A small request for one the next patches to come.

Hello & Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I have been waiting to see if SE will be integrating a function like past MMO games where we can "/Shutdown". As I have not seen this in the past patches I was wondering if there would be a possibility that we could see this in the next few patches please. Obviously it isn't a crying matter and won't end the game for anyone I would hope but it would be very nice to have the feature.

Thank you,

Knighthawk

This would be fairly nice to have! It'll probably be there in 2.0 if nowhere else.

i think more important functions would be like:

- tabbing to the desktop in fullscreen mode without crashing the client.
(1 year after release and we dont have this silly function!!!)



- and gameplay kinda things like activating your skills.. its kind of frustrating since 1.19 as a caster.. you cant activate your skill anymore directly after your previous skill.

you have to wait till the animation has ended for 100%.. sometimes im clicking for about 4 times on one skill to get it activated.. "Cure! CURE!, CUURE!!... oh well.... finally :)


dont know why they changed it.. really.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

i think more important functions would be like:

- tabbing to the desktop in fullscreen mode without crashing the client.
(1 year after release and we dont have this silly function!!!)



- and gameplay kinda things like activating your skills.. its kind of frustrating since 1.19 as a caster.. you cant activate your skill anymore directly after you activated a skill before.

you have to wait till the animation has ended for 100%

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Not sure if they fixed this but... Alt-tab worked the same way in FFXI. (wasn't it some anti-rmt-bot measure?)

They purposely made it so that you have to wait for the cast to finish and there have been a number of threads on it.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

i think more important functions would be like:

- tabbing to the desktop in fullscreen mode without crashing the client.
(1 year after release and we dont have this silly function!!!)



- and gameplay kinda things like activating your skills.. its kind of frustrating since 1.19 as a caster.. you cant activate your skill anymore directly after your previous skill.

you have to wait till the animation has ended for 100%.. sometimes im clicking for about 4 times on one skill to get it activated.. "Cure! CURE!, CUURE!!... oh well.... finally :)


dont know why they changed it.. really.

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As stated in the interview conducted by BG, SE staff made it clear that the "ALT-TAB" function is being fixed and will be available.

Just so the source is shown to my above statement.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/107...-Transcription

/bump67890

Whaddya mean /shutdown? Is that the same function as /logout?

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Originally Posted by R0ssdaddy

Whaddya mean /shutdown? Is that the same function as /logout?

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Not really. In FFXI /shutdown completely took you out of the game and client -- in XIV and XI /logout just takes you out of the game but not client.

XI dropped you back to POL, XIV drops you back to character select then title screen.

I would like to see this as well, +1 for the link, I think a /shutdown and a /logout would both be nice.

Try editing your keyboard from menu. I made mine a 'alt+backspace' for log out shortcut.

It's coming. Tentatively planned for 1.20 if possible.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post325013

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Originally Posted by Triairy

皆さん、こんばんは。

/shutdownについて開発チームと現状を確認してきました。

/shutdownを実装すること自体は決定していますが、作業担当者の優先度の高い作業が山積みになっています。
なんとかパッチ1.20では実装できるよう作業の調整を進めているとのことです。

長いことご要望を頂きながら、今しばらくお待ちいただくことは心苦しいのですが、
あともう少しだけお待ちください！

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

It's coming. Tentatively planned for 1.20 if possible.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post325013

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Thanks for the link Rentahamster!

So, /ragequit isn't coming afterall? Maybe if I rename my ALT key "RAGE" and rename my tab key "QUIT" .... {gets the sharpees and whiteout}

What's the status on /stand and /online?

We’ll be implementing the ability to use the text command “/shutdown” in patch 1.20.

By entering the text command “/shutdown,” players will be able to shut down the game client without having to return to the character selection screen and continue the process to shut down.

We’ll also be making a change to the “log out” option from the main menu. When selecting “log out” from the main menu, players will be able to select whether to return to the character selection screen or completely shut down the game client.

