In-Game Configuration Tool

[viion]

I find it very sad, even simple things like font you have to log out............

There are MMO's in which you can change just about every single setting without restarting, it just rerenders on the spot (causes a little stall for a second but better than relogging)

I say if 1 game/studio can do it, there is absolute no reason another cannot and its inexcusable to not have these as standard.

But it probably wont come for a while, due to XIV's bad design/development and it will be related to the whole DirectX loss.

[Rowyne]

But it probably wont come for a while, due to XIV's bad design/development and it will be related to the whole DirectX loss.

Sad but true. And to be honest, I would rather have the ability to tab out of full screen first. Though, the two issues are probably related.

[Kurokikaze]

But it probably wont come for a while, due to XIV's bad design/development and it will be related to the whole DirectX loss.

As sad as it may be, I have to agree. ;/

Hopefully we can get a representative to pass this down to the devs.

[Rukkirii]

All really great points here and we submitted your concerns to the dev. team. They informed us that they are aware that this is a large problem and in order to add an in-game configuration tool they will need to fix the core programming-related data first. The dev. team wanted us to let you know that they will take care of it but cannot give a specific time frame at the moment.

[Cutriss]

Adding things like texturemap quality and texturemap filter to menus inside the game bring with it the need to restart the client executable due to these options fundamental construction. In the case of texture quality and filters there is a need to pre-process/calculate lot's of data prior to showing it on the screen. This is only one of the reasons that putting these kinds of options inside the game may confuse less tech-savvy users and make their game experience less enjoyable.

This is why you decouple the rendering engine and the game engine. Then you can restart the renderer without disrupting the client.

[Betelgeuzah]

Geez, I can't wait to see what happens once those core programming changes go live. So shrouded in mystery.

[Sorel]

The Core Programming strikes again!

I begin to get the feeling that SE put their 1st string Crystal Tools programmers on FFXIII, and used their 2nd string for FFXIV. And that their 2nd string just haxed the coding so bad its affecting everything. So now 1st string is in a mad rush to fix code in time for the rest of the Dev Team to start implementing new content. Their laying railroad tracks with the train right behind them.

I have nothing to substantiate any of this. It's just a feeling.

[Delmontyb]

All really great points here and we submitted your concerns to the dev. team. They informed us that they are aware that this is a large problem and in order to add an in-game configuration tool they will need to fix the core programming-related data first. The dev. team wanted us to let you know that they will take care of it but cannot give a specific time frame at the moment.

Thanks so much for the update, I'm sure that is going to be a task, but efforts will not be in vain. Thanks again for the update Rukkirii

[Cairdeas]

The Core Programming strikes again!

I begin to get the feeling that SE put their 1st string Crystal Tools programmers on FFXIII, and used their 2nd string for FFXIV. And that their 2nd string just haxed the coding so bad its affecting everything. So now 1st string is in a mad rush to fix code in time for the rest of the Dev Team to start implementing new content. Their laying railroad tracks with the train right behind them.

I have nothing to substantiate any of this. It's just a feeling.

Wouldn't be surprised.

[anotherday]

The Core Programming strikes again!

I begin to get the feeling that SE put their 1st string Crystal Tools programmers on FFXIII, and used their 2nd string for FFXIV. And that their 2nd string just haxed the coding so bad its affecting everything. So now 1st string is in a mad rush to fix code in time for the rest of the Dev Team to start implementing new content. Their laying railroad tracks with the train right behind them.

I have nothing to substantiate any of this. It's just a feeling.

Yea I totally get this feeling too. I can imagine stuff being coded sloppily to get things done and it just made the game harder to work on now. Then the whole thing just got out of hand and they're cleaning up certain things at the core level so the future work will be easier.

This is just my hope, but at this point nothing SE does can surprise me (short of a positive update).