Need some help with the Draw Distance :x

Hello, I've been playing for about a week now and I'm loving the game but this issue is just getting on my last nerves...

It's the drawing distance, If I have my camera pointed at the ground or at the sky the game plays perfectly with no graphical lag what-so-ever. However if it's pointed to the horizon the frame rate drops harder than the bass in a dubstep song. All of my settings are on the lowest of the low expect for the general drawing quality which is at 4. I can bump up a lot of the settings if there is a way to lower what I see in the distance. My distance drawing setting is at 1 and yet I can "see" for like 12 miles ahead of me which sucks because at that setting of "1" everything on the horizon looks like an NES game.

My computer has no problems running any other games and it wouldn't with this game if there was a way to reduce the drawing distance but instead I can only find an option to reduce the distance drawing quality. @_@

So my question is, is there ANY way I can reduce how much I can see around me or am I fresh out of luck? :(

what your computer specs and all of your FFXIV setting.

Their not the best but they've never failed me before, I can run Aion flawlessly with it. :x

Also this is a laptop otherwise I'd go out and get a better graphic's card since I think that's the issue but if I can limit the draw distance there won't be an issue. :3


Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
System Model: 300E4A/300E5A/300E7A/3430EA/3530EA
BIOS: Phoenix SecureCore-Tiano(tm) NB Version 2.1 03QA
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B950 @ 2.10GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4010MB RAM
Page File: 2562MB used, 5454MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: /PackageInstall
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0106&SUBSYS_C606144D&REV_09
Display Memory: 1696 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1632 MB
Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: SEC324A
Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.072Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32
Driver File Version: 8.15.0010.2266 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.10.2266
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/16/2010 06:38:46, 7434240 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-4246-11CF-277F-0CE6A9C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x0106
SubSys ID: 0xC606144D
Revision ID: 0x0009
Driver Strong Name: oem8.inf:Intel.Mfg.NTamd64:iSNBM0:8.15.10.2266:pci\ven_8086&dev_0106&subsys_c606144d
Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_C
D3D9 Overlay: Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

(EDIT)
Forgot the FFXIV Settings ^^;

1280x720 Windowed (I heard games run better if the resolution matches the desktop resolution but for some reason this seems to run better. :x )

No AA
General Drawing Quality - 4
Background Drawing Qaulity - 1
Shadow Detail - Lowest
Enable Hardware Mouse Cursor
Texture Quality - Low
Texture Filtering - Low

Aion runs on a better graphics engine and probably scales better for lower end computers.
Your specifications are pretty low, and I think it's just a case of FF14's engine not being very scalable at all.

inb4 wait for 2.0

This will probably not be as much of a problem in version 2.0.

That's what I was afraid of...I think I might just save up for a good desktop, don't wanna keep playing it like this plus I'd be able to play 2.0 on better settings. :/

I'm actually kind of surprised Aion runs on your laptop at all, considering it uses the same engine as Crysis. Guess it's more scalable than I thought.

Shame FFXIV's isn't flexible, I really love the current look of the game which is I want to keep playing then switch to a different mmo before 2.0 ( Not that I don't like 2.0's style this one just feels so...classic, like the older non-technological Final Fantasy's )

Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family


There's your problem.

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Originally Posted by MyraKai

Shame FFXIV's isn't flexible, I really love the current look of the game which is I want to keep playing then switch to a different mmo before 2.0 ( Not that I don't like 2.0's style this one just feels so...classic, like the older non-technological Final Fantasy's )

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Changing the graphics engine doesn't necessarily mean changing the graphical art style. What I've seen from v2, the art style seems to be more or less the same.

Do you have a desktop? The graphics card is the only issue here..

In the in-game config, have you set the FPS to 30, turned off shadows, and turned off "Extended drawing"? Until recently I had to do this in specific areas that were incredibly laggy if they had a lot of trees. It's really the only thing to do and if you do have these settings as low as possible your PC unfortunately just probably can't run the current game. Keep an eye out for 2.0 which is going to have a much more efficient/low-end-friendly engine.