Something Fun and Happy

[Misi]

I still love going to Blue Blade Fell. or sitting in the Tavnazian Safehold to listen to the music and thunderstorms.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3.../misi_tav2.png

[Glamdring]

Personally, I play with the game music muted, and the effects turned way down for the most part. I've even replaced the sound files for my bard songs (It rocks to have Layla but out every time I use a harp). However, Riding the boat in Carpenter's Landing in any weather; Prommy, period, the deserts at night (when looking towards the horizons); the view from the pinacle in Skyreach; the rare whale sightings on the boats to WG/Mhaura, WG/Nashmau, the end CS to ASA where the Shantotos battle like the Stapuft Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters; all the AF cutscenes for pup are epic; from the storyline mission the CS of the expedition to the northlands are a tearjerker, but extremely well done; the CS with Aldo and his sister, all of them can grab you.

There is alot of beautiful scenery (although seasons would be nice), alot of good storytelling and even good laughs in the game, if you just take the time to enjoy it. Heck, any of you been to a wedding at the Bastok Lighthouse?

[Jackastheripper]

I havent been to a wedding in game yet but i heard they are really cool. all the CS's i see look amazing.

[Greatguardian]

Another negative post. How sad when the OP wanted to make it something fun.

Did... Did you even read my post? I most definitely do appreciate the current state of the game. My only negative notes were about blatantly negative aspects of "Old" FFXI.

[Mirage]

I still love going to Blue Blade Fell. or sitting in the Tavnazian Safehold to listen to the music and thunderstorms.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3.../misi_tav2.png

Why doesn't my game look that good .

[Misi]

Why doesn't my game look that good .

I took a lot of screen shots before I got one I liked, then cleaned it up a bit in photoshop. otherwise it would be a little fuzzy.

[Mirage]

Well, photoshop explains it

[wish12oz]

Why doesn't my game look that good .

Have you used regedit to increase the background resolution?

go to the start button> run > type in regedit
Depending on what operating system you're using you will find the playonline folder in a different place, if you cant find, try a google search or ask here.
But what you are looking for is the final fantasy XI tab, then you want to find 003 and 004, double click those, and change the numbers to 800.

This will set your background resolution to 2048x2048, which is the biggest FFXI will do, and twice what you can set it to through the games interface for some reason. if it lags you to much after doing this, try 600x600. If your PC is really old, I do not recommend doing this. And even with a new/very good PC, you will probably lag a bit by confluxes and teleports!


ONTOPIC:
My favorite random background thing is the dragon that flys over the lake in miseareax coast.

[Jackastheripper]

ooooooh, I haven't seen the dragon. I am gonna have to go look for it lol.

[Mirage]

Have you used regedit to increase the background resolution?

go to the start button> run > type in regedit
Depending on what operating system you're using you will find the playonline folder in a different place, if you cant find, try a google search or ask here.
But what you are looking for is the final fantasy XI tab, then you want to find 003 and 004, double click those, and change the numbers to 800.

This will set your background resolution to 2048x2048, which is the biggest FFXI will do, and twice what you can set it to through the games interface for some reason. if it lags you to much after doing this, try 600x600. If your PC is really old, I do not recommend doing this. And even with a new/very good PC, you will probably lag a bit by confluxes and teleports!

Already done, but to get a graphical quality at the level of that "screenshot", there's a lot more than the resolution and pretend-antialiasing that would need to be improved.

Regardless, it's not strange that it looks better when the poster admitted to using photoshop to touch it up. Good job btw.