Reverting Title Screens?

Disclaimer, I'm well aware that there are several threads with people complaining about minor/insignificant things, so let me state that this isn't me complaining or even asking. Just talking about a feature that would be nice.

Having the ability to revert the title/login screen back to ARR or HW. I started in September of 2017, and didn't purchase SB until a few months later. I don't really care much for SB's title screen..... Since I started at a time when HW and SB are now bundled together, I never got to see HW's title screen. I looked up a Youtube vid of it, and I absolutely love the music and the somber feeling it gives off. It'd be pretty neat if we could choose our login screens.

At the end of the day, it's a screen that we see for like 3 seconds before we get into the game, so I'm well aware it's not that big of a deal, but it would still be nice.

i would like it if we could change the vid that plays when idle on the login screen. i would so select the arr one.
Pretty please SE i am begging you.

I agree - I also started with the ARR title screen (from the free trial) and dislike the Stormblood one, plus I never got to see the Heavensward version.

As well as preferring the look and the music of it, I think the ARR version worked better because the same music continued through the 'main menu' screen and the 'select your character' screen instead of changing when you move to the second screen - so you hear one song for a longer period, instead of a few seconds of each.

Now that someone brought it up, I'd prefer the ARR title screen and the opening more.

Well, you could always deliberately not install the expansions at first and just have the base ARR installed, in which case it would revert to the default ARR title screen. I admit it find it odd that SE chose to have a unique title screen for every expansion instead of going FFXI's path and having just a base title and adding the titles to the expansions in a list on the side of the screen, which I suspect is probably what they will have to do eventually when they get to FFXI's level of ten or twenty expansion packs. ;)

Also, if you want to watch the earlier opening movies (the ones which will play if you idle on the title screen for too long), you can simply view them again at your leisure by selecting 'Movies' on the title screen (ARR's 'End of an Era' trailer is called 'Answers' in this menu, and Heavensward's opening should be self explanatory, you can also play the extended opening that played when you first created your character here as well.)

As far as music goes, ironically regardless of the expansion or title screen, it's always been a variation on the same track (Nobuo Uematsu's seminal FF theme Prelude) since even version 1.0's title screen, so its kind of a moot point changing it between versions (I do admit I like SB's version The Long March Home, as it suits SB's themes perfectly). But that's just my personal preference. :)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

As far as music goes, ironically regardless of the expansion or title screen, it's always been a variation on the same track (Nobuo Uematsu's seminal FF theme Prelude) since even version 1.0's title screen, so its kind of a moot point changing it between versions (I do admit I like SB's version The Long March Home, as it suits SB's themes perfectly). But that's just my personal preference. :)

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Stormblood's version of the music has so much intro before it goes into the 'Prelude' tune that you don't actually hear that part if you're just clicking through to the next screen.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

As far as music goes, ironically regardless of the expansion or title screen, it's always been a variation on the same track (Nobuo Uematsu's seminal FF theme Prelude) since even version 1.0's title screen, so its kind of a moot point changing it between versions (I do admit I like SB's version The Long March Home, as it suits SB's themes perfectly).

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I wouldn't say it's moot. Yes, it might be the same melody, but the variation certainly gives it a different feel. Part of the reason I want the HW log-in screen is because I enjoyed HW much more than SB in general. I love the areas, and I'm a fanatic when it comes to winter. The fact that it's snowing in the HW log-in screen is absolutely amazing to me, and adds to the dramatic feel of the music. But I'm also a dork, so there's that too, lol. Everyone has their preferences, hence having the option to switch to whatever log-in you wanted would be awesome! :P

I (unsuccessfully) looked into editing the game files a while ago to try and revert back to the ARR menu, music and video. It would be nice if we had the option. ARR just has that nostalgic 'classic' Final Fantasy feel to it.

I'll be honest and say I already forgot how the ARR screen on music sounded like. I do prefer the HW one. I'm a winter guy myself and I like the cold somber feel to it. My wife still had the HW opening since I haven't bought her SB yet, so at least when she logs on, I can hear it.

Starting in HW, really miss it. Would love the ability to switch, don't like the SB one at all.

I would also prefer the desktop icon of the game to be the one from the SB benchmark (the red-black one which has a flatter design) by default.
The ability to change the log in screen to any of the older ones would be very nice.
And as we are at it an option to cycle between them randomly at every start up.
There is a strong feeling of nostalgia for older log in screens in all MMORPGs I've played which change them at every large update.

HW > ARR > SB for me as well, the long wind up before the FF prelude makes me dislike SB, we're more likely to press start long before hearing the prelude. Also wish there was a way to completely disable the expansion CGI if you don't press start fast enough, it's way too loud.

I'm sad that this isn't a thing.

Nothing can beat the original Prelude in my opinion.

