Map issues - at a loss now!!!

Hi all!!

Don't know if this is the right place to post this, but just not sure what to do now!

On the 10th May 2015 I posted about my main map not displaying, in the bug forum. This got moved to the 'accepted bugs' part, where it has remained ever since. About 4-6 weeks ago I also contacted the in game help - and have heard nothing back.

I can't see my main map at all, which as you can imagine, makes certain things (such as FATE grinding for one!) really frustrating!!!!!!

Does anybody know what I should do now? The wait for SE to do something seems totally unacceptable, since its been >6months now, and not being able to access the map is massively affecting me playing the game, which I pay for!

Any help/advice would be appreciated!!

This is a link to my post in the accepted bugs forum
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...44#post3355544

Many thanks
John

Are you playing from disc or playing from an installed version of the game? You could try removing it and redownloading it to your playstation if it's the latter. There's no file integrity check system in place, so it's the only way to do this, I'm afraid.

I imagine you've already tried this but have you re-installed the client?

Have you reinstalled the entire game (it doesn't say so in either of our posts)? This is clearly caused by data corruption so you can't do anything else but reinstall. It sucks to redownload everything but unless you're on PC, you can't just replace the faulty DAT.

Thanks for the reply Canadane.... I re-installed the game, which didn't help. I then upgraded to HW, which didn't fix it, so uninstalled and re-installed again, which still didn't work :(
Playing from PSN downloaded version.
Thanks again
John

edit: and thanks alberel and Sove92 too

Have you tried turning it back on....
Does it show up in the HUD config.

Maybe it's moved OFF screen or turned off.

ON PC version I can right click on anything in hud config and then it's hidden.
Not sure how PSN version works but would think it's kind of the same.


http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../text_command/

/hud
USAGE:
　/hud [UI element] [subcommand]

→Toggle on/off various UI elements.

>>UI Elements:
　Target Bar
　　TargetBar, tbar
　Focus Target Bar
　　FocusTarget, ftarget
　Party List
　　PartyList, plist
　Enemy List
　　EnemyList, elist
　Parameter Bar
　　ParamBar, param
　Minimap
　　Minimap, mmap
　Main Menu
　　MainMenu, mmenu
　Server Info
　　ServerInfo, server
　Gil
　　Gil, gil
　Inventory Grid
　　InventoryGrid, igrid
　Duty List
　　DutyList, dlist
　Item Help
　　ItemHelp, ihelp
　Action Help
　　ActionHelp, ahelp
　LimitGauge
　　LimitGauge, lgauge
　Experience Bar
　　ExpBar, ebar
　Status Effects
　　StatusEffects, sfx
Alliance List 1
AllianceList1, alist1
Alliance List 2
AllianceList2, alist2
Hotbars
Hotbar1...Hotbar10
Cross Hotbar
Crosshotbar

>>Subcommands:
　on Show element.
　off Hide element.

Toggle between on/off when no subcommand is specified.




SO /hud minimap show

Crystal rainbow - yeh myself and a friend who plays have both fiddled with the HUD, map transparency, everything... the map co-ordinates and toggles appear when I press square (albeit slightly off screen), but the map itself doesn't appear...... it makes me want to weep!!

You've been waiting so long for a fix to this, ugh.. That would be a nightmare to play without the map. I hope someone thinks of something you haven't tried yet

weird bug ....are u the only 1 with that issue? because if its a bug on SE end , there will more players with that problem....

did u try on another ps4? , how u manage to hit lvl 60 w/o map is beyond me , u for sure deserve a title or something!

I honestly hate to say this, but you may need to factory reset your console (get everything backed up first) to fix this issue. There was that issue months ago where the client would simply not show your ID/Password prompt when logging on, disallowing you from playing the game altogether, and the only solution was what I mentioned. :/

This might sound stupid and insulting but.. is your screen resolution messed up and the map is hiding off screen somewhere? In the picture it looks like some words are going off the screen..

Just a random thought that probably has no relevance, but have you tried resetting the resolution on your playstation? You mentioned the X, Y coords being slightly off so maybe that is the cause?

Is your map transparency set to 100%?

If its not that then try this;
Create a new character, if works on that character its your system/character settings.

Check your settings again, try restoring them to default on tabs that have map options in character and system settings.

If you still cant find a fix it could possibly be corrupt character data.
I dont know how the save data is organised on a ps4 but see if you can find a file for your character data and delete that it may fix. Be warned it will delete all your personal configurations, hotbars, ui, gear sets, macros etc. So back it up first. It will not delete your character.


If that does not work, there is a corruption.
You've already tried a reinstall and that didnt work, all you can do is try again or wait for a reply from SE.

Savvy - no not insulting at all, will try ANYTHING lol! Have fiddled with the screen resolution on the PS4 and TV, to no avail, but I will look at it again tomorrow!
Thanks :)

Genaxx - My map transparency is set to 100%
I will def try the creating a new character thing and test it out that way, didn't think of that! so thanks :)

Warlyx - haha thanks, yeh its hard without it - I just have my iPad next to me when in game, and google the maps!! Far from ideal, but its better than nothing lol!!

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Originally Posted by johnre14

Savvy - no not insulting at all, will try ANYTHING lol! Have fiddled with the screen resolution on the PS4 and TV, to no avail, but I will look at it again tomorrow!
Thanks :)

Genaxx - My map transparency is set to 100%
I will def try the creating a new character thing and test it out that way, didn't think of that! so thanks :)

Warlyx - haha thanks, yeh its hard without it - I just have my iPad next to me when in game, and google the maps!! Far from ideal, but its better than nothing lol!!

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Try setting it to 50% first and let us know how you get on :)

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Originally Posted by johnre14

Savvy - no not insulting at all, will try ANYTHING lol! Have fiddled with the screen resolution on the PS4 and TV, to no avail, but I will look at it again tomorrow!
Thanks :)

Genaxx - My map transparency is set to 100%
I will def try the creating a new character thing and test it out that way, didn't think of that! so thanks :)

Warlyx - haha thanks, yeh its hard without it - I just have my iPad next to me when in game, and google the maps!! Far from ideal, but its better than nothing lol!!

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Originally Posted by Genaxx

Try setting it to 50% first and let us know how you get on :)

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Yeah, um.... Map Transparency at 100% means it's completely transparent... aka... invisible.