I run 2 accounts the second one i just log in to and mail my mats to them for storage. I tested earlier tonight to see if i could log in second account and i now get the message A Final Fantasy: ARR updater/launcher is already running. this would not allow me to open a second screen just to see if the server might have gone up early...
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12-17-2013, 09:58 AMdcdistroNo More logging in second Account to store mats on retainers???
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12-17-2013, 10:02 AMAlhanelem
You were never supposed to be able to have 2 instances running on the same computer at the same time. If you were able to do that, it was a bug. As far as I was aware, you either had to log in and out on the same PC/PS3 or have two PCs or PS3s.
(You can mess with processes to fool the new instance into thinking the game isn't already running, but that would be a TOS violation).
You could do it that way, technically. There is no way for the game to know it's running on a VM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurkios
To my recollection the ToS doesn't say anything about how many accounts you are allowed to play with.Quote:
ffxiv said themselves that you are allowed to run 2 clients at once but not 3. If you run it in windowed mode u could tab between the 2.
Says the game client? Under normal circumstances if you try to run a second instance it tells you you the game is already running. Least, that's what it did for me.Quote:
Says who? where?
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12-17-2013, 10:06 AMLurkios
So far as I'm aware, and please correct me if I'm wrong, there is no provision in the ToS against using a virtual machine to host a second instance.
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12-17-2013, 10:07 AMdcdistro
ffxiv said themselves that you are allowed to run 2 clients at once but not 3. If you run it in windowed mode u could tab between the 2.
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12-17-2013, 10:10 AMEztam
maybe because the servers are still down? because the message is saying only allowed to have 1 updater/launcher open at once....once you actually launch the game, that technically closes the launcher, which might allow you to open the second launcher.
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12-17-2013, 10:10 AMAenarionSays who? where?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
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12-17-2013, 10:10 AMDragona
You can't run 2 instances of the launcher at the same time, but once you log in and get to title screen with 1 account in theory you should be able to load the other launcher and log in on the other, i regularly launch another launcher to check the news etc, don't like the in game interface for the news.
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12-17-2013, 10:11 AMHoney_Tailtwitcher
I hope they reconsider this one, it sent people running to 3rd party programs.
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12-17-2013, 10:11 AMdcdistro
hoping maybe its just because tried to open 2 launchers i never tried to launch both at same time before always had one running and just logged other on to store mats on an alt
was just trying to load 2 incase the pink world maintenance icon on the bottom of launcher didn't refresh but i will just keep opening and closing the client -
12-17-2013, 10:13 AMMisaki
Start one instance of the game and then start the launcher again.
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12-17-2013, 10:15 AMEekiki
Probably you can run two instances of the game client, but the launcher is a separate thing. Give it a try when the servers are back up. click "Play" to close the launcher and start the game client, then alt-tab out and see if you can bring up the launcher again. Dollars to donuts it'll work.