I'd like that feature too. I never got to see the heavensward logo either!

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Well, you could always deliberately not install the expansions at first and just have the base ARR installed, in which case it would revert to the default ARR title screen.

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What? I literally have no idea what you mean by this.. You can't uninstall expansion packs from MMOs, nor would anyone do so just to revert a title screen. People who don't have SB/HW installed aren't reverting back to anything.... it's simply what they still have.

The music from HW was really epic, I would like to choose.

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Originally Posted by WilhelmWhite

What? I literally have no idea what you mean by this.. You can't uninstall expansion packs from MMOs, nor would anyone do so just to revert a title screen. People who don't have SB/HW installed aren't reverting back to anything.... it's simply what they still have.

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I mean when you install the game (such as on a new PC or if you have to wipe your hard drive and reinstall the game from scratch), just install the base game and not the expansions (of course, this is only possible if you were like me and have been playing the game since version 1.0 and have the game and expansions as separate copies that have to be installed individually - you also have to turn off the function in the launcher's Config that automatically downloads any expansion packs you've purchased and registered as part of the patching process). Also I have no idea how the PS4 handles expansion data and updates (I only have the PC version) so I don't know if that would work with the PS4 version.

As long as the expansion data is not installed (or just the expansion data for Heavensward and not Stormblodd) it will revert the title screen to the default ARR one (or alternatively HW's one if there is just HW data). You can also tell if this will be the case when logging in as after logging in on the launcher, the FFXIV logo will change to either ARR's logo or HW's logo instead of SB's.

So I do admit it is tricky and only possible if you have the base game and expansion packs as separate copies, but it is possible to do. Of course one may think this is probably more trouble than it's worth just to see the ARR/HW title screen and the earlier versions of Prelude, so maybe being able to revert the title screen to an earlier version in Config is not such a bad idea after all.

This is a great suggestion! I'd love to pick and switch around different title screens.

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Originally Posted by alimdia

Also wish there was a way to completely disable the expansion CGI if you don't press start fast enough, it's way too loud.

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THIS. SO MUCH.

In a similar vein to this.... I am really looking forward to getting a new PS4 "game loading" screen instead of the extreme closeup shot of Lyse and Generic Midlander that looks like I'm playing some super-detailed-graphics fighting game and not an RPG.

I started *just* before Stormblood came out and remember it was initially a logo picture for Heavensward; also when I was installing the full game from disc I briefly got this image which looked amazing.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

In a similar vein to this.... I am really looking forward to getting a new PS4 "game loading" screen instead of the extreme closeup shot of Lyse and Generic Midlander that looks like I'm playing some super-detailed-graphics fighting game and not an RPG.

I started *just* before Stormblood came out and remember it was initially a logo picture for Heavensward; also when I was installing the full game from disc I briefly got this image which looked amazing.

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That does look amazing! :O. I've never seen that artwork until now.

This is something i always wanted in WoW too, the same old login screen gets old, and i too enjoyed the heavensward one way more than stormbloods.
that startup jingle jumps me out of my seat sometimes

Just looking through all the orchestrion tracks I’ve collected - I assume “A Cold Wind” is the Heavensward menu music? It sounds so perfect for that game’s mood.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Well, you could always deliberately not install the expansions at first and just have the base ARR installed, in which case it would revert to the default ARR title screen. I admit it find it odd that SE chose to have a unique title screen for every expansion instead of going FFXI's path and having just a base title and adding the titles to the expansions in a list on the side of the screen, which I suspect is probably what they will have to do eventually when they get to FFXI's level of ten or twenty expansion packs. ;)

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I though FFXI only had like 5 expansion? Did we play same game? .-.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

Just looking through all the orchestrion tracks I’ve collected - I assume “A Cold Wind” is the Heavensward menu music? It sounds so perfect for that game’s mood.

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I didn't even know a scroll for this existed O: *Runs to the saucer*

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! :D

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Originally Posted by LastFireAce

I though FFXI only had like 5 expansion? Did we play same game? .-.

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I was mostly just being overly exaggerating, but I also did include the 3 Abyssea 'add-on packs' and A Crystalline Prophecy, A Moggle Kupo-de-tat', and A Shantotto Ascension along with Rhapsodies of Vana'diel as expansions, which they technically are. Cut-down ones, but expansions all the same. So if you include all those along with Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urhgan, Wings of the Goddess and Seekers of Adoulin, then my statement is correct. ;)

I am also in the same boat that I dislike SB title screen. I prefer ARR as well. HW was OK too. SB one reminds me of the fires happening in California right now. Visually terrible for me.

I wish the title screens would shuffle so you didn't have to watch the same one each time.

I'd really like to revert the title screen to ARR. Apparently it's possible to edit the musical files (can't post here because of the rules) but idk about changing the background.