We appreciate your patience so far and ask that you hang on a bit longer until patch 1.20.

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We’ll be implementing the ability to use the text command “/shutdown” in patch 1.20.

By entering the text command “/shutdown,” players will be able to shut down the game client without having to return to the character selection screen and continue the process to shut down.

We’ll also be making a change to the “log out” option from the main menu. When selecting “log out” from the main menu, players will be able to select whether to return to the character selection screen or completely shut down the game client.

We appreciate your patience so far and ask that you hang on a bit longer until patch 1.20.

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YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS finally.

Sounds good! Until then, I'll continue to Rage(Alt)quit(tab) as per usual.

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We’ll be implementing the ability to use the text command “/shutdown” in patch 1.20.

By entering the text command “/shutdown,” players will be able to shut down the game client without having to return to the character selection screen and continue the process to shut down.

We’ll also be making a change to the “log out” option from the main menu. When selecting “log out” from the main menu, players will be able to select whether to return to the character selection screen or completely shut down the game client.

We appreciate your patience so far and ask that you hang on a bit longer until patch 1.20.

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Good to hear! About time for us to have this added! <3

its amazing that something as simple as LOLOLOL "shut down" took over a year to implement.

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Originally Posted by Rubicon

What's the status on /stand and /online?

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/sit will make you stand if you are sitting, what is /online?

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

its amazing that something as simple as LOLOLOL "shut down" took over a year to implement.

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well it didnt take them a year to design the option they have a lst of things they need to do some stuff gets priority, this isnt new news, it is the way every MMO works.

Is /shutdown the same thing as ALT+F4?
Dunno, never played FFXI to know that thing.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

its amazing that something as simple as LOLOLOL "shut down" took over a year to implement.

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Yeah, it doesn't take a year to design nor implement a shut down command, it's hard to ignore they had bigger priorities ahead of them, i.e battle system reform which does take a significant amount of time.

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Originally Posted by Renshi

Is /shutdown the same thing as ALT+F4?
Dunno, never played FFXI to know that thing.

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Yep, the way FFXI did it was you either logged out to be taken back to the character select or POL, or shutdown to completely close the game, so it's basically alt+f4.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

Yep, the way FFXI did it was you either logged out to be taken back to the character select or POL, or shutdown to completely close the game, so it's basically alt+f4.

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Ah, I see. Oh well, I have an F4, and an ALT so I'll never use it =)

wait...
I think I'll try with someone who wants to leave party and doesn't know the command/how to exit from it =D

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Originally Posted by Renshi

Ah, I see. Oh well, I have an F4, and an ALT so I'll never use it =)

wait...
I think I'll try with someone who wants to leave party and doesn't know the command/how to exit from it =D

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Well, alt+f4 doesn't store your new macro configs (basically any client-side alterations) and, in FFXI, it used to screw up your inventory.

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

Sounds good! Until then, I'll continue to Rage(Alt)quit(tab) as per usual.

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I used to do this sometimes. Then I realized that it meant that any config changes I had made while playing didn't save.

/d'oh!

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We’ll be implementing the ability to use the text command “/shutdown” in patch 1.20.

By entering the text command “/shutdown,” players will be able to shut down the game client without having to return to the character selection screen and continue the process to shut down.

We’ll also be making a change to the “log out” option from the main menu. When selecting “log out” from the main menu, players will be able to select whether to return to the character selection screen or completely shut down the game client.

We appreciate your patience so far and ask that you hang on a bit longer until patch 1.20.

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WOOT! YES

um. . . isn't it just faster to hit the windows key when in fullscreen, or hit CTRL ALT DEL (for w7 and vista) when the window is up?

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Originally Posted by Sarchy_Warchy

um. . . isn't it just faster to hit the windows key when in fullscreen, or hit CTRL ALT DEL (for w7 and vista) when the window is up?

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Unless you type extremely slowly, no. /shutdown also forces the game to save (in XI anyway.)