I play on PC and PS4 but for some reason the Inventory is handle in a different way on each platform. Each time I switch platforms my inventory got messed up. Both Platforms have the exact same settings for inventory handling. Anyone have this problem? Is there a way to solve it? (Retainers don't have this problem)
Inventory on different platforms question
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03-28-2015, 10:11 PMRonyxInventory on different platforms question
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03-28-2015, 10:17 PMGillionaireIt's not a platform issue, I play on 5 different computers and it does the same thing when I switch computers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronyx
Also, what's really messed up is when you do a search for item query, it pulls it off of your local data, so if you haven't summoned your retainer after changing computers, it'll give you results from the previous retainer inventory.. This happened once when I made 300 circles of raptor leather at home, then logged on at work..I kept doing search and it would tell me I only had 30 of them.. I was freaking out and decided to actually check the retainers manually and it was there. -
03-28-2015, 10:26 PMTerrini
I play on multiple PCs too and I think of it this way: Data needs allocates in a scattered manner, and when a new computer reads that information, it's jumbled in the transfer. That's what happens to inventories. It's a little annoying, but nothing a sort can't fix.
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03-28-2015, 10:34 PMGillionaireNo, it's the files in your My Games\FF14 folder under your character folder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terrini
ItemFDR.dat or ItemODR.dat are the culprits.
What baffles me is why SE decided to store that kind of data on client side, almost everything is saved client side for this game one exception I've seen so far is your cross class skills, those are about the only things saved when you log off.. and your title. -
03-29-2015, 12:17 AMDragonFlyySaves on bandwidth to have the information stored locally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gillionaire
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03-29-2015, 12:33 AMRonyx
Well i dont have problems from PC to PC because I save my characters Data and transfer it to the other PC everytime so everything stays in place. But that doesnt work from PC to PS4 or backwards.
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03-29-2015, 03:26 AMCallinonNot really. The client could handle this sort of thing until logout, during which the data is sent to the server to be stored with the character's own data. Then the data is sent back on login. There's no need for a continuous update for this stuff. If we're worried about a connection failure screwing with it, maybe we send it to the server whenever a zone change happens. That would keep it relatively up to date.Quote:
Originally Posted by DragonFlyy
Additionally I should point out that every MMO on the face of the planet EXCEPT FFXIV does this without a problem. -
03-29-2015, 05:08 AMGillionairebut those stupid files are 10kbs... I think we pay enough subscription to store that amount of data on their servers :(Quote:
Originally Posted by DragonFlyy
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03-29-2015, 06:07 AMRonyx
Yeah i dont even know whats the complain of SE everything about servers getting stress, about the amount of space.... come on we are in an era where we can have half a Gigabyte in the palm of our hands or less. Those micro SD are like 256 GB XD. There are smaller MMO that get less money than SE and they got bigger and much better servers.
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03-29-2015, 06:50 AMFelis
content of inventory is saved server side
How the content of the inventory is sorted is saved client side to save traffic.
multiply it by the amount of players who play at the same time world wide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gillionaire
Or wish some players the good old time from 1.0 back, where it needed 10 seconds to show us our inventory? -
03-29-2015, 06:59 AMGillionaireI understand that there's the factor of scale with these things, but if just about every other game's able to do it, why can't FF14?Quote:
Originally Posted by Felis
Are their servers just really that trash? Or is the programming so bloated and requires a lot more bandwidth for regular tasks?
I personally think the answer's both.. It seems like the game just isn't very well optimized, especially on the UI end of things.. And the server lag on different time of the day also doesn't do much to get my vote of confidence. -
03-29-2015, 07:09 AMCallinonIt's an extra 2 bytes of data per item... seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Felis
Carrier 0 - 5 (0 for player, 1 - 4 for retainers)
Item slot 0 - 174
Since we're already sending item IDs and quantities all the damn time, why not include 2 additional bytes of data that tells us exactly where the item is?
This would not lead to bandwidth overload or massive UI load times. -
03-29-2015, 08:03 AMGillionaire
I hate to sound like a Negative Nancy, but there's really no other way to explain it other than utter incompetence..
After having waited an hour for my password reset email to arrive yesterday (second time in a week btw, first time took 30 minutes) and receiving a total of 22 emails all within the span of 5 minutes an hour AFTER I submitted the requests, I've come to the conclusion that whatever failures the game experiences be it the inadequacies with UI (FC privileges anyone?), general game performance, or the server lag. Not a single incidence is an isolated hiccup. It's a trend that can easily be identified and really, there's no excuse for it other than
a. lack of resources (SE has no money? hard to believe) or
b. Incompetence.
Now, I even know what time SE is gonna have trouble sending me the password reset emails, so I intentionally don't switch over from my laptop to my desktop or vice versa during that time.. it's between 2-4am MST if anyone's curious.. But why is the server unable to send out emails during this time? I have no idea.. Makes no sense to me but it's not an isolated incident and I now know when to avoid it.