as possible) a little bit regarding how the Save / Restore works. Should have waited until I had a moment to test it.

I imagined it would simply slap the restored things over the current things, but it seems it is actually tied to the characters, which means at least moving the files around is necessary. To which extent those individual files might be tied to characters, I don't know at this time, and poking around with them deeper starts getting a bit too much towards being a violation of them User Agreements and stuffs. :V

Yeah, things may work if you simply replace them, but things might also break. ^^;

(By the by, the PlayOnline messages are in another castl... I mean directory. The 'ffxiusr.msg' is something else.)

[Alhanelem]

I've been looking around for a more solid source of info an found sketchy stuff/guess-work/incomplete info at best.

Is there a solid source on knowing which files are macros/gear equips-lockstyles/map markers?

I want my own manual backups on an SD card, long story short.
It'd also be nice to be able to share the macros/equip-sets/map markers with friends.

I just copied the entire folder, I know that's not the advice you're looking for, but it honestly makes more sense than picking out individual files. But you may have a specialized purpose, and at least for me, the relevant files are located here:
D:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\USER\bae7d6
(Note that I specifically installed the game to Program Files and not Program Files (x86), so change as appropriate)

I'm not really sure the macro book files (99% sure the MRK files are the macro book files) are useful just by themselves, but I did some searching on my own to see if anyone's talked about this and came up dry as well.

That being said: The server backup feature works just fine, I used it to restore my macros and such after building a new PC and it worked flawlessly. No need for any manual file copying. Just press + at the character select screen or use the mouse to access the menu in the top right corner. Just something to consider.

Offering this out of genuine desire to help.

[Auriga]

I just copied the entire folder, I know that's not the advice you're looking for, but it honestly makes more sense than picking out individual files. But you may have a specialized purpose, and at least for me, the relevant files are located here:
D:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\USER\bae7d6
(Note that I specifically installed the game to Program Files and not Program Files (x86), so change as appropriate)

I'm not really sure the macro book files (99% sure the MRK files are the macro book files) are useful just by themselves, but I did some searching on my own to see if anyone's talked about this and came up dry as well.

That being said: The server backup feature works just fine, I used it to restore my macros and such after building a new PC and it worked flawlessly. No need for any manual file copying. Just press + at the character select screen or use the mouse to access the menu in the top right corner. Just something to consider.

Offering this out of genuine desire to help.

I realize that your just offering the help, an thats cool.. but this is a subject that people are treating like "nuclear launch codes" an their really not.
This game has been out for far too long for "no one to know anything" so I won't back down.

SE needs to give us a straight forward way to share this between chars/accounts/friends/manual backups to SD cards.
I don't personally want to re-write all of those (macros) for others over an over an over again. I doubt anyone else does either.

If we press on with this, only 1 of 2 things can happen. Lets keep going.

[Sirmarki]

SE needs to give us a straight forward way to share this between chars/accounts/friends/manual backups to SD cards.
I don't personally want to re-write all of those (macros) for others over an over an over again.

They really don't, because who on earth does that?

And what you have listed here is long-winded and probably broken all of your "friends" games, so next they will be on the forums saying that their game doesn't work.

Rather than mess with things you're not meant to be messing with - The best option would be a download button under the Macro saving setting in the game menu followed by an import/export option.

[Auriga]

They really don't, because who on earth does that?

And what you have listed here is long-winded and probably broken all of your "friends" games, so next they will be on the forums saying that their game doesn't work.

Rather than mess with things you're not meant to be messing with - The best option would be a download button under the Macro saving setting in the game menu followed by an import/export option.

If you have nothing constructive to add, don't post.