Seriously, Fix the DirectX issue already!

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Im getting really tired of the DirectX error that occurs when playing the game in Full Screen. I know having it in Windowed removes this, but why should we have to do that?

I always seem to encounter it when I initiate a levequest, or go into a Dungeon and it's really grating on me.
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Could one of the Community Team members have a look into how long it will take to fix this... please :)

The rendering engine needs a major rework. But I doubt anything will change before PS3 release :/

I think the full screen toggle crash should also be dealt with it's 2011 people! This seems like a major bug that affects every user of XIV you'd think they'd have some plans of getting rid of it by now...

I can't run it in 1680x1050 windowed mode for unknown reason, the game crash immediately at beginning

I have to play in a small 1440x900 windowed :(

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Originally Posted by Kumop

Could one of the Community Team members have a look into how long it will take to fix this... please :)

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Don't worry its coming, but it'll be another broken record response of "sometime in the future"

Use a program called 'Gamer's Window Relocator', and play in windowed mode. It's removes the border and works flawlessly. Then you can even tab out of FFXIV to check out items on yg.com for example.

It's still a major issue. Especially if you have to control+alt+dlt in windows 7, then that shuts down the game as well.

You just gotta be patience with FFXIV it seems. haha. Theres so much work needed since the pass team did such a horrible job. Its like they have to revise the whole coding of the game and add content as they go.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Use a program called 'Gamer's Window Relocator', and play in windowed mode. It's removes the border and works flawlessly. Then you can even tab out of FFXIV to check out items on yg.com for example.

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If you use Windows 7 you can also turn frame snapping off and just drag the window outside the screen. I'd still like a fix to the issue though as I prefer to browse, work, and play in different resolutions.

The issue with all these third party programs that window the game and allow you to run the game in a pseudo full screen mode is that you still lose performance in windowed vs true full screen.

It's a pretty big hit, maybe you don't notice it if you're playing in a lower setting or your PC is really beefy but I have a fairly decent PC and I have to lower my settings considerably if I want to play the game in windowed mode and still get worse average FPS.

I personally would like to see resolution to this at some point in the future.

You cant take advantage of crossfire in FFXIV windowed mode. Rendering the game unplayable for anyone who has this issue. The game doesn't even want to run crossfire in full-screen unless you tweak things with radeonpro. Not to mention there's no proper full-screen windowed mode so you have irritating borders. God forbid you can't play at your native resolution. :/
If anyone wants to fork out 400$ for a new videocard I'll gladly take you up on the offer. :P

If the game was proper DX10/11 xfire would work windowed, but we don't have that luxury. Though enabling 10/11 would negate the positive effects of crossfire in the first place.

I'd be willing to put money on it that SE doesn't see this as an issue. FFXI was "designed" the same way. They wanted to give the "Console experience" (barf) to PC users playing the game. Guess they didn't think that I play on PC because I don't like the console experience. Anyway, I don't think it would be an easy fix. It would probably take an extensive rework of something.

My band-aid solution? Put a an old pos laptop beside me :p

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I think the full screen toggle crash should also be dealt with it's 2011 people!

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I've played quite a few PC games in 2011 that still has programming and DX utilization issues. It's 2011, issues will always exist in gaming, especially PC gaming.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

I've played quite a few PC games in 2011 that still has programming and DX utilization issues. It's 2011, issues will always exist in gaming, especially PC gaming.

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I haven't played ANY PC games that take nearly a YEAR to fix an issue like this. If people found a 3rd party temporary fix months ago, SE should have had this fixed by now. It's getting a bit ridiculous at this point.