In-Game Export/Import of configuration & UI settings, macros, gearsets, etc

I was wondering if there was plans for a way to sync our macros, gearsets, etc. in the future.

(Unless there is already something built-in that I just did not find out?)

I'm playing both at work (during lunchtime, of course :) ) and at home and while I don't mind moving them myself manually, an in-game feature would be nice to have.


For those who want to know how to do it manually it's simple:

The folder "C:\Users\[your username]\Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\FFXIV_CHR00[something]" is where all your settings are stored.

Just copy and paste from a computer to another; make sure to overwrite everything, except for the "Log" subfolder.

This is a pain to do in my house. We have two people playing FF while sharing two computers. Aside from that, each character that you make is listed with separate folders and they do not use the character names on the folders. I was able to figure out which character was which on my machine because I knew the order of creation and was able to look at the files creation dates and luckily he had only logged one of his characters on my machine at this point. I also noticed that deleted characters still had folders left behind. I'm just glad that I looked into mine now with only 7 characters active, 2 deleted, and 1 from another account. Had it been down the road sometime and with no character identification other than a 5 string of alphanumeric code at the end of a longer string of alphanumeric code, I may have just given up! It would be nice to have an in-game feature to take care of that or at least character and world labeling on the original folders.

Greetings,

While the method you all have discovered to transfer your settings to other computers that involves copying the DAT file in your FFXIV character folder will work, please be sure to handle these files carefully as errors may arise if not moved properly.

Also, we are currently looking into a feature that will allow you to import and export each character’s hot bar, gear set, and HUD layout settings.

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Originally Posted by Okipuit

Greetings,

While the method you all have discovered to transfer your settings to other computers that involves copying the DAT file in your FFXIV character folder will work, please be sure to handle these files carefully as errors may arise if not moved properly.

Also, we are currently looking into a feature that will allow you to import and export each character’s hot bar, gear set, and HUD layout settings.

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In addition to moving our settings from PC to PC, will we be able to apply one character's customization to another?

I noticed the deleted characters stay behind also.

A problem I had was the two computers I run the game on use different native resolutions, so the HUD layout is slightly different. I worked out that the ADDON.DAT file holds the HUD layout data and therefore I skip this file when copying. I strongly recommend to anyone to back up the files before overwriting just in case anything goes wrong.

Copying the ADDON.DAT file to another character folder was also how I managed to copy my HUD layout fron one character to another after creating the new character.

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Originally Posted by Okipuit

Greetings,

While the method you all have discovered to transfer your settings to other computers that involves copying the DAT file in your FFXIV character folder will work, please be sure to handle these files carefully as errors may arise if not moved properly.

Also, we are currently looking into a feature that will allow you to import and export each character’s hot bar, gear set, and HUD layout settings.

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I'll look forward to it.

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Originally Posted by Okipuit

Greetings,

While the method you all have discovered to transfer your settings to other computers that involves copying the DAT file in your FFXIV character folder will work, please be sure to handle these files carefully as errors may arise if not moved properly.

Also, we are currently looking into a feature that will allow you to import and export each character’s hot bar, gear set, and HUD layout settings.

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Could we also get these settings saved server side? There should be any reason why we have to manually move a file from one computer to another.

This. There's no reason why they shouldn't be saved server side. I haven't played any serious subscription MMO in the last half-dozen years that didn't have this.

Use Dropbox. Make it hold those files (or folders, Ive never tried this), and create symlinks between the normal location and the dropbox folder location. Done.

I hope these settings are changed to be held server side...it's so damn annoying to verify equipment when I switch roles on the PS3 after my gear has changed on the PC, or vice-verse.

Hope we can do it cross platform as well (I switch PS3/PC often)

I switch between PC/PS3 often, and I play on MANY different PCs. At present, I'm having to use Box to make sure I have my bars and UI setups. It's kind of annoying since it's slow, even if the whole upload is only 13MB.

The whole .dat file system to hold hotbar layout etc was poorly designed... This stuff should always be server side as it has been for every single MMO I've played since EQ. This is especially important for this game since 1 person can play on multiple platforms.

I agree. Currently, I can't use my PS3 copy because I don't want to spend 3 hours re-setting up all my gear sets AND hotbar configurations, only to have to change them EVERY time I switch back and forth between the PS3 and PC.

If this can't be saved server-side, we need a utility program to convert the file formats between the two systems. Since the DAT files are binary, they seem to be incompatible, likely because of the architecture difference between the 64-bit Intel PC system and the 32-bit PPC/Cell architecture of the PS3.

It's a shame they didn't use a standard format like JSON or XML for these.

i hope this also counts toward the hotbars on ps4

and that i can put my pc layout on my ps4 one

/bump

Has there been any news on this front? I haven't been able to find anything.

The game is designed as cross-platform. Many of those players also use PC/PS3 or PC/PS4 simultaneously, depending on the situation.. Or simply preference.
For context.. I'm a Legacy/1.0 player, I played Alpha & Beta of ARR, followed by the PC 2.0 re-launch, I'd bought a PS3 version as a bonus option, but didn't play it much..
PC was always more appealing.. Then PS4 version came out, and it looked far better than PS3. Solely been playing the PS4 version (with Heavensward expansion installed).. Now with the PC's DirectX 11 prettiness, considering going between both again, which would mean also buying Heavensward for PC.. But with inconvenience of having to screenshot practically every menu on PS4 (macros, hotbars for all of my classes/jobs, HUD/config settings)..

There really needs to be a PC <-> PS4 settings transfer system. If Mog Station can utilise cross-platform features, why can't there be a hotbars/settings import/export system for ease of use?

This lack is the reason I haven't bought the PC version. If I could alternate between PC and PS4 I would, but without any ability to transfer these sort of settings other than manually re-creating them from scratch and separately updating each every time you make a change, it's just not feasible. There are likely quite a few players who, like me, would buy the game for multiple platforms if it were possible to coordinate them properly. SE is losing out on sales of the game and expansion by not making a data import/export utility. (And that's not to mention the frustration it's causing to those players who have bought multiple platform versions in spite of that lack